The girls woke up the next morning dressed, then milled around in their common room until everyone was ready. Not wanting to get lost or run into some weird kid who would start interrogating them for hours they made their way down together to breakfast. On their way they couldn't help noticing all the kids who were pointing at them and whispering though they pretended not to be when anyone of them looked in their direction. They only managed to get lost five times on their way, the first they took the wrong turn after the spiral staircase, then another down the next flight, they didn't manage to get lost again until the third floor where instead of proceeding straight down the turned left, realized they went the wrong way doubled back missed the staircase and had to come back again. The last time was that instead of stopping in the entrance hall they walked down into the dungeons, and then they realized they didn't recognize anything and came back up.
Breakfast they could tell was a noisy affair; they sat down again at the end of the Gryffindor table and were surprised by the food that appeared on the plates some of the people saw the looks on their faces and gave them odd looks. Finally, one student asked, "Doesn't the food appear like this at your school?"
"Um, no, we go through a serving line, get our food, and take it to our seats," Julie said.
"Why, that sounds like something a muggle would do," another kid said.
"We have to make it look like we're muggles because our government is very nosey about our school. They go around and tell us if we're up to snuff or code, something like that, I don't really pay attention to it. Also, muggles like to show up thinking that coming for a visit will make it more likely that they will get in," Annalisa explained.
"Why don't you put muggle repelling charms around it then, and why do muggles try to come and visit?" the same kid asked.
"Because if they couldn't figure out where over two thousand kids disappeared every tear to school, it would cause our lovely government to worry and start an investigation. Then the press would get involved, and pretending like we're a muggle music academy is a whole lot simpler than having to deal with that," Margret said.
"Oh, ok then," he said and turned back to his friends and started to whisper excitedly. Camille got the feeling that the whole school would know about this before lunch. Leanne would be so thrilled about this.
Professor Jennings walked up to them carrying sheets of parchment. "Okay, here are your class schedules; you will be taking classes with the fourth years which be the same thing as you ninth grade I believe. Come and find me if you need anything while you are here if you are having any problems. Good day." With that she distributed the schedules and returned to the staff table.
"Okay, we have Herbology next, then History of Magic, then lunch after that," Margret said reading the schedule for the day.
"This is going to totally bug me; there is a different schedule every day. I had a hard enough time with a day b day; I'm totally not going to like this," Tammy said. Tammy tended to be scattered brained and liked having things the same way every day. A different schedule everyday of the week was going to throw her off for awhile.
"Don't worry Tammy, when you're confused, we'll use small word so that you can understand, and when you're lost, we'll give you a map and help you find your way," Camille said.
"Ha ha, you do this to me every year, you know I don't take well to change, I'll be fine in a few weeks," she said.
"Hey y'all I think we should be going I have no idea where the greenhouses are and I could see through a window, these grounds are huge!" Hayley said.
With that they all gathered their things and made their way to find the green houses.