The First Day
The next morning everyone woke up to a loud alarm clock. Ginny was the first to point out. "Wait how can an alarm clock work in Hogwarts?" Ginny commented to Lavender Brown as she, Pavarti, and Hermione also stirred from their sleep be the alarms monotone beeping. "Whose is it?" Lavender slightly raised her voice over the noise. "I think it's Amanda's she used it where w stayed this summer." Hermione said as she stood up and walked over to the bed of the person in question. She found the right button and shut off the beeping clock and noticed the time. "Oh, no girls. We're going to be late. Let's hurry and get changed for breakfast. Amanda, wake up, you're going to be late for breakfast. Hurry!" Hermione shook her friend's shoulder for a minute to get Amanda stirring, then left to get ready.
Amanda sat up with a yawn and stretched. After rubbing the sleep out of her eyes she got out of bed and quickly threw on her new uniform, she thanked the heavens she had thought ahead and had gotten her shower before going to bed the night before. She figured she had just enough time to put on some light make-up. She made her way down the stone steps to the sitting room. She noticed Harry and Ron sitting on the sofa in front of the fireplace. "Morning." She greeted as she sat next to Harry to wait for Hermione. "Good Morning." Harry replied with a small yawn. "Not much of morning person is you?" Amanda giggled. Hermione came down a few moments later.
"I'm starving, let's get breakfast before all the food is gone." Ron said as the four left the common room. Once in the Great Hall the four found a spot to sit. Harry and Ron sat on one side and the two girls sat across from them. "Where are the class schedule's" Amanda asked as she took a bite of bacon. "We'll get them from Mcgonagoll after we finish eating." Harry answered. At that moment a huge flock of owls flew into the Great Hall to deliver packages and letters. "Hey Hedwig." Harry greeted his owl with a smile.
"Amanda is that your owl?" Ron asked as he pointed to a grand looking owl with stripes that was flying towards them. "I've never seen it before." Amanda said while eyeing the owl with curiosity as it landed right in front of her and held out its leg with an envelope. "What is this?" Amanda asked herself as she untied the letter from the owl, which then hooted for a treat. "Sorry, I don't have anything you'd like." Amanda said as she tore into the envelope. "Hey, this is from the Ghoul Extermination Council." Amanda said as she began to read it aloud.
Dear Ms. Mitchell,
We have received a request from your new headmaster, Albus Dumbledor, to let you have until this coming summer to go on the demon extermination you were assigned. The request has been acknowledged and will be granted. The new mission date is June fourth of this year. The family that currently own the said home have also agreed to this request. Do your best to educate yourself about your mission and your team and if you succeed on your extermination you and your team will be well paid and as leader you will be able to become an official ghoul hunter. You will still be expected to attend the briefing and meet your team Septenber 31st at 9:00 am. You will not have to actually start the extermination until June. See you then. Good Luck!
Miriam Baxter
Supervisor of the Ghoul Council
Harry felt relieved, his friend had longer to prepare herself for her extermination. He knew Amanda had to be glad. "That's good news. I get to finish out the year. I'm going to look over me team's files and learn about them. Luckily she had slipped the red file into her book bag before going to breakfast. "Let's see." She read the names to herself
Jasmine Smith age 20, eyes blue, hair red
Jason Young age 22, eyes brown, hair black
Madison Gregs age 19, eyes green, hair brown
Dwight Livingston age 26 eyes green hair blond
Amanda had one question Why didn't they just send pictures instead of describing them. Oh, well I'll get to their career records. Professor Mcgonagoll was starting to pass out schedules to all the Gryffindor table and she soon came to Hermione, Ron, Harry, and Amanda. Just as she was giving them their papers a large amount of water poured out of no where onto Amanda and Hermione. "Hey, who did that?" Amanda demanded as she rung out her waist long hair, which now hung in a messy braid over her shoulder.
"It was I, Peeves the Great. Welcome to Hogwarts, odd ball." He then produced a large bucket from behind his back, no one could tell its contents. "What did you call me, you sorry excuse for a poltergeist?" Amanda looked up at him with her arms crossed in front of her and a glare on her face. "I'll say it again." He floated from his place near the ceiling above the Gryffindor table. "You really should've not said that, now he might be mad." Hermione said in Amanda's ear. "Now, I'll say it. Welcome to Hogwarts-" "Peeves, cut it out." Neville interrupted the poltergeist. "Oh, alright, but here you go Amanda" Peeves said and without warning he emptied the bucket onto Amanda's head. It was sticky, gooey, honey. The whole Great Hall was watching in slight shock. Then everyone, but the Gryffindors, started laughing
"Eww! Alright, who put this idiot up to doing this? Never mind, I'm out of here!" Amanda snapped and she gathered her class schedule and books and left breakfast, which then shut everyone up. Only her new Gryffindor friends could tell her eye welled up with tears as she turned to leave. "Should we go talk to her?" Harry asked some of the Gryffindors. They nodded and some left. Amanda ran into the common room and threw herself onto the fire- side couch and took her necklace off.
"J-J-Jacob?" Amanda sobbed to the mirror. After a minute Jacob answered. "Morni- What's wrong, sis?" Jacob asked softly.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, and Seamus had just come through the portrait hole, when they heard Amanda speak.