A/N: Sorry for the update with no new chapter, but it was pointed out to me by OnlyNeeded151, that when Sadie is talking, she said Deme toes instead of Dementors. This has been fixed. Thank you to OnlyNeeded151 for pointing that out.


Rose stood up from the table, walking towards the congregation of first-years surrounding Cedric.

"Hi! I'm Sadie Campbell. Nice to meet you." said the short, blonde girl she was standing next to.

"Rose. Rose Tyler." Rose replied, somewhat absently.

"We are going to have such fun together! I can already tell!"

"That's nice."

The girl chattered on, grabbing Rose's hand when they began walking, and swinging it. She seemed either oblivious to Rose not paying attention, or did not care, as long as someone was listening even half-heartedly.

"...you heard about Sirius Black, right? The murderer?"

This caught Rose's attention. "Sorry, what?"

"You know, Sirius Black, the only person ever to escape from Azkaban. He murdered Peter Pettigrew the night You-Know-Who fell."

"I'm a muggle-born, I've never heard of this before."

"Oh! Well, there was a very powerful wizard, we don't speak his name, and he fell around 13 years ago, before we were born."

"That's what you think." Rose thought to herself.

"Anyways, Sirius Black was one of his most devoted followers, yeah? And when he heard that You-Know-Who fell, he went mad and blew up a street. He was put in Azkanban of course, but he escaped a couple months ago. Biggest mystery ever how he did it."

"Wow."

"Wow is right! But they say he is after Harry Potter." she said in low tones. "I'd hate to be him right now, even with the Dementors guarding the school."

"Those things are really creepy."

"I don't like them much either, but they keep us safe."

At this point, they had arrived in a short corridor, dead ending in a stack of barrels.

"Alright everyone, quiet down, this is important." Cedric called out. "When the first-years settled down enough, he spoke again. " This is the entrance to our common room and dormitories. to enter, you have to tap the barrel two from the bottom, middle of the second row, in the rhythm of 'Helga Hufflepuff'." Cedric demonstrated, and a passageway was revealed. The first-years followed him down it, curiously murmuring amongst themselves.

The passageway opened into a round, low ceilinged room, seemingly filled with sunlight, with grass and dandelions out the windows. There were several round doors leading off the main room, and there were yellow and black overstuffed couches and chairs scattered about the room. Overall, Rose was given the impression of a hobbit-hole.

"This is really nice." said Sadie.

"Settle down." Cedric said, drawing the first-years attention to himself again. "Girls dormitories are through that door." He pointed at a door on the left side of the room. "Boys are through this door." He pointed at a door directly across from them. "You don't have to go to bed immediately, but make sure you get enough sleep. Classes start tomorrow after all! I hope you all had a great first day at Hogwarts." He smiled at them, and then left to go join several students lingering by the fireplace.

"You know, I'm really knackered. I think I'm going to go to bed." said Rose, hoping to catch a few minutes by herself.

"I'll come with you!" said Sadie, over-enthusiasticly.

"You don't have to if you don't want to." said Rose, trying to head her off.

"No, it's completely fine! Come on!" she said, practically dragging Rose to the dormitories.


A/N: Here is Rose's first experience with Hogwarts, descriptions of common rooms I found at .com, both Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. Forgot to include that last chapter. Jack's should be up soon.