CHAPTER 5

Summer stumbled as she put on her robes. She felt so tired and yet so happy that she's been accepted at Hogwarts. Yawning, she unpacked and carried her equipment down the stairs to the common room of Gryffindor. She almost bumped into a handsome second-year boy.

"Sorry." Summer mumbled, rubbing her eyes. She stared. It was Harry Potter! "Um...good morning."

"Good morning. Harry Potter." Harry introduced himself as he held out his hand.

"Summer Ashland." Summer smiled as she shook his hand.

"See you at breakfast." Harry smiled as he walked away. Summer thankfully remembered the way to the Great Hall and met up with Ashley and Ginny there.

"We've got Transfiguration with Professor McGonagall and the Slytherins first right?" Summer asked.

"Yup! Let's hope we don't get lost or anything." Ashley said as they ate. After breakfast was finished, the three girls went to Transfiguration.

"Transfiguration is a very complex magic." Professor McGonagall said as she changed her book into a shoe and back again. After taking a lot of notes, they were each given a match and were told to change it into a silver needle, using the words metra sivliverus. "Metra sivliverus is to transform small things into something that you are thinking of."

"Metra siliverus!" Ashley tried but she forgot the 'v' at the front of sivliverus. Her match turned thinner but wasn't close to being a needle.

"Metra sivliverus!" Summer waved her wand at the match. To her huge surprise, it turned into a sharp silver needle!

"Professor McGonagall, Professor McGonagall! Summer's got it!" Ginny said.

"Very good, Miss Ashland, very very good. You are a natural at magic. Try turning this sheet of paper into glass." Professor McGonagall gave Summer a rare smile.

"Show off." One of the Slytherins muttered. Summer blushed as she waved her wand again.

"Metra sivliverus!" The paper didn't turn to glass but it hardened. Summer tried again. This time the paper turned shiny and Summer could see her reflection.

"Very good, Miss Ashland. Why don't you start helping some of the other students?"

"Sure, Professor." Summer stood up and walked around.

"Summer, can you help me?" A Gryffindor girl named Lily Zanka asked.

"Sure. Okay, are you imagining the silver needle?" Summer asked.

"I'm trying to but I get messed up with the words." Lily said.

"Try to say the words a few times until you can say it without even knowing it. Then you can concentrate on your silver needle picture." Summer smiled.

"Summer, would you get me a glass of water from the Great Hall? I'm feeling a bit dizzy." Professor McGonagall sat back down on her chair.

"Of course." Summer walked out of the classroom and into the corridor. A few Slytherin two-year boys walked passed her. One of them, which had light blonde hair, winked at her. Summer curled up her tongue in disgust as she got to the Great Hall. She poured out a glass of water and hurried back.

"Here you go, Professor." Summer handed Professor McGonagall the glass of water.

"Thank you. Class dismissed." Professor McGonagall announced. Summer picked up her pile of books, her wand and left the classroom with Ashley and Ginny.

"We've got lunch and then Charms with the Ravenclaws and Professor Flitwick." Ashley checked her schedule. "Then Potions, tea, Defense Against the Dark Arts and finally, dinner."

"Come on, let's get to lunch. I'm starving." The girls went down the corridor to the Great Hall where many of the Gryffindors were already seated. As soon as everyone was present, food appeared and owls flew in from the owlery.

"Crystal!" Summer smiled when she saw her snowy-white owl flying with a package. Dropping the package into Summer's hands and being fed a few seeds, Crystal flew back to the owlery.

"Wow! Look! Mum's sent me some sweets and a bag for my birthday!" Summer opened the package. The bag was purple with black swirls and it was big enough to carry all her equipment.

"Your mum is smart. I'd better ask Storm to send a letter to my mum. I need a bag like that." Ashley took out a piece of parchment and began writing, Storm eating seeds. After she finished, Ashley wrote her mum's name on the envelope and gave it to Storm.

"I didn't know it was your birthday! What day is today? September 2nd? We need to get you a present!" Ginny said.

"Really, there is no nee-"

"Of course there is need! You are our friend!" Ashley cut Summer off. Before Summer could say anything, Ashley and Ginny began whispering to each other. Rolling her eyes slightly, she began putting her equipment into her bag. Then she started reading The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk.

"And anyway, my birthday was days ago, guys," Summer said, but her friends didn't hear her.

"Um, earth to Summer? Time for Charms." Ginny prodded Summer on the shoulder.

"Coming." Summer put her book back in her bag and followed her friends out of the Great Hall.

END OF CHAPTER 5!

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