Chapter 4- An Unnecessary Roommate
I walked with Dante and the rest of the Ravenclaws toward our dorms. We arrived at a door adorned with nothing but a bronze knocker in the shape of an eagle. Suddenly the eagle opened his mouth. "Forward I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I?"
We all stood for a moment thinking and shouted, "a ton!" together. Without another word the door swung open, revealing our common room. It is wide and circular with a domed ceiling decorated with painted stars. The windows are arched and draped with midnight blue drapes that match the carpet. The furniture includes a table studying, bookcases crammed with various books, and couches near the fireplace. "This is where most socialization within the dorm happens, as boys and girls do not intermix in their own rooms. You are welcome here anytime although if you decide to come down in the middle of the night we ask you to be respectful of our sleep. Now to the dorms. Girls on the right boys on the left. You will find your name on the door of your dorm along with your roommate. My name is Robert Hillard by the way so if you have any questions feel free to ask." He finished as most of us dispersed. I said goodnight to Dante and went to go find my dorm.
I found my name fairly quickly. Under my name was the name of Lisa Turpin. Great. Another person I'm going to be forced to interact with. I entered the room and found her standing by the two four-poster beds waiting for me. "Which bed do you want?" she asked. I chose the more eastern positioned one because I learned to pick the more eastern of things growing up. We picked it up from the Egyptians. This mostly applied to rivers but a person can never be too careful.
"My name is Jinx, but I'm sure you knew that from our door." I said, smiling as I hold out my hand for her to shake.
She hesitated for a moment before returning the gesture, "My name is Lisa. Its nice to meet you." She looked like she might say something else but decided not to. I think about asking her what she was going to say but I'm too tired to care at the moment. Well that seemed to be less interaction than I thought was going to happen. We both change into our pajamas and go to sleep.
The next morning I woke up and Lisa was already gone. As I walk down to breakfast I notice a number of strange things. The people in the paintings would leave their own portraits to go visit another, leaving their frame empty. The staircases moved, steps disappearing occasionally. Peeves the poltergeist floated about, irritating the students. I'm sure about half the doors don't even lead anywhere or aren't even doors at all. Despite all of these distractions I eventually arrive in the great hall for breakfast. I noticed Kale sitting next to Cobalt near Harry and his friends. Looks like she got into his circle. Good, although that may not be needed because I've been put in his classes along with another Ravenclaw so that I don't look as out of place.
I sit down next to Dante, who had a smaller breakfast than I would expect. He has some sort of fruit smoothie with a piece of corn bread. I grabbed some brown bread ball that reminds me of falafel (deep-fried ball/patty made from fava beans in case you didn't know). As I bite into it however I found it was much sweeter, like a doughnut. "You're eating light." I say to Dante as I ate more of these delicious bread balls.
"Yeah. In Brazil we don't eat very big breakfasts. Lunch however is when we tend to eat more." He said, eating his corn bread. I nodded in understanding. In Egypt though our meals seem to consist of a similar amount of food for each meal. We both ate in silence. I had some kind of juice. I'm pretty sure it was apple, which I hadn't tried before. It was great. "So what class do you have first?" Dante asked.
"Transfiguration." I said.
He looked at me for a moment. "Ah ha! So you're the other Ravenclaw put in with the Gryffindor. Well I'm glad it's you and not some person I don't know. Cobalt will be there too, along with Kale I think." He said smiling, glad he wouldn't have to deal with a new person. Personally I was happy too. It looks like this will all work out. Dante, Cobalt, Kale, and I all have the same classes. Of course with the distractions that are my friends, I may have a harder time keeping an eye on Potter, but it seems as though Kale might have somehow gotten into his friend group which means I'll be able to introduce myself today.
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