POV - Alissa
After the dinner we all walk up to the Gryffindor tower. We gather around a big portrait of a fat lady in an ugly pink dress.
"Password please?" she says stately.
"Abduco Altus" someone answers and the portrait of the fat lady swings open, revealing a large hole in the wall.
"Try to remember it; she won't let you in without a password." Ginny says as she crawls into the opening. I follow her and we walk into the big common room, red and gold everywhere. Mismatching furniture, a cozy fireplace. It feels.. Almost like a home already.
"Come on, there is a bed free in our room, you can take that!" Ginny says and she grabs my arm, pulling me up the left stairs. We run almost all the way up and I see a door with three signs. It says Ginny, Anna & Lorette. Ginny takes out het wand and waves it at the door. Now it says Ginny, Anna, Lorette & Alissa.
"Come on in, they probably aren't here yet. They don't talk much so I'm glad to have you here." I follow Ginny into the room and look around. Four big king sides beds with red and gold colored drapes are placed in the room, my trunk already at the foot of one of the beds. I am impressed. At Beauxbatons we all had separate bedrooms and they weren't all this cozy.
"What do you think? Different from Beauxbatons I bet." Ginny says as she sits cross-legged on the bed next to me.
"Yeah, very different. But I love it. It feels cozy." I say and touch the soft cloth of the drapes.
A blonde haired girl walks in and looks surprised. Then walks over to me and shakes my hand.
"I'm Anna, nice to meet you." She says.
"I'm Alissa, nice to meet you too." I answer but I don't get more time because Ginny already grabs my arm and starts pulling me downstairs again.
"I'm going to go find Harry, we haven't seen each other all summer and we need to catch up. See you soon!" she says and then she's gone.
Great. Now I'm all alone again. I look around the common room but don't see Harry or Ron or Hermione here. I almost look for Luna but then I remember she's a Ravenclaw and she will not be found here. I just walk over to the fireplace, that even though it's September is burning up. Though not very much warmth comes from it. Must be hexed so it gives as much warmth as is necessary.
I look at the fire for a while when I hear two excited voices talking in unison again. I know exactly who's coming.
"Well look who we have here." The two say when they sit in front of me on the ground.
"Whatcha doing all alone here?" one of them asks. I still try to focus on finding a difference between them but it seems hopeless.
"Just sitting. I don't know any of these people and I'm not really one to walk up to someone and chitchat." I admit and feel blood rushing to my cheeks.
"Well we are." They both get up, grab me by the arms and drag me along. Not that I mind actually.
We reach a table where a few people are playing Exploding Snap. One is the dark boy with the dreads.
"Everyone, this is Alissa." Both boys say and I feel my face getting more red by the second.
"This is Lee, Angelina, Katie, Alicia and Seamus. We're playing Exploding Snap, care to join us?" one of the twins asks and I shrug.
"Sure, why not." I say as I sit down between Lee and Angelina. As we play I notice Angelina gazing at one of the twins quite a lot. It bothers me, and I don't even know why.
Finally after a few hours everyone gets bored and tired and Ginny comes to find me.
"Come, we're going upstairs, we have a lot to talk about and tomorrow we begin our first class with professor Snape, so we better not be late. I follow her upstairs and we change into pyjama's. Ginny talks on for what seems like hours and I lay down in the soft bed.
Finally she seems so have gotten tired too and I close my eyes, try to fall asleep. But the two faces in my head just won't let me. The handsome, ginger boys with their sparkly eyes.. I sigh and fall into a dream.
Next morning I join the Weasley's and Harry and Hermione for breakfast. Ginny and I start with Potions class from Professor Snape, and the rest will go to Transfiguration by Professor McGonagall, the lady with the pointy hat from the choosing ceremony.
When the tables turn empty again it is time for me and Ginny to go to the dungeons, where the Potions classroom is. It's weird they even have dungeons in a school actually.
We get to the classroom and Ginny and I sit next to each other. We have the class together with students of Hufflepuf house. The professor isn't there yet so I just take out my potions book and look around.
It is dark, humid and actually kind of scary down here. The door swings open and a long man with greasy black hair hanging in front of his face marches in, his cloak waving behind him.
"Turn to page 165." He says, his voice sounds stern and bored.
We all do as he says and I soon learn he is not one to mess around with.
At the end of the lesson Ginny and I have made a fair Pompion Potion, which turns the head of the drinker into a pumpkin. Snape just looks is over and nods. Ginny and I assume that means we can go so we grab our books and run up the stairs.
"You could have told me that guy is a total creep! I used to like Potions class, but that has changed." I shiver by the thoughts of that professor and of the dungeon we just got out of.
Next up is Defense against the Dark arts.
"So this class is given by a werewolf, but he is the coolest teacher ever. No need to worry about him being a werewolf." Ginny says as we walk to an empty table and sit down. We wait before the professor comes and I look to see with which house we'll have this class.
I see flashes of green and silver, which means Gwen will be in this class too. I sigh and put my head on the table.
"Is something wrong?" Ginny asks concerned and I nod just as the squeaky voice of my sister comes through the door.
"Yeah, her." I say and I point to my sister, accompanied by the blond haired guy named Draco and two big guys who look really stupid.