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Chapter Three
The meal passed by quickly. I talked with Ryan and Matthew, who likes to be called Matt, and got to know some of the older students. I know my cousin, Roxanne, of course. She's my uncle George's daughter. She introduced me to Leah Davies, Ryan's older sister, Sean MacAuley and Kate Cassidy. Roxanne and Leah are second years, and Sean and Kate are third years. The older students were seated at the opposite end of the table.
I looked over and saw Al and Scorpius laughing together. It appeared they had become friends! I couldn't believe it! Who would've thought, a Malfoy and a Potter, friends? Scorpius looked up to see me staring at them. He returned my stare, still smiling, and looked away when Al noticed.
The feast ended, and the new headmaster, Professor Wood, gave the welcoming speech. He then sent us all to our dormitories. The Ravenclaw prefects came over to our end of the table and introduced themselves. There was Thomas Underhill and Mary Young, both seventh years, Christopher Hand and Lauren Vizzini, both sixth years, and Shane Foer and Alicia Grant, both fifth years. The prefects led us out of the Great Hall, towards the staircase. I saw Al and Scorpius following the Slytherin prefects down a hall, which I could only assume led to the dungeons. We followed the prefects and the other Ravenclaws up the stairs and down another corridor. We took three more staircases, and finally a spiral staircase, which I knew led up to Ravenclaw tower. We reached the top, where a large brown door stood, with no knob or keyhole. The only thing on the door was a bronze knocker in the shape of an eagle.
I knew that to enter the Ravenclaw common room, you had to correctly answer a riddle. Thomas, one of the oldest prefects, grabbed the knocker and knocked the door once. The eagle then asked a riddle, which he easily answered. The door opened, and we entered the Ravenclaw common room. It was a large round room. There was a blue carpet, and many windows, all covered with blue silks. There were bookcases lining the walls between the windows, and many tables and chairs, scattered throughout the room. A fireplace and several couches sat on the left, and straight ahead stood a large marble statue of Rowena Ravenclaw. The statue sat between two doors, which I assumed led to the dormitories.
The female prefects led the girls up the stairs to the left, and the boys were led up the stairs on the right. The staircase continued upwards, but we stopped at the first door we reached. Mary ushered us into a circular room, completely decorated in blue. There were five beds, although only four first years had been sorted into Ravenclaw. Our trunks and animals already lay at the end of the beds. The prefects told us to continue up to any of the doors above the fifth floor to find them if we had any questions, and then left us alone.
There were three other girls, they all looked friendly. I smiled and introduced myself. The blonde girl with bright blue eyes introduced herself as Abby Roth, the brunette with hazel eyes introduced herself as Danielle Condie, and the African-American girl with dark brown hair and brown eyes introduced herself as Katie Thomas. We all chose beds and settled in for the night.
I couldn't stop thinking about Scorpius. There was something different about him. Although he had humiliated me in front of everyone, I could tell he was sorry. And now Al was becoming friends with him, so clearly he wasn't all bad. Maybe we don't have to be enemies.