Lucy took a seat at the Gryffindor table. She was welcomed by cheers and smiles and many hugs (especially from the older boys).
Although Lucy was very happy to be placed in Gryffindor just like her mother and father were. Her heart ached with longing to be with her four friends who were all in different houses. Throughout the rest of the feast, Lucy ate mostly in silence. She only talked to some older boys and a few girls in her year. The rest of the time she spent looking at her friends. They exchanged sad smiles and all wondered how they would still be friends when they were separated.
After the feast Lucy and the rest of the Gryffindors went to the Gryffindor common room . The common room was magnificent.

It had red curtains and tapestries which covered the walls, comfy couches and armchairs, and a few desks. Their were also two spiral staircases which Lucy assumed led to the was still some time before bed, so Lucy claimed one of the armchairs by the fire and began writing in her new journal that she bought in Diagon Alley. She had barely started writing when she heard her name from the corner of the room. Lucy glanced up and was surprised to see someone whom she heard a lot about ever since she was young; Harry Potter.

Lucy knew that Harry potter attended Hogwarts but she never thought she'd be lucky enough to be in the same house as him! She casually looked over to see Harry sitting at a table with a boy who had flaming red hair and a girl with curly brown hair, they appeared to be deep in conversation.
" Her name is Lucy Pattingale, and yes of course she's a first year. Weren't you paying any attention at all during the sorting ceremony!?" said the girl with the brown hair.
"are you sure? She looks much older and prettier than most first years" the boy with the red hair said while quickly glancing in Lucy's direction.
"come on Harry agree with me, don't you think she's way to good looking to be eleven?"
"Yeah, she is quite pretty, but I'm positive she's a first year. I watched her get sorted. I'm surpised you didn't Ron, the whole school was looking at her. Actually now that you mention it there are a few attractive first years this year. Did any of you see that tall girl with the red hair who was sorted in to Hufflepuff, or that girl with the long black hair with the beautiful in Slytherin? She was by far the finest Slytherin I've ever seen" Harry remarked.
"hmm, I thought that girl with the curly brown hair who was put in Ravenclaw was pretty fit" the boy with the red hair said with a dreamy look on his face.
" You saw her too! She is so-" Harry's sentence was cut short by a glare from the brown haired girl.
"honestly listen to yourselves" the girl said disapprovingly.
Lucy immediately turned back to her diary. She felt her cheeks glowing with embarrassment for some reason . She tried to focus on writing but her mind was buzzing with questions.
why, of all people would Harry Potter be talking about me? Why would they think I'm pretty ? I'm much to plain and boring. I wonder if they were talking about Ellie, Veronica and Neon? Hmm probably. After all they are stunningly gorgeous. Oh wow it's getting late, I should make my way to the dormitories now.
Lucy got up and sauntered gracefully up the stairs to her dormitory room where her bags and Posy were waiting for her.

There were four other girls in the room, and Lucy realized that she was the last one to arrive. The girls introduced themselves: Amy, Charlotte, Grace and Ariana. Lucy went to get Posy out of her cage when she was approached by Ariana.
"Hi" she said. The word sounded forced.
"uh hello" Lucy replied.
"I have an owl to. Her name is Sprite she can do lots of tricks. Can your owl do tricks?" Ariana eyes were wide and wild looking. Lucy was instantly reminded of a snake trying to hypnotize it's prey.

"um yes Posy can do some tricks" Lucy said, being modest. She had actually taught Posy fifty different tricks herself.
"oh wow, your hair is so long and pretty!" Ariana exclaimed, completely changing the subject. The look of jealousy was evident in her eyes.
"Thank you, you have lovely hair yourself" Lucy said looking at Ariana's long black hair that was dull and not nearly as pretty as Neon's. Lucy already didn't like Ariana much, she found her very unsettling. But since she had just met her she decided that it wasn't fair to judge.
Lucy said good night to Amy, Charlotte, Grace and Ariana, climbed into her four poster bed and fell asleep.

The next day was a great day for Lucy. In all of her classes that day she had one of her friends in each class. She was delighted to find that Veronica was in her transfiguration and herbology class and Ellie and Neon were in Charms, and defense against the dark arts. She was also especially happy to find Neon in her advanced potions class. Professor Snape intimidated her a little so she was glad to have a friend with her. Neon's extremely hot step brother, Cavan, was also in the class. He was so handsome, and Lucy could tell that he thought she was pretty. This made her cheeks glow pink for the whole class.
When the bell rang to signal the end of the class, Lucy collected her things and made her way to the door. She noticed that Snape had asked Neon to stay behind and she hoped everything was ok. She was almost out of the classroom when she was stopped by Cavan.
"Hey Lucy, I was wondering if maybe you would like to hang out sometime?" Cavan asked in a cool and collected manner.
Lucy was surprised. She opened her mouth to reply when she was stopped by professor McGonagall.
"Ah, miss Pattingale. I'm so glad to have found you. Would you please come with me for a moment".
"yes certainly professor" Lucy replied while looking back at Cavan who smiled as if to say "it's alright I'll wait for you answer later". As she was heading down the corridor with professor Mcgonagall she caught a glimpse of Neon who was still talking to Snape. She began to feel a little worried for her friend, but her nerves were dispelled when professor McGonagall handed her an envelope and explained how she had been asked to deliver it by professor Dumbledore.

Lucy carefully opened the envelope as she walked towards the great hall to meet up with her friends. She paused to read the letter which was written in neat curly hand-writing.
Dear miss Pattingale,
I do hope you are having the most splendid time at Hogwarts thus far. If it is not too much trouble I would like to invite you to meet me in my office after supper tonight. Directions to my office can be found on the back of this letter.
Yours sincerely,
Albus Dumbledore

Lucy stuffed the letter in her robes and hurried to the great hall to find Neon, Veronica, and Ellie.