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'You Could Be Mine' - Guns n' Roses
19. I could sleep on it till morning

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The First Night at Hogwarts

The welcoming feast of Hogwarts was winding down and Harry who had recently been sorted into Gryffindor was excited to see what the common room would be like, though he somehow doubted that it could be any worse than what he was used to with his oh so great relatives. Quite the contrary actually, he didn't doubt that it would be great. Not only had he made a friend who ended up in the same house as him before he set even one foot into Hogwarts, but he had also been able to eat as much food as he wanted to without having to fear that someone would take it away from him. So yes, Harry was very much inclined to call this the best day of his entire life.

With the feast almost over Dumbledore stood up and made an announcement that pointed out a few of the school rules as well as the fact that the third floor corridor on the right hand side was out of bounds for everyone that didn't want to die a very painful death.

Once the school song was sung everyone stood up and trickled out of the great hall, the first years following their respective prefect to the different common rooms. The second Harry stepped into the Gryffindor common room he knew that he loved it and that he could imagine himself staying there for the next seven years, doing homework and hanging around with friends playing games or simply talking about anything and everything.

The prefect, which Ron helpfully told him was his brother Percy, told them a few more things about rules, when curfew began and when the different meals would be served. After a few minutes in which Harry felt like he would fall asleep right where he was standing, they were sent off to do whatever they wanted to, but all Harry wanted was to get to bed.

Following Ron up the stairs to where the male dorms were located he entered finding a round room with five four-poster beds with their trunks at the end of each. Finding that his was situated between the window and Ron's bed he opened his trunk to get his toiletries out and went to the bathroom to get ready for bed. A few minutes later he came back out and after placing his things back in his trunk he flopped down on his bed and sighed in contentment. The bed was so soft and nice, he had never laid on something so nice before.

At first he had slept in a cupboard under the stairs, and later after his relatives learned where his letter had been addressed to he had been relocated to Dudley's second bedroom where he had then been made to sleep on a broken bed. So yes, this bed was like heaven for him.

"This is so nice, I could sleep on it till morning," he jokingly said with a snicker before turning to the side to sleep.

Ron who heard Harry's comment, looked at him strangely but didn't think any further about it, turning around and going to sleep himself.