Blairs POV
I awoke to the harsh sound of my muggle alarm going off, informing me that it was 5 am in the morning and time to get up. I rolled over burying my face into my pillow with a groan.
"Get up, come on or you won't have time to get ready." I heard a girl say. I peered out from beneath my blanket to see a tall smiling girl with short brown hair. I sat up and stretched. "Yeah, I'm no big fan of the early times either," the girl said "but I'm used to it, I'm a mixed-blood and my parents planned to send me here since I received my notice, so my military dad got me up early every morning. Oh! I'm Camden by the way." She said stretching her hand out. I smiled taking it and shaking.
"Blair, " I said.
"Well we better shower and get ready, we only have 17 minutes left." Once I was shower and dressed I found myself walking with Camden to the drill pad, a large expanse of concrete where other students were already assembling. We watched as the groups split up between houses, then years and followed our own years, I was quite pleased to see that Camden was a first-year too.
"Five students in the front are Blair Rodgers, Camden Baronas, Aba Bristol, Claudia Layton, and Jacob Sanford. You five make a line" A teacher said nodding as we all moved up front and stood side by side. "Very good now everyone makes five lines behind them" She nodded again as everyone moved to the position. I could see the other houses first years doing the same. "Very good. You five," She pointed to us "are squad leaders. You will get one bar to go on your covers. That means you're in a leadership position. You only wear your covers outside and when outside if you pass anyone with two bars or more you are to salute them. Understand?"
The group chorused with "U-huhs, yeahs, and yes's" the teacher sighed.
"The proper response to anyone in a leadership position is a strong 'ma'am yes ma'am' or 'sir yes sir'. Do you understand?" This time the whole group responded with,
"Ma'am yes Ma'am!" she nodded in approval.
"My name is Chelsey Cox, I am your Deputy Company Commander and your Platoon Commander. This is CasNovacks, He's your Company Commander. Sergeant Boggs will explain rules and leadership positions in a bit." as if on cue Sergeant Boggs stepped up.
"Attention!" He yelled and everybody stood up as straight as they could. "As you all well know I'm Boggs, second through eighth years are dismissed." He said, watching as everyone but the 1st years left. "Now all together everyone is know as a battalion, I'm the Battalion commander and my deputy is miss Emilia Wickham. The battalion is then split up into four companies, which are your four houses, Each company has their own Company Commander and Deputy Company Commander. Companies are split into eight platoons, which is based on your year. The only platoons with a platoon commander that's not a student are the first years, however, a deputy platoon commander will be appointed by the platoon commander and he or she will be a student. That's all the leadership positions. The rules are simple, each class has separate rules and procedures, follow them. Each platoon commander has rules and procedures, follow them. The overall rules are as follows: No cussing, no muggle electrical devices, no lying, or cheating, follow the dress codes, meaning you can wear muggle clothes any day but Wednesday when you have to wear a uniform. Understood?" he asked, his voice amplifying at the end.
"SIR YES SIR"