Lisa and Janet exchanged blank looks not knowing what to answer,
they were saved by a bunch of Ravenclaws, including the girls who shared a dormitory
with them came down and joined them for breakfast.
“Hi, I’m Padma. My twin sister is in Gryffindor, too bad we could
not be in the same house. We used to do everything together, I guess now is the
time for us to live without constantly having each other by our side.” A girl
with long black hair tied into a pony tail, introduced herself to Lisa, Janet
and Terry and sat next to Lisa.
“Your sister is in Gryffindor?” A blonde girl chirped before
anyone could reply Padma. The blonde girl sat beside Padma and helped herself
with some cereal, “I thought I was going to be in Gryffindor too, since the popular ones will usually be in Gryffindor but I guess my brains beat me and the
Sorting Hat sorted me into Ravenclaw. Not that I am not happy with that, don’t
get me wrong,” the blonde girl quickly denies her dissatisfaction for not being
in Gryffindor after catching Terry rolling his eyes. “I am very proud to be
here, it just proves that I have brains and beauty.”
As the blonde girl continued talking, everyone else ignored her
and concentrated on their breakfast. Terry nudged Janet and whispered, “Who is
she?”
Janet shrugged and looked at Lisa who also heard the question.
“I think she is Mandy Broklehurst,” Lisa answered.
“Haven’t heard of her,” Terry replied. “I guess she is not as
popular as she thinks.” Terry continued loud enough so that Mandy heard him.
Mandy rolled her eyes and continued talking, “I was originally
going to Queen Anne’s School. Heard of it?” A ginger-haired girl sitting in
front of Mandy nodded, feeling pleased, Mandy continued,” It is a very good
school in the muggle world,” Mandy eyed Terry who clearly was not listening,
she raised her voice, “I was actually quite torn between the decision whether
should I attend Hogwarts as I was doing really good at my old school and
everybody was expecting me to proceed to Queen Anne’s. My friends and teachers
persuaded me to stay but I thought as a witch, I should learn about my real
capabilities. I always knew I was special,” as she continued talking about
herself, there were only two person who appeared interested, a girl with black
hair and a straight fringe, and the girl who nodded earlier, she has ginger
hair and wore glasses.
“If it was so hard for her to leave that school, then don’t.
Nobody is forcing her to come here anyway,” Terry said angrily.
Lisa and Janet agreed silently. Janet took a glance at Mandy;
she was the girl who stole her answer at the Ravenclaw common room entrance
yesterday. She does look quite pretty with shoulder length blonde hair, big
blue eyes and a small face; she would have been likeable if she was not so full
of herself.
The Ravenclaw first years attended their first Charms class
after breakfast. Janet settled down beside Lisa while Mandy, who was still
talking about herself, sat in front of them with the ginger-haired girl whom
Lisa recognizes as Morag MacDougal.
Suddenly there was a loud “Bang”. The sound of books falling
onto the floor shut Mandy up, Janet looks up and saw a small man standing on
top of a stack of books. The teacher waved his wand and the door slammed close,
then he tapped his wand on the desk for the students’ attention which he actually
didn’t need to because everybody in class was staring at him.
“Good morning, Ravenclaws. I’m Professor Flitwick, your charms
teacher.” Professor Flitwick greeted the class, “I am also the head of
Ravenclaw, so anyone of you may approach me anytime if you encountered any
problems during your year in Hogwarts. Of course, if you would just need
somebody to talk to or seek advice from, I will be more than happy to assist
you too.”
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