Paper Rings; Fred Weasley

Detention

October 2nd, 1994

Erin was woken by the morning light from the sun shining through the window by her bed. She turned to see that it was 7 am. She turned back and stretched her body before she threw her feet over the edge of the bed and putting on her slippers and heading to the bathroom to shower.

Erin usually woke up by herself early most days. Dawn on the other hand, she was a nightmare to wake. She would sleep through multiple alarms and Erin would have to drag her out of bed so she wouldn't miss breakfast before classes.

As always, when Erin had finished showering and getting ready in the bathroom, Dawn was still asleep. She sighed «Every fucking day!» she mumbled under her breath. «Get the fuck up» Erin shouted at Dawn while shaking her body and pulling the duvet off her.

«Let me fucking be!» Dawn screamed back at her, then dragging the duvet back over her and crashing her head back on the pillow. «Classes starts in less than an hour and a half, be there.» Erin said grabbing her things and leaving for breakfast.

Even though Dawn never woke up when she was supposed to, she did somehow almost always make it to class on time, usually with the breakfast still in her hand and exhausted after running through the castle to make it to class before the teacher came.

Erin walked down the stairs from the girl dormitories and headed to the Great Hall. She entered the large room, the smell of fresh bread and croissants hitting her the second she walked inside. All four tables was like always filled with fresh food from one side of the long table to the end on the other side.

She found an available seat next to Luna. «Hi Luna.» she said while placing herself next to Luna. «Good Morning Erin, isn't it?» She said back sweetly, «Indeed it is.» Erin answered.

She placed some food on to her plate and grabbed a pumpkin juice. While taking a bite of her food, Erin's hand went into her bag and she pulled out a book she had found in the library some days ago. With one hand she opened the book and placed it on the table next to her plate.

«What is it you're reading?» Luna asked calmly looking at the book she just pulled up. «The Great Gatsby,» she answered, «it's a muggle book I found in the library the other day».

«What is it about?» Luna asked curiously.

«It's about a young man named Nick Carraway that moves to New York City to obtain employment as a bond salesman. He moves to a bungalow next to a mysterious luxurious estate,» she tells Luna with excite in her voice. «I haven't come far, but he's currently at a party to his mysterious neighbor trying to figure out who this man is.»

«Sounds interesting,» Luna said, a gentle smile covering her lips «I find muggle books quite interesting, they use so many unique words.»

The two girls continued their breakfast until there were almost no one left in the hall. She put her book down and the girls went to their classes.

First class was Defense Against the Dark Arts. Mr. Lupin, who had been their professor in this subject last year, had resigned because it became known that he was a werewolf. He was so far the best professor she had through the five years she'd been here.

She was not particularly pleased with the new professor. He has a wooden leg, a magical artificial eye and carries a cane.

«You will now divide into pairs. One partner will attempt to jinx the other without speaking. The other will attempt to repel the jinx in equal silence» Professor Alastor Moody said to the class.

Dawn had still not arrived and the others around her was some self-righteous Gryffindor girls and some of Cho's friends.

Of course she chose to join one of the Gryffindor girls.