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Zinnia clumsily fell out of the carriage once it had approached the castle, she couldn't help but grin widely at the sort of relief she felt seeing the castle again after such a miserable summer. There was something about the walls of the castle that seemed impenetrable to darkness, even when it was trapped inside. Picking up the pace Zinnia raced up the stairs, her robe catching on the worn out stone they were made of.
"Hurry up, i'm starving and i can already smell the food wafting from the kitchen '' Zinnia cried from the top of the stairs to her friends who were tiredly dragging their feet up to the castle.
"As much as I don't want to see hangry Zinnia, I keep forgetting how many stairs this place has," Ron puffed, out of breath.
Zinnia rolled her eyes at his comment and leant against the railing. Her head lifted when she heard her name being yelled from further up, suddenly she saw Fay bouncing back down the stairs against the swarm of students to engulf Zinnia in a hug.
"Where the hell have you been?" Fay mocked Zinnia.
"Trapped in a tower for the rest of the summer," Zinna laughed.
"Okay Rapunzel, I think there is some sticky date pudding with your name on it" Fay linked her arm with Zinnia's as she proceeded up the stairs. Zinnia couldn't help but think of Harry handing her sticky date pudding every year with a beaming grin, she looked back at the boy behind her and he gave her a slight smile before she turned back around. Zinnia has not given full thought to how much her life at Hogwarts would be affected by her complicated relationship with Harry, she could only hope it wouldn't put too much of a damper on the year.
As the crowd of students entered the great hall, Zinnia spotted the awaiting first years on the stairs near the door, Zinnia gave a great big smile to Poppy and the small girl returned it with an excited wave before she was pulled away by her new found friends. Zinnia smiled looking at her giggling with a group of girls and sighed with relief that her sister had found home already.
As Zinnia approached the table of her friends she noticed the only spare spot between Seamus and Harry, she blindly sat down not noticing the tension between the two.
"Hey Seamus, how was your summer?" She asked with an ignorant grin.
"Yeah... it was alright" he said with his head down "could have been better" he finished as he turned his head to Harry with a clenched jaw. Zinnia sat quiet for a moment as the two stared at each other, passing her eyes between the two.
"Okay.. cool" she said awkwardly with tight lips, she looked over at Ron across from her and he simply raised his eyebrows and gave a shrug.
Luckily Dumbeldore had saved the silence as he shushed everyone in the hall in preparation for the first years to come forward. Zinnia's back straightened and her head turned to the door so she could get a better view of Poppy. The grand doors opened and a cluster of small children with wide gazes followed professor McGonagall to the front of the hall.
