The Fearless Year 1

The Ravenclaw common room

Sunday 1st September 2019

"First-year Ravenclaw, follow me" called an older Ravenclaw boy at the other end of the table. The first years scrambled up. They walked to the end of the row with him, dodging past older students on the way and stopped facing him. "Hey guys, welcome to Ravenclaw, I'm Louis. I'll be your prefect for a few years at Hogwarts." He explained. "Follow me and I'll show you how to get to Ravenclaw tower and your dorm rooms" he finished. He turned around and started to walk out the hall beckoning them to follow. "Oh and be careful, the staircases change" he called back to them.

The Ravenclaws were mixed in with Gryffindors both trying to get up the stair cases in the hallway. The Hufflepuffs and Slytherins had already split off both going down different staircases. The prefects for Gryffindor and Ravenclaw were desperately trying not to loose their students, they had to stop on each staircase to make sure the next one wasn't going to move off before everyone could get on it.

Eventually, the Ravenclaws got off the moving staircases and went down a corridor full of portraits. At the end of the hall was an archway. Louis lead them through the arch and up a tight, spiralling staircase. At the top of the stairs was a door.

The door hadn't got a handle or a key hole. It only have a knocker in the shape of an eagle. Louis tapped the knocker gently and a melodic voice came out of it. "What gets broken without being touched" the voice sang out. Louis thought for a few moments and finally came to a conclusion. "A promise" he said to the door. "Correct" the voice sang and a handle appeared on the door. Louis led the Ravenclaws inside.

"To get into Ravenclaw's common room, you need to answer a riddle." Louis explained to the first-years. "What happens if you get it wrong?" Asked Faith timidly. "You have to wait for someone who can answer it to let you in. I once got stuck all night." Louis told them chuckling.

"Ok, boys I'll show you your dorm, girls your dorm is up those stairs all the way and it's the door at the very top." Louis said to them turning away. He led the boys to the opposite staircase and disappeared up it. Atlas, Jonah and the other boy they hadn't talked to followed him, but Dan stayed where he was.

"Hey girls, meet me and the guys down here later, we can talk more. " He said to them and ran after the others grinning behind. Autumn watched him run away, she laughed at him as he tripped over the carpet by the stairs. She then looked at the common room properly.

The ceiling of the room had constellations floating around it and there was a big statue in an alcove. There were several bookcases dotted around too as well as a fireplace with sofas and tables around it. It felt cozy, like an old library and Autumn felt safe there. She didn't feel as homesick anymore.

After a few minutes of wandering around in awe Aimee spoke. "Should we go and find our dorm then?" She asked the group of first-year girls, the older students we're beginning to flood the room as well. "Yeah, let's go!" Said Isla excitedly and she started walking over to the stairs. Autumn nodded and the others followed to the staircase.

They advanced up the stairs, quickly at first but as they got a few floors up, they were getting tired. They had been walking in circles for a few minutes laughing and chatting and finally, they reached a door which read 'first-year girls.' Faith pushed open the door and they entered to see five identical beds. They all had large wooden frames with eagles carved into the headboards, blue duvet covers and nightstands next to them. They all had their trunks on a bed and there were spaces on the walls next to the beds for decorating.

The girls were all starting to get their things out the trunks when there was a knock on the door. Isla was closest to the door and went to open it. "Hi" an older girl said to her smiling. "Hi" replied Isla. "I'm Ophelia, me and my year are the floor below you. If you need anything, we'd be happy to help" she smiled at them. Aimee went to join Isla at their door, feeling nosy. "Can we see how you decorate your room?" She asked her. "Sure, all of you?" She asked the room as a whole. "Yes please." Lily answered walking towards the door. Autumn looked at Faith. She shrugged and got up so Autumn did too.