meant to be (1)

7

"Mason can I borrow Nibbles? I need to ask Mom if she can send me some fairylights." I asked my brother the next morning. He agree and I told the other girls excitedly. All the gryffindor first years were sitting together in the common room, talking excitedly.

"Now we just have to wait for the fairylights and the pictures and our dorm will be finished." Lavender said after we sent the letter.

"It's a quarter to nine. We have to meet Professor McGonagall at the Great Hall, remember?" Hermione reminded us after looking at the clock.

We made our way down to the Great Hall together with the Gryffindor boys and arrived just in time. All the other first years already were gathered around McGonagall.

"I wonder what we're going to do." I told the Gryffindors who also were wondering the same thing.

"Good Morning!" Professor McGonagall said and our attention turned to her. "Today you will be exploring the castle on your own in small groups. Each group will be handed a sheet with questions about Hogwarts. There are clues all around the castle which will help you to answer all the questions.  I will divide the groups."

Luckily, I was in a group with Ron and Hermione, but to my displeasure also with Harry. McGonagall gave us our sheet, which was filled with thirty questions.

1. What animal lives in the Black Lake?
2. Who teaches Divination?
3. Where is the Hospital Wing?
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30. Who won the House Cup in 1971?

"We'll meet again here in two hours." Professor McGonagall said after handing out all the sheets. We decided to quickly write down all the things we already knew and then to find the Trophy Room and Hospital Wing.

"Honestly, how are we supposed to know who won the House Cup in 1971!" Ron said while we were walking.

"They wouldn't ask us a question we can't somehow answer." Hermione stated "Look here's the trophy room." 

We all stepped in and looked around. "Look at the big one here. It's for Tom Riddle." said Harry.

"He must've done something really special if he got a trophy that big. Let's write him down" I said. Hermione did and she already had written down two other names. We were now wandering around the castle trying to find the Hospital Wing.

I noticed that Harry was walking right behind us and not with the group, but I didn't think anything of it. Suddenly I almost fell because I tripped over someone's leg, but caught myself just in time

"You did that on purpose!" I said as Harry did his smirk again, he already did yesterday while we were etaing.

"I've got no clue what you're talking about" he said, while continuing to smirk. I looked at him in disbelief as he just continued walking as if nothing happened. Ron and Hermione were watching us closely, both confused.

"Let's go outside. We only need to find out in which direction the forbidden forest is and where the green houses are." said Ron after we walked around the castle for a long time.

We all agreed and went outside. It was a sunny day with a fresh breeze. We walked towards the grounds and came to a halt.

"The forbidden forest is in the north east" I said.

"Yes, and the greenhouses are on the right side to Hogwarts. Great, we've finished all our questions with thirty minutes to spare." Hermione said.

"Let's sit down and relax a bit. I really don't want to spend thirty minutes talking to McGonagall" Ron said and pointed at a bench near to the entrance.We all agreed and sat down.

"I'm starving and it's not even eleven. Why does lunch have to start so late?" I said.

"Because the classes end at one o'clock." Hermione answered, sniggering.

"Now that we're talking about classes. Tomorrow we have potions together with Professor Snape and the Slytherins. Eveyone says that Snape favours them." I said nervously.

Ron answered, but didn't finish: "All the Slytherins are-"

"What are all the Slytherins, Weasley? Better than you lot? I believe that as well" said Malfoy, who Harry and Ron mentioned a few times. Malfoy was standing in front of us with his two big friends.

"He wanted to say that all the Slytherins are weird and dumb" I answered shooting him a cold glare.

"Who are you? I haven't seen you before." Malfoy said, now turning his attention to me.

"Why do you want to know? That's none of your business" I answered. I already didn't like his attitude and the way he looked at us, as if we were garbage.

"Well, I want to know if this pretty body also has a pretty name." he said. I looked at him in disgust. He just was saying things about him being better than us and now he's also saying stuff like this?

"Leave her alone, you jerk" Harry said standing up. Ron did the same and looked at him furiously and asked: "Who do you think you are?" Malfoy was about to snap back at them but he was interrupted by a serious sounding voice.

"What are you still doing out here?" Professor McGonagall called angrily. We all looked over to where her voice was coming from and she was standing in front of the entrance hall. "You were supposed to come to the Great Hall ten minutes ago, hurry!"

"This isn't over yet." said Malfoy as he walked away towards McGonagall, Crabbe and Goyle following. Hermione and I were walking behind Harry and Ron.

When we arrived at the Great Hall we compared the questions to the solution. Of course we had no mistakes due to Hermiones cleverness. Professor McGonagall told us that we had the rest of the day off as well.

"Are you okay?" Hermione asked me the same evening in the common room. "You know because of the Malfoy thing"

"Yes, thanks for asking. Honestly, he's just nasty" I answered throwing her a smile. We both sat on the couch and listened to the boys plotting a plan on what to do Malfoy.

"Let's set his trunk on fire." Ron said to which we all burst out laughing. What great friends (except Harry) I already had.