Safire: Ignited

Chapter Seven

After everyone had eaten enough main course the choir began to sing, i didnt care much for choirs, i prefered music to be something that Lemmy Kilmister and Kurt Cobain would be proud of. I only really began to pay attention to anything that was going on around me when Professor Dumbledoor stood before the large golden owl, making it spread its wings and bring silence to the school; it surely was impressive.

"Welcome, welcome, to another year at Hogwarts, first i would like to adress the changes in teaching staff; Defence Against the Dark Arts will be taken be Professor R.J Lupin, I'm sure you'll all join me in wishing the professor good luck." this was returned with an applause throughout the school as Remus stood from his seat, he smirked at me and i rolled my eyes. As he sat the applause died down. "As some of you may know, Professor Kettlebur, our Care Of Magical Creatures professor, has decided to retire in order to spend as much time with his remaining limbs." i chuckled quietly at Dumbledoor's use of sarcasm. "Fortunately, i am delighted to announce that his place will be taken by our very own, Rubeus Hagrid!" everyone in the room cheered wildly, making the large man blush as he rose, nearly toppling the table over in the process. I smiled at him, Ron and Hermionie had told me about Hagrid, they said that he's a really sweet man.

Suddenly the atmosphere grew serious, even the enchanted ceiling grey stormy, making the floating candles above our heads flicker. "Finally, on a more disquieting note, Hogwarts - at the request of the Ministry of Magic - will, until further notice, play host to the Dementors of Azkaban." as soon as the dementors were mentioned i could hear Malfoy teasing Harry, I bit my tongue in order not to hex him and get myself expelled already, I just made a mental note to trip him up sometime, literally. "The Dementors will be stationed at the entrances to the grounds. While they are under strict orders not to enter the castle itself, you will on occasion see them as you go about your daily activities. Under no

circumstances are you to approach them. It is not in the nature of a Dementor to be forgiving. Now, onto dessert." i raised my eyebrows slightly,

"Well, that was depressing." i said to myself, Shadow made a noise of aggrement before looking behind me and snarling a little. Behind me stood an averaged height girl with chocolate brown hair down to her waist, she had pinkish skin and a small smile.

"Hello, I am Ashley Skyes, I'm the head girl of our year." i nodded and shook her hand slowly, "I have been informened that you have your own room in the Slytherin Common room, so, if you dont mind, we could go now and i could show you around?" i nodded and smiled lightly, standing and clicking my tongue so Shadow knew to stay beside me.

We walked easily out of the common room and down the corridors, it really was beautiful; the sandstone bricks reflected the light from the flaming torches, giving the rooms an eery glow, the paintings were all having conversations with eachother and nodding in greeting as we walked past. My heeled combat boots clicked as i walked down the halls behind a light footed Ashley, "Those boots really suit you by the way, i would've never dreamed they'd look that good with the uniform, but you manage to pull it off flawlessly." Ashley smiled as we bagan walking down the stairs,

"Thank you, to be honest, i dont know much about clothes that arent black so..." i trailed off making her chuckled lightly and light her wand with the lumos spell so we could see.

"Dont worry about it, i saw you on the train, you look good in black." i smirked to myself as she said this, i very rarely get any complements. "Right," she said, stopping in front of a portrait that reached from the ceiling to the floor. "The password is Pureblood, dont forget it." i nodded and walked in beside her.

The room was beautiful. The bricks were dark and only a few windows gave light to the room, there was a large fireplace that may reach my shoulder in height, the couches were black leather and the rugs on the floor were green and silver; the slytherin colours. I smiled widely and followed Ashley up the steps, "These are towards the girls dormitories, the others are for the boys, usually we would have first years on the first floor of rooms and second years on the second, and so on... however you need to have a room to yourself, so you are getting the single room right at the top of the girls tower."

"Where do you sleep?" ia sked suriously, as we continued to walk up the stairs.

"In the prefect dorms, luckily i dont have to deal with the arseholes in this house." she sneered, i sighed,

"You didnt want to be in Slytherin either?"

"Hell no, i wanted to be in Ravenclaw with my brother, but no, the hat decided for me to be here." she took a deep breath and shook her head, "Sorry, i get a little worked up sometimes."

"Dont worry," she looked at me with a raised eyebrow, "Everyone here are arseholes." she threw her head back and laughed as she flung a door open,

"I like you Safire, you seem cool." she smiled,

"I am cool." i laughed, she just shook her head and stayed at the door as Shadow and myself walked in.

"See you tomorrow."

As soon as she left i dropped myself onto the bed that lay in the room, i knew it was beautiful just based upon the other ones i've already seen. I tugg off my boots and wave my wand, making all of my clothes, shoes and toilettries go to their rightful place without me having to lift a finger. I was tired, that much was true, but it didnt mean i was getting any sleep. Once everything was put away i took my robes off and hung them up, along with my green and silver tie which was on the bed when i walked in, along with a scarf of the same colours. I took off my socks and threw them into the washong basket, along with my bra and underwear; quickly i dressed in girls boxers and an oversized plaid shirt before laying in bed. Once i was done Shadow jumped up with me.

I really wasn't getting any sleep tonight.