Edited 2-6-2020
Ivy P.O.V.
After we got settled in and started to eat the doors of the Great Hall opened to reveal Harry walking in and going to join his friends further down the table. As I glanced around the hall I noticed I wasn't the only one staring at him. There was something all over his nose which I recognized instantly as dried blood. It's as if someone had tired to punch him.
I turned back to my food lazily mixing the gravy into the mashed potatoes on my plate. I'm not exactly sure why but I just haven't had much of an appetite today. That doesn't mean I didn't eat at least one slice of steak and kidney pie. I know it may sound kind of gross to Americans but it's not half bad.
(A/n: Dumbledore's dialogue is copies directly from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in this chapter. I do not claim her work as my own.)
Almost instantaneously the hall grew quiet. I looked around to see why when I saw Dumbledore standing up at the staff table. "The very best of evenings to you!" He said, smiling broadly, his arms open wide as to embrace the entire room. I quickly noticed that his hand was blackened and dead looking. People seemed to take notice and started to whisper. He took note and covered his hand with his sleeve.
"Nothing to worry about," he said airily. "Now... to our new students, welcome, to our old students, welcome back! Another year full of magical education awaits you..."
"...And Mr. Filch, our caretaker, has asked me to say that there is a blanket ban on any joke items bought at the shop called Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes. Those wishing to play for their house quidditch teams should give their names to their heads of house as usual. We are also looking for new quidditch commentators who should do likewise. We are pleased to welcome a new member of our staff this year. Professor Slughorn"
I watched as the new professor stood up. He was bald and rather chubby. — "is a former colleague of mine who has agreed to resume his post of potions master."
"WAIT-" I thought. Did I hear that right? Potions? I heard the word echo through the hall as other people had the same question. "Professor Snape, meanwhile," said Dumbledore raising his voice so that it carried over all the muttering. "Will be taking over the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher."
"NO" someone yelled. I looked in the direction it came from. It was none other than Harry Potter. It's not that I don't like him or anything it just seemed odd how much attention he was getting tonight.
"Ivy did you notice how Dumbledore's hand seemed like dead?" Hope asked me.
"I did. I know what you're thinking. Yes it was rather odd. But I'm not really in the mood to gossip. Ok Hope?"
"Yeah yeah ok" she responded. Her voice dripping with annoyance.
I turned back to my food and drank the rest of my Butterbeer. Ambrosia and nectar tastes like Butterbeer for me but sometimes at camp it tastes like strawberries. It's probably because I live off those at camp.
~Author Time Skip~
I followed our head of house out of the Great Hall and through Hogwarts to the portrait hole leading to the common room. The head girl spoke next. "People! Listen up! This year the password to get into Gryffindor Tower is 'audax' . Got it? Good. I will not be repeating this!" When she finished speaking she was the first one through the portrait hole. As I walked through the portrait hole I thought about the password. It instantly made sense to me, it means 'courageous' in Latin. I know that i'm only supposed to be able to understand Greek but even though i'm slightly dyslexic I have a natural talent for languages. I know English, Greek, Latin and I'm working on Spanish.
I walked right up to my dorm and changed into my pj's. I considered hailing Linh to see if there's any news. At Foxfire I would often work with Tam as we were both shades, so as a result I became quite close with Linh. I decided against it as I had no clue what time it was now let alone in the lost cities. As I tried to decide what to do I came up with the idea of sneaking out and wandering the halls. So I did just that! I fumbled around for my shoes and finally found them in the dark. I can see just fine in the dark, but I wasn't really trying anyway.
I walked out of my dorm and into the common room and sat down by the fire. Having a mental debate on wether or not I should bring my dagger with me or not. My bow is a little too inconvenient for Hogwarts, but that doesn't mean I don't bring it with me every year. I found out early on that I don't quite have the talent for wielding a sword. Anyway the mental debate went a little something like this:
"IVY TAKE YOUR DAGGER!" Screamed one part of my mind.
"Why? Why would I need it? I rarely run into trouble and if I tried to decapitate another student the gods only know what will happen." Responded the other.
"ALWAYS BE PREPARED! Isn't that one of the most taught rules at camp?"
"Yeah yeah. Just shut up! It's HOGWARTS! Even IF a monster manages to get through the borders Filtch will find it."
"JUST TAKE THE FREKIN' DAGGER! Besides something feels off."
That mental debate went on for about 5 more minutes after that with the side arguing for the dagger winning. I got up and went back to my dorm trying to make as little noise as possible as I started looking for my dagger. After I found it I headed for the portrait hole and double checked no one was awake as I exited the common room. I started walking through the halls going no where in particular. "Maybe to the kitchen for a late night snack?" I said to myself.
After I got a green apple from the house elves in the kitchen I headed for the girls bathroom on the first floor. I don't particularly like Myrtle but my instincts led me there anyway. When I opened the door I was met with a sight that was not AT ALL welcome. I quickly shut the door again thinking that maybe it's just my eyes playing tricks on me. When I opened it again I was met with the same sight as before.
My first reaction was dropping the half-eaten apple and saying "You've got to be fucking kidding me."
Bibliography:
Rowling , J.K. "Snape Victorious ." Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince, vol. 6, Arthur A. Levine Books, 2005, pp. 165–167.
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