The Hogwarts Princess

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Once the feast was over Draco and I follow the Slytherin prefect to the common rooms. I was a bit nervous about the girls I'd be rooming with. I roll my eyes when the prefect says our password, pureblood. Of course, that's the password, although the rest of my housemates like it.

I walk with them into the common room and take a look around. It's not lit very brightly like the Great Hall but there's a fair amount of light coming from the fire and the lights hanging from the ceiling. There's a round table on the far end of the room and next to the fire are two black leather couches with green throw pillows in each corner.

"Wicked," I say, loving the design of the room and going up to the girl's dormitories. I find the room I'm assigned to and look at the other names. I smile when I see only one other girl is in my room, a girl named Charlotte Aldridge.

I shrug and walk in noticing she wasn't in the room yet so I go to my bed. I let Amora out of her cage and she stretches before making herself comfortable on the pillows.

"How was the ride here for you?" I sit beside and pet her fur.

"I slept most of the time so I would say pretty good." I laugh softly and shake my head.

"Of course. You take cat naps to a new level." I lay down on the bed and sigh contently. I hear the door creak open and sit up to look at the girl coming in. She has smooth, pale skin, her hair is wavy and red and it's laying naturally on her shoulders. She has doll-like features, a button nose, blue eyes, and a shy smile.

"You must be Charlotte. I'm Raelyn Hawthorne." I stand up and walk to her bed where she had sat down.

"Uh, nice to meet you." She smiles awkwardly and I give a smile back.

"We best get settled in. Tomorrow we get our schedules and start our classes." I say after a moment of silence and walk over to my bed. Charlotte nods her head and gets into her bed. I turn the lamp off beside my bed and close my eyes, letting sleep overtake my mind and body.

I'm in the same garden I saw my mother in, but it's not as beautiful as before. The flowers have wilted and the gazebo is in shambles. I look around desperate to find my mum. I hear a terrible scream in the distance.

I run towards the noise, my heart racing as it gets louder and louder. The sound is like nails on a chalkboard to my ears then it suddenly stops. My breath catches in my throat and I turn around, seeing my mum's dead body on the ground.

I sit up in my bed, my nightclothes clung to my body from the cold sweat. I look at the clock on the wall and see it's half past one and sigh. I won't be sleeping for a while. I grab a blanket and my mum's journal and go to the common room.

I sit on the couch closest to the fire and wrap the blanket around myself, opening the journal and reading for a few hours, when I say journal it seems more like a textbook, the pages seem to go on forever. My eyelids start to grow heavy around four and I'm too tired to go back to my dormitory. I fall asleep for the second time tonight and hope it's a night of dreamless sleep.

"Raelyn. Rae!" I'm shaken awake and groan, opening my eyes to see Draco standing in front of me. I rub my eyes and sit up, noticing it was eight.

"What are you doing down here?" Draco asks, bringing my attention back to him.

"I couldn't sleep so I came down and read for a while." I shrug and stand up to stretch. "I'm gonna go get dressed. Will you wait for me?" I ask him and he nods, sitting on the opposite couch.

I quickly go up to the dormitory and open my trunk. I change into my uniform, choosing to wear pants instead of a skirt and pull my robes on over my clothes. I grab my wand and put it in my pocket before going back to the common room.