my riddle to solve (tom riddle)

five

I was woken early the next morning by a dreadful ringing noise. Someone had brought along a Muggle-alarm clock which they had enchanted to be extra-loud. The entire Ravenclaw house was awake within minutes.

I could hear the shower running, meaning that Adelaide had successfully beat me to the bathroom. I waited a long thirty minutes for her to be done. Neither of us were morning people, and we tended to be quite moody earlier in the day. I took a quick shower before dressing in my uniform and pulling my hair back with an extra-strong hair ribbon. I did my makeup hastily; I was starving. I made my way down to the common room to see that Adelaide was waiting for me.

"They better have pancakes, the kind with chocolate pieces in them. I'm feeling quite murderous this morning. If the food isn't to my liking, I might be motivated to finally finish Julian off," Adelaide grumbled as we walked down to the Great Hall.

"Well I won't stop you. You'd be doing everyone a favor," I mumbled in agreement. Fortunately for Julian, there was a large platter of pancakes at breakfast. I ate about five, along with half of Raymond's omelette. Professor Babbling came around with our new class schedules, which I glanced over quickly as I downed my second glass of pumpkin-juice. I had Transfiguration first, followed by Defence Against the Dark Arts. After lunch was Astronomy and Ancient Runes.

Not wanting to be late to Professor Dumledore's class, Adelaide and I finished our breakfast quickly. Raymond was with us, which meant we had to stop multiple times so he could discuss Quidditch with a few of his teammates. When we finally made it to the Transfiguration classroom, it was already quite crowded. Since we were now in our 6th year, classes were no longer based off of house, but qualifications.

"Ophelia! Lestrange is in this class," Adelaide squealed excitedly. She was right; he was in this class, along with Rosier and Malfoy. Raymond rolled his eyes but stayed silent. Professor Dumbledore had just entered the room, and was now addressing the class.

"Good morning students! I am delighted to see that so many of you have decided to continue on with your studies in Transfiguration this year. Please take a seat, and be mindful of whom you choose to sit with." Adelaide grabbed hold of my arm and dragged me to the back of the classroom, where the Slytherin boys were.

"Hi boys! Is it alright if we sit with you?" she asked sweetly. I gave Abraxas a small smile.

"Of course you can Adie. I haven't talked to you in ages," said Evan Rosier as he pulled out a chair for Adelaide. I sat down next to Abraxas and glanced across the room to catch Raymond's eye. He groaned, but reluctantly walked over to our table. He glared at Lestrange, (Slytherin Quidditch Captain) before taking the chair on my right. Professor Dumbledore explained that today's class would just be review from last year, and we were to transfigure lizards into birds. We made Raymond go get the lizards from the front.

"Sterling, I just wanted to apologize for hassling you yesterday. My mother was the one who made me send the letter. She's absolutely obsessed with weddings, and she's hoping to snag an invite," Lestrange explained. I felt my face heat up at the mention of the 'w-word' but I kept my composure.

"It's alright Lestrange, I won't hold it against you. Sorry for snapping at you on the train, I was in a bad mood."

"Don't worry about it. We all know how intimidating Riddle can be. Malfoy, can I borrow a quill?"

Our entire group was able to complete the transfiguration successfully, and within ten minutes we had five loud birds squawking about on our table.

"Can someone please put a Silencing Charm on those?" A Hufflepuff girl complained from the front of the class. Our birds were being a lot louder than everyone else's; she was right. Adelaide muttered the spell and waved her wand as Abraxas turned to speak with me.