Chapter five ✉ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Being in the rush of students could nearly choke you. Ryanne and Liana were by my side, scrambling through the crowd of students to stay close. "Firs ears this way!" a booming voice called over the hustle. A big, hairy, giant man was motioning his huge hand to follow him. "Hagrid!" three familiar voices called. I turned to see the familiar faces of Ron, Harry and Hermione, waving excitedly at Hagrid, who grinned and waved at them. "Lucy, when you go to Hogwarts, you're gonna love Hagrid! He's the best!" Hermione had said once over tea. I waved at Hermione, who, joined by Ron and Harry, also waved back. I wasn't the only one waving. A average height girl, looking my age, red-headed, green eyed, was waving at Ron. I turned to her and asked, "You know him?" she stopped waving and giggled. "He's my older brother" she finally said. I looked from her to Ron. They did look alike. "My name is Lavender. Lavender Weasley." she said, holding out her hand for me to shake. "Lucy Granger" I said, shaking it. "These are my friends now, Ryanne and Liana" I said, pointing at the girls beside me, who also smiled and shook hands with Lavender. Ryanne asked her "Are you a first year too?" she nodded and said "It is my first year here and I'm exited!" By her looks, she was wearing hand-me-down clothes and in fact had all the hand-me downs. "Did you buy your stuff yesterday? I didn't see you" Liana said, tilting her head as if trying to remember seeing the red-headed hair and thin face. She nodded. "A few things, most of my things are hand-downs from my brothers and sister. We didn't want to waste the money we had.." I knew it. She didn't look to sad about it on the outside but I knew it must feel frustrating to have not enough money to buy your own things. Our conversation was cut short as Hagrid led us up to the castle. "Firs years on the boats!" he said, getting on a boat himself. The boat creaked and that was a sign that no more passengers could board it. I clambered into a boat too. Ryanne, Liana and Lavender climbed into the same one. Just as we were about row into the dark, deep sky over the lake, another girl was making her way into our boat...
Hi! This chapter was pretty long but I really don't want to wait to include more of you into this book so...I'M WRITING NEW CHAPTER RIGHT NOW! Meanwhile...thanks to @HOPPYHOPSCOTCHFANN, @Hermione-HPfan, @pxttxh-aesthetics- and me for being in this chapter!
