Fresh from signing up for Quidditch tryouts, Derian entered the boys dorm excitedly. His brother, Rafe, had gone on and on about the wonders of Quidditch since Derian had first met him back in Romania. On the sign up sheet, he had said that he would either like to be a beater (because it was an excuse to hit things with a bat) or a chaser, but he was hoping for beater.

Other people were in the dorm room, but he paid them no heed as he walked towards his bed intent on getting changed. He wanted to meet a couple of his professors before class officially started, and his current attire simply would not do.