So THAT had been an awful feast. But at least they'd given everyone ice cream, so that had been a plus. The third year bounded up the stairs and managed to only quarrel with the knocker for about 45 seconds before getting past the riddle barrier. And that wasn't because she hadn't been sure of the answer, it had been to seriously tease and interrogate the knocker about its life choices. Honestly, I just couldn't believe THAT was the riddle the knocker chose. Really? What's black, white, and READ all over? Too easy. Feeling pretty good about the glorious feeling that was burying herself into her covers, she walked briskly towards the common room door. But then a crowd of people seemed to be in the way.
"Er, hey guys..." she said, glancing around her. "What's going on...?" she asked as she lifted herself to her tip toes to look around.
Which was when she saw the turnstiles. Um, what? She eyed them suspiciously. "Is this a joke?" She walked up towards them, tried to push past, and greeted with a hefty THWAMP that pushed her backwards. Force-field ey? They think they're pretty slick, don't they? Well this is just crazy! She squinted at the coin slot and saw that it took knuts only. She sighed heavily. "Well great. How do they expect us to just have money on us? Mine's in my trunk!" But now she did suppose that some people probably did carry money around, she just never personally had a use for it. Especially not at school.
She really didn't want to be a bother, but she did really want to get into the dorm, so she looked up at Ethan and gave him a big innocent smile, seeing that he had several knuts in his hand. "Pretty please? I'll get you one straight away, promise." She really hoped there wouldn't be more unwelcome surprises at Hogwarts this term, but she had a feeling there might be. And yet, as irritated as she was, her mind was focused on bed.
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