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Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Newport
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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Niamh Anfield-Hope
Fourth Year | 
SPOILER!!: aaetha Quote: "Oh, it's fine!" Isobel replied. She'd always been quiet and small, and fairly unnoticeable (which was quite helpful when trying to spy on people). "Really? How can you be a new fourth year?" Had Niamh never had the first three years of her magical education? Isobel had heard of parents who preferred homeschooling, but never someone who had been homeschooled for three years and then admitted to Hogwarts. Maybe her powers had only recently developed?
"I don't want to say disappointing, but... not what I expected," she replied. "I mean, almost everything is great, but the- the turnstiles, and the paper plates, and the food and everything aren't really what I'd hoped the school would be like, you know?" Isobel didn't see how the school could be low on money, or where all the house-elves went, but there had to be a better way than soliciting extra knuts from the students.
"I transferred from Beauxbatons," Niamh replied. Then, just so Isobel didn't get the idea that Niamh had actually wanted to attend Hogwarts, she hastily added, "My parents made me,".
Niamh nodded in agreement. "People tell such wonderful tales of life at Hogwarts. And the food seems to be the thing they like most about it. I... really didn't expect all this, when I boarded the train." The blonde sighed. "I know what you mean. It is... disappointing. I wonder how they got so short of money that they had to start charging students to get into their rooms!" Niamh picked at the couch. "I'd hate to be someone from a poor family. All those knuts for meals and to sleep... That adds up to a fair bit after a whole term!" Truth be told, Niamh was angry at having to pay a knut to get into her Common Room every night. She didn't know how the school could do that. Parents must be in uproar at having to send knuts to their kids all the time. And what if you were like that old family, the Weasleys! Getting seven kids through Hogwarts was expensive enough anyway. Niamh wouldn't be surprised if the castle was completely empty come the holidays. It would be too expensive for anyone to stay! And what about those who simply had no where to go? Niamh thought, sadly. Hogwarts was known as a haven for those who had no where to go. New as she was to the school, Niamh didn't want to see Hogwarts lose all the bits people liked about it the most in its desperate bid for money.
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