 Constant Vigilance! O_O AWAKE!
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Originally Posted by ArianaBlack  ..... So this may be easier than he thought it'd be. ".... Yes." The stairs moved... But they didn't just... vanish.
First years, man. The whole lot of them were absolutely clueless about everything possible. Were they even human? Sometimes it was hard to tell.
And she kept talking, but James had stopped listening about a quarter of the way through. He was good at pretending though, let that be known. Only his well timed nods were merely to feign interest. Something about how she wasn't Ravenclaw. Well clearly. Those ones were meant to have some sort of clue. This one was about as clueless as a newborn kneazle.
"Didn't you pick up one of the maps?" he raised a brow. "Hm, I thought they always gave them out the first night to all the new comers..." Not really. There weren't any maps. But how was she supposed to know that? Okay, okay so maybe this was a bit evil.... But he'd make sure she knew it was all a lie... Eventually. No harm in having some fun, yeah?
"Care of Magical Creatures," he replied slowly. "Do you plan to take it?" A lot was riding on this answer of hers, no pressure. Coool so the stairs were still there, she could get to the transfiguration floor. Or was this the transfiguration floor? This professor wasn't being very helpful. Why didn't he tell her how to get to the transfiguration floor? Or at least indicate what floor they were on? Isabella supposed maybe he didn't come to this part of the castle very often. Oh. Maybe he was lost, too! Isabella abruptly stopped talking and gulped, hopefully not visibly.
"Maps? There were maps!" Isabella knew she should have paid more attention when she first got to Hogwarts. But there was just so much to see! The ceiling in the Great Hall was made of stars, for one. And the ghosts! And there had been so much food, and the sorting hat. She would have to go looking for the maps once she got un-lost. Surely they had maps all year and not just at the opening feast.
She stared blankly at the professor when he asked if she planned to take Care of Magical Creatures. Why would she know that? She was a first year. You had to be at least a third year to take Care of Magical Creatures, and she was a first year. She had two whole years to make that decision! Oh, but she couldn't say no to him. But she didn't want to lie...what if she said yes, she planned on taking it, but changed her mind next year, and then what if he held it against her forever and gave her detention? "I hadn't thought about it," she said truthfully. "I've barely thought about my classes this year." She only knew what they were because she had had to buy textbooks. |