The adventure began in Diagon Alley, where our new students were herded through the chaos by Matilda Merrysprig, a seventh-year Hufflepuff with a nervous smile and a death grip on her orientation script. At Flourish and Blotts, a riddle-spouting book challenged their wits. They cracked only one but were rewarded with a single Charm of Vitality for the effort.
While shopping, Finlay realized he couldn’t afford his potions book. Otto stepped in and paid for it. They loaded up on essentials (and chocolate frogs), noted that broom prices were laughably out of reach, and headed for Platform 9¾.
On the Hogwarts Express, they were cornered by Primrose Calloway, an American exchange student whose encyclopedic Harry Potter knowledge came with zero volume control. She monologued about wizarding trivia for the entire ride, completely unfazed by their increasingly obvious attempts to shut her down.
At the Sorting Ceremony, they were all placed in Ravenclaw, along with Prim. That night, Caoimhe cracked the eagle door’s riddle to get into the Ravenclaw common room. Inside, they met their dormmates: Callum Vane, full of swagger, and Tamsin Greaves, full of books.
The next day in Potions, disaster struck. Their eccentric professor, Wizzlethorpe, vanished mid-lecture, and Slytherin troublemaker Elias Flint let out a cage full of invisible snakes. Caoimhe, Otto, Finlay, Declan, and Isolde were the only ones who stepped up—using clever spellwork and the red potion to draw the snakes in before blasting them apart with Bombardas. Elias, Prim, and Caoimhe were bitten, but all recovered thanks to antidotes on Wizzlethorpe’s return.
For their quick thinking and bravery, 100 house points were awarded to both Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. Not a bad first week—dangerous, weird, and already full of mystery.