Rotten To The Core

“Should we get started with the tour then?” Lily said. She made it sound like a question even though the four knew that they had no choice, so they all nodded and off they went. Lily was obviously taking the lead, with Peter staying at the back of the group and then Sirius behind Lily.

“The building was originally made hundreds of years ago, before Udiria even existed, but when the King and Queen came to power and united all the nations, it became a school for the next generations.” She was leading them through the front entrance and into the building, then stopped at a table with some maps on it. “You guys can all take a map to keep with you for the time being, it takes a while to get used to the layout since it's so big.” They all grabbed a map each, then Lily carried on walking and talking. “On the right here is the sports block, there’s the dance studio, the fencing practice room, and the gym. They’re all free for use whenever but to use the dance and fencing rooms the team captain has to book in advance for practice.” Regulus could tell that Mary was keen on the dance studio by the way she perked up when it was mentioned. As they were walking, Lily kept turning around to make sure they were all still following, but Sirius never even cast a glance at Regulus. Then there was Peter who stayed at the back of the group to make sure no one got separated, looking a bit scared. Probably because of the four ‘villain kids’ as they were known. Lily was still talking. “Over there is the English classroom, then down that corridor are all the creative subjects, so art, drama, and music. Oh and the boys toilets are here. Then these stairs lead to the boys dorms upstairs. Here is the auditorium. There are annual shows put on by the drama club, usually different musicals. Last year they did The Phantom of the Opera but the chandelier actually fell down and the girl playing Cristine broke her ankle, the show was cut short.” Regulus thought it was funny how normal Lily made that sound, like that sort of thing happened every day. It made him wonder what else had happened here. “Anyways,” she continued “ over here are the stairs to the girls dorms and then the girls toilets. On the left there by the grand entrance is the headmistress’s office, professor McGonagall, who you met briefly earlier. Then next to that is the classroom where you guys will have your goodness class, run by McGonagall.”

“Let me guess, new class?” Marlene asked sarcastically. Lily laughed.

“Yeah, she thought it would be best to start it up, you know, just in case. Ok so this here is the maths classroom, and then down that corridor is the science, geography, and history classrooms. And I think that's us done! You guys all ok with that?” they all nodded hesitantly, trying to remember where everything was. “Oh! I almost forgot, the canteen is down by the football field, it’s a big stone building, you can't miss it. Do you guys have any questions?” 

“Yeah, um, do you guys have magic here? Like wands and spells and stuff” Regulus asked, hoping to find out a bit about the wand.

“It exists, that's for sure, but it's practically retired. No one uses it apart from Professor McGonagall and even then, she barely does.” Lily responded, then waited to see if there were any other questions. 

“I’ve got one too. What are you doing later?” Mary said, stepping closer to Lily. She laughed nervously and Regulus could’ve sworn he saw her blush a little.

“I guess you’ll have to find me later and find out.” She winked at Mary, then turned on her heel and left. Sirius had apparently already left and Peter ran after Lily, trying to catch up with her

“Damn Mary, you really just went for it” Remus said laughing “I mean you’ve only just met her”

“Hey, I saw an opportunity and I went for it. What can I say, I’m just that good.”

“She was definitely into it, did you see the way she winked at you? Oh my god, Mary is gonna be the first one of us to get laid” Marlene said, mocking despair as she threw her arm up to her forehead and leant on remus’ shoulder. They carried on talking as they all started walking up to the dorms, ready to start the new chapter of their lives that was Udiria.