Hot's First Year

Mum stopped the car, and took my suitcases out of the boot. She wheeled them over to the line of girls for me. “Now, you have a nice term, won’t you, and I’ll see you at Christmas. Bye!”

“See you later,” I said to Red Star. I stood up, picked up my suitcases and joined the other three girls as we followed Miss Burnout out of the hall, and straight ahead, up a flight of stairs.

At seven the next morning, my dorm-mates and I got dresses and made our way down to the Great Hall for breakfast. We all sat at a table which had seven free seats so we could all sit together.

“Well, how was I supposed to know that you added one teaspoon, not two?” Smoke said, after the day had finished and we were back in the dorm I shared with Ginger and the twins.

Smoke looked at Red Star, surprised, as Ginger pulled out a huge bag of sweets out of her bedside table. "What?"