Snippet #1950986

'One, two, three... Aguamenti.' Daniel whispered, tapping his wand at the rusty water goblet in his hand. He paused for a moment and looked over his shoulder to listen to any sign of the others. It was seven forty-five am and he was the only person awake in the Gryffindor common room, all he could hear was the faint crackling of the fire and muffled snores coming from the boy's dormitories. The water goblet in his hand was now half full with water, Daniel grinned and set it aside. He had been practising that spell ever since the crack of dawn. Daniel yawned and gazed into the fire before him. Feeling immensely satisfied, he made a mental tick on his "to-do" list right beside "Learn Aguamenti spell". One less thing to do, he thought happily to himself. Daniel rubbed his eyes and sank further into the soft couch, unaware that he was beginning to fall asleep.

Just then, a handsome barn owl soared in through an open window. Daniel jerked awake. The owl fluttered beside him and dropped a letter on his knee. 'You were supposed to wait for breakfast at the Great Hall to deliver mail, Rem,' Daniel muttered irritably and ripped open the envelope. Remmy hooted and started cleaning his brilliant golden feathers. As Daniel had expected, it was just a letter from home reminding him to write once every week, to see if he were all right - nothing special. Daniel pocketed the letter and looked around the common room for a spare bit of parchment and quill. Once he had found them, he settled down on the ruby couch and began to scribble down a response. Lucy, Everything's fine at Hogwarts, it's only the first day back, after all. Tell mum and dad that I'm all right, and stay out of trouble, will you? I'll write on Thursdays. - Daniel