[i]Oh God, really? Haven’t these people ever heard of sleeping in?[/i] I thought to myself. Well obviously I wasn’t going to get any more sleep. Throwing the covers off, I hopped out of bed and donned my bathrobe over my pajamas, grabbed my grooming kit I’d put together for convenience, and went in to shower. Hopefully a good blast of hot water would let the tension out of my body before setting out for the day.

About a half hour later, I was ready, remembering to put my usual encrusting of bracelets on my wrist to hide the many scars that layered there. Heading down to the lower levels of the Castle, I was going to go into breakfast in the Great Hall but decided against it, the reason being what happened the night before. Oh well. I could always eat a large lunch in Hogsmeade. Thankfully, there was already a line of Professors outside, checking the names of students to make sure they were allowed out.

A soft blanket of new snow covered the ground, and I spread my arms as I walked toward the village, welcoming the cold like an embrace. My boots crunched in the snow, I listened to myself trampling the ground for almost a half hour before arriving. The first place I headed was into the quill and book shop, thankfully the owner was a bit quirky and did have some Muggle books. Who said that I couldn’t read anything non-magical every once in a while? After deciding none of them were worth my attentions, I went to browse the magical books. I was looking for anything associated with magical objects. I knew I’d be in here for a while, so I took off my coat and held it over my arm, just standing there in my sweater so I didn’t get too warm.