Chapter 14: OWLs and The End of Christmas

<span style="font-size: 18px;">Daphne opened her eyes to see what was becoming one of her favourite sights. Jasmine Potter cuddled against her.</span>

It had been a week since Jasmine had signed the contract to be her slave for the next month. She had grown used to seeing Jasmine in her bed every night and morning.

Daphne knew that after the first night that, she didn't need to worry about Jasmine not wanting to become her permanent slave after the month was up.

She hadn't expected that Jasmine how quickly Jasmine would become addicted to her touch. She had twisted the truth a little when Jasmine had asked about the feeling.

It was true that married witches and wizards felt a pleasurable tingle when they touched each other as their magic was bonded. It was just that it was heightened for slaves.

Daphne smirked to herself. If Jasmine felt that it was good now, she couldn't wait to see how Jasmine would look when they had sex. Gently Daphne ran her fingers through Jasmine's hair.

It was a shame that everyone was returning from Christmas break today.

It would mean that Jasmine couldn't sneak down to her room every night to cuddle with her. She would have to set a rule of a minimum of 4 nights a week.

Daphne pulled the bedding back and roamed her eyes over Jasmine. She had grown quite a lot since the beginning of the year. Daphne was shocked that Jasmine didn't know something so basic as magical puberty.

Daphne slowly sat up, careful not to wake Tracey or Jasmine, and slipped out of bed. Daphne walked into the bathroom and picked up three large towels.

Jasmine PoV

Jasmine woke up to Daphne kissing her, and she moaned into the kiss as Daphne pulled away, smirking at her. Jasmine licked her lips while pouting at her Mistress.

A part of her felt frustrated at her Mistress and how she would tease her with kisses that always seemed far too short for Jasmine. Then again, Jasmine knew she would be happy to kiss and snuggle Daphne for hours on end.

"Good morning, come on, get up. I have a surprise for you," Daphne said, smiling.

"Good morning Mistress," Jasmine replied, smiling back at Daphne.

"Tracey, come on up, get up," Daphne said as she gently woke Tracey up.

Jasmine felt warm and fuzzy, seeing that Daphne didn't treat her any worse or better than Tracey. It would have hurt her significantly if Daphne had treated her less than Tracey.

Jasmine rolled out of bed and started to walk over towards the shower.

"Nope, just get dressed and grab a towel," Daphne said.

Jasmine stopped and frowned. Daphne had made sure that she always had a shower in the morning. But her Mistress had spoken, so Jasmine did as she said.

"Right, let's go," Daphne said as she left the room with Tracey and Jasmine under her invisibility cloak following her.

They left the Slytherin dorm and took an immediate left. Jasmine felt even more confused as she saw that the corridor had come to a dead end. It wasn't till she saw the portrait that Jasmine was sure there was a secret room behind it.

Daphne spoke a password, and the portrait swung open. Entering the room, Jasmine was amazed at the inside. She hadn't ever seen anything as posh as this room before.

The floor was made from black marble with white veins running through it. In contrast, the walls were made from a white stone that Jasmine was sure wasn't marble. But she didn't know what the stone was.

It seemed to have some type of crystal-like substance, given how it glinted in the light. However, it was the roof that caught her attention.

It was obviously enchanted, like the great hall ceiling, but this one showed the clear night sky, stars and nebulas.

As she looked down, she saw what the function of the room was. In fact, Jasmine wasn't sure how she missed it. In the middle of the room was a large pool.

On each side of the pool, there was large fire's burning that gave most of the light in the room. There were pillars from the floor to the roof in each of the four corners of the pool.

On each of the pillars, there were snakes that wrapped around the entire length before curling into the direction of the pool. Water was spouting out of the snakes' mouths like a showerhead.

To the right, there was another circular pool. An aqueduct ran from that smaller pool into the large main pool.

Jasmine looked over to Daphne for an explanation.

"It's based on a roman bathhouse. The small pool to the right is a spa to relax in," Daphne said as she placed her towel down.

Jasmine smiled at Daphne, and she stripped down and was about to run into the pool.

"Fold your clothes up properly, Jasmine," Daphne scolded, seeing her messy clothes.

Jasmine froze and pouted. But she knew Mistress wouldn't change her mind, so she walked over to her clothes. Jasmine picked them up and folded them neatly.

She then walked back over to the pool to see that Tracey and Daphne had already gotten into the pool. Thankfully the pool wasn't very deep.

As Jasmine didn't know how to swim. Not for lack of wanting to learn. The Dursleys had said it was a waste of money and that it was up to god if she fell into a river.

Of course, Dudley got swimming lessons though Jasmine was sure with the amount of fat on the boy, he would float.

It was nice that the room was warm. As the water of the pool only came up to above her belly button. Jasmine was sure the water would be at her hips if it was a year or two years later when she had fully gone through puberty.

Jasmine felt herself blushing as she noticed Daphne hungrily watching her and had to force herself to not cover her body. She knew that Daphne wouldn't be mad at her if she did.

But a large part of her felt happy that Daphne was interested in her body. She guessed that was due to accelerated puberty. Before going to bed last night, she had visited Ron in the common room and Hermione.

While there, she had talked to Madam Pomfrey again. She had first given her the handbook that she had promised. It was a preowned one from an older student that she had found.

But Jasmine didn't care, and it seemed to have lots of helpful notes in it as well. She had also asked Madam Pomfrey if there was a way to tell where she was in her puberty.

It turned out there was a way to tell what age her body was in development. Madam Pomfrey had shown her the spell and had her practice it a few times before she was allowed to leave.

According to the spell, her body and mind were at the age of 14 years old.

Jasmine took a peek over at Daphne, who hadn't stopped watching her ever since she had entered the bath. She wondered what age Daphne was at.

Daphne was slightly taller than Jasmine, and her body seemed more womanly shaped to Jasmine as well.

"Tracey wash my hair," Daphne said.

Jasmine frowned slightly. She had spent the entire last week with Daphne and Tracey, and she had seen that Tracey followed any order she was given from Daphne. Not only did she follow it, but she was delighted to do so.

In fact, the few times she has seen Tracey smile, it was when Daphne praised her for doing a good job.

"You okay, Jasmine? You look a little confused?" Daphne asked.

"I err..." Jasmine said before falling quiet.

"Come over here," Daphne said.

Jasmine slowly walked over to Daphne, resisting the urge to cover her breasts as Daphne hungrily looked at them.

"Mistress," Jasmine said as she was stood at arm's length of her Mistress.

As quick as a viper, Daphne spun her around and pulled her into a hug. Jasmine froze, slightly stunned, before her face got warm in desire.

Jasmine could clearly feel Daphne's boobs pressed into her back. Her entire body was engulfed in an addictively pleasurable tingle, and she could feel Daphne's hot breath on her neck.

And she was hyper-aware of Daphne's arms wrapped around her chest just below her boobs. Jasmine could feel a hungry desire build in her body which would no doubt go unanswered.

No doubt that was something she would have to take care of herself when she was alone. Jasmine didn't believe for a moment that Daphne didn't know what she did to her.

Yet her Mistress had never done anything more than kissing.

"Do you know what is the most important thing in our kind of relationship?" Daphne asked.

Jasmine tried to think, but the fog of pleasure and desire her body felt had robbed Jasmine of most of her thinking.

"No, Mistress," Jasmine replied.

"It's communication," Daphne said, kissing Jasmine's jaw.

Jasmine shivered as she rubbed her legs together subconsciously.

"So, what did you want to ask before?" Daphne asked.

"Why do you ask Tracey to do everything even still, like fetching a pillow Mistress," Jasmine asked, worried that she may offend her Mistress.

"Ah well, there are lots of types of submissives. Tracey is a big Service Sub, and she likes to perform tasks for her dominant," Daphne explained.

"Types of submissives?" Jasmine asked with interest.

"Yep, not everyone falls into one role. It's also not the be-all and end-all. Tracey likes to cuddle as well," Daphne said.

"Hmm, what type am I?" Jasmine asked.

As she felt Daphne press her body against hers, and realised she was grinding her hips against Daphne.

"Hmm, im still determining what you like and what you don't. We have never tried spanking or impact play, so you may like that. I'm pretty sure that you aren't a brat," Daphne said.

"Brat?" Jasmine asked.

"Ya, a bratty submissive likes to push their Mistress' buttons in order to get a punishment or funishment, during which all the dom's attention is on the sub," Daphne said.

Jasmine took a peek back at Daphne, who was watching her as Tracey was washing her hair.

"We can try some more dom and sub roles if you want. I wanted you to get used to being my slave before we tried anything," Daphne said, seeing the lust in Jasmine's eyes.

Jasmine couldn't help but smile at what her Mistress had just said.

"Yes, please, Mistress," Jasmine replied happily.

Daphne Pov

Daphne smirked at how eager Jasmine was to have their relationship progress. It would be a lie if she didn't think about being physically intimate.

But she wanted to wait till summer before doing anything with any of her slaves. But she was finding it harder and harder each day. She was surrounded by beautiful willing slaves every day.

Daphne unwrapped her arms and stroked down Jasmine's body to her butt, which she squeezed before pulling away from the girl.

Daphne was happy to hear Jasmine let out a soft moan before she let out a needy and disappointed whine as she pulled her body away. Jasmine turned to look at her hungrily.

"Why don't you and Tracey give me a show to watch?" Daphne said as she kissed Jasmine and rubbed Jasmine's growing breasts softly.

Jasmine PoV

Jasmine was slightly confused by what Daphne meant when she asked for a show. Did she want to watch her and Tracey kissing each other? Or for them both to dance together.

Jasmine looked at Tracey for a hint of what their Mistress wanted and saw her walking to the pool's edge.

With no clue of what to do, Jasmine copied her as she did her best to not rub her breasts after Daphne had made her incredibly horny. She knew after this bath, she would have to find some time to satisfy herself as soon as possible.

Pulling herself up onto the edge of the pool, Jasmine became aware that if she opened her legs, then Daphne would be able to see her entire body. Jasmine couldn't help but feel excited at the thought, and her legs drifted apart slightly.

Jasmine looked at Tracey and was shocked to see that she had spread her legs wide and started to play with herself.

But quickly, the shock faded and was replaced by excitement as she spread her legs and slipped her hand down to her pussy.

Jasmine wasn't surprised to feel how wet she was. She had been horny from the moment that Daphne had started touching her.

Jasmine closed her eyes as the intense stare that Daphne was giving her was making her nervous. Instead, she focused on one of her past dreams.

It was the right call as Jasmine found herself moaning far faster than normal. She shivered in excitement, knowing her Mistress was watching her.

Jasmine guessed that she was into voyeurism. She had a few dreams where she was being paraded around, and she found the idea of her Mistress watching exciting as well.

Jasmine brought up her other hand to her breasts and started to grope and pinch her nipple. Bitting down on her lip as she did so.

Jasmine could vaguely hear another person moaning, which must have been Tracey and wondered if their Mistress was enjoying the show.

Jasmine let out louder moans as she got closer to cumming. She felt a bit silly as she did so, but she hoped that her Mistress would like it even if it was a bit forced.

But she was indeed coming to the edge of cumming.

"Jasmine, stop," Daphne called out, startling Jasmine.

Jasmine's hand stopped moving, but she didn't remove it from her pussy as her eyes shot open, and she looked at her Mistress.

"Hands by your side," Daphne ordered, making Jasmine's pussy twitch in need, but Jasmine followed Daphne's orders.

Jasmine pouted as she was left there to stew in a horny hell.

Daphne PoV

Daphne watched, aroused, as Jasmine sat there frustratedly with her hand every so often drifting back towards her pussy before she would catch herself.

"Jasmine, you can play with yourself again," Daphne said to her newest slave.

Jasmine wasted no time and started rubbing her pussy and pulling on her nipples. Daphne noted that Jasmine seemed to like having her boobs played with.

Jasmine let out a moan of contentment and satisfaction.

Daphne felt like it was a shame that she didn't have any toys for her slaves to play with. But decided it was for the best.

Daphne wanted to take all of her slaves first times. That would have to wait for the summer holidays. Daphne locked eyes with Tracey, who, with a squeeze of her clit started cumming.

Daphne found it incredibly sexy the way that her body started spasming while she made a silent scream, and her eyes rolled back. After watching Tracey cum Daphne looked over at Jasmine.

A devilish thought entered Daphne's mind about making Jasmine edge over and over. But before she could, Jasmine moaned out loudly.

Daphne watched as Jasmine's body stiffened up for a few seconds. Her eyes fluttered, and she fell back panting. Daphne was quite happy to watch as Jasmine just led there in bliss.

Daphne grinned, swam over to Jasmine, and pulled her into the pool. The room may be warm, but it wasn't anywhere near as nice as the pool water.

Daphne walked over to the steps supporting Jasmine and sat down so that the water covered them to their shoulders. Daphne kissed Jasmine a few times on the forehead as she cuddled her.

Jasmine seemed to be enjoying her afterglow as she was jelly-like in Daphne's hands.

"Guess that was a good orgasm for her," Tracey said as she leaned on Daphne.

"Good, I would be upset if she didn't enjoy it," Daphne said as she twisted her head to kiss Tracey.

Tracey smiled as she kissed Daphne's shoulders.

"Can you get the hair potion," Daphne asked of Tracey, knowing she wouldn't ever turn down a request from her.

Daphne felt Tracey get up and walk away from her. Tracey returned a few moments later carrying two potion bottles and handed one to Daphne.

Daphne undid the top and took a sniff. The potion smelled amazing. It had Iris and Jasmine, rounded out by sweet vanilla and white musk.

She was sure that it would smell even better on Jasmine. Pulling Jasmine up onto her lap Daphne started to massage the potion through Jasmine's hair slowly.

Jasmine let out a satisfactory moan and leaned her head backwards for Daphne. Daphne smiled as she rubbed the potion into Jasmine's hair, and the scent got stronger.

"Off you get. I need to do Tracey's hair," Daphne said to Jasmine.

Jasmine PoV

Jasmine pouted but slid off Daphne's lap and sat down on the stair next to her as Tracey quickly took her place.

Jasmine could smell the potion on her hair and found it pleasant. Or it was at least far more pleasant than the hair potion that she was using before.

"Right, you can wash off the potion, Jasmine," Daphne said, breaking Jasmine out of smelling her hair.

Jasmine jumped slightly before she jumped into the pool and submerged herself underwater. If the pool was more than chest deep, then Jasmine wouldn't dare have done so.

As she stood back up, she pushed her wet hair out of her face. She wondered if Daphne would be able to teach her how to swim. Jasmine then remembered that she wouldn't be living with the Durlseys anymore.

She would be living with her godfather Sirius. So she could learn to swim over the summer. Jasmine realised she could do whatever she wanted over the summer from now on.

If she wanted to read spellbooks, she could. If she wanted to learn magic, she could. She could visit her friends and have her friends visit her. Though part of her would have loved to have seen her Aunt and Uncle's faces if Mr and Mrs Weasley had come to visit when she lived with them.

"Right, who is ready to relax in the spa for a little bit before we get dressed?" Daphne asked, standing up.

"Sure, but im not sure how long I can stay, Mistress," Jasmine said, feeling awkward.

"That's okay. Let's have another 5 minutes, and then you can go."

Jasmine smiled, happy that her Mistress wasn't angry that she had to go. Or that she was making her pick between her Mistress or her friends.

Jasmine walked back over to the steps as quickly as she could. Walking up the stairs, she could help but feel a little sexy and add a little shake to her hips.

The spa was at the top right of the pool and was a small pool that would only just fit three people in with a little spare room. Not that Jasmine minded being near Daphne or Tracey.

Jasmine dipped her toes in and gasped at how much hotter the water was compared to the pool.

"Come on, it's not that bad once you're in," Daphne said as she rested her head on Tracey's shoulder.

Jasmine quickly joined the two of them and could almost immediately feel her start to sweat. It was no wonder that Daphne said only five minutes any longer, and she may be cooked like a lobster.

Jasmine let out a moan as she felt Daphne's hands wrap around her body this time; each hand ended up cupping one of her boobs.

Daphne's touches always felt good, but her body was still quite sensitive from her orgasm. Jasmine also realised that more sensitive places felt better when Daphne touched her.

When they kissed, it was more pleasurable. When Daphne kissed her neck and jaw, it felt better than when Daphne's hands just touched her arms or hands.

But none of them compared to how nice it felt to have Daphne touch her boobs, and she just melted instantly.

"Feels good, right?" Daphne whispered seductively.

"Mmm," Jasmine moaned out.

"Imagine how good it would have felt if I had brought you to orgasm, "Daphne whispered evilly.

Jasmine shuddered under the idea and was tempted to beg for Daphne to touch her.

"Not now, maybe over summer," Daphne whispered, clearly knowing what Jasmine was thinking.

"Maybe Mistress?" Jasmine asked back.

"Well, you won't be my slave in three weeks' time," Daphne said, sounding disappointed.

Jasmine fell quiet. She hadn't been counting how long she had been a slave. But Daphne was right a week had passed, and Jasmine remembered that she was a slave as a punishment.

"We can still meet over the summer," Jasmine mumbled downcastly.

"Sure we can," Daphne said, patting Jasmine on the head.

"Well, let's get out before we all become prunes," Daphne said, showing her wrinkled fingers.

Jasmine was the first to rush out of the pool. Daphne and Tracey followed after her, not seeming too bothered by the hot water. Jasmine shivered after the hot spa the room felt much cooler.

Jasmine wrapped herself up in the towel.

"Err, my clothes are still dirty, Mistress," Jasmine asked awkwardly.

"Tracey knows the cleaning spells," Daphne said.

"Right, sorry I forgot about cleaning spells," Jasmine said.

The three of them got dried off, and Tracey used a spell to dry Daphne's and Jasmine's hair before doing her own. Jasmine made a mental note of the spell and would learn it in her spare time.

With her clothes cleaned, Jasmine started to get dressed.

"You will be spending the night with me tonight," Daphne declared to Jasmine as she pulled on her shirt.

"Yes, Mistress," Jasmine said happily.

"Okay, see you at curfew," Daphne said as she passionately kissed Jasmine.

"See you tonight, Mistress," Jasmine said as she left the room with a skip in her step.

Jasmine thought about visiting the hospital to see Hermione but was sure that she would be eating breakfast at this point. With that thought, Jasmine realised that she hadn't eaten any food yet.

Jasmine took a small detour to the kitchens before returning to the common room with her spoils.

"Jasmine, there you are. Can I have a quick word?" Percy asked as she walked into the room.

"Err, sure," Jasmine said, a little confused.

She could count the number of times that she had spoken to Percy, and she was sure it was less than thirty times. If you didn't include when she greeted him in the morning when at the Burrow.

"Hey, I missed you at breakfast?" Ron asked.

"I was visiting Hermione," Jasmine said, not knowing how to say she was sharing a bath with Tracey and Daphne.

"So what do you need, Percy?" Jasmine asked as she took a seat on the sofa next to Ron.

"Well, you will be starting your 3rd year soon, and you can pick your electives soon. I wanted to offer you some advice, especially you, Jasmine, as you probably won't be able to ask Sirius for advice before you need to pick them.

"Can't we pick them over the summer?" Jasmine asked, confused, looking at Ron.

"No, they need to be picked by the end of the year," Percy said.

"None of the teachers have mentioned when we need to pick our electives?" Jasmine said, feeling a little angry.

"You have to pick them at the end of the year. I think you can pick them up to a week after the 2nd year ends. Do you have any ideas of what you want to pick?" Percy asked.

"We don't even know what we can pick?" Ron said.

" Well, there are five options. Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, Muggle Studies, Care of Magical Creatures and Divination," Percy explained.

"Which ones are easy?" Ron asked, getting a heated look from Percy.

"Ron, this is important. This will decide what NETWs you can pick and what jobs you can get. You can take an OWL and NEWT after Hogwarts, but it costs 300g for the exams alone," Percy said, annoyed.

"Okay, what are good ones to take for a wide range of jobs, and how many should we take?" Jasmine asked.

Jasmine knew that she would have to ask Hermione and Daphne for advice. Especially Daphne as a wealthy family, would have a better idea of what is needed for different jobs.

"It depends on what job you want. If you want to work with muggles, then you will need to pick Muggle Studies. If you want to work with animals, then you need Care of Magical Creatures." Percy said.

"But I don't know what I want to do?" Jasmine said, confused with Ron nodding to what she said.

"Well, I suggest picking at least three. Ancient Runes or Arithmancy are very good ones to pick, and then pick two more that should cover you for most if not all jobs," Percy suggested.

"What did you pick?" Jasmine asked.

"I took all five OWLs options, so I can take any one of the 12 OWLs to NEWT level. People tend to take five or six of their OWLS to NEWT level as it requires much more studying to do well in the exam." Percy explained.

Jasmine felt quiet as she thought about the options of OWLs. She was sure that she could get a passing grade in Muggle Studies with no real effort.

So if she picked Ancient Runes, Muggle Studies, Care of Magical Creatures and Divination, that would give her a total of 11 OWLs.

"We still have a few months to look up potential jobs, right and find out what OWLs we need?" Jasmine asked.

"Yes, im sure, Professor McGonagall, if you need some advice on what jobs there are," Percy said as he stood up.

"Thank you, Percy," Jasmine said.

She was a little annoyed that the teachers hadn't told her yet. Sure, there were 5 months before the end of the school year. But how could muggle born students have enough time to research what jobs they would want and what OWLs they needed.

Maybe it was in the muggle born handbook that she had just gotten. She would have to give it a read later today.

"You had breakfast?" Ron asked.

"Ya, I got something from the kitchens."

"I was going to visit Hermione, but if you already have, we can see her later today," Ron said.

"Well, she could do with some new books, and we can ask her about OWLs im sure she had researched them by now," Jasmine said, standing up.

"Oh, joy, the library," Ron said unenthusiastically.

"It's not that bad. It will take us maybe 10 minutes to pick out some random books for Hermione to read," Jasmine said, rolling her eyes.

"Fine, fine, let's go," Ron said, standing up.

Walking into the Libary, Jasmine led Ron to the section where she had gotten the charm books from before.

"Anything from here is good. I am going to get some transfiguration books," Jasmine said to Ron.

"Okay, don't take too long," Ron said as he started randomly looking at the books.

Jasmine didn't feel confident that Ron would end up picking books that Hermione would like. But she was sure any books were better than no books.

Jasmine made her way to the ground floor section of the transfiguration books. Jasmine ended up picking books that she would also be interested in.

There were quite a few. Covering Animagus, turning less dense things into more dense things, and a beginner's guide to basic conjuration. She was sure that was more than enough to keep Hermione entertained.

Jasmed went back to find Ron, who seemed to have picked out three books.

"Six should be enough, right?" Ron asked, seeing Jasmine with three books.

"Ya, im sure that will keep her busy for two or three days," Jasmine said.

"Thank Merlin," Ron said as they made their way out of the library.

Hermione was still lying in her bed, and quite many few of the cat features she had a week ago had been fixed. She no longer had cat ears, her eyes were no longer cat eyes, and her nose had returned to normal.

She still had fur, though, so Jasmine was sure she wouldn't leave the hospital wing until that had gone. Which was for the best she couldn't imagine what other people would say.

Malfoy would no doubt bully her and never let her forget it, and she doubted that Snape would be much better. He already attacked Hermione for being smart.

"Hey," Jasmine said as they walked up to the bed.

"Hey," Hermione said back.

"Do you know how long till you lose the fur?" Ron asked with no tact.

Jasmine shot him a look that he didn't see as Hermione scowled.

"Another week, maybe two. Im going to miss so many lessons," Hermione said, lamenting.

"I will take notes for you and bring them to you every night?" Jasmine offered.

"Really?"

"Yep, they won't be as good as your notes, but better than nothing," Jasmine said, smiling at her friend.

"Thank you, and thank you for getting me some more books," Hermione said as she glanced at them.

Jasmine looked around, making sure that no one was listening in on them talking.

"Here, I sold the Polyjuice potion and split it 3 ways," Jasmine said as she pulled out a bag of 20 Galleons.

"Seriously?" Ron asked.

"Ya, I think it was worth more, but given I was a random stranger, this was the best I could get," Jasmine said.

She handed 10 Galleons to Ron, who looked a bit embarrassed to take them. In fact, Jasmine was sure if it was due to the money coming from selling the potions, he wouldn't have taken the money at all.

Jasmine handed the bag over to Hermione, who took it, giving Jasmine a smile.

"I guess we should thank Snape for this, given the rare ingredients that came from him," Jasmine said, chuckling.

"Im just glad he won't ever know we took them," Hermione said.

"I would hope he doesn't learn you set him on fire in the first year," Ron said, sniggering.

"Possible the bravest thing that anyone has ever done at Hogwarts," Jasmine added.

The three of them broke into laughter, making Madam Pomfrey come out of her office to see what was happening.

"What OWLs are you planning on taking?" Jasmine asked.

"All of them, but im not sold on Divination," Hermione replied.

"Im only picking Care of Magical Creatures and Divination, and they are both easy classes," Ron said.

"Ron, you shouldn't pick classes because they are easy," Hermione scolded before looking at Jasmine.

"Don't look at me. I have no idea what classes I want to pick," Jasmine said quickly.

"Don't just pick easy classes. OWLs are important," Hermione said, sighing.

Jasmine got the idea that she was disappointed that Ron was just picking easy classes instead of classes that were useful.

"Well, I will take these books back to the library," Jasmine said, picking up the old books that Hermione had finished reading.

Jasmine looked down at the chessboard, frowning as she did so. She didn't really like playing chess, but there wasn't much else for her to do.

"It's your move," Ron reminded her.

"I know."

Jasmine randomly moved her knight, which was how she played chess, as she hadn't really been taught.

"Ron, you seen Ginny?" Percy asked, walking up to them.

"No, I haven't seen her much over the holidays. I think she is in her dorm," Ron said as he looked at the board.

Percy frowned. "Can you go check for me, Jasmine?" Percy asked.

"Sure," Jasmine said, standing up.

Jasmine walked up the girl's stairs and to the first-years dorm room.

Jasmine knocked on the door and waited.

A minute later, the door opened, and Ginny walked out into the hallway.

It was the first time that Jasmine had seen Ginny up close in the last few weeks. She was a little worried when she saw Ginny.

She had bags under her eyes, her eyes were red as if she had been crying, and she looked pale and clammy. Even her red hair seemed to be limp.

"Ginny, are you okay?" Jasmine asked with some worry.

"Ya, Ya, im just homesick, you know," Ginny said, somewhat reserved.

Jasmine looked at the younger girl for a moment. She didn't know what it was like to be homesick as she hated the Dursleys.

"The welcome feast is about to start soon, so Percy sent me to get you," Jasmine said, still feeling worried about her.

She decided that she would mention it to Percy. Ron wasn't very tactful and sometimes had a habit of putting his foot in his mouth. The twins probably wouldn't take it very seriously and try and cheer her up with a joke.

She was sure that Percy would be much better at reassuring Ginny in a brotherly way.

"Okay, give me a second, and I will be down," Ginny said, going back into the dorm room.

Jasmine smiled and walked back down to the common room. Percy had managed to get Ron to put the chess set away, saving her from another loss.

Percy had also managed to find Fred and George, who gave Jasmine a wave which she returned.

Jasmine was going to mention it then but decided she would do it privately. Ginny walked down into the common room a moment later, looking a bit better than when Jasmine had just seen her.

Her eyes were no longer red, and the bags were also gone. Now it just looked like she had gotten over feeling unwell or hadn't been out enough.

"Right, let's go down. The Hogwarts Express is due in 10 minutes," Percy said.