Bleary eyed and having tossed and turned for what seemed like hours, Wolfric pulled his sheets away and rolled out of the four poster bed. Bare foot and stifling a yawn, the sleepy first year made his way out of the dorm. In the low light of the torches that lined the long corridor, he could make out sleeping students in the portraits, envying them as he walked passed.

The Common Room appeared empty as made his way to the back wall. Blinking slowly in the dim light Wolfie traced the scaly body of the long dark green snake and found that she was asleep. He sat down next to the low table and rested his chin on its surface, watching.. waiting for sleep to take him too.