Trophies Are For Successful People

Makayla found herself on the fourth floor, exploring. She loved the vast size of the castle, but rarely had a chance just to explore. She pushed open a door and peered in, seeing a room clattered with trophies and awards of all shapes and sizes. Makayla stepped through the door and closed it gently behind her.

Walking around the rather large room, Makayla looked at all the awards to students in the past and wondered if she would ever be one of these students, her name embellished in gold for all eternity. Makayla sighed. It would never happen; trophies were for successful people, not Muggleborn's who didn't know anything.

Hester was passing through the trophy room because it was a short cut between one corridor and another. She had no reason to look at the trophies; none of her family would have names emblazoned on them, and she doubted that she ever would, what with all of the trouble she got herself into.

She couldn't help stopping and staring at their shininess and the beautiful gold and... She frowned. She didn't know why she was looking at them. She had never won anything in her life and she certainly wouldn't here, not surrounded by all of these pure bloods.

She was about to leave when she spotted someone else wandering around. She didn't recognise the girl so she decided to introduce herself. She hadn't been desperately needed where she was going anyway.

"Hey," she said, hoping that her sudden voice wouldn't startle the girl. "I'm Hester. What's your name?"

Makayla spun around quickly, not at all expecting someone to be in here. Her heart was beating fast but she saw that it was only a girl standing there, a girl was much older than her, but a girl nonetheless.

"Hello," she stated, trying to control her heartrate. "You scared me a little." Makayla smiled at her though and walked closer to her to answer her question. "Nice to meet you, Hester. My name's Makayla." Makayla looked around at the trophies again. "Do you have one of these?"

Hester smiled.

"Nice to meet you too, Makayla," she said.

She looked at the trophies.

"No," she said, "I think you have to do something seriously awesome to get yourself one of these."

She wondered what the students had actually done to receive the trophies. She had never really thought about it before. She had only thought about who would get them.