Rocky

Trenton then begins to tell them about Rocky, hoping that they would be cool with him secretly staying here and sleeping with them if he managed to find his way over.

Wayne- "Sure mate, that's cool with me what about you guys, sadly I only have an owl myself, dad wasn't going to let us get anything that required high maintenance as he puts it."

Justin- "I don't have a problem, I always wanted a dog growing up, but my parents wouldn't allow it, they only let me get an owl because it was one of the mentioned common ones that everyone gets."

Ernest- "I have a Tebo myself, great creatures to have around, tough little guys that can take just as much as they give, it's a shame I can't bring him in here though, he would make a mess of everything."

Justin- "Tebo?"

Ernest remembering they were muggle-borns explained- "Right... Tebo is like a... pig? but that's not exactly right..."

Trenton- "Maybe you mean Warthog or Boar? wild pigs with tusks."

Ernest- "Yeah that kind of sounds right, anyways I'll show you tomorrow if we get a chance, he's really cool and tough, it's a shame some use their hide for protective shields and clothing. I named him Tidus, we should introduce our pets sometime, he could use some animal friends."

Trenton grinned seeing everyone was fine with it- "Great, I and Wayne will sneak down to the front and see if Rocky's made it here or not, you two can come and keep a lookout."

Trenton wasn't that hopeful of Rocky making it, but he had to at least see if he managed somehow.

Peeking out their door, making sure the coast was clear before sneaking down to the common room entrance. Everyone paused, getting a small fright when the plants that were barely lit suddenly began shining as brightly as when they first entered due to their presence.

Trenton whispered- "It's okay, I don't think anyone's coming."

Justin holding his chest breathed a sigh of relief.

Wayne- "Well I certainly didn't expect that, maybe you two should just wait back at the room, I don't think a warning will do much to stop us from getting caught now."

Ernest- "Are you kidding me, we came all the way here let's see if the dog made it or not."

Justin second that sentiment.

Trenton- "Alright, I just hope you don't blame me if we get in trouble on the first day."

Wayne patted him on the back- "Don't worry mate, we're all in this together."

Trenton grinned seeing the other two nod, he started to feel that school here wasn't going to be so bad.

He paused at the doors breathing in- "Whelp, here we go." he said opening the door.

Suddenly he was tackled by a furry 4 legged animal, forcing Trenton onto his back. His face now covered in slobbers as Rocky attacked him with his tongue, causing him to chuckle.

Trenton trying to stay quiet laughed a bit along with the rest as he tried to get the excited dog to calm down.- "Okay boy, okay, that's enough, I'm happy to see you too (Rocky couldn't help but happily bark once.)... Shhhh keep it down, do you want to end up back where you came from and be separated again."

Everyone, the dog included, went dead silent, looking around and listening to see if anyone was coming.

Trenton jumped up- "Let's not waste time here, we have to get back to our room before anyone comes."

Back in the room, everyone was introduced to a happy Rocky who was loving the attention.

Justin- "He feels nice, I like him, I'm glad we did this."

Wayne- "Yeah it's great."

Ernest- "Eh, it's nice, but I'm telling you guys, you have to check out my Tebo, he's like a miniature tank."

Soon they all got into bed, Rocky laying spread out next to Trenton taking up most space like usual, he was used to it though and didn't mind it so much. Suddenly Trenton opened his eyes and cursed himself, he forgot about his contacts.

Facing the wall with his back towards his roommates, he took them out and put them away, and then slipped on a sleeping mask hoping they weren't the pranking type of friends who would mess with him while he slept, though Rocky should protect him from that, he hoped.

He knew one day he would have to deal with the fall out of his eyes being discovered. For now, he just wanted things to go smoothly and hopefully make some friends that wouldn't care afterward.

He then hugged Rocky, whispering- "I don't know how you made it, but I'm glad you did." before drifting off.

The next day Trenton realized Rocky being here was going to be more complicated than he thought. He didn't forget to put on his contacts before anyone else could see his eyes.

Wayne waking up yawned while rubbing his eyes, slowly looking around before his eyes settled on the snoozing dog across the room.

Wayne- "So today school officially starts, what are you going to do with Rocky?"

Trenton- "I don't know, I can set everything up where he can stay here no problem, but the idea of bringing him here was to not separate, but now we'll have to because of classes, I didn't think this through..."

Wayne- "Where are the others?"

Trenton- "They should already be down in the common room."

Wayne- "Well whatever you're going to do, figure it out quick, I'll meet you down there."

Trenton got up out of bed and turned to Rocky who was standing on top of it looking at him.

giving him a nice pet, he sighed- "Well this was fun Rocky, but I have school, and I suppose you have yours as well with Hagrid and the other animals, I'm sorry boy, but you'll have to go back."

Rocky's tail dropped and he gave a low whine.

Trenton put his forehead to his forehead- "Look, this just all part of growing up, don't worry we will still see each other loads, every chance I get, but there will be times when we can't for whatever dumb reason, neither of us is strong enough to fight against these rules yet, so let's work hard and improve ourselves so we can."

Rocky understanding as best he could gave a small unhappy bark as if saying okay.

Trenton petted his cheeks- "Good boy, remember I'll visit as often as I'm allowed, you can also work on meeting me as often as you can, just be careful not to get hurt, I don't know what I would do if you got hurt."

Rocky gave another bark then licked him.

Trenton smiled, he wasn't worried about the barking now because with everyone up, it must have been real loud downstairs and it didn't matter if he got caught now since Rocky was going to have to go back.