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"Did you hear that there's a new student coming to Hogwarts?" Ron said.

"No, really? There's a whole bunch of new students every year!" Hermione snapped.

"Must you always be such a know it all? She's not here for her first year, she's going to be with us." He snapped back. Hermione rolled her eyes.

"Really?" Harry said curiously "do you know her name?"

"Hold on!" Hermione interrupted "how do you know this?" Ron glared at her. "My brothers told me." He said impatiently.

"How do you know that they're right?" she pursued knowing he'd explode any minute now.

"Alright! You got me! I don't know anything! You happy now?" he exploded (hehe). "Very" she answered looking at Ron and that stupid snarl on his face.

"Anyway" Harry said looking at Hermione. "Do you know her name?"

"No, they wouldn't tell me." He replied.

"APOLLO!" they heard someone screech above them. Every one looked up and there was a black Pegasus struggling to maintain altitude. "I know you don't like when I cast spells on you, but please, bare with me just this once?" the rider pleaded. The Pegasus neighed loudly. "I know, but please? You've been doing this the whole ride up here! I'm gonna fall and break every bone in my body if you don't stop! You don't want that to happen, do you?" she asked aloud. The Pegasus whinnied. "WHAT?" she screeched. They flew a little farther, then the animal darted toward the ground. No one could see them any more.

"What do you think that was all about?" Hermione asked confused.

"That was the new student" Ron said confidently, raised one eye brow and smiled. Hermione snarled.

"How do you know?" she asked.

"Don't start that again!" Ron warned. After a while of bickering, the trio….well, now a twosome….. noticed Harry wasn't there.

"Where did he get to?" Hermione asked. Ron just shrugged.

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Later that night, at the Reception Chamber, Harry, Ron, and Hermione sat with Gryffindor.

"Harry, where did you go before?" Hermione asked.

"I went to see what happened to the girl on the Pegasus. When I got to the place I thought they landed, no one was there. I heard a voice just before I got there, but I didn't see anyone" he explained. The giant entrance doors flung open and Professor McGonagall walked to the front.

"The banquette will begin shortly, but first, we are going to welcome a special student. She has been transferred from the American school of witchcraft and wizardry, Owens Memorial, to Hogwarts. She is in her seventh year and will be sorted into her new house." She announced. A brunette girl strode in through the entrance doors with a calm expression. Eyes from all four tables followed her.

She walked up to the stool and sat down. The hat was dropped on top of her head and fit her perfectly; it didn't cover her eyes or any thing. It tilted nicely to one side. She smiled.

"Well this is a first!" said the hat. "A young lady about… 16?" it asked. She nodded still smiling. "Tell every one your name dear" it told her. She obeyed. "Paige Harlem" she said so everyone could hear her. She had no accent. "Aaahh… you didn't have houses back at your old school, this is new for you..hmmm…very bright, not too shabby at casting spells…..mmm, this ones a tough one…." It said to her. The hat said nothing more, err, at least nothing any one else could hear. Professor McGonagall removed the hat from Paige's head. A low roar of whispers and confused looks went around the giant room. She walked down the steps gracefully, a confident smile still tacked on her face. At the bottom of the steps, she placed her hands behind her back and turned her head to each of the four houses. She paced back and fourth and stood back in the middle again. She walked toward Gryffindor's table.

"Is that the house that the sorting hat has placed you in?" McGonagall asked her. She smiled and looked at the kids at Gryffindor's table.

"Yes it is" she said calmly. Almost immediately after she had confirmed she was now a member of Gryffindor, the other kids in her new house cheered fiercely. She sat down across from Ron and next to Hermione.

"We will now sort out the students here for their first year!" McGonagall announced. While McGonagall students over Paige's table fought over who was going talk to her next.

"You're from America?" one kid asked.

What's it like there?" another one said.

"Umm.. I don't really like to…", "Do you think you might drop that accent?" another interrupted.

"You dofuss, she doesn't have an accent" one snapped.

"Don't mind them. I'm Hermione" she introduced and held out her hand for Paige to shake. She did. "And these are my two best friends, Ron Weasley and Harry Potter." She said.

"Zanik Flint" McGonagall called.

"Hufflepuff!" Announced the hat. Hufflepuff's table roared with cheers and applause.

"Macey Flicka" She called.

"Slytherin!" the hat said. Slytherin cheered and she even got a wolf whistle.

"Hailey Falconor" she said.

"Mmmm…. Both brave and cunning. You'll do fine in Gryffindor!" said the hat. Most of Gryffindor stood up and cheered, including Hermione and her friends.

"Prudentilla Sharpe" she called.

"This one looks like a Hufflepuff!" the hat announced. Hufflepuff, once again, cheered and applauded.

"Angus Freeling" she called.

"Sly, cunning, sharp tongued… you'll fit in nicely with Slytherin!" he said. Slytherin cheered as Angus went to their table. Other first years smacked him, rather hard, on the back and smiled.

Paige smiled and said "It's very nice to meet you all"

"Let the feast begin!" shouted McGonagall.