Destiny: Part One
Chapter One: Sorting
She walked up the rugged, dirt path, surveying the surrounding woods with her brilliant green eyes. The trees were tall, and some were gloomy looking, but you could still tell they had life. Her bright jade eyes could see small trails weaving in and out of trees, like the intricate twisting of a snake, and sometimes she heard the flight of a bird. Glancing up, jade eyes reflected millions and millions of stars dotting the sky like cities on a map. And in the middle, as if it was the capital city, was the moon; almost full.
Suddenly, when rounding a corner, a giant, rusty, old gate loomed up in front of her. She could see the shape of a figure standing behind the golden looking bars and took in a deep breath and pushed her long auburn hair behind her shoulders. She walked through the gates and up to the elderly man. When noticed that there was no one out on the lawns but him, she smiled.
Aingel turned to look at the older man. He had a long, white-silver beard and twinkling blue eyes behind half-moon glasses. Just by looking at him, she could tell that he was a very kind man, and loved justice. Aingel's eyes widened as she realized that she was standing in front of the Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore.
"Welcome Ms. Alcastrina," he said. Aingel was surprised to find that he was speaking Japanese.
Aingel then smiled, she new that he had gone out of his way to make her feel at home for the one year that she would be here to finish her studies. She had moved from Japan because her father was going to be the ambassador England. She had to leave behind her school Mahou No Gakkou and all her friends. What was one of the hardest things leaving there was that she had to stop her sword lessons. But she had been told that she could practice out on the lawns in her free time.
"Hello Headmaster," Aingel replied, coming out of memories.
He smiled and began to lead her up the hill to the castle. As Aingel got closer, she could see that it was at least 7 stories high, and many rooms. There was a brilliant light coming out from a row of about 20 ceiling to almost floor windows. She sighed as she realized that she was going to have to get up in front of people. She hated doing that.
In the Great Hall, the whole school but the teachers were wondering. Where was the Headmaster? The First Years looked frightened and some were staring up at the enchanted ceiling, tonight it was unusually bright and clear. Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasly were sitting in a row at the Gryffindor table and chatting casually when the huge doors burst open.
At the loud bang, all the noise ceased and hundreds of heads swiveled around to look. In walked the Headmaster. Following him seemed to be a young woman. She had long, auburn hair and extremely bright jade eyes. Standing at 5'6", she was skinny. But just by how she walked and the gracefulness of her figure, you could tell her strength.
The First Years standing in front of the hall, moved out of the way for their new Headmaster. Some nervously smiled back at the kind smile he gave them. They just stared at the girl who followed him. She was very mysterious and scary. She wouldn't even look up at them, and had a serious blush.
One by one the new students were sorted till only the girl and Professor Dumbledore were left. She looked nervous as Dumbledore began to speak to her in a very foreign language, but by the end she was giving him a small smile.
Professor Dumbledore started to talk, "This year we are privileged to have Japan's Ambassador's daughter, Aingel C. Alcastrina. She has moved here from Japan and knows some English. So please excuse her if she asks about a word or says something you don't know or understand."
With that Aingel walked nervously over to the chair and sat down on it and slowly pulled the hat over her head.
(Aingel's P.O.V.)
When the hat slid onto my head, it started talking to me in Japanese. I smiled; I was having a conversation with a hat in Japanese! He talked about houses or something and at the end in English he shouted out, "GRYFFINDOR!!"
I took off the hat and turned around to look at Dumbledore. He saw my confused look and smiled kindly as he nodded his head at a table who was clapping. Smiling at him, I took off the hat and walked over to the table. The only seat left was across from two boys and a girl. Sighing, I sat down and waited for the food.
When the food appeared out of thin air in front of me, I gave a small jump, but no one noticed. I started to cautiously take some food and put it on my plate. When no one yelled at me, I began eat while listening to the people around me trying to understand all they were saying.
Author's Note: Hey all!! I am reposting this new and improved (I hope!!). I would like to give a BIG thanks to Nycteris for helping me out lots with this. Mahou No Gakkou means 'School of Witchcraft' in Japanese. (Thanks again Nycteris for helping me there!!) I hope you enjoyed this and please, please review!!