Hey everyone! Here comes numero dos! Enjoy!
Thanks goes to Fred-Weasley-Isn't-Dead for reviewing! Gracias!
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or any of the characters created by J.K. Rowling – I own my characters which is at the moment Jynx and Rachel, whose last name is not know yet.
Oh for anyone who didn't re-read my chapter 1, I changed my character's first name. It is no longer Arianna but now Aludra – which is the name of a star in the Canis Major constellation. Now, Sirius is also the name of a star in the same constellation. I researched a little, and found out practically all of the Black family members' names are names of stars. So, yes.
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Chapter 2: The Sorting Hat
Jynx knew her family had a horrible reputation, but she hoped to change it. The brunette sighed and sat down on the small stole. Her olive hands gripped the seat slightly as she swung her feet absentmindedly.
The hat spooked the girl as it began to talk, "Ah. A Black I see. Hmm. You could easily be a Slytherin. Very cunning and not a bad mind too. Ambitious. Ah, what's this? Boldness I see. You believe in chivalry? Interesting… now to choose. Slytherin or Gryffindor?"
The young girl cringed at the thought of being a Slytherin, "Please not Slytherin. I want to change how people view the Black family," she whispered ever so slightly to the old hat.
"Not Slytherin eh? Hmm… against my better judgment… GRYFFINDOR!" the hat yelled the house name.
Jynx smiled softly and looked towards said house's table. People cheered, but they didn't seem too excited to have a Black with them. The girl sighed softly and stepped down from the stool and walked over to the table. She sat down on an empty bench reserved for first years. She was the first to be placed into Gryffindor.
The brunette propped her elbow up on the table and rested her cheek in the palm of her hand as she watched people get sorted. Jynx watched, but truly didn't pay attention. Until she heard the hat exclaim Gryffindor again. Her blue eyes refocused on a figure walking towards the table. She looked up to see a tall African American girl with black hair, and dark brown eyes. The girl – whose name Jynx didn't hear – sat across from her and smiled.
As kids continued to get called up, the girl spoke towards Jynx, "So your name's Aludra, huh?"
Jynx visibly shuttered at the sound of her own name, "Call me Jynx, please… Oh! I didn't catch your name by the way."
The girl smiled again, "Jynx, I like that. My name's Angelina Johnson, nice to meet you."
The two were becoming fast friends as they continued to chat until the hat – once again – cried out Gryffindor, causing both girls to look at the now approaching figure. Jynx smiled brightly as she noticed who it was – Lee.
"Hey Lee!" the brunette chimed happily as he sat next to Angelina.
He returned the smile and propped his arm up on the table and placed his chin in the palm – like Jynx had done earlier – and looked at her curiously, "So you're a Black, huh?"
Jynx sighed and her smile was very small, "Yeah, I am."
"Hmph. You certainly don't act like one," he commented in a matter-of-fact tone.
Jynx raised an eyebrow and smiled, "Thanks, I think."
She wanted to say something more but she heard her best friend's name called, "Rachel Levy."
Jynx quickly turned her head to the blonde that now sat on the small stool with her feet swinging back and forth. She seemed to be talking to the hat like Jynx had done. The brunette eagerly awaited her friend to join her and Lee – also her new friend Angelina – at the Gryffindor table.
"RAVENCLAW!" the hat exclaimed as Professor McGonagall removed the dirty, old hat from Rachel's head.
The blue eyes of Jynx and the caramel brown eyes of Rachel both widened in surprise at the declaration. The brown pools traveled around the room only to be locked with the watery pools of her friend. She was just as confused at the choice and shrugged her shoulders as she walked over to her table, which was the furthest from the Gryffindor table.
Jynx sighed sadly as she crossed her arms on top of the wooden table and placed her chin on her tan limbs. A slightly calloused hand reached across the table and patted her on the arm in a sympathetic way. Jynx's blue orbs looked up to see the small smile of Lee as he pulled his hand back after a second.
"Hey, don't worry. We may have classes with the Ravenclaw house this year," he tried to cheer up the depressed brunette.
She gave a small smile and raised her head off her arms, but continued to lay them on the table. The three talked aimlessly as more kids were called up and sorted into different houses. They barely even glanced at those placed into their own house, but the new students instantly joined in on what Jynx called the Conversation of Randomness. Another Gryffindor sat down on the right of Jynx and sat rather closely – clearly not aware of the little bubble she had. Her blue eyes turned to the man and saw flame red hair and a mischievous smile.
"Hello Fred," she stated with a smile as she felt someone else sit to the left of her.
She turned her head towards the twin who also wore a mischievous smile, "Hey George."
She was forced to turn her head again to look at Fred as he began to talk, "Now I know why you didn't tell us your first name. Aludra, seriously?"
The tan girl shivered, "Don't call me that. It's Jynx."
"Which brings us to a question," George continued, causing the girl to turn her head the other way, "Where did Jynx come from?"
"It's my middle name, and I prefer it over… my first name," the girl replied simply.
"Aludra Jynx Black… interesting name," the two stated simultaneously.
Said girl shivered once more and raised her hands up and behind the heads of the two Weasley's. Jynx smacked both upside the head and sent a glare to each through the corner of her eyes.
"Ow! What was that for?" Fred asked from her side as he grabbed the back of his.
"Didn't I just tell you not to call me that?" she asked them, referring to her odd first name.
The three were about to continue arguing, but the booming voice of an older man they all knew as Dumbledore, roared above them, diving straight into a speech. One that the three paid no attention to.
The twins were annoying Jynx about her first name, and every time they said it she jabbed them painfully in the side, which only encouraged them to say it again. What brought the three out of their "game" was a loud clap that echoed through out the room and in front of them appear full plates of food.
The three boys – Fred, George, and Lee – instantly began piling food on their plates. Jynx raised an eyebrow and looked across the table to Angelina. The two shrugged their shoulders and began to place food on their own plates at a normal human pace. Jynx looked around and smiled brightly as she found a bowl of mashed potatoes. She placed a nice size mound of the potatoes on her plate and poured a small amount of gravy on top of it. She scooped up a spoonful and looked up to all the eyes that looked upon her.
"What?" she asked confused as to why everyone was looking at her.
"Have enough potatoes?" Fred and George teased as they both took a spoonful of the girl's potatoes.
The brunette gasped, and lowered her spoon of mashed potatoes, "You guys stole my potatoes… well if you like them so much, let me give you some more."
Jynx grabbed Angelina's unused spoon and scooped another helping on it. She looked to her right and whipped the mashed potatoes off on – and in – Fred's ear. She turned to her left and did the same to George. She looked at the two spoons and tried to hand Angelina's back.
"No thanks, don't want it now," she stated simply with a wide smile.
Lee was laughing his ass off at the scene as the two boys tried in vain to get the mashed potatoes out of their ears.
"That's disgusting Jynx!" both exclaimed, but no one other than the first years at their table heard them.
Said girl shrugged her shoulders, and looked at her own spoon. She turned to her right and stole Fred's and gave him hers instead. She began to eat her potatoes happily with a giant smirk on her face. Lee continued to laugh as Fred looked disgusted at the spoon that was now in his hand.
"Well Fred, aren't you gonna eat?" the brunette asked, completely forgetting about what just happened.
His hazel eyed glare turned to Jynx – who was completely oblivious to it – and placed the spoon down, "Why yes, I am going to eat, Aludra."
Jynx instantly went stiff and tried to roll her shoulders back in order to prevent herself from smacking Fred. She settled for glaring at him. Her blue eyes saw his smirk as he continued to eat.
"This is going to be a fun year, right Fred?" Jynx heard from her left.
"Indeed it will be, George," she heard Fred's reply.
"This is going to be one long year," the girl in the middle of the twins mumbled.
The red headed boys smiled and laughed as they threw an arm each over the girl's shoulders, "And after this you still have six more."
Jynx groaned at the thought, but she smiled none the less. The boys were right; this year would be fun.
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Okay that's it for this chapter! I know it's not as long as the first, but I decided just to send this one out. I know it's taken forever to get it out. BUT! I only got one review! I love you so much Fred-Weasley-Isn't-Dead! She's the only one who's encouraged me to keep writing this. So please. REVIEW! It's means a lot to me.
