As the crowd walked through the doors of the castle, the old lady stopped us. "Beyond this door, are the four houses? All new students are to follow me to the front of the Great Hall to be sorted." she said. "Before I forget," she continued. "My name is Professor McGonagall for all you new students." she finished.

We all entered the Great Hall and you looked in amazement once again. There were 4 long tables, those must be the houses you thought, and in the front of the room, was a long table where all the professors sat, and in the middle, was a old man with a long white beard. That must be the headmaster. You thought again. You saw that some students separated from the group and sat at different tables. You followed the remaining crowd and walked to the front of the room. There, you saw a stool and Professor McGonagall holding an old black hat. "When I call out your name, you are to come up and sit to be sorted." she said. Professor McGonagall had called out several names and placed the hat on their head. To your surprise, the hat begun talking and sorted the students to their houses, followed by cheering of the tables, but you blanked out from boredom and because you were still tired from your nap on the train. Just then, something woke you up from your daydreaming. "Rachel Sage." Professor McGonagall called out. (Your last name was Sage, from your father, sorry I didn't mention it earlier. ") You hesitated for a moment, but slowly made your way to the front and slowly sat down. The room went silent. Then you saw some people whispering. I knew it, I didn't belong here either. You thought with sadness. Just then the hat was placed on your head and it began talking. "Hmm.," the hat begun. "Tough one, this is. You have courage, determination, yet you are confused with your life...what's this? Dark thoughts? No, it's not that strong. Yet you aren't the happiest person either. Gryffindor or Slytherin?" the hat said. You looked around the tables and saw Gryffindor and Slytherin. The Gryffindor table had Harry Potter in it. Wow you thought. Then you looked at the Slytherin table, not exactly the same. You saw the same blonde boy looking at you as the hat continued talking again.

Draco's POV
You looked up at the girl as you heard her name being called. "Rachel Sage." McGonnagal called out. Rachel... you thought. The hat talked on a little while, you weren't really paying attention to that part, but snapped back in when you heard, and "Griffindor or Slytherin" the hat said. You had your hopes raised that she might get in Sytherin, but your hopes were shattered when the hat said...

Rachel's POV
"It better be...Gryffindor!" the hat yelled. The Gryffindor table started cheering and clapping as you made your way down the stairs to the table. To be honest, you didn't really care which house you were put in, it would just be another year repeating itself, torturing you every day. Almost all the boys scooted over for a seat for you. You scoffed in your mind and went to an empty spot where no one was too close either; you didn't pay attention to who was in front or beside you anyway.

After all the new students were sorted into their houses, the headmaster stood up and announced "Let the feast, begin!" he shouted. A second later, food appeared on the tables and everyone started to dig in. You remained quiet as you ate. Just then you heard someone talking to you. "Excuse me, are you Rachel?" the voice said. It sounded like a girls voice. You looked up and saw a girl with bushy brown hair sitting across from you. "Um...yeah." you replied quietly.
"I knew it was you! I saw you get sorted in our house but i didn't get a good look at you, but apart from that, I also some of the girls have a jealous face." she said with a small laugh.
"Oh!" you said blushing a little.
"Uh...who are you referring to as 'our'?" you asked.
"Oh, I'm sorry. This is Ron." she said as she nudged a boy beside her. He was stuffing his face with food and almost choked when she elbowed him. "Hermione!" he yelled.
"Ronald! Don't be rude and greet Rachel." Hermione said firmly. Just then, Ron looked at you and stopped eating for a minute. "Oh, um...hi..." he said quietly. "It's, uh...nice to meet you." you said. You haven't actually talked to anyone your age before like this, and you weren't really good at socializing. "And this is Harry." Hermione said. "Hello." you heard someone say beside me. It shocked you at first, but you looked over and saw the none other, Harry Potter. "Oh wow...pleasure to meet you.," you said quietly. "The pleasure's all mine." He said with a smile.
"So Rachel, tell us a bit about yourself." Hermione said while reaching for something to eat. "There's really nothing interesting about me though..." you said a little sad.
"Oh come on." Hermione said with a smile.
"Weell..." you started. Then you remembered about your powers. "Can I trust you guys with a secret?" you asked a bit scared. "Of course." Harry said. Then all 3 of them leaned in a bit to listen. "I'm not like the rest of the girls in Hogwarts." you started. "I was born different. I have powers." you said. "What do you mean by...powers?" Ron asked. "I'm not sure myself, but I do know the powers aren't for good. They can hurt people, and so I lived my life in fear." you said sadly. "I didn't have anyone as my friends and I never met my family, except for my parents, but they don't love me the same way other parents love their children." you continued. "I guess it must hurt more knowing that then not to have parents at all." Harry said. You looked up at him.
"What do you mean?" you asked.
"My story is different, as a baby, Voldemort killed my parents and left me this scar." he said while touching his forehead. "I'm so sorry..." you said sadly. "No, it's ok, I get that a lot. And apparently, everyone feels sorry for me." Harry said a bit sad. "Everyone but the Slytherins." Hermione said with disgust in her voice. "Especially that Malfoy." Ron said. "Who's Malfoy?" you ask. Then Ron turns around and scans the Slytherin table. "There." He said while pointing to the same blonde boy. "THAT'S Malfoy?" you ask. "Draco Malfoy, and yeah." Hermione said.
"You sound surprised Rachel, did you talk to him?" Hermione asked.
"No, he only shoved me a couple of times at the train station rudely." you reply sarcastically. Harry laughed a bit. "We should continue eating or else we'd have to go to sleep with an empty stomach." Hermione said. You nodded in agreement. "Looks like Ron had already started." Harry said with a small laugh.
"Oh be quiet!" Ron yelled back playfully.