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AN: Ok, so I just put this story up last night, so I'm not expecting too many reviews yet. I'm going to post the next couple of chapters anyway though, because in my opinion the first chapter was a little bit dry. Happy reading!
One hour (and one very disgruntled Percy) later, the three boys were sitting in their compartment once again. Fred decided now was a good time to mention the girl he had met earlier.
"I met a girl." he stated proudly.
"Yeah, we were here when they came in, remember?" George reminded him.
"No, no. I met another one in the hallway. She's the most beautiful girl I've ever seen." he boasted.
"What was her name?" asked Lee.
"Angelina Johnson. Her mother tells her to stay away from boys like me." Fred told them proudly.
"She doesn't even know you." George pointed out.
"Well…I kind of told her I had a knack for causing trouble." Fred admitted.
"Girls dig that sort of thing I suppose. They like the whole bad boy thing, don't they? At least my sisters do." Lee mused.
"Not this girl. But never mind, she'll be falling for the Weasley charm soon enough." Fred told them.
Lee snorted at this. "Whatever you say mate. But we better get changed, I heard we're going to be there soon."
The boys began changing into their robes. Meanwhile, in a compartment down the hall….
"I met a boy." Angelina Johnson told her new friends.
"What was he like?" asked the short blonde girl named Katie Bell.
"Well he had flaming red hair that was messy, you know, like he had just woken up. He had a few freckles on his nose…bright blue eyes. Pale skin. He was quite good looking." she told them.
"Hmm…I saw that boy earlier." said Alicia "He was very rude."
"He did seem a bit arrogant." Katie agreed
"He's the one that set off fireworks in the compartment a little ways down. Fred Weasley was his name." said Angelina.
"He was rather good looking though, wasn't he?" said another brunette girl named Patricia Stimpson.
"He had a twin who seemed nice. And they were with a boy with dreadlocks. They were interesting characters." Alicia recalled.
"Well we'd better be getting changed. When I was up front earlier they told me we'd be there in 15 minutes." said a girl with black hair named Kristin.
About twenty minutes or so later, everyone was changed and off the train, waiting to go to the castle. They were greeted by a giant man wearing a large moleskin overcoat. He had a big, bushy beard so it was hard to see his face properly. He called the first years over to him.
"All right, kids?" he asked. The first years nodded, still in shock at his abnormal size.
"Right then, yer gonna be takin' the boats up to the castle. They'll bring yer right 'cross the lake. Once you get to the o'er side, wait fer me, and I'll bring yeh to Professor McGonagall." he told them all. They nodded and followed him to the waters edge.
"No more 'n four to a boat. Everyone in." he instructed. They all cautiously got into the boats and began gliding across the lake.
Getting across took about 3 minutes. Once they reached shore, the large man called 'Hagrid'
lead them all into the castle's main entrance. When they were all gathered around, an older looking witch with long, emerald green robes, half moon glasses and a tall, pointed hat was standing there waiting for them.
"Welcome to Hogwarts." she greeted. "My name is Professor McGonagall. In a few moments, you will join the rest of the school in the Great Hall, and the Sorting Ceremony will begin. Please wait quietly." she instructed, and disappeared behind the great mahogany doors.
"Ceremony?" someone in the crowd asked aloud.
"Do you think we need to pass a test?" someone else asked.
"Maybe we need to recite everything from the books we had to buy." someone suggested.
"I bet we need to run an obstacle course!" someone else yelled out excitedly.
"Oh don't be stupid, we're probably going to have a Wizard's Duel!" someone else said.
"You're all wrong. We're going to have to wrestle a troll, and I know it for a fact." Fred told them all.
Several people gasped at this.
"Oh really?" came a girl's voice. Angelina Johnson stepped out of the crowd to face Fred.
"And how would you know that?" she asked him suspiciously, eyeing him like a hawk again.
Fred felt his ears turning pink. "My brother told me. And he wouldn't lie." he told Angelina.
Angelina was about to argue further when the stern looking witch returned through the doors.
"Right this way." she said, pointing to the Great Hall.
"Now we'll see if your brother was lying or not." Angelina muttered to Fred on the way in.
But when they all got inside, there were no giant trolls or obstacle courses. Only a stool, with an old, worn out hat seated upon it.
"That's it? That's what we're up against? A cruddy old hat?" Lee said in disbelief.
But there was something very peculiar about this hat. It began moving. To the new students surprise, it began to sing.
"Oh, this is too much." a boy muttered.
Welcome to Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft and Wizardry.
I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat,
the smartest hat you'll ever see.
My job here is to sort you,
figure out where belong.
And what better way to
do it then by sorting
with a song? You might
be put in Gryffindor,
if your heart is brave
and true. If adventure is
what you seek, then Gryffindor's
for you. Or perhaps you'd shine in
Ravenclaw, if learning's more your
style. That Ravenclaw intelligence
always stands out a mile. Of course,
you might be Hufflepuff, if
you are kind and caring. Your
heart is good and does what's
right, though you may not be
too daring. And last but not
least, Slytherin, those ever
cunning folk. When it comes
to being a cut above, Slytherins
do not joke. One of these four
houses is where you shall reside,
so step right up, take off you're
mask, for I can see inside.
The hat remained still once again. The Great Hall burst into cheers as Professor McGonagall pulled out a list. "Now, when I call your name, please step up and place the Sorting Hat on your head."
"Anderson, Jordan."
A short blonde boy stumbled up the steps and onto the stool, timidly placing the hat on his head.
"HUFFLEPUFF!" shouted the hat. The boy quickly took off the hat and stumbled back down to the Hufflepuff table.
"Applewhite, Christine"
A pretty brunette walked confidently to the sorting hat and placed it on her head.
"RAVENCLAW!" The girl smiled and hopped off the stool to join the Ravenclaw table.
"Bell, Katherine"
The short blonde girl the boys had met earlier walked slowly up to the Sorting Hat. She seemed nervous but regained her confidence and placed the hat on her head.
"GRYFFINDOR!" yelled the hat. The Gryffindor table cheered as she smiled and joined them.
"She is the cutest thing I've ever seen." said Lee quietly. George nodded in agreement.
"Wait till you see Angelina." Fred told them.
"Bristol, Carter"
A rather unpleasant looking fellow strutted up to the stool.
"SLYTHERIN!" screamed the hat.
"Big surprise." someone in the back muttered.
Several more people went after that. Finally, they were up to Lee Jordan.
"Jordan, Lee"
Lee, who seemed completely unaffected, marched right up to the Sorting Hat and grabbed it, jamming it onto his head eagerly.
"GRYFFINDOR!" the hat shouted after a moment. Lee jumped up and ran to the table, then realized he was still wearing the hat and brought it back up.
"Hey there, sugar lips." he said to Katie. "Looks like we're roomies now, hmm?" he said with a wink.
"Please stop talking."
"Right-O."
Meanwhile, Angelina's name was called.
"Here goes nothing." she muttered to Alicia.
She placed the Sorting Hat on her head and sat in anticipation. The hat seemed to take longer on her.
Finally, it made its decision. "GRYFFINDOR!" it shouted.
The Gryffindor table erupted into cheers as Angelina sat down next to Katie, shaking everyone's hand.
Lee, who was sitting next to the girls with a smug look on his face, seemed quite thrilled that so far, his house included him and two beautiful girls. What luck!
After "Sonders, Belinda" came Alicia Spinnet. Like Angelina, the hat seemed to debate putting her in Ravenclaw. It decided on Gryffindor in the end though, and Alicia sat down next to Lee, who was positively ecstatic at this point.
Finally, Fred was called up. He sat on the stool and waited as the hat spoke to him in his ear.
'Hmm. Another Weasley, eh?' said the Hat in his ear.
'Mischevious, not terribly remorseful for your actions, generally a Slytherin trait.'
"What!?" Fred asked outloud.
'But you have a brave heart, and you are indeed courageous. I know just where to put you.'
"GRYFFINDOR!"
Relieved, Fred slid off his chair and sauntered over to the Gryffindor table to sit on Lee's other side, across from Angelina.
"Brilliant!" exclaimed Lee.
Angelina looked less then thrilled, but didn't say anything.
"Miss me, Angel?" Fred asked her, wagging his eyebrows.
Angelina looked at him, disgusted.
"Not even in your dreams, Weasley. And call me Angel again and see what happens." she said coolly.
George, who had just been sorted into Gryffindor, joined them at the table as well. They were the last to be sorted. Professor McGonagall rolled up her scroll, and an old man with half-moon glasses, and long purple robes, stood up to address the school.
"Welcome, to another year at Hogwarts School. To our old student, welcome back, and to our new students, welcome! Welcome. What a wonderful word, isn't it? Tuck in." said the man
Suddenly, mountains of food appeared on the golden plates. Even the Weasley twins, who were very well fed by Mrs. Weasley, seemed amazed at the amount.
The boys began reaching for anything they could grab. The girls politely started with salad, bread, and one leg of chicken.
"Honestly, you'd think your mothers starve you." Katie noted with a nod to the boys.
"Dis ood's EGSLALANT!" George said with a full mouth, spraying them with bits of potatoes.
This was translated to "This food is excellent" by Lee.
"Yuck!" squeeled Alicia, who had been hit with the brunt of it. "Really, you're not barbarian, chew with your mouth closed please."
"What a bunch of goody-goodies they landed us with!" said Fred to George and Lee.
"So ladies, you reckon we'll all be sharing a dorm?" Lee asked, winking suggestively and nudging Katie.
"I'll sleep with this pretty girl." said Fred, winking at Angelina, and giving her a look that Angelina liked to call "undressing her with his eyes."
Angelina wasn't impressed. "Surely your mother wouldn't approve of your forwardness. Its going to earn you a lot of slaps in the face if you're not careful."
Rather disappointed that his God-sent angel was turning out to be harder to get then he thought, Fred dejectedly continued to gnaw on his chicken. He was really missing that brief, shining moment where she approved of his firework stunt.
Once they had finished eating and the desserts had been cleared, the old man named Professor Dumbledore stood up again and spoke to them all before sending them to bed.
The Gryffindors followed their prefects up many flights of stairs that they had to walk up quickly, before the staircased moved. They walked past many talking portraits and moving suits of armor. Finally, they reached a large portrait of a very large woman in a pink frilly dress.
"Password?" the lady asked.
"Quaffle." Said the prefect. They all entered a large, circular, stone common room that looked cozy and inviting. It had red tapestry hanging from the walls, with a large stone fireplace in the middle.
"This is the Gryffindor common room. Most of your free time can be spent up here. The girls dormitories are up the stairs on your left, the boys will be on the right. Have a good night everyone." And with that, she left the common room.
The 6 first years all looked at each other.
"Well, I'm off to bed." said Katie, yawning. Angelina and Alicia yawned in agreement, and began descending the circular stone steps.
"Us too." said Fred, and began to follow the girls. They had gotten about half way up when the stairs suddenly became a slide, and the boys plunged back down to the floor. The girls continued up, laughing and shaking their heads.
"Goodnight, boys!" they called from the top of the stairs. They disappeared into their rooms.
"Bloody hell." said Lee, rubbing his head.
"These girls are hard to crack. We might end up looking in other houses." George said to them.
"Don't worry." Fred said as they began walking up to their own dormitories. "By Halloween, we're all going to be the best of friends. And Angelina's going to be my girlfriend."
"I highly doubt that one, mate. She doesn't seem too keen on you." Lee snorted.
"No offense." added George, as he climbed into his four poster.
"Laugh all you want boys. Let's make a bet right now. I will get Angelina Johnson to be my girlfriend by the end of third year." Fred proposed.
"That's an awfully long bet." Lee pointed out.
"It's a realistic bet. And I get 5 galleons from both of you if I win" said Fred.
"Fine, but if WE win, you give us both 5 galleons. Deal?" asked George.
"It's a deal." Fred agreed cheerfully, shaking hands with them.
Once they were all in bed, drifting off to sleep, Lee muttered "I have a feeling this is going to be a very interesting 7 years."
Fred grinned into his pillow and thought about Angelina. 'Its going to be a very good seven years, especially once I win this bet.'
AN: Ok, second chapter up! I'd have the third one up by tonight, but I have to work, so it should be up sometime tomorrow. Hope everyone likes it so far. Pleeeaseee Review (:
And also, thanks to anyone who reviewed so far! It makes my day and they were really nice reviews, so thank you (: