A/N: Disclaimer: I solemnly swear that I don't own HP which belongs to J.K. Rowling and The Mortal Instruments which belongs to Cassandra Clare. All I own is Shannon and her family.
By the way, I forgot to mention that she has a shoulder bag with her, sorry if you got confused when you read that part and I'm just telling you guys in advance… oh and thanks to the one whom reviewed Chapter 1
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Chapter 2: The blue-haired boy, Hogwarts and the Sorting
September 1, 2010
Shannon found herself staring into the boy with turquoise hair whom she saw earlier. He was carrying a backpack on his back.
"Uh, how may I help you?" Shannon asked the boy as she tilted her head to the right
The boy looked at her with a sheepish look
"Do you mind if I sit here? Everywhere else is… you know, full" he answered
Shannon stared at him, dumbfounded at this. She usually never shared anything with anyone since she has got no one to share with, even if she have someone to share something with, he or she wouldn't accept it politely.
"Okay" responded Shannon, shaking her head as her wavy red hair swayed and slowly grabbed a book from her shoulder bag "I don't mind"
The by nodded in response as he went in, put his bag on the overhead cabin and sat down in front of her, staring at the book Shannon grabbed from her bag earlier.
Shannon didn't notice this as she started to read 'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones' by Cassandra Clare. She may be a Pureblood but her parents don't mind her reading books made by Muggles since they think that 'Muggle books can help improve vocabulary of any wizard or witch aside from reading the regular Wizarding World books' and besides, it has the genre of Magic. After a few moments of silence on the journey, the then turquoise now mint-green haired boy asked Shannon about the book in curiosity.
"Just being curious, what kind of book is that? It seems thick and interesting." He said as he looked at the cover with interest and Shannon looked up from her book.
"It's a novel, 'The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones' by Cassandra Clare. This book is pretty cool even if it's a Muggle who wrote this" Shannon responded with a small smile at the boy
"I see." The boy said "I'm Teddy Lupin by the way" he extended his hand to a handshake
"I'm Shannon Jackson" Shannon replied as she shook Teddy's hand and then put the said hand to her book and noticed Teddy staring at the book with interest.
"You can borrow this if you want, I have already read this book, and I'm just rereading it and its second book." She added, handing the book towards Teddy shining with delight to have made a new acquaintance.
"Are you sure?" asked Teddy
"Of course I'm sure, why wouldn't I let you borrow this if I'm not sure" Shannon answered with a smile, her blue-tinted-with-green eyes gleamed with happiness that she met someone new. Right, now… I think I've heard his name from somewhere. She thought as she looked at Teddy with amusement as he started to get focused on reading the book about supernatural, magic, vampires, and demonology. The voice from earlier returned again He's from 'Deathly Hallows' you know…
Deathly Hallows? She thought after she heard the voice. What is that?
She didn't care about it though; she went on looking at the window and suddenly, a smiling woman pushing a trolley filled with what looked like sweets arrived.
"Anything from the trolley?" she asked, smiling brightly
"No thank you" Shannon responded as she waved her hands and grabbed 3 pairs of sandwiches from her bag and put it back in and Teddy didn't seem to notice, he's too busy reading so Shannon tapped the book Teddy was reading with her hand and he looked up, looking pretty startled.
"Teddy, do you want some?" Shannon asked Teddy when he looked at the woman with the trolley
"Sure…" Teddy said, grabbing Shannon's bookmark from some page of the book to put it on the page where he is currently reading "Two pumpkin pasties please" He added as he gave the lady some money and then the lady went off to the other compartments.
Shannon suddenly felt hungry and started to eat the packed sandwiches that contained her favorite: Ham and Cheese.
She ate it silently as she watched Teddy eat and read at the same time.
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A few or so hours later, Shannon was looking at the window as she thought of things of what could happen at Hogwarts. Teddy stopped reading and asked Shannon something.
"What house do you want to be sorted in?" He asked as he put the book beside him
"What?" said Shannon, not hearing what Teddy said clearly
"I said 'what house do you want to be sorted in?'" Teddy repeated
"Oh… uh, I think Gryffindor but I'm not sure about Hufflepuff either" Shannon answered sheepishly, glancing at her hands
"I see… well I hope I'll see you in Hufflepuff." Teddy responded, smiling lightly which made Shannon feel awkward. "By the way, I think you should get changed in the changing room" he added as he grabbed his uniform and robes from his backpack.
"Okay" said Shannon, standing up with her shoulder bag and went out of the compartment to go to the changing room to change into her uniform and finished at about 15 minutes later and 15 minutes left until they arrive at the Hogsmeade station. She went back to her compartment and saw Teddy already wearing his robes and his uniform has the Hufflepuff crest.
So he's telling the truth after all. Thought Shannon as she sat down on the same seat she sat on earlier and Teddy handed her book back to her but she didn't accept it
"Hey, Teddy, you can borrow that until you finished it you know" said Shannon
"Alright, thanks, Shannon." Teddy thanked brightly and then continued reading and Shannon giggled in amusement.
So, after what seemed like 10 minutes, they arrived at the Hogsmeade station so she and Teddy went out of the train and Shannon looked pretty confused on what to do now, so she waited for other first years to come out of the train. It was pretty dark already that she could barely see her robes that she wore. She suddenly heard a voice calling
"Firs' years! Firs' years! Over here if ye all dun' mind." Shannon noticed who owns the voice, it belongs to a very tall man, who seemed pretty old as well, she walked towards him slowly and stopped when her fellow first years and herself were in front of the man Wait, this scene is pretty familiar. Shannon thought as she listened to what the tall man is saying and the voice returned once again. That tall man is actually Hagrid, how could you forget? Shannon shook her head to get rid of the voice and looked at Hagrid as he explained how to get to the castle and she looked back and saw Teddy say something to her "I'll see you later!" He cried as he went to ride on a horseless carriage and Shannon looked back at Hagrid, who is now leading the First Years to a boat, 4 students on each boat.
She sat on one of the boats and then the boat moved along with the other boats. She gasped in amazement when she spotted a big castle, which lights were glowing beautifully that anyone will feel like painting it on a canvas. She ducked her head when Hagrid shouted "Heads down!" and she noticed the boats go in a tunnel and then realized that it leads to somewhere under Hogwarts and reached a harbor. She stepped out of the boat carefully and noticed something float out of the water "Eek!" Shannon shrieked and the boy who was passing by her said "That's the giant squid I think."
Shannon looked at him with a weird look as the boy continued "I'm Paul Lightwood"
"My name is Shannon Jackson" Shannon responded with narrowed eyes, noticing something odd about this Paul guy as she walked away to follow Hagrid and did that Paul guy said 'Lightwood' as his last name? What an utter coincidence that The Mortal Instruments character, Jace Lightwood, formerly known as Jace Wayland or whatever she can remember from reading the series, not that she cared at all. The annoying voice returned for what seems like the third or fourth time. No, Shannon, don't think he's ever related to him, Jace Lightwood is a fictional character. And Shannon seems to agree with the voice
Shannon watched as Hagrid knock on a GIANT door three times as Shannon never saw any doors as big as that. She saw it open and Shannon and her fellow first years went through and then heard a very small professor walk in and announce something but she is lost in her own thoughts and didn't really hear what he said but she did hear him say his name "Professor Flitwick". Suddenly, her hands were sweating as they waited for the doors to open again and she'll get sorted!
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After a few minutes of being nervous and silent, Professor Flitwick came out of the giant doors and said "First years, it's time to get sorted, so line up and follow me"
Shannon and her fellow First years followed him and they gasped in amazement when they entered the Great Hall
"Oh my" Shannon mumbled as she gazed at the ceiling (and even some of her fellow First Years) as she walked then stopped when the rest of the group stopped. She realized that there were so many students watching them with excitement and her hands suddenly started to get sweaty again and she stood on tip toes as she searched for Teddy on all the 4 tables she saw and ended up failing to spot him, blame her taller fellow First years for surrounding her. She saw an old hat on a stool at the front of the Hall and realized, for the first time, that she and the rest will get sorted by a hat, and wondered why Teddy hadn't told her about this. I think it's probably because to keep it as a surprise. She thought with sarcasm. Suddenly, the hat started singing.
A thousand years or more ago
When I was newly sewn,
There lived four wizards of renown,
Whose names are still well known:
Bold Gryffindor, from wild moor,
Fair Ravenclaw, from glen,
Sweet Hufflepuff, from valley broad,
Shrewd Slytherin, from fen.
They shared a wish, a hope, a dream,
They hatched a daring plan
To educate young sorcerers
Thus Hogwarts School began.
Now each of these four founders
Formed their own house, for each
Did value different virtues
In the ones they had to teach.
By Gryffindor, the bravest were
Prized far beyond the rest;
For Ravenclaw, the cleverest
Would always be the best;
For Hufflepuff, hard workers were
Most worthy of admission;
And power-hungry Slytherin
Loved those of great ambition.
While still alive they did divide
Their favourites from the throng,
Yet how to pick the worthy ones
When they were dead and gone?
Twas Gryffindor who found the way,
He whipped me off his head
The founders put some brains in me
So I could choose instead!
Now slip me snug about your ears,
I've never yet been wrong,
I'll have a look inside your mind
And tell where you belong!
And so, the hat finished it song and everyone clapped. She was staring at it with amazement that it could sing and then wondered what it does during the whole school term and all she could think of, is make up a new song for the next year.
An Asian girl beside Shannon mumbled something "Oh… that's all we have to do."
Shannon glanced at the girl "What do you mean?" she asked
"I thought we have to use spells or something to get sorted" The girl responded with quite a Japanese accent though she said it in English
"Oh." Said Shannon
"When your name is called, please sit down on this stool as we put the hat on you so that you'll get sorted to you respective house" Professor Flitwick announced as he read the parchment that he's holding "Anderson, Lucy!"
The girl named Anderson Lucy looked very cautious as she walked towards the stool and sat on it. It took a little while before the house shouted "Ravenclaw!" and the Ravenclaw table erupted with cheers and claps as Lucy removed the hat from her head, placed it back to the stool and went to where the rest of the Ravenclaw house were sitting.
"Baker, Michelle!" the second girl walked to the stool, sat down and then the house shouted "Hufflepuff!" so she went towards the Hufflepuff table
"Bracken, Daniel"
"Hufflepuff!" the hat shouted again and he ran towards the Hufflepuff table and sat in front of Michelle
"Bracken, Gabrielle!" Shannon looked at her and then at Gabriel and realized that Gabrielle and Daniel are twins.
"Gryffindor!" the Gryffindor table erupted into cheers
"Diaz, Alexander!"
The hat decided for a while and finally shouted "Slytherin!" after what seemed like 2 minutes
Many other students were sorted like de Vera Angela (a Filipino), Fisher Adrian (who both became a Gryffindor), Fray Michael (A Ravenclaw), Green Clarissa (A Hufflepuff) Grey Marc Anthony, Harrison Richard, Herrin Julia, (Who were sorted into Slytherin) and then, so suddenly for Shannon, she is next after the girl beside her.
"Ichinose Aimee" the girl beside Shannon walked quickly so that she could go and sit to whatever house table's house she is in. It took nearly 5 minutes before the house shouted "Hufflepuff!" and she hurried to the Hufflepuff table and sat beside Clarissa.
Finally, it was Shannon's turn so she shut her eyes tight but before she could do so, her name was called.
"Jackson, Shannon!" She nearly didn't move after that but thankfully, she was able to walk to get to the stool, sat on it and the hat was put on her head.
"So… you're reincarnated aren't you?" the hat asked from her mind
H-How did you know? Shannon responded, but strangely, she didn't know why she said it
"I know lots of things, little girl. So, now, where to sort you?" the hat replied
Any house but Slytherin, please… I'm far too soft for that house. Pleaded Shannon, ignoring how the hat knew of it and why she answered it that
"Of course, you wouldn't fit in there. So will it be Ravenclaw? Oh no, not really, definitely not Ravenclaw. Maybe in Gryffindor! Oh very, very interesting. Could you be in Hufflepuff? I see no problem if you're there." Said the hat
Great! Then what does that mean? Shannon demanded weakly. Don't tell me you're torn between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff.
"Pretty much, but it doesn't matter, Jackson, now let me sort you in…"
Gryffindor please, if you must. Shannon replied flatly
"HUFFLEPUFF!" the hat shouted, ignoring what Shannon said
"Huh?" Shannon asked when the hat was removed from her head, she wanted in Gryffindor but she got sorted in Hufflepuff! Oh dear, this doesn't seem to cheer Shannon up as she walked to the Hufflepuff table and sat beside Aimee. She suddenly spotted Teddy at the far left of the table, smiling at her happily and then this seems to made Shannon smile a little after feeling disappointed that she's in Hufflepuff. The sorting went on with 'Light Joanna' (A Ravenclaw), 'Lightwood Paul' (A Slytherin much to Shannon's surprise and expectancy) 'McDonald Adrian' (A Gryffindor), 'Michaels Lia', 'Perez Antonio' (both were sorted in Slytherin), 'Roberts Michael Angelo', 'Rowan Tony' (Ravenclaws), 'Santiago Alisa' (A Gryffindor), 'Trenton Patrick', 'Tungsten Sean' (both Hufflepuffs) 'Villa Frank' (Another Slytherin), 'Walker Georgia' (Ravenclaw), 'Watson Gemma' (Gryffindor) and ended with 'Yap Patricia' (another Filipino) who became a Hufflepuff. So Professor Flitwick rolled up the scroll and took the hat away from sight.
"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts!" a woman, who seemed to be a bit old, announced delightfully after standing up from her seat at the High Table "Before the feast shall begin, I have to introduce myself to the new students. I am Headmistress McGonagall and I would like to greet you all a warm welcome. Let us get on with the feast." She added as she sat and so, food appeared in front of every student and they began eating. Shannon turned towards Aimee, who was eating slowly and looked like she hasn't used a spoon and fork before
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"Are you okay?" asked Shannon, swallowing her food
"I'm fine, I'm just not used in using a spoon and fork because I mainly use chopsticks" Aimee replied shyly, trying to put the rice with her fork on her spoon. Shannon nodded in response and stood up to begin searching for Teddy on the table and Clarissa noticed this.
"Who are you looking for?" Clarissa asked curiously
"I'm looking for…" Shannon answered, feeling confused in what to call Teddy "An acquaintance." She finished rather softly, still searching for him.
"Who is this acquaintance?" asked Patricia, smirking as she ate her food
Shrugging, Shannon gave up looking for him and answered "He's a Second year I think… he looks like the same age as me"
"Oh…" Patricia, Aimee and Clarissa replied shortly and began eating again. So, Shannon couldn't wait for the start of the year, she ate happily while she thought of the good things that might happen to her during the year.
Things went pretty fast for Shannon. She watched the professor make some announcements about rule violating and extra detention if caught out after the curfew (8:30 pm for First years – Second years and 10:00 pm for Third Years – Seventh Years) and were lead to the houses by the prefects.
"So, new Huffies (the term Hufflepuffs use for their fellow Hufflepuffs privately), I'm Melanie Ashworth and he is my partner in crime" the female prefect said, pointing to the male prefect "He's Roger Mason and the password is 'Badgers Rock'" said Melanie with a smile and the portrait that leads to the Hufflepuff common room opened and the new Hufflepuffs stared at the Common room in awe.
"Girls to the right, boys to the left" Roger added "Now, if you have any problems, just tell us Prefects and we'll help you. Good night."
Shannon and her fellow female Hufflepuffs were led by the Melanie and pointed the new Hufflepuff girls their dorm before finally saying 'Good Night' to them. Shannon entered their dorm and found her things already there so she got ready for bed and slept peacefully. She might have not seen Teddy for most of the time but she still felt happy that she got sorted with her friend.
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In the unknown world…
Older Shannon sighed as she watched the events happen quickly in the creamy white bowl and responding to her younger self flatly. She waited for the multi-hair-color guy to return. She waited and waited until the scenes ended and she got frustrated that she stood up and was about to kick the creamy white bowl when a hand on held her shoulder to stop her. She shrieked at this in shock and sounded like a mutated banshee. Shannon looked over her shoulder and then saw that it was the multi-hair-color guy again. "Don't you dare on repeating it; it might be the end of your life." Shannon told the guy scornfully
The guy mocked a hurt look on his face "Ouch, Shannon that hurt me." He said
"Shut it Teddy!" Shannon cried with annoyance
"Good! Now that you know my name, we'll be best friends at Hogwarts starting on Halloween after I saved you from near death by falling on the stairs again" Teddy said with an amused glint on his eyes and earned him a glare from Shannon
"Not that I care though" He added as he coughed
Shannon rolled her eyes "Oh well, you might as well stay with me until after we became 'best friends' in Hogwarts" She replied flatly "And this means we're now both dreaming right? Like how I saw myself sleep from that bowl?" she added
"Sure and yes, we're now dreaming at this rate and it's not a bowl, it's a pensieve." Teddy said, grinning as he sat down beside Shannon, who sighed as they waited for the next scene in the bowl.
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And that ends this long chapter (the longest one I typed in my life). But really, I'm just feeling full of ideas that I wanted to add it all up in this chapter. Thank you anyway, please review if you want! Oh and please tell me if I got everything right since I couldn't remember the events during the sorting even I was reading a pdf of Philosopher's stone though and that explains why some parts are nearly like PS but the sorting song is from GoF. Chapter 1 is now available in DeviantArt, just search 'Reincarnated as a Hufflepuff' or maybe search it in the featured list of 'Hufflepuffs Rock-it' or in the Hufflepuff students folder of 'Hogwarts OCs' :3
If you're confused with anything, add it to your review or PM me and I'll try my best to answer it.
(EDIT ALERT! It's Goblet of Fire not Order of the Phoenix, you see, I edited OotP to GoF instead. Sorry for the mistake, I just noticed it after rereading it last night when I can't sleep and just read this story in my PSP. Sorry again for the mistake.)
Thanks for reading!