Chapter 2 – At the Feast.

I didn't believe that this was really happening to me but thought I may as well just act as though it was real and wait and see what would happen.

Dumbledore pointed to the table on the far right and said "Slytherins sit over there."

I decided I would walk over to the table because I couldn't really think of any other way to work out what was going on. As I reached the table I saw the people that were there all move closer to each other clearly none of them wanted me sitting by them. However any thoughts of telling them what I thought of this behaviour soon vanished when I saw the blond boy who had pushed be through the wall. "You're the one who pushed me through the wall," I yelled. "It is your fault that I am here."

Upon looking closer I realised the kid looked like Draco Malfoy. This was quite worrying because having read the Harry Potter books I knew that all the years he was at Hogwarts presented dangers. To confirm my suspicions I looked towards the far table and spotted people who looked like Harry, Ron and Hermione. "That's just great," I muttered quietly. At least they looked really young so it was probably just the first year.

When I turned around again I realised everyone was watching me and the blond kid was smirking. I found this really annoying. "What are you looking at?" I asked sitting down so that people would stop gawping at me.

"Are you sure you belong in Slytherin? You don't look like one."

"I didn't say I should be here. The old guy did," I replied trying not to lose my temper.

Who knows what he was planning to say to that. He was distracted by a load of puddings appearing on the table. I used the time when everyone was busy grabbing food to have a proper look around the room. The room contained four long tables full of kids and one with about ten adults sitting at it. There were hundreds of candles floating above the tables and the ceiling imitated the night sky.

My first thought was that those television programmes that liked to look for evidence of ghost would have a field day here. There were ghosts dotted all over the room which would be far more convincing than a blurry shape or strange noise which is generally the best these programs can do.

When everyone had grabbed puddings they started talking about their families. Most of them came from famous wizarding families so had known they were magical from a fairly young age. They all had stories about the magical world and were telling each other what they already knew. A few of them seemed quite arrogant and they were all confident that they would do really well at this school. They were already discussing what they thought their favourite lessons would be. Everyone agreed that potions would be best because Snape taught it and was head of Slytherin house. They thought transfiguration would be worst because it was taught by the head of Gryffindor house, which were the main rivals to Slytherin because both houses were very competitive. However some of the Slytherins thought that defence against the dark arts would be the worst lesson because it was just a waste of time.

After the puddings all the students went off to their houses but I stayed behind to find out what was going on. Soon only Snape and Dumbledore were left in the room with me. "So, who's going to tell me what is going on here?" I asked.

"That is just what I was going to say," said Snape looking at Dumbledore.

"I can't tell you much at this time. It might change the past," Dumbledore replied. "All I can say is you definitely belong here."

"That's a lot of use to me. Where am I meant to stay I am not living with a bunch of teenagers, I would go mad within a week."

"You don't need to worry about that there are already rooms waiting for you," Dumbledore said. "We are all quite tired so I suggest we wait until morning to sort everything else out."

I didn't want to wait but reluctantly agreed. I was shown the way through the castle to a portrait. When it moved I stepped through the gap and saw a large room containing a bed, sofa and wardrobe. I put my suitcase under the bed and decided I would definitely get by answers the next day.

This is quite a short chapter and not much happens but things will liven up a bit in the next one.