Hey everybody! Thanks for reading, 'cause I really like when you do. Anyways, it's the second chapter! Read and review, please!

Warning: OC will not be as to so close with Harry due to… you know. I want to make it realistic enough that you will accept the main character, Jamie for her flaws and strengths. I don't want to deal with a Mary Sue.

Chapter 2

Jamie grinned. Everyone was cheering for her… well, not the kids clad in green. They were sneering. But all in all, she was happy. She stepped down to let the next child be sorted.

Skipping over to Mark she whispered, "What's Griffindor?"

"Really Jamie? Don't tell me that you were actually sleeping during Dumbledore's speech. You were, weren't you?" he responded.

"Well, sorry for not getting enough sleep on the train. It WAS rather rowdy in there," Jamie explained.

"Very true, but-"

"Dismissed to your dorms until further notice!" roared Dumbledore.

"I'll be seeing you later. By the way, I'm in Ravenclaw," Mark said turning away.

Walking the other direction, Jamie finally figured it out.

"Wait, I don't know where my dorm is!"

"I was wondering when you'd notice, girly."

Jamie spun around, facing the most handsome boy she had ever laid her eyes on. He was a few inches taller than her, with sandy hair and dark blue eyes she could drown in. On his right was another boy, more ordinary than the first.

"Hey, my name is-"

"I don't care, girl! Just move out of the way! You are THE most disgusting thing I have ever seen!" he snorted. "Let's go, Victor."

"Right, Howard."

As they walked off, Jamie felt her tears about to fall. Why must the good-looking ones always be the meanest? She watched the two walk down the hall but suddenly Victor looked back and mouthed 'sorry.' Jamie froze.

A finger tapped her shoulder. "Don't worry about them. They're just stupid Slytherin. I'm Kassandra, but call me Kass. I'm a 5th year Griffindor."

Jamie saw a fiery-redhead, and a wide smile.

"I'm Jamie. I'm also a 5th year Griffindor."

"Yea, I know about you, from Mark. He told me to keep you company 'cause he saw those boys headed your way. Don't get in a mess with them." Looking around, Kass added, "We should get to our dorms. Follow me."

Jamie followed Kass through a series of halls and statues. Paintings were fiddling and chattering about the new 1st years. Going up rotating stairs, Kass stopped at a painted lady. Whispering a few words, the painting revealed a room draped in red and gold.

Students were gossiping and sharing the vacation's secrets, loves and adventures. Boys cast spells that sent books flying at one another. Girls were batting their eyelashes at a boy with rounded eyeglasses. One girl was studying, yet it was only the first day back at Hogwarts. It's like high school, Jamie concluded.

Opening a door to the left of the lounge, Kass smiled. "This is the girls dorm."

Once again, everything was red and gold but with girls belongings thrown everywhere. Everything was customized according to each girls' likes. An empty bed sat in the corner by a window.

"This is your bed. Sorry but-" Kass tried.

"It's wonderful! But why wouldn't anyone want it?"

"Because it's rather chilly by the window, although it has curtains."

Walking over to the bedside, Jamie abruptly tripped over a pile of suitcases and an owl cage. Opening a few, she found a wand, subject books, a standard size 2 pewter cauldron, a set of brass scales, a set of glass, a kit of basic potion ingredients , and a telescope. Skipping over the owl, she found an extra uniform and a black winter cloak with silver fastenings. Stuck to side of the suitcase was a broomstick.

"I don't even know how to fly a broomstick," Jami sighed.

"Don't worry, I can teach you in our free period."

"Thanks," eyeing some girls across the dorm she added, "I think they want you."

"I think they want you too, so join us after you're done unpacking."

"Sure," Jamie responded as Kass left her.

Jamie picked up the caged and poked the creature. It was speckled gray, and its eyes were a golden yellow. She let it out, where it perched upon the window sill.

"What a boring color you are," Jamie said as she reached for a red ribbon. She tied it to the leg of the owl and asked, "How about 'Perdy'? I know that I'm not very unique in names. Maybe 'Pepper'? How about 'Dusty'?"

"Hweet."

"I like Dusty too. Dusty you are," Jamie smiled.

Jamie carefully organized her suitcase and slid it gently under her bed. Lying in her bed was a red and gold tie, which was put on after confirming it was hers. She later walked out of the room joining the rest of her dorm mates.

I don't know about you guys, but I promise that in the next chapter I'll add humor and hints of romance. Peace3