A/N: Here is the second chapter! And its somewhat longer than the first! I hope you like it!
Allen looked up, staring at the very tall ceiling. "Whoa," he muttered. Hermione looked at him, smiling.
"Has the effect on everybody," she said, walking up a small set of stairs where everyone else was walking. They followed the students up the stairs, and came up onto a landing.
Before them, a pair of large oak doors stood slightly ajar. Warm light was filtering through the crack. The students had pushed it open, and rushed inside. The exorcists followed Harry and his friends into the hall, where four long tables ran the length of the hall.
Allen was still looking up, and noticed that hundreds of candles where floating in the air. Then his gaze moved passed the floating candles and up onto the ceiling. He gasped as he saw that stars glittered. He wasn't paying attention, too amazed by the ceiling to notice that the others had stopped. He kept walking, and had the misfortune to walk into Kanda.
Kanda turned sharply and glared at Allen. Allen backed up. "Sorry Kanda," he said hastily. Komui turned and looked at them both, making a 'sh' noise which shut them both up.
"Welcome students!" a very old man said, standing up in front of all the students and raised his hands in welcome. "Another year has come! But before we start the sorting, I would like to introduce some guests that we are going to have. Please make them comfortable. And without further ado, here is Professor Komui, and his students!"
"Professor?" Allen whispered to Lenalee, but she just looked at him.
All eyes turned toward the small group of seven people in odd uniforms. Allen blushed, turning a slight shade of pink. Miranda did as well. Lenalee just looked down, avoiding everyone's gaze. Lavi was smiling at anyone who caught his eye, Krory was hiding in the back, and Kanda was sulking next to Komui, a very unhappy look on his face.
"Come on," Komui said to them, and started walking up the center of the tables. No one wanted to be left behind, alone, so they hurried after the chief.
Once they reached the front, where the old man stood, Komui broke off from the group, and shook hands with him. "Professor Dumbledore, thank you so much for inviting us to your magnificent school!" Professor Dumbledore smiled, his eyes glittering over his half-moon glasses.
"And here are my students!" Komui said, moving aside. Dumbledore nodded his head, and whispered, "I know why you're here… if you need help, don't hesitate to ask!" No one else could hear his whisper.
The exorcists nodded together, then looked at the vast see of students.
"Guests, I hope you find our castle comfortable. Can you please have a seat at the Griffindor table, over there? While we conduct the sorting. Thank you!" he said, pointing them in the direction of the table where Harry, Ron, and Hermione were seated.
They started moving toward the table, when they noticed that Komui wasn't with them. They looked back, to see him smiling, and then he gave an encouraging nod. They continued, then moved closer to the table.
There was a large empty space near Harry and two twins with bright orange hair, just like Ron. Kanda looked down the table, noticing an open spot away from the others, and headed toward it. Krory followed him.
Allen sat down next to a girl with long black hair. She turned to look at him, then turned quickly back to her friend, whispering. Lenalee came and sat next to him, much to Ron's amazement. He turned bright red.
Lavi and Miranda followed their lead, and sat down beside them. Miranda was so nervous about the vast number of people that her hands were shaking.
Hermione looked over at Miranda, and smiled encouragingly. "You'll be fine here! What's you're name?" she asked.
"M-Miranda," Miranda stuttered, looking down at her hands.
"It'll be fine Miranda," Hermione said, still smiling.
On her other side, Lavi was talking to the two red-haired twins. They were all smiling widely, and laughing about something. Allen glanced at him, then just rolled his eyes. Lavi could make friends with anyone. It was amazing.
Up in front of the tables, the 1st years were being sorted into houses. The exorcists watched with interest as a sharp looking woman placed a hat on each of their heads. It was silent for a moment or so, then the hat would shout out one of four names; Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Griffindor, or Slitherin. Then the student would get up and walk over to that table.
Once all the 1st years were sitting at their chosen houses, Dumbledore stood up once more. He was about to speak when there was a small sound behind him. Then a small, toadish looking woman got up and began to talk.
Everyone, or every student from Hogwarts, and the staff, were staring up at her with looks of surprise, anger, shock, or disbelief.
Allen looked around quickly, then whispered across the table to Harry. "Who's she? And why is everyone so surprised?" Harry glanced at Allen.
"She's the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher… and no new teacher has ever interrupted Dumbledore before," he said, staring at the toad-woman with a bewildered look on his face.
Allen frowned, thinking, then looked up again. Apparently, she had finished talking, because she sat down again. The applause was scattered, but not loud. Then Dumbledore stood up again.
"Thank you Professor Umbrage. But enough words! For now, eat! And I hope that our guests feel welcome once more!" he finished, sitting back down. All the exorcists were still looking up at him when Miranda let out a small squeak of surprise.
Everyone looked around quickly, and looked at what Miranda was staring at. Where the empty plates had been, now were piles of food. Allen just about fell of his chair when he saw all the food.
"Whoa… lots of food," Lavi muttered. The two twins grinned at him as they helped themselves to chicken and mashed potatoes. Lavi grinned back, helping himself to food as well.
Lenalee and Miranda were just staring at it when they heard an odd sound from Allen. They both looked at him, and then quickly turned away again, disgusted. Allen was grabbing whatever he could, eating it very quickly, then grabbed more. Everyone around him had stopped eating as well, staring at him.
"Whoa Allen! Maybe you should… slow down," Lavi said, leaning forward to look at his friend. Allen stopped eating, and turned. Allen swallowed loudly, then took a large gasp for air. "Were you even breathing when you were eating all that?"
"Not really… but all this food," he said, and continued to eat, a little slower than before. Lavi shook his head, turning back to the orange-haired twins and began to talk once more.
"Wow, that's a lot of food. Oi, Ron, I think he's beaten you. He eats way more then you," one of the twins said across the table to Ron. Ron turned and looked at him.
"Fred! I don't eat that much!" he said indignantly, while the other twin snickered. Allen had stopped once more and was watching the two orange haired boys bicker, a piece of chicken halfway to his mouth. It dropped off with a soft 'splat' and everyone turned to look at him.
"What?" Lenalee asked Allen, watching him with concern. Allen blinked and turned to her, smiling.
"Oh nothing… they just look very similar," Allen muttered. Lavi rolled his eyes.
"Of course they're gonna look similar Allen! Their brothers!" Lavi said. Allen made a small 'oh'. "This is Fred—" he pointed at one of the twins, "—and this is George!" then he pointed at the other.
"Hey, you remembered!" Fred said, amazed, "Wow, not many people can do that!" Lavi stared at them for a moment.
"Well, you're sitting down…its kinda easy," Lavi replied, moving his headband and continuing to eat. Fred and George just cast each other shocked looks then shrugged.
"Where are you gonna sleep, mate?" George asked them. Lavi shrugged.
"I dunno… Komui will tell us," Lavi said. Everyone around him just stared at him. "What?" Lavi was looking bewildered. Why was everyone staring at him?
"You just called him 'Komui' and not 'Professor Komui'! If he's your headmaster, shouldn't you call him 'Professor Komui'?" Hermione asked him. Lavi was staring blankly at her, so Lenalee intervened.
"Um, our school is, um, very small. So we are at first name basis…" Lenalee said, thinking quickly. Lavi nodded.
Dinner progressed, and finally, Allen stopped eating, after eating at least three pies on his own. Everyone was amazed that such a scrawny boy could eat so much. Was that how much he ate all the time?
Allen was now leaning on the table, his head on his hand. His left hand was also on the table, and as he lifted it to straighten his jacket, Hermione gasped. He turned sharply, upsetting a goblet.
He saw that she was staring at his hand, and he dropped it quickly onto his lap while the pumpkin juice made its way across the table.
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Hermione made a small gasp as she saw Allen's left hand, just barely though. When he had straightened his jacket, she could see a sliver of his skin between his white glove and his black jacket. It had been blood red.
"Harry, hey Harry!" she hissed down at Harry, careful not to let Allen hear her. Harry turned to look at her.
"What?" he asked her.
"His hand… did you see it?" she whispered, glancing at Allen again. A scared look had come onto Allen's face. He had seen her looking at him… and his hand. As soon as she had gasped, and he had noticed that she was looking at his left hand, he had dropped it under the table.
"What about his hand?" Harry asked, puzzled. He had seen nothing. Only heard Hermione gasp, Allen knock over the pumpkin juice and hide his hand under the table. He was clearly missing something that she had seen.
"I'll tell you up in Griffindor tower!" she whispered quickly, then looked back at Allen and Lenalee.
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"Allen, what's wrong?" Lenalee asked Allen. He had spilled a goblet and quickly hidden his left hand under the table.
He turned to her, and he looked scared. "Nothing, its nothing," he answered, but she could tell that something was wrong. Maybe it's his innocence? Oh wait… he hid his hand. Maybe Hermione saw part of his hand! She thought, looking at Allen, clearly worried.
"Allen, are y-you all right?" Miranda asked as well. She looked a little shocked at what had happened. He nodded. Lavi glanced over at them, pausing with what he was saying. His eyes traveled from Miranda and Lenalee, who looked worried, to Allen, who had gone very pale.
"I'm fine! Its nothing!" Allen reassured them, though he was still white. Under the table, he was clutching his left hand tightly. Lenalee felt that, and put a comforting hand on his shoulder. He relaxed a little.
Fred and George were about to ask what had happened, when Dumbledore stood once more. "I hope that everyone ate their fill! (At this, everyone looked at Allen.) But now it's time for bed! Now, Prefects, please lead the first years to the dormitories. Professor Komui and his students, please come here," he said, motioning to them.
"Ok, so I would like you to stay in a dormitory as well, since it would be easier. I understand that Miranda and Krory are older, so they shall get their own rooms along with Komui. The rest of you, if you could go to Griffin—" he was cut off by Kanda.
"I'm not going to be in the same room with Beansprout," he said simply. Dumbledore turned his blue gaze towards him.
"Do you wish for your own room?" Dumbledore asked him, he clearly understood how young people acted. Kanda nodded and Dumbledore smiled. "Ok, well then, do you three have any objections to sleeping in Griffindore tower?"
He was directing his question to Allen, Lavi, and Lenalee. They just looked at each other, then shrugged. "Good, good! Ok, ah, Harry, Ron, Hermione, could you direct these three to Griffindore tower? They shall be sleeping there for the duration of their stay!" Dumbledore said to the three as they passed them. They nodded.
"Good, off you go then!" and Dumbledore walked away, with Komui, Miranda, Krory and Kanda following. Allen just stared after them.
"Cool… well, I guess we should show you up then," Harry said, and turned, walking to where students were disappearing. "Hogwarts is pretty large… and it's really easy to get lost!"
"Our school was like that too," Lenalee said, following the three Hogwarts students. Ron was positively glowing. Lenalee was going to be staying in Griffindore tower!
"I'm sure it was… but did the staircases move?" Hermione asked them. They just stared at her.
"They move?" Lavi asked at last, as they continued to walk. Hermione nodded, then walked a little faster. They soon came out of a hallway, and looked up. Staircase after staircase, walls covered in portraits. It was huge. They walked over to one of the staircases, where other students with the golden lion badge on their chests were waiting.
"Why are we just standing here?" Allen asked them as they walked up to join the crowd. His question was answered when the staircase glided over to end in a different spot. Everyone piled out. "Crazy…"
They continued following the large group of students, until they stopped at a portrait of a fat woman in a pink dress. Someone said what sounded like a password to Allen, and the portrait opened.
Once inside, the three Exorcists looked around a warm commons-room, with a fire burning, and comfy chairs and tables strewn out.
Hermione looked around then walked over to a girl. "Lavender, could you check if there's an extra bed in our dorm? Please?" the girl nodded and disappeared up a flight of stairs. A minute or so passed, and then she was back.
"Yes there is!" she answered, looked at the exorcists. "I guess it's for you then!" She pointed at Lenalee.
"Oh, my own bed? Cool!" Lenalee said, slightly surprised. She followed Hermione and the other girl up the stairs, turning back to smile at Lavi and Allen, then disappeared from view.
"I guess there should be two up in our dorm… Lavi, I hope you don't mind being with us… since you're older," Harry said as they walked up a different flight of stairs. Lavi just shrugged.
"I don't care… I'm not like Kanda…" he said as they entered a small dorm. Harry looked around, then nodded.
"Ya, they put two more beds, over there," Harry pointed to two other beds. Allen and Lavi walked over to them, and noticed that their bags where there as well. Allen knelt down beside his bag, then rummaged through it.
"Where are you, Tim?" he whispered. Lavi came over to him.
"You put Tim in your bag?" Lavi asked, surprised. Allen looked up, "No… he got into the bag when I was packing… wonder if he's still in there…"
There was a flutter of wings, and a small gold ball wriggled out of a sock, then flew up to settle on Allen's snow-white head. "There you are! Sorry I locked you in my bag… but it's your fault!"
"A Snitch?!" Ron said puzzled. Allen and Lavi looked at him. Allen held Tim out for him to see.
"What's a Snitch? No, he's not that, whatever that is. He's Timcanpy!" Allen said, looking at the golden golem sitting on his finger. All the boys in the dorm just stared at the golden ball that looked suspiciously like a Snitch.
A/N: I hope you like'd it... I know, slightly repeditive! Reviews please! And also, I shall be writing more! This one took longer than the first, but that probly had something to do with it being longer xD... I don't own DGM or HP
