Hello, hello! I'm here, I'm here! *waits for round of applause* There y'all are. So I got my review from Rictusempra Tickles and I am very, very grateful. So my lovely reviewer, this chapter is dedicated to you!
Disclaimer: Jeg ejer ikke Harry Potter. Han tilhører den geniale JK Rowling. (Always assume that the disclaimer means I don't own Harry Potter. He belongs to the brilliant JK Rowling. I'll just tell you what language at the bottom. This time it's Danish.)
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A week later I got a call from Harry. "Hey Monica," he asked, "Do you think your parents would mind if I came and stayed with you for the rest of the summer? My relatives don't want me here anymore." "I don't think so but let me go check," I answered. "Katie, can Harry stay with us for the next three and a half weeks?" "Why?" she asked me. "His relatives won't let him stay any longer" "It's fine, but I'm not telling George." "Katie, George always goes to visit his parents the day after my birthday and doesn't come back until September 2nd. Harry and I will be gone by September 1st." "In that case, of course he can stay!" she told me. "Harry?" I asked, "My mom says you can stay with us. Meet us at the park near the Parliament House around noon." "Thanks, Monica," he said, "Bye." I told him bye as well and we hung up.
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I woke up extra early (like 5:00) because I was excited about seeing Harry again. I didn't have many friends so it would be nice to talk to someone my own age. I was so excited that I didn't even notice what I put on and just ran downstairs and made waffles for Katie and myself. I ate and then forced myself to sit down and read my course books so I was ready for Hogwarts. Katie woke up a little later and said, "Meeks, you've got to go back to sleep! I was one of the top students at Hogwarts in my year but I didn't even start reading my course books till August 17th, not August 8th!"
"Katie I woke up early and I need something to do! If it's read my books, so be it."
"Ok, then. I've something you can do."
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I looked around in disgust. Katie had really let the attic become gross. "What time is it?" I called down the stairs.
"A little after 8, Monica! You have about 3 ½ hours to make the attic hospitable," she added, "That's Harry's room you know." 3 ½ to make this place livable? Arrgh! I better get to work.
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"Monica, go change! It's a little after 11, we need to go!"
My head snapped up at Katie's voice, "Coming!" I ran down the stairs, thankful I was done with all but one corner of the attic and I had un-dusted that part. I quickly threw on some clothes and rushed down the stairs to the car. "Let's go!"
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Time Skip-September 1st
"Come on Harry1" I shouted, "You gotta get up! It's September 1st!"
"Go away. Moni! I'm trying to sleep!" he whined.
"If you get up, I'll make breakfast1"
He got up quickly and practically threw me out of the room. I sat outside his door and once he was finished getting dressed, opened the door and glared at me. "I can't believe you tricked me," he complained, "You make breakfast everyday!"
"Fooled you," I grinned. "Now c'mon!"
We ran downstairs and I grabbed the frying pan to make some eggs while Harry went to help Katie load the car with our trunks. I grinned while I thought about the joint birthday we had a couple days ago.
Flashback
Katie pulled us foreword with her hands over our eyes. "Now open," she said. We opened our eyes and Harry started laughing like crazy, while I almost fainted. Katie, obviously, had no regard for the rules. She bought me and Harry both a cat each, a broomstick to share, ("Nothing said two first years can't share a broom!" she told me when I asked.) an owl for me and these cool necklaces. Each one had a red, green, blue and black stone on it and the other three colors of stone in the center of it. She told us we would know who to give the 3rd and 4th ones to when the time was right.
End Flashback
Harry came running in then. I grinned and told him to "grab a plate or else!" before doling out some eggs and bacon that I didn't pay attention to cooking. Katie cam in then and said, "Come on you two. We're going to King's Cross!"
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Nothing of interest happened on the train ride. We met a girl with a cat named Crookshanks, who our cats loved. We sat with Draco and some friends of his named Greg, Vince, Theo, Blaise, Pansy, Millie, Tracey, Aurora and Daphne. It was pretty fun. When we got to the castle I grabbed a boat with Harry, Draco and Aurora. When we got to the castle a slightly mean looking lady glared at our group and then said, "Welcome to Hogwarts. I am Professor McGonagall. The start-of-term banquet will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great hall, you will be sorted into your houses. The Sorting is a very important ceremony because, while you are here, your house will be something like your family within Hogwarts. You will have classes with the rest of your house, sleep in your house dormitory and spend free time in your house common room. The four houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Each house has it's own noble history and each produced outstanding witches and wizards. While you are at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn your house points, while any rule breaking will lose house points. At the end of the year, the house with the most house points is awarded the house cup, a great honor. I hope each of you will be a credit to whichever house becomes yours. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up, I will wait until you are ready," she paused until all movement had stopped. "Very good. Follow me, in a line please!"
We entered the Hall and I looked around in shock. It was amazing. I had read that the ceiling was charmed to look like the sky outside and I saw it really did. I looked back at the front and looked at the strange hat on the stool. I saw many of the other first years giving it weird looks as well. That is until it started to sing.
Oh, you may not think I'm pretty,
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
You can keep your bowlers black,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.
You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry
Set Gryffindor apart;
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil;
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
If you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning
Will always find their kind;
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You'll make your true friends,
Those cunning folk use any means
To achieve their ends.
So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands (though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!
I started paying attention then. I needed to know where each and every person was placed, and all their names, if I was to find out more about my birth family.
"Abbott, Hannah"
HUFFLEPUFF!
"Bones, Susan"
HUFFLEPUFF!
"Boot, Terry"
RAVENCLAW!
"Brocklehurst, Mandy"
RAVENCLAW!
"Brown, Lavender"
GRYFFINDOR!"Bulstrode, Millicent"
SLYTHERIN!"Corner, Michael"
RAVENCLAW!"Cornfoot, Stephen"RAVENCLAW!"Crabbe, Vincent"SLYTHERIN!
"Davis, Tracey"
SLYTHERIN!
"Entwhistle, Kevin"
RAVENCLAW!
"Finch-Fletchley, Justin"
HUFFLEPUFF!
"Finnigan, Seamus"
GRYFFINDOR!
"Goldstein, Anthony"
RAVENCLAW!
"Goyle, Gregory"
SLYTHERIN!
"Granger, Hermione"
GRYFFINDOR!
"Greengrass, Daphne"
SLYTHERIN!
"Hopkins, Wayne"
HUFFLEPUFF!
"Jensen, Monica"
It was my turn. I took a deep breath as the whispering started. I walked up to the hat and put it on. It went over my eyes and blocked the light of the Great Hall. Well, what do we have here? An amused voice filtered through my brain Ms. Jensen, I have learned everything there could possibly be to your story from the last 10 of your siblings I had the pleasure of Sorting. Let's take a look in your head, shall we? Hmmm… very cunning, a large ambition to be known for who you are and not The-Girl-Who-Disappeared and a thirst for knowledge I have not seen since Lily Evans. Only one place will suit you…better be
SLYTHERIN! (A/N: I almost left it here but…)
"Jensen, Zakary"
My mouth popped open. He looked just like me! Obviously it's going to be easier to find my family then I thought.
GRYFFINDOR!
"Jones, Megan"
HUFFLEPUFF!
"Li, Su"
RAVENCLAW!
"Longbottom, Neville"
GRYFFINDOR!
"Macmillan, Ernie"
HUFFLEPUFF!
"Malfoy, Draco"
SLYTHERIN! I grinned as he sat down but kept my mouth shut.
"McDougal, Mora"
RAVENCLAW!
"Moon, Aurora"
SLYTHERIN!
"Nott, Theodore"
SLYTHERIN!
"Parkinson, Pansy"
SLYTHERIN!
"Patil, Padma"
RAVENCLAW!
"Patil, Parvati"
GRYFFINDOR!
"Potter, Harry" Again with the whispering!
GRYFFINDOR!
"Thomas, Dean"
GRYFFINDOR!
"Turpin, Lisa"
RAVENCLAW!
"Weasley, Ronald"
GRYFFINDOR!
"Zabini, Blaise"
SLYTHERIN!
Immediately the 11 first years turned to each other and began to talk, ignoring Dumbledore, of course. We discussed the Zakary situation, how to stay friends with Harry and who in other houses would be good allies. The Slytherin prefects then made us go to our dorms. Apparently classes started tomorrow. We went down through the castle to the dungeons. We stopped at a blank stretch of wall. "This is the entrance to the Slytherin Common Room," the prefects told us." The password is Sarff. That's serpent in Welsh, the language of our founder." We walked into the common room. "Girl's dorms on the right, boys on the left." I grabbed Millie, Tracey, Daphne, Aurora and Pansy and headed down the hall to the first years dorm. Following after us was Alaina, my cat. I had let Selina go as soon as we got off the train. Harry also asked me to bring Susana with so he could sleep so she followed us too. I walked into our room and it had six gray beds and the walls were gray. I remembered the prefects talking at dinner about how we could decorate our art of the dorm how we wanted so the six of us set to work. By the time we got in our beds we all had smiles on our faces.
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So there it is, 3 days early. I came home from school sick around 11 and started typing around 1:30. That's like 2 hours! Last chapter took 45 minutes. Then again the last one was only 1,001 words. This one is over 2,00 and is just over 10 pages long. So my story's getting better. So next chapter will be the first week of school and Monica will meet 8 of the 11 of her siblings at Hogwarts. So more reviews? You'll get the chapter dedicated to you! If I get 3 reviews I might have to write another chapter on Friday anyway! Anyway, I changed part of McGonagall's speech around but most of it I got from DZ2's Snakeheart. Names: Alaina is Irish and means fair, Selina is Greek and means moon and Susana is Spanish and means, of course, lily.
~P4rk3r