Chapter 3
Wick Potter sat in the Hogwarts Great Hall waiting for the Sorting Ceremony to begin. As Wick tried to get a good look at the first years he noticed quite a few girls his age smiling and waving at him.
Wick was a very attractive boy with very unconventional looks. His fiery red hair hung casually in his unusual eyes. One eye was a vibrant emerald green, like his father's. The other was a deep chocolaty brown that was almost black in appearance. He had an adorable smattering of freckles across his nose.
His eyes were most impressive because they held special powers that very few people knew about. His green eye could see the magical aura around others to tell how magically powerful they were. His brown eye could spot when people were lying.
Along with being an astounding student, Wick also learned how to become an Animagus in his spare time. He could become a griffin, although he was afraid to use his animal form because it was weird and he hated the attention.
It was no wonder all of the girls were infatuated with Wick. But Wick was oblivious to his handsome features. After waving to a couple fellow 5th year Gryffindors, he leaned over to his cousin and best friend, Mark Weasley, and said, "Is it just me, or has the amount of girls in this school increased since the past year?"
But then both the boys were distracted by a flash of gold. The flash had been caused by the hair of a gorgeous girl that both boys had never seen before. The girl vanished into the crowd of students as quickly as she appeared.
"Did you see that girl? Who is she? I've never seen her before in my life. She's the most stunning girl I've ever seen!" Mark said to Wick, standing up, trying to find the girl among the masses of students.
But Wick didn't reply, because in the front of the Great Hall Headmistress McGonagal quieted down the students and told them all to go to their house tables. The beautiful girl didn't seem to have any idea where to go or what to do. She looked like she felt very out of place.
"Why doesn't she come over here and sit next to me?" Mark whispered to Wick.
Throughout the whole Sorting Ceremony the girl stood at the wall watching, looking more uncomfortable as each first year was sorted. Finally all the first years had been sorted, and Headmistress McGonagal beckoned the pretty girl to follow her out of the Great Hall.
Headmistress McGonagal gestured for Selenity follow her out of the Great Hall. Selenity didn't notice, but a pale, black haired boy with eyes like burning coals scrutinized her from the Slytherin table as she exited the room.
The Headmistress brought her to what looked like an empty classroom, and opened the door for Selenity with the hand she wasn't using to clutch the Sorting Hat. As they entered the room the Headmistress told Selenity to take a seat on a bench in the room.
"You saw what the hat does back in the Great Hall. I didn't want to bring too much attention to you in the Great Hall. That is why I've brought you to this classroom to be sorted. While you are here at Hogwarts one's closest friends are usually within ones own house. Now please put this hat on."
Headmistress McGonagal walked up to Selenity and placed the hat on her head. Immediately Selenity heard a voice in her head.
"Hm… interesting. This may be the very first time I've sorted someone who wasn't in their first year. Where to put you? You're ambitious, that's for certain. But I sense an almost reckless bravery in you as well. You have brains too…although your sense is often overpowered by the desire to get things done. Let me think. Yes… it will be GRYFFINDOR!" the hat shouted at last.
"Well done, well done," said the headmistress. "I better go introduce you to your fellow Gryffindor fifth years then. Follow me."
Selenity followed the headmistress back out of the empty classroom and back into the Great Hall. She walked up to the Gryffindor table, and McGonagal introduced her.
"This is Selenity, a transfer from Savannah, Georgia. I expect you all will treat her with kindness and take her into the Gryffindor family for the remainder of your stay at Hogwarts." With that the headmistress returned to the teachers' table and left Selenity to fend for herself. As grateful as Selenity was for the introduction, she couldn't help wishing the headmistress had stuck around a little longer.
Selenity saw an empty seat next to two red haired boys, and she immediately walked over to the seat. She timidly said hello to them and learned that their names were Wick and Mark.
"So, you're from Georgia, are you?" asked Mark. "What's it like being American?" Wick just rolled his eyes and gave her a look of apology for his friend.
Selenity smiled, but she wondered how much of the attention was kindness and how much was just because of her looks. She decided, since she was starting over, to give these boys a chance. It didn't hurt that the boy with different colored eyes was quite attractive.
