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The next several hours on the Hogwarts Express were spent eating wizard candy, and generally getting to know each other. Harry still looked shaky, though. I learned everybody's dearest desire: Sandy's was to fly without using broomsticks or spells, Tulip's was to invent a spell that could instantly make your teeth perfect. Tulip's parent's were dentists, and so were Hermione's. They spent two hours discussing dentistry, untill Ron finally yelled that they were too 'toothy'. That shut them up. Briefly, I scanned the train for Celia, and eventually found her. She was sitting with other first year girls, discussing potions."Hi, Celia." I said as I came into her compartment."Oh, Autumn! I was wondering where you were. Friends, this is my friend Autumn White." "Hi," I said shyly. I saw a blond girl looking at me, judging me probably. The blond spoke up."I'm Melisha Malfoy, and isn't your cousin Harry Potter? My big brother Draco said that the Potters are showoffs. No offense, but I bet you're a showoff, too." A girl with dark hair swatted Melisha on the arm."Melisha, be polite! I know she's...different, but she can still be your friend." Melisha then lost it."Malia, enough of your stupid pep talks! I'm not a infant! As for Autumn, well, she's a monster! I'm outta here, you guys are weirdos!" Melisha stormed out of the compartment, fuming. I whistled in relief."That was a fiasco. Hey, thanks for sticking up for me. Anyway, what's so different about me?" The dark-haired girl replied,"You're welcome. I'm Malia Oakis, by the way. What's different about you is...well, your eyes. They glow." "Does anyone have a mirror?" I asked the girls. Celia handed me a hand mirror. I gasped. My eyes were dimly glowing, like the sun was reflecting off of them. A intercom crackled."Boys and girls, we will be reaching Hogwats in about ten minutes. Please gather personal belongings and change into your Hogwarts robes, if you haven't already. Thank you." My heart gave an excited squirm. Celia turned to me, smiling."Autumn, will you please leave our compartment? We need to change."

I left their compartment and went to my own, to find Tulip and Hermione standing outside it and the compartment's curtains were drawn."The boys are changing." explained Hermione. One minute later, the boys came out, and I have to admit that Sandy looked flattering in his school robes."Your turn." Ron said. The girls and I went into our robes. Mine felt like Madam Malkin stuck the pins in, but when I checked, there were no pins. Magic. I looked into my pocket mirror I packed, and I looked like the girl of my dreams. My eyes still glowed a little, but no one could tell now. We told the boys that they could come in now. "So, mate," Ron said."Where were you?" I told them where I was, and Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Neville groaned when I told them about Melisha Malfoy."I have heard about the Oakis family before. They are a pure-blood family that are descendants of Godric Gryffindor himself." explained Hermione.

A few minutes later, we pulled into the Hogsmeade train station. A huge man yelled,"First years this way!" Harry pulled me over to him."Hagrid, this is my cousin Autumn White. Autumn, meet Hagrid. He's our friend." I said hi to Hagrid, then got into line with Sandy. He wrote, Excited?."I'm literally jumping over the moon for this." It might have been my imagination, but Sandy gave me a look that might have been anger. Or, fear. Hagrid told us to get in the boats. I got put in a boat with Sandy, Tulip, and Celia. We whooshed over the lake, which looked like it was made of pure moonlight. I got my first glimpse of Hogwarts. It was as grand as I imagined. There was warm yellow lights shining out of the window. The lights seemed to blink a big welcome to us. Celia sighed, and Tulip kept saying,"Wow. Wow. It's prettier than the n- Oops. Wasn't supposed to say that." She giggled nervously. Sandy, whose hazel eyes were filled with wonder, looked back to glare at Tulip. Something flashed between their eyes; an unseen message. For a second, they looked at me, then they said another unseen message. I had a feeling it was about me. "Now, yer might wanna duck now." said Hagrid. We ducked as our boats went under a cliff hanging with moss and ivy. Our boats stopped, and we got off our boats. A large wooden door stood in the cave wall. There were torches next to the door. Hagrid knocked on the door, and a lady with emerald robes and round glasses like mine. Hagrid talked to the woman for a minute, and then she adressed us."Welcome to Hogwarts, first years. I am Professor McGonagall, head of Gryffindor House, and your Transfiguration teacher." Professor McGonagall then explained the Sorting to us, and I was surprised. We had to do it in front of the whole school. At least Harry and Ginny would know where to find me. But, what if I was in Slytherin? That would be a nightmare. I don't think I could put up with Melisha for seven years. Professor McGonagall left the hallway we were in. We started murmuring among ourselves. A tall first year boy walked over to me. He had mousy brown hair and his eyes were a mix between blue and green."I'm Jackson Winters. What's yours?" the boy said."I'm Autumn White. Nice to meet you." What a weird time to introduce yourself. Jackson peered at me a little more, then went to the end of our line. As he passed Sandy, Sandy sent him another ocular message. Again, they looked at me. Figures.

Professor McGonagall came back and led us into the Great Hall. It should be called the Epic Hall, I thought, because the ceiling looked like the starry sky that was outside. An ancient looking hat stood on a stool. That's it? By now, I was so nervous, that I felt like getting sick. That would be a bad start to Hogwarts. I searched the tables and found Ginny. She was looking at the hat, as if it would do flips. Suddenly, the hat burst into song, like those dumb Muggle movies when everyone suddenly bursts into song. And they act like it's normal. Stupid. Basically, the song was about the founding of the school, and the Houses. But the end, really spooked me.

"But even though you're safely about to feast, I warn you about a dangerous beast. So, take care and be alright, and unfortunately, the monster is going after White!"

OMG. Realization struck me like lightning. It's about me. Figures. The teachers were staring at me in sympathy and shock. Harry, Ginny, and their friends were also looking at me, surprised. Most of the first years were whispering and pointing at me. Melisha was giggling behind her hands. Sandy was giving me a look of...was that sympathy? Tulip kept facepalming and muttering,"Shoulda know. Shoulda warned her." Professor McGonagall clapped her hands for order."After that eventful start, let's start the Sorting!"

"Abram, Maddiline!"

"GRYFFINDOR!"

"Aster, Edmund!"

An boy with ashy hair and buckteeth ran up to the hat.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

"Baraman, Joyce!"

"SLYTHERIN!"

"Bennett, Jamie!"

"RAVENCLAW!"

"Black, Katherine!"

A girl that looked similar to Pitch Black walked up to the stool.

"SLYTHERIN!"

"Flitterbloom, Tulip!"

Tulip, looking faint, shakily walked up to the stool.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

"Garret, Cupcake!"

"HUFFLEPUFF!"

"Halfmoon, Celia!"

Anxiously, Celia went to the stool.

"HUFFLEPUFF!"

"Malfoy, Melisha!"

Melisha walked up smugly. A boy at the Slytherin table cheered.

"SLYTHERIN!"

"Mansnoozie, Sanderson!"

Sandy, paler than moonlight, slowly walked to the stool.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

"North, Nicolas!"

A huge boy, maybe a half-giant, pushed through the line to get to the stool.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

"Oakis, Malia!"

"GRYFFINDOR!"

More miscellaneous people were Sorted.

"Shells, Annabeth!"

"RAVENCLAW!"

5 more people were Sorted, untill...

"White, Autumn!"

I heard people whispering about me in the crowd. I calmly walked over to the stool. I sat down and put the hat on. A small voice spoke in my ear. "Plenty of courage, yet witty. There's a reason I warned about you. So, you'd succeed in GRYFFINDOR!"

Harry, Ginny, and the Gryffindor table were cheering. They made room for me. Last but not least...

"Winters, Jackson!"

"GRYFFINDOR!"

Professor McGonagall took away the hat. The headmaster, Professor Dumbledore, gave his start of term speech. He waved his hand, and food appeared on the tables. At once, we all dug in. It was the best thing I have ever tasted. After a few minutes, I got fed up with Maddiline Abram, aka Maddi, drone on about how she was half leprechaun. Maddi was short and had red hair tucked neatly in braids, and an Irish accent, so I kind of already guessed that. Hermione and Tulip continued their tooth conversation, and Ron and Jackson were talking about types of broomsticks. Hagrid was yelling across the room, which was almost terrifying."Hey, Nicolas, are ye a half-giant?" "Yes!" "So am I! Come talk to me!" I decided to confront Harry about my fears about the Sorting Hat's warning."Harry?" "Yes?" came the reply."I-I'm scared. About the warning. I wasn't expecting that. It terrifies me." Harry gave me a sympathetic look."Autumn, maybe it wasn't about you. There's a guy named Ollie White in Hufflepuff." "But why did the staff look at me? Is there something I should know?" "I don't know. But I'll make a deal: If you help me solve my mystery, I'll help you solve yours. Deal?" "Deal."

We finished eating. Percy Weasley yelled for Gryffindor first years. He told us to follow him. We followed him down twisting labyrinthine hallways and up spiraling staircases. Finally, we stopped in front of a portrait of a fat lady."This is the Fat Lady. She's the enterance to the Gryffindor common room. The password is biting frogs." "Password?" "Biting frogs." we chorused at the same time. She swung open to reveal a cozy, large round room filled with armchairs, couches, and tables and stools. Percy directed us to the boy's and girl's dormitories. Me, Maddi, Tulip, and Malia climbed the girl's staircase untill we found our dormitory. It had four four-posters, four wardrobes, and four nightstands. Our trunks were at the foot of the beds. I found mine, and I unpacked my things. Olivia was right, my clothes were now a sea of red and gold, and they came with a simple spell you could do to turn them purple again. I went downstairs to the girl's bathroom, changed, and when I looked in the mirror to brush my jet-black hair, I studied my eyes. They looked different, more mature. I could here Tulip exclaiming,"These showers are prime! They never run out of hot water!" I went back upstairs, wrote a quick letter to Olivia, gave the letter to Valley, and went right to sleep.

What a long chapter! It is currently five o'clock where I am (I'm a night owl), and I need to get a couple more hours of sleep, so I hope you enjoyed! REVIEW! (Please.)

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