DISCLAIMER: Isn't that a weird word? Disclaim?!? "Luke, I am your father. However, I disclaimed you at birth"… nope. Doesn't work.

Anyway, I own nothing… 'cept my computer and a little slug that I had for breakfast. I don't even own my own brain anymore, I sold that to science years ago. I believe they considered it useless and threw it in the bin. Oh well! R & R. Seyonara Senõra!

DRACO

Draco walked onto the train humming. He stopped, as he saw Tori talking to Harry. He prayed 'Please let her dislike him…' He grinned as she stalked off to their carriage. He walked up the corridor, bumping into Harry. Harry said "Friend of yours?" Draco smiled cruelly. "Well, she's my girl. But I'd prefer Granger any day… not." Harry stared open-mouthed. "So she doesn't know what you are really like, hmmm?" he said, groping for a come-back. Draco said with a glint in his eye "You just can't handle the fact that someone in this world like me better than you. Well tough luck. I didn't say anything to her, and she's seen you as you really are… a stuck-up little snob whose fame has gone to his head. See you at school." Draco was quite proud of this little speech. Harry gaped after him as he almost skipped up the hall to where Tori was standing patiently. She smiled shyly at him. "Being new has some advantages… no-one wants to share a carriage with you. So this one cleared out as soon as I sat down. So we will be alone." She sounded pleased. Draco thought 'This must be the best day of my life.' He walked in and sat down. She lay on his lap, looking up at him. "I'm tired" she said, and promptly curled up and went to sleep. He smiled slightly, and put his arm around her. "Night" he whispered in her ear.

TORI

Tori stepped off the train refreshed and ready for anything after her nap. Everyone made their way across a lake and walked up into the school. There, waiting patiently was a tall woman dressed in green, standing with 20 or so younger children, about 11 or 12. She slid silently into line. The teacher, satisfied that everyone was there, began to speak. "Hello, and welcome to Hogwarts, school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I am Professor McGonagall, and if you will kindly make your way into the hall, you will be sorted into your houses. Follow me."

The crowd of children moved off, chattering excitedly. Tori followed behind in silence, wondering how they would be sorted. They filed one by one into an ante-chamber, which obviously led into the hall. McGonagall turned sharply, and addressed them again. "When you hear your name called, please come out onto the stage and put on the Sorting Hat."

Tori watched, one by one, the crowd of children disappear. Occasionally there would be a shout, and she gathered that the four houses were Slytherin, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. She heard her name called at last, and walked out nervously onto stage. She sat on a stool in the middle of the platform, and put on the hat. It at once shut out all the noise from the people, and she heard a little voice umming and ahhing. 'Hmmm… you have a dark secret. But I can't find any magic at all inside you. There is however, a different force… are you sure you are meant to come to Hogwarts?' Tori thought nervously 'Yes…' The Hat thought a little more, and then it spoke again. 'Aha! Here, I've found your source of power… but it isn't normal… no, not at all. What are we going to do with you? You are clever, that's undoubtable, but you are also brave. But you do not have usual magic… it is deeper down in you, and it feels more… well pliable and slippery. I would recommend that you see Dumbledore, and come to see me later about your Sorting. So…. DUMBLEDORE!' The Hat shouted out this word, and Tori just heard the gasp of shock from the crowd below before she vanished off the stage.

DRACO

Draco looked up at Tori and saw the worried look on her face. She had been up there for a while… would she be in Slytherin? Suddenly she smiled, but as quickly as the smile had come to her face it disappeared again. The Hat was taking it's time… could it tell that she wasn't magic? The thought flashed into Draco's head, and he tried to dismiss it… but it wouldn't go away. The Hat opened the slit that looked like a mouth, and shouted "DUMBLEDORE!" A gasp ran around the crowd. Tori looked shocked for a second, and then she vanished. The seat she had been sitting in was empty, and the Hat fell neatly onto the stool. McGonagall even looked a little astonished, but regained her dignity quickly and called out the next name. Draco was worried. Where had she gone? What had happened to her? Was she in trouble? Many thoughts ran through his head. The Sorting was over, and Tori was no-where to be found. He got up from the table. Suddenly he felt very sick…