NOTE: Bit better and yes I know there's still a lot of mistakes in grammar and stuff. Chapter 4 then I guess. This one is not as interesting but u sort of need the information and stuff.
The students where still laughing as the castles steps were left behind and now large oak doors. All sound ceased as both large oak doors swung wide to reveal a women draped in an dark green attire topped off with a pointed cone hat.
"First years welcome to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. I'm professor Mc, Gonagall teacher of transfiguration and head of Gryffindor. The banquet will begin soon but before you take your seats you must be sorted into your houses. There are four Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin, each house has a noble history filled with heroic wizards and witches through the ages. If you would please follow me". And with a sweep of her robes she strode towards a second set of oak doors. Through Vivian's excitement she hadn't taken notice of anything else in the hall and before she knew it she had passed under the monstrous frame of the doors.
The size of the room stopped Vivvian in her tracks Four long tables had been equally spaced within the hall with a fifth table stretching nearly the whole length of the opposite end of the hall. But what struck her the most not the fact that there was a ceiling but the fact that wasn't one. The night sky shone brightly with the thousands of stars that filled every night.
"Move it Viv." Someone gave Vivian a hearty shove in the shoulder.
"Oh Sirius it's you." Sirius gave Vivian a funny look.
"Who else." Vivian smiled and so did Sirius.
"I was just staring at the ceiling. I wonder what happens when it rains," Sirius, James, Remus and even Peter smirked. "what?"
"It's an illusion nothing more it just depicts the weather outside. James managed to get enough air to answer, Vivvian felt abashed and fell into silence as she followed along after the four boys.
The group of extremely nervous looking first,1 steadily came to a halt at the front of the hall as if being presented to the school, to much of Vivian's distress Professor Mc Gonagall once again addressed the group.
"As I call your name each of you will approach and will have the shorting hat placed upon your head ready to be sorted. Once your house is called you will take your place at the head of your table. Is everyone clear on that," After this she stepped aside to reveal a mangy old hat set upon a three legged stool. "Violet Amorol." A short girl with waist length black hair cautiously approached the stool. Silence filed the hall as the hat was placed carefully upon the head. It fell over her eyes so no expression was shown but Vivian managed to notice a change in her bodily posture that said "JESUS CHRIST."
"Ravenclaw!" No one in the first years had expected the hat to yell. Yet Vivian's thought's were to the poor girl dumbstruck on the stool.
"Go on." Professor Mc Gonagall gave the girl and encouraging shove and sent her on her way.
The process continued on with Sirius, James and Remus all landing in Gryffindor but for a reason Peter ended in Hufflepuff. The group thinned till only Vivvian was left.
"Vivian Ze…erm, Zerth-" Vivvian cut in on The professor.
"Don't bother, not many can pronounce my last name." What was left of Vivian's confidence faded quickly as she sat on the stool.
"Please remove your hood." Vivian all of a sudden felt intimidated scared.
"Why?" Vivian was in no mood to remove her hood.
"The sorting hat will have a little bit of difficulty trying to sort you through the material. Instinctively she pulled the hood tighter and hunched her back. The Professor glanced up at the main table towards an elderly man with a long silver beard pleading with a facial expression for help. She was abruptly replied with a nod and a wave of his hand signalling to proceed. Sighing the hat was placed half heartily on Vivian's head.
"Oh how interesting. How, very, interesting," Vivvian was in utter shock and couldn't help but shudder at a thought. "yes I can read your mind and look into your memories," She sat bolt upright and remained stock still. "where to put you, you ain't the most powerful I've seen yet you obviously aren't the dumbest, yes far from that. You have a lot of cunning but oh, wow, that's it the thing I was looking for."
"What? What is it?"
"Courage, and a lot of it. Well that was expected of your kind and well I suppose your history has a contribution."
"Please, can you drop my past I would like to leave that buried."
"I would like to ask you some questions but I guess I'll have to leave it at this… Gryffindor!" Vivian didn't think she could have left the stage faster if she was thrown, yet relief filled Vivian as the fact that she was going to be with her friends sank in. She was welcomed with slaps on the back, the shaking of many hands and her friends cheers as she took her place among her new family. A rather hard slap on the back brought her attention to James was saying
"Good on ya."
"Poor Peter though, mean being all alone." Remus glanced across the hall trying to catch Peter's gaze with no success.
"He'll get over it. I mean it's only during the night that we are separated."
"I guess."
"Hmmm." Their conversation was cut short by the headmasters announcement of 'let the feast begin'. hundreds of plates instantly appeared along all the tables with pleasing sounds coming from all the students. Vivian was overwhelmed, it had been a least six or even 7 years since her last square meal.
"Lets eat." Sirius' comment went unheard for Vivian had drove into a pyramid pile of chicken wings.
Barley fifteen minutes into the luxurious feast Vivian was reaching for her 3rd of roast beef as Remus tapped her on the shoulder.
"A-are you ok?" Vivian glanced up to find Sirius, James, Remus and several other unknown people starring at her. Some in disgust, some in amusement and some that their face was unreadable.
"What?" Vivian didn't understand what so interesting about watching someone eat.
"If you want we can leave half the feast for you, I mean I haven't seen someone eat so much so quickly since Bellatrix forgot to feed the dog." A smile followed Sirius' comment.
"Oh, I guess I'm eating to much." The problem was that Vivian was still starving and she felt like she could eat half he feast though she knew she shouldn't.
"No, I mean eat if your hungry I gather there's more food else where as well," Remus indicated to the food. "it's just odd to see a girl of your," there was a slight pause as if he was thinking how to put it. "build eat so much." Vivian sat there as a level of self conscious thought started to bubble and would soon overwhelm her.
"I've always eaten a lot it's just, but… Hey what you mean my build!" Vivian pointed a finger dangerously at Remus who would have fallen off his seat weren't it for James' quick reflexes. Sirius roared with laughter at the situation of course.
"No I didn't mean it like that." Remus managed to say.
"Never min-" Vivian was cut off by a greasy voice behind her.
"But he is right in a way. Like you have eaten a lot that doesn't seem fiscally possible."
"So what if I have a large appetite and an even bigger stomach." Vivian felt as if James and Sirius where mentally judging her, in a bad way.
"What is it?" Sirius Questioned James for he had busted out laughing.
"Just can't get over Remus' face at Vivian's attack."
"Wow your right that's one that we wont forget for awhile." Remus glared at Sirius in good humour.
"Vivian had made a deal not to eat anything else for the rest of the feast that was until the desert arrived and once again she dove into the closest platter. Everything couldn't have gone better, She was eating her fill while chatting gleefully with a few good friends no great friends. But as they say all good things have to come to an end.
"They were right when they said, and I quote 'want us to leave half the feast for you," It was Severus, of all the people he had to be behind us. "I'm surprised that you haven't eaten the people around you," This last comment struck her hard he had no idea and no right to make such a comment. "No don't eat me I'm only young." He out on a wimpy voice and a pleading tone that really annoyed her so she retorted with.
"Well you'll have no worries."
"Why?"
"I don't eat greasy scum." To much of her relief James took over from there.
"Wow, she just summed you up I too words, but I was also heading towards git as well." Severus came back with
"Shut up freak!" Sirius snorted suppressing laughter then had his turn.
"Real strong comeback makes me shiver in my boots." Remus gave it a shot next.
"Now why don't you turn around and talk too, well I suppose I can't say friends nor comrades I guess pity your solitude people. Yeah talk to people who pity your solitude." Severus puffed out his chest in anger and turned back to his meal. the rest of the meal was nothing special except a occasional impressions of Severus puffing out his chest, compliments of James..
Vivian was becoming so tired that she hadn't noticed that many noises of the great hall had died.
"Vivian you awake?" A tap on her left shoulder snapped her to alertness.
"Oh, James." James pointed to the teachers table. The headmaster was addressing the school.
"Just a few starter term notices. As always the forbidden forest is strictly forbidden to all students, please no magic in the hallways but if an event does occur our school nurse madam Pomfry will gladly attend to your wounds. Also a new tree has been planted on the grounds I would like extreme caution exercised around the whomping willow, it is very testy as they say. Lastly I would like to welcome our new teacher professor Wolfsbane." While everyone else applauded the man Vivian couldn't help cringing at the name.2. He was young in age with no real defining features except the feeling of uncertainty and worry that Vivian received from hid facial features.3.
"You okay?" James asked Vivian. She had been trying to slip under the table.
"What?, yeah fine, just thought I had dropped something." Vivian knew it wasn't a good excuse and James obviously thought so too. Yet it was the only thing she could think of apart from I don't like the guys name or I was going to check out peoples feet. Yeah as if.
"I suppose we are all tried and ready for the warm beds that await all in there dorms. First years please head outside the oak doors into the hall and find your house Prefects and they'll tell you where to go from there. Night all." Immediate sound erupted from the hall, shuffling feet strapping benches, squealing girls and yelling boys all giving Vivian a headache
"Can't wait to see the home room." Remus stated.
"I can't wait to get to sleep." we all agreed including Peter who had joined us as we pushed our way past the wooden frames that towered over head.
NOTE: end of chapter thanks for reading I know it's a bit trying but the next chapter has a gripping beginning please review for without them I can't improve. Thanks again.