A/N: I have to say this again for this story. I am impressed with the amount of reviews I am getting. This must be some kind of record with the amount of it. 35 in one day and still going up. Before anyone says anything otherwise, I am talking about a full 24 hours since I have posted this story, not the today or tomorrow type.
Keep going like this!
I need 15 more to make chapter five, shouldn't be that much of an issue.
Also, have you ever tried reviewing every chapter instead of just one of them? 15 reviews aren't that much in retrospect since you can always review each chapter if you are truly dedicated.
Anyways, on with the story! Please enjoy it!
Chapter 4: Sorted
"RAVENCLAW!" The hat called out (how many of you saw that coming?).
The Ravenclaw table cheered politely for him.
The last one to be sorted was Blaise Zabini who went to Slytherin.
"Attention, everyone, I am pleased to have the honor of telling this speech..." Dumbledore began.
The speech continued for five minutes before he was finished.
"Now, it is time for you to be fed and watered." He finished.
Harry almost groaned out loud. What did Dumbledore think they were? Horses?
Harry had just finished his first bite whenever the questions started.
It was asked how good his brother was, whether he had special training, if Harry was jealous, and how amazing his brother was.
"First of all, I will not say anything on the subject. Second of all, think for a second, you are supposed to be the Ravenclaws, do you honestly think that I would say anything positive if I was jealous?" Harry scoffed at the group before he went back to eating.
Some of the Ravenclaws were blushing and others were looking like they were about to hex him.
Harry finished eating and was led with the rest of his group up to the common rooms.
"Now, unlike the rest of the castle, instead of just a password, we have a password and a riddle. The riddle changes each time and the password changes every two weeks, so make sure to check the bulletin board for any changes!" The prefect, Francine, said perkily.
The door knocker started up at that moment.
"Password?" It intoned.
"Diadem," Francine answered.
"What goes up, but never truly comes down?" Was the question.
Harry thought for a few seconds and thought that he had the answer.
He looked around and saw that the rest of them looked like deer in headlights.
"The sun," Harry calmly said as he walked to the front of the group.
"Very good, you are going to go far, young Potter." The knocker said before the door opened.
Francine walked through the door first.
"This is the common room. Unlike the other types of dormitories, Ravenclaw has a library in here and also has rooms for each and every person. We also have the necessities like toothbrushes for those who forget anything. The library is always open, however, it is frowned upon to be loud at night." Francine lectured.
Harry was led through the door and found the room to be very exciting.
Unlike the rest of the common rooms, the Ravenclaw common room had a dark purple and almost black outer wall design, and the inside of the room had a lot of bookshelfs on it that were full of books and magical items.
Harry looked around the room with a calculating gaze before he nodded, he approved of Rowena's tastes and presentation of the room.
It was only someone with great skill that could make such a useful area with all of the objects around it being able to be used in fights or for someone's survival and make it all look natural instead of stupid.
Harry blanched out for the rest of the speech as he took in his surroundings.
A couple of people saw his vacant look and snickered, thinking that Harry hadn't understood the speech.
Harry came back to reality at the end of the speech and found his room easy enough for him to use.
Harry looked around the room and didn't see any runes or carvings that would signify a ward around the area.
"I'm going to have to finish my runes book soon." Harry muttered to himself.
He satisfied himself by enchanting a low level detection ward that would let him know if anyone was coming.
Harry used his senses to make sure that the ward took hold before he nodded and unpacked all of his stuff for the week.
He stayed up till about midnight going over the spellwork for the first year that he was able to do.
He had found that he was able to do most first year spells without trouble for him.
Harry finally nodded off to sleep around 1 AM.
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The next day found Harry going to the great hall early for breakfast.
As usual, Harry had his head buried in a book and looking over the materials that he would need to practice the second year spells.
He had spent about an hour studying the first year spells and then spent the rest of the time finishing off the first year spells. The first year spells came easy for him since the main thing that was difficult with the magic was the theory. Most first years weren't that good with the theory and had to learn it in a simplified version.
However, due to Harry's learning of the theory whenever he was younger and then breaking it down with a dictionary when he didn't understand something, he was able to learn the spells extremely fast compared to everyone else.
He briefly glanced over to his brother and saw that he was hanging out with the red haired Weasley. Harry wrinkled his nose at the sight of the Weasley and frowned, how did his brother always get stuck with the morons.
That was when the distance between him and his brother grew to a much larger point.
Done! I hope that you all enjoyed this chapter.
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