Katalina Weasley and the Legend of the Veela
A/N ~ Helloooooooo? Are there any reviewers out there? Well, if anyone has read this I would appreciate a review just to know how I'm doing. I made a couple grammar errors in the last chapter, but I'll edit a little bit more carefully this time. Anyway, once you're finished check out It Started with a Dance by Serenity Luna Potter, and Oh That Fateful Night by Marzie Tupenda. They are both great stories and good friends of mine. Well, read and REVIEW! :)
Love from the author,
Katalina M. Weasley
Chapter 4: The Sorting Hat
"You know James, you should put your robes on. We will be at Hogwarts really soon!" Rosie took on her "bossy" tone, which I have to admit she is quite good at.
"Whatever Ro." James grumbled to himself, yet he did as she suggested.
"Would you like some candy young-uns?" A plump, kindly witch came by with the confectionary cart.
"Oh yes please! Do you have chocolate frogs?" Frank looked up hopefully.
"Of course we do! Hmmmm, you must be a Longbottom. Yes I remember when your father and mother, and of course grandfather and grandmother road on this train. How many would you like lad?"
"Two please!" Frank handed the lady two knuts.
"Anything else?"
"Do you have pumpkin juice?" I asked the lady.
"Yes love, five knuts a bottle."
"Two please." I handed her ten knuts.
"I'll pay you back later." Rosie said as I handed her a bottle.
"Is that all? Okay, enjoy your trip young-uns!" She closed the door to our compartment and walked away, pushing the confectionary cart in front of her.
"We are almost to Hogwarts station. If all students would please gather up their things and be ready to get off the train, our staff would be most grateful. We hope you enjoy your year and we will see you on the first day of summer!"
"Ro would you hand me that cage?" James picked up his trunk and gestured towards his owl.
"Here Jim. See you at the castle." We gathered up our things and set them on the platform. We were about to walk with the other students when we heard the jolly yell,
"FIRS' YEARS! THIS WAY! FALLER ME!" It was Hagrid. He always takes the first years to the school in boats across the lake.
"It's now or never Rosie." I stepped into a boat and tried to keep from falling into the murky water.
"Yes I suppose you're right." Rosie hopped into the boat next to me. We saw James and Rigel in one boat and Xavier and Frank in another. Hagrid held his lantern up high and the boats started moving across the lake. The lanterns reflected upon the tantalizing ripples in the water.
"Welcome to Hogwarts." Hagrid shouted so that all could hear. Above us was a beautiful castle shining with lanterns, just waiting for us. Hagrid helped everyone out of the boats and up onto the dock.
"First years, follow me. This way, watch your step." A tall witch dressed in black and green met us there. She was old, but she still moved briskly. She came to a set of double doors and stopped us. "When I call your name, come forward and sit on the stool." Then she opened the doors and we entered the great hall. The hat she was holding sang a song about the different founders and houses. Then the witch set the at in mid air and opened a scroll. "Abbot, Rufus." A little boy with perfectly straight black hair and grey-blue eyes stepped forward. The hat screamed,
"RAVENCLAW!" after it had thought a moment. Cheers went up from the Ravenclaw table as little Rufus walked to the table. This is exactly how it went in alphabetical order.
"Black, Rigel."
"GRYFFINDOR!" The Gryffindor table went WILD! Rigel jumped up and down and ran to the Gryffindor table. Lot's of letters passed before someone I knew was called up.
"Longbottom, Frank." Poor Frank sat down on the stool. The hat said,
"Yup he's a GRYFFINDOR!"
"Lupin, Xavier."
"GRYFFINDOR!"
"Malfoy, Scorpious." The hat screamed,
"SLYTHERIN SLYTHERIN SLYTHERIN!" even before the boy sat down. The Slytherin table went BERSERK. I gasped. So he was a Malfoy, and an arch nemesis of our family.
"Potter, James." The entire hall went quiet. This was Harry and Ginny's first child and he resembled his Father immensely, minus the tint of red to his black hair.
"NO DUH! GRYFFINDOR!" More and more letters went by. I had practically fallen asleep standing up when suddenly,
"Weasley, Katalina." I started out of my daydream. This was it. This would determine my school years. The hat rested on my head.
"Hmmm." I heard it say. "You are tricky. Brave and smart, yes you are those. However your loyalty, honesty, and friendship are abundant enough. Yes my dear you are a HUFFLEPUFF!" I smiled thankful that I wasn't a Slytherin. I stood up and ran over to the Hufflepuff table.
"Welcome to your school family darling." Said an older girl, maybe a sixth year.
"Weasley, Rose." I crossed my fingers so tightly I thought they would fall off.
"HUFFLEPUFF!" the hat shouted. I screamed so loudly I'm sure that someone in another galaxy could have heard me.
"Are you two related?" asked the sixth year next to me.
"We're cousins, and best friends." Rosie said as she sat down next to me.
"Excuse me." Said a voice from the podium. We all turned to look. "Welcome one and all to Hogwarts. Mr. Filch said that if he finds any Weasley joke items he will immediately ask me to give detention to the culprit. Just a warning. All homework is to be handed in on time and all classes must be attended unless you have a signed excuse. By a teacher Weasleys." McGonagall said looking directly at my twin brothers. "Before your meal is served I would like to introduce to you the teachers and other staff. Professor Babbling, ancient runes. Professor Binns, History of Magic. Professors Firenze and Trelawney, Divination. Professor Flitwick, Charms and head of Ravenclaw house. Professor Hagrid, care of magical creatures. Professor Longbottom, Herbology and head of Gryffindor house. Professor Sinistra, astronomy. Professor Zabini, potions. Professor Vector, arithmancy. Professor Audrey Weasley, wife of the minister of magic, muggle studies and head of Hufflepuff house. Professor Kingsley Shacklebolt, Defense against the Dark Arts. Madam Hooch, flying instructor and quidditch referee. Madam Pince, librarian. Madam Pomfrey, school nurse. And lastly Mr. Argus Filch, caretaker. Professor Sinistra is also your deputy headmistress. These teachers are here for you. Please respect them and do as they ask. Now I would like you to thank all of the teachers and of course welcome the first years." McGonagall, Headmistress and Transfiguration professor, waved her wand and the plates filled with food.
"Katie, I assume that our parents won't exactly be happy about us being Hufflepuffs. I mean the rest of them are Gryffindors. We'll probably get Howlers from Gramma Molly. Well, that's okay, we will always be Hufflepuffs. May I have a refill of pumpkin juice please?" Rosie's voice was a little bit anxious when she mentioned howlers from Gramma. We both know that her howlers AREN'T PRETTY.
"Yes I suppose you're right. They will have to accept that fact that we are Happy to be a Hufflepuff."
"Sixth year Prefects, please lead your houses to their dormitories. Show the first years the ropes and make sure none of them fall off the staircases." Professor McGonagall announced.
"Girls follow me!" said a tall girl with soft brown curls and perfect skin.
"Guys follow me. Girls follow Zoe." A tall, bronze, blonde haired boy motioned for the guys to follow him.
"All right everyone, this way!" Zoe said with a smile. We saw Fred leading the Gryffindor guys out of the great hall.
"Fred!" I shouted and waved, but when he looked my way, he frowned and turned away. "Oh great, my family is going to disown me."
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"Okay everyone, this is the Hufflepuff dormitory. It is guarded by a portrait of Madam Lorencia Mora. She was Helga Hufflepuff's very good friend. Hello Lorencia!" Zoe waved at the woman in the picture.
"Hello there Zoe! Welcome back! Hello students , and first years, welcome, or welcome back, to Hufflepuff!" Madam Mora smiled and waved at us. Timidly we waved back.
"Fiddlesticks." Said Zoe.
"My Pleasure!" Madam Mora's portrait swung open to reveal a stair case.
"This way! Now up these stairs is the common room. It is basically your hang out space. Up those stairs to the right are the girls dormitories, to the left are the guys dormitories. The first floor is for First Years. Everyone else, Welcome back! First years I will meet you in your room for a Hogwarts tutorial." Zoe and her friends ran towards the stairs, followed by all the other girls. Rose and I nervously started towards them too.
"Are you first years too?" a girl with strawberry blonde hair and grey blue eyes asked us.
"Yes. I'm Katalina Weasley, and this is Rose my cousin. But we prefer to be called Katie and Rosie. Who are you?" I said with a timid smile.
"I'm Eden Rogers. I'm new here. My parents Peter and Appolette Rogers went to Durmstrang and Beaxbatons. They decided on Hogwarts for me because it is closer to home. Will you be my friends?"
"Why not?" Eden smiled and we all started laughing. "I wonder who the other first years are." As soon as I said that, two girls with platinum blonde hair and purple-blue eyes walked over to us.
"Excuse us, but I think it's about time we got settled in and we need to discuss closet space. By the way I'm Patricia Richman and this is my twin, Polly. Our mother is a model and our father works for the British Prime Minister. They are both muggles, and were astonished when we got our letters."
"Um, okay. I'm Katie Weasley. This is my cousin Rosie Weasley and our friend Eden Rogers."
"Pleasure I'm sure." Polly sniffed and looked away.
"Well then…" Eden rolled her eyes. We walked towards the stairs. When we reached them we could hear laughing coming from the dormitories. All of the other girls were unpacking and having a jolly time. We reached a door that said "First Years."
"Well here it is, Alohamora." Rosie opened the door and we walked into the room.
"What did she say?" Patricia asked.
"Alohamora. Haven't you read through The Standard Book of Spells Grade 1? It's the first spell in the book." I walked into the room.
"Hey! Our stuff is here! There's my trunk!" Eden ran over to a bed that had a black trunk with the letters "EMR" in gold across the top. She opened the trunk with a big smile. On the left side of the room were two beds with dull pink trunks in front of them.
"Well at least all of our things are here." Said Patricia. She and Polly walked over and opened their trunks. Rosie and I walked over to our beds. She opened her rose colored trunk and started pulling things out. Everyone was unpacking and rushing around the room. I opened my yellow trunk. In the back corner were all of my books. A History of Magic, The Standard Book of Spells Grade 1, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them, etc. etc. etc.
"Hey girls, can I talk to you for a minute?" Zoe knocked on our door and let herself in. "I'm supposed to tell you just a few things you need to know about Hogwarts. One: The staircases like to move, so hold on tight. Two: Breakfast starts at 7:00am and ends at 8:00am. You are welcome to eat in between those two times. Three: Here are your class schedules. You will share class periods with the first years from one of the other classes. You will be pared with that house for one whole day. Four: Quidditch tryouts are tomorrow at 7:00pm. Be on the pitch with your brooms ready to play. I'll wake you all up at 6:00am tomorrow. Sleep tight everybody!" Zoe smiled and left the room.
"Are you all trying out for Quidditch?" Eden asked us.
"Uh, YEAH! Katie is the most amazing, beastly seeker EVER! I play chaser." Rosie babbled about Quidditch and how great we both are.
"We aren't going to try out. Polly and I aren't sporty people. We like reality television and manicures much better."
"Whatever. Look I'm going to bed. We have school tomorrow." Rosie rolled her eyes and headed into the bathroom with her pajamas and toothbrush followed closely by Eden. I shot a look at Polly and Patricia before I followed Rosie and Eden into the bathroom.
A/N ~ Well there you are…Chapter 4 of my story. I see a button down there, do you? It looks pretty interesting. You like this story sooooooo much that you just HAVE to press that button. Come on, I want to hear from you! By the way, if anyone is available to be a beta reader for me…just let me know. I'm looking for one! Well do what that beautiful, shining, ENTICING button says. REVIEW!
Love from the Author,
Katalina M. Weasley :)