Okay, that whole gonna update faster thing? Well it was a lie. I shouldn't make promises I can't keep and I really can't keep updating promises. Although this time I have an excuse, kinda. I was on vacation for two weeks, one at the Jersey Shore and one in DC for the Bank of America Student Leadership Summit, and then I lost the book that I write this story in. But I'm back and I found it, so life's good!
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Chapter 13: The Dangerous Five
Nessie caught up with the rest of the gang and found them chattering excitedly about the upcoming sorting. While Ness had said good-bye to Jake, Al and Rose had already said hello to Hagrid and explained that Scorpius was a friend not a foe. Scorp was now accepted by the friendly half giant as if he had know the young boy all Scorp's life.
The conversation continued down to the boats where it finally stopped when the gang found out that the boats were made for four people each, not five. The girls, being girls looped their arms together and stepped into a boat that held only a small mousy boy, completely abandoning the boys.
Al and Scorp stared at them in astonishment. When the girls started giggling at their faces, mostly Jess, they walked away to find an empty boat. They were soon joined by a rather arrogant boy and a rather snooty girl. Al saw their new boat mates and decided to start the school year out right.
"Hi! I'm Albus Potter and this is my friend Scorpius Malfoy," Al smile a little shyly and stuck out his hand to shake with the boy. The boy stared at all with a look like a little kid in a candy shop. "You're one of Harry Potter's kids aren't you?" The boy barely waited for Al's hesitant nod before continuing. "I'm Cormac McLaggen Jr, but everyone calls me CJ. Our Dad's were great friends in their Hogwarts years. Even played Quidditch together!"
"That's funny," Al said, his previously warm eyes now cold. "The only time my dad ever mentioned yours was when he called him an arrogant prick who wouldn't know what a quaffle was if it flew up his arse." Scorp started laughing and tried to, unsuccessfully, cover it up with a coughing fit.
"Oh, dear, Are you okay?" the girl asked when it appeared that Scorp was choking. When Scorp nodded the girl smiled in a poor attempt at flirtation and introduced herself. "I'm Violet Nott. Our parent's actually were very close. I'm sure your dad always mentions Pansy Parkinson and Theodore Nott."
Scorp suddenly stopped laughing. "Yea, he does." Scorp said with a face of stone. "Too bad I hate my dad and all of his friends." Violet's hopeful expression dropped along with any chance of her marrying into the great Malfoy family.
Scorp and Al tried to block out the two moping fans for the rest of the boat ride with minimal success. It was a long ride to say the least.
The girls were having a hell of a better time than the boys. It seemed that their companion was painfully shy, especially around girls. So of course Jess decided that she was going to break the poor boy. When the first stepped into the boat Jess started laying on her charm.
"Hi there! I'm Jess and this is Rose and Ness!" Jess bounced as they sat down into the boat. Rose shot Ness a look of surprise that was mirrored on the other girl's face. Jess actually used their right names!
" I-I'm-m D-d-an L-L-aman," the boy stuttered while pushing up his wire rimmed glasses up his nose. What the hell, Ness thought. I might as well try to get him to talk in coherent sentences too.
"It's great to meet you Dan," Ness smiled. "Do you know which house you want to be in?" Apparently Ness was too much for the poor boy because his stuttering grew even worse, if that was even possible.
"N-n-ot r-r-really. I-I-I'mm a m-m-uggle-b-born." He somehow managed to spit out. He had barely finished his sentence when Jess interrupted him.
"Me too!" Jess squealed causing both Rose and Ness to send exacerbated glances towards each other once again."And so is Ness!" Aw, damn! Why did the hyperactive girl have to mention her?
Fortunately the castle came into view at this point and three of the four were stunned into silence. Ness on the other hand, was not. Oh, she appreciated the beauty of the old castle, but she had seen far to many similar constructions to be held in awe of its magnificence and sheer size.
The boats pulled up to the base of the castle and the first years started piling out. Al and Scorp escaped from their new fans (neither one was very good at taking a hint) and found the girls. Dan had managed to escape the girls and find his way to lord knows where, but it was far away from them.
The first years followed Hagrid into a holding room, and from the holding room they followed Professor Bones to the Great Hall. The minute the large group of students entered the hall, all eyes fell on one group of five first years. These students felt the attention in the room shift to them and each one drew up a perfectly constructed mask to hide their true feelings. Each one of them set a goal for themselves for the school years to come.
Al was determined to make everyone see him and not his father.
Scorpius was going to prove to the world that he wasn't another arrogant pure-blood.
Rose didn't want to appear as the know-it-all that she knew she was.
Jess wasn't going to let anyone break her air-head exterior and see what lies beneath the shell.
And Ness was finally normal for the first time in her life.
All of them knew that everyone was thinking about them, but not one knew that the five were just christened the new "it" crowd: The Dangerous Five.
The mutterings about the new group came to a halt when Bones walked out with an ancient stool and an older hat. Is this it? Al thought staring at the old hat. What happened to the troll? What, is that hat gonna start singing?
Well it turns out that it was. The brim of the hat ripped open and an old voice started to sing.
Many years I have sat
Sorting many into Houses Four
Hundreds of years in fact
And I plan on Sorting hundreds more.
I look into your mind
And see all there is to tell.
Whatever is hidden I will find
And put you where you need to go.
You may be off to Gryffindor
Where lives the brave at heart
They take the hardships and ask for more
Laughing at the danger they pass
Or maybe Ravenclaw is for you.
The place full of sharp minds
Always searching for something new
To challenge their brains and fill their time.
Hufflepuff may be your new home,
Where the kind and loyal dwell
Forever will those trusty people roam
If they are needed to help a friend.
One full of ambition and cunning
Will be placed in Slytherin.
They will never stop going
Until what they want is in their grasp.
So pull up a chair
Old friends and new
I may look alittle worse for the wear
But those who complain are small and few.
Put me on you won't regret it!
I never make a mistake
I'll give you your perfect fit
And soon your adventures will begin!
The room burst into applause at the amazing song produced by a hat of all things. It soon died down as soon as it started though and was replaced with Bones reading the names of first years off of a piece of parchment. It wasn't long before Jessica Bertona was called up. Jess bounced up to the stool and sat down. She was all smiles on the outside, but inside she was more nervous than any of them.
"Well, well. What do we have here? You have quite the past my dear. I don't blame you for putting on that little façade. But your new friends are true and will accept you for who you are. No? You still won't tell them? Well, it is you choice my dear. Now on to which House to put you in! You certainly are cunning, but you lack ambition. Behind that bubbly exterior you have quite a logical brain, but no? Not Ravenclaw either? Ah, I see. Yes, that does make the most sense. My dear, you most definitely belong in…GRYFFINDOR!
Cheers erupted from the Gryffindor table to receive one of the new Dangerous Five. Jess smiled a relieved smile and rushed to her new table to sit next to Cani. The cheering died down and the next name was called: Renesmee Cullen. She received more stares than Jess had for the simple reason that she was the most stunning eleven year old any of the Hogwarts students had ever seen. They all swore up and down that she was part veela.
"Another one with more than meets the eye? no, I'm afraid I can't tell you what was in Jessica's mind, though I do understand your concern. Now, let's see. You are very intelligent, there's no doubt about that, but your ambition is ten times stronger than your smarts! Wait, there is one more quality….only one place to go…GRYFFINDOR!
The Gryffindors erupted once again, louder than before.They quieted down when Bones read the next name off the list louder than the one before. More names were called until the name Scorpius Malfoy left her lips. Scorp walked up baring glares from the Gryffindor side and smiles from the Slytherins.
"A Malfoy is it? Well, this is odd. I actually have to contemplate where to put you. Never have I had to debate more than a second before placing a Malfoy in Slytherin. Congratulations are in order boy. Now, Slytherin wouldn't be a bad fit for you, but it's not the best place for you. No, you deserve to be in…GRYFFINDOR!"
There were no cheers. The Great Hall was shocked into silence. Never before had a Malfoy been sorted into a House other than Slytherin, let alone into Gryffindor. Scorp ducked his head and practically ran to find a seat between Ness an Jess. The minute he sat down the Gryffindor table burst into cheers. This was the best year ever so far! A few names later Albus Potter was called. The entire hall went silent and stared at the boy of the boy who lived as he made his way towards the stool.
"Just like your father you are. Full of potential and yet not interested in the spotlight. You do have more than a few Slytherin qualities though. No? No Slytherin? Yes, you definitely are your father's boy. You won't live in his shadow forever though. You will do your own great things, but you must determine why they will be great for yourself. Now that that's said, you'd best be off to…GRYFFINDOR!"
The Gryffindors started their loudest cheering yet. Most of it was led by James and Fred with Cani yelling at them to shut their bloody mouths and let the other poor first years get sorted. Years of training paid off and both James and Fred sat down. Bones sent Cani an appreciative nod and continued to read off the list. Finally there was only two people left: Rose and Harun. Rose was called first.
"How many Weasley's are there exactly? I'm getting sick of all of you! No, don't be afraid girl, I'm just ranting to myself. Now, let's take a look. A sharper mind then yours is hard to find, but still I see that your heart is as strong as both of your parents before you and your entire family in fact. There's no other place for you than…GRYFFINDOR!"
The Gryffindor table was throwing a party. They got all of the newly christened Dangerous Five! How lucky were they? However they was one more student, and Bones was not a patient woman. Unluckily for both Fred and James, who were the loudest out of them all, she was also an excellent hexer. Both pranksters received pink skin with purple polka dots which made the entire hall grow even louder with laughter. In all of the commotion, Harun just walked up, put the hat on, and waited for Slytherin to be announced before sitting down. That shook the students into silence and McGonagall soon stood up to say a few words before the feast.
"Welcome back everyone! As most of you can see, we have a few new addition to our staff. Unfortunately, our caretaker, Mr. Filch, recently passed away this summer," McGonagall stopped to glare at the students, daring applause. When no one met her challenge (James and Fred's mouths were glued shut by Cani) the headmistress continued. "So we have a new caretaker Mr. Jacob Black." Jake stood up to a thunderous applause from the female population of the castle. Ness had some competition. "Also, Professor Binns has decided that he has seen enough of this castle in life, and in death, and has decided to haunt his old home in the country." McGonagall stopped once again to see if anyone would clap but James and Fred were still under Cani's spell. "So we have a new History of Magic teacher, Professor Theodore Lupin." Once again, the entire female population broke out into heavy applause, angering Victoire this time. "Remember that the Forbidden Forrest is off limits to students and there is a list of banned objects located in the caretaker's office. Now let's eat!"
She didn't have to tell them twice! Soon bellies were full and everyone started to go up to bed. The first years followed Al's and Rose's cousin Dominique up to the common room. It was when everyone was climbing into the portrait hole that Nessie had explain that she wasn't going to sleep in the girl's dormitory. The story was that she had an illness that made her have to sleep close to an adult who could help her if she needed it. Her friends believed her and didn't pry and bid her good-night.
Nessie went down the corridor to a portrait of a full moon and said her and Jake's password "Eclipse." She took a shower and climbed into the silky sheets, wearing nothing but the bedding, awaiting her husband's return.
Okay, sorry no lemon, but I decided it wasn't the right time for one yet. At least it was a long chapter right?
I hope you liked the Sorting Hat song. I had to make my own and tried to do JKR justice.
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Until Next Time…
~BeccaBaby