Wow! I'm early. For the first time in forever.
Music for this chapter is "Death of A Bachelor" by Panic! At the Disco.
She stood outside the great hall with all the other first years. She ran a hand over her hair trying to smooth it out. Her foot was tapping the stone floor underneath her in a nervous gesture.
McGonagall had just left after welcoming everyone and giving them a speech about the houses and stuff, which Lisa had barely paid attention too because she was already told about all of this by her parents and James.
Not only this, but she also already knew which house she would be in. Gryffindor. So, that part was too easy for her.
All she cared about right now was making a good impression on everyone. This was where she was gonna live for the next seven years of her life and she would be damned if she didn't start it with a bang.
McGonagall returned through the great doors, finally, and instructed them to stand in a line. The first years then proceeded to shuffle through the gates and enter the Great Hall.
Lisa gasped upon seeing the magnificent room. There were four long tables for each house, parallel to each other, and another table at the front for the staff. The tables were covered with golden cutlery ranging from plates to forks to glasses. Candles floated above them illuminating the whole room with a soft yellow light. But the most beautiful was the ceiling. It looked just like the night sky, adorned with thousands of twinkling stars. She had read somewhere that the ceiling was bewitched to look like the sky above. Eventhough she had grown up with it, magic never ceased to amaze her.
She was snapped out of her thoughts by the sound of someone shouting her name. Her head turned towards the source of the sound. James and Sirius were standing near there seats, cheering and hooting for her. Peter and Remus, who she had met on the train ride, were also cheering though less extravagantly. Lisa grinned and waved at them.
She then returned her attention to the sorting. McGonagall stood in front of them with a scroll in her hand. She called out the first name, "Auckley, May" who was sorted into Hufflepuff.
As the sorting continued, Lisa felt her attention drift towards her surroundings, away from the ceremony in itself. Sometimes a familiar name would peak her attention like Xenophilius Lovegood who was sorted into Ravenclaw and Regulus Black being sorted into Slytherin, which wasn't very surprising.
Soon her name was called out, "Potter, Elizabeth". She blocked out her brother and his friends' cheering and walked towards the hat with her head held high.
She sent a charming smile towards Professor McGonagall along with a respectable head nod to give a good first impression.
The hat was then placed on her head, blocking out her vision.
"Aah! Another Potter aye. You're mischievous like your brother. A prankster too, hmm. I see loyalty to the ones that are closest to you. But you won't fit well in Hufflepuff. No, no... your personality wouldn't fit. I see courage just like your whole family. But you also have a inquisitive mind. You're analytical. Unlike your brother, you plan before acting. There is no rashness in you. You could fit easily amongst the Gryffindor. But that's not where you would meet your true potential." said the hat in her ears.
"So, I'm a Ravenclaw?" Lisa asked confused.
The hat chuckled, "Not quite. The answer is clear child. You'll be,"
"SLYTHERIN," the hat announced.
As the hat was removed from my head and the lights flooded her vision, her eyes sought out her brother's shocked ones.
McGonagall nudged her to get off the stool. As she numbly walked towards the Slytherin table, it was safe to say that she didn't care about first impression anymore.
I looked out of my car at the familiar, and yet unfamiliar view around me. London had changed a lot since I last lived there. We stopped in front of the hotel in which my assistant had booked a penthouse for me.
I hung my backpack on my shoulder and put up my jacket's hoodie to cover my face just as the chauffeur opened the car door for me. I swung out with a trained grace and slowly strutted towards the hotel. Walking through the doors, I let my assistant take care of checking in as I lazily scrolled through my phone.
A few moments later, my assistant returned with our keys and we headed towards my penthouse.
I didn't try to see if my luggage had arrived or not, I couldn't bother less.
I walked into the bathroom and stripped off my clothes. Turning on the shower, I walked under the hot water immediately sighing in pleasure. I dropped the charms on me and felt as my shoulder length hair increased, tumbling towards my waist. My features morphed as the water ran over them.
I ran a hand through my hair detangling the curly mess.
After a few minutes of showering, I turned off the water. Wrapping a white fluffy bath robe around my body, I walked out of the bathroom into my new bedroom.
I headed towards the windows and pulled the curtains open. As the sun's rays hit me I let out a small rare smile.
I then turned towards the small backpack I always carried with me. I took out a notebook from the bag and looked through its pages.
Finally, finding what I wanted I took out the small piece of paper. Unfolding it I looked at the note scribbled on it. It was the address of a place.
A place I hadn't visited in a long time.
I changed into some clothes and then grabbed my jacket, pulling my hoodie up again. Finally I stuffed the notebook, except the paper holding the address which was in my pocket, back into the bag and stored it into my closet.
I walked out of my room and then departed from the penthouse. I avoided everyone as I made my way out of the hotel.
Out on the street, I grabbed a taxi and showed the driver the address. He immediately took off and drove towards my destination. When we reached, I got down handing the driver the money. He drove just as I started walking up the stairs of the building in front of me with my head down.
All I was praying for was that the people I was looking for still lived there.
I stopped in front of a particular door, and with the slightest hesitance, raised my fist to knock on the firm wood.
I silently waited for a few moments and then finally the door swung open.
A brown eyed, tan skin, brunette opened the door.
"Yes?" she asked.
I smirked and lifted my head, pulling back my hoodie. I watched as an expression of surprise and recognition passed over the girl in front of me.
"Long time no see," I said, "Right Sarah?"
Lisa wasn't having a great day. She had already gotten into a fight with her housemates on the subject of blood purity and had been labelled the blood traitor amongst the Slytherins.
The other houses weren't any better. They were nice until they saw the colour of her tie. Then they would either cower or glare at her.
As she was walking out of the Great Hall after having lunch, she spotted a familiar mop of black hair walking down the stairs.
"James!" she greeted with a large smile. The boy along with his three friends hadn't noticed her till then. They looked at her and James' face immediately darkened.
But Lisa was young and naive. She didn't notice.
"What are you doing here?" said James, "Traitor."
Lisa stopped in her tracks shocked.
"What?" she asked.
She looked towards Sirius for some sort of explanation but he wasn't even looking at her. Instead he was looking at James, laying a hand on his shoulder as if for moral support.
"Go and play with your Slytherin friends," James continued.
"James, I..." she started, her eyes flickering over his face, " I didn't choose. I didn't choose to be in Slytherin."
"We'll you didn't stop the hat either," he said and started walking away. She grabbed his hand to prevent him from going further.
"I didn't know. It was just so sudden. I thought the hat..." she was cut off by Sirius ripping her hand off of James.
"Keep your pathetic excuses to yourself," he said and then walked away dragging his friends with him, leaving her alone in the courtyard.
She felt tears threatening to spill down her cheeks. Not wanting to cause a scene, she ran. She ran towards an empty corridors and sat down near a window. She buried her face in her lap as sobs started racking her body.
After a few moments she heard footsteps. She ignored it, hoping that the people would not spot her and leave her alone in her misery.
"Are you okay?" came a gentle voice as a hand was placed on her shoulder.
She jerked her head up and came face to face with a pretty redhead. The girl had emerald green eyes that were filled with kindness and sympathy. She looked away.
"I.. I'm.. f..f... fine," she stuttered out and immediately cringed upon hearing how pathetic she sounded.
The girl sat down beside her and wrapped an arm around her. Another boy, whom she hadn't noticed till then sat in front of her. He had black greasy hair and similar black eyes. He was extremely pale and thin making him look kind of like a vampire. It didn't help that the clothes he wore were too big for him.
"You're brother's a douche, you know," said the girl.
Lisa looked down staring at her hands. "That's not true. I must have deserved what he did," she said, "I did get sorted into Slytherin."
The girl huffed in response. "Honestly, there's nothing wrong with being Slytherin. Severus is also a Slytherin," gesturing towards the other boy.
Lisa looked up, not having noticed the colour of... Severus? That's what the girl said right...'s tie. She looked at the girl, and saw her sporting Gryffindor colours.
Lisa was immediately filled with bitterness. How was it that the girl and the boy were such good friends eventhough he was a Slytherin and she was a Gryffindor, yet her brother couldn't even speak to her properly?
The girl noting her expression said, "I'm Lily by the way. How would you feel about being friends with Severus and I?"
Lisa immediately perked up. These two could be the first friends she formed in Hogwarts. Excitedly she nodded her head saying, "Yes! Of course!"
"I'm Elizabeth, Elizabeth Potter. But call me Lisa," she continued giddily.
"You forgot to take your timetable," said Severus in a long droning voice holding it out for her.
"Thank you," she exclaimed. They then went towards their respective classes, and even as she separated from her second year friends, she couldn't push down the happiness that was bubbling inside of her.
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