AN: The second part of my story. I don't have
much to say. Just read, review PLEASE and enjoy!
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A
few moments later the carriages stopped and let us off. The 4 of us stepped off
still chattering happily. We followed the crowd of students up into the Great
Hall. It wasn't until we walked in and realized we were unsure of where to sit
that we realized we may have done something wrong. Finally we decided to sit
down at the first table we came to. James sat down first and Carly rushed to
sit next to him. I shook my head and carefully at down in between the 2 of
them. Lindsay then sat down next to Carly, looking extremely disappointed for
some reason. I wondered why. Anyway we sat there for a few minutes and then a
stern looking lady came out and began to talk. I recognized her as the lady who
had came to get James and I to years ago. What was her name? McGonagal. She was
saying something about a Sorting Hat and getting chosen into houses. I wasn't
really paying attention. I was too busy staring at Carly… who was staring at
James. Suddenly the hat started singing. My head snapped to the stage and I
watched the hat.
"What just happened?" I whispered to James.
"I don't know.. but I think that we are supposed
to be up there."
"Uh-oh." I replied.
Just then McGonagal began calling names. First she called Anders, Jane.
Jane was a tall and thin girl with
black hair pulled into 2 braids. She walked across the stage looking nervous. She
put the hat on her head and sat there for a moment before the hat called out
Hufflepuff. They are sorting us into our houses now I realized with
panic. I turned to James and saw that he had figured out the same thing. I just
sat there staring.. not sure at all of what to do. I wasn't paying attention to
the names. Suddenly I heard,
"Black, Sirius."
I
looked at James. I wanted him to tell me what to do but he was no help. He just
shrugged at me. Finally I decided I had no choice. I stood up and walked onto
the stage. The older students at the table began whispering amongst themselves.
She came over to me an angry look on her face.
"Sirius!" she hissed. "What were you doing down
there?"
"Er.." I replied. "We followed the other kids
onto the carriages and then we weren't sure where we were supposed to go."
She looked torn between anger and amusement.
"Just go put on the hat."
I walked over and put it on my head. You have
mischievous streak but not in an evil way.. very brave… bright.. You should be
in GRYFFINDOR! I took the hat off and walked over to the Gryffindor table.
They were clapping and talking to each other. I sat down at the end of the
table alone, not wanting to tell the older children about my mistake.
"What?" I asked as a boy from down further called
my name and slid down the table.
"What happened?"
"Nothing. We made a mistake…"
The
boy, I guess bored with my story turned and went back to his friends. I looked
up and they were on the letter J. I had missed a lot of the sorting. I turned
and scanned the line of students and saw Lindsay, Carly and James up there.
They had joined the line after I had been sorted.
"Jacobs, Sheena" was a Slytherin.
"Javis, Richard" was a Slytherin as well.
Then she called a familiar name, "Jenkins,
Carly." Please please Gryffindor! I thought. She was put in
Gryffindor too! I was so happy. I don't really know why I liked the girl so
much. She didn't have all that great of a personality, and she was obviously in
love with James.. so why did I bother? I didn't know. I guess for the same
reason that Carly bothered with James even though James obviously didn't like
her at all.
"Lias, Sarah" was made Ravenclaw.
"Lupin, Remus" A boy with really light brown,
almost blond hair walked over. He was average height, but was thin and had
circles under his eyes. I saw both Carly and Lindsay check him out as he walked
over. Those 2 are very boy crazy I thought shaking my head. Remus
was put into Gryffindor. The second new one so far. He walked over and sat down
beside me.
"Hey." I said smiling at him.
"Hello." He replied.
Then
he turned back to watch the sorting so I did too. Though I couldn't help but
notice that he looked nervous about something. He seemed like a really nice boy
though and I had a feeling we were going to be good friends… as long as he
wasn't afraid to get into trouble. I wasn't sure why I thought we would be good friends.. I just did.
"Potter, James" was the name they had been on
when I turned back. As I had done with Carly I began praying that James was put
into Gryffindor. I figured he would be because he was much braver than I. But
he was also very smart, and pretty studious so there was a chance he would be
put in Ravenclaw. I breathed with relied when the had screamed. "GRYFFINDOR!" a
moment later.
I didn't
pay much attention to the other people, even though 2 or 3 of them were put
into Gryffindor. I figured I would meet them later. I just wanted to see where
Lindsay was put and then to eat. It turned out I had to wait quite a long time.
They were on W and she was still standing up there.
"Williams, Scott" became a Ravenclaw.
"Wilson, Lily" was another Gryffindor. I noticed
she was quite pretty with long reddish hair and bright green eyes. She sat down
on the end of our table next to Carly. There was only one space left at the
table next to me, where Lindsay would sit if she was a Gryffindor. She was the
last one up there.
"Zalis, Lindsay" Lindsay walked across the room,
tried on the hat and sat there for barely a second, even shorter than the time
that James has been up there before the hat screamed, "GRYFFINDOR!" I was happy about it because she seemed to
be a nice person. She didn't seem to get embarrassed easily either. She didn't
mind walking up in front of the entire school and admitting her mistake, or
running onto the train while it was moving, or anything else. She smiled and
walked over to where we were sitting.
"We were all put into the same house!" she
exclaimed joyfully.
"Yeah." James replied, smiling.
"Do you guys know each other from before
Hogwarts?" Remus asked tentatively.
"Well.." I replied. "James and I do. I've live
with him since I was 9 and we have been friends since we were babies. But we
just met Lindsay and Carly on the train."
We
had an enjoyable evening. We had to stop talking when Professor Dumbledore
stood up to talk and then we were busy eating that we didn't talk much. We went
up to bed and after the days events we were so tired we didn't really talk and
didn't get to know any of our other room mates.
~ * ~ * ~
The sun woke Lindsay up streaming through the huge windows onto her bed.
She groaned and sat up looking around. She noticed that another girl was awake.
She was the one with the reddish hair from last night.
"Hey." Lindsay smiled at her.
The girl jumped. "I didn't know anyone was up."
"The sun woke me up. My name is Lindsay. What's
yours?"
"Lily. Lily Wilson." The girl laughed a little.
"Really? I'm a half blood what are you?"
"Er… what do you mean what am I?"
"Oh you must be muggle born."
"I-is that a bad thing?" Lily worried.
"No not at all.. at least not to me. But some
people, especially Slytherins are mean to people of muggle blood. My dad is a
wizard but my mum is muggle. Surprisingly she stayed with him even when she
found out he was a wizard. Most people
leave their husband or wife when something like that happens."
"I'm pure blooded." Said a sleepy voice from
across the room.
They both turned and saw a girl with black hair
pulled into a ponytail. She had dark brown eyes and pale pale white skin. She
smiled shyly at them.
"Cool." Lindsay "My name is Lindsay Zalis and
this is Lily Wilson. What is your name?"
"Missy. Missy Matenya." She laughed. "I know my name is weird the way the letters
match up. My full name is Melissa Michelle Matenya."
"Hey everyone." Carly said sitting up.
The girls all said hello. There were now only 2 girls still asleep in
the Gryffindor dorm. One had dark red hair that was pulled into a half bun, the
other had light brown hair that was down to her chin. Suddenly the red haired
one stirred. She sat up and looked around.
"Hello." Lindsay called out cheerfully. "I'm
Lindsay and this is Carly, Missy, and Lily." She indicated each girl as she spoke.
"I'm Angie." The red head spoke. She had a
strange accent though. Lindsay thought she was maybe American. "What's up?"
"Where are you from?" Carly asked.
The red head laughed, "Oh of course you would
notice my accent. I am originally from the United States. But my mum and dad
broke up. The whole mum was a witch and dad left her when he found out thing.
So mom and I moved out here. She went to Roswell- that's the name of the
American school of Witchcraft and Wizardry and she said it was a terrible school.
So she moved us out here so I could go to Hogwarts with my cousin. Maybe you
know her. Her name is Sandra. She's a 3rd year Ravenclaw." She
paused for breath. "Sorry.. I talk a lot."
"We don't mind." Carly smiled kindly at her. "So
does Lindsay. She's been talking all morning and she didn't shut up on the
train ride here."
"Hey!" Lindsay protested, a bit too loudly, for
the final girl in the room woke up. "Oops.." Lindsay apologized. "Sorry I
didn't mean to wake you. Carly was just insulting me. By the way my name is
Lindsay. And this is Carly, Lily, Missy, and Angie. What is your name?"
"See what I mean?" Carly asked. "She always introduces
all of us. And she talks really
fast!"
All the
girls except the brown haired one and Lindsay, who glared good naturedly at
Carly.
"My name is Shawna." She offered finally. "Nice
to meet you all."
"We had better get ready for breakfast." Angie
announced.
"Where are you-?" Shawna began.
"The States." Angie smiled.
The girls chatting happily prepared for dinner.
~ * ~ * ~
Meanwhile in our dormitory they were stirring as well. James and I
always the early risers awoke first and quickly showered and dressed. When we
emerged from the shower we found Remus sitting on his bed looking around. W hen
we came out we said hello and Remus hurried in to shower. As he was in there
another of the boys awoke. He had brown hair which was spiked up on his head,
so perfectly for having slept on it that I was sure he had held it up with
magic.
"Hello." James smiled.
"Hi!" the boy replied. "My name is Dillan Rice."
"James Potter."
"Sirius Black."
"Remus Lupin." Remus had just walked out of the
shower buttoning his robes as he walked.
"Are you guys pure bloods?" Dillan asked.
"Yes." James replied. "Sirius and I both are. Are
you Remus."
"No half blood. My mom was a witch and my dad was
a muggle. But my mom dad in a fight with Voldemort and so I have kind of been
raised as a muggle… though I knew about Hogwarts and my being a wizard and all.
My mum died when I was 7."
"That's too bad.." James said. "I'm really sorry.
My mum died 2 years ago in a battle with Voldemort as well."
"My parents both died 2 years ago when James' mum
did. I've been living with James ever since." I was careful not to let anyone
know mum had killed herself because if the wrong person got a hold of that
information then I would probably be teased endlessly.. or they would talk
about her. I noticed James giving me a funny look and quickly changed the
subject. "Look. Those 2 are awake."
"Hello." Said a boy with blond hair, he was a bit
over weight and short. "My name is Peter…" he glanced shyly around.
"James."
"Sirius."
"Remus."
"Dillan."
"Frank. Longbottom." Said the other boy. A tall
thin boy with light brown hair.
"Well hurry up and get ready if you want to come
with James, Remus and I down to breakfast. We want to leave early so we can be the first in the hall."
The boy named Frank laughed. "You would be early
even if you left an hour from now."
"Yes. But what if we get lost?" Remus asked.
"Good point."
Frank turned and ran to get into the shower. Dillan and Peter followed
slowly. A little while later they had left to make there way down to
breakfast..
A/N: To be continued of course. What do you
think? I hope you liked it. And like I said up at the other authors note PLEASE
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE (sorry for the pleases) read and review it gives me much
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