" First years come ter me, get in groups of three, groups of three." That was Hagrid, a dear friend of Harry, Ron and Hermione`s. He worked at Hogwarts as the Care of Magical Creatures teacher and Gamekeeper. Bri had turned to go with him when she was whisked away by a very stern looking middle-aged witch.
" Hello you must be Gabrielle, I'm Professor McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. PEEVES DON'T HARASS THE STUDENTS ON THEIR FIRST DAY BACK!" yelled Professor McGonagall.
She then turned her attention from the water balloon-dropping poltergeist back to the 14-year-old girl.
" I'm sorry, Now, I understand that you are here to accommodate Maxime and the prospective Beauxbatons champions but you will also be educated here. Come with me to my office and we'll discuss what courses you'll be taking."
"Yes, Professor," replied Gabrielle. She nearly had to run to keep up with the deputy headmistress's long strides.
Professor McGonagall's office was quite plain. In fact, it wasn't decorated at all, unless you counted the papers scattered all over but it was nice to stay out of the rain.
" Hmm let me see... you're a 4th year, We require Herbology, Potions, Astronomy, DADA, Transfiguration and History of Magic but it wouldn't be very logical to give you that since you've never taken it before. Maxime has requested that you take Care of Magical Creatures as one of your two electives but I suppose we'll have to give you an extra one in place of history. Hmm... I don't suppose you'll enjoy Muggle Studies, How about Arithmancy?" Professor McGonagall was deep in thought. Divination had always been a subject that Bri had excelled in and she chose that along with Arithmancy.
"Smashing," said the professor. "Let's head down to the Great Hall, shall we? We wouldn't want to miss The Sorting."
The hallways seemed to run on forever, and so did the professors mouth. After she finished bragging about Hogwarts she told Bri the school's schedule. " Breakfast is from six thirty to quarter to eight.........blah, blah, blah. Bri was zoning out.
"Ahem, I noticed you came in with Miss Granger. There seems to be a vacant bed in her dormitory that you will use."
This pleased Bri. The girl with the bushy hair seemed very smart and kind.
"Ah, here we are, The Great Hall, Oh, The Sorting is already over. If you would like to sit near Granger, Potter, and Weasley the Gryffindor table is third from this door.
The Great Hall certainly was beautiful with its silk banners and ceiling that mirrored the starry sky but the truth was the feast had been quite uneventful. Bri had found Harry, Ron and Hermione where the professor said she would. They compared schedules (They had all of their classes together except for Arithmancy which Bri had while the others had History of Magic and Divination which Hermione had given up on). Ron introduced Bri to his brothers, Fred and George, and sister Ginny. Fred and George livened up the meal by turning Ron's Macaroni and Cheese into disgusting yellow worms. Hermione introduced Bri to their other roommates, Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil. They met their new DADA teacher, Professor Moody, an ex-Auror and acquaintance of Ron's Dad. The food was quite good but not anything she hadn't had when the visiting British nuns cooked back in the convent. Then, about 45 minutes into the meal everything changed.
The Headmaster, Professor Dumbledore stood up, " Welcome back to Hogwarts. We have two new fourth years. One is Gabrielle, a visitor from Beauxbatons she will be staying in Gryffindor House. Now you may be familiar with Oliver Wood. He played Quidditch for Gryffindor until he graduated last year and is now playing for England. This is his brother Adam. Adam would you come up here and get sorted. Oh, and Gabrielle, please stand up so that everyone can see who you are."
That was when their eyes met in one of those disgustingly mushy moments when you can practically hear violins in the background.
"Gol, she's beautiful," Adam thought. He would have noticed her even if she were sitting down. She had chin length, sprightly, reddish hair and large green eyes. She was wearing a broad, black and silver choker. "mmm......Gabrielle ,amazing."
"Wow he's hot." Gabrielle thought, she immediately fell in love with his impish good looks. Especially his smile, slightly shy and full of laughter. "I wonder what house he'll be in."
As if he could read Bri's thoughts, Adam put on the Sorting Hat. It was barely a second before the hat shouted out, "GRYFFINDOR!"