Chapter 3: Things upon things
Harry Potter and his friends were led in to the great hall and they all sat down at the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall. The first years were let in, all looking nauseous and terrified. The sorting hat was set on the stool, and everyone looked at it. It then burst into song.
Welcome to this place of Magic
A place where brains tick
I will sort you
And you'll know more about yourself, too
4 founders 4 houses they did create
Perhaps it was by fate
Gryffindor is for the loyal and brave
A friend you'll save
Ravenclaw is for the studious and sharp
They know everything from cow to carp!
Hufflepuffs tend to be shy
But they know where they're loyalties lie
Slytherin is for the cunning
Ones who want be first in running
So put me on, take a chance
You won't end up in France!
Harry clapped with everyone else except for the first years, who were all still too afraid to doing anything. McGonnall said that she would call names, and began.
"Aculine, Martha!"
A short, skinny girl with yellow hair and hazel eyes sat on the stool, put on the hat and was immediately put into Ravenclaw, whom all clapped and shook hands with her as she came.
"Bean, David!"
"Ravenclaw!"
"Cay, Georgia!"
"Gryffindor!"
"Clifton, Martin!"
The Sorting took some time with this one. Finally, it declared him a Hufflepuff and moved on.
"Eckersaw, Rebecca!"
"Gryffindor!"
"Ellis, Winston!"
"Slytherin!"
"Fanna, Diane!"
"Slytherin!
"Hugs, Ella!"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Lake, Sarah!"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Martin, Jacob!"
"Gryffindor!"
"Peters, Daniel!"
"Slytherin!"
"Smith, Anna!"
"Ravenclaw!"
"Tannin, Adam!"
"Gryffindor!"
"Utang, Pearl!"
"Slytherin!"
"Young, Wendy!"
"Ravenclaw!"
"Zeus, Mercury!"
"Hufflepuff!"
Dumbledore then stood up to make a speech.
"This year we have 2 new transfer students, both 5th years," he said.
The hall went into whispers, which were quickly hushed.
"One is from Regimen Magic School in Los Angles, California, and the other from Drumstrung, which still hasn't revealed its location."
Everybody- a bit still shocked- clapped.
McGonnall than stood up and spoke.
"First, From Regimen."
They all listened. The hall was filled with utter silence.
"Danskin, Mary Sue!"
Everyone gasped as a beautiful curly-blond-haired girl entered. She had blue eyes and an oval face, and the most dazzling teeth you had ever seen.
"Gryffindor!" The hat cried the minute she but in on her head and she left to go to the Gryffindor table as everyone clapped.
"Now for the student from Drumstrung."
Icicle entered the hall, her eyes looking as cold as ever.
"Reredrum, Icicle!"
She put on the hat slowly, the minute it reaching her head crying "Slytherin!" She put the hat on the stool, smiling evilly, and joined the Slytherins.
Dumbledore stood up again and made his usually speech, this time saying that they had a new Defense Against the Dark against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Smith, who look like he could have been Mary Sue's father, and that Voldemort was back- much to the surprise of the first years and Mary Sue. Icicle wasn't surprised at all.
"Now we eat!"
The food appeared on the table, everyone enjoying the food. The first years were very surprised but ate on. Ron talked with Harry about Qudditich, and then they went all to bed, some people still talking about the new transfers.
"Supernova!" Hermione cried as they reached the portrait of the Fat Lady.
They all went to sleep, and Harry had a very strange dream.
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"Did you get the sapphire stone, master?"
"Of course, Wormtail you fool, did you ever doubt me?"
"No, sir."
"Do you have any idea where the others are?"
"We know the location of all but one, sir."
"Excellent."
A man in a black cloak- the second one to talk- pulled out a large sapphire stone.
"We'll soon re-power the order of the phoenix!"
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Harry woke up the next morning startled, but slowly forgetting his dream. He went down to the breakfast to find whispers all across the Great Hall. Harry sat down next to Hermione and Ron, and Hermione immediately showed a newspaper article.
Mist`arob`e Stone Stolen
Little Hangleton- It seems that a muggle town has more hidden then it's appearance suggests. A stone was stolen from the town a few nights ago, called the Mist`arob`e stone. The stone is sapphire in color, and about twice the size of a normal palm. Please contact Maria Mints if you see the stone.
-Reported by Anna Liftone
"What's the stone used for?" Harry asked.
"We don't know, the article doesn't say," Hermione said.
"That's odd," said Ron, "why wouldn't the article say?"
"Looks like we going to have spend some time in the library," Hermione stated.
Harry and Ron groaned.
"Well, we have our OWLS this year, and if we want to find out about the stone, we'll have to spend a lot of time in the library. I think we should devote today entirely to the library."
"Today? Hermione, we just got back!"
"It's Sunday! Give us a break before we do the extensive research!"
"All right, besides, I have got to do some work on S.P.E.W."
Harry and Ron groaned as Hermione walked off to work on S.P.E.W. S.P.E.W was the organization Hermione had started last year to make the House Elves free. The problem was the House Elves didn't want to be free, but Hermione didn't care.
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Soon Sunday turned to Monday, and classes started again. The first class they had was History of Magic, which turned out to be as boring as ever. As it turned out, they'd know be having every class twice a week. Next was Transfiguration where'd they be changing their desks in to whatever animal they wished. Hermione was the only one who succeeded at this, turning hers into a baby pig, although Dean Thomas did manage to make his desk have eight hairy legs. By the time Transfiguration was over, it was time for lunch which would be followed by Care of Magical Creatures.
Hagrid, the Hogwarts groundskeeper, taught care of Magical Creatures. They- like usual- had this class with the Slytherins, who were as bitter as ever.
"I wonder what that oaf Hagrid's going to show us this time," Draco Malfoy said before the lesson began.
Harry, Ron and Hermione were about to say something, but in about one second after his remark, Hagrid had come out with out a thing that looked like a kitten. Some snorted, by Hagrid began.
"This is called-"
"A kitten!" Some shouted, making all the Slytherins laugh.
"No," corrected Hagrid, a bit angry, "its called Anabe. One of the few magical animals that lives in the Himalayan mountains, it looks cute as first, but when threatened, it will defend itself very well. Watch."
At this point Hagrid looked about ready to attack the Anabe, but its eyes bulged, its teeth became very large, and claws lengthened. It was not a pretty sight. Hagrid said they'd be studying these creatures for the rest of the month, trying to figure out what scared it most, what it ate, etc. They then left the class for different classes, Harry and Ron for divination, Hermione for Ancient Runes.
Divination was another boring class, which was taught by a fraud, professor Treleway. Treleway almost always predicted Harry's death, and as Treleway know said that they'd be studying what the things of they're birth meant (birthstone, sign, etc.) it seemed more likely then ever. Harry's birthstone was the ruby, and due to the fact that it was blood red, Treleway immediately said that he'd die a painful death, although Parvati had a ruby as well, and the teacher told her that her future had a powerful and strong romance ahead.
After Divination came dinner, closely followed by free time. Hermione was studying harder then ever, murmuring something about Anabes. Hermione wasn't at History of Magic this morning, so Harry and Ron, done with the easiest homework of all time (the only homework they had being History of Magic, since no one else had a reason to assign homework, except for Prof. McGonall whom hadn't given them homework, anyway) asked her why. Hermione then explained that she didn't have to take double, since she took too many classes all ready. The night finally turned to pure twilight, and everyone allowed sleep to take them in the comfort of their dorms.
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"Wormtail, were is the Echo'la stone?"
"Godric's Hollow, sir."
"And the Sa`la`resece stone?"
"Unknown."
The first man to speak banged his fist on the table before him.
"And the Sare'tal'meleaya?"
"Hogsmead, sir."
"Prepare for a trip to Hogsmead by December, and Godric's Hollow in November!"
"Yes, sir."
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Tuesday morning was breakfast and then Charms. After Charms was Defense against the Dark Arts, and so most people couldn't concentrate in Charms. In fact, Hermione was the only one who got the levitation charm to work on her first try. Everyone was happy as the bell rang, and they all rushed to the Defense against the Dark Arts classroom. Prof. Smith was there, smiling happily and greeting them as they walked in.
Prof. Smith took role call, a stunned look coming on his face as he got up to Harry's name, but he finished up.
"Hello, I'm Prof. Smith," he said, "and I was originally a book-burner."
Hermione screamed, but he went on.
"But then I saw that I must teach children to defend themselves in the unlikely case of being attacked by the dark arts. In fact, this year we'll be learning how to defend ourselves against Cornish Pixies!" He said the part about Cornish Pixies excitedly, except everybody else looked bored, except for Mary Sue, who never looked bored.
"We learned about that in out second year!" someone cried out, and everyone nodded.
The smile went from Prof. Smith's face.
"Oh, well, then I guess we can… um…"
The class sat in silence for several minutes, until finally Prof. Smith suggested they study their books while he thought about it. Finally, the bell rang, Prof. Smith still not giving them any work.
On Harry's way to lunch Draco Malfoy came down the hall. He was about to say something cruel when the girl from the train walked by, and he followed her instead. The girl turned around and slapped him, only to run off crying.
"This is too confusing," Said Ron, and Harry nodded in agreement.
After lunch, divination came again, saying something about being born in July was a bad sign, but then Parvati pointed out that she was born in July and Prof. Treleway acted like she had no idea what she was talking about.
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In only took a little while for days to turn in to weeks, and weeks to turn into months. Qudditich practice began, and they needed a new caption, a new keeper, and a new chaser. The nominations and try-outs began, only to be moved to November due to weather.
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At the end of October, it was All Hallows Eve, better known as Halloween. The hall was decorated in a beautiful orange and black, there were skeletons dancing as entertainment, and bats flew from the ceiling, know pure black except for a few stars.
The house elves had out-done themselves. There was enough food to feed 35 elephants. This, of course, made Hermione angry, muttering something about House Elves working overtime. After they all had had their fill, they all went back to their dorms as sleep gently closed their eyelids.
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A/N: I'm so sorry about this chapter, as well as it's delay, I just had a very, very, bad case of writer's block. It's gone, thank goodness. Anyway, this chapter came out horrible, but anyway it's finally finished, I thought I'd never finish it. Review?
Disclaimer: I own what I own, and everything else belongs to J.K Rowling, the great writer.