" Anotha' new one 'ave we?" the giant proclaimed in the oddest scruffled voice she had heard lately.

She was just about to scream again when both Harry and Ron covered her mouth at the same time. Ron's hand hit first and when Harry covered he caught her nose a bit and it hurt.

"That's Hagrid, he's the grounds keeper here. He won't hurt you. He's the Jolly Fuzz Giant." Ron said chuckling slightly at his own joke.

"He couldn't hurt a fly, but err.…. if you see Fluffy, avoid her and DON'T scream, it just makes her worse." Harry warned.

"Ok as long as ... what was his name? Hagrid? yeah , as long as Hagrid doesn't fling me over his shoulder I'll be fine." she said half sarcastic half serious.

After a few minutes of standing there Harry, Ron, and Hermione began to head towards a HUGE lake. It took Raven a few seconds to realize she should follow them. She jogged and caught up with Ron first and just hung around with him. They talked about , well , mostly Berti Botts Every Flavor Beans. They did that for maybe 5 minutes until they had to get in these carriages to cross. Raven, Hermione, Ron, Harry, and some other, slightly pudgy, boy sat in the same carriage. Having him in meant Harry, Ron, and Raven all squeezed in on one side and Hermione and the boy on the other. Raven gave Hermione a Who-is-he kind of look.

"Oh yes, uh, Oria this is Neville." Hermione said while pointing to both of them.

"Oh please, both of you call me Raven. All my friends do, even though I may never see them again.…. But at least I've got you guys!" she said with a cheerful smile at the end. Secretly she was hiding the pain of what she thought would be never seeing her old friends again.

After the carriage ride they boarded these canoe type boats and crossed the lake I have spoken of earlier. On the horizon Raven saw a looming castle approaching.

"Is that it?" she whispered to Hermione.

"Of course it's it! That is our grand castle of magic!" she declared. Harry and Ron just sighed at the thought of having to go back to school.

Once inside a lady opened the door for them. Her hair was red and put up in a bun. She looked conservative and strict. Raven figured if she was a teacher, she was probably one of the less nice ones.

"First years follow me, the rest of you know where to sit," she said, then she gave a startled look at Raven, "ah , a new fifth year, you should follow me too then, chop chop!"

Raven followed her. She was lead towards two high and wide doors. Through which she could see a hall, lit by floating candles. The ceiling looked like it wasn't there. Just the sky. There were tables of kids her age, younger, and older. But the group she was with sat at a totally empty table.

What came next astounded Raven to no end. There was a hat sitting on a stool up front, and the hat, began to talk. It scared the wits out of her. It rattled off some poem that she couldn't catch. Something about Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Slytherin, and something else like a griffin. Then the stern teacher said this:

"I will call your names alphabetically by last name, when I do so come up sit on the stool and put on the Sorting Hat. You will then be put into your house, and stay there for the rest of your years at Hogwarts."

She then proceeded to rattle off names. First the A's then B's and so forth. Most of the children that went looked to be 10 or 11. Most of them were put into houses called Gryffindor or Slytherin. Some were put into other houses such as Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw. She thought to her self, I wonder which one Harry is in, I hope I am in .….

"Raven, Oria!" the strict teacher interrupted her thoughts. She approached the stool and sat down. Then the teacher put the hat on her head.

Not Malfoy's house, please not in there.

Not Slytherin eh? You could succeed there. But if not.… Well I see bravery.… uhhuh, yes and cleverness, yes yes.… maybe Ravenclaw will suit you best.…. Well better be.…