"Gryffindor!" shouted the patched up old hat. ( come on you all knew that was going to happen)

She went over to the teacher who said her name was Professor McGonagall. She asked McGonagall where to go. She pointed to Harry and Ron that were furiously waving with both of their hands. She waved back with one hand and gave them a sheepish grin which to them meant "Put those hands down! I'm coming" but we all know guys, they interpret everything wrong.

She strided over to Harry and Ron and plopped down right between them. She flipped her raven curls over her shoulder, she got Ron in the eye as Harry sniffed her hair to find out what shampoo she wore. She saw the plates laying on the table, but that was it, just plates, nothing more. No food, no nothing, just plates.

Harry must have seen her look at the table because he said " Don't worry the food will come, we don't have to wait in a line or anything."

"Ok, I was hoping it wasn't a buffet, I hate those. The food is usually nasty at buffets. " she sighed with relief.

Harry whispered In her ear" I need to talk to you alone , later."

She was obviously good at giving signals because when she nodded her head in agreement it looked like she was merely flipping her hair, as usual. Then out of no where, food. It appeared on the tables. She saw what seemed to be chicken, then mashed potatoes, and gravy. And there were rolls upon rolls, wheat, white, rye, and even gondola bread. There were salads and dressing. And goblets appeared next to each plate. The goblets were filled with a warm, golden brew of some sort. There was foam at the top. Raven figured it was the magical form of hot cocoa. But she wasn't sure so she asked Harry what it was. He told her it was something called ButterBeer. She asked if it was alcoholic. He said it wasn't really beer, they just called it that. She took a sip and it warmed her all over. She first helped herself to a chicken ceaser salad. It was the best salad she had ever had in her life, but that wasn't saying much because it was about her fifth one.

Malfoy walked over to the table Raven was sitting at. She grunted in disapproval. He stride d over trying to make the other girls jealous, it worked for a few girls, but not any that really counted.

"Too bad you weren't put in Slytherin. We could have been together every day." Raven rolled her eyes at this. Harry and Ron just glared at Malfoy.

"Hey Gelly, why don't you try hittin' inside your ballpark." Ron groaned.

"At least there is somebody other than Harry in my ballpark." Malfoy retorted.

"You wish Gelly! They're all in the triple A parks, you're in the negative Z so go find a guy and suck it." Raven sighed, hoping with all her might that a Professor didn't hear. And with that Malfoy walked off and Harry and Ron high fived her.

For the first time in her life she felt calm, relaxed, and belonging. She then helped herself to some , well she wasn't sure, but it was some kind of soup that was really good. It had chunks of possibly beef, and some vegetables she had never tasted in her life. But all of it was delicious, she slurped it down to the very last bite. Hermione gave her a look that made her stop slurping. When she was done the bowl vanished. She scooped some mashed potatoes onto her plate and put some gravy over those and put a couple of slices of what she assumed was chicken onto her plate. She sliced the chicken into smaller pieces and dipped it into the potatoes and gravy. Once again the best she had had in her life. After she was done with that the plate disappeared and a bowl of some kind of pie appeared with ice cream toppings. The pie had a fruity, pumpkiny taste to it. She had better, but it was still excellent.

After a short chat time she followed Harry and Ron to the house. Somebody was leading them , she said to watch the stairs, they like to change. She led them to a portrait of a large lady in a pink dress. The girl leading them said Maritime to the portrait and it flung open, this was a surprise. And the second Raven got off the step it fell. She didn't know where it went, as long as she wasn't on it. She stepped through a portrait hole, next to Harry.

" Go to the common room and sit in the red chair next to the fire place." he whispered this into her ear.

She followed Hermione to the girls dorm and found a bed with her name on it. She put her stuff in the closet closest to it. She set her crystal ball on the dresser and her jewelry box next to it. She put beads around the bed. She put on her pajamas. This time she was wearing a gray Harvard shirt that was too big and smiley face Joe Boxers.

"I'm going to go brush my teeth." she said to Hermione. Even though she didn't know where the bathroom was.

She slipped down stairs into the common room and saw the chair Harry had been talking about. She sat down in it, but for some reason she couldn't get in all the way. She was floating about 5 inches of the ground. A head appeared behind her, she opened her mouth, about to scream and a hand covered her mouth.