Cloak*and*Dagger: Hi all!!!! So how is everyone on this lovely day?? Well I
took a nice little break, and now I'm refreshed, so I've decided to write
this next part! I hope you all liked the last part, but you see I'll never
know if you don't review!!!! I'll cut this author's note short, because the
last one was way too long!
Author's Response:
Amanda: Too many commas you say? Well I think I'll take up Mr.Dixon's theory, and be comma crazy, because I'd rather have too many than none at all! Thanks anyway, and I will try to work on it okie? Okie!
Jade and Wendy: Thank You!!!! By the way I took the liberty of checking your profile. I LOVE YOUR STORY!!!!!!!!! It rocks! I haven't finished reading yet, but trust me when I do I'll go and review. Thanks again!
Quote Of The Chapter: The last quote was from a movie called Real Genius. Since no one actually guessed on that I've decided that I'm just going to put my little pearls of wisdom up here, instead of movie quotes. So here goes, Pearl of Wisdom #1: "Abuse, if you slight it will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated you will be thought to have deserved it."
Disclaimer: I do not own Drop Dead Fred, or Harry Potter. However, I do own Jamie, Kattie, and my interpretation of Salazar Slytherin. PLEASE DON'T SUE ME! And if you do all you're gonna get is 23 dollars in pennies. DON'T TAKE MY PENNIES AWAY!!.... Never mind you can have them. You wouldn't believe how annoying 23,000 pennies are.
Chapter6: A Fool Off His Guard, Could Fall And Fall Hard!
Jamie could do nothing but gape in terror at Salazar, as he plunged into an elaborately made up story, about how they met as result of a freak weasel attack. Kattie was hanging on every word.
'I can't believe that she's believes him!! That has to be the worst story I've ever heard!' Jamie mentally screamed.
Once he was done with his story, Jamie looked at Kattie, and said, "Kattie could I talk to you for moment? Alone?"
Kattie raised an eyebrow, "Sure." Thus said they both walked out of the compartment. "So, Jamie, what's up?"
"You don't believe him do you?" Jamie asked.
"Of course I do, it seems legitimate."
"How does a weasel attack seem 'legitimate'? I'm telling you that kid is stalking me!"
"Jamie I don't get what the problem is. If you want I'll trade places with you, I wouldn't mind being stalked by him," Kattie said, giggling with hazy eyes.
Jamie sighed, 'Guess I'll have to fix this problem on my own.'
They returned to the compartment to find Salazar singing quietly to himself: "Oh, I come from a land, From a faraway place Where the caravan camels roam, Where they cut off your ear, If they don't like your face, It's barbarick, But hey, it's home! When the winds from the east, And the Sun to the west, And the sand, And the glass is right, Come on down, Stop on by, Hop a carpet and fly, To another Arabian Night! Arabian Nights, Like Arabian Days, More often than not, But hotter than hot in a lot of good ways, Arabian Nights, With Arabian Moons, A fool off his guard, Could fall and fall hard, Out there on the doons."
Jamie looked at Kattie, who was staring at Salazar. Once she looked up Jamie gave her a look that said, "And you think *I'm* crazy?" Kattie just shook her head and sat back down.
"So who's up for a game of Exploding Snap?" Salazar asked with an odd glint in his eyes, that Jamie couldn't quite place.
Kattie jumped at the opportunity, "I am!"
He grinned one of those I'm-so-hott-it-isn't-funny grins, "What about you James?"
"Yeah, come on Jamie!" Kattie said in a whinny voice.
"Don't side with him!" Jamie looked peeved, but she had been expecting her to do this. It looked like her friend was just a little taken by the crazed boy.
"Haha two against one! You have no choice, you have to play!" Salazar said evilly.
Jamie groaned, but didn't put up fight. While they were playing they talked of Hogwarts. Well, it was more like Salazar told them about Hogwarts and they added their two cents. "What house are you in?" Kattie finally asked him.
"Slytherin," he answered simply.
"That's kinda funny, you having the first name of your house's founder," Kattie said quietly. As she said this Jamie noticed an even odder glint in his eyes than before. Earlier it had only seemed to be the glint of playful fighting, but now it was the kind of glint that made you feel as though you were missing something very important. 'He couldn't actually be Slytherin, could he? That was only a passing guess, but no, he couldn't be, he's a student. Not to mention the fact that Slytherin is DEAD!'
"Just luck I guess," he commented, " but I suppose you'll be disappointed to find out that my last name is Lyther."
Kattie seemed satisfied with that, and continued to talk. Jamie, however, furrowed her brow and thought, 'Lyther? Wait a sec! sLYTHERin! That cheat, he is Slytherin, but how?'
"So what houses are you two hoping for?" he asked quickly, almost as if he knew that Jamie had figured it out, and didn't want to be questioned.
"Well I guess any house would do, as long as it isn't Hufflepuff. I'd just die if they put in me in there!" Kattie said rather quickly. "What about you Jamie?"
Jamie sighed, then said, "I guess that Ravenclaw or Gryffindor would be alright, but I think I'd have a heart attack if they put me in Hufflepuff OR SLYTHERIN," she said that last part rather loudly while looking at Salazar.
"Suit yourself, but you honestly don't know what your missing if you don't make it into Slytherin," he replied.
"Trust me, yes I do." And it was left at that. ************************************************************************ In no time at all they had reached the school. "Leave your stuff here, they'll bring it up for you," Salazar said sounding uncharacteristically serious, but ruining it with a goofy lop-sided grin. They got out of their compartment, and made their way to the closest exit. The cold night air greeted them as they stepped off the train. "I guess this is where I leave you two, have fun making your way across the lake," he said, then added as a whisper to Jamie, "See you at the Slytherin table," before walking away briskly.
Jamie paled, and when Kattie asked what he had said, she refused to tell her. They slowly made their way over to the horde of first years, which were circled around a giant of a man. "Everyone 'ere? Right let's go, then. No more'n four to a boat," he said, leading them to the river's edge, where a small fleet of rowboats awaited them. Jamie and Kattie quickly got into a boat and where shortly accompanied by to two boys.
"Hey, it's you two!" one of the boys commented.
Jamie looked up; it was the boy from the bookshop. "Oh hi,"
"Found that book yet?" Kattie asked.
"Nope, but it's ok now, because I have the human pranklopedia right here. His name is James."
James frowned, "I can talk for myself, Sirius."
Kattie, James, and Sirius started talking, but Jamie, who wasn't feeling very talkative, watched the beautiful scenery go by. Once the castle came into better view, everyone stopped talking and you could here a collective gasp. Hogwarts rose majestically, with its towers and turrets, surrounded by by a forest on one side, which was, in turn, surrounded by tall dark mountains.
The boat ride ended soon enough, and they were then led up to a giant pair of wooden oak doors, which the man knocked on. It was answered by a stern looking witch, with her hair pulled back into an extremely tight, and uncomfortable looking, bun. She led them further into the Entrance Hall, explained the housing system to them, and then told then to wait for a moment so she could make sure everything was ready.
"How do you think they sort you into the houses?" Kattis asked neverously.
"They put a hat on your head," Jamie answered, dimly hoping that was the right answer, as she hadn't really been listening to the question. She had been too busy thinking about what Salazar had said. "Kattie you don't think that they'll put me in Slytherin do you?"
"I'm praying for Slytherin, that way I could get that cutie Salazar to show me around," Kattie giggled, with that hazy look in her eyes again.
Jamie just shook her head at her friend's obvious delirium. After a few minutes they were lead into the Great Hall. Again the collective gasp was heard. Candles were floating several feet above the floor, lighting the Hall, and the ceiling was bewitched to look like the sky outside, which was cloudy with a hint of lighting and thunder.
Professor McGonagall, the witch that had led them in, placed a three-legged stool down in front of the staff table, and on top of the stool she put down an old, and battered wizard's hat. The hall was silent for a moment, then a rip in the seem of the hat opened up, like a mouth, and the hat began to sing: "Back in the days of yore, There surfaced a brilliant four, Holding different values at heart, Hogwarts the magical school they did start, But conflict did arise, Over the prized values, which was of no surprise, Hufflepuff preferred the loyal and just, Someone you could lean on, someone you could trust, Ravenclaw took pleasure in the wise of wit Those who's learning would never quit, Gryffindor liked those who were brave and bold, Those who did what were right regardless of what they were told, Slytherin kept those of slyness and cunning, In a jam you'd find them thinking fast instead running, So where is it that you should be? Please don't think about it yourself, Just put me on and see!"
The hall burst out in a loud applause. "Now, when I call your name, step forward and put the sorting hat on," McGonagall said loudly. "Akerman, Philipe" "GRYFFINDOR!" the hat shouted. The names went on for a while, and Jamie only paid attention to the names she recognized such as, "Black, Sirius" who turned out to be a "GRYFFINDOR!" It didn't take long for the Professor to reach her name, as it started with a K. "Kyrie, Jamie" Jamie stiffened, this was it the moment that could prove most crucial if the hat happened to favor the silver haired weirdo. She walked to the stool and sat down, putting the hat on her head, which slipped down over her eyes.
'Hmmmmm,' said a tiny voice in her head, that she assumed must be the hat, 'What an interesting mind, sharp as a bear trap, you learn quickly don't you?'
'I try,' she thought somewhat sarcastically.
'Sarcastic as well.. Hufflepuff is definitely out. You are smart which could do you well in Ravenclaw, and you are brave when you must be which could put you in Gryfffindor. I can't help but notice, though, how sarcastic and cynical you are, and at such a young age, too. You have an over developed sense of revenge, and we could do one of two things with that. We could stomp it out, and pump up your bravery by putting you in Gryffindor, or we could make it grow, and add a little power to back up that temper of your's by putting you in-"
'NO!!!! Not Slytherin!'
'And why not?'
'Because the psycho is there!'
'You're going to let one person stand in your way to greatness? No, I'm sorry but I just couldn't deny you of your destiny.' "SLYTHERIN!" the hat shouted.
As Jamie made her way over to the loudly cheering table she felt like she could cry, but quickly pushed that aside, and decided to blame silver-boy. 'It's his fault, he must have paid the hat off, or something!' She sat down next to few of the other first years, who smiled at her, and noticed just a little too late that it was right across from Salazar. He gave her an impish grin, and opened his mouth to say something along the lines of I told you so, but Jamie cut him off with, "Not a word, freak." He closed his mouth, but the grin never left. She watched the rest of the sorting with little interest, noticing that Kattie was giving her one of those 'You lucky devil' looks, and glancing at Salazar every so often.
"Smith, Katherine" Jamie was a nervous wreck at this point, if Kattie didn't make it into Slytherin then she would be left alone with Salazar, and he was so unpredictable who knew what he would do to her! The hat sat of Kattie's head for a few seconds before it shouted, "RAVENCLAW!" She walked over to Ravenclaw smiling, once she sat down she looked over at Jamie and with a shrug mouthed, "We still might have classes together."
Jamie sighed in resign, if she was going to enjoy Hogwarts at all she might as well accept the fact that she was in the same house as the Aladdin quoting stalker, with no Kattie to hide behind. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Cloak*and*Dagger: So what did you think?? Wow it was longer than I intended! Trust me next chapter will be interesting. It will most likely be the lovely dinner conversation that ensues! Well I'll leave now so you can REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bye!
Author's Response:
Amanda: Too many commas you say? Well I think I'll take up Mr.Dixon's theory, and be comma crazy, because I'd rather have too many than none at all! Thanks anyway, and I will try to work on it okie? Okie!
Jade and Wendy: Thank You!!!! By the way I took the liberty of checking your profile. I LOVE YOUR STORY!!!!!!!!! It rocks! I haven't finished reading yet, but trust me when I do I'll go and review. Thanks again!
Quote Of The Chapter: The last quote was from a movie called Real Genius. Since no one actually guessed on that I've decided that I'm just going to put my little pearls of wisdom up here, instead of movie quotes. So here goes, Pearl of Wisdom #1: "Abuse, if you slight it will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated you will be thought to have deserved it."
Disclaimer: I do not own Drop Dead Fred, or Harry Potter. However, I do own Jamie, Kattie, and my interpretation of Salazar Slytherin. PLEASE DON'T SUE ME! And if you do all you're gonna get is 23 dollars in pennies. DON'T TAKE MY PENNIES AWAY!!.... Never mind you can have them. You wouldn't believe how annoying 23,000 pennies are.
Chapter6: A Fool Off His Guard, Could Fall And Fall Hard!
Jamie could do nothing but gape in terror at Salazar, as he plunged into an elaborately made up story, about how they met as result of a freak weasel attack. Kattie was hanging on every word.
'I can't believe that she's believes him!! That has to be the worst story I've ever heard!' Jamie mentally screamed.
Once he was done with his story, Jamie looked at Kattie, and said, "Kattie could I talk to you for moment? Alone?"
Kattie raised an eyebrow, "Sure." Thus said they both walked out of the compartment. "So, Jamie, what's up?"
"You don't believe him do you?" Jamie asked.
"Of course I do, it seems legitimate."
"How does a weasel attack seem 'legitimate'? I'm telling you that kid is stalking me!"
"Jamie I don't get what the problem is. If you want I'll trade places with you, I wouldn't mind being stalked by him," Kattie said, giggling with hazy eyes.
Jamie sighed, 'Guess I'll have to fix this problem on my own.'
They returned to the compartment to find Salazar singing quietly to himself: "Oh, I come from a land, From a faraway place Where the caravan camels roam, Where they cut off your ear, If they don't like your face, It's barbarick, But hey, it's home! When the winds from the east, And the Sun to the west, And the sand, And the glass is right, Come on down, Stop on by, Hop a carpet and fly, To another Arabian Night! Arabian Nights, Like Arabian Days, More often than not, But hotter than hot in a lot of good ways, Arabian Nights, With Arabian Moons, A fool off his guard, Could fall and fall hard, Out there on the doons."
Jamie looked at Kattie, who was staring at Salazar. Once she looked up Jamie gave her a look that said, "And you think *I'm* crazy?" Kattie just shook her head and sat back down.
"So who's up for a game of Exploding Snap?" Salazar asked with an odd glint in his eyes, that Jamie couldn't quite place.
Kattie jumped at the opportunity, "I am!"
He grinned one of those I'm-so-hott-it-isn't-funny grins, "What about you James?"
"Yeah, come on Jamie!" Kattie said in a whinny voice.
"Don't side with him!" Jamie looked peeved, but she had been expecting her to do this. It looked like her friend was just a little taken by the crazed boy.
"Haha two against one! You have no choice, you have to play!" Salazar said evilly.
Jamie groaned, but didn't put up fight. While they were playing they talked of Hogwarts. Well, it was more like Salazar told them about Hogwarts and they added their two cents. "What house are you in?" Kattie finally asked him.
"Slytherin," he answered simply.
"That's kinda funny, you having the first name of your house's founder," Kattie said quietly. As she said this Jamie noticed an even odder glint in his eyes than before. Earlier it had only seemed to be the glint of playful fighting, but now it was the kind of glint that made you feel as though you were missing something very important. 'He couldn't actually be Slytherin, could he? That was only a passing guess, but no, he couldn't be, he's a student. Not to mention the fact that Slytherin is DEAD!'
"Just luck I guess," he commented, " but I suppose you'll be disappointed to find out that my last name is Lyther."
Kattie seemed satisfied with that, and continued to talk. Jamie, however, furrowed her brow and thought, 'Lyther? Wait a sec! sLYTHERin! That cheat, he is Slytherin, but how?'
"So what houses are you two hoping for?" he asked quickly, almost as if he knew that Jamie had figured it out, and didn't want to be questioned.
"Well I guess any house would do, as long as it isn't Hufflepuff. I'd just die if they put in me in there!" Kattie said rather quickly. "What about you Jamie?"
Jamie sighed, then said, "I guess that Ravenclaw or Gryffindor would be alright, but I think I'd have a heart attack if they put me in Hufflepuff OR SLYTHERIN," she said that last part rather loudly while looking at Salazar.
"Suit yourself, but you honestly don't know what your missing if you don't make it into Slytherin," he replied.
"Trust me, yes I do." And it was left at that. ************************************************************************ In no time at all they had reached the school. "Leave your stuff here, they'll bring it up for you," Salazar said sounding uncharacteristically serious, but ruining it with a goofy lop-sided grin. They got out of their compartment, and made their way to the closest exit. The cold night air greeted them as they stepped off the train. "I guess this is where I leave you two, have fun making your way across the lake," he said, then added as a whisper to Jamie, "See you at the Slytherin table," before walking away briskly.
Jamie paled, and when Kattie asked what he had said, she refused to tell her. They slowly made their way over to the horde of first years, which were circled around a giant of a man. "Everyone 'ere? Right let's go, then. No more'n four to a boat," he said, leading them to the river's edge, where a small fleet of rowboats awaited them. Jamie and Kattie quickly got into a boat and where shortly accompanied by to two boys.
"Hey, it's you two!" one of the boys commented.
Jamie looked up; it was the boy from the bookshop. "Oh hi,"
"Found that book yet?" Kattie asked.
"Nope, but it's ok now, because I have the human pranklopedia right here. His name is James."
James frowned, "I can talk for myself, Sirius."
Kattie, James, and Sirius started talking, but Jamie, who wasn't feeling very talkative, watched the beautiful scenery go by. Once the castle came into better view, everyone stopped talking and you could here a collective gasp. Hogwarts rose majestically, with its towers and turrets, surrounded by by a forest on one side, which was, in turn, surrounded by tall dark mountains.
The boat ride ended soon enough, and they were then led up to a giant pair of wooden oak doors, which the man knocked on. It was answered by a stern looking witch, with her hair pulled back into an extremely tight, and uncomfortable looking, bun. She led them further into the Entrance Hall, explained the housing system to them, and then told then to wait for a moment so she could make sure everything was ready.
"How do you think they sort you into the houses?" Kattis asked neverously.
"They put a hat on your head," Jamie answered, dimly hoping that was the right answer, as she hadn't really been listening to the question. She had been too busy thinking about what Salazar had said. "Kattie you don't think that they'll put me in Slytherin do you?"
"I'm praying for Slytherin, that way I could get that cutie Salazar to show me around," Kattie giggled, with that hazy look in her eyes again.
Jamie just shook her head at her friend's obvious delirium. After a few minutes they were lead into the Great Hall. Again the collective gasp was heard. Candles were floating several feet above the floor, lighting the Hall, and the ceiling was bewitched to look like the sky outside, which was cloudy with a hint of lighting and thunder.
Professor McGonagall, the witch that had led them in, placed a three-legged stool down in front of the staff table, and on top of the stool she put down an old, and battered wizard's hat. The hall was silent for a moment, then a rip in the seem of the hat opened up, like a mouth, and the hat began to sing: "Back in the days of yore, There surfaced a brilliant four, Holding different values at heart, Hogwarts the magical school they did start, But conflict did arise, Over the prized values, which was of no surprise, Hufflepuff preferred the loyal and just, Someone you could lean on, someone you could trust, Ravenclaw took pleasure in the wise of wit Those who's learning would never quit, Gryffindor liked those who were brave and bold, Those who did what were right regardless of what they were told, Slytherin kept those of slyness and cunning, In a jam you'd find them thinking fast instead running, So where is it that you should be? Please don't think about it yourself, Just put me on and see!"
The hall burst out in a loud applause. "Now, when I call your name, step forward and put the sorting hat on," McGonagall said loudly. "Akerman, Philipe" "GRYFFINDOR!" the hat shouted. The names went on for a while, and Jamie only paid attention to the names she recognized such as, "Black, Sirius" who turned out to be a "GRYFFINDOR!" It didn't take long for the Professor to reach her name, as it started with a K. "Kyrie, Jamie" Jamie stiffened, this was it the moment that could prove most crucial if the hat happened to favor the silver haired weirdo. She walked to the stool and sat down, putting the hat on her head, which slipped down over her eyes.
'Hmmmmm,' said a tiny voice in her head, that she assumed must be the hat, 'What an interesting mind, sharp as a bear trap, you learn quickly don't you?'
'I try,' she thought somewhat sarcastically.
'Sarcastic as well.. Hufflepuff is definitely out. You are smart which could do you well in Ravenclaw, and you are brave when you must be which could put you in Gryfffindor. I can't help but notice, though, how sarcastic and cynical you are, and at such a young age, too. You have an over developed sense of revenge, and we could do one of two things with that. We could stomp it out, and pump up your bravery by putting you in Gryffindor, or we could make it grow, and add a little power to back up that temper of your's by putting you in-"
'NO!!!! Not Slytherin!'
'And why not?'
'Because the psycho is there!'
'You're going to let one person stand in your way to greatness? No, I'm sorry but I just couldn't deny you of your destiny.' "SLYTHERIN!" the hat shouted.
As Jamie made her way over to the loudly cheering table she felt like she could cry, but quickly pushed that aside, and decided to blame silver-boy. 'It's his fault, he must have paid the hat off, or something!' She sat down next to few of the other first years, who smiled at her, and noticed just a little too late that it was right across from Salazar. He gave her an impish grin, and opened his mouth to say something along the lines of I told you so, but Jamie cut him off with, "Not a word, freak." He closed his mouth, but the grin never left. She watched the rest of the sorting with little interest, noticing that Kattie was giving her one of those 'You lucky devil' looks, and glancing at Salazar every so often.
"Smith, Katherine" Jamie was a nervous wreck at this point, if Kattie didn't make it into Slytherin then she would be left alone with Salazar, and he was so unpredictable who knew what he would do to her! The hat sat of Kattie's head for a few seconds before it shouted, "RAVENCLAW!" She walked over to Ravenclaw smiling, once she sat down she looked over at Jamie and with a shrug mouthed, "We still might have classes together."
Jamie sighed in resign, if she was going to enjoy Hogwarts at all she might as well accept the fact that she was in the same house as the Aladdin quoting stalker, with no Kattie to hide behind. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Cloak*and*Dagger: So what did you think?? Wow it was longer than I intended! Trust me next chapter will be interesting. It will most likely be the lovely dinner conversation that ensues! Well I'll leave now so you can REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bye!