"First of all I would like to welcome you back from your holidays," he said
cheerfully, "I hope you have emptied your brains to fill them up again!" He
paused and smiled,
"Secondly, I would like to welcome more people. This is the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Brown." He pointed to a teacher on his right and Harry noticed that it was a woman. This was the first year they had ever had a female Against the Dark Arts teacher. She had short brown hair, brown eyes and wore a kind smile. She also wore a little makeup.
"Other people that I would like to introduce are some new students, Dumbledore continued, "they are from America and if you could welcome them kindly I would highly appreciate it." Then he pointed to four kids that looked Harry's age on his left side. "If you could wait a little for your dinner they will be sorted." He sat down and Professor McGonagall came up again and yelled,
"Smith, Benjamin"
A boy with black hair and thick eyebrows came up and sat down.
"Ravenclaw," the Sorting Hat yelled, and the Ravenclaws clapped.
"Smith, Kimberly"
A girl that looked a little like the boy, black hair and dark eyebrows and a sour look sat down and put the hat on,
"Slytherin!" the Hat yelled, and the Slytherins clapped and whistled.
"West, Jacob"
Then, a boy with dirty blonde hair and green eyes sat down and put the hat on.
"Hufflepuff," came the answer, and the Hufflepuffs cheered and clapped happily.
"West, Jennifer"
A girl that looked a lot like the boy, dirty blonde hair and green eyes, sat down and jammed the hat on excitedly.
They waited a long time until finally, "Gryffindor!" and the Gryffindors went wild. The kids sat down at their tables and the Gryffindors waited anxiously until Jennifer came. Everybody was hoping that she would sit next to him or her. Finally she walked over and spotted Hermione.
"Hermione Granger?" she asked with a strong English accent. Harry noticed she was carrying a large bag with a flat bottom and screens on the side. He saw a little head poke out and found it was a very small dog. It was unusually tiny and was a mixture of brown and black. He turned his attention back to Jennifer. Hermione suddenly cried, "Jenn? Jenn West from France?" The girl nodded excitedly as she sat down next to Harry, barely even noticing him. "How are you?" she started. They started talking until the food appeared on the gold plates. Finally, Harry heard Hermione say, "and this is Ron Weasley and Harry Potter." Harry, thinking that she was going to start mooning over him was surprised when she said a quick hello and started eating.
Harry's, Ron's, and Hermione's eyebrows shot up. Had she even noticed who he was? He didn't like it when people started to do that familiar flick from his face to his forehead. This was highly surprising. Hermione, trying to engage conversations, said, "So, why are you here, Jenn?" Jenn looked up from her fried chicken and mashed potatoes and said, "My father was transferred here from America." Hermione nodded and started on her own meal.
"So, you're Harry Potter, huh?" Jenn asked. "Er, yeah," Harry replied, staring at the miniscule dog. "This is Cupcake," Jenny introduced them to the dog when she noticed Harry looking at him. . "He's a Teacup Yorkshire Terrier and guess how old he is. He's already five years old! And he's that small. I thought he was the cutest thing when I saw him in the pound. So do you have any pets?" Wow! Harry thought. She can talk! "So is that your brother in Hufflepuff?" Ron asked looking at the boy that was sorted into Hufflepuff. "Jacob? Yes, he's my twin, and the other two, Ben and Kim, they're twins too. I saw that in the beginning of the sorting that the girl and the boy were twins too. There are a lot of twins here at Hogwarts."
Harry took that into thought, but he had to stop pondering because there was a new topic. "So do you know those other two new kids, Ben and Kim?" asked Hermione curiously. Jenn raised her eyebrows and started answering in a matter-of-factly way, "Yeah! I've known them since the day I was born! My family, my parents I should say, are very good friends with them, but Jake and I don't really like them. You should stay away from them they are really snobbish and they come from a dark family. Their parents were Death Eaters."
"Sounds like Malfoy," Ron said. "Who?" asked Jenn. "Malfoy, he comes from a dark family like them," Ron pointed out Malfoy from the Slytherin table. Malfoy was eating his food and laughing and talking to the other new girl, Kim, along with Crabbe and Goyle, his giant friends. They all finished eating and got up. In the corridor, they met Peeves, the poltergeist.
"Ewww, the new girl," Peeves remarked. "How sweet! Already have a boyfriend, huh?" Jennifer remained calm. "Hello, you must be Peeves. Nice to meet you!" She said, as if she had met a poltergeist before. "Could you please move out of our way?" she said politely. "No!" Came the reply. Jenn moved forward and whispered something to him. She looked like this had happened before. As soon as she finished, Peeves' eyes opened as wide as possible and he blushed and floated away. "What did you say?" asked Hermione. Jenn looked at Hermione and said, "I'll only tell you because it may work on the boys when they get me frustrated." Jenn started to whisper into Hermione's ear like she did to Peeves.
Hermione's eyes sparkled and she started giggling. The girls started laughing. Ron and Harry wanted to know what Jenn had said. "What did you say!" asked Ron. Jenn waved her hand and said, "none of your business." Ron glared at her in a friendly way, but soon forgot because they reached the portrait of the fat lady. "The password is "Mermaid Tail," said a voice behind them as if that person could read minds. Harry turned to see the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher behind them. "Harry could I talk to you in my office?" she asked. How did she know my name? And am I in trouble already? Thought Harry, but he went anyway. She led him to her new office. The same one that Mad-Eye Moody was in last year. This year though, it didn't have any mirrors with freaky people inside it, or sneakoscopes. This year it was empty, and there were cardboard boxes along the walls.
Professor Brown sat down behind the desk and motioned for Harry to sit down. "So Harry, you are probably wondering why I asked you to come here and how I know your name. I know your name because I recognized you from the teacher's table. But the reason I asked you to come here is because I wanted to tell you something important."
"Secondly, I would like to welcome more people. This is the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Brown." He pointed to a teacher on his right and Harry noticed that it was a woman. This was the first year they had ever had a female Against the Dark Arts teacher. She had short brown hair, brown eyes and wore a kind smile. She also wore a little makeup.
"Other people that I would like to introduce are some new students, Dumbledore continued, "they are from America and if you could welcome them kindly I would highly appreciate it." Then he pointed to four kids that looked Harry's age on his left side. "If you could wait a little for your dinner they will be sorted." He sat down and Professor McGonagall came up again and yelled,
"Smith, Benjamin"
A boy with black hair and thick eyebrows came up and sat down.
"Ravenclaw," the Sorting Hat yelled, and the Ravenclaws clapped.
"Smith, Kimberly"
A girl that looked a little like the boy, black hair and dark eyebrows and a sour look sat down and put the hat on,
"Slytherin!" the Hat yelled, and the Slytherins clapped and whistled.
"West, Jacob"
Then, a boy with dirty blonde hair and green eyes sat down and put the hat on.
"Hufflepuff," came the answer, and the Hufflepuffs cheered and clapped happily.
"West, Jennifer"
A girl that looked a lot like the boy, dirty blonde hair and green eyes, sat down and jammed the hat on excitedly.
They waited a long time until finally, "Gryffindor!" and the Gryffindors went wild. The kids sat down at their tables and the Gryffindors waited anxiously until Jennifer came. Everybody was hoping that she would sit next to him or her. Finally she walked over and spotted Hermione.
"Hermione Granger?" she asked with a strong English accent. Harry noticed she was carrying a large bag with a flat bottom and screens on the side. He saw a little head poke out and found it was a very small dog. It was unusually tiny and was a mixture of brown and black. He turned his attention back to Jennifer. Hermione suddenly cried, "Jenn? Jenn West from France?" The girl nodded excitedly as she sat down next to Harry, barely even noticing him. "How are you?" she started. They started talking until the food appeared on the gold plates. Finally, Harry heard Hermione say, "and this is Ron Weasley and Harry Potter." Harry, thinking that she was going to start mooning over him was surprised when she said a quick hello and started eating.
Harry's, Ron's, and Hermione's eyebrows shot up. Had she even noticed who he was? He didn't like it when people started to do that familiar flick from his face to his forehead. This was highly surprising. Hermione, trying to engage conversations, said, "So, why are you here, Jenn?" Jenn looked up from her fried chicken and mashed potatoes and said, "My father was transferred here from America." Hermione nodded and started on her own meal.
"So, you're Harry Potter, huh?" Jenn asked. "Er, yeah," Harry replied, staring at the miniscule dog. "This is Cupcake," Jenny introduced them to the dog when she noticed Harry looking at him. . "He's a Teacup Yorkshire Terrier and guess how old he is. He's already five years old! And he's that small. I thought he was the cutest thing when I saw him in the pound. So do you have any pets?" Wow! Harry thought. She can talk! "So is that your brother in Hufflepuff?" Ron asked looking at the boy that was sorted into Hufflepuff. "Jacob? Yes, he's my twin, and the other two, Ben and Kim, they're twins too. I saw that in the beginning of the sorting that the girl and the boy were twins too. There are a lot of twins here at Hogwarts."
Harry took that into thought, but he had to stop pondering because there was a new topic. "So do you know those other two new kids, Ben and Kim?" asked Hermione curiously. Jenn raised her eyebrows and started answering in a matter-of-factly way, "Yeah! I've known them since the day I was born! My family, my parents I should say, are very good friends with them, but Jake and I don't really like them. You should stay away from them they are really snobbish and they come from a dark family. Their parents were Death Eaters."
"Sounds like Malfoy," Ron said. "Who?" asked Jenn. "Malfoy, he comes from a dark family like them," Ron pointed out Malfoy from the Slytherin table. Malfoy was eating his food and laughing and talking to the other new girl, Kim, along with Crabbe and Goyle, his giant friends. They all finished eating and got up. In the corridor, they met Peeves, the poltergeist.
"Ewww, the new girl," Peeves remarked. "How sweet! Already have a boyfriend, huh?" Jennifer remained calm. "Hello, you must be Peeves. Nice to meet you!" She said, as if she had met a poltergeist before. "Could you please move out of our way?" she said politely. "No!" Came the reply. Jenn moved forward and whispered something to him. She looked like this had happened before. As soon as she finished, Peeves' eyes opened as wide as possible and he blushed and floated away. "What did you say?" asked Hermione. Jenn looked at Hermione and said, "I'll only tell you because it may work on the boys when they get me frustrated." Jenn started to whisper into Hermione's ear like she did to Peeves.
Hermione's eyes sparkled and she started giggling. The girls started laughing. Ron and Harry wanted to know what Jenn had said. "What did you say!" asked Ron. Jenn waved her hand and said, "none of your business." Ron glared at her in a friendly way, but soon forgot because they reached the portrait of the fat lady. "The password is "Mermaid Tail," said a voice behind them as if that person could read minds. Harry turned to see the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher behind them. "Harry could I talk to you in my office?" she asked. How did she know my name? And am I in trouble already? Thought Harry, but he went anyway. She led him to her new office. The same one that Mad-Eye Moody was in last year. This year though, it didn't have any mirrors with freaky people inside it, or sneakoscopes. This year it was empty, and there were cardboard boxes along the walls.
Professor Brown sat down behind the desk and motioned for Harry to sit down. "So Harry, you are probably wondering why I asked you to come here and how I know your name. I know your name because I recognized you from the teacher's table. But the reason I asked you to come here is because I wanted to tell you something important."