Chapter Four- Gryffindor
Professor McGonagall entered the room. All the first years got into a strait line and followed professor McGonagall. She led them into a big room that Jessica guessed was the Grate Hall. When they reached the front, they gathered around a tattered looking hat.
"When I call your name please come up and sit on the stool as I place the hat on your head." Professor McGonagall yelled to everyone in the Grate Hall, "Nikki Bolwire."
A red head walked up to the front and sat on the stool.
"Hufflepuff!!!" the hat yelled.
The girl hopped off the stool and skipped to the Hufflepuff table.
"Ginny Weasley!!" Professor McGonagall yelled.
Ginny gave a small squeak. She timidly walked up and sat on the stool. Professor McGonagall placed the hat on her head. A moment silence then Jessica heard the hat yell, "Griffindor!!" Ginny hopped off the stool and ran to the Gryffindor table.
"Jessica Hampton!" Professor McGonagall yelled.
Jessica shakily walked up to the stool. When she got there she sat down as Professor McGonagall set the hat on her head. Jessica felt butterflies in her stomach as she heard the hat yell, "Gryffindor!" Jessica jumped off the stool and almost losing her balanced as she ran to the Gryffindor table.
"Sit here." Ginny offered.
"OK." Jessica agreed.
Jessica sat down in the chair. It was very comfy.
"These are my brothers. Fred and Gorge, their twins. Ron. And there's Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, Ron's best friends." Ginny said.
"Nice to meet all of you." Jessica said politely, "My name is Jessica Hampton."
"Hello." Said Fred and Gorge at the same time.
"Hi." Said Ron and Harry at the same time also.
"Hello. Nice to meet you. My name is Hermione Granger." Hermione introduced her self.
"What year are you in?" Jessica asked.
"Second. By the way, congratulations for making Gryffindor." Hermione congratulated" Jessica and Ginny at the same time.
At that time professor Dumbledore got up to make is speech. After the speech the tables filled up with food. Every one began to eat. After that dessert came. It was all so delicious. After dinner professor McGonagall stud up to say, "First years, follow your house prefects back to you common rooms."
"First year Gryffindors follow me." The Gryffindor prefect yelled.
"See you later in the common rooms." Hermione said.
"Excuse me, but what is your name?" Jessica asked the Gryffindor prefect.
"My name is Percy Weasley. And you are?" Megan replied
"My name is Jessica Hampton, nice to meet you Percy." Jessica said.
Megan led them to a portrait of a very fat lady.
"Hello Fat Lady. Lemon Drop." Percy said.
"Very well Percy." The Fat Lady said as she swung open.
Percy led the first years in.
"Welcome to the Gryffindor common rooms. The girls' bedroom is up the stairs behind me and to the right. Same with the boys except to the left." Percy welcomed them.
Then Percy walked up the stairs and went into the boys' common room.
"Percy is my brother too." Ginny said.
"I'm tiered. I'm going to go to bed." Jessica said.
"Yea. Me too." Ginny agreed.
Jessica and Ginny walked up to the girls' bedroom and walked inside. When they walked in they realized that four people shared a room. The good thing was that they were in a room together. Two girls were sitting on a bed playing cards.
"Hi, my name is Casey O'Boyle. And this is my twin sister Riley O'Boyle. What's your name?" Casey asked.
"Hi, my name is Jessica Hampton. And this is Ginny Weasley. Nice to meet you." Jessica replied.
"Do you want to play with us?" Riley asked, "We have plenty of room on the bed. They're very big."
"Sure." Ginny said, "How about you Jessica?"
"Ok. I'm in." Jessica agreed.
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The next morning Jessica wok up to Ginny yelling, "Get up! Get up!"
"Its Friday we get to sleep in." Jessica mumbled.
"But you got a present! And it's not even your birthday or anything!" Ginny yelled, accidentally waking up Riley and Casey.
"Keep it down, some people are trying to sleep." Casey mumbled.
"But Jessica got a present and it's not even her birthday or anything!" Ginny squealed.
"O. Well that changes everything!" Riley and Casey shouted, jumping out of their beds.
"Open it! Open it!" They all shouted.
"OK.OK." Jessica agreed.
She got out of bed and walked down to the main room. When they got down there, Ginny ran ahead and grabbed the present then handed it to her. Jessica sat in a chair and began to open it. Then she realized it was from her mom. Then she opened the smaller present. It was a bunch of stuff to take care of cats, but she didn't have a cat. Then she opened the bigger present. It was a box shaped like a hatbox but when she opened the box she understood everything. Her mom had sent her a kitty. There was a card saying that she was a special cat. She had ice power.
"She has ice power, so I think I'll call her Glacier. Glace for short." Jessica said after reading the card.
"She's so cute!" They all said at the same time.
Jessica took Glace out of her cage and held her in her arms. She was so soft and playful. Jessica's hair was down so Glace started to try to play with her hair.
"Can I hold her?" Riley asked.
"Sure." Jessica agreed.
"Then can I hold her?" Ginny asked.
"Yea sure. Then you can hold her Casey." Jessica said.
"OK." Casey agreed.
After every one held Glace they took her up to their room and started to try to teach Glace tricks. By lunch they were all starving because they had not eaten breakfast, but on the bright side Glace knew how to come when she was called, how to jump through a hoop, how to roll over, how to fetch, how to speak, and a lot more.
"She's a good kitty, isn't she?" Riley commented.
"Yes she is." Jessica replied, "And she's a pretty kitty too."
She was a pretty kitty. She was pure white with blue streaks down her sides and her back. And her face looked like a butterfly with two blue streaks on the left. One going diagonally up, and the other one going diagonally down. Same on the right. And when you touched her fur it felt like velvet.
"Why don't you guys go down to the Grate Hall and start to eat lunch, and I'll be down in a few minutes." Jessica offered.
"Are you kidding? We're going to help you feed Glace." Ginny replied.
Jessica set Glace's food and water dish on the floor and filled them with food and water. Then they all headed down to the Grate Hall. When they walked in they spotted a notice.
Out loud Jessica read:
Students,
To day at 1:00PM all students will be able to go to Hogsmeed. At 12:45PM gather at the front entrance. Then we will bring you out to Hogsmeed.
Sincerely,
Professor McGonagall
"What time is it Jessica?" Riley asked.
"It's 12:15PM so we better hurry." Jessica answered.
They rushed into the Grate Hall, and almost sprinted to the Gryffindor table. When they got there they took some seats and began to eat. Lunch was delicious. After lunch they had exactly 2 minutes to get to the door. When they got there they had made it just in time. Professor McGonagall led the whole school out to Hogsmeed. When they got there they all decided to go to Honeydukes, the sweet shop. They walked in and started to look around. After about ten minutes they walked up to the front to pay for what they wanted to bye.
"I want to go to The Three Broomsticks." Riley said.
"Me too." Casey and Ginny said at the same time.
"Well I just want to walk around," Jessica said, "So why don't you go ahead and I'll ketch up later. K?"
"Ok, see ya." Ginny agreed.
Riley, Casey, and Ginny walked out of Honeydukes and turned in the direction of The Three Broomsticks. Jessica walked out after them and started to walk around Hogsmeed. But as soon as she turned the corner she bumped into a boy about her age.
"O my gosh! Are you ok? I'm so sorry!" Jessica apologized.
"It's ok." The boy said, "By the way, My names Nick Thomas. What's you're name?"
"My names Jessica Hampton." She replied.
"Do you know the boy named Dean Thomas? Well, he's my brother." Nick said.
"I think I've seen him around." Jessica said thoughtfully.
"So are you doing any thing on Saturday? Because if you aren't I thought we go ride brooms together." Nick offered.
"Well I would love to go but what should I tell my friends?" Jessica asked.
"How many friends do you have?" He asked back.
"Three." Jessica answered.
"Well I think I can get Austin, Simon, and Matt to come along." Nick offered.
"Sure! That would Great!" Jessica said happily.
"Well bu-bye." He said.
"Well ok. Bu-bye." Jessica said.
Jessica leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek. Then turned and walked away.
