Chapter 5

'Great off to school,' Matt thought to himself as he threw the rest of his stuff into his trunk. 'Guess that whole having a girl like you is over.'  It was September 1st and he was supposed to have packed night, but instead he had gone out with Hillarie. They weren't really serious, but it was nice to have someone. He finished packing and started to carry his trunk down the stairs when Harry called, "Hey we need to leave NOW! Can you bring your sisters trunk down here?!"

"Sure." He replied. He knew that if he didn't agree to do it he would be yelled at for packing in the morning and he really wasn't in the mood. After both the trunks were in the car, (and Hermione had finished crying her goodbyes and telling them how empty the house would be) they all piled in and set off to Kings Cross Station.

When they finally arrived at the station everyone got out of the car and Harry went out to get a trolley to put their trunks on. Once everything was loaded, they found Platforms 9 and 10 and very inconspicuously ran into the wall that would take them to the world of magic. When they were on the other side the group couldn't help, noticing that it seemed a little more crowded then usual and that there seemed to be a larger amount of older students then there had been last year. No one seemed to detect this change except for Matt so he just let it go.  It didn't take long to find Ben and Josh who were already on the train. Mandy and Matt sat down with them and the long ride to Hogwarts began.

When they finally arrived at the school, they found the teachers waiting as they always were, to escort the children to the school. The first years were divided as usual from the rest of the group and everyone else loaded into the carriages that would take them up to the castle. Once they were inside of the Great Hall Headmistress McGonagall stood up to greet everyone and start the Sorting Ceremony.

"Welcome back to another year at Hogwarts. Before we start the Sorting Ceremony, there is a short announcement I would like to make. This year we will be having some new students joining us for the 6th year class. These students are exceptionally advanced in their schooling and have volunteered to partake in an intercultural experiment. We have 5 girls and 3 boys joining us from the Salem school of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Massachusetts, America. These students will be sorted first and then the new 1st years will be brought out, I'm sure you will welcome these students properly."

Once she had finished making her announcement and it seemed people had gotten over the shock they brought the ten new students in along with Professor Weasley, who was in charge of the Sorting Ceremony. "Defrias, Amanda" Professor Weasley called as the first name and Matt's jaw almost dropped to the floor. 'Never saw that one coming' he thought to himself when he realized that Hillarie and the rest of her friends were also apparently attending the school. Defrias was sorted into Slytherin and quickly sat down at her new table.

"Grace, Elizabeth" was the next name and almost immediately the Sorting Hat called out "Hufflepuff!" The next person to be called was "Hemmingway, Kyle" who took a little longer to sort, but the hat finally called out "Slytherin!" Matt looked over to the Slytherin table and saw that Defrias was apparently pleased that this boy Kyle had been placed in her house. "Lequeyer, Matthew" was sorted into "Ravenclaw!" and "Mabasa, Paola" was sorted into "Hufflepuff!" At this point, there were only three students left and Matt was very eager to see where Hillarie would be sorted. Unfortunately, "Magoo, William" was next and he was sorted into "Gryffindor!" Finally, her name came and Professor Weasley called out "Ruscetta, Hillarie" and the Sorting Hat was placed on her head. The hat seemed to think for a while until it called out "Gryffindor!" Hillarie smiled happily upon hearing this and went to take a seat next to Will, who apparently was her friend. Matt decided to wait until later to tell her that he went to school here as well. The last name out of the group was finally called "Silva, Amanda" and she was quickly sorted into "Ravenclaw!" and Matt couldn't help thinking to himself 'I knew she was the smart type'

"Hey Matt what's wrong with you?" Ben asked. "You've been staring off into space for like five minutes."

"Oh…I was just thinking." Matt said snapping out of it and turning to his friend.

"I bet I know what you were thinking about. That new girl Hillarie, she's pretty hott." Ben said looking down the table to where Hillarie was now involved in a deep conversation with Will.

"Yea she is, and you want to know the coolest part." Matt replied cockily. "That's the girl I've been dating for the past week."

Ben's jaw almost dropped to the floor when Matt announced this little piece of information. "You've got to be kidding me." Thinking Matt was probably, kidding Ben started to laugh but when he saw the smile on Matt's face he said, "How the hell did you get a girl like that? What's wrong with her?"

"Hey I'm not THAT horrible am I? I met her the night we went to Revealed and the group of drunk girls surrounded you. It is not my fault you were too stupid to notice the pretty on in the corner."

"Sorry. Just a little hard to picture you with a hott girl when you've never really had a girlfriend."

Dinner soon ended and Matt watched as Hillarie went over to find the girls that she had been with the night before. They seemed to be upset they weren't all sorted into the same house, but they also seemed to get over it quickly. 'Guess they aren't the type of people who dwell on things.' They soon had to separate to go to their common rooms though and Matt decided that he would talk to her later. When Hillarie finally arrived back at the Gryffindor common room Matt was sitting on the couch reading a magazine with pictures of cars on the cover. It didn't take long for Hillarie to notice him there and when she did, she screamed.

"Oh my God you scared me. What are you doing here?" Hillarie asked still breathing rapidly from being scared.

'Guess she's the type that scares easily' Matt noted to himself silently then said, "Well I'm a wizard."

"I got that," she replied sarcastically. "How come you didn't tell me?"

"How come you didn't tell me you are a witch?"

"There's not need for name calling." Hillarie joked.

"You know what I mean."

"Okay point taken. So by the way I'm a transfer student from Salem and my friends are witches and wizards as well."

Matt smiled. It was funny how no matter what she made him smile. "So lucky how you got sorted into my house huh." He said putting his arms around her.

"Yes very lucky indeed." Hillarie replied giving him a gentle kiss on the lips. "Hey guess what I've been brushing up on English words. I learned a ton of them! I know arse, shagging, snogging, git, mate, telly, underground and bloody hell."

"Very good job, now do you know exactly what snogging is?" He asked innocently.

"Well a little demonstration wouldn't hurt." She replied. He was about to respond but was interrupted when Hillarie leaned over and planted another, more passionate kiss on his lips. "Is that it?"

"Actually it's more like this." Matt said as he captured her lips and pulled her into another passionate kiss.