Chapter: 3
The whirling stopped. Everything was quiet. Patricia stepped out of the fireplace. She was in a friendly looking place. There was a door in front of them, and in the right corner, Megan and Audrey were busily shaking the ashes of their robes. Patricia took her glasses out of her pocket, fortunately, they weren't broken. "Umm, should we wait for someone to come and pick us up? Or do we wait outside?" Megan asked. "I think we should go out, for two reasons. 1- Its stuffy in here and 2 well, there's only one way to get in here. So if someone is to pick us up, he or she will have to come in through that door," said Audrey. "You mean, there's only one visible way out of here", told her Patricia. The three of them stood there a bit, not quite knowing what to do. After 10 minutes Megan spoke up, "I say we go out and get a bit of fresh air. Audrey's right it is stuffy in here." "Yeah, ok let's go", said Patricia. She opened the door and went outside; it was a beautiful summer day. The girls looked around; they saw a giant shadow approach them. "Are you three the transfer students?" he asked. "Yes", said Patricia, she was a bit pale because she's never seen someone so big. "Finally, I was lookin' all 'round for the three of you. It took you a while to get out of that house. Did you have some problems back home?" he asked kindly. "No, it's just that we weren't sure if we had to wait inside or not, if the room wasn't so stuffy, you would still be waiting. Why couldn't you just go inside and get us?" asked Audrey. "Can't do that. That room can only open from the inside." the giant explained. "Umm." Megan began nervously, "I don't mean to be rude but, euh, who are you?" "Oh, sorry. I'm Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts, but just call me Hagrid, everyone does." the giant explained. The girls followed Hagrid, as they walked Hagrid explained the subjects and told them all about the teachers at Hogwarts. Audrey, Patricia and Megan were nervous about the class called 'History of Magic', because in every school first and second years learn the history of their school. Oh, well, we'll catch up somehow they thought. Suddenly, they go to a lake Hagrid climbed into the largest one, and told them," The three of you get into the same boat, ready? Onward!" he yelled. The boats seemed to know the way because none of them were steering and the current wasn't going the same way as they were. Finally they reached the great doors of Hogwarts, Hagrid pounded on the doors three times and they opened. "Follow me," he told them. Hagrid led them down a number of corridors that turned or twisted this way or that. The paintings moved, 'Just like at Wibblings' thought Megan, she turned to look at her friends, they grinned, they were thinking the same thing. Hagrid stopped at a certain door that was green and had a flag on it. "That's odd" said Hagrid, "I've never seen this door at Hogwarts before." He grabbed for the handle, but it disappeared. "Can you please open?" Hagrid asked the door. It didn't move. All of a sudden! A little man jumped out at them and said in a crackly voice, "Oooooooohhhhhhhhhhh, transfer students?!? Oh, that's only my first prank on them. There's going to be many more, so watch out for Peeves!" and he disappeared. "Peeves the Poltergeist", growled Hagrid, "I'll bet me beard that he jinxed that wall to look like a door. Oh well, we're goin' to have to go 'round. Come on." After another ten or so minutes the reached a gargoyle, "Sickles" Hagrid said. It must have been the password because the gargoyle sprang to life and jumped aside. Megan, Audrey and Patricia entered the room trembling, but determined. "Welcome, to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry" said a welcoming voice. It belonged to an elderly man with a silver beard and silver hair. "I am Albus Dumbledore, your headmaster. I must say that I'm honored to have the privilege to educate three of Wibblings' Academy best students." He broke off when the gargoyle sprang to life and 6 students ran in. Patricia recognized one of them right away. It was Harry Potter! She let out a small gasp and blushed. Patricia quickly stopped because she felt Audrey's elbow digging its way into her ribs. "Ah, yes," said Dumbledore, "these are students from our school, may I introduce: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley, George.no sorry Fred Weasley and George Weasley." "Harry, Hermione, Ron Ginny, Fred and George, may I introduce Audrey Mayrand, Patricia Magierowska and Megan McCullogh, this is the surprise I was talking about. Hogwarts will have three new students at Hogwarts; they will be starting now and will continue their schooling at Hogwarts until you all graduate. Now, for the sorting." Dumbledore took out a really old, really beaten up hat and put it on the three legged stool in a corner. The three girls didn't notice that apart from Dumbledore and the other students, there were also other teachers. The hat opened a seam so it looked like a mouth and sang:
I made this song up just for you,
My three transfer students,
Hogwarts in the morning dew
Really is a cheery place,
Whether you're in Gryffindor,
You brave, courageous thing
Adventures, yes, you always look for more.
How about the wise Ravenclaw
Hard working, and with the best mind
To start a good old law.
Also, don't forget Hufflepuff,
The trustworthy, loyal friends,
Will never be ruff
Then lastly there's Slytherine's snake,
Ambitious, yes, cunning ok
But Dark Magic, they can make!
So let me have a look,
A little peek into your mind
And I will tell you were you should be put! Everyone in the room applauded. Dumbledore took out a piece of parchment and read, "Patricia Magierowska". Patricia walked up to the stool, one of the teachers put the hat on her head and she heard it saying, "Very ambitious, brave at heart, lots of courage, a trustworthy and loyal friend, very talented and wise. That's a bit of each house. Oh, what's this? A crush on the famous Harry Potter, well in that case, best put you in.GRYFFINDOR! Everyone in the room clapped. Patricia was only thinking of one thing. What house was Harry in? 'I'll ask him later' she thought. "Audrey Mayrand" Dumbledore said. Audrey heard a little voice say in her ear, "Another toughie, wise, courageous, loyal friend. She wants to be with her friend hmm. I guess she can't be put anywhere else except. GRYFFINDOR! Everyone in the room clapped again. Audrey was so happy, she was going to stay with Patricia, and they aren't going to be separated! If only Megan will get to Gryffindor too. Dumbledore said, "Megan McCullogh". The sorting hat said, "Are all the Wibblings' Academy students hard to sort, hmm, do you also want to stay with your childhood friends?" 'Yes" thought Megan, 'I want to stay with them, please put me in Gryffindor' The hat suddenly yelled "GRYFFINDOR!" Everyone was clapping; Megan's friends ran up to her and gave her a hug. "Harry, can you take your new Gryffindor fellows up to the common room?" asked Dumbledore. "Yes sir, come on this way" Harry said friendly to the three girls. All the way up to the common room they exchanged life stories and talked and laughed. Patricia was happy to have finally met her crush and to be in his house and all his classes. Up in the Gryffindor tower all of them, the Weasleys, Harry, Hermione, Patricia, Megan and Audrey talked late into the night about school, Quidditch and lots of other things. Around three thirty in the morning Hermione showed the girls to their dormitory. Megan, Audrey and Patricia were going to share their dormitory with Hermione and another girl named Lavender Brown. The three new girls lay in bed and though, 'no matter how much we loved Wibblings, Hogwarts is what we'll all home from now on.
The whirling stopped. Everything was quiet. Patricia stepped out of the fireplace. She was in a friendly looking place. There was a door in front of them, and in the right corner, Megan and Audrey were busily shaking the ashes of their robes. Patricia took her glasses out of her pocket, fortunately, they weren't broken. "Umm, should we wait for someone to come and pick us up? Or do we wait outside?" Megan asked. "I think we should go out, for two reasons. 1- Its stuffy in here and 2 well, there's only one way to get in here. So if someone is to pick us up, he or she will have to come in through that door," said Audrey. "You mean, there's only one visible way out of here", told her Patricia. The three of them stood there a bit, not quite knowing what to do. After 10 minutes Megan spoke up, "I say we go out and get a bit of fresh air. Audrey's right it is stuffy in here." "Yeah, ok let's go", said Patricia. She opened the door and went outside; it was a beautiful summer day. The girls looked around; they saw a giant shadow approach them. "Are you three the transfer students?" he asked. "Yes", said Patricia, she was a bit pale because she's never seen someone so big. "Finally, I was lookin' all 'round for the three of you. It took you a while to get out of that house. Did you have some problems back home?" he asked kindly. "No, it's just that we weren't sure if we had to wait inside or not, if the room wasn't so stuffy, you would still be waiting. Why couldn't you just go inside and get us?" asked Audrey. "Can't do that. That room can only open from the inside." the giant explained. "Umm." Megan began nervously, "I don't mean to be rude but, euh, who are you?" "Oh, sorry. I'm Rubeus Hagrid, Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts, but just call me Hagrid, everyone does." the giant explained. The girls followed Hagrid, as they walked Hagrid explained the subjects and told them all about the teachers at Hogwarts. Audrey, Patricia and Megan were nervous about the class called 'History of Magic', because in every school first and second years learn the history of their school. Oh, well, we'll catch up somehow they thought. Suddenly, they go to a lake Hagrid climbed into the largest one, and told them," The three of you get into the same boat, ready? Onward!" he yelled. The boats seemed to know the way because none of them were steering and the current wasn't going the same way as they were. Finally they reached the great doors of Hogwarts, Hagrid pounded on the doors three times and they opened. "Follow me," he told them. Hagrid led them down a number of corridors that turned or twisted this way or that. The paintings moved, 'Just like at Wibblings' thought Megan, she turned to look at her friends, they grinned, they were thinking the same thing. Hagrid stopped at a certain door that was green and had a flag on it. "That's odd" said Hagrid, "I've never seen this door at Hogwarts before." He grabbed for the handle, but it disappeared. "Can you please open?" Hagrid asked the door. It didn't move. All of a sudden! A little man jumped out at them and said in a crackly voice, "Oooooooohhhhhhhhhhh, transfer students?!? Oh, that's only my first prank on them. There's going to be many more, so watch out for Peeves!" and he disappeared. "Peeves the Poltergeist", growled Hagrid, "I'll bet me beard that he jinxed that wall to look like a door. Oh well, we're goin' to have to go 'round. Come on." After another ten or so minutes the reached a gargoyle, "Sickles" Hagrid said. It must have been the password because the gargoyle sprang to life and jumped aside. Megan, Audrey and Patricia entered the room trembling, but determined. "Welcome, to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry" said a welcoming voice. It belonged to an elderly man with a silver beard and silver hair. "I am Albus Dumbledore, your headmaster. I must say that I'm honored to have the privilege to educate three of Wibblings' Academy best students." He broke off when the gargoyle sprang to life and 6 students ran in. Patricia recognized one of them right away. It was Harry Potter! She let out a small gasp and blushed. Patricia quickly stopped because she felt Audrey's elbow digging its way into her ribs. "Ah, yes," said Dumbledore, "these are students from our school, may I introduce: Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley, George.no sorry Fred Weasley and George Weasley." "Harry, Hermione, Ron Ginny, Fred and George, may I introduce Audrey Mayrand, Patricia Magierowska and Megan McCullogh, this is the surprise I was talking about. Hogwarts will have three new students at Hogwarts; they will be starting now and will continue their schooling at Hogwarts until you all graduate. Now, for the sorting." Dumbledore took out a really old, really beaten up hat and put it on the three legged stool in a corner. The three girls didn't notice that apart from Dumbledore and the other students, there were also other teachers. The hat opened a seam so it looked like a mouth and sang:
I made this song up just for you,
My three transfer students,
Hogwarts in the morning dew
Really is a cheery place,
Whether you're in Gryffindor,
You brave, courageous thing
Adventures, yes, you always look for more.
How about the wise Ravenclaw
Hard working, and with the best mind
To start a good old law.
Also, don't forget Hufflepuff,
The trustworthy, loyal friends,
Will never be ruff
Then lastly there's Slytherine's snake,
Ambitious, yes, cunning ok
But Dark Magic, they can make!
So let me have a look,
A little peek into your mind
And I will tell you were you should be put! Everyone in the room applauded. Dumbledore took out a piece of parchment and read, "Patricia Magierowska". Patricia walked up to the stool, one of the teachers put the hat on her head and she heard it saying, "Very ambitious, brave at heart, lots of courage, a trustworthy and loyal friend, very talented and wise. That's a bit of each house. Oh, what's this? A crush on the famous Harry Potter, well in that case, best put you in.GRYFFINDOR! Everyone in the room clapped. Patricia was only thinking of one thing. What house was Harry in? 'I'll ask him later' she thought. "Audrey Mayrand" Dumbledore said. Audrey heard a little voice say in her ear, "Another toughie, wise, courageous, loyal friend. She wants to be with her friend hmm. I guess she can't be put anywhere else except. GRYFFINDOR! Everyone in the room clapped again. Audrey was so happy, she was going to stay with Patricia, and they aren't going to be separated! If only Megan will get to Gryffindor too. Dumbledore said, "Megan McCullogh". The sorting hat said, "Are all the Wibblings' Academy students hard to sort, hmm, do you also want to stay with your childhood friends?" 'Yes" thought Megan, 'I want to stay with them, please put me in Gryffindor' The hat suddenly yelled "GRYFFINDOR!" Everyone was clapping; Megan's friends ran up to her and gave her a hug. "Harry, can you take your new Gryffindor fellows up to the common room?" asked Dumbledore. "Yes sir, come on this way" Harry said friendly to the three girls. All the way up to the common room they exchanged life stories and talked and laughed. Patricia was happy to have finally met her crush and to be in his house and all his classes. Up in the Gryffindor tower all of them, the Weasleys, Harry, Hermione, Patricia, Megan and Audrey talked late into the night about school, Quidditch and lots of other things. Around three thirty in the morning Hermione showed the girls to their dormitory. Megan, Audrey and Patricia were going to share their dormitory with Hermione and another girl named Lavender Brown. The three new girls lay in bed and though, 'no matter how much we loved Wibblings, Hogwarts is what we'll all home from now on.