A/N: this chapter is really short -_-, I'll try to have a longer chapter out next time

Disclaimer: Read last chapter for it, its exactly the same, unless I incredulously abducted J.K Rowlings and became the owner of Harry Potter -_- , Ha I wish.

When Strangers Meet By Mei Hamasaki

Chapter 2

As Harry, Ron and Hermione made their way to the great hall for super, a small blonde haired boy holding a camera ran in front of them blocking the way.

"Alright there Harry?" the little boy asked. "Remember me, Harry?" Harry remembered him alright; he took pictures of him with no bones in his arm when he was in his second year.

"Collin Creevey, I'm a fourth year in Gryffindor and I'm a huge fan of yours. I know all about you and You-Know-Who" his eyes scanned Harry's hair line to where his lightning shaped scare was.

"Do you think that I could have your picture please" he said all very fast holding up his camera. Harry, Ron and Hermione just looked at the little boy in astonishment; they only knew one person who could speak so fast without breathing and that was Hermione.

"Sorry Collin but were kind of hungry, maybe later" Harry said as they walked around Collin to get into the great hall.

They all sat side by side at the Gryffindor table and were waiting for the food to arrive.

"Harry, Ron look over there" Hermione said pointing to the sorting hat which was on its usual stool in front of the teachers table.

"I wonder why it's there, what do you reckon Harry?" Ron asked.

Before Harry could answer, Professor Dumbledore stood up as McGonagall taped her glass to get their attention.

"We have a new student joining us today, she has come from Canada. Please treat her with respect" his light blue eyes flickered towards the Slytherin table

"Miss Hamasaki, you may come in now"

The doors to the great hall opened and a girl with red hair with black streaks and red eyes came in and walked up to where the sorting hat was, she turned to the students and said

"Hello my name is Mei Hamasaki, and I hope that we will all be friends. I will be joining the fifth years tomorrow in class." She smiled at everyone.

Professor McGonagall lifted the hat off the stool so Mei could sit down and placed it on her head.

'Ahh interesting, very interesting, you have plenty of courage, you're loyal, power-hungry, and well well you're a parselmouth, that's interesting' a little voice in her head said.

'Not Slytherin' she thought desperately.

"No? Well then better be GRYFFINDOR!!" she heard the hat shout out the last word. The Gryffindor table clapped hard and cheered and Mei went to join them sitting next to Ginny Weasly and across for the trio of trouble.

"Let the feats begin" Dumbledore said as he sat down.

Piles and piles of food magically appeared in front of them. They all began to eat. Harry, Ron, Hermione and Mei became friends instantly. They had quite a bit in common, they all liked quidditch. Mei told them about the school she went to in Canada and how she was the seeker for her house team.

You see at her old school, they hade four houses like Hogwarts but they were Ruby, Emerald, Sapphire and Diamond. She was in the Ruby house and last year they won the quidditch cup.

While Mei was talking to Ron about the world cup, Harry couldn't help thinking that she was very pretty, her red eyes seemed to hypnotize him. When the food disappeared, the students gradually filled out of the hall and up to their dormitories.

Mei was so tired from her long journey she didn't notice all the moving paintings on the wall and she wasn't paying attention to what her new friends were saying.

When they got to the portrait of the fat lady they said the password (Bertie bots) climbed trough the hole and separated to their room, she followed Hermione up to the girl's room to find four four-poster beds. Mei's stuff had already been brought up and on a chair next to her bed laid her new school uniform with her scarf, tie and cloths. She found Kailey sitting on the window seat nibbling on some owl treats. To tired to do anything, she changed into her pajamas and fell into bed forgetting to take off her glasses.

Hermione noticed this and took off her glasses for her putting them on Mei's beside table and going to bed herself.

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A/N: well, that's it for this chapter, the next one should be out soon. R&R please !