Chapter 6 sorry 4, Chapter 4 – part 2 – Shorting Shorter
It was a wet venture up to the castle from the grassy slopes. When they entered the main hallway, they were surprised to see a ghost of a short plumy like man with a bowler hat. But that wasn't what surprised them. He had rigged the entire hallway floor with oil so that they couldn't even walk. He was also dropping water balloons on their heads which didn't help much.
"Peeves!" The professor yelled as, she too, slipped. Most of the students were sliding across the hall and praying not to fall.
"Ohhhh!" Cracked Peeves. "Is old McGonagall getting rusty?" He asked as he poured some left over oil on top of Professor McGonagall's head.
"Oy! Sirius!" A boy called from behind them. Sirius turned as the other boy came up. "Bloody mess isn't it?" He smiled. "Hello." He added when he saw Jamie. She was about to introduce herself when someone bumped into the three of them and they went sliding across the floor, holding on to each other. Someone lost their footing and they all fell down but surprisingly didn't lose any speed. They finally stopped by crashing into a wall. "Ow…" They moaned at different times.
"You know," Sirius said looking firstly at the other boy who was on Sirius' side with his arm around Jamie holding on for dear life then up at Jamie who was laying on top of him. "I do believe this position likes us." He finished with a grin.
"You know, I do believe it does." Jamie finished with a chuckle.
The teacher waved her wand and the mess finally disappeared. She waved her wand again and the mess disappeared from all their clothing. "Wait here until we're ready for you." She said pushing them all into a large room.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~When they were ready for them~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It was very difficult to not notice all the eyes staring at you from in the Great Hall. Professor McGonagall had set down a stool with a dirty hat on it in front of the teacher's table. The new comers glanced around at the other students surrounding them. They all watch the hat eagerly for a moment before it burst into song –
"La la la! Oh, what a pretty song
I'm singing about the houses! Oh, la la la!"
(please insert your own version above. Thank you)
( Quick A/N: didn't you like my hat's song? Lol. Classic eh? Bet you wet your pants it was so funny. Or was it because you weren't expecting any of
that?)
Everyone clapped when it finished and waited for the Professor to speak.
"Now when I call your name, please put the hat on, wait for it to short you, then remove the hat and place it on the stool.' She said before calling the first name, "Amber, Molly!" Obviously they had had trouble with some students last time. Molly became a the first Gryffindor. After another name was called it was –
'Black, Sirius!' He slowly went up and was afraid to put the hat on at first, and after making sure it wouldn't suck out his brain, gave a nervous grin. After a moment it yelled "GRYFFINDOR!" He ran over to the table smiling in relief. Jamie thought that time had stopped when it called to next person it took so long.
"Evans, Lily!" She looked up as most of Lily's head disappeared under the hat. "GRYFFINDOR!" It yelled.
"Greens, Crystal!" became a Gryffindor, as did 'Hewlett, Sam!' and 'Lupin, Remus!' When 'Mash, Sophie!' was called it took quite awhile for the hat to decide where to put her. When it did, it yelled 'RAVENCLAW!' to Jamie's horror. She wanted to be with Sophie but she wanted to be in Gryffindor as well. 'Nancy, Leo!' also became a Ravenclaw as 'Newt, Ernie!' became a Hufflepuff. 'Pettigrew, Peter!' and 'Potter, James!' (who, Jamie remembered, fell down with his arm around her in the main hall) became Gryffindors. 'Shilbey, Ashley!' and 'Shines, Chris!' became Hufflepuffs while 'Short, Mike!' became a Gryffindor. When 'Sweet, Ruby!' was called Jamie had a hopeful moment that the hat would call 'Gryffindor!' but instead called it yelled 'RAVENCLAW!' for all to hear. She sighed. So it was new friends verses old, huh? She didn't care for this game much and considered walking out when she heard her own name being called.
"Wyatt, Jamie!" She paused for a moment then walked up. What she saw went by very quickly but seemed like an hour in her memory, all the same. Ruby and Sophie were next to Kris holding their crossed fingers up for luck as her sister smiled. Her gaze crossed over to the Gryffindor table were Remus stuck his thumb upward, James was wearing a grin, and Sirius had his eyes closed and crossed fingers just like Ruby and Sophie, and was whispering to himself. The last thing she did before pulling the hat down was give a nervous grin.
'Well, well, well.' A voice spoke inside her head. 'Hello Mrs. Wyatt and how are we this fine evening?'
'Not bad,' She thought. 'Extremely nervous, but not bad.'
The hat chuckled.
'Well let's see were you'd belong best, shall we?' If the hat could, it'd smile. 'Let's see…Great mind. Wouldn't be bad in Ravenclaw. Excellent loyalty to friends. That'd do nicely in Hufflepuff. I don't think Slytherin would suit any part of you. Ah! Here we go! A thrust for adventure and you show great bravery. I know were to place you but you might get into a few tight spots with that sense of humor I sense. Well I suppose you'd be better off there then any other place. Mind you, you'll find those you can trust here in "GRYFFINDOR!" It shouted this last bit. She sighed in relief as the Gryffindor table exploded with applause. 'Ta ta.' She heard the hat say as she pulled it off. She couldn't help but grin but she did help keep herself from running over to her table.
She sat down next to Sirius which she realized was a big mistake. As soon as she had sat down Sirius grabbed her in a tight hug and refused to let go.
"Excellent!" Remus said smiling across from her. The clapping died as the last of the students were shorted. Jamie couldn't help but look at her sister who nodded and gave her a friendly smile. She looked at Ruby and Sophie and almost laughed. Sophie was holding Ruby back from getting up from their table. Ruby was shocked and angry (who knows which was more) from either her 'best friend' abandoning her or the fact that the guy she was drooling over in the train wouldn't let go of her friend. Sophie smiled warmly at her as she grinned which made Ruby even more mad.
"Welcome new students, welcome back our older students," The headmaster was saying and Jamie gladly looked at Professor Dumbledore as he made his speech. "I am sorry for Peeves earlier. I suppose he couldn't contain himself." He smiled. "Before we begin our feast I would like to remind everyone that the forbidden forest is not allowed to any students. Also, a new plant has been added, a Whomping Willow. I advise you all to steer clear of it if you want to keep your lives, it can get a bit furious at times. Now! Let's all enjoy this wonderful meal!" He said clapping his hands together once as food magical (duh!) appeared on the tables.
Sirius finally let go of her so that they both could eat.
"Sister is it?"
Jamie looked up at the speaker. "Come again?" She asked.
"Sister in another house?" James asked nodding his head towards the Ravenclaw table.
"Yeah. She's the one next to Ruby and Sophie." Jamie said sadly.
(A/N: instead of "these" quote things I will use the ones that only have one. 'these.' It is easier since I wrote those when someone was talking. Sorry it was just begging me! Although it might take awhile to getting used to going back to the 'right' way when school comes round)
'Sorry you had to be separated like that.' Remus said hearing what she had said. 'Must be awful.'
'No worries.' Jamie said smiling. 'I have a feeling I'd only be sadder over there.'
'Really?' Remus asked.
'Of course!' She laughed. 'I'd hate to leave my new friends!'
'And why would that be?' Sirius added (not hearing this last bit), his own thoughts finally that his mouth wasn't full of food.
'You know it'd be because I'd have to leave you.' Jamie teased.
'Really?' He asked hopefully as everyone else laughed.
Lily (who was sitting next to Remus) started talking with Remus and Sirius got involved in it too. But not James.
'I saw you in Diagon Alley.' He said.
'Really?' Jamie asked as she helped herself to more mashed potatoes.
'Almost thought you were a guy. In front of the Quidditch shop, right?'
'Yeah. That's right.' She said slowly recalling the last time she had been to Diagon Alley. 'Yeah I get mistaken quite a bit with my hair like that.' She said laughing a little. 'Oh! I'm sorry! Jamie Wyatt.'
'James Potter.' He said as they shook hands across the table.
'If it's not to confusing for you, you can call me James. Almost everyone does. But we might get a bit mixed up at times.'
'I don't think that'll be hard. I'll just have to keep telling myself that you're a real person now.' They both laughed (for those of you who missed it, he made a joke saying that he talks to himself).
'Not talking about me I hope.' Sirius said. Lily and Remus started talking about school which Sirius wasn't ready for quite yet.
'Come now. Do we have anything funny to say about you?' Jamie giggled.
'I hope not.' Sirius said frowning making Jamie and James laugh.
They talked about loads of stuff, school, friends, family, anything they could think of. They had drawn close during their time talking over food that night. So close that they felt like brothers or err family in this case (as much of a tomboy Jamie was, she was still a girl). They weren't even close to finishing when the Headmaster stood up and signaled for quite.
'That was a wonderful dinner but the night goes on. I realize that many of you have already made new friends and could continue eating and talking for ages to come but alas, you start classes tomorrow and therefore need sleep. First years if you would be so kind as to follow your houses Perfects to your dorms. And I wish you all good-night.' He bowed before leaving the table. As they headed out of the Great Hall, Jamie saw that the ceiling looked just like the night outside was -a midnight blue colour with gray clouds hovering around lazily.
They followed their group up stairs, down tunnels, in and out of hidden passageways and finally arrived at a portrait of a rather plump women in a pink dress.
'Password?' She asked yawning.
'Eclipse.' Jamie heard one of the Perfects call as the portrait swung open. They all climbed in before she swung shut.
Jamie had heard of how great the Ravenclaw common room was from her sister but it didn't even begin to compare to the Gryffindor's. It was a circular tower that had a warm glow from the fire on one side of the room to give it an even more welcoming cozy feature. There were big fat armchairs that could easily fit two first years comfortably surrounding the fire as well as a few sofas. They all said good-night with a hug then headed up their own dorm steps. There was a sign on a door saying 'First Years' on it so Lily and Jamie went in. This room too was circular. They found their trunks at the end of their beds. Jamie got the one in the middle as Lily got one to Jamie's right. Her left was occupied by Sam, her orange hair sticking out at odd angles. Jamie giggled as she changed into her night clothes and hopped into bed. She could make out Molly on the other side of Lily and Crystal was across from her. 'Goodnight.' Jamie yawned to Lily who replied the same way before they each closed their drapes. She fell asleep as soon as her head hit (ow!) the pillow.
End of Chapter 6 no sorry 4. End of Chapter 4. Damn it I did it again!
A/N: It's now 12:20 AM. But I'm not really that tried. So I think I'll start the next one! (My poor hand! First typing, now writing! Is there no end?!)
~~~~~Right now being 7:35pm~~~~~
Note: Okay! Hope that wasn't to confusing for you all. But all that was written in my notebook at past midnight a day or so ago. (I get so confused with timing when I stay up till the next day…) Anyway, I don't like copying much from notebook to computer so I think I'll wait until I have nothing better to do. Actually, as I upload these to fanfiction.net now, I'm writing ch. 7 already! Anyway………………ummmmmmmmmm…………right well…………yeah. ~ Stagger
It was a wet venture up to the castle from the grassy slopes. When they entered the main hallway, they were surprised to see a ghost of a short plumy like man with a bowler hat. But that wasn't what surprised them. He had rigged the entire hallway floor with oil so that they couldn't even walk. He was also dropping water balloons on their heads which didn't help much.
"Peeves!" The professor yelled as, she too, slipped. Most of the students were sliding across the hall and praying not to fall.
"Ohhhh!" Cracked Peeves. "Is old McGonagall getting rusty?" He asked as he poured some left over oil on top of Professor McGonagall's head.
"Oy! Sirius!" A boy called from behind them. Sirius turned as the other boy came up. "Bloody mess isn't it?" He smiled. "Hello." He added when he saw Jamie. She was about to introduce herself when someone bumped into the three of them and they went sliding across the floor, holding on to each other. Someone lost their footing and they all fell down but surprisingly didn't lose any speed. They finally stopped by crashing into a wall. "Ow…" They moaned at different times.
"You know," Sirius said looking firstly at the other boy who was on Sirius' side with his arm around Jamie holding on for dear life then up at Jamie who was laying on top of him. "I do believe this position likes us." He finished with a grin.
"You know, I do believe it does." Jamie finished with a chuckle.
The teacher waved her wand and the mess finally disappeared. She waved her wand again and the mess disappeared from all their clothing. "Wait here until we're ready for you." She said pushing them all into a large room.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~When they were ready for them~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
It was very difficult to not notice all the eyes staring at you from in the Great Hall. Professor McGonagall had set down a stool with a dirty hat on it in front of the teacher's table. The new comers glanced around at the other students surrounding them. They all watch the hat eagerly for a moment before it burst into song –
"La la la! Oh, what a pretty song
I'm singing about the houses! Oh, la la la!"
(please insert your own version above. Thank you)
( Quick A/N: didn't you like my hat's song? Lol. Classic eh? Bet you wet your pants it was so funny. Or was it because you weren't expecting any of
that?)
Everyone clapped when it finished and waited for the Professor to speak.
"Now when I call your name, please put the hat on, wait for it to short you, then remove the hat and place it on the stool.' She said before calling the first name, "Amber, Molly!" Obviously they had had trouble with some students last time. Molly became a the first Gryffindor. After another name was called it was –
'Black, Sirius!' He slowly went up and was afraid to put the hat on at first, and after making sure it wouldn't suck out his brain, gave a nervous grin. After a moment it yelled "GRYFFINDOR!" He ran over to the table smiling in relief. Jamie thought that time had stopped when it called to next person it took so long.
"Evans, Lily!" She looked up as most of Lily's head disappeared under the hat. "GRYFFINDOR!" It yelled.
"Greens, Crystal!" became a Gryffindor, as did 'Hewlett, Sam!' and 'Lupin, Remus!' When 'Mash, Sophie!' was called it took quite awhile for the hat to decide where to put her. When it did, it yelled 'RAVENCLAW!' to Jamie's horror. She wanted to be with Sophie but she wanted to be in Gryffindor as well. 'Nancy, Leo!' also became a Ravenclaw as 'Newt, Ernie!' became a Hufflepuff. 'Pettigrew, Peter!' and 'Potter, James!' (who, Jamie remembered, fell down with his arm around her in the main hall) became Gryffindors. 'Shilbey, Ashley!' and 'Shines, Chris!' became Hufflepuffs while 'Short, Mike!' became a Gryffindor. When 'Sweet, Ruby!' was called Jamie had a hopeful moment that the hat would call 'Gryffindor!' but instead called it yelled 'RAVENCLAW!' for all to hear. She sighed. So it was new friends verses old, huh? She didn't care for this game much and considered walking out when she heard her own name being called.
"Wyatt, Jamie!" She paused for a moment then walked up. What she saw went by very quickly but seemed like an hour in her memory, all the same. Ruby and Sophie were next to Kris holding their crossed fingers up for luck as her sister smiled. Her gaze crossed over to the Gryffindor table were Remus stuck his thumb upward, James was wearing a grin, and Sirius had his eyes closed and crossed fingers just like Ruby and Sophie, and was whispering to himself. The last thing she did before pulling the hat down was give a nervous grin.
'Well, well, well.' A voice spoke inside her head. 'Hello Mrs. Wyatt and how are we this fine evening?'
'Not bad,' She thought. 'Extremely nervous, but not bad.'
The hat chuckled.
'Well let's see were you'd belong best, shall we?' If the hat could, it'd smile. 'Let's see…Great mind. Wouldn't be bad in Ravenclaw. Excellent loyalty to friends. That'd do nicely in Hufflepuff. I don't think Slytherin would suit any part of you. Ah! Here we go! A thrust for adventure and you show great bravery. I know were to place you but you might get into a few tight spots with that sense of humor I sense. Well I suppose you'd be better off there then any other place. Mind you, you'll find those you can trust here in "GRYFFINDOR!" It shouted this last bit. She sighed in relief as the Gryffindor table exploded with applause. 'Ta ta.' She heard the hat say as she pulled it off. She couldn't help but grin but she did help keep herself from running over to her table.
She sat down next to Sirius which she realized was a big mistake. As soon as she had sat down Sirius grabbed her in a tight hug and refused to let go.
"Excellent!" Remus said smiling across from her. The clapping died as the last of the students were shorted. Jamie couldn't help but look at her sister who nodded and gave her a friendly smile. She looked at Ruby and Sophie and almost laughed. Sophie was holding Ruby back from getting up from their table. Ruby was shocked and angry (who knows which was more) from either her 'best friend' abandoning her or the fact that the guy she was drooling over in the train wouldn't let go of her friend. Sophie smiled warmly at her as she grinned which made Ruby even more mad.
"Welcome new students, welcome back our older students," The headmaster was saying and Jamie gladly looked at Professor Dumbledore as he made his speech. "I am sorry for Peeves earlier. I suppose he couldn't contain himself." He smiled. "Before we begin our feast I would like to remind everyone that the forbidden forest is not allowed to any students. Also, a new plant has been added, a Whomping Willow. I advise you all to steer clear of it if you want to keep your lives, it can get a bit furious at times. Now! Let's all enjoy this wonderful meal!" He said clapping his hands together once as food magical (duh!) appeared on the tables.
Sirius finally let go of her so that they both could eat.
"Sister is it?"
Jamie looked up at the speaker. "Come again?" She asked.
"Sister in another house?" James asked nodding his head towards the Ravenclaw table.
"Yeah. She's the one next to Ruby and Sophie." Jamie said sadly.
(A/N: instead of "these" quote things I will use the ones that only have one. 'these.' It is easier since I wrote those when someone was talking. Sorry it was just begging me! Although it might take awhile to getting used to going back to the 'right' way when school comes round)
'Sorry you had to be separated like that.' Remus said hearing what she had said. 'Must be awful.'
'No worries.' Jamie said smiling. 'I have a feeling I'd only be sadder over there.'
'Really?' Remus asked.
'Of course!' She laughed. 'I'd hate to leave my new friends!'
'And why would that be?' Sirius added (not hearing this last bit), his own thoughts finally that his mouth wasn't full of food.
'You know it'd be because I'd have to leave you.' Jamie teased.
'Really?' He asked hopefully as everyone else laughed.
Lily (who was sitting next to Remus) started talking with Remus and Sirius got involved in it too. But not James.
'I saw you in Diagon Alley.' He said.
'Really?' Jamie asked as she helped herself to more mashed potatoes.
'Almost thought you were a guy. In front of the Quidditch shop, right?'
'Yeah. That's right.' She said slowly recalling the last time she had been to Diagon Alley. 'Yeah I get mistaken quite a bit with my hair like that.' She said laughing a little. 'Oh! I'm sorry! Jamie Wyatt.'
'James Potter.' He said as they shook hands across the table.
'If it's not to confusing for you, you can call me James. Almost everyone does. But we might get a bit mixed up at times.'
'I don't think that'll be hard. I'll just have to keep telling myself that you're a real person now.' They both laughed (for those of you who missed it, he made a joke saying that he talks to himself).
'Not talking about me I hope.' Sirius said. Lily and Remus started talking about school which Sirius wasn't ready for quite yet.
'Come now. Do we have anything funny to say about you?' Jamie giggled.
'I hope not.' Sirius said frowning making Jamie and James laugh.
They talked about loads of stuff, school, friends, family, anything they could think of. They had drawn close during their time talking over food that night. So close that they felt like brothers or err family in this case (as much of a tomboy Jamie was, she was still a girl). They weren't even close to finishing when the Headmaster stood up and signaled for quite.
'That was a wonderful dinner but the night goes on. I realize that many of you have already made new friends and could continue eating and talking for ages to come but alas, you start classes tomorrow and therefore need sleep. First years if you would be so kind as to follow your houses Perfects to your dorms. And I wish you all good-night.' He bowed before leaving the table. As they headed out of the Great Hall, Jamie saw that the ceiling looked just like the night outside was -a midnight blue colour with gray clouds hovering around lazily.
They followed their group up stairs, down tunnels, in and out of hidden passageways and finally arrived at a portrait of a rather plump women in a pink dress.
'Password?' She asked yawning.
'Eclipse.' Jamie heard one of the Perfects call as the portrait swung open. They all climbed in before she swung shut.
Jamie had heard of how great the Ravenclaw common room was from her sister but it didn't even begin to compare to the Gryffindor's. It was a circular tower that had a warm glow from the fire on one side of the room to give it an even more welcoming cozy feature. There were big fat armchairs that could easily fit two first years comfortably surrounding the fire as well as a few sofas. They all said good-night with a hug then headed up their own dorm steps. There was a sign on a door saying 'First Years' on it so Lily and Jamie went in. This room too was circular. They found their trunks at the end of their beds. Jamie got the one in the middle as Lily got one to Jamie's right. Her left was occupied by Sam, her orange hair sticking out at odd angles. Jamie giggled as she changed into her night clothes and hopped into bed. She could make out Molly on the other side of Lily and Crystal was across from her. 'Goodnight.' Jamie yawned to Lily who replied the same way before they each closed their drapes. She fell asleep as soon as her head hit (ow!) the pillow.
End of Chapter 6 no sorry 4. End of Chapter 4. Damn it I did it again!
A/N: It's now 12:20 AM. But I'm not really that tried. So I think I'll start the next one! (My poor hand! First typing, now writing! Is there no end?!)
~~~~~Right now being 7:35pm~~~~~
Note: Okay! Hope that wasn't to confusing for you all. But all that was written in my notebook at past midnight a day or so ago. (I get so confused with timing when I stay up till the next day…) Anyway, I don't like copying much from notebook to computer so I think I'll wait until I have nothing better to do. Actually, as I upload these to fanfiction.net now, I'm writing ch. 7 already! Anyway………………ummmmmmmmmm…………right well…………yeah. ~ Stagger