Hello everyone! I've been bloody busy for the last couple of weeks! School is murder! The only real fun thing in school is Orchestra, but that has been difficult too. Ah, well.
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Edward was right. The subway was already there. Ranivans!
Everyone was ordered to exit the subway quickly and quietly. The first years all had to go in one group. Edward had to go with them because he was new and didn't know what house he was in. Zandra didn't go with them because she new what house she was in.
They were guided by the school prefects, which had been elected the year before.
As soon as everyone was outside, they had to walk through a dense forest. The walk lasted about ten minutes, and Deirdre was fascinated by the tall trees and the beautiful flowers.
"I wonder where we are?" Sammy asked.
"No idea," Edward said quietly.
One of the prefects, a tall boy with red hair and green eyes named Jonathan glared towards Edward and said, "I thought we prefects made it clear: no TALKING!"
Edward clenched his fist, ready to object, but Sammy grabbed his arm and whispered, "Don't DO anything Edward. Mum said you must control your temper."
Jonathan sneered. "Edward, did you say? Not THE Edward Grey, Arithmacy genius, best potion maker of his class, who ruined his almost perfect school life at Hogwarts by losing his temper and performing an unforgivable curse on his Defense against the dark arts teacher?"
"The very same," Sammy snapped.
"Well, let me tell you something Edward. I hope you don't get put in the house of Monocero, because that is my house." He stormed off to another direction leaving Edward and his clenched fist behind.
A few minutes later, the group was out of the forest and facing a tall black castle with huge purple stained glass windows.
One of the prefects said, "First years……….welcome to Ranivans."
Edward blushed, because he wasn't a first year.
Jonathan got a key out of his pocket and opened the door.
"You may all enter."
They entered a grand hallway, which was lit by candlelight. The smell of lavender incense filled the air.
Deirdre absolutely feel in love with Ranivans. It was absolutely beautiful!
"First years enter the Banquet hall."
The Banquet room was huge. It was decorated with the colors of each house:
Red for Aquila, blue for Monocero, and black for Hydra. There was one long table for the teachers to sit in, and it was at the front of the room. The other three long tables were for students of each house.
Deirdre spotted Ms. Riley sitting at the teachers table, and waved. Ms. Riley smiled and waved back.
Sammy also waved happily. Edward did not.
"This is soooooooo mortifying!" He wailed. Gillian is over there sitting at the table with the other people from Monocero, and here I am waiting in line with the first years!"
"Oh Edward," Sammy said, "It's okay. Really."
Just then, the door opened, and in came a very old looking man with a kind face. He made his way to the front of the room.
"Welcome," he said, "I am Headmaster Horfin, and I would like to say how happy I am to see so many new students!"
The new first years cheered.
"I'd like to begin putting you in your respective houses, but there are a few things I must talk about. Your house will be like your family. You will eat, live, and have classes with people from your same house. Like in most schools, good marks and good deeds are awarded by giving points to each house. At the end of the year, the house with the most points wins. I'd like to congratulate Monocero for their sixth win last year."
The Monocero table was filled with cheers and applause.
"Well let us begin!" Horfin said, "I would like help from Ms. Riley, please."
Ms. Riley went up to the front. She held a small box in her hand.
"This box," she said, "Contains the object that will decide what house you will be in."
She opened the box and took out a crystal ball.
"It's quite simple," Ms. Riley said, "We will ask a few questions, and the crystal ball will turn a different color. If it becomes red, you will go to Aquila. Blue for Monocero, and black is for Hydra."
"we will be doing this in alphabetical order."
Deirdre sighed. Her last name was White. She'd be the last one.
"Richard Altman!"
Ms. Riley asked him a few questions before the crystal ball turned blue.
The first five or so all went Monocero. Then there was one Hydra, and three Aquilas.
"Edward Grey!"
Edward stiffly walked to the front.
"Edward, I'll ask you a few questions."
"Go ahead."
"What house were you in during your years at Hogwarts?"
"Slytherin," he mumbled.
Ms. Riley didn't hear. "I beg your pardon?"
"Slytherin," Edward said a bit more loudly.
A couple of people gasped.
"You were in Slytherin?"
"Yes."
Ms. Riley seemed to have backed away from Edward a bit.
"Um…..what were your two best subjects?"
"Arithmacy. And I was assistant potion brewer for Professor Severous Snape."
"Oh……"
The crystal ball slowly turned a different color. It turned black.
"Hydra!" Horfin said.
The Hydra table cheered, but for some reason a lot of other people looked at Edward with fear.
"Samuel Grey!"
Sammy ran to the front. He was just that excited.
"Sammy," Ms. Riley asked, "If you could have one extra special magical ability, what would it be?"
"I'd like to make myself invisible."
"And what suspects of magic interest you?"
"I don't know."
"Is there anything you'd like to learn about?"
"I'd like to learn how to destroy a dementor.''
Ms. Riley chuckled nervously. "That's a bit advanced, don't you believe?"
"And some say its impossible," Sammy said, "But I don't believe in what everyone does."
Horfin looked at the crystal ball and said, "Sammy goes to……..Hydra!"
Later…….
"Deirdre White!"
Deirdre had almost fallen asleep when she heard her name.
As she made her way to the front, her head began to feel light. Her vision became blurred, and then Deirdre began to see everything in snap shot form.
But she realized she was not seeing what was in front of her anymore. She saw a pair of green eyes………………….
She saw herself……….older…………………or was it……………….
Her mother?……………….no, it couldn't be……………….
Deirdre saw blood……………lots of it, and ……….was that a scar? Deirdre felt a big shot of pain all over her body. She screamed. The crystal ball (which was still a few feet away from her, since she had not made it all the way to the front) turned a dark black and then shattered into a million pieces, which brought screams from the audience, and knocked Deirdre to the floor.
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