Maureen bounded up the hallway towards the sorting hat, knocking over 1st years that were in her path. Anna rolled her eyes and Vivian chuckled. Maureen was so bumptious sometimes. She sat on the chair, eyes sparkling merrily and her face flushed from laughing. Vivian and Anna stood frozen to the spot, waiting for her to be sorted.
"GRYFINNDOR!" The hat bellowed and Maureen grinned to her friends as she ran over to the applauding Gryfinndor table. She sat herself next to Ginny as she anticipated the sorting of her friends.
Vivian gracefully walked up towards the stool and sat down as the hat was placed on her head.
"RAVENCLAW!" Vivian smiled at Anna and Maureen as she joined her fellow Ravenclaws. Anna casually walked up towards the stool as though she was just turning out a lamp that was shining too brightly. She yawned and sat on the stool as the hat was too placed on her head.
"SLYTHERIN!" Anna shrugged and walked towards the table and sat next to Millicent Bullstrode. She waved at Maureen and Vivian who smiled and waved back. Vivian began talking with Akoto Yang, who was about as obsessed with Anime as Vivian. Anna began talking to Millicent about cats while Maureen talked to Ginny about how lame it was to be the youngest sometimes since they both had large families.
"You're lucky that you have people closer to your age," said Maureen sadly as she remembered how her sister Meg always picked on her about guys she liked and stuff along those lines. Though Maureen was an optimist, despite her bad luck, and she knew that Meg would one day stop picking on her. Personally I, the author, seriously doubt that. Anna began to think that Millicent was actually pretty nice, despite her mean appearance. She was having an excellent conversation with her about cat breeds. Vivian was engrossed in her Anime discussion with Akoto and Maureen and Ginny were talking about their sibling troubles. All and all they were having a pretty good night even though both Anna and Maureen shot glances towards a certain Slytherin during dinner. Anna had the advantage since they were in the same house but Maureen still had her flirting skills that she had kicked up a notch during her hours at the local pool. Vivian was however too busy to notice any guys since she and Akoto began talking about Marmalade Boy and began debating on what was the best book.
Maureen grinned and stood up.
"Hey Anna! Guess what? HEP!" Maureen yelled across the room. Anna broke into fits of laughter over their inside joke as people stared at Maureen. What the hell was HEP?
"Yeah Maureen! It's pretty HEPPY over here!" Anna called back. Maureen giggled and sat back down. She obviously meant Draco. Dinner appeared before them and Maureen practically dove into her food. People raised eyebrows but then laughed at Maureen's perkiness. Anna just served herself a sensible amount and ate slowly, still conversing with Millicent. Vivian barely ate anything, for now her conversation was onto Gundam Wing, she only served herself a meager amount of food and barely touched it.
Harry watched Maureen with amusement as she inhaled the food and quickly grabbed the last piece of cake.
"Um excuse me, you can slow down," said Harry as he tapped Maureen on the shoulder.
Maureen merely nodded but couldn't utter a word out of her mouth since it was full of chocolate cake. Maureen smiled a cakey smile at Harry and continued eating.
"What kind of cat do you have Millicent?" Anna asked as she served herself some more corn.
"I have a orange tabby, his name is Archibald" said Millicent cheerfully as she wiped custard away from her mouth.
"Oh I have a calico, her name is Nuprin," Anna smiled. Good ol' Nuprin.
"Yeah well I like Tenshi Muyo better," said Vivian in a heated debate with Akoto.
"I think that Chobits is superior to Tenchi," said Akoto forcefully as she stuffed some peas into her mouth.
Everyone was enjoying themselves greatly. Soon they had to retire to their common rooms. Maureen was having a pretty good night, even though she tripped a few times but hey it all good! Vivian was afraid earlier that she wouldn't be able to find someone that enjoyed Anime as much as she did. Luckily she found Akoto and they became fast friends. Anna and Millicent had an extremely pleasant tête-à-tête.
"Yeah I know, the only person I get along with is Sarah and she's about 17 years older then I am," said Maureen to Ginny as the walked towards the corridor.
"Erin is pretty cool but I haven't seen much of her since she's on her own and Abbie-" Maureen wasn't able to finish she sentence because her freakishly bad luck got into the way and she tripped right into that "certain gray-eyed Slytherin."
"Oh oops! I'm sorry! My freakishly bad luck made me trip again," said Maureen cheerfully as she helped herself up. Ginny groaned.
"Hello ferret boy," Ginny shot him a glare. Malfoy pretended he didn't hear her.
"Yeah, I guess. Just watch where you're going next time Blondie," said Malfoy as he brushed off his robes and walked away. Maureen eyes followed him until he turned a corner and was gone.
"Yeah, that was Malfoy. Bad news," said Ginny warningly.
"Hey Vi, what did you think about that guy that I bumped into?" Maureen asked as she walked alongside Vivian and Anna.
"Yeah he's sorta cute I guess," said Anna casually, hands in her pockets.
"Come on Anna! He's not "sort of" cute, he's hot!" Vivian squealed as she and Maureen began jabbering on and on about how gorgeous he is. Anna rolled her eyes and they went their separate ways. Maureen went to the right, Anna went to the left and Vivian and went straight.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sleep came easy for the trio. Nurpin was able to make Anna feel more at home so she was able to fall asleep. Vivian fell asleep reading Marmalade Boy and Maureen just fell asleep fantasying a love life and dreamt of dancing ferrets and weasels. It was soon morning and they quickly dressed in their robes and hurried downstairs. Maureen, who could never miss out on a good breakfast, was there first eating Belgian waffles.
They waved at her and sat at their tables to serve themselves some eggs and bacon.
"Hey," a suave voice called behind Maureen as she spun around to see who it was . . .
"GRYFINNDOR!" The hat bellowed and Maureen grinned to her friends as she ran over to the applauding Gryfinndor table. She sat herself next to Ginny as she anticipated the sorting of her friends.
Vivian gracefully walked up towards the stool and sat down as the hat was placed on her head.
"RAVENCLAW!" Vivian smiled at Anna and Maureen as she joined her fellow Ravenclaws. Anna casually walked up towards the stool as though she was just turning out a lamp that was shining too brightly. She yawned and sat on the stool as the hat was too placed on her head.
"SLYTHERIN!" Anna shrugged and walked towards the table and sat next to Millicent Bullstrode. She waved at Maureen and Vivian who smiled and waved back. Vivian began talking with Akoto Yang, who was about as obsessed with Anime as Vivian. Anna began talking to Millicent about cats while Maureen talked to Ginny about how lame it was to be the youngest sometimes since they both had large families.
"You're lucky that you have people closer to your age," said Maureen sadly as she remembered how her sister Meg always picked on her about guys she liked and stuff along those lines. Though Maureen was an optimist, despite her bad luck, and she knew that Meg would one day stop picking on her. Personally I, the author, seriously doubt that. Anna began to think that Millicent was actually pretty nice, despite her mean appearance. She was having an excellent conversation with her about cat breeds. Vivian was engrossed in her Anime discussion with Akoto and Maureen and Ginny were talking about their sibling troubles. All and all they were having a pretty good night even though both Anna and Maureen shot glances towards a certain Slytherin during dinner. Anna had the advantage since they were in the same house but Maureen still had her flirting skills that she had kicked up a notch during her hours at the local pool. Vivian was however too busy to notice any guys since she and Akoto began talking about Marmalade Boy and began debating on what was the best book.
Maureen grinned and stood up.
"Hey Anna! Guess what? HEP!" Maureen yelled across the room. Anna broke into fits of laughter over their inside joke as people stared at Maureen. What the hell was HEP?
"Yeah Maureen! It's pretty HEPPY over here!" Anna called back. Maureen giggled and sat back down. She obviously meant Draco. Dinner appeared before them and Maureen practically dove into her food. People raised eyebrows but then laughed at Maureen's perkiness. Anna just served herself a sensible amount and ate slowly, still conversing with Millicent. Vivian barely ate anything, for now her conversation was onto Gundam Wing, she only served herself a meager amount of food and barely touched it.
Harry watched Maureen with amusement as she inhaled the food and quickly grabbed the last piece of cake.
"Um excuse me, you can slow down," said Harry as he tapped Maureen on the shoulder.
Maureen merely nodded but couldn't utter a word out of her mouth since it was full of chocolate cake. Maureen smiled a cakey smile at Harry and continued eating.
"What kind of cat do you have Millicent?" Anna asked as she served herself some more corn.
"I have a orange tabby, his name is Archibald" said Millicent cheerfully as she wiped custard away from her mouth.
"Oh I have a calico, her name is Nuprin," Anna smiled. Good ol' Nuprin.
"Yeah well I like Tenshi Muyo better," said Vivian in a heated debate with Akoto.
"I think that Chobits is superior to Tenchi," said Akoto forcefully as she stuffed some peas into her mouth.
Everyone was enjoying themselves greatly. Soon they had to retire to their common rooms. Maureen was having a pretty good night, even though she tripped a few times but hey it all good! Vivian was afraid earlier that she wouldn't be able to find someone that enjoyed Anime as much as she did. Luckily she found Akoto and they became fast friends. Anna and Millicent had an extremely pleasant tête-à-tête.
"Yeah I know, the only person I get along with is Sarah and she's about 17 years older then I am," said Maureen to Ginny as the walked towards the corridor.
"Erin is pretty cool but I haven't seen much of her since she's on her own and Abbie-" Maureen wasn't able to finish she sentence because her freakishly bad luck got into the way and she tripped right into that "certain gray-eyed Slytherin."
"Oh oops! I'm sorry! My freakishly bad luck made me trip again," said Maureen cheerfully as she helped herself up. Ginny groaned.
"Hello ferret boy," Ginny shot him a glare. Malfoy pretended he didn't hear her.
"Yeah, I guess. Just watch where you're going next time Blondie," said Malfoy as he brushed off his robes and walked away. Maureen eyes followed him until he turned a corner and was gone.
"Yeah, that was Malfoy. Bad news," said Ginny warningly.
"Hey Vi, what did you think about that guy that I bumped into?" Maureen asked as she walked alongside Vivian and Anna.
"Yeah he's sorta cute I guess," said Anna casually, hands in her pockets.
"Come on Anna! He's not "sort of" cute, he's hot!" Vivian squealed as she and Maureen began jabbering on and on about how gorgeous he is. Anna rolled her eyes and they went their separate ways. Maureen went to the right, Anna went to the left and Vivian and went straight.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sleep came easy for the trio. Nurpin was able to make Anna feel more at home so she was able to fall asleep. Vivian fell asleep reading Marmalade Boy and Maureen just fell asleep fantasying a love life and dreamt of dancing ferrets and weasels. It was soon morning and they quickly dressed in their robes and hurried downstairs. Maureen, who could never miss out on a good breakfast, was there first eating Belgian waffles.
They waved at her and sat at their tables to serve themselves some eggs and bacon.
"Hey," a suave voice called behind Maureen as she spun around to see who it was . . .
