Chapter 2: Ravenclaw
For the remainder of the train ride I continued to read further with occasional glances towards Harry. I looked for any information on this celebrity that I had never heard of. Hermione joined me in reading about halfway through the journey after watching Harry and Ron have a gobstones war.
While I was studying his behavior, I noticed he ordered exceedingly large amounts food when a woman with a trolley walked by. There wasn't much on the cart, but he ordered it all!
"Want some?" he asked.
"Uh..." I was hungry but I could wait. "No thanks."
"Are you sure? It's a long ride." Hermione pressured. "And, no offense, but you look pretty scrawny." Ron started stuffing his mouth with pumpkin pasties.
"No, I'll be fine." I concluded. Three hours later my stomach growled. Very loudly. Harry tossed me the last pumpkin pasty. It hit me hard in the chest.
"Ouch!" I yelled holding my ribs
"I'm sorry!" he looked alarmed.
"What's the matter?" Hermione crooned. She put her hand on my arm.
"I just have a bruise there already."
"From what?"
"I fell." I lied.
"Oh. I'm really sorry." repeated Harry.
"It's okay." I said, biting hungrily into the pasty.
*************************************************************
It seemed forever that I was stuck on the train. Hermione was right. The ride was long. but at last, we got a signal to change into out robes and the train slowed down. The four of us got off the train last and Harry, Hermione and Ron hurried to get a carriage pulled by some weird animal. I didn't know what to do. I tried asking people, but no one had ever been a new fourth year before.
My spirit was defeated and I quietly leaned against the station wall. "What're you up to?" a loud, booming voice disturbed silence. I looked up and pushed my blond wavy hair out of my eyes and my mouth fell open. A huge figure stood before me. "My name is Rubeus Hagrid. What's yours?"
"C-Coal Black." I stuttered.
"Black? How odd! Oh! I know who you are! You're that new student Dumbledore told me about!" I smiled. Someone new who I was. "Better come with me! Wouldn't want you to get a cold." He held out his giant hand and led me to the castle.
When we arrived at the dining room, an old man sitting at a table was giving a speech. The kids sitting at four long tables were listening attentively. Suddenly, the old man noticed Hagrid and I. A smile spread across his withered faced and looked directly at me. Everyone else followed his gaze. Fear filled my dark eyes. What did I do wrong?
"Aha! Here he is. Everyone on this is Coal. He is a new fourth year student and I want all of you to respect him. Coal, here at Hogwarts, we divide students into, what we call, houses. There are four in all and they are Slytherin, Gryffindor Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff." He motioned to each table in turn. I spotted Harry, Hermione and Ron (who was sitting with three redheads like himself) at the Gryffindor table. Hermione smiled at me. I grinned back. "We sort our students into houses by using this sorting hat so if you would please come to the front of the hall we could find out what house you'll be in."
I nervously walked forward. Everyone turned their heads and continued watching me as I journeyed across the room. A strict looking woman motioned me to a single stool in a cleared area. I sat on it. She placed the sorting hat on my head.
"Well, well, well. A new fourth year student, eh?" a voice rang.
"Yes." I replied, shaking.
"Hmmmmm. You seem to have some brains in you. That seems to make you a... RAVENCLAW!"
For the remainder of the train ride I continued to read further with occasional glances towards Harry. I looked for any information on this celebrity that I had never heard of. Hermione joined me in reading about halfway through the journey after watching Harry and Ron have a gobstones war.
While I was studying his behavior, I noticed he ordered exceedingly large amounts food when a woman with a trolley walked by. There wasn't much on the cart, but he ordered it all!
"Want some?" he asked.
"Uh..." I was hungry but I could wait. "No thanks."
"Are you sure? It's a long ride." Hermione pressured. "And, no offense, but you look pretty scrawny." Ron started stuffing his mouth with pumpkin pasties.
"No, I'll be fine." I concluded. Three hours later my stomach growled. Very loudly. Harry tossed me the last pumpkin pasty. It hit me hard in the chest.
"Ouch!" I yelled holding my ribs
"I'm sorry!" he looked alarmed.
"What's the matter?" Hermione crooned. She put her hand on my arm.
"I just have a bruise there already."
"From what?"
"I fell." I lied.
"Oh. I'm really sorry." repeated Harry.
"It's okay." I said, biting hungrily into the pasty.
*************************************************************
It seemed forever that I was stuck on the train. Hermione was right. The ride was long. but at last, we got a signal to change into out robes and the train slowed down. The four of us got off the train last and Harry, Hermione and Ron hurried to get a carriage pulled by some weird animal. I didn't know what to do. I tried asking people, but no one had ever been a new fourth year before.
My spirit was defeated and I quietly leaned against the station wall. "What're you up to?" a loud, booming voice disturbed silence. I looked up and pushed my blond wavy hair out of my eyes and my mouth fell open. A huge figure stood before me. "My name is Rubeus Hagrid. What's yours?"
"C-Coal Black." I stuttered.
"Black? How odd! Oh! I know who you are! You're that new student Dumbledore told me about!" I smiled. Someone new who I was. "Better come with me! Wouldn't want you to get a cold." He held out his giant hand and led me to the castle.
When we arrived at the dining room, an old man sitting at a table was giving a speech. The kids sitting at four long tables were listening attentively. Suddenly, the old man noticed Hagrid and I. A smile spread across his withered faced and looked directly at me. Everyone else followed his gaze. Fear filled my dark eyes. What did I do wrong?
"Aha! Here he is. Everyone on this is Coal. He is a new fourth year student and I want all of you to respect him. Coal, here at Hogwarts, we divide students into, what we call, houses. There are four in all and they are Slytherin, Gryffindor Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff." He motioned to each table in turn. I spotted Harry, Hermione and Ron (who was sitting with three redheads like himself) at the Gryffindor table. Hermione smiled at me. I grinned back. "We sort our students into houses by using this sorting hat so if you would please come to the front of the hall we could find out what house you'll be in."
I nervously walked forward. Everyone turned their heads and continued watching me as I journeyed across the room. A strict looking woman motioned me to a single stool in a cleared area. I sat on it. She placed the sorting hat on my head.
"Well, well, well. A new fourth year student, eh?" a voice rang.
"Yes." I replied, shaking.
"Hmmmmm. You seem to have some brains in you. That seems to make you a... RAVENCLAW!"
