alright, here's chapter two.  I'm sorry if the first chapter was bad... I hope this is better.  like I said before, I have the feeling that I'm gonna wind up royally messing up J.K's world (hey, I just noticed that my two fave authors, JK and JRR both have their initials then their last names, and the both start with "J".  huh.  okay, sorry bout that... don't know why I added it, but oh well. *g*

thanks to Tiff (thank u for reviewing all my stuff... I really appreciate it sooooooo much! and I promise to try to update Lian: Part Two soon... but it might take some time.  I want to get everything just right!), Salysha, (glad that you liked this... and I found the "one whose name I will not mention" comment amusing... your too sweet!), PinkPineapple, Torrential Zephyr, Sara Minks, WhetherRose, Quiet One, Shuntbumps (sorry that you didn't like my story, hope you find better ones out there.  might I recommend some by the authors listed above.... they all have some awesome HP stories) and to my anonymous reviewer.  I wrote the full thanks at the bottom of this (It's weird, I know that I didn't just put them all together, but I'm in a really weird mood rite now, so, yeah.)

i appreciate the input, merci beaucoup!

Disclaimer: man, still don't own anything.  I'm supposed to own Kelly and Adele... but I don't.  *sniffle*  oh well, on to the story.

Important: I think that I messed up several details in this chapter, so please let me know if you notice them.  I lent my HP books to my cousin, so I haven't really been able to check my facts.  I'm really sorry about that, but if you let me know my mistakes, I will fix them as soon as possible.  thanks.

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Harry Potter and the Fire Hawk

by hollie

            Kelly looked around the bustling Hogsmead station, trying to find where she should go.  She heard a gruff but friendly voice cry over the chatter of the students.

            "Firs' years this way!  Firs' years over here!"  Kelly followed the sound until she saw a huge man towering over the kids, beckoning all new students to him.  She walked cautiously over, and pulled on the back of his huge, pocket covered coat. 

            "Um, excuse me... I'm Kelly Banson, I'm new and I was wondering..." the big man cut her off.

            "Ah, you're the new girl.  I've orders from Dumbledore tha' your ta come wit' me."  So she stood by his side as he collected the remainder of the first year students.  She waved to the Weasleys, who told her that they would see her at Hogwarts in a while.  Harry gave her a brief nod, but Hermione pretended to not even see her.  Kelly decided to not give too much notice to that, Hermione was a smart girl, that she knew, but she also knew that she could not afford to make an enemy of her.

            "There's too much at stake," she thought.

            Finally, she followed the giant-man and the young children to a lake, and to the boats waiting there.  Kelly got into a rickety looking boat with two nervous girls.  One had raven black hair, and she was shaking uncontrollably, and the other was a dirty blond and looked as if she were about to be sick.  Normally, Kelly would have grinned encouragingly or voiced some of her own fears to ease the girls', but she was too preoccupied to really notice them. 

Instead, her sights were set high above the land, up in the night sky, which was alive with stars.  The stars were not the only life she could see in the heavens though.  A black shape flew through the air on silent wings, making broad circles around the Hogwarts grounds.  Kelly smiled as she saw it, the familiar figure swooping over as always. 

She had little time to look at it though, for soon the tiny boats were passing under a curtain of some sort of plant and before Kelly knew it, she was standing before the doors of Hogwarts.  The tall gates opened, revealing a stern looking witch who ushered them into the famous wizarding school.  She led them to a small, rectangular room and looked at them, apparently sizing them up.  There was a curious gleam in her eyes as she surveyed Kelly, but she said nothing to the girl.

            "Welcome to Hogwarts," her tone was brisk and firm, "in a few moments, I will lead you into the Great Hall, where you will be sorted into your houses.  While here, your house will be like your family.  You will eat with your house; have classes with your house, etc.  Now, I'll go and check to see if everyone is ready for you. Stay here... and no fooling around."  With that, she turned and exited the tiny room, her last words still echoing.  If they had been scared before, now the poor first years were terrified. 

The witch was back in the blink of an eye, however, and she led them single file into the grandest room any of them had ever had the privilege to lay eyes upon.  Candles glinted on the walls, casting a golden glow on the enormous room.  The ceiling was... it didn't even seem to be there!  Where it should have been, there was only black night, still glimmering with golden flecks.  As the enchanted first years gazed upwards, Kelly glanced over at her fellow schoolmates.  It was easy to find the Weasleys, because even though their black hats concealed their fiery hair, Fred, George and Ron sat about a foot taller than anyone else in the room.  Harry was seated in between Ron and a scowling Hermione, and Ginny across from them.  The redheaded girl gave a quick wave to her new friend as she spotted Kelly.  She nudged Ron, Harry and Hermione, who also gave waves (though Hermione's looked rather forced), but then quickly returned to a discussion the three seemed to be quite intent upon.

"Wonder what they're talking about," Kelly though, having nothing better to ponder, "I'll bet Hermione is trying to convince them that I'm some sort of phony or something of the sort.  Not that she'd be far from the truth, but it really isn't nice to judge people before you know them."  She grinned, in spite of her dark circumstances.  "Oh well, I'll make her come around eventually.  I took a vow, one that I do not intend to let some 15 year old, frizzy haired brunette who thinks she knows who she's dealing with mess up." 

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"Oh come off it Ron, there's something fishy about her, and you know it," Hermione glared at the stubborn redhead.

"Herm, we met her, what, a couple of hours ago?  Don't you think that's a little soon to be making judgments about her?  Not that you might be wrong or anything," Harry quickly added, after a death glare from the intense girl.  Ron simply shrugged her shoulders, "let's see... she nice, interesting, kinda cute, and according to you has some sort of evil secret."  He scratched his forehead in mock thought, "yes, I can see where you might have gotten that from."  He lowered his voice, so that Ginny, who was sitting across from them, couldn't hear.  "Look, Ginny likes her, and I personally would like to see my sister with a good friend, not some of those twits she hangs around with.  I'm sorry if you have some non-existent problem with her, but could you at least give her a chance, for Ginny's sake?"  Hermione looked up at Ron, and a slight shiver ran down her spine as she saw the compassion in his eyes.

"He has such beautiful eyes," she thought, forgetting for the moment that they were arguing.  Suddenly, she heard a snap, and she came back to reality to see Ron snapping his fingers in Hermione's face.

"Cut that out," she said, embarrassed that she had been staring.

"Sorry," he was taken slightly aback by her sharp tone, "it just didn't look like you were with us."

Hermione realized that she'd snapped, and started to apologize, "Ron, I'm sorry... I didn't mean to," she was cutoff by Ginny, who chose that moment to tug on Ron's elbow.

"Kelly's waving guys," she pointed up at the transfer, who looked slightly out of place, towering over the young students who had yet to experience growth spurts.  Ron, Harry and Hermione waved politely at Kelly, who acknowledged them with a wink.  Turning back to Ron, Hermione gave in with an, "all right, for Ginny," she whispered.  He smiled at her, flashing the grin that had been making the young girl's heart practically stop for years.

She almost went into another trance, when the voice of the headmaster Albus Dumbledore, shook her from girlish fantasies.

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Albus looked around at the familiar and unfamiliar faces.  He felt so relieved, as he hadn't since before the Tri-Wizard Tournament the year before.  He knew that the children were safe at Hogwarts, but for how much longer he cared not to guess. 

"Welcome, and welcome back students.  This marks the beginning of another year, another chance for you to learn and grow."  The students sat silent, even the first years knew that when Dumbledore talked, you listened.  "There are several important things I need to address before we begin the sorting.  Firstly, we have two new students.  The first is from America," a soft murmur went through the crowd, their eyes immediately springing towards Kelly.  Dumbledore silenced them with a wave of his hand, then continued, "the second, Adele Stason, due to certain situations, is unable to attend now, but who will be arriving later in the evening, is from France.  Both girls will be joining the fifth year students.  Also, there will be several new teachers this year," heads immediately snapped over in the direction of the staff table, where they found no new faces.  "They also will be joining us later in the evening.  As usual, the Forbidden Forest is, as the name suggests, forbidden.  I believe that concludes the business portion of the evening.  Now," he gestured towards the Sorting Hat, which rested comfortably on its stool, "let the sorting begin!"

The hat began its song, and several minutes later finally completed it.  Some of the older students noticed that it was a slightly longer one than they had heard before and some of the words sounded almost like some other language.  They didn't dwell too long on it, because as soon as the song was sung, Professor McGonagall began calling names to be sorted.

"Alize, Michael," was the first on the list, and the hat barely touched his head before shouting, "HUFFLEPUFF!"

"Blake, Tanner," "Byne, Alicia," and "Clark, Tiffany," were sorted into Ravenclaw, Slytherin and Ravenclaw before the first Gryffindor was finally found.  The long table Harry, Hermione and the Weasleys sat at erupted in cheers as "Delancy, Tian," was sorted. 

The rest of the sorting went basically in the same manner.  New students were called up, they were sorted and their respective houses applauded them.  Most of the older students were beginning to get restless, that is, until the last name was called.

"Banson, Kelly."

Kelly walked purposefully up to the stool, grinning at people as she passed.  She lifted the wide brimmed hat up off the stool before sitting, and placed the tattered cap gingerly on her head.

"Well, well, well.  This is a surprise.  I didn't expect this coming at all," Kelly winced as the voice of the Sorting Hat whispered in her ear.  "Hmm... Where should I place you Ms. Banson... this could be amusing.  What is it that you calling yourself, Kelly?"

"Will you shut up already?" Kelly asked the hat. "You know what your supposed to do, now do it and let me get on with my responsibilities!"

"Testy, are we?  Well, I suppose that you are right, I must do my job, let you get on with yours," Kelly was relieved to notice that the mocking had left the hat's voice as it called out,

"GRYFFINDOR!"

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so...... do u like?  I'm kinda proud of it (as horrible as it is), and I would appreciate it if you would tell me what you think.  I'm pretty sure that I spelt stuff like house names wrong, but I don't have time to check that now.  I will probably fix that stuff later, when I have a minute, but I reeeeeeaaaaally want to post this chapter now.... I'm dying to know what you guys think!

couple notes:

Tiff-  u r seriously too sweet!  I hope that u like Eldarion's story too... it's my fave of the four I have, I think.  I really appreciate all your input on all my stuff..... and yes... I am rather fond of cliffies!

Salysha- this is your first?  I feel so honored!  yay!!!!

PinkPineapple-  thank u!!! (I luv ur stuff too, btw) im glad u liked how I did fred and george.... I was worried that I was gonna get all kinda of reviews saying how they wouldnt do something like that or ne thing.  glad that I havet tho (I luv f & g)

Torrential Zephyr-  I think I already answered your questions in a review of your story.... dont quite remember.  if I didnt, then please remind me to answer them (at least, the ones i can answer).  thanks bunches for reviewing also!

Sara Minks- you'll see......

WhetherRose- thank you so much! for reviewing AND for editing my mistakes!  cant believe that I spelt Herm's name wrong! *blushes* thank u soooooo much!

anonymous reviewer- thank you... most of my chapter are generally pretty short, but I promise that I am trying to make them longer.  this one is really short too... but expect some lengthy ones in the future!

Quiet One- thanks.... and I cant wait for the next chapter in your story!!!

thanks bunches to everyone who has or is reading this... I hope you have enjoyed this chapter.  I think I gave away a little more than I had originally intended... but that's okay.  I am currently working on making the plot for this very complicated with as many twists as I can... :) I luv plot twists!  It might be a while before I can write more chapters... especially because on top of having two other stories to write, I have the flu and the missed homework is piling up waaaaay too fast.  (but some more nice reviews would sure help me to write faster!)

luv,

hollie