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Hawk waited for the Hat to yell out Slytherin, but it didn't happen.
"GRYFFINDOR!!" Hawk took off the hat and dropped it on the ground, then ran to the Gryffindor table, almost like she had to sit down there before the Sorting Hat changed it's mind. She sat down between a girl with bright red hair and another girl with brown hair, who started talking to her immediately.
"Hi! Your name's Hawk, huh? That's different! Cute, though." The redhead chattered.
"I love your hair!" the other girl complimented. "How did you get it to look so great?"
"I vash it every day and brush it ven it is tangled." Hawk was already bored. These girls were not her type, she could tell. She wished she could just fly away, with Jai by her side.
"I love your accent! You're from Durmstrang, right?" some girl, younger than the others with a blond ponytail, gushed excitedly. Hawk was saved from having to answer by the voice of the Headmaster. Everyone stopped talking to listen to him.
"Welcome, all of you, to a new year here at Hogwarts! We've got a special student here this year, a transfer from Durmstrang, Hawk Dimitrov! She will be in the fourth year class, and I ask that you all treat her like a normal student, please." His eyes twinkled. "Now, I think that's the end of my announcements, so it's time for the feast!" he clapped once, and the room was suddenly filled with food and chattering students.
"Dimitrov? Like the old Bulgarian Quidditch player?" a boy asked Hawk.
"He is my great-uncle," Hawk replied, bored out of her mind. She'd barely eaten anything before a large brown bird flew into the great hall through a tall window. It landed on the edge of a huge bowl of some weird food right in front of Hawk.
"Jai! How vas the flight? I vish I could have flown as vell, but I had to ride in the train. I missed you, love!" Hawk put out her arm and Jai stepped onto it, making small noises in the back of her throat.
"What is that?!" a girl shrieked, pointing at Hawk. She looked up. It was Megan, from the train.
"My red-tailed Hawk, Jai," Hawk replied calmly.
"Get it out of here! You cannot have a bird like that in a school! It'll hurt people!" Megan yelled. In an instant, Dumbledore was behind Hawk, with his hands on her shoulders.
"There is no problem here, Miss Huston," he said quietly.
"But-"
"there is no problem here," he repeated. "this hawk is less dangerous than most of the owls I permit you to bring to school. Jai can stay."
Hawk caught his eye, silently thanking him. If they tried to take Jai away, she'd have no choice but to go back to Durmstrang, and that was the last thing she wanted to do.
"She's beautiful, Hawk! If I didn't have an owl already, I'd want one of those!" it was the redhead again.
"May I ask your name?" Hawk asked her.
"Oh, yeah, sorry. I'm Trixie Weasley, and that's Jillian DePoulo. We're the only other fourth year girls in Gryffindor." The girl made this sound like it should have been the best news Hawk ever heard.
"Very vell then. I'm leaving. I vill see you in the dorm room." Hawk put Jai on her shoulder and walked out of the Great hall, her waist-length black hair swinging and her golden brown eyes fixed straight ahead.
A/N: yup, another chapter finished, and I'm still running on one review. Oh well, I'll live. I guess. I really would appreciate a review or two. or 10. hehe. Ok, well, I don't care, I'm doing this story all the way through no matter how many reviews I get!!
Hawk waited for the Hat to yell out Slytherin, but it didn't happen.
"GRYFFINDOR!!" Hawk took off the hat and dropped it on the ground, then ran to the Gryffindor table, almost like she had to sit down there before the Sorting Hat changed it's mind. She sat down between a girl with bright red hair and another girl with brown hair, who started talking to her immediately.
"Hi! Your name's Hawk, huh? That's different! Cute, though." The redhead chattered.
"I love your hair!" the other girl complimented. "How did you get it to look so great?"
"I vash it every day and brush it ven it is tangled." Hawk was already bored. These girls were not her type, she could tell. She wished she could just fly away, with Jai by her side.
"I love your accent! You're from Durmstrang, right?" some girl, younger than the others with a blond ponytail, gushed excitedly. Hawk was saved from having to answer by the voice of the Headmaster. Everyone stopped talking to listen to him.
"Welcome, all of you, to a new year here at Hogwarts! We've got a special student here this year, a transfer from Durmstrang, Hawk Dimitrov! She will be in the fourth year class, and I ask that you all treat her like a normal student, please." His eyes twinkled. "Now, I think that's the end of my announcements, so it's time for the feast!" he clapped once, and the room was suddenly filled with food and chattering students.
"Dimitrov? Like the old Bulgarian Quidditch player?" a boy asked Hawk.
"He is my great-uncle," Hawk replied, bored out of her mind. She'd barely eaten anything before a large brown bird flew into the great hall through a tall window. It landed on the edge of a huge bowl of some weird food right in front of Hawk.
"Jai! How vas the flight? I vish I could have flown as vell, but I had to ride in the train. I missed you, love!" Hawk put out her arm and Jai stepped onto it, making small noises in the back of her throat.
"What is that?!" a girl shrieked, pointing at Hawk. She looked up. It was Megan, from the train.
"My red-tailed Hawk, Jai," Hawk replied calmly.
"Get it out of here! You cannot have a bird like that in a school! It'll hurt people!" Megan yelled. In an instant, Dumbledore was behind Hawk, with his hands on her shoulders.
"There is no problem here, Miss Huston," he said quietly.
"But-"
"there is no problem here," he repeated. "this hawk is less dangerous than most of the owls I permit you to bring to school. Jai can stay."
Hawk caught his eye, silently thanking him. If they tried to take Jai away, she'd have no choice but to go back to Durmstrang, and that was the last thing she wanted to do.
"She's beautiful, Hawk! If I didn't have an owl already, I'd want one of those!" it was the redhead again.
"May I ask your name?" Hawk asked her.
"Oh, yeah, sorry. I'm Trixie Weasley, and that's Jillian DePoulo. We're the only other fourth year girls in Gryffindor." The girl made this sound like it should have been the best news Hawk ever heard.
"Very vell then. I'm leaving. I vill see you in the dorm room." Hawk put Jai on her shoulder and walked out of the Great hall, her waist-length black hair swinging and her golden brown eyes fixed straight ahead.
A/N: yup, another chapter finished, and I'm still running on one review. Oh well, I'll live. I guess. I really would appreciate a review or two. or 10. hehe. Ok, well, I don't care, I'm doing this story all the way through no matter how many reviews I get!!