PAlyssa
said good bye and gave Katie a hug before she walked off to the Slytherin
table and sit by her friend Gary./P
P'Thanks for being civil around her, hun.' Katie said to Fred as they sat down across from Ginny and Ron. Katie sat between Fred and Rachel, and Fred between Katie and George. 'I know you don't exactly see eye to eye with most Slytherins. So thanks for being nice to Lyssy.'/P
P'It's no problem Kate-Kate.' he said with a smile./P
PSuddenly the loud chatter of the hall became silent. The new first years came in and everyone just stared at them (a custom to have a bit of fun with the new students). The first student was a little girl with curly blonde hair, who got put in Hufflepuff. The next went to Ravenclaw, one to Slytherin, another Hufflepuff, and then finally a Gryffindor. He had jet black hair and ice blue eyes. His name was Jim Peterson. Gryffindor also got Aaron James, Kristen Owens, Jake Richards, Amanda Ellis, Melinda Wakefield, Robert Jenson, Nicole Edwards, Renee Minturn, and Adam Martin./P
PThe new students sat down at their tables and Dumbledore talked to them all, both old and new students. He looked over his half-moon glasses with his sparkeling blue eyes. Dumbledore gave his usual talk about the rules and such, which Katie had heard six times before. /P
PAfter that, they had a giant feast. There were tons of different types of foods. Everyone was happily chatting at the Gryffindor table. Talking about what went on over the summer. Katie smiled knowing that this would be a good year./P
PEmma nudged Katie. 'Kate, whos that guy over there?'BR'The one at the Ravenclaw table, by the one with blue tips?BR'Aye, thats the one.'BR'Oh thats Josh Williams, I met him on the train today. He's a beater for his house.'BREmma smiled. 'I think I might have to talk to him.'BR'I'll introduce you two properly later. Sound good?'BR'Aye. That would be grand. Thanks.'BRKatie nodded. 'You're welcome Em.'/P
PAfter dinner all the Gryffindors went up to the seventh floor. They had been informed earlier by McGonagall that their new password was Zypher. Katie said the password and the portrait of the fat lady swong open for everyone, revealing the long-missed Gryffindor Common Room./P
PEveryone was in good spirits in the Gryffindor Common Room, even the usually solumn Professor McGonagall. Fred and George put on a fireworks display wirh some Filibuster's quick-start-no-heat fireworks. They also brought some pastries, but nobody dared to touch them. Katie grabbed Alicia and they snuck down to the kitchen to get some real food and some drinks to bring up./P
PBut by about midnight everyone started to get tired. One by one people trickled up to their rooms. Rachel was asleep on Katies side, so Katie, with the help of Fred, carried Rachel up to the fourth years dorm. Katie tucked in her 14- year old sister and kissed her forhead./P
P'Good night Raye.' Katie said. 'Sweet dreams. Love you.'BR'Love you too.' Rachel mumbled, being half asleep./P
PKatie walked down the hall and into the seventh years room. Fred gave her one last kiss goodnight, then Katie walked in. She layed back on her bed, holding the rose he had given her earlier and smiling. 'You can see him tomarrow, Katie.' she told herself, 'but you have classes in the morning/P
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P'Katie!' someone said shaking her. 'Get up! Were going to be late for divinitation!'BRKatie groaned. 'Just the way I wanted to start off the year. Licia, tell me why we haven't dropped this class yet?'BR'I think it was because when we were on the team, we wanted to try to predict if we would win the next match.'BRKatie sat up and laughed a little. 'Too bad it never really worked.'BR'But we still won anyways.' Alicia said with a smile.BR/P
PDivinitaion was more boring to Katie then usual. She sat down furthest away from Trelawny, so that she could sleep as usual through the class. And she would have slept through the whole thing is Fred and George weren't sending random tea cups and tea pots across the room at each other. But this was the first class of the year, what more would she expect?/P
P'Thanks for being civil around her, hun.' Katie said to Fred as they sat down across from Ginny and Ron. Katie sat between Fred and Rachel, and Fred between Katie and George. 'I know you don't exactly see eye to eye with most Slytherins. So thanks for being nice to Lyssy.'/P
P'It's no problem Kate-Kate.' he said with a smile./P
PSuddenly the loud chatter of the hall became silent. The new first years came in and everyone just stared at them (a custom to have a bit of fun with the new students). The first student was a little girl with curly blonde hair, who got put in Hufflepuff. The next went to Ravenclaw, one to Slytherin, another Hufflepuff, and then finally a Gryffindor. He had jet black hair and ice blue eyes. His name was Jim Peterson. Gryffindor also got Aaron James, Kristen Owens, Jake Richards, Amanda Ellis, Melinda Wakefield, Robert Jenson, Nicole Edwards, Renee Minturn, and Adam Martin./P
PThe new students sat down at their tables and Dumbledore talked to them all, both old and new students. He looked over his half-moon glasses with his sparkeling blue eyes. Dumbledore gave his usual talk about the rules and such, which Katie had heard six times before. /P
PAfter that, they had a giant feast. There were tons of different types of foods. Everyone was happily chatting at the Gryffindor table. Talking about what went on over the summer. Katie smiled knowing that this would be a good year./P
PEmma nudged Katie. 'Kate, whos that guy over there?'BR'The one at the Ravenclaw table, by the one with blue tips?BR'Aye, thats the one.'BR'Oh thats Josh Williams, I met him on the train today. He's a beater for his house.'BREmma smiled. 'I think I might have to talk to him.'BR'I'll introduce you two properly later. Sound good?'BR'Aye. That would be grand. Thanks.'BRKatie nodded. 'You're welcome Em.'/P
PAfter dinner all the Gryffindors went up to the seventh floor. They had been informed earlier by McGonagall that their new password was Zypher. Katie said the password and the portrait of the fat lady swong open for everyone, revealing the long-missed Gryffindor Common Room./P
PEveryone was in good spirits in the Gryffindor Common Room, even the usually solumn Professor McGonagall. Fred and George put on a fireworks display wirh some Filibuster's quick-start-no-heat fireworks. They also brought some pastries, but nobody dared to touch them. Katie grabbed Alicia and they snuck down to the kitchen to get some real food and some drinks to bring up./P
PBut by about midnight everyone started to get tired. One by one people trickled up to their rooms. Rachel was asleep on Katies side, so Katie, with the help of Fred, carried Rachel up to the fourth years dorm. Katie tucked in her 14- year old sister and kissed her forhead./P
P'Good night Raye.' Katie said. 'Sweet dreams. Love you.'BR'Love you too.' Rachel mumbled, being half asleep./P
PKatie walked down the hall and into the seventh years room. Fred gave her one last kiss goodnight, then Katie walked in. She layed back on her bed, holding the rose he had given her earlier and smiling. 'You can see him tomarrow, Katie.' she told herself, 'but you have classes in the morning/P
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P'Katie!' someone said shaking her. 'Get up! Were going to be late for divinitation!'BRKatie groaned. 'Just the way I wanted to start off the year. Licia, tell me why we haven't dropped this class yet?'BR'I think it was because when we were on the team, we wanted to try to predict if we would win the next match.'BRKatie sat up and laughed a little. 'Too bad it never really worked.'BR'But we still won anyways.' Alicia said with a smile.BR/P
PDivinitaion was more boring to Katie then usual. She sat down furthest away from Trelawny, so that she could sleep as usual through the class. And she would have slept through the whole thing is Fred and George weren't sending random tea cups and tea pots across the room at each other. But this was the first class of the year, what more would she expect?/P