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it sounds a little rushed I'll fix it later. Thanks for reading, and please
reveiw!
Chapter 4
Three hours later, the Freak Show was sitting around while Severus screamed himself hoarse over the hair issue.
"Of course it can be reversed!" he howled in response to Ara's question. "But it takes two weeks to make the potion!"
"Can't you borrow some potion from someone else to reverse it?" Chippy calmly asked.
"I've tried! No one has any!"
"You could shave your head before school stars," Kee-Kee told him.
Severus paled and collapsed into a chair.
"What's wrong?" Ray-Ray demanded, glancing up from her copy of Unfogging the Future.
"She-she just suggested that I sh-shave my head!" Snape gasped.
"So?" Ramo appeared to be half asleep.
"M-my beautiful hair!"
Chippy sighed. "When was the last time you washed your hair?"
"Last night," Snape still looked like he was going to faint.
"Then why is it so oily?" Ara inquired.
"I don't know. . . I've used half a bottle of conditioner of my hair every day since I was seven. I've heard conditioner can make hair look kind of greasy," Severus said weakly.
There was a slight pause. Then the five girls burst into hysteric laughter.
The following day, teachers began tutoring the girls in their spare time. Reading the Harry Potter books had helped; they weren't struggling too much. Chippy was flying through the first year spells as the older girls practiced summoning charms.
Professor Snape had locked himself in his office and was frantically trying to find a cure for his brightly colored hair. Therefore, they had not had any lessons in potions.
"It can't be too hard though," Ara remarked as they ate their lunch under a set of stairs near the dungeons. "You just dump a bunch of things into the caldron in the right order."
There was a small opening in the side of the stairs, just large enough for a person to squeeze through. It was hollow underneath, and although there was no standing room, the five girls could sit inside comfortably.
"One day until school starts," Ray-Ray announced. "Which house do you want to be in?"
They spent the next half hour discussing all of the possible outcomes of the following day's sorting. Dumbledore had informed them that they and five other exchange students would be given an introduction after the first years. The teachers seemed freaked out at the possibility of so many other exchange students. According to Professor McGonagal, no one had transferred to Hogwarts since 1962.
The following day was clear and bright. Though excited to finally be starting at Hogwarts, the Freak Show was slightly annoyed when they realized that they would have to wait until that evening to get sorted.
"It's like that time we were excited to get out schedules for school. We thought we had gotten them in the mail and then we found out that we had to wait a week," Ray-Ray complained.
"Concentrate!" McGonagal barked as Ray-Ray's crab crept away.
Ray-Ray retrieved it and went back to attempting to turn the small creature into a necklace.
"Four more hours," Kee-Kee stated, glancing at her watch.
After the lessons, they returned to the guest room and began packing their things into the trunks Dobby had managed to find them. They had to carry them down to the entrance hall so that they could be sent to the correct dormitory after the sorting. After their task was complete, all they had to do was wait.
The Hogwarts Express arrived in Hogsmeade around six that evening. Dumbledore had instructed the Freak Show to wait beneath a large banner that said 'Exchange Students'. So, naturally, they weren't listening.
"Here come the carriages."
They stood near the top of the hill and watched the "horseless" carriages grow closer. A bunch of people they didn't recognize climbed out of the first carriage. The same was true for the next few. Then McGonagall found them and forced them to go back to the banner where they couldn't see very well.
"Well, the freaks have the nerve to go to the same school as Draco Malfoy," a voice behind them sneered.
"Dray-Dray!" Ramo cried, giving the newcomer a hug.
Malfoy seemed to have forgotten that the Freak Show liked it when people called them freaks. He shoved Ramo back and yanked out his wand.
Before he could cast a spell, he was distracted by a noise that sounded like a scream. It grew louder and louder and SPLAT!
A girl with long blonde hair had fallen out of the sky and landed on top of Malfoy.
"HOLY SHIT!" she screamed. "That hurt!"
As she slowly got to her feet, she mumbled a long steam of curses that even Ramo would have never used. And Ramo swore a lot. Malfoy lay on the ground making gurgling noises.
"Ah, Caroline," McGonagal said rushing over, "I see you have discovered what happens when a student misses the train."
Caroline turned her blue eyes to the transfiguration teacher. "I would have been on time if the barrier hadn't locked me out!" she snapped.
"Yes, that's my fault. We just started the system over the summer and we needed a student to test it on. My apologies. The other exchange students should be here in-- Good heavens!" McGonagal exclaimed, tripping over Malfoy. "Howard," she called to a passing student, "go get Madame Pomfrey! Malfoy needs the hospital wing!"
"Was that my fault?" Caroline asked, glancing down at Draco. "He made the landing softer."
McGonagal shrugged. "It doesn't matter. Here's the rest of the exchange students. I've got to go. The first years will be arriving soon."
Of the four new people joining them, only two were unfamiliar. As for the other two. . .
"Mike?! Elizabeth?! What are you doing here?!" Kee-Kee shrieked.
Elizabeth, the member of the Freak Show who had disappeared a year ago without a trace, looked shocked to see her old friends. Mike, Ramo's brother, had not bothered to change into robes and was wearing his usual trench coat and combat boots.
"My name is Josef Nekros, not Mike!"
Elizabeth actually gave them an explanation. "Last year when I went to have J.K. Rowling sign my Harry Potter books, she heard me say that I hated school. She said she could arrange for me to go to another school, and she brought me to a magic school in California. The teachers there wanted to send me to Hogwarts because they have a better charms department here. Charms is my best subject!"
The Freak Show began catching up with their long lost friend while Caroline pried some information out of "Josef". He had been taking classes from Hogwarts Online and had decided to come to Hogwarts to learn more, but mostly to get rich. He and his friend Max had developed a new drug, but the school was aware of their plans. Therefore, he had come to sell "Breeze" to Hogwarts students.
"Um, that's lovely," Caroline said edging away from him.
Professor Flitwick soon brought them to the entrance hall where they were to wait until the first years were all sorted. In the distance they heard the Sorting Hat singing and then McGonagal began reading off names.
Josef spent ten minutes trying to convince them to buy Breeze. He was finally interrupted when Madame Pomfrey and another teacher they didn't know hurried past with Malfoy on a stretcher. After another half hour of waiting, it was finally time for them to be sorted.
They filed into the Great Hall and stood in a line as they had been instructed. Chippy looked up at the teacher's table and saw Severus for the first time in a week. His hair must have still been pink and purple since the hood of his cloak was pulled down low.
"It is my pleasure to announce that we have ten students transferring to Hogwarts this year," Professor McGonagal announced brightly. "From Durmstrang we have fifth year Derrick Willims."
Derrick slipped the Sorting Hat onto his head.
"Hufflepuff!" the hat shouted over the applause of the Hufflepuffs.
"From Beauxbatons we welcome sixth year Heleeni Silvet."
"Gryfindor!" the Sorting Hat announced after a short pause.
"Next we have Caroline Schelle, a fourth year from Australia!"
It took the Sorting Hat a while to place Caroline. "Slytherin!" it finally bellowed.
"Josef Nekros, seventh year from the United States!"
"Ravenclaw!"
"Then we have second year Chippy von Darr from the United States as well,"
The hat fell down over Chippy's eyes. There was silence.
Smookershnob!" screeched the hat.
Chippy stood and placed the hat back on the stool. No one said anything. No one applauded. Unsure of what to do, she stood off to the side.
"Wait there," the teacher ordered softly.
The Sorting continued as usual.
McGonagall told the school that the remaining students were fourth years from the U.S. and called Kee-Kee to the stool. She to was put into 'Smookershnob'. As were Ara, Ray-Ray, Ramo, and Elizabeth.
McGonagal picked up the stool and the hat. "Come with me."
She ordered them to wait in a small sitting room off the great hall while she took the Sorting Hat back to Dumbledore's office.
After she returned, they were joined by Dumbledore and Snape.
Dumbledore spoke first. "After Salazar Slytherin left Hogwarts, Helga Hufflepuff invited her sister Ava Smookershnob to fill in for him. Ava created her own house for people like her who were. . . different. They could be very. . . strange people who had qualities form all the house, or people who just didn't fit in anywhere. They were all very unique and many had histories of mental illness."
The Freak Show laughed.
"No one has been sorted into Smookershnob in over six hundred years," McGonagal continued. "I'll send the house elves to neaten up the Smookershnob dormitory. It isn't cleaned very often."
"The dormitory is down by the dungeons," Snape started. Any color in his face drained out. "No," he whispered.
"I nearly forgot!" Dumbledore exclaimed. "The common room is right across from Severus's room!"
"No," Severus gasped again.
"I'm sure he'll be happy to take you down there after dinner. You can go to the Great Hall and sit wherever you want. We'll be there in a minute!" Dumbledore then turned his attention to Snape who had passed out.
"Um. . . is there a reason Professor Snape doesn't want a room near us?" Elizabeth asked suspiciously.
"There's lots of reasons!" Ramo breathed through a fit of giggles.
"This will be a fun year!" Ara said in an unusually evil voice.
Chapter 4
Three hours later, the Freak Show was sitting around while Severus screamed himself hoarse over the hair issue.
"Of course it can be reversed!" he howled in response to Ara's question. "But it takes two weeks to make the potion!"
"Can't you borrow some potion from someone else to reverse it?" Chippy calmly asked.
"I've tried! No one has any!"
"You could shave your head before school stars," Kee-Kee told him.
Severus paled and collapsed into a chair.
"What's wrong?" Ray-Ray demanded, glancing up from her copy of Unfogging the Future.
"She-she just suggested that I sh-shave my head!" Snape gasped.
"So?" Ramo appeared to be half asleep.
"M-my beautiful hair!"
Chippy sighed. "When was the last time you washed your hair?"
"Last night," Snape still looked like he was going to faint.
"Then why is it so oily?" Ara inquired.
"I don't know. . . I've used half a bottle of conditioner of my hair every day since I was seven. I've heard conditioner can make hair look kind of greasy," Severus said weakly.
There was a slight pause. Then the five girls burst into hysteric laughter.
The following day, teachers began tutoring the girls in their spare time. Reading the Harry Potter books had helped; they weren't struggling too much. Chippy was flying through the first year spells as the older girls practiced summoning charms.
Professor Snape had locked himself in his office and was frantically trying to find a cure for his brightly colored hair. Therefore, they had not had any lessons in potions.
"It can't be too hard though," Ara remarked as they ate their lunch under a set of stairs near the dungeons. "You just dump a bunch of things into the caldron in the right order."
There was a small opening in the side of the stairs, just large enough for a person to squeeze through. It was hollow underneath, and although there was no standing room, the five girls could sit inside comfortably.
"One day until school starts," Ray-Ray announced. "Which house do you want to be in?"
They spent the next half hour discussing all of the possible outcomes of the following day's sorting. Dumbledore had informed them that they and five other exchange students would be given an introduction after the first years. The teachers seemed freaked out at the possibility of so many other exchange students. According to Professor McGonagal, no one had transferred to Hogwarts since 1962.
The following day was clear and bright. Though excited to finally be starting at Hogwarts, the Freak Show was slightly annoyed when they realized that they would have to wait until that evening to get sorted.
"It's like that time we were excited to get out schedules for school. We thought we had gotten them in the mail and then we found out that we had to wait a week," Ray-Ray complained.
"Concentrate!" McGonagal barked as Ray-Ray's crab crept away.
Ray-Ray retrieved it and went back to attempting to turn the small creature into a necklace.
"Four more hours," Kee-Kee stated, glancing at her watch.
After the lessons, they returned to the guest room and began packing their things into the trunks Dobby had managed to find them. They had to carry them down to the entrance hall so that they could be sent to the correct dormitory after the sorting. After their task was complete, all they had to do was wait.
The Hogwarts Express arrived in Hogsmeade around six that evening. Dumbledore had instructed the Freak Show to wait beneath a large banner that said 'Exchange Students'. So, naturally, they weren't listening.
"Here come the carriages."
They stood near the top of the hill and watched the "horseless" carriages grow closer. A bunch of people they didn't recognize climbed out of the first carriage. The same was true for the next few. Then McGonagall found them and forced them to go back to the banner where they couldn't see very well.
"Well, the freaks have the nerve to go to the same school as Draco Malfoy," a voice behind them sneered.
"Dray-Dray!" Ramo cried, giving the newcomer a hug.
Malfoy seemed to have forgotten that the Freak Show liked it when people called them freaks. He shoved Ramo back and yanked out his wand.
Before he could cast a spell, he was distracted by a noise that sounded like a scream. It grew louder and louder and SPLAT!
A girl with long blonde hair had fallen out of the sky and landed on top of Malfoy.
"HOLY SHIT!" she screamed. "That hurt!"
As she slowly got to her feet, she mumbled a long steam of curses that even Ramo would have never used. And Ramo swore a lot. Malfoy lay on the ground making gurgling noises.
"Ah, Caroline," McGonagal said rushing over, "I see you have discovered what happens when a student misses the train."
Caroline turned her blue eyes to the transfiguration teacher. "I would have been on time if the barrier hadn't locked me out!" she snapped.
"Yes, that's my fault. We just started the system over the summer and we needed a student to test it on. My apologies. The other exchange students should be here in-- Good heavens!" McGonagal exclaimed, tripping over Malfoy. "Howard," she called to a passing student, "go get Madame Pomfrey! Malfoy needs the hospital wing!"
"Was that my fault?" Caroline asked, glancing down at Draco. "He made the landing softer."
McGonagal shrugged. "It doesn't matter. Here's the rest of the exchange students. I've got to go. The first years will be arriving soon."
Of the four new people joining them, only two were unfamiliar. As for the other two. . .
"Mike?! Elizabeth?! What are you doing here?!" Kee-Kee shrieked.
Elizabeth, the member of the Freak Show who had disappeared a year ago without a trace, looked shocked to see her old friends. Mike, Ramo's brother, had not bothered to change into robes and was wearing his usual trench coat and combat boots.
"My name is Josef Nekros, not Mike!"
Elizabeth actually gave them an explanation. "Last year when I went to have J.K. Rowling sign my Harry Potter books, she heard me say that I hated school. She said she could arrange for me to go to another school, and she brought me to a magic school in California. The teachers there wanted to send me to Hogwarts because they have a better charms department here. Charms is my best subject!"
The Freak Show began catching up with their long lost friend while Caroline pried some information out of "Josef". He had been taking classes from Hogwarts Online and had decided to come to Hogwarts to learn more, but mostly to get rich. He and his friend Max had developed a new drug, but the school was aware of their plans. Therefore, he had come to sell "Breeze" to Hogwarts students.
"Um, that's lovely," Caroline said edging away from him.
Professor Flitwick soon brought them to the entrance hall where they were to wait until the first years were all sorted. In the distance they heard the Sorting Hat singing and then McGonagal began reading off names.
Josef spent ten minutes trying to convince them to buy Breeze. He was finally interrupted when Madame Pomfrey and another teacher they didn't know hurried past with Malfoy on a stretcher. After another half hour of waiting, it was finally time for them to be sorted.
They filed into the Great Hall and stood in a line as they had been instructed. Chippy looked up at the teacher's table and saw Severus for the first time in a week. His hair must have still been pink and purple since the hood of his cloak was pulled down low.
"It is my pleasure to announce that we have ten students transferring to Hogwarts this year," Professor McGonagal announced brightly. "From Durmstrang we have fifth year Derrick Willims."
Derrick slipped the Sorting Hat onto his head.
"Hufflepuff!" the hat shouted over the applause of the Hufflepuffs.
"From Beauxbatons we welcome sixth year Heleeni Silvet."
"Gryfindor!" the Sorting Hat announced after a short pause.
"Next we have Caroline Schelle, a fourth year from Australia!"
It took the Sorting Hat a while to place Caroline. "Slytherin!" it finally bellowed.
"Josef Nekros, seventh year from the United States!"
"Ravenclaw!"
"Then we have second year Chippy von Darr from the United States as well,"
The hat fell down over Chippy's eyes. There was silence.
Smookershnob!" screeched the hat.
Chippy stood and placed the hat back on the stool. No one said anything. No one applauded. Unsure of what to do, she stood off to the side.
"Wait there," the teacher ordered softly.
The Sorting continued as usual.
McGonagall told the school that the remaining students were fourth years from the U.S. and called Kee-Kee to the stool. She to was put into 'Smookershnob'. As were Ara, Ray-Ray, Ramo, and Elizabeth.
McGonagal picked up the stool and the hat. "Come with me."
She ordered them to wait in a small sitting room off the great hall while she took the Sorting Hat back to Dumbledore's office.
After she returned, they were joined by Dumbledore and Snape.
Dumbledore spoke first. "After Salazar Slytherin left Hogwarts, Helga Hufflepuff invited her sister Ava Smookershnob to fill in for him. Ava created her own house for people like her who were. . . different. They could be very. . . strange people who had qualities form all the house, or people who just didn't fit in anywhere. They were all very unique and many had histories of mental illness."
The Freak Show laughed.
"No one has been sorted into Smookershnob in over six hundred years," McGonagal continued. "I'll send the house elves to neaten up the Smookershnob dormitory. It isn't cleaned very often."
"The dormitory is down by the dungeons," Snape started. Any color in his face drained out. "No," he whispered.
"I nearly forgot!" Dumbledore exclaimed. "The common room is right across from Severus's room!"
"No," Severus gasped again.
"I'm sure he'll be happy to take you down there after dinner. You can go to the Great Hall and sit wherever you want. We'll be there in a minute!" Dumbledore then turned his attention to Snape who had passed out.
"Um. . . is there a reason Professor Snape doesn't want a room near us?" Elizabeth asked suspiciously.
"There's lots of reasons!" Ramo breathed through a fit of giggles.
"This will be a fun year!" Ara said in an unusually evil voice.