DISCLAIMER: Some of the characters in here are MINE and the others belong to the brilliant JK Rowling.

CHAPTER ONE: The Start of Things

It had been raining all day, and of the looks of things, it wasn't going to let up. Albus Dumbledore sat at his office desk chewing on a lemon drop, thinking of what exciting things might happen this year. He got up from his desk and walked to the window. Looking upon the school grounds, that were flooding now, he watched as Hagrid made haste to the gates to see the students who were to board off the train in a few minutes. Then he decided to get ready himself, and quickly went to his chambers.

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The train was slowing down, that must of meant that they were almost there, Sirius Black thought.

"Well, better get ready to get off." Said James Potter.

"Joy, joy, and more joy." Sirius said sarcastically.

"Hey least we get to eat first."

"That is true. I'm starving."

"You are always hungry, you bottomless pit."

Sirius grinned sideways, and started down the long hallway to get off, with James behind him. When they got off they heard someone yelling, "First yers' over here!"

"That would be us." They both said and quickly walked over to the huge man that was yelling it. "Hurry it up now, times a wastin'." The huge man said.

"Wow, he's huge." James said.

"Must've had his calcium." Sirius added.

They followed the large man to tiny boats and boarded them. As they made there way to the castle Sirius and James started to act up. James accidentally pushed Sirius into another boy, which when he did, he hit the boy in the nose making it bleed.

"OW!! You need to watch it you idiots!"

"Hey, sorry but idiot number one here pushed idiot number two into you."
The boy just glared at them and turned away. They finally reached shore and started to walk up the large stairs. When they entered, the students were met by a teacher and then followed her through another door that was a huge room. It had four very long wooden tables that lined up with each other. The students walked down one of the aisles and gathered around and looked upon a hat on a stool.

The teacher then rolled out a piece of parchment that had gone almost to the floor. She called out the first name. " Kimberly Ashton". The young girl came up and sat on the stool, the hat was placed on her head. After a few seconds the hat yelled, "Ravenclaw!" The students from the Ravenclaw table shouted and cheered and greeted her when she came and sat with them.

A few more names were called. "Sirius Black". Sirius walked up and sat on the stool and waited impatiently. Finally the hat yelled, "Gryffindor!" and Sirius went and sat with the Gryffindors. "Lily Evans". A girl with red hair went up and was also put into Gryffindor. Then the teacher called, " Chelestria Dellwell". Everyone waited for someone to come up but nobody did. The teacher called the name again and still nobody made a sound.

"What kind of name is Chelestria?" James asked a boy that was standing next to him. The boy just shrugged and went back to listening. He looked back at Sirius, who was mouthing the same thing he asked. He shrugged and looked back at the teacher also.

" Well, let's just keep going then." The teacher said looking back down the list of names.

A few more minutes went by and James was getting tired of standing. "Felicia Luna". The girl behind him came up and sat and was put into Slytherin. "Remus Lupin". The boy James had been talking to walked up and sat, "Gryffindor!" He got up and sat in front of Sirius. After five minutes of going through students James name was finally called. "James Potter". He came up to the stool and sat, the hat was placed on his head and immediately yelled, "Gryffindor!" He got down and sat next to Sirius.

When all of the students name were called and were sorted into their houses, the headmaster got up from his chair and made a short announcement.

"I welcome you students, old and new. As you all know, except first years, that the forbidden forest is off limits. And I hope that all of you will enjoy this school year. Let the feast begin."

With that food magically showed up on the tables and everybody started to eat. James and Sirius started making plans about that night, which got Remus into it.

"So how are you going to get by the care taker?" Remus asked with interest.

" I have an invisibility cloak. Care to join us?" James said in a whisper.

"Why not." Remus said with a big smile.

After making plans, the boy named Peter Pettigrew heard everything and wanted to come too. And so they had it.

Half way through the feast, the doors to the Great Hall opened up. Everyone watched as two people came through. It was a teacher and a young girl. She must've been new because nobody recognized her. She had long dark brown hair and had a porcelain complexion. She walked with a kind of grace and quick pace. Sirius, James, Remus, and Peter all looked at each other and looked again at the girl. They noticed she had pointed ears. Everybody else must've too because they all started to whisper things. The girl just walked and ignored them.

The teacher approached Dumbledore and whispered something into his ear. The headmaster rose. "Seems that Miss Dellwell has finally joined us." The teacher, who had ushered her in, pointed to the stool, indicating for her to sit. She sat and the hat was placed on her head. The hat started talking, which it didn't do much with the other students earlier. "Hmm, an elf I see. Difficult, difficult." When the hat said "elf" everyone looked at each other and then starred at the girl. "Very wise, ambitious, lots of courage also. But which one will suit you? Must go with, GRYFFINDOR!" The hat yelled and the Gryffindors clapped and cheered. They couldn't believe it. an elf in their house.

Chelestria sat at the end of the table with some other girls. James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter all looked down the table at her.

"Look at them, they all are starring at her like they've never seen a person before." Peter said.

"Well, it isn't everyday that you meet an elf. I didn't even know they existed." Said Remus.

Sirius and James looked at each other and nodded their heads with big smiles on their faces.

"And what are you two planning now?" Asked Remus.

"Oh, something." They both said.

AUTHORS NOTE: Ha aha! There I'm done with this chapter and hope you like it. More to come! And more different characters will be showing up also. Muahahahahaha.