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Professor McGonagall had gone through a long list of first years when she got to the name, "Sidero Malfoy!" Sidero stood up and sauntered over to where The Hat was seated. She had already known where she was going, what table that is, who she'd be housed with and such. She'd known what classes she'd gotten, how well she'd do in them and a lot of other things one can imagine. Here's why (in case you were wondering), everyone within the Malfoy line, starting from her great-great-great-great- and-so-on grandfather, Draco Malfoy I (her brother was either the X or XI, she couldn't remember, but anyway) had gotten into Slytherin with good marks in every class taken, she wasn't worried. She sat down, and gave a quick, sarcastic smile to her older brother who sneered in return. "SLYTHERIN!" She smiled broader as she slid next to her brother on the long padded bench. "Well, good job. I had my doubts about you," he drawled and gave her a quick, unseen, bump with his elbow. She smiled. There was always something special about a way a sister and brother talked, how they understood each other like no one else could, and they knew it. There was some connection that no one could explain, no one that is, except for the brothers and sisters of the world. Draco gave a sort of half smile; half smirk to his sister and turned back to speaking with Crab and Goyle about the differences between fairies and nymphs.
Ron mouthed the word "Malfoy" to Harry, who shrugged as the next name was called. "Keres Weasley, fifth year" and everyone took in a very awed gasp. This girl was clearly a Weasley, with the trademark red hair and freckles. She was tall and skinny and had nearly clear eyes, but this wasn't what alarmed everyone. What did though was this: she had a visible aura to all around, even Hermione, and her skin had a ghost-like appearnce. "GRYFFINDOR!" yelled The Hat, and Keres smiled.
She walked tentatively towards where Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny were sitting. "Wow," she stated slowly, "Jazzy place, better than that stupid sorts-of-doors school."
Ron flinched, "Hermione, I told you about Keres, remember?" Hermione nodded and immediately didn't like the girl, even after two years, Professor Trelawney's words about her dim aura hurt her.
"Please don't dislike me, Hermione, your aura has grown." Keres smiled and Hermione's eyes widened. A thought struck her that maybe Keres was psychic. "Why Hermione, you're so intelligent. I'm glad you figured it out so quickly." The words moved across Hermione's brain like a book, but Keres lips did not move. The two began talking, verbally, and very soon had their own conversation started.
Harry took this all in with silent awe, having been told about Keres' extraordinary powers by Ron, who began chortling as he looked at Harry. He asked what was wrong, to which Ron snorted out that Harry had just much resembled a startled earwig, and that he wished he'd had a photograph of it. "Okay then," was all Harry could think to say.
"Bonamy Vertes, sixth year!" called McGonagall. A tall girl stepped forward. Harry closed his mouth quickly and watched as the girl from Diagon Alley walked across the room. She stopped before she sat on the stool, then asked Professor McGonagall a question, and whatever the answer was, seemed pleased. When she sat down and turned to the crowd of students, they all noticed her face matched very closely with the structure of Sidero Malfoy's. Harry groaned, Ron snickered at him, and Hermione carried on her conversation of hexes with Keres. "Slytherin," she said under her breath, only McGonagall heard her, giving her a sidelong glance. Well her, and The Hat. "SLYTHERIN!" The Hat exclaimed, and Bonamy showed only a little of her joy. She sat next to her cousins Draco and Sidero, and smiled a dazzling smile at Harry, who couldn't take his eyes off her, then turned to Goyle. He seemed to be very taken with her and Harry's stomach clenched pure jealousy, but his eyes were brought to Ron as he slapped Harry's shoulder choking out an apparently funny joke that one of the twins had animated.
"Darrius Brandigan, seventh year" was the next name called. A guy about 5'7'' stood up. He had dark skin and glasses. He cracked a joke, which even had Professor Snape laughing, and sat down. "SLYTHERIN!" The Hat choked out past it's own little snicker. Darrius sat down at the according table and within a matter of minuets the table was laughing.
"Felimy Harper, fifth year" the next name belonged to a tall blonde. She was skinny and had large blue eyes. She looked like she could tan easily, and she had straight teeth. "HUFFLEPUFF!" She sat down idly at her table and started talking to the nearest person.
After that came an, "Akhtar Imshi, fourth year" who became another Ravenclaw, an "Artemus Ganem, sixth year" was a Gryffindor, then the name "Nukpana Wathari, fifth year" was called. Nothing happened, and no one stood to claim the name. Professor McGonagall blinked at the crowded room then turned to Dumbledore. He gestured for her to go on, though he looked around a bit for the face. About 7 more names were called that showed up body-less. McGonagall was looking increasingly worried, and Dumbledore had called what seemed to be a freed house elf to his side, whispered something in the elf's ear, and with a small pop it was gone. Dumbledore then stood up and announced, "Well now that the sorting has been completed," loud cheers, "and," still cheering, "so let," louder cheering, "begin!"
At that the cheering finally stopped as all the new students stared in hunger at the food beginning to appear out of nowhere on the table, while the others started piling their plates up, filling there mouths, or (in Fred and George's case) throwing food at one another in a semi-clean way.
A tall, almost six foot, handsome, young man stood up suddenly at the side of the room, "Um, not to intrude, but you didn't call our names," He gestured to another equally handsome boy sitting next to him, "Or maybe you did and we just missed it?" his thoughts trailed off as the young man saw over one thousand pairs of eyes all turn on him in the same instant. He sat back down, next to the other boy and blushed a light rouge.
"And just what would your name happen to be, then?" asked Snape severely, standing up to give more of an impression.
"Um," he began, standing up again, to show Snape he wasn't afraid, "My name is Kenny Runako, and this is my elder brother, by one year, Aden Runako," he stated in a strong voice and very bluntly, "we both received the letters, addressed to our exact rooms, but we seem not to have been called. If you don't believe me we both have our letters with us," He offered uselessly.
"No, it is fine," Professor Dumbledore said loudly, all eyes switched their previous position to look at him, "I do remember squeezing the Runako family in at the last minuet. I sent letters to them on a whim, though I hadn't gotten a reply, so I simply assumed they weren't coming. It is all three," he gave them a stern stare, "of our faults, just pull The Hat out for two more, and go on as planned. No harm done." Professor McGonagall ran over to snatch The Hat which grumbled lazily, apparently having been snoozing.
"Though," Dumbledore began again, "I am quite worried about a Miss Goulart," at this even the professors looked very surprised, "She seems to not be here, you did call her name, did you not Minerva?" he turned to McGonagall.
"Well, yes, twice, the second time louder then the first. I figured that she had not decided to come after all." she trailed off feeling guilty. Dumbledore got a curious look in his eyes, and a mischievous one at that. "Well then, the hat the hat," he clapped his hands and willed the process to go on.
"Kenny Runako," McGonagall called and looked at him, having memorized the boys' names.
"I'm a fifth year," He whispered to her.
"Fifth year," She called and gestured for him to sit.
The young man walked forward, sat down, and waited. McGonagall hesitated and put The Hat on the young man's head. He jumped at the "SLYTHERIN!" yelled out, and walked over to where Bonamy was seated, where he tapped her on the shoulder, asked her if the seat next to her was taken, and when her giggled reply was 'no' he sat down next to her and started chatting cheerfully. Harry's jealousy rose as the tops of his ears tinted red.
"Aden Runako, sixth year," McGonagall called out. The equally cute brother stepped up and smirked. He sat down and laughed a very hearty laugh at being placed. "HUFFLEPUFF!" He walked over to where Felimy was sitting and started talking to her and, to Hermione's pure hatred and displeasure, started playing with the tips of her hair.
"The completely boggling part is how those two seem not to be fazed one bit by the fact that they arent't in the same house. The Hat is usually very good at putting families in the same general house, or at least those somewhat resembling each other, but Slytherin and Hufflepuff?!?!" Ron wondered allowed. Harry shrugged and Hermione scooted closer to Ron, and started flipping her hair a little, and giggling at his un-witty jokes, her eyes on Felimy at all times. To this he turned to her, "What the bloody 'ell are you doing 'Mione, you never flip your hair, or for that fact find me funny," he snapped, having been supremely annoyed at the fact that with her hair flipping he'd been hit in the face quite a few times with it and was starting to make his left eye water up.
"Well," She said, matter-of-factly, "I was just trying to get your attention, and now that I have it I'd like to ask you a question." She briefly noticed his hand rubbing a watery and red eye, then she wondered what happened to it. She started to go off into a silent jealous reverie when Ron broke it with a very annoyed, "WELL?"
"Oh, I was just wondering if you liked longer, shorter, or medium hair?"
Ron looked around, and returned with a very wide grin, "Neither," he replied, "I'd rather you didn't have hair at all, the whole lot of you, girls that is. Wouldn't get whacked in the face that way." He chuckled and slapped five with Harry, who was chortling with the laughter. Hermione just gave a sort of "humph" to that and turned to Keres, who had turned out to be moaning.
"What's wrong Keres?" asked a rather surprised Hermione.
"Nothing," she replied and began to eat again, "I simply had another vision is all. No worries though, not bad... quite exciting really!" She munched away as Hermione took a slow slip of her water. Hermione then wondered if she was truly ok.
"Ya, I've gotten used to this by now," Keres answered the unspoken question aloud.
Over at the Slytherin table things seemed to be going well. Kenny had somehow moved closer to Crab, Goyle, and Draco. "And what would you want?" sneered Draco.
"You don't remember me do you?" asked the total cutie (to Sidero and Felimy, that is).
"No," Draco scoffed and looked at him as though he were garbage, "and if I did, I probably would have said hello." He turned away.
"Oh, I'm sorry to have interrupted then," Kenny turned, flashed a brilliant smile across the table to Felimy, sat next to her, and started talking with her again.
Draco turned back to his faithful minions and to Pansy Parkinson to tell the story of how he took an Igglewig out of Sidero's ear while baby- sitting. He never mentioned that the only reason he did was for the fear that if his father found out that Draco put it there in the first place, he'd be in the deepest trouble he'd ever been in.
The feast was coming to an end, so Dumbledore stood, "I think we've had enough tonight, it's nearly 1:00 a.m. which is completely too late to be going to bed the first night before school. All of you, to your dormitories now, and if you need to figure out your new passwords for this year, your Prefects know. Also, all of the new students need to stick very closely to their house groups, it is easy to get lost in the great halls of this school. Also, I would like to speak to a Keres Weasley please. Thank you and good night."
Okie dokie, this is the meshed Chapter 2 and 3 from my original story. MUCH better in my opinion... Let me know what you think! OOOooo and let me know if there are ANY mistakes!! Jenna
Professor McGonagall had gone through a long list of first years when she got to the name, "Sidero Malfoy!" Sidero stood up and sauntered over to where The Hat was seated. She had already known where she was going, what table that is, who she'd be housed with and such. She'd known what classes she'd gotten, how well she'd do in them and a lot of other things one can imagine. Here's why (in case you were wondering), everyone within the Malfoy line, starting from her great-great-great-great- and-so-on grandfather, Draco Malfoy I (her brother was either the X or XI, she couldn't remember, but anyway) had gotten into Slytherin with good marks in every class taken, she wasn't worried. She sat down, and gave a quick, sarcastic smile to her older brother who sneered in return. "SLYTHERIN!" She smiled broader as she slid next to her brother on the long padded bench. "Well, good job. I had my doubts about you," he drawled and gave her a quick, unseen, bump with his elbow. She smiled. There was always something special about a way a sister and brother talked, how they understood each other like no one else could, and they knew it. There was some connection that no one could explain, no one that is, except for the brothers and sisters of the world. Draco gave a sort of half smile; half smirk to his sister and turned back to speaking with Crab and Goyle about the differences between fairies and nymphs.
Ron mouthed the word "Malfoy" to Harry, who shrugged as the next name was called. "Keres Weasley, fifth year" and everyone took in a very awed gasp. This girl was clearly a Weasley, with the trademark red hair and freckles. She was tall and skinny and had nearly clear eyes, but this wasn't what alarmed everyone. What did though was this: she had a visible aura to all around, even Hermione, and her skin had a ghost-like appearnce. "GRYFFINDOR!" yelled The Hat, and Keres smiled.
She walked tentatively towards where Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny were sitting. "Wow," she stated slowly, "Jazzy place, better than that stupid sorts-of-doors school."
Ron flinched, "Hermione, I told you about Keres, remember?" Hermione nodded and immediately didn't like the girl, even after two years, Professor Trelawney's words about her dim aura hurt her.
"Please don't dislike me, Hermione, your aura has grown." Keres smiled and Hermione's eyes widened. A thought struck her that maybe Keres was psychic. "Why Hermione, you're so intelligent. I'm glad you figured it out so quickly." The words moved across Hermione's brain like a book, but Keres lips did not move. The two began talking, verbally, and very soon had their own conversation started.
Harry took this all in with silent awe, having been told about Keres' extraordinary powers by Ron, who began chortling as he looked at Harry. He asked what was wrong, to which Ron snorted out that Harry had just much resembled a startled earwig, and that he wished he'd had a photograph of it. "Okay then," was all Harry could think to say.
"Bonamy Vertes, sixth year!" called McGonagall. A tall girl stepped forward. Harry closed his mouth quickly and watched as the girl from Diagon Alley walked across the room. She stopped before she sat on the stool, then asked Professor McGonagall a question, and whatever the answer was, seemed pleased. When she sat down and turned to the crowd of students, they all noticed her face matched very closely with the structure of Sidero Malfoy's. Harry groaned, Ron snickered at him, and Hermione carried on her conversation of hexes with Keres. "Slytherin," she said under her breath, only McGonagall heard her, giving her a sidelong glance. Well her, and The Hat. "SLYTHERIN!" The Hat exclaimed, and Bonamy showed only a little of her joy. She sat next to her cousins Draco and Sidero, and smiled a dazzling smile at Harry, who couldn't take his eyes off her, then turned to Goyle. He seemed to be very taken with her and Harry's stomach clenched pure jealousy, but his eyes were brought to Ron as he slapped Harry's shoulder choking out an apparently funny joke that one of the twins had animated.
"Darrius Brandigan, seventh year" was the next name called. A guy about 5'7'' stood up. He had dark skin and glasses. He cracked a joke, which even had Professor Snape laughing, and sat down. "SLYTHERIN!" The Hat choked out past it's own little snicker. Darrius sat down at the according table and within a matter of minuets the table was laughing.
"Felimy Harper, fifth year" the next name belonged to a tall blonde. She was skinny and had large blue eyes. She looked like she could tan easily, and she had straight teeth. "HUFFLEPUFF!" She sat down idly at her table and started talking to the nearest person.
After that came an, "Akhtar Imshi, fourth year" who became another Ravenclaw, an "Artemus Ganem, sixth year" was a Gryffindor, then the name "Nukpana Wathari, fifth year" was called. Nothing happened, and no one stood to claim the name. Professor McGonagall blinked at the crowded room then turned to Dumbledore. He gestured for her to go on, though he looked around a bit for the face. About 7 more names were called that showed up body-less. McGonagall was looking increasingly worried, and Dumbledore had called what seemed to be a freed house elf to his side, whispered something in the elf's ear, and with a small pop it was gone. Dumbledore then stood up and announced, "Well now that the sorting has been completed," loud cheers, "and," still cheering, "so let," louder cheering, "begin!"
At that the cheering finally stopped as all the new students stared in hunger at the food beginning to appear out of nowhere on the table, while the others started piling their plates up, filling there mouths, or (in Fred and George's case) throwing food at one another in a semi-clean way.
A tall, almost six foot, handsome, young man stood up suddenly at the side of the room, "Um, not to intrude, but you didn't call our names," He gestured to another equally handsome boy sitting next to him, "Or maybe you did and we just missed it?" his thoughts trailed off as the young man saw over one thousand pairs of eyes all turn on him in the same instant. He sat back down, next to the other boy and blushed a light rouge.
"And just what would your name happen to be, then?" asked Snape severely, standing up to give more of an impression.
"Um," he began, standing up again, to show Snape he wasn't afraid, "My name is Kenny Runako, and this is my elder brother, by one year, Aden Runako," he stated in a strong voice and very bluntly, "we both received the letters, addressed to our exact rooms, but we seem not to have been called. If you don't believe me we both have our letters with us," He offered uselessly.
"No, it is fine," Professor Dumbledore said loudly, all eyes switched their previous position to look at him, "I do remember squeezing the Runako family in at the last minuet. I sent letters to them on a whim, though I hadn't gotten a reply, so I simply assumed they weren't coming. It is all three," he gave them a stern stare, "of our faults, just pull The Hat out for two more, and go on as planned. No harm done." Professor McGonagall ran over to snatch The Hat which grumbled lazily, apparently having been snoozing.
"Though," Dumbledore began again, "I am quite worried about a Miss Goulart," at this even the professors looked very surprised, "She seems to not be here, you did call her name, did you not Minerva?" he turned to McGonagall.
"Well, yes, twice, the second time louder then the first. I figured that she had not decided to come after all." she trailed off feeling guilty. Dumbledore got a curious look in his eyes, and a mischievous one at that. "Well then, the hat the hat," he clapped his hands and willed the process to go on.
"Kenny Runako," McGonagall called and looked at him, having memorized the boys' names.
"I'm a fifth year," He whispered to her.
"Fifth year," She called and gestured for him to sit.
The young man walked forward, sat down, and waited. McGonagall hesitated and put The Hat on the young man's head. He jumped at the "SLYTHERIN!" yelled out, and walked over to where Bonamy was seated, where he tapped her on the shoulder, asked her if the seat next to her was taken, and when her giggled reply was 'no' he sat down next to her and started chatting cheerfully. Harry's jealousy rose as the tops of his ears tinted red.
"Aden Runako, sixth year," McGonagall called out. The equally cute brother stepped up and smirked. He sat down and laughed a very hearty laugh at being placed. "HUFFLEPUFF!" He walked over to where Felimy was sitting and started talking to her and, to Hermione's pure hatred and displeasure, started playing with the tips of her hair.
"The completely boggling part is how those two seem not to be fazed one bit by the fact that they arent't in the same house. The Hat is usually very good at putting families in the same general house, or at least those somewhat resembling each other, but Slytherin and Hufflepuff?!?!" Ron wondered allowed. Harry shrugged and Hermione scooted closer to Ron, and started flipping her hair a little, and giggling at his un-witty jokes, her eyes on Felimy at all times. To this he turned to her, "What the bloody 'ell are you doing 'Mione, you never flip your hair, or for that fact find me funny," he snapped, having been supremely annoyed at the fact that with her hair flipping he'd been hit in the face quite a few times with it and was starting to make his left eye water up.
"Well," She said, matter-of-factly, "I was just trying to get your attention, and now that I have it I'd like to ask you a question." She briefly noticed his hand rubbing a watery and red eye, then she wondered what happened to it. She started to go off into a silent jealous reverie when Ron broke it with a very annoyed, "WELL?"
"Oh, I was just wondering if you liked longer, shorter, or medium hair?"
Ron looked around, and returned with a very wide grin, "Neither," he replied, "I'd rather you didn't have hair at all, the whole lot of you, girls that is. Wouldn't get whacked in the face that way." He chuckled and slapped five with Harry, who was chortling with the laughter. Hermione just gave a sort of "humph" to that and turned to Keres, who had turned out to be moaning.
"What's wrong Keres?" asked a rather surprised Hermione.
"Nothing," she replied and began to eat again, "I simply had another vision is all. No worries though, not bad... quite exciting really!" She munched away as Hermione took a slow slip of her water. Hermione then wondered if she was truly ok.
"Ya, I've gotten used to this by now," Keres answered the unspoken question aloud.
Over at the Slytherin table things seemed to be going well. Kenny had somehow moved closer to Crab, Goyle, and Draco. "And what would you want?" sneered Draco.
"You don't remember me do you?" asked the total cutie (to Sidero and Felimy, that is).
"No," Draco scoffed and looked at him as though he were garbage, "and if I did, I probably would have said hello." He turned away.
"Oh, I'm sorry to have interrupted then," Kenny turned, flashed a brilliant smile across the table to Felimy, sat next to her, and started talking with her again.
Draco turned back to his faithful minions and to Pansy Parkinson to tell the story of how he took an Igglewig out of Sidero's ear while baby- sitting. He never mentioned that the only reason he did was for the fear that if his father found out that Draco put it there in the first place, he'd be in the deepest trouble he'd ever been in.
The feast was coming to an end, so Dumbledore stood, "I think we've had enough tonight, it's nearly 1:00 a.m. which is completely too late to be going to bed the first night before school. All of you, to your dormitories now, and if you need to figure out your new passwords for this year, your Prefects know. Also, all of the new students need to stick very closely to their house groups, it is easy to get lost in the great halls of this school. Also, I would like to speak to a Keres Weasley please. Thank you and good night."
Okie dokie, this is the meshed Chapter 2 and 3 from my original story. MUCH better in my opinion... Let me know what you think! OOOooo and let me know if there are ANY mistakes!! Jenna