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Back to Hogwarts
It was getting late and the dark forest surrounding the castle was pitch- black. The moon was shining bright over the scenario together with the stars. It was actually a very beautiful night. If only they had gotten the chance to enjoy it, but the road to Hogwarts was full of small rocks making the carriage shake every now and then..
Nat was sitting on the end with the open window and just staring at the twinkling stars. Her deep, green eyes were sparkling in the moon light, reflecting the stars above them. As much as she hated to admit it, the words Lucius had said made her worry about her family. Luckily her brother Josh was at Hogwarts too. Josh was in his 6th year. He was also a Gryffindor . " I'll owl them tomorrow," she said to her self, "first thing." Suddenly she was awaken from her own world. It was Remus. He took her ginger hair and put it behind her ear, to see her face. "Anything you would like to share with me?" he whispered gently to her, his hazel eyes met hers, "Looks like your head is full of worries." "Is it that obvious?" she turned her head away from his," I was just thinking about something. Nothing to worry about. " [I] Who was she fooling? [/I] She knew he wouldn't believe her. She had to admit, she was far away in her own thoughts and worries before he had brought her back to reality. "Are you sure you don't want to tell me?" he whispered gentle, his eyes full of concern, "You know you can tell me everything." She sighed, there was no way he'd let her away without telling him. Turning her head back, she returned his gaze," I was just thinking about my family ,remmy. They are muggles and I don't want them to die." She fought back the tears and gathered her thoughts about something else, not wanting to show how 'weak' she was at the moment. 'I wonder where Nightwing is.maybe she's at Hogwarts already.'
(Nightwing was her cat. She was black as the night with a matching pair of light-brown eyes. Nightwing had been her birthday present from her parents last summer)
Remus saw the sad expression on her face and knew it had to be something with the words that scum Malfoy had said. Only that could make her this thoughtful. Luckily, or was it lucky? Lucius Malfoy would be leaving the school soon, in fact this was his last year at Hogwarts. He couldn't wait to get rid of him, but what would happen if Malfoy found You-Know-Who? He would join him, no doubt about that. And the world would be an even worse place to live on for muggles. a sarcastic voice inside his head said. This was ridiculous, he had only said it to scare them. He shooed away all the thoughts that was swirling around in his head, and turned to James.
James was in a hot discussion with Sirius about quidditch, and they got louder and louder. "No, he's not!" James almost shouted to Sirius. "He is!" Sirius shouted back. "He's not, and you know it!" It sounded like they were standing on each side of the pitch. "He's staying!" "No, he's not!" And on and on.. "Boys." Lily sighed looking at them, "Can you believe them? Arguing over that guy, Ludo Bagman. James means he's changing team. And , well, as you see Sirius is not of the same opinion." She shook her head. "Is he changing team?" Remus asked them curiously ,"You can't be serious!" "He's not, don't believe him." Sirius told him, "What would he do that for?" It was obvious he didn't believe his friend at all. "It's true! I read it! Besides, my dad told me!" "Oh, great.." Catty said rolling her eyes ,"Thanks for the help Remus." "Do something...!" Lily begged ,"I don't care how, I'm not interested in that stupid guy anyway.they can discuss it tonight in their dormitory." "That way we'll never get any sleep." Catty said ,"OK, guys..why don't you discuss this later? Perhaps in 'History of Magic'?.besides.we're almost there." They paused their little conversation, and noticed the looks they were getting. "What?" Remus asked. "Nothing." Nat said quickly.
The carriages stopped in front of the school, and all the students got out. They walked towards the great oak doors. A strict-looking witch in her thirties was standing in front of them. Her hair was brown and put up in a bun right bellow her pointy hat. "Come on now," she said to the students," Follow me, hurry up." She waved her to tell them to follow her inside the well-known castle. "Looks like she's in a hurry," Lily said following the stream. "No wonder," Nat said, while being pushed forwards by the crowd," She's gotta go fetch the first years too."
They walked through the huge doors to The Great hall, and even though they were very used to it, they had to look up at the bewitched ceiling. It was dark and cloudy, the rain poured down, but it stopped just before it hit the students heads. They went to the Gryffindor table together with the other Gryff's, and sat down waiting for the first years to arrive after their trip over the lake with Hagrid.
Lily sat down and looked at the other Gryffindors. Bertha Jorkins was sitting at the end talking with Molly Weasley, a red-haired, shy, but nice girl in 5th. Bertha on the other hand was an idiot, not like any other girl she had ever met, Bertha just didn't seem to have a brain.
Over to the right, Arthur Weasley , Arabella Figg , Josh and some other 6th years were talking loudly about their vacation.
Suddenly the doors to the great hall opened and they could see some of the nervous first years. Everyone stopped talking and there were complete silence. Professor McGonagall told them to follow her and then marched in. The first years walked slowly after her, staring at the magical lights which were standing in the air without any support glowing over the tables. They stopped in front of the teacher stable. The filthy sorting hat opened its 'mouth' and, to the first years' surprise, began to sing. It was a long song about the four greatest witches and wizards in history; Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff, Salazar Slytherin and Godric Gryffindor. When the song finished Professor McGonagall took out a roll of parchment and told the students to go up and sit on the three-legged stool in front of them when she called their name. She took up the parchment and read the name out loud, -" Avenson, Gregory !" A chubby boy with blonde hair walked up to the stool and sat down. The professor put the hat on his head. As usual the hat was too big and slid down over the students eyes. After a moment with silence it opened it's 'mouth' and shouted out -"RAVENCLAW!" Gregory took off the hat and walked over to the cheering Ravenclaw table, where he were greeted by his fellow Ravenclaws .He sat down and watched the rest of the new students. The next one was " Bluestone, Mary!" A tall girl with curly brown hair sat down on the stool and waited nervously for The hat's decision. "GRIFFINDOR!" The hat shouted out before being picked up, and placed on an other first years head to chose which house she belonged to.
James cheered with the rest of the Gryffindors and smiled at the girl as she walked over to them. "Hi!" he said to her as she sat down next to him, "I'm James." "Uhm, hi," she said a bit shyly. "Well, welcome to Gryffindor," "The best house at Hogwarts," he added with a wink. He then turned his attention back to the sorting ceremony.
- " Fletcher, Mundungus!"
" GRYFFINDOR!"
" Gäule, Maria!"
" HUFFLEPUFF!"
" Jilting , Kayla!"
" SLYTHERIN!"
When the sorting-ceremony finished, headmaster Dumbledore stood up. It was time for his yearly speech. He looked proudly at all the students and smiled at them. " I would like to welcome you all, both new and old students, to an other year at Hogwarts! First years please note that The Forbidden Forest is strictly forbidden for all students at all time. Next I have a message from our caretaker," he said and looked at a young man with filthy clothes, standing at the end of the hall, " Mr. Filch, NO magic in the halls and dungbombs are not welcome..." He paused for a second, and James was sure that the headmaster was looking directly at him, Remus and Sirius when he had said those last words. "Now, all I have left to say is; enjoy!"
Just as he said that, the plates were filled with all sorts of food, pudding, meatloaf, roast beef, chicken, everything! The drinking goblets was filled with pumpkin juice, and all the students started eating. It was obvious that they were hungry after the journey, for a while no one spoke. They were too busy filling their plates with food. After a while people started to finish. And again the hall was filled with buzzing.
"I'm so full!" Sirius complained loudly. "No wonder when you're eating that much.." Catty said rolling her eyes. "I was hungry..!" he answered back. "C'mon, lets go to the common room," James said, "I'm tired." "yeah," Remus said following him.
They all left the table and walked out of the great hall. "Lets see if we still remember the way," James joked, "I think it's this way." Hogwarts was full of endless corridors and, worst of all, moving staircases. It was like a huge maze. Some of the doors weren't even doors at all, they were disguised walls. And with Peeves flying around, it was hard to not get lost.
"Are you sure this is the right way?" Lily asked looking around, "I don't remember that guy." She pointed at a big painting with an old guy winking at her. " 'Ello M'lady. Hick " he said performing a clumsy bow. "Good bye.." Lily said without looking at him and rushed past James. "Don't worry, I'm positive this is the right way," James said. With James in the lead they walked up a short staircase, turned left, then left again until they reached the end of the corridor. There was no other way, an old bookshelf with lots of dust-covered books was the only thing there except a few small pictures on the wall. "Here we are," James said satisfied and gave the girls a told-you-I-could- find-it look. "Ehm, James?" Nat said carefully looking at him," As far as I can see, there's no common room here." "Can't you see it Nat?" Catty said," It's right here, there's the fireplace," she said and pointed at an empty corner," and there's the rest of the Gryffindors," she pointed at all the books in the bookshelf, and stuck out her tongue. "Ha ha ha," James said in a really sarcastic tone, "You don't believe me to do?" "James," Lily said gentle, "There's nothing here." "Did you really think James would take the normal way to the common room?" Remus asked them looking a bit surprised," Think again, this is James Potter we're talking about!"
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Back to Hogwarts
It was getting late and the dark forest surrounding the castle was pitch- black. The moon was shining bright over the scenario together with the stars. It was actually a very beautiful night. If only they had gotten the chance to enjoy it, but the road to Hogwarts was full of small rocks making the carriage shake every now and then..
Nat was sitting on the end with the open window and just staring at the twinkling stars. Her deep, green eyes were sparkling in the moon light, reflecting the stars above them. As much as she hated to admit it, the words Lucius had said made her worry about her family. Luckily her brother Josh was at Hogwarts too. Josh was in his 6th year. He was also a Gryffindor . " I'll owl them tomorrow," she said to her self, "first thing." Suddenly she was awaken from her own world. It was Remus. He took her ginger hair and put it behind her ear, to see her face. "Anything you would like to share with me?" he whispered gently to her, his hazel eyes met hers, "Looks like your head is full of worries." "Is it that obvious?" she turned her head away from his," I was just thinking about something. Nothing to worry about. " [I] Who was she fooling? [/I] She knew he wouldn't believe her. She had to admit, she was far away in her own thoughts and worries before he had brought her back to reality. "Are you sure you don't want to tell me?" he whispered gentle, his eyes full of concern, "You know you can tell me everything." She sighed, there was no way he'd let her away without telling him. Turning her head back, she returned his gaze," I was just thinking about my family ,remmy. They are muggles and I don't want them to die." She fought back the tears and gathered her thoughts about something else, not wanting to show how 'weak' she was at the moment. 'I wonder where Nightwing is.maybe she's at Hogwarts already.'
(Nightwing was her cat. She was black as the night with a matching pair of light-brown eyes. Nightwing had been her birthday present from her parents last summer)
Remus saw the sad expression on her face and knew it had to be something with the words that scum Malfoy had said. Only that could make her this thoughtful. Luckily, or was it lucky? Lucius Malfoy would be leaving the school soon, in fact this was his last year at Hogwarts. He couldn't wait to get rid of him, but what would happen if Malfoy found You-Know-Who? He would join him, no doubt about that. And the world would be an even worse place to live on for muggles. a sarcastic voice inside his head said. This was ridiculous, he had only said it to scare them. He shooed away all the thoughts that was swirling around in his head, and turned to James.
James was in a hot discussion with Sirius about quidditch, and they got louder and louder. "No, he's not!" James almost shouted to Sirius. "He is!" Sirius shouted back. "He's not, and you know it!" It sounded like they were standing on each side of the pitch. "He's staying!" "No, he's not!" And on and on.. "Boys." Lily sighed looking at them, "Can you believe them? Arguing over that guy, Ludo Bagman. James means he's changing team. And , well, as you see Sirius is not of the same opinion." She shook her head. "Is he changing team?" Remus asked them curiously ,"You can't be serious!" "He's not, don't believe him." Sirius told him, "What would he do that for?" It was obvious he didn't believe his friend at all. "It's true! I read it! Besides, my dad told me!" "Oh, great.." Catty said rolling her eyes ,"Thanks for the help Remus." "Do something...!" Lily begged ,"I don't care how, I'm not interested in that stupid guy anyway.they can discuss it tonight in their dormitory." "That way we'll never get any sleep." Catty said ,"OK, guys..why don't you discuss this later? Perhaps in 'History of Magic'?.besides.we're almost there." They paused their little conversation, and noticed the looks they were getting. "What?" Remus asked. "Nothing." Nat said quickly.
The carriages stopped in front of the school, and all the students got out. They walked towards the great oak doors. A strict-looking witch in her thirties was standing in front of them. Her hair was brown and put up in a bun right bellow her pointy hat. "Come on now," she said to the students," Follow me, hurry up." She waved her to tell them to follow her inside the well-known castle. "Looks like she's in a hurry," Lily said following the stream. "No wonder," Nat said, while being pushed forwards by the crowd," She's gotta go fetch the first years too."
They walked through the huge doors to The Great hall, and even though they were very used to it, they had to look up at the bewitched ceiling. It was dark and cloudy, the rain poured down, but it stopped just before it hit the students heads. They went to the Gryffindor table together with the other Gryff's, and sat down waiting for the first years to arrive after their trip over the lake with Hagrid.
Lily sat down and looked at the other Gryffindors. Bertha Jorkins was sitting at the end talking with Molly Weasley, a red-haired, shy, but nice girl in 5th. Bertha on the other hand was an idiot, not like any other girl she had ever met, Bertha just didn't seem to have a brain.
Over to the right, Arthur Weasley , Arabella Figg , Josh and some other 6th years were talking loudly about their vacation.
Suddenly the doors to the great hall opened and they could see some of the nervous first years. Everyone stopped talking and there were complete silence. Professor McGonagall told them to follow her and then marched in. The first years walked slowly after her, staring at the magical lights which were standing in the air without any support glowing over the tables. They stopped in front of the teacher stable. The filthy sorting hat opened its 'mouth' and, to the first years' surprise, began to sing. It was a long song about the four greatest witches and wizards in history; Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff, Salazar Slytherin and Godric Gryffindor. When the song finished Professor McGonagall took out a roll of parchment and told the students to go up and sit on the three-legged stool in front of them when she called their name. She took up the parchment and read the name out loud, -" Avenson, Gregory !" A chubby boy with blonde hair walked up to the stool and sat down. The professor put the hat on his head. As usual the hat was too big and slid down over the students eyes. After a moment with silence it opened it's 'mouth' and shouted out -"RAVENCLAW!" Gregory took off the hat and walked over to the cheering Ravenclaw table, where he were greeted by his fellow Ravenclaws .He sat down and watched the rest of the new students. The next one was " Bluestone, Mary!" A tall girl with curly brown hair sat down on the stool and waited nervously for The hat's decision. "GRIFFINDOR!" The hat shouted out before being picked up, and placed on an other first years head to chose which house she belonged to.
James cheered with the rest of the Gryffindors and smiled at the girl as she walked over to them. "Hi!" he said to her as she sat down next to him, "I'm James." "Uhm, hi," she said a bit shyly. "Well, welcome to Gryffindor," "The best house at Hogwarts," he added with a wink. He then turned his attention back to the sorting ceremony.
- " Fletcher, Mundungus!"
" GRYFFINDOR!"
" Gäule, Maria!"
" HUFFLEPUFF!"
" Jilting , Kayla!"
" SLYTHERIN!"
When the sorting-ceremony finished, headmaster Dumbledore stood up. It was time for his yearly speech. He looked proudly at all the students and smiled at them. " I would like to welcome you all, both new and old students, to an other year at Hogwarts! First years please note that The Forbidden Forest is strictly forbidden for all students at all time. Next I have a message from our caretaker," he said and looked at a young man with filthy clothes, standing at the end of the hall, " Mr. Filch, NO magic in the halls and dungbombs are not welcome..." He paused for a second, and James was sure that the headmaster was looking directly at him, Remus and Sirius when he had said those last words. "Now, all I have left to say is; enjoy!"
Just as he said that, the plates were filled with all sorts of food, pudding, meatloaf, roast beef, chicken, everything! The drinking goblets was filled with pumpkin juice, and all the students started eating. It was obvious that they were hungry after the journey, for a while no one spoke. They were too busy filling their plates with food. After a while people started to finish. And again the hall was filled with buzzing.
"I'm so full!" Sirius complained loudly. "No wonder when you're eating that much.." Catty said rolling her eyes. "I was hungry..!" he answered back. "C'mon, lets go to the common room," James said, "I'm tired." "yeah," Remus said following him.
They all left the table and walked out of the great hall. "Lets see if we still remember the way," James joked, "I think it's this way." Hogwarts was full of endless corridors and, worst of all, moving staircases. It was like a huge maze. Some of the doors weren't even doors at all, they were disguised walls. And with Peeves flying around, it was hard to not get lost.
"Are you sure this is the right way?" Lily asked looking around, "I don't remember that guy." She pointed at a big painting with an old guy winking at her. " 'Ello M'lady. Hick " he said performing a clumsy bow. "Good bye.." Lily said without looking at him and rushed past James. "Don't worry, I'm positive this is the right way," James said. With James in the lead they walked up a short staircase, turned left, then left again until they reached the end of the corridor. There was no other way, an old bookshelf with lots of dust-covered books was the only thing there except a few small pictures on the wall. "Here we are," James said satisfied and gave the girls a told-you-I-could- find-it look. "Ehm, James?" Nat said carefully looking at him," As far as I can see, there's no common room here." "Can't you see it Nat?" Catty said," It's right here, there's the fireplace," she said and pointed at an empty corner," and there's the rest of the Gryffindors," she pointed at all the books in the bookshelf, and stuck out her tongue. "Ha ha ha," James said in a really sarcastic tone, "You don't believe me to do?" "James," Lily said gentle, "There's nothing here." "Did you really think James would take the normal way to the common room?" Remus asked them looking a bit surprised," Think again, this is James Potter we're talking about!"