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Chapter Four



"Who?" asked James.

Remus sighed and put his head on the table. He then ran his fingers through his hair and said, "Aida. That's Aida. God, why now? I thought that..." He closed his eyes are more tears began to fall.

James looked and Sirius, who had finally fallen out of the trance. Sirius cocked an eyebrow and whispered, "How do you know her?"

"You guys..." Remus picked his head up, put his elbows on the table, and dried his tears. "It's a very long story, I'll tell you guys when we're unpacking."

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Aida didn't hear Lily correctly, or she thought she didn't. "What? Who?"

"Sirius Black. Stay away from him Aida, he's bad news."

Melanie shook her black hair and said, "You've got to heed our warning Aida. He'll make you swoon over him, then he'll sleep with you, then leave."

Aida scoffed, "Do you ladies even know him?"

Melanie looked down on the floor while Lily's eyes filled up with rage. "Yes. We do."

Melanie sighed and said quietly, "He did it to me."

Aida immediatly felt ashamed with herself. She had made two new great friends, and she insulted them. She felt awful and apologized. "I'm sorry Melanie. I'm sorry Lily, I didn't mean to-"

"It's ok. Don't worry about it. We're friends now rememer?" Lily's eyes relaxed and Melanie didn't look so sad anymore.

Just then, the feast appeared before them. Aida was very hungry and didn't mind eating like a pig. She hadn't had a decent meal in years. *Thank you God for this* she silently prayed.

During the feast Dumblebore walked to Aida while she eating and whispered in her ear: "Please Miss, when you are done would you kindly come with me to my office?"

Aida stuttered, "Uh..y-y-y-yeah. S-s-sure." She cleared her throat and said more clearly, "Just by myself?"

Dumbledore's eyes twinkled. "You may bring company if you wish to do so." He went back to the teacher's table and started to eat his meal again.

Melanie laughed, "Nervous?"

"Yes!"



"Don't be!" Lily patted Aida on the back, "We'll go with you!"

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*Allright Sirius, keep your cool.* After the feast, he darted his eyes around to look for the goddess now in the school. He soon spotted her getting up with Lily and Melanie. *Shit! Now they're going to tell her crap about me.* Sirius began walking, even though his eyes were straight ahead of him. *She's so beautiful.* He felt a pang in his chest when he saw her laughing. *Wow, that's amazing. Her eyes look like puddles of black ink. Oh Jesus, I'm getting poetic.* He stopped walking abruptly when he thought that. *Do I actually have true feelings for someone I've never met before?*

WHAP!

"OW! GODDAMNIT WHAT WAS THAT FOR?" Sirius yelled while rubbing the back of his head.

James was laughing histerically. "You were drooling you fucking moron!" James kept laughing all the way up the stairs.

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"Aida, put this hat on your head dear," Dumble said. He handed her a rather worn looking hat.

Aida trembled, "Ok."

She put the hat, which covered her eyes, and she heard this tiny voice in her ear:

"Oh, what is this? Mmhmmmmm...interesting..."

Aida froze, what the hell was going on? What was the voice in her head?!

"Ahahah, please dear. Relax, I'm merely the Sorting Hat."

The what?

"I'm to sort you into either Gryffindor, Slythering, Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff...but you are rather hard to place. You have talent, yet, there is something here I've never seen before..."

Is it bad?!

"No...no...it's not...........mhm...were your parents gypsies?"

...yes.



"My dear, there is no need to feel sorry nor ashamed. You are capable of so many great things, you have other amazing qualities as well...you should be in GRYFFINDOR!!!"

Aida pulled the hat off of her head and looked at it with fear. No no one noticed.

Dumblebor smiled. He took back the hat and said: "Lily and Melanie, kindly escort Aida to the Gryffindor tower."

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"AHAHH! I KNEW IT I KNEW IT I KNEW IT!"

Lily and Melanie were ecstatic Aida was going to be with them. The three began to laugh and joke. However, on their parade of friendly-love and laughter, she remembered what the hat had said. She sighed and decided to put that thought away until later when she was alone.