heh... sorry I took so long to update! I could use writers block as an excuse, but I wont, I was being lazy ducks another pillow thrown by blu sorrrryyyy!!!! She had to force me to do this... I think I have an idea!! And below my masterpiece of the next chapter shall unfold!!! cymbols clash in the background, thunder and lightning roll across the sky

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"Well done Menelluin, you have been sorted into Gryffindor." McGonagall whispered in Llu's ear. "I am your head of house, I shall help you with anything you need, Dumbledore has briefed me on your situation and I am willing to explain everything that you shall be doing."

"Thank you." Llu's looked at McGonagall, her eyes full of thanks.

"Now students, this may come as a bit of a surprise, but we have a new student that transferred here from Beauxbaton's," Dumbledore effortlessly commanded his audience, "Her name is Menelluin Liantasse, for those that cannot pronounce that," his eyes twinkled, "She has said that you may call her Llu." He motioned for Llu to join the Gryffindor table, where the students regarded her with wide eyes. "Please welcome her with open arms, and enjoy the feast!"

Llu was starved, it has been a long day with the ministries questions. She piled her plate with the food that appeared on the golden platters, after only a moments hesitation, then began to shovel the food into her mouth with surprising speed. After a moment, she suddenly became aware of the students sitting near her, and their obvious stares. She slowed down to a sedate pace with her eating, bracing herself for a flood of questions. When no queries presented themselves, she looked up and said, "Don't you know that staring is rude? Or do you," she paused, remembering the house name, "Gryffindor's not have any manners?"

The staring immediately stopped, and the students looked sheepishly at each other, or down at their plates.

"Hello, my name is Dakota Rae. I'm a first year too. If you want, I can show you around the castle sometime."

Llu looked up and saw a tall, pleasant looking, but rather chubby girl with frizzy brown hair sitting in front of her. "Thanks," She replied, "I'd appreciate it."

After the feast, Llu felt much more welcome in the school. She had been introduced to three more students that were in the first year. Maia, a girl with silvery blonde hair and warm grey eyes, Andrea, a short girl with knee length jet black hair and striking green eyes, and Dominic, a boy with flame red hair and an abundance of freckles.

At that moment, Llu, Maia, and Andrea were sitting on the bed gossiping about the days events and what they did over the summer.

"I can't believe how good looking some of the guys are here!" Andrea exclaimed. Llu and Maia sighed, Andrea, or Andy, had been gushing about the male population of Hogwarts for over an hour.

"Yes, we know," Maia said, "This is the, what," she glanced at Llu, "the... tenth time you told us this?"

"Erg, fine Mai, what else can we talk about?" Andy said, after tossing a pillow at Maia.

"Well... How 'bout Llu?" Maia glanced at Llu again, "Why did you come to school late?"

"Maiiii, didn't you hear Dumbledore?" Andy said. "She transferred over from Beauxbatons. Right?" She tossed a questioning look at Llu.

"Well, yeah. I was having trouble there so I switched. I wanted to come to Hogwarts anyway, but my parents said I had to try Beauxbatons because it was easier for them," Llu said. "I didn't like it, so they let me come over here." Lying like this to her new friends caused a pang in her heart, but she ignored at and tried to keep her expression straight. Then she and the three girls went to sleep.

Dominic watched the three girls come down the stairs the next morning. He couldn't believe his luck at befriending the most beautiful girl in his year. Not that he thought of it that way. He tried to tell himself that he was just glad to have friends. When they got to the bottom of the stairs he tossed an apple to each of them. "Come on you guys! Sit down and eat fast. I don't think that any one of us knows the way around this bloody castle so we better leave early for class."

"Yes mother," Andy said, sighing, "I can already tell that you are going to be the smartest person in our year. No one else wants to leave early for class."

Maia pulled her schedule out of her bag, "Ok Llu, schedule check! What classes do you have?"

"Well, since we are only in the first year, we all have the same classes." Dominic said.

"I have Charms first, then Transfiguration, then Herbology. Then is lunch, and then we go to Potions, then History of Magic, then after that we have a flying lesson and then is dinner." Llu read off her schedule. "Wow, talk about a full day."

"Yeah," Andy whined, "Are they trying to kill us? I thought they wanted us to come back to this place. We haven't had a break since we got here!"

"Hey guys its time to go," Dominic said suddenly, "We are going to be late for Charms."

The four kids ran into the Charms classroom, fifteen minutes late, for they had been delayed by Peeves the Poltergeist. Not familiar with his infamous reputation, they had asked him for directions when they were already three minutes late. He had teased them, and played tricks on them for a while, then when he finally left, one of the portraits on the wall gave them directions after Dominic asked it for help.

"Well, I was wondering when you four were going to turn up." Professor Flitwick squeaked. "Don't worry, I wont punish you, I always give first years extra time on their first day. Now if you would please sit down and listen," He motioned toward four empty seats, "We are practicing the charm to change the color of certain objects."

Before she was sorted, Dumbledore had given Llu a fake wand, and a piece of advice warning her not to show off her prowess with magic. "Do the wrong spell a few times before you actually try anything." He had said. Now, watching the other first years attempt the simple spell, she realized why he had said that. She 'attempted' the spell a couple times on the apple. It was red and they were trying to turn it green. Then, after seeing a few students accomplish the simple feat, she subtly pointed at the apple and it slowly changed color.

"Well done Miss Liantasse! Very well done!" Professor Flitwick said happily. Llu grinned at Dominic, who had only managed to make his apple moldy.

The morning went very slow, with all of the classes being with the Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs. Llu, not knowing anything about the school, was not familiar with the house competitiveness between Gryffindor and Slytherin. So when she and her new friends went into the potions class after lunch, she wasn't prepared at all for the hate-filled atmosphere.

"So, we have a new ickle Gryffindor," Llu looked up from her cauldron to see a boy that looked somewhat familiar sneering down at her. "The names Damon, Damon Malfoy, and you are?"

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tyvm everyone who reviewed!

CharmedP5 – (this is blu answering right now) erp.. yeah, very scary to sound like your teacher. i know it went quickly but it'll slow down- in my mind right now it's the first main intro chap of a novel, if you catch my meaning. anyway, the char is in her first year at hogwarts.. however old the others were, eleven or something right? then again remember she is an elf so thus she could be seventeen and still look eleven.. hey we don't know how they age, it's not super-specific that i've seen. at any rate.. this is two teens writing this so.. the chars are going to have the mentality! (dragon) erg.... Yeah I think that covers all of it...

Lily Evans0 – thanks! well.. here is the next chapter!

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