A/N: Thank you everyone who reveiwed! You guys rock my sock, float my boat, and find my lost remote (That belongs to Kay. You know who you are)
Chapter Five
"Hippogriff Spit." McGonagall said, and the statue of a gargoyle sprang to life and jumped to the side.
"Here you will be sorted. Our method of sorting is quite interesting. All you have to do is simply put on a hat, and you will be sorted in Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, or Hufflepuff. A lion represents Gryffindor to show that students sorted into Gryffindor are brave. A snake represents Slytherin to show that students sorted in Slytherin are clever. A badger for Hufflepuff for loyalty, and a bird for Ravenclaw for wit and intelligence." McGonagall explained while she and Laurie walked into the same office as before.
"Dumbledore will bring the hat any minute."
Just then, Dumbledore arrived with the sorting hat.
"That hat is extremely revolting!" Laurie thought.
"Alright, Laurie kindly put on the hat now, and then we will lead you to your common room," Dumbledore said.
Laurie hesitantly put on the hat.
For a few minutes, it didn't do anything. "You're an interesting one...the same problem as Potter...extremely brave, yet clever. What to do?" Laurie heard a small voice say in her ear.
"Gryffindor!" it shouted after what seemed like a century.
"Oh, excellent! Menerva just so happens to be the head of that house! Menerva, you wouldn't mind leading Laurie to her dormitiory, would you?"
"Well, actually, Professor, I have a few things I need to sort out with Peeves, but I can find a student to help her find her way."
"Very well. Miss Broden, welcome to Hogwarts." Dumbledore beamed at Laurie.
"Er...thanks....Professor, who is Peeves?" Laurie asked on the way out of the office with McGonagall.
"Peeves is a poltergeist. He is disliked by a great many people here at Hogwarts. You will see why some day...." McGonagall sighed.
"Mister Thomas!" McGonagall shouted, and a boy Lauire's age turned around.
"Yes, Professor?"
"Will you kindly escort our new student to the Gryffindor common room?"
"Yes, Professor." McGonagall turned to Laurie, "Follow him, he will show you where to go. When you get there, find a girl named Lavender Brown. You will be rooming with her and a few other girls."
McGonagall turned away and hurried down the corrider.
Laurie ran up to the boy.
"Hello, my name is Laurie Broden." Laurie said when she caught up with the boy.
"Dean Thomas. What year are you?" the boy asked.
"What year? Well, I'm thirteen, if that's what you're asking." Laurie answered, walking beside Dean.
"Oh, me too." He stopped in front of a portrait of a fat lady.
"Pickled feet." Dean said.
"Pardon?"
"It's the password."
Then the portrait swung open to reveil a very large room.
"Oh my...." Laurie gasped.
There were comfy chairs around the room and a fireplace. There was also a couch and a coffee table. Everything was a deep shade of red, or a golden color.
"The house colors." Dean said when he saw Laurie gazing around the room.
"Hmm...your eyes remind me of someone." Dean said, looking curiosly at Laurie.
Laurie ignored him and sat down in a chair in front of the coffee table along with four other people.
The girl had bushy brown hair and large front teeth.
The other three were boys.
One had flaming red hair and freckles, the other with messy black hair and glasses, and the last one with a round, plump, face.
"Oh, now I remember!" Laurie jumped slightly when Dean said that, slapping the palm of his hand on his forehead.
"Hermione, don't you think Harry and...er...what was your name?" Dean was talking to the girl with bushy brown hair before he turned to Laurie.
"Laurie Broden." Laurie said shortly, staring into the flames of the fireplace.
"Right, Don't you think Harry and Laurie have the same eyes?" Dean asked Hermione.
Laurie broke her gaze and looked at the redhead.
"Well, his eyes aren't bright green like mine." Laurie thought.
She turned to the boy with messy black hair and supposed that this must be Harry.
Dean was right, Harry did have similar eyes with Laurie.
"I suppose so." Hermione said and buried her face in the book she was reading.
"This is Neville, this is Harry, and this is Ron." Dean said, gesturing at the three boys.
"Oh...and this is Hermione." Dean said looking at the girl reading the book. Then Dean stretched out his arms and yawned.
"Well, I'm going to bed. See you in the morning." Dean walked up a staircase leading to the boys' dormitories.
"Do any of you know who Lavender Brown is?" Laurie asked the four of them.
"Yeah, we know her. Why?" said Ron.
Laurie glared at Ron. "I'm rooming with her." Laurie snapped.
"Well, he certainly isn't the most polite person." Laurie thought.
"Just a question..." Ron muttered defensivly.
Hermione looked up from her book.
"That means you'll be rooming with me to." Hermione said, and went back to her books.
"Hello, it was nice meeting you all too." Laurie said bitterly.
"Show me where my room is, please." Laurie said to Hermione.
Hermione glared at Laurie. "Up there," Hermione said, pointing to a different set of stairs.
"Where up there?" Laurie asked impaciently.
Hermione continued to glare.
Then Hermione stood up and thrust her book on the chair she was sitting on.
Then she started up the stairs, not bothering to look at Laurie.
As Laurie climbed up the stairs, she could hear Ron say "Not the most pleasant person, is she?".
"Pleasant? I'll teach him not to talk about me behind my back, maybe...." but Laurie's thoughts were cut short when Hermione opened a door and showed Laurie inside.
"Your room, your majesty." Hermione said.
Laurie scowled.
"Thanks a lot." Laurie said.
Hermione stormed out, and Laurie looked around the room.
There were four four-poster beds in it and four trunks at the foot of each bed.
The room was very tidy.
Laurie noticed that somebody already brought up her trunk with some of her school things.
Laurie plopped on the bed and was prepared to go to sleep when two girls came in the room chatting.
"Who are you?" one of them asked.
"Laurie Broden." Laurie said.
"Oooh! You must be the muggle! I'm Parvati Patil, and this is Lavender Brown." One of the girls said.
"Nice to meet you." Laurie mumbled.
"You're not going to bed in your school robes, are you? That would be very odd indeed." Lavender said with Parvati giggling at her side.
"No, I was just resting my eyes." Laurie snapped.
"If you say so. We were just dropping of our school things. Let's do our Divination homework first, shall we?" Parvati said.
Lavender nodded.
They both put their bags on their beds, took out quills, parchment, ink, and a book, and went back to the common room.
Laurie yawned and got in her pajamas.
She drifted off as soon as her head touched the pillow.
A/N: Laurie is a little bit moody, and you can probably tell Hermione doesn't like her that much.