a/n last night around midnight I was sitting in my bed writing..now the next night I'm typing it. what fun.

Jessica-

When the train pulled into the station Jessica was the happiest person in the world. She would have done anything to have gotten away from Draco. She found him rather boring and shallow. Talking about how great Slytherin was and how idiotic Harry Potter was. As Jessica stepped out onto the platform, an enormous man was yelling that the first years and exchange students come with him. She said goodbye to Draco and walked over to the boats resisting the urge to skip with happiness.

Harry Potter-

As Harry and Ron got off the train they craned their necks looking around for the new girl.

"Where is she?"

"Think she's still on the train?" Hermonine shoot her head from behind as the horseless carriages rode up the drive. Ron, Harry, Hermonine, and Neville climbed into a carriage, heading to the castle. Moments later the carriage stopped at the front doors of the castle. Ron rushed to get out first, only to get hit by a water balloon.

"Hey!" Ron looked around and spotted Peeves, "Peeves!"

"You were all dry! Now you're wet!" Peeves cackled as he aimed another balloon at some second year girls. They screamed and dashed through the doors. Peeves cackled and zoomed through a window. Ron shook his fist after Peeves.

Harry grabbed Ron and shoved him through the door, "Come on, I'm hungry." The great hall was packed, people were chattering away. Harry, Hermonine and Ron found seats at the Gryffindor table next to Seamus Finnigan and Dean Thomas.

Seamus leaned over towards Harry and Ron, "Did you see the new girl?" Harry and Ron nodded.

"Yeah, which house do you think she'll be in?" Ron asked.

"How can anyone know? We don't know anything about her except that she is most likely American," Hermonine cut in. Just then the doors to the great hall opened and the noise stopped. Professor McGonagall led the first years up to the top table. But at the end of the line, a group of ten students of all different ages, walked into the hall.

The sorting hat was placed on the stool and it began to sing, "Long back into the past when all your ancestors were dead. There were four wizards whose names you all know. Gryffindor was like the lion bold. Cunning like the raven was Ravenclaw. The hardworking badger followed Hufflepuff. While the snake most resembled Slytherin. They shared a dream, to teach as a team, and favored a unique trait. Gryffindor thought courage made a wizard. While clever students were favored by Ravenclaw. Hard workers made the grade, when Hufflepuff was concerned. But Slytherin wanted those with great ambition. So when the problem of who was to decide which house students would b in, Godric took me off his head. The founders put some of themselves in me, so I could choose instead. Sit up here and hold your breath, so I can probe your mind, and see where your bed rests!"

Everyone clapped, and then Professor McGonagall started calling the frightened first years up to the stool. When at last the only students left up at the top table were the exchange students, Professor McGonagall took another list from her pocket.

"Angina, Bridgett,"

"Edge, Franklin,"

"Freedman, Jessica,"

"That's her!" Ron hissed in Harry's ear. He didn't need that information to know it was her. She didn't look nervous, in fact she looked confident, maybe too confident. It was scary really, because the rest of her classmates looked very nervous, the younger ones were terrified. Jessica looked over at Harry and their eyes locked. He noticed her eyes seemed to twinkle with happiness. It seemed this was the happiest she'd ever been.

'Maybe her old school was terrible,' Harry thought, 'or maybe her home life was awful.' Harry could relate to that feeling. Hogwarts was the only place that actually felt like a home to Harry. Jessica sat on the stool and placed the hat on her head.

Jessica-

The hat fit snug around her ears. It just barely covered her eyes.

'Wonder what's supposed to happen now,' she thought.

"I'm supposed to tell you which house you belong in after a bit of examining the material I have to work with," said a little voice in her ear. She almost jumped, not expecting that to happen.

"A lot of determination to prove yourself. A large amount of bravery too. Clever enough when arguing it seems. Awe.not to hardworking.unless something is at stake!"

'Hmm.' Jessica thought, 'Dad would want me to be in Slytherin.but I don't want there to be even a chance.' Moments later the hat shouted.

a/n cliffhanger! Sorry had to do that. But the third chapter will be up really soon. Be happy! Oh yeah.if I got the animals wrong with the people. I'm sorry but I was too lazy to look it up. I had to look up other things so I got tired of looking up those details. Oh yeah, sorry my sorting hat song isn't completely original but it's hard to come up with a song with so many things I had to put in it. At least it is for me. I haven't seen anyone else write a sorting hat song.so there. :P I give all the credit to of the things that I borrowed to J.K. Rowling. Happy people? Okay now review.