'Welcome to another year in Hogwarts! I am Professor Dumbledore and also your headmaster. As some of you might have already heard, this year, we have the W.S.E.P going on so we will be playing host to a few Durmstrang pupils. They will be sorted into houses together with our first years. I wish to appeal to all of you, if any of you find our Durmstrang friends lost, please guide them and show them a bit of our Hogwarts spirit!' Dumbledore said as his warm voice echoed through the Great Hall.

Harry stared as the Durmstrang pupils filed into the Great Hall in twos. Harry could see a girl with pale skin and short, brown hair. Harry supposed that that was Draco's cousin. Same pale skin. Harry shuddered at the thought of having two Malfoys around him all the time. Maybe she's different, Harry thought to himself.

Harry suddenly spotted a girl standing next to Malfoy's cousin. She was beautiful! She had bright blond hair and had eyes that made Harry go weak in the knees. Harry stared dreamily at her.

'Harry! What is wrong with you today? You keep staring into space!' Ron asked, frowning.

'Oh nothing.' Harry quickly lied. Ron would tease him ever so much if he knew that Harry was paying attention to a girl that wasn't Hermione.

'Let the sorting begin!' Dumbledore bellowed as he handed Professor McGonagall, who was the Head of the Gryffindor House and was awfully strict, a short piece of parchment. McGonagall took the piece of parchment and started reading off it.

'Daphne Summers!' McGonagall yelled. The blond girl walked towards the hat and placed it gently on her head. 'Daphne Summers... what a beautiful name to match a beautiful face...' Harry said dreamily.

'Hmmm...well. I haven't had such a hard deciding since Mr. Potter here. I suppose you won't do badly in Ravenclaw...' the hat whispered into Daphne's ear. 'Ah, but I see courage! And brilliance! Well, how about... GRYFFINDOR!' the hat roared. Gryffindors cheered and welcomed Daphne whole heartily as she made her way to the Gryffindor table and chose a seat next to Harry.

Being a very outright person, Daphne wasted no time in introducing herself. 'Hi! I am Daphne Summers. I am sixteen this year!' Daphne said, smiling. Not used to such an outright approach, Harry was lost for words and just managed to mutter, 'I'm Harry. Harry Potter.' Daphne's eyes widened. 'Harry Potter? The Harry Potter?' Harry nodded uneasily. Sensing that Harry wasn't very comfortable, Daphne stopped questioning.

Just then, Professor McGonagall yelled, 'Sheela Malfoy!' 'Hey! Sheela's being sorted! I do hope that she gets into Gryffindor,' Daphne piped in eagerness. The brown haired girl made her way to the chair and yanked the hat on her head. Immediately, the hat bellowed, 'Gryffindor!' Gryffindors cheered once more as a happy look emerged from Daphne's face.

'Hey Sheela! This is Harry Potter!' Daphne introduced Harry to her. Sheela nodded politely. 'I'm Sheela Malfoy. Nice to meet you.' Sheela said sticking out her right hand. Harry shook it. Daphne whispered something in Sheela's ear. Suddenly, Sheela's eye's widened just as Daphne's did. 'You are the one that caused Voldermort's downfall?' Sheela said in awe. Harry nodded sheepishly. Daphne nudged Sheela.

Professor McGonagall carried on with the reading of the Durmstrang pupils' names. There were around fifteen of them in total. The next few names were names like 'Sebastian Lakers', 'Dew Johnson' and 'Sean Rowland'. However, when the name 'Jan Reeves' was called out, Sheela muttered, 'I bet that jerk will go to Slytherin, just like Draco,' while Daphne cursed him under her breath.