Disclaimer: Ok, now that the gummy bears are now consumed…I own only a Nirvana cd and a toothpick…yes…a toothpick…

Chapter 5

Natalie had never felt so happy in her life. She was actually talking to people and they seemed to actually like her. She had friends!

"Well we will be arriving in 15 minutes…we should go change." Hermione said as Ginny and Natalie followed her out of the compartment.

"Yeah we should too." Ron said as he reached for his robes.

"Ok, well we will be seein ya around! Can't wait to see what is going on at Hogwarts that everyone is talking about." They left the compartment and now only Harry, Ron, and Neville were left.

"I think she's nice." Neville commented suddenly.

"What?" Ron asked. "Who's nice?"

"Natalie. The only girls that are nice to me are Ginny and Hermione. She barely knows me and is already nice to me." Neville said quietly.

"Yeah, at least she's not stuck up. I thought she was going to be when I first saw her." Ron said.

Harry had not said anything. He just changed quietly into his robes.

"What's wrong Harry?" Neville asked when they were all in their robes waiting for the girls to come back.

"Huh? Oh, nothing. I'm just hungry." He said.

"Yeah me too! I really want some of that chicken right now!" Ron said with a longing look on his face.

Harry was glad that the subject went to food so quickly. Why did he feel this way about her? He barely knew her! No. He thought. I can't like her. Not until I at least get to know her better.

"Hey, are you guys done?" Ginny's voice came from right outside the door.

"Yeah, come on in." Harry answered who was now trying to be as nonchalant as possible.

"That was interesting." Ginny said randomly.

"What was?" Asked Ron who had a confused expression on his face, thinking he missed something.

"Fred and George walked in on us getting dressed." She answered.

"They WHAT?" Ron, Harry, and Neville all answered together.

"Yep. They said it was an accident but I don't think so. I think they wanted to see Natalie. Haha." Ginny answered.

"What?! Why would they want to see me!? If anything they would want to see you or Hermione, but not me. Oh no, don't go there. They just went into the wrong compartment!" She laughed trying to act cool but was now going pink.

Everyone was soon laughing and before they knew it they train was coming to a halt.

"Oh! Here we are!" Hermione said checking her watch.

"Oh no…I don't know where to go! Ya'll are going to have to leave me!" Natalie complained. She never felt more nervous in her life. "Watch me get lost or something!"

"No, you'll do fine! Just when you get off, you'll see a very large man calling the first years. You won't be able to miss him…believe me." Harry explained. "Just follow him and then everything will be fine."

Natalie smiled and hugged him in thanks and then left the group to find the 'large man.'

"Uh oh uh oh!" Ron said stupidly.

"Shut up! It was just a hug!" He defended.

Hermione and Ginny exchanged looks and looked away quickly trying not to laugh. They found an empty carriage and hopped inside.

Right when they shut the door it began rolling.

"I'm STARVING!" Harry said but wasn't lying this time.

"Yeah me too!" Ginny agreed.

"I really hope that Natalie gets put in Gryffindor." Hermione said.

The others nodded in agreement.

"But at least we know she won't be put in Slytherin! You know…because she's…well…like me." Hermione added quietly.

"Yeah she is but that's nothing to be ashamed of." Ron said to Hermione and looked her in the eye. They stared at each other for a moment then looked away quickly beginning to turn red.

"Well, here we are." Neville said breaking the silence.

They hopped up and went to the doors, waiting for them to open. When they did, they went quickly into the great hall and found their seats.

Hermione took her coat off and placed it in the seat next to her saving it for Natalie just in case.

When everyone was settled, they saw Professor McGonagall come through the large oak doors followed by first years, and at the very back, taller than everyone, Natalie. She smiled at Harry as she walked by making him blush.

After a few minutes when everyone had been sorted but Natalie, Professor McGonagall spoke.

"As you can tell, this young lady is not a first year. She is a fourth year that has moved here from another wizarding school.  I trust that whatever house she is placed in that you will help her find her way through the castle, along with all the first years."

She then stood to the side and said loudly, "Cook, Natalie!"

Natalie walked slowly forward. She felt every eye on her and felt as though she was about to puke. She sat down on the stool and felt the hat be placed upon her head.

The hat mumbled a few things that Natalie could make out and then said, "RAVENCLAW!"

They Ravenclaw's cheered and she got up from the stool. Before she even took a step forward, she heard the hat on the stool behind her say something.

"Excuse me?" Professor McGonagall asked.

"Wait." It replied. "Bring Cook, Natalie back."

Natalie looked up at Professor McGonagall and she nodded curtly and Natalie could tell she didn't know what was going on either.

Natalie sat back down on the school and Professor McGonagall placed the hat on head.

It began to mumble incoherently again. Then it said, "Please excuse me. I have made a mistake. GRYFFINDOR!"

A loud roar of applause erupted from the Gryffindor table. Natalie turned to Professor McGonagall and asked, "Which one do I go to?"

Professor McGonagall turned to Dumbledore than turned back to Natalie. "Gryffindor. Congratulations."

Natalie headed for the table and took the seat next to Hermione that she had saved.

"Oh my gosh! It's never done that before! It sensed something different in you Natalie." Hermione said pulling her into a hug.

Natalie got many 'Hellos' and 'Congrats' from fellow Gryffindors. She was so happy that she had not been put in Ravenclaw.

After the headmaster had talked and the food had appeared, she began to eat and talk with her friends.

"Phat fwas awefome." Ron said with a mouthful of food. He swallowed it and said, "I actually thought for a minute there that you were gonna be in Ravenclaw!"

"We all did stupid." Ginny said.

"Yeah, that woulda sucked." Natalie said.

They were soon all talking but Natalie was waiting for Harry to say something. He had not said anything but Congratulations. Why would he not talk to her? Oh well, she thought, who cares what he thinks. She tried to convince herself that she didn't care that Harry wasn't speaking to her but she wasn't doing a very good job of it…

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