Arisa stood in line waiting to be sorted. Her friends Hana and Tohru were beside her, having transferred also. She waited for her name to be called.
"Alexis, Raine." Griffindor!
"Beattie, Hilary" Griffindor!
"Conors, Jason" Slytherin!
"Emlyn, Jaime" Ravenclaw!
And so it went, through Grace O'Connell (Griffindor) to Lucas Zarrell (Ravenclaw) and Kelly Zarrell (Hufflepuff).
"And now," said Dumbledore, "We have three late additions to the Hogwarts family. Hanajima, Saki."
Hana placed the hat on her head. There was a moment of silence. Then, "Ravenclaw!"It yelled.
"Honda, Tohru."
Tohru sat for a few minutes until... "Hufflepuff!"
"Uotani Arisa."
Arisa sat, and was about to place the hat on her head, when "GRIFFINDOR!!!" it screamed when it was still a centimeter away.
Shaken, she made her way to Griffindor table, where an intelligent-looking girl with bushy brown hair made space for her. "Hello," said the girl, "I'm Hermione Granger. I've never seen that happen before, no-one here has! I read in Hogwarts, a History that the last time that happened was when Griffindor's own daughter was sorted!"
A dark-haired boy with glasses and sea-green eyes beside Arisa laughed good-naturedly. "Don't mind 'Mione. She's always like this. Just eat while you listen, that's what the rest of us do!"
"Or even better," said a red-haired boy on Hermione's other side, "Ignore what she says completely and get her to help with your homework!"
After the Feast, Arisa followed her new friends to Griffindor common room. Hermione led her to their dorm. "This is your bed." She said, indicating the one without a girl sitting on it. The other girls hastened to introduce themselves. "Lavender Brown!"
"Pavarti Patil."
And so on...
Arisa collapsed onto her bed, totally tired out, and fell into a dreamless oblivion, orange cat curled up at her feet.
I would like to thank my reveiwer of 2/11/04(e-mail issues...can't find name!)- here is your next chapter, tell me what you think!