When Harry, Ron, and Hermione got into the Great Hall, a great sigh of relief came over them. A sigh telling each of them that things were going to be okay, even if Harry didn't believe it as much as the rest. The three of them walked to their usual place at the Gryffindor table, where the met Neville, Dean, Seamus, and Ginny talking amongst themselves. Down a few spots from them where they were was Lavender and Pavati giggling about something; Harry suspected boys. Down from them he saw the Creevey brothers being their usual selves. Once Colin noticed Harry he gave him a huge smile and a wave. Harry returned the wave but less enthusiastically. After what seemed like hours the doors of the Great Hall opened and came forth twenty or so scared little first years, which only meant the sorting was about begin. Trailing after the first years were the Fischer's walking in a single filled line to what Harry assumed was youngest to oldest, because Alex was in the front and Katelyn in the back. Right then a finger tapped him on the back and as Harry turned around his heart sank a little bit. It was Cho Change. What can she want know he thought. He did feel bad about how he basically stood her up on their date to go see Hermione about something, but at the same time he did realize that she was at that time a little mentally unstable.

"Hello Harry." said Cho with a very dignified tone.

"Hey." said Harry with much awkwardness. What else was he suppose to say?

"I need you to do a favor for me." said Cho kneeling down by his seat so she and him were the only ones in this conversation were them. "there are some new students here called the Fischer's and they need to be shown around here after the feast is done? I was wondering if you could do it? If there in your house."

"Why me, I'm not a prefect and besides cant Hermione or Ron do it?" asked Harry.

"I would but they have their own duties to do and I don't want to pile all this on them as well." said Cho

"Wait a minute, why are you asking me to do this? Are you a prefect or something?" asked Harry.

"No, I'm head girl." said Cho pointing to her badge on her chest that had an HG on it. "So will you please do this for me Harry, please?" asked Cho almost in desperation.

"Yeah I'll do it." said Harry.

"Thanks, I owe you Harry." said Cho and ran back to her table with the rest of the Ravenclaw students. Yeah you owe me but not for this thought Harry. As she seated herself at her table Professor McGonagall cleared her throat and got the attention of the students in the hall. In her hand was the tattered Sorting Hat and on her right was the stool that always was in attendance for this event. She stat the Hat on it and with a shake, as if it was waking up from a long nap, the hat opened his mouth to give his annual song:

I gave you a sign

I gave you a clue

But it seem you have ignored

What is truly true

The fighting must stop

The anger must subside

If it doesn't most of you will

Surely die.

I know I'm just a hat

That isn't to pretty

But this hat know things

That could destroy your city

I can't say it any clearer

You need to unite

Before your lives

Turn into the darkest of night.

As the song ended the only people to clap was the staff. Most of the students were in complete shock. Most of you will surely die? This isn't what most student were expecting from this year's song. The funny thing though is that it seemed to have no effect on the teachers at all. When the silence in the hall became almost unbearable, Professor McGonagall began the sorting.

"Adams, Jacob." shouted Professor McGonagall. Within two seconds of the boy jumping onto the stool the Hat shouted his answer. "RAVENCLAW."

As the sorting continued more names were shouted and more students were assigned to their houses. Harry gradually got bored with this and started wonder his attention on other things, such as the staff table. He saw Hagrid first of course and by him was Flitwick who was talking to Sinistra. In the middle was Dumbledore as usual and beside him was Snape looking as mean and as dreadful as ever. But the one thing that was missing was.

"Hey do any of you know who the new Defence Agianst the Dark Arts teacher is?" asked Harry.

"I was wondering that myself." said Hermione looking in the same direction as Harry "You don't think its another Umbridge, do you?" asked Ron.

"I hope not!" said Hermione

At last McGonagall called the last name "Susie Walker" who was put into Gryffindor. The little girl ran to the front of the table with all the other first years at the table. Dumbledore rose from his seat and received attention from everyone else in the hall. Harry saw that the hat and stool were still there with McGonagall still holding the list of first year names in her hand.

"I have the great fortune of welcoming a new addition to our great school. They are a family that have resided in America for the past nine years. I welcome the Fischer's." there was applause from the staff and students, there was even a few gasps of surprise.

"I didn't know the Fischer's were back in England." said Lavender to Pavarti. "I mean there as famous as Potter, did you know." Lavender nodded in agreement.

"And if you wouldn't mind the Fischer's will get sorted as their name is called out." continued Dumbledore, who gave the floor to McGonagall.

"Fischer, Alex." called McGonagall. Alex stepped up to the stool and sat down. McGonagall put the hat on her head and within seconds I called out, "HUFFLEPUFF."

As Harry saw Alex run to her new house it dawned on him, what if Katelyn went into a different house. He knew he would still see her and stuff, but for some reason he really wanted her to be in his house.

"Don't worry Harry, not every sibling or family member get into the same house." said Hermione as though she was reading his mind.

"Fischer, Zachary", called McGonagall. The blond haired boy walked up to the stool and waited for the answer from the hat as it was placed on his head. "GRYFFINDOR" said the hat and Zach came running over to the rest of the first years at the table.

As Brittany and Ashley were sorted into their houses, Hufflepuff and Gryffindor. Harry kept looking at Katelyn to see any reaction. He noticed she looked almost calm, as though it didn't faze her. He couldn't believe she could be so fine about the whole thing.

As Katelyn was watching her cousins get sorted she had only one thought, where he hell am I going to go? As her and her family was crossing the lake to Hogwarts she asked the people who they were with what the whole sorting thing was about. Most of them had no clue what she was talking about but a girl who was in the back of the same boat as Katelyn gave her gist of everything. She told her that they get sorted by a black hat that talks, which Katelyn thought was amusing. She pictured a top hat doing a song and dance for the whole school. The girl in her boat told her that there were four houses to be sorted into, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, and Slytherin. She explained what all four houses symbolized and whatever best house fit your personality and such you were sent their. From the information given to her she really wanted to be in Gryffindor, because it most suited her and probably because of Harry.

As she saw Ashley get off the stool and go to the Gryffindor table, Katelyn's heart began to race as she realized that she was next. As McGonagll called out her name she became frozen to the spot where she was standing. Her mind kept telling her to move but he body was thinking along other lines. Finally she got out of her daze and went to the stool and sat down. The hat came down and settled over her eyes as she heard a voice come from inside the hat.

"You are a tricky one, you." said the hat.

"I am…why?" asked Katelyn with concern.

"You could go into Hufflepuff with you being so loyal, or Gryffindor for your bravery, or even Slytherin for your power." said the hat.

"But I don't have any power." said Katelyn thinking this was a joke.

"Oh but you do, you have a power in you that you don't even know yet." said the hat which surprised Katelyn greatly. "Hmmm…where should you go?"

"Can I make a suggestion?" asked Katelyn

"Yes."

"How about Gryffindor, I mean I think I'll like that, if its okay with you of course." said Katelyn not wanting to upset the hat or anything. She didn't want to end up somewhere she didn't like just because she pissed the hat off.

"Okay….GRYFFINDOR!" shouted he hat. Katelyn rose from the chair and lifted the hat off her head to see the whole Gryffindor table cheering her on. She sat next to Ashley and Zach feeling happy about the discussion. As she sat down she saw Harry and gave him a wink of reassurance.

Dumbledore began the term with the usual speech, but towards the end he gave a very important announcement.

"As probably many of you have noticed we have a spot missing from our staff table. Don't worry we do have a new defense against the dark arts teacher, he has just been postponed for a while but he should be back by tomorrow morning for the start of term. Now everyone enjoy the meal." said Dumbledore. Suddenly the food appeared from nowhere on the tables which then the students began grabbing food from all over.

"Did you hear Dumbledore say 'he' when he was talking about the new DADA teacher." said Harry to Hermione who was putting food on her plate while Ron was filling himself with a little of each food on display. "You don't think its Lupin?"

"I doubt it, I mean he would have told us about it wouldn't he?" said Hermione

"Yeah your probably right." said Harry beginning to eat his dinner.

After everyone had finished stuffing themselves to the brim with food, Dumbledore official dismissed the students to go back to their houses. Harry waved bye to Ron and Hermione as they began to gather the Gryffindor first years. As he was leaving the hall to go get some sleep, Harry realized he still had to go show the Fischer's around this place. He began walking to the front of the table to find them and begin what-he-hoped to be a short tour.

"Hey, you guys." said Harry as he approached Zach, Ashley, and Katelyn. "I'm suppose to give you a tour of this place and all."

"Well don't you sound all excited." said Katelyn sarcastically. "You know we don't really need a tour, I'm sure we can find our way around the place, we just need to know where the dorms are."

"I can do that." said Harry feeling a bit relived that he didn't have to give them a four tour of the place; he was very tired. He lead the way out of the great hall to the stairs to get to Gryffindor common room. He explained the stairs and the secret passageways, until they reached the portrait of the Fat Lady, where Harry abruptly stopped.

"What's wrong?" asked Zach.

"I don't know the password." said Harry

"You need a password?" asked Ashley

"Yeah, each house is very protective over their own territory, so we have passwords only us Gryffindors know, but if you don't have the password…"

"you don't get in." finished the Fat Lady. "Sorry Potter."

"Can't you just let us in; you know who I am." pleaded Harry.

"Yes I do know who you are, but I don't them, and even if I did its against the rules. No password, no getting in." said the Fat Lady

"So what do we do?" asked Katelyn.

"Well we wait until some more Gryffindor come this way and ask them what the password is."

"That's probably going to take a while isn't it.?" asked Katelyn even though she already knew the answer.

"Yeah." said Harry with a sigh, he wanted to get some sleep. But just as he thought they were going to wait there for hours, he heard people coming closer and saw Hermione and Ron followed by the new students.

"What are you doing?" asked Ron.

"We need the password." said Harry feeling kind of foolish.

"Oh, yeah. It's marshmallow." said Ron with a chuckle which Harry and the rest gave too.

"That's it." said the Fat Lady who swung her portrait open for the students to come in. the group followed into the common room where Hermione showed the girls to their dorms; including Katelyn and Ashley while Ron showed the boys to their first year dorm and to where Zach would be staying. Harry bid good night to Katelyn and Ashley as they went up with Hermione to the girls side. The two said good night back before they disappeared. Harry went to the sixth year boy's dorm where he saw Seamus, Dean, and Neville unpacking their things and getting ready for bed.

"Hey Harry, what's up?" asked Dean putting up his football posters.

"Nothing much, just tired." said Harry pulling out his pajamas.

"Yeah I know what you mean, is it just me or does those train rides seem longer and longer every time?" said Seamus.

"I think it's just you." said Harry jokingly with everybody laughing. He liked that he was back on better terms with Seamus this year. Even though he hasn't been the closest to the Irishman he still felt the affects of him not talking to him anymore. It was a big relief that he came to senses and stopped the feud. A few minutes later Ron walked in and got ready for bed as well. Harry was already changed and into his four-poster bed settling into his nice comfortable bed.

"Hey Harry?" a whisper from the bed next to him, he recognized it as Ron's.

"Yeah, Ron?" said Harry who was almost half asleep.

"Can I ask you a question about Hermione?" asked Ron.

"Yeah." said Harry in an exasperated tone. He knew if he said no Ron would have asked anyway.

"Has Hermione mentioned anything about Krum to you lately?" asked Ron.

Oh man I just want to go to sleep, Harry thought. "No not lately, Why?" asked Harry.

"Its just she was talking about him when we left for prefect duty. I think she mentioned something about him still writing to her, I wasn't really paying attention. Its just a little weird don't you think, he's still writing her." said Ron.

"Ron mate, just tell her." said Harry

"Tell her what?" asked Ron as though he had no clue what Harry was saying.

"You know." said Harry who turned away from Ron to drop the subject and get some sleep. When he finally thought Ron was done with him he closed his eyes.

"Um…Harry?"

"What?"

"What's Disney World?"

"I'll tell you in the morning." said Harry who was laughing himself to sleep.