Hi guys! Sorry this took so long. This has all been typed on on Notepad which does not have a spell check, so I'm sorry if there are any mistakes. My laptop has stopped connecting to the Internet, and as that has Word and my comp doesn't... well you get the picture. There are a few words that I just don't know how to spell (for eg: Sillouette.) s there will be some mistakes. I have no Beta as of yet, so for now you will have to put up with my mistakes. Sorry. Pip pip xxx
Chapter Three
"Well, this could turn out strangely."
Kay turned and glanced at Chime, and saw she was kneeling by the side of the boat, staring into the smooth, crystalline depths of the lake. Which was rather odd, as currantly everyone else was gazing up at the huge, magnificent castle silloutted against the ink-black sky with their mouths open, taking in how beautiful and imposing it was, bla de bla. The two other people they were sharing a boat with tutted loudly, casting annoyed looks over at Kay, as she rocked the boat in order to look over the edge, and obviously ruining their moment. Kay ignored them.
"What is it?" she whispered, staring down into the glassy surface of the lake. Her own face gazed back at her, skin glowing eerily milky whie and eyes nothing but two dark pits beneath her hairline. Just above her reflection, she spotted the half moon, sailing high above the clouds with an almost regal air. Entranced, she stretched out an arm to dip her fingers into the liquid mirror, but to her suprise Chime caught her wrist half way and pulled it back.
"What are you doing?" she snapped, wrenching her wrist away violently, making the boat shudder and jump once more. A loud, "Do you MIND?" came from the seats oppasite. Kay gave them a sarcastic smile.
"Oh, terribly sorry chums!" she chirped falsely, then turned back to Chime, who raised an eyebrow at her.
"What? They were annoying me!"
"No-one ever teach you how to say sorry politely?"
Kay poked her tongue out at her, causing another outburst of tutting and muttering from the other two. "Really! How childish!" and, "A right little brat, that one!" was clearly heard. Kay blinked. No-one had ever insulted her before, and the brat comment caught her unawares, throwing her entirely. She swallowed, averting her gaze to the floor. Chime tapped her on the wrist.
"Look overboard!"
Leaping at the chance to turna way from the kids still muttering and giggling to each other, Kay turned and looked over. Her blank eyes didn't see the galaxy of stars mirrored beneath her again, or her weiredly distorted reflection. The word 'brat' simply rang in her head over and over, and her eyes blurred over. Biting the inside of her cheek hard, she looked back to the water.
She gasped. Beneath the surface, something moved. Allowing her eyes to see past the reflections, she saw a huge dark shape suddenly dart from under the boat. she bit her cheek harder. What in the world was it?
"Watch this," Chime muttered, and let her fingers dabble in the water, stirring up ripples. The shape moved. Kays eyes widened. A long, thin end of a tentacle rose in the air, wriggling in the frosty wind. It turned, then shot out towards Chime, quick as a snake, strong as a bull. In a flash she withdrew her hand, gripping it with her fingers. The tentacle flapped about for a moment, then slowly sank back down.
Kay was gaping. "What the hell is it?" she hissed, and Chime grinned at her.
"No idea. Pretty cool though, huh?"
It struck Kay that there was nothing cool about sticking your fingers into the unknown, but she chewed her lip and refrained from saying so. Chime seemed quite overly happy about her 'discovery' and was wiping her hands on her robes, mumbling to herself. The girls were still glaring over at them both, especially Kay, but made no more comments. Silence began, only broken byt the occasional outburst of laughter from their neighbouring boat, who's party seemed to be enjoying themselves, and the waves slapping against the sides as the water turned suddenly quite choppy.
Kay threw back her head to gaze up at the castle. It was looming over them now, frowning down in a way that suggested it didn't want them there at all. Her stomach leapt. Her heart thumped. Then quite suddenly, without warning a terrific lurch from the boat sent them all flying forwards, heads snapping back. She screamed in suprise as a a massive tentacle, thick as a tree trunk wrapped itself round the other end of the boat, pulling it under, and with a smack all four of them hit the water. Almost instantly though, her knees bit into gravel and a stinging spray of lake water shot into her eyes. All around her she heard screaming, splashing. All was confusion. From somewhere far off she thought she heard laughter.
"Chime!" she hissed, dragging up her friend from the shallow water, coughing and spluttering, "What did you do!"
"Me? It wasn't ME!" she coughed indignantly, trying to stop herself from choking. She looked over at the other boats, all of whom were killing themselves laughing. "I'm glad you bloody find it funny!" she shouted at them. This however, failed to shut them up but only made them laugh harder.
The gigantic man, leader of the flock of boats, stepped out of his boat as easily as though it were muggle car and was splashing his way worridly towards them. Kay looked up at him. Certainly there was a lot to look up at, this man had a wild grey tangle of a beard, and his hair was exactly the same. A tattered mole skin coat stretched over his enormous belly, and beneath the stone grey hair a pair of anxious black eyes peered at them.
"Yeh all all righ'?" he blustered, and offered his hand to Chime, who took it more than a little nervously. He grabbed her whole arm and yanked her to her feet with such force she was nearly pulled straight over again.
"Oops! Sorry!" the man glanced round and held out another huge hand to Kay, who hesitated then grabbed it.
"It musta' bin the giant Squid I s'pose," he boomed, as he helped up the other two girls then floundered out to the upside down boat, "Dunno why he would do that though. He's normally quite 'armless. Oh well," here he sighed as he picked up the boat as though it was made of feathers, "No use cryin' over upturned boats!" He waded back to them.
Shivering, Kay looked round. Now many of the students had climbed out and were standing on land, sniggering shrilly at them. She scowled menacingly, all to aware of being up to her knees in water, then started hauling Chime up to the gravel-y land.
"I don't inderstand," Chime whispered as they all began trooping up the crunchy bank, their sodden robes flapping icy cold round their legs, "Why would a squid do that to us?"
"Does it really matter at this point in time?" she hissed back, feeling her stomach roll and curl up again as they approached two sturdy oak doors, "Think about it later!"
The man raised a clenched fist and hammered on the door. They all winced as the loud booms echoed and re-echoed into the castle then, as promply as a jack-in-the-box they were flung open. Many gasped. A few, like Kay, were simply rendered speechless.
A young woman stood before them. After the dull colours of the lake, subtle greens and browns of the forest they passed and the gloom of the night, she was a shock to the eye. Kay's eyes watered slightly but she kept them wide open. The vision merged into a rainbow of colours. She blinked. They swam back into focus.
The woman who stood before them had violent, electrifying robes on in stinging shades of turquoise, magenta and ruby. Her hair was a deep, plum purple and elbow length, in odd, messy curls, secured roughly with blue clips in the shape of roses. She smiled, a strange mysterious smile that magnified the dreamy, far-away look in her eye, her rainbow robes billowing around her.
"Welcome," she said mistily, "To Hogwarts."
They all gaped wordlessly at her. Kay was vaguely aware of the huge mans beard twitching.
"I'll leave 'em in your capable hands, Proffesor."
"Thank you Hagrid," she whispered, her voice barely audible against the wind. She swept her gaze over them as Hagrid stumped away. "Come on in."
They all hastened to do as she said. Kay scrutinised the woman carefully. She did not seem particually stern or strict. On the contrary she walked as though she was aiming for no where in particular, as though she had just popped out for an evening stroll. They all trailed behind in her dreamy wake, throwing each other odd looks and stifling giggles. She must of heard them, especially when one boy could hold it in no longer and snorted with explosive laughter and couldn't seem to stop. This automaically sent everyone into chuckles, until all their shoulders were shaking with supressed mirth. Still she wandered on, no obvious change in her stance, shaking back her curls. Kay thoguht she caught a trace of blond in the roots, but couldn't be sure.
Finally she swung round, startling them all and making the first few people leap back. She smiled her beautiful smile again and spoke in dreamy tones.
"You have all been accepted into Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and wizardry beacause you all possess magical talent. Here in this building we will take this talent and develop it as you grow, and by the time you leave here you will be fully fledged witches and wizards. Listen carefully to your Proffessors as they are there only to help your education, or you may regret it in later life."
She took a breath and glanced over her shoulder.
"You will all be divided up into 4 houses today, judging by your abilities and skills. They are Hufflepuff, Slytherin, Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. Each is an honourable hose to belong to. Each has a head of house. I myself am head of Ravenclaw, so you will see a lot of me if you are sorted into Ravenclaw, but judging by the amount of time Proffesor Longbottom has off you will see a fair amount of me in Gryffindor house as well." Frowning, she ran a hand through her curls, pulling at her scalp as though the idea bothered her a lot. The next second the expression was gone however, and she stood up straight again, misty smile back in place.
"We now go into the Sorting Ceremony. Come along." She turned and strode across the magnificent chamber, the crowd hastily following behind. Chime's eyes were wide as she caught Kay's arm, who looked at her in suprise.
"Scorch!" she croaked, forcing her to stop, "I don't want to go through with this!"
Kay looked at her in astonishment. "Go through with what? We're only being sorted into houses!"
"God dammit! Didn't you hear them behind us? Its a test, a really hard physical test! If we don't pass it you get thrown out of Hogwarts!"
Kay looked at her wide, genuine eyes and pinched white face. For a moment her heart began to thump wildly, then she pulled herself back to reality.
"Don't be so stupid!" she said harshly, making Chime jump and take a step backwards, "It's nonsense! Why should they give test to first years who know hardly any magic? Come on, lets catch up!"
Kay spun on her heel, and marched off after the crowd, expecting Chime to follow her, but she never heard any footsteps start to slap against the tiles. Glancing round she saw Chime's pale, anxious face for a moment, before she took to her heels and ran. Back out the doors.
"Oh dear God," mumbled Kay, as she hesitated for a moment then went haring after her too.
It was indeed, proving to be a very interesting first day at Hogwarts.
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Ooooh! So who is the Proffesor? What is Chime's real name? Where are they going to run to? Most importantly, what house will Kay bbe sorted into? Find out next time, and don't forget to review!
Chapter Three
"Well, this could turn out strangely."
Kay turned and glanced at Chime, and saw she was kneeling by the side of the boat, staring into the smooth, crystalline depths of the lake. Which was rather odd, as currantly everyone else was gazing up at the huge, magnificent castle silloutted against the ink-black sky with their mouths open, taking in how beautiful and imposing it was, bla de bla. The two other people they were sharing a boat with tutted loudly, casting annoyed looks over at Kay, as she rocked the boat in order to look over the edge, and obviously ruining their moment. Kay ignored them.
"What is it?" she whispered, staring down into the glassy surface of the lake. Her own face gazed back at her, skin glowing eerily milky whie and eyes nothing but two dark pits beneath her hairline. Just above her reflection, she spotted the half moon, sailing high above the clouds with an almost regal air. Entranced, she stretched out an arm to dip her fingers into the liquid mirror, but to her suprise Chime caught her wrist half way and pulled it back.
"What are you doing?" she snapped, wrenching her wrist away violently, making the boat shudder and jump once more. A loud, "Do you MIND?" came from the seats oppasite. Kay gave them a sarcastic smile.
"Oh, terribly sorry chums!" she chirped falsely, then turned back to Chime, who raised an eyebrow at her.
"What? They were annoying me!"
"No-one ever teach you how to say sorry politely?"
Kay poked her tongue out at her, causing another outburst of tutting and muttering from the other two. "Really! How childish!" and, "A right little brat, that one!" was clearly heard. Kay blinked. No-one had ever insulted her before, and the brat comment caught her unawares, throwing her entirely. She swallowed, averting her gaze to the floor. Chime tapped her on the wrist.
"Look overboard!"
Leaping at the chance to turna way from the kids still muttering and giggling to each other, Kay turned and looked over. Her blank eyes didn't see the galaxy of stars mirrored beneath her again, or her weiredly distorted reflection. The word 'brat' simply rang in her head over and over, and her eyes blurred over. Biting the inside of her cheek hard, she looked back to the water.
She gasped. Beneath the surface, something moved. Allowing her eyes to see past the reflections, she saw a huge dark shape suddenly dart from under the boat. she bit her cheek harder. What in the world was it?
"Watch this," Chime muttered, and let her fingers dabble in the water, stirring up ripples. The shape moved. Kays eyes widened. A long, thin end of a tentacle rose in the air, wriggling in the frosty wind. It turned, then shot out towards Chime, quick as a snake, strong as a bull. In a flash she withdrew her hand, gripping it with her fingers. The tentacle flapped about for a moment, then slowly sank back down.
Kay was gaping. "What the hell is it?" she hissed, and Chime grinned at her.
"No idea. Pretty cool though, huh?"
It struck Kay that there was nothing cool about sticking your fingers into the unknown, but she chewed her lip and refrained from saying so. Chime seemed quite overly happy about her 'discovery' and was wiping her hands on her robes, mumbling to herself. The girls were still glaring over at them both, especially Kay, but made no more comments. Silence began, only broken byt the occasional outburst of laughter from their neighbouring boat, who's party seemed to be enjoying themselves, and the waves slapping against the sides as the water turned suddenly quite choppy.
Kay threw back her head to gaze up at the castle. It was looming over them now, frowning down in a way that suggested it didn't want them there at all. Her stomach leapt. Her heart thumped. Then quite suddenly, without warning a terrific lurch from the boat sent them all flying forwards, heads snapping back. She screamed in suprise as a a massive tentacle, thick as a tree trunk wrapped itself round the other end of the boat, pulling it under, and with a smack all four of them hit the water. Almost instantly though, her knees bit into gravel and a stinging spray of lake water shot into her eyes. All around her she heard screaming, splashing. All was confusion. From somewhere far off she thought she heard laughter.
"Chime!" she hissed, dragging up her friend from the shallow water, coughing and spluttering, "What did you do!"
"Me? It wasn't ME!" she coughed indignantly, trying to stop herself from choking. She looked over at the other boats, all of whom were killing themselves laughing. "I'm glad you bloody find it funny!" she shouted at them. This however, failed to shut them up but only made them laugh harder.
The gigantic man, leader of the flock of boats, stepped out of his boat as easily as though it were muggle car and was splashing his way worridly towards them. Kay looked up at him. Certainly there was a lot to look up at, this man had a wild grey tangle of a beard, and his hair was exactly the same. A tattered mole skin coat stretched over his enormous belly, and beneath the stone grey hair a pair of anxious black eyes peered at them.
"Yeh all all righ'?" he blustered, and offered his hand to Chime, who took it more than a little nervously. He grabbed her whole arm and yanked her to her feet with such force she was nearly pulled straight over again.
"Oops! Sorry!" the man glanced round and held out another huge hand to Kay, who hesitated then grabbed it.
"It musta' bin the giant Squid I s'pose," he boomed, as he helped up the other two girls then floundered out to the upside down boat, "Dunno why he would do that though. He's normally quite 'armless. Oh well," here he sighed as he picked up the boat as though it was made of feathers, "No use cryin' over upturned boats!" He waded back to them.
Shivering, Kay looked round. Now many of the students had climbed out and were standing on land, sniggering shrilly at them. She scowled menacingly, all to aware of being up to her knees in water, then started hauling Chime up to the gravel-y land.
"I don't inderstand," Chime whispered as they all began trooping up the crunchy bank, their sodden robes flapping icy cold round their legs, "Why would a squid do that to us?"
"Does it really matter at this point in time?" she hissed back, feeling her stomach roll and curl up again as they approached two sturdy oak doors, "Think about it later!"
The man raised a clenched fist and hammered on the door. They all winced as the loud booms echoed and re-echoed into the castle then, as promply as a jack-in-the-box they were flung open. Many gasped. A few, like Kay, were simply rendered speechless.
A young woman stood before them. After the dull colours of the lake, subtle greens and browns of the forest they passed and the gloom of the night, she was a shock to the eye. Kay's eyes watered slightly but she kept them wide open. The vision merged into a rainbow of colours. She blinked. They swam back into focus.
The woman who stood before them had violent, electrifying robes on in stinging shades of turquoise, magenta and ruby. Her hair was a deep, plum purple and elbow length, in odd, messy curls, secured roughly with blue clips in the shape of roses. She smiled, a strange mysterious smile that magnified the dreamy, far-away look in her eye, her rainbow robes billowing around her.
"Welcome," she said mistily, "To Hogwarts."
They all gaped wordlessly at her. Kay was vaguely aware of the huge mans beard twitching.
"I'll leave 'em in your capable hands, Proffesor."
"Thank you Hagrid," she whispered, her voice barely audible against the wind. She swept her gaze over them as Hagrid stumped away. "Come on in."
They all hastened to do as she said. Kay scrutinised the woman carefully. She did not seem particually stern or strict. On the contrary she walked as though she was aiming for no where in particular, as though she had just popped out for an evening stroll. They all trailed behind in her dreamy wake, throwing each other odd looks and stifling giggles. She must of heard them, especially when one boy could hold it in no longer and snorted with explosive laughter and couldn't seem to stop. This automaically sent everyone into chuckles, until all their shoulders were shaking with supressed mirth. Still she wandered on, no obvious change in her stance, shaking back her curls. Kay thoguht she caught a trace of blond in the roots, but couldn't be sure.
Finally she swung round, startling them all and making the first few people leap back. She smiled her beautiful smile again and spoke in dreamy tones.
"You have all been accepted into Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and wizardry beacause you all possess magical talent. Here in this building we will take this talent and develop it as you grow, and by the time you leave here you will be fully fledged witches and wizards. Listen carefully to your Proffessors as they are there only to help your education, or you may regret it in later life."
She took a breath and glanced over her shoulder.
"You will all be divided up into 4 houses today, judging by your abilities and skills. They are Hufflepuff, Slytherin, Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. Each is an honourable hose to belong to. Each has a head of house. I myself am head of Ravenclaw, so you will see a lot of me if you are sorted into Ravenclaw, but judging by the amount of time Proffesor Longbottom has off you will see a fair amount of me in Gryffindor house as well." Frowning, she ran a hand through her curls, pulling at her scalp as though the idea bothered her a lot. The next second the expression was gone however, and she stood up straight again, misty smile back in place.
"We now go into the Sorting Ceremony. Come along." She turned and strode across the magnificent chamber, the crowd hastily following behind. Chime's eyes were wide as she caught Kay's arm, who looked at her in suprise.
"Scorch!" she croaked, forcing her to stop, "I don't want to go through with this!"
Kay looked at her in astonishment. "Go through with what? We're only being sorted into houses!"
"God dammit! Didn't you hear them behind us? Its a test, a really hard physical test! If we don't pass it you get thrown out of Hogwarts!"
Kay looked at her wide, genuine eyes and pinched white face. For a moment her heart began to thump wildly, then she pulled herself back to reality.
"Don't be so stupid!" she said harshly, making Chime jump and take a step backwards, "It's nonsense! Why should they give test to first years who know hardly any magic? Come on, lets catch up!"
Kay spun on her heel, and marched off after the crowd, expecting Chime to follow her, but she never heard any footsteps start to slap against the tiles. Glancing round she saw Chime's pale, anxious face for a moment, before she took to her heels and ran. Back out the doors.
"Oh dear God," mumbled Kay, as she hesitated for a moment then went haring after her too.
It was indeed, proving to be a very interesting first day at Hogwarts.
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Ooooh! So who is the Proffesor? What is Chime's real name? Where are they going to run to? Most importantly, what house will Kay bbe sorted into? Find out next time, and don't forget to review!