CHAPTER 4
-Hogwarts Express, 9 am-
"Hurry children," Mrs. Weasley cried, "You don't want to miss the train!"
All of them ran through the crowd, pulling there luggage behind them. In turn each person went through the barrier. "Ok, I will see you during winter vacation," Mrs. Weasley, kissing each of her children on the cheek.
"Mum!" cried Ron, rubbing the lipstick of his face. "We'll see you later." Harry, Ron, Ginny and Hermione boarded the train.
"Thank you, Mrs. Weasley," said Harry and Hermione. They all walked into an empty compartment. Two girls walked over to the compartment.
"Can we sit here," one girl said,in a strong American accent, "All of the other ones are full."
"Sure," said Harry and Ron together. The two girls sat down on either sides of the compartment. One of them had medium length light brown and blonde hair in two braids. The other had strawberry blonde hair, which she wore in
pigtails with red ribbons.
"Oh," said the blonde haired girl," I'm Terri Fleur and my quiet friend over there," pointing to the brunette, " is Riley Riddle." Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny all stared at the quiet girl in fear.
"Riddle!?" whispered Ron into Harry's ear. "Like You-Know-Who, Riddle?"
"I'm not sure, but we should tell the Order, and we'll know, when she gets sorted. Syltherine(sp?), we know. We should keep an eye on her," Harry whispered back. " Well , I'm Harry Potter, this is Ron and Ginny Weasley and this is Hermione Granger," pointing to each in turn.
"So, why are you guys here. You have such strong accents, I am assuming that your from America," Hermione said acting like a know it all.
"Yea, Hogwarts is hosting this foreign exchange students program," said Terri. "We're from Trometa Academy, an American wizarding school."
"Do you know what houses your in?" asked Ron, trying to find out as much information on the Riddle girl as possible.
"No, we have to get sorted," said Riley, speaking her first words, since she had come aboard.
"So... do you guys like quidditch?" asked Harry, trying to start a conversation. " At Hogwarts we have four teams, one for each house."
"Wow, we love qudditch!" cried Riley. Everyone looked up in surprise at how loudly Riley had talked. "Why do you all look so surprised?"
"Well, you haven't talked very much, so it just surprised us," said Hermione.
"I guess that I'm kinda shy," Riley said shyly. "So what positions do you guys play? I used to be a beater."
"Well I'm the Gryffindor Seeker, and Ron is the Gryffindor Keeper," said Harry.
"And I'm going out for a chaser this year," said Ginny happily.
"This is going to be great," said Riley smiling, for the first time since she had come aboard. This continued threw the whole trip.
-Hogwarts 6pm-
They arrived at Hogwarts and exited the train. Harry watched Hagrid heard all the first years onto the boats. "Hi ya Harry," said Hargrid," Who 're yer new friends?"
"This is Terri Fleur and Riley Riddle," Harry said. Hagrid looked a littleconcerned as he stared at Riley.
"Riddle? You be careful. You-Know-Who's last name was Riddle," Hagrid whispered to Harry.
"I know,I will keep an eye on her, see ya later Hagrid," Harry said, leading everyone over to the horse less carriages. They all entered the carriage and started moving towards the castle.
"How are we moving, there are no horses or anything?" asked Terri.
"Magic, of course," said Ginny. They arrived at the castle and walked into the Great Hall. They noticed that there were many new faces mixed in with the familiar ones.
"Will sit at our table, and wait for you guys to get sorted," Ron said, pointing to their table. They all walked over to their table and sat down. The doors suddenly opened and Professor McGonagall came in with the first years.

"Now that everyone is here," said Professor Dumbledore, "We will get to then sorting, but first I have an annonucement. If you have not noticed, we have some foreign exchange students. They will also be sorted into houses. We have students from America, Japan and Australia. Now let the sorting begin." Professor McGonagall brought out a three legged stool with an old, ragged hat on it. Suddenly the hat burst into song,

"A many many years ago
When I was still brand new
There were four great wizard
That I bet you would like too

Kind and gentle Hufflepuff
Brave and daring Gryffindor too
Wise, old Ravenclaw who always knew what to do
And then there was cunning Slytherin
Not the friendliest of them all
Then these four fine wizards knew just what to do
Start this amazing school
Now but me on your head
And will tell you your house
For I'm the thinking cap"

Then all the first years and foriegn exchange lined up and wait to be called. "When I call your name, I will put the hat on your head and you'll be sorted," she said, "Lybo, Ian."
A curly haired first year went over to the stool and sat down. Professor McGonagall put the Sorting Hat ontop of the boys head. " RAVENCLAW!" the hat screamed.The students at the Ravenclaw table clapped as the boy went over and sat down .

"Relca, Tesia." This time a tall, tan, blond-haired girl walked up to the
stool. She looked like she was 14 or 15.
"She must be one of the foreign exchange students," said Hermione.
"HUFFLEPUFF!" The sorting continued for awhile after.
Suddenly Harry heard the name, "Riddle, Riley." Everyone in the hall gasped at Riley's last name. Everyone knew You-Know-Who's full name by now. Chatter begin in the hall. " Students, students, calm down!" cried Professor
McGonagall. She lead the girl up to the stool and sat her down. Then put the hat on her head. It just sat there for ten minuets.
"GRYFFINDOR!" She went and sat down next to Harry and Ron.
"Fleur, Terri." Terri walked up and got sorted.
"GRYFFINDOR!" She came over and sat down too.
-Later that night, Boys Dormitory-
The dormitory was filled with extra beds for all the foreign exchange boys.
" So we know she can't be that bad if she made it into Gryffindor," said Ron.
"We should send another letter to the Order, when Hedwig gets back," said Harry, " We should stick with her, though." They closed the curtians on their four poster-beds and fell asleep.

A/N: Thanks for waiting! I know i havent been the most...... "consistant" updater, but im trying! lol anyways, review, ReViEw, REVIEW!