Chapter 11 The boat ride and Draco Malfoy
Well everybody I'm in a great mood, so I decided to type up this chapter. (I had no homework yay!) Oh and Sorry for the delay
Jeanne looks out the window one last time before hopping down the stairs leading to the nice cool pavement, "Jeanne come on there is Harry and Ron." Hermione whispered as she grabbed Jeanne's slender, tanned hand and drug her over behind Harry who was talk to a giant, hairy man. "Wow!" Jeanne exclaimed softly as she examined how tall the man was, and how much hair covered him, "First years this way now!" the big man boomed with his deep voice, 'Where Hagrid? Where do you want us to go?" Harry asked placing something into his cloak pocket. "Follow me young Harry I'll show you, come on young first years follow me please to the boats!" He answered waving a big hand again.
Jeanne walks slowly as the entire first years stumble behind Hagrid, towards the docks, Jeanne excitement grew with every step she took. Hermione looked back to her tall friend and saw the excitement, "If you think this is exciting wait till they have the sorting ceremony." She stated grinning broadly, Jeanne smiled back, "I can't wait, I want to be in Ravenclaw, no I want to be in Hufflepuff. If I remember right in the book Hogwarts : A History, Gryffindor is courage, Ravenclaw is talent, Slytherin is a thirst to prove yourself, and Hufflepuff is for smartness. Please let it Hufflepuff!" Jeanne chattered away. Hermione stopped at a small boat and thought to herself, hate to disappoint you Jeanne but I want to be in Gryffindor, then climbed into the smallest boat and sat towards the front. Jeanne didn't board the boat she just stared at it until Hermione laughed, "Well aren't you going to get in or are you going to just stare at it all night?" Jeanne nodded and slowly got into the boat.
The boat then started to move, "Whoa!" Jeanne whisper and closed her eyes for a second, "Jeanne it's alright we are not going to topple over or something it's the mer-people that are controlling the boats remember? We read it in a book." Hermione said trying to make Jeanne feel better for she needed it, Jeanne looked very green. Jeanne eyes opened slowly to show that she understood her, Jeanne's hands were on the sides of the boat her knuckles white. Minutes later the boats slowed down to a stop at the docks leading to Hogwarts, when the boats came to the full stop Jeanne hopped out of the boat wanting to get away from them as fast as she could.
Jeanne waited for Hermione, Ron and Harry before walking up the steps leading into the school, "Jeanne heard Hermione talking to Harry quietly, "I hope all four of us be in the same house it'll be great!" She said nudging Harry slightly, Jeanne heard Ron sigh deeply. Jeanne looks over at Ron and asks lightly, "What's wrong?" Ron looks up and smiles, "Harry already got a secret admirer." He nods his head back to the two laughing friends behind them, Jeanne laughs and shakes her head, "I'll agree with you on that." Jeanne and Ron talked about anything and everything as they walked up the stairs to the entrance of the Great Hall. An old, frail, medium height woman was standing at the top of the stairs holding a large scroll; all of the first year students stopped at the first top step and waited for instruction.
"Welcome to Hogwarts. Shortly, you'll pass these doors and be sorted into your houses and join your classmates. The houses are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin." The old woman said in a nice loud, clear voice. Jeanne noticed, when the woman said Slytherin, a boy with platinum blonde hair, shorter than her and with blue eyes, smirked to one of his friends behind him, kinda cute, Jeanne thought before averting her attention back to the old woman. "Now while you're here, your house will be like your family. Your triumphs will earn you points. Any rule-breaking and you will lose points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points wins the house cup." The old woman said before a little yell popped out of nowhere, "Trevor!" Jeanne sees Neville jumping past the first step and bends down to pick up his lost toad. Jeanne then sees Neville stand strait and mutter a small, "sorry" to the woman, the woman just nods her a head a little and says, "The Sorting Ceremony will begin momentarily." Then walks off with a hasty step.
Jeanne thought of the boy with the platinum hair and turned her head towards him, as she was turning her head she heard a strong voice, "So it's true then, what they're saying on the train. Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts." Jeanne see that it was the boy she was thinking about said it, everybody then begins to whisper amongst her saying little things like 'Harry Potter' and 'wow!'. The boy nods his head back to the two boys behind him, "This is Crabbe and Goyle. And I'm Malfoy. Draco Malfoy" the boy introduces himself walking in front of Harry. Malfoy? I remember the name Malfoy. Professor Dumbledore talked about him at dinner. He said that the Malfoy family was pure bloods, Jeanne thought frowning a little, then she heard Ron snicker a little but enough to attract Draco's attention. "Think my names funny do you? I've no need to ask yours. Red hair and a hand-me-down rode? You must be a Weasley. And behind you must be your sister." Draco said mentioning Jeanne at the same time calling her Ron's sister. Jeanne brought her head up high and walked in front of Ron on the first step so that she can show Draco her full height, then she said with a stern voice, "My name is Jeanne Hawkins. I'm not a Weasley, I may have red hair but do not judge people before you have met them. You will do well to remember that." Draco looks up, and flinches a little then nods his head slowly then turned to Harry continuing his boasting, "You'll find out that some wizarding families are better than others. You don't want to go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there." Draco finished by giving Ron a sharp evil glance, and then held out his hand.
Harry looks at Draco's hand for not more than a second and says in a sly voice, "I think I can tell the wrong sort for myself, thanks." Draco drops his hand and opened his mouth as if to say something, but clamped it shut when the old woman had come back and tapped him on the shoulder with her scroll. Draco takes one last evil look at Harry the walks back to where Crabbe and Goyle were waiting.
"We're ready for you now. Follow me." The old woman said walking towards the doors that lead into the Great Hall.
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