And Now for Chapter 2 (ALSO SPELL CHECKED!)
Chapter 2
The Sorting
Ashley and Ariel followed Dumbledore into the Great Hall, just before the feast began. They silently followed him through the Hall and into the room behind. "The feast will begin soon. I will send Professor McGonagall in to get you when we are ready for you." Dumbledore told them. "She is the headmistress of the school and the head Gryffindore house."
"Alright," Ariel said, and Dumbledore left.
Ashley turned to her sister, "Separate houses?"
"I guess it depends on where we are sorted into," Ariel replied. "What I'm wondering is how we're sorted."
"Me too," Ashley agreed.
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Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny walked into the school. "I am going to go see Lupin before the feast." Harry told the group.
"Okay," Hermione said.
"We'll save you a seat," Ron called after him as he began walking up the staircase and toward Professor Lupin's room. As he entered the room, he saw Professor Lupin sitting behind the desk.
"Harry," Lupin said in his slightly horse voice. "We have a problem."
"What would that be?" Harry asked, sitting across form Lupin.
"Voldemort is bringing himself into the public more, there have been a few suspicious death's, getting closer and closer to Hogwarts," Lupin told Harry. "Your Hogsmade trips are going to be monitored by a member of the order from now on. Someone will be trailing you incase Voldemort decides to attack you away from the school."
"Okay," Harry said calmly. He was getting used to it by now, someone trailing him making sure that Voldemort, who was steadily gaining Death Eaters, didn't attack him. To him, it was getting slightly annoying 'We're only trying to keep you safe Harry.' or, 'Harry, it's for your safety.' was all he had been hearing during the summer at the headquarters.
"Now, let's get to the feast shall we?" Lupin said standing up. "I'm sure there's something we both don't want to miss." Harry didn't even bother to ask, he knew the answer he would get,' you'll find out in a few minutes.' He wondered how teachers managed to keep these secrets. As they entered the Great Hall, Lupin walked up to the teaches table and took his seat as Harry sat between Ron and Hermione. As Dumbledore stood, the room silenced.
"Welcome to another year," He started. The first years stood in front of the room, most had nervous looks on their faces. Harry remembered when he had first come to Hogwarts, he was just as nervous, afraid that he would not be accepted. "Now, I know that you are all excided to see the first years sorted, but I will ask you to be patient with me. We have had a program between our school and The American Academy for Witches and Wizards. It is an exchange student program, so every fifty years, we have a student from the school come here and one student from out school goes there for their seventh year. Neville Longbottom is attending that school for the year, while we are privileged enough to have two students from their school here." Professor McGonagall stood and walked through the door to the room off the hall.
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Ariel and Ashley awaited the arrival of Professor McGonagall in the small room. The fire was burning brightly, casting shadows on the walls and lighting the room with a dim glow. "Ash," Ariel said from where she stood leaning on the mantle, "If we do get in to separate houses, you think we can still talk to each other?"
"Why wouldn't we be able to?" Ashley asked.
"In Hogwarts: A History it said that the houses separated," Ariel replied.
"Oh well," Ashley told her. "We both have computers, we'll use them."
"Good point," Ariel agreed as the door to the room opened and a tall woman walked in. The girls assumed it was Professor McGonagall.
"We're ready for you," She told them. They followed her into the hall. As they entered, they looked and saw that almost all the seats were full and there was a group of students, they looked to be new in the school, standing in front of a stool with an old, tattered hat placed on it.
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As Professor McGonagall returned into the hall, Harry saw two girls following her. The one in front had short, brown hair, with light blond highlights. She was in a Deep Black Robe with a silver pin on the front. The other was slightly taller, and her hair was auburn, though you could tell it was dyed because her roots were brown. She was in a Navy Blue robe with the same pin on the front.
"I would like to introduce our two exchange students," Dumbledore said to the silent hall, "Ashley and Ariel. Now, if we shall continue to the sorting, before we loose your attention. First, Ashley." Professor McGonagall motioned for the shorter of the two to sit on the stool. McGonagall placed the hat on her head.
There were a few moments of silence before the hat called out to the Great Hall...
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Ashley sat there with the hat on her head, wondering what it had to do with the sorting, when she heard a voice whispering in her ear, "Pure blood, that's always a good thing to know, and very determined too. Not much for rules, that just further proves the decision. Better be..."
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"Slytherin." The hat shouted to the hall. Ashley removed the hat and walked to the far end of the hall and sat at the table. Ariel walked up to the stool and sat on it. Professor McGonagall placed the hat on her head and the hall went silent. Most of them didn't want both of the exchange students to be in Slytherin, thinking they would get the right idea of what Hogwarts was like.
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Ariel sat with the hat on her head, thinking she must look like an idiot, sitting there doing nothing. Suddenly, she heard the hat in her ear, "Very daring I see, and also polite, always a good thing, it's a definite now, Better be..."
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"Gryffindore!" the hat shouted to the hall. Ariel caught her sister's eye, and showed a slight frown, they had always been together, now they were separate, it would be very different for them.
There it is
RR I'll update soon
