One More For Gryffindor
Harry sat down at the table with all of the other Gryfinndor students and sipped on his butter bear as he watched the new students being sorted. He was really waiting for Serena's turn to come up. Finally, her turn came up and the sorting hat started laughing before the hat was placed on her head. Harry had never seen him do that before. The sorting hat laughed so hard that Professor Dumbledore had to mention his job was not to be entertained. The sorting hat yelled Gryffindor and Harry was elated. That ment that she might be in some of his classes if she was advanced enough.
The table cheered for Serena and Harry pulled out a chair for her beside him. Serena quickly hugged him and sat down.
"Hey, Harry is there a dress code for girls or something? They all seem to be wearing skirts or something." Serena said while looking around.
"Yeah, but it's okay if you wear pants." Harry said quietly. He looked over in Cho's direction because he sensed that someone was watching him. There was Cho and Malfoy looking at him at the same time but giving him the same look. Harry quickly turned his eyes back to the front of the room to catch what Dumbledore was saying.
"This year we will have a new teacher defense for the dark arts teacher. She is the ambassdor to the Elvon Kingdoms and very skilled warrior. Please welcome her into our school."
Suddenly, the large doors to the dining room few open. Dozen of tiny men came stooping through in African attire with a woman in golden wrap in between them. The men starting playing drums and flute. While others danced around the front some scaring students despite their stacure. Then woman walked ahead of the men. She was a foot taller than all the men but that only made her about five feet tall. The men stopped singing and she took the wrap off from around her face. She sang louder than all the men--above the sound of drums, flutes, anddancers. She sang with her back to Harry and danced with just her hands. It was not a language that Harry was familiar with so he just listened to the sounds.
Harry happened to notice Professor Snape look of repressed felicity. He couldn't tell if professor Snape was breathing but he knew he never seen that expression on his face before. Professor Snape forced his hands down on the table and never took her eyes off of the Ambassador. Dumbledore smirked at the sight of Professor Snape visibly showing excitement but he didn't say anything to him.
When the song was over the tiny men vanished and the Ambassador turned around to face the students. It was the woman in Harry's dreams. Harry was embarassed and glad no one knew about her except Ron. The ambassador looked like she was 15 years old at the most and more beautiful than his dreams could capture.
"That was a song of welcome and good tidings of the future. I hope that this is the beginning of a great year of learning and education." The Ambassador said.
Harry's mouth dropped and Serena took her index finger and closed it for him. "That's my mother Harry, I know she's pretty but don't look at her like that." She smiled and him and laughed.
"That means you're an elf too? But you're so tall." Harry said before censuring his mouth.
"Yeah, I take after my father. I never knew him of course. He died before I was born. I used to ask Mom about him but everytime I do she cries." Serena said and started eating her food. "I don't know what any of this food is but it's actually okay."
"There's Ron and Hermione ushering the first years to the house. I guess we should go too." Serena and Harry got up and she grabbed his hand and they walked out of the dining hall together. Harry looked back at Cho who seemed to be livid and he smiled at her. Maybe Serena's plan to make her jealous will work. Or maybe it will drive them further apart but it felt good to not work so hard for a girl to like him. He and Serena had nothing in common but they talked about everything. She seemed lonely to him but he was lonely too, so they just seemed to make it work.
Harry walked up to the fat lady in the potrait and said the new password which happened to be lilies. He said it and walked Serena to her stairs. "How me your schedule, please." Harry looked and she was in all of his classes right down to Herbology. "We can walked together to class. I'll see you in the morning." Harry turned and walked away but Serena grabbed his hand and pulled him towards her.
"I don't waste time with guys because I never know how long I'll be in a place. I like you Harry. You're really nice and a gentleman." She leans in and plants a soft kiss on Harry's lips. All the girls giggled and the guys snickered in amazement. Serena walked away but Harry stood there for a few minutes looking where Serena was standing. Ron and Hermione came downstairs to check on Harry after the commotion and couldn't get a coherent word out of him. Ron walked him up to his room and pushed him onto his four post bed.
"Good night Romeo." Ron said with a smile.
