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Chapter 6 The Feast

Ellen felt a bit of guilty about teasing Snape; she always felt guilty after teasing people or yelling at someone or even when she said something stupid and felt she shouldn't have said it. Now she felt that she had put her foot in it, as they have to live and work in such close proximities. And the letter that she wrote was contradicted. She decided that it was best if she didn't think about it and think about something else like why should she cut her hair she wasn't sure if it would suit her.
'The other students should be here any minute.' McGonagall said as she walked over to where she was sitting on the end of the staff table in the Great Hall. Minutes later there were squeals heard from outside.

'What's going on?' McGonagall said standing up and rushed out of the hall.

'Maybe there being hit by water balloons.' Ellen said to no one in particular as herds of children ran the hall. McGonagall came back in looking very pissed off.

'Peeves was throwing water balloons.' She said to everyone. Some of the teachers looked at Ellen wondering how she knew.

After order was restored in the hall, the sorting began. It started with a hat singing an awful song. This, to Ellen, was interesting for about five seconds, after that she felt like ripping the hat in half. But she made a game out of it, predicting what house it would yell.

'Gryffindore' She would mutter

'Gryffindore!' it yelled

'Ravenclaw.' She said again

'Ravenclaw!' it yelled

'Slytherin '

'Gryffindore!' after that she stopped

After the monotony of the sorting the feast began. Ellen ate quite a lot, not something you would expect from someone who was quite thin. When everyone was finished Dumbledore started his speech. He started on about the Tri-wizard Tournament. The doors of the Great Hall flew open and an old, odd-looking man with half a nose and a wooden leg entered. He went over and spoke to Dumbledore. 'This is your new Defense Against The Darks Teacher professor Moody' few people clapped. Dumbledore also took the time to introduce her but no one seemed to be listening.
After the feast the teachers were having a drink in the staff room. She now had the chance to give the last remaining stone to "that Moody guy". He was leaning heavily against his staff and talking to Dumbledore. Ellen waited for the opportune moment to give it to him. He was about to turn away from Dumbledore so she went and introduced herself.

'Hello I'm Ellen Grey, the assistant.'

'Hello' he said. His normal was eye fix on her face the other dating up and down her body.

'Urm... your eye is....'

'It does that it's magical.' His voice was very gruff.

'Ok, well I just came over to give you this.' She handed him the stone that was red. And she explained what it did and how to use it. After that she left quickly it was freaky the way he looked at her.
She slowly walked down the stairs going down to the dungeons. She could feel it getting steadily colder as she went down. Every thing felt so unreal, like a dream. Ellen thought. She was in such a state of thoughtfulness that she walked past her portrait. Ellen came back to her senses and walked back to her portrait entrance.

'Hello dream girl.' The portrait said

Ellen didn't like the picture. It gave her the creeps.

'Will you let me in?' The portrait swung open and she went inside.
Ellen woke the next morning to the familiar sound of running water. She held her watch up to see what the time was. This was hard, as it was extremely dark in her room and the only light there was coming from the crack under the bathroom door. It was quarter to six. Ellen groaned and got up. Now that she was awake there was no going back to sleep. Ellen sat in the dark until seven o'clock, when Snape vacated the bathroom and she, Ellen, entered.
Ellen wasn't at breakfast for more than fifteen minutes. She was an incredibly fast eater but then again she didn't eat much breakfast. That day there was nothing to do but deliver messages. Ellen wondered if she was better off getting another job. In the afternoon the colour purple came up on her bracelet. Purple meant it was that odd Trelawney teacher. Ellen hadn't seen her since she first came and wondered what she wanted her to do. When she came into the tower there seemed to be no one there. It was dark and very stuffy

'Hello?'

"Miss Grey, welcome.' Trelawney said stepping into the light. 'I heard what you did on the night of the feast.' Ellen racked her brains she didn't know what she had done.

'I'm sorry I don't follow you.'

'You predicted what happened to those students.'

'Oh,' Ellen laughed 'that was only because it happened to me before.'

'And the houses that the students were being put into.'

'Well, that was just a game. it was all chance. How do you know all this anyway.' Trelawney looked absently into a crystal ball and ran her fingers around it.

'I know a lot of things...' She trailed off but then suddenly perked up 'But you! Have a beautiful inner eye. You must see many things.'

'Ah...not really, no.' this woman, Ellen decided, was really odd.

'Well do you sometimes think things then they happen?'

'Sometimes, but its either a chance or a guess.'

'Chance! Guess! Bah!' Trelawney was getting very passionate now. 'There is no chance or guesses. Everyone knows everything but they just don't know it yet! You must embrace your power, not many people have what you have.' She stopped. Ellen would have said something but didn't know what. 'I see you wish to go so I will let you.' Ellen turned out the door when she felt Trelawney's hand on her shoulder. 'Just remember Miss Grey, always trust your first instinct it will be the right one.'

Her first real job came when Professor McGonagall summoned her to go around to all the teachers and ask them if the needed any supplies from Diagonally or Hogsmead. She went around to all the teachers asking what they wanted and where she would find it. Then by request she went back to McGonagall.

'Now Ellen I know you have no idea what you are doing so I have organized someone to help you. This is Remus Lupin.' A thin sickish but cute man stepped forward and shook her hand.

'Hello.' He said

'Nice to meet you' she answered

All of the items needed were found at diagonally so Remus showed her how to use flu powder, and that made her so dizzy that she fell over three times after she landed. He also showed her the bank Gringotts and where everything was found and how to pronounce them. All of the items on the list were easily enough acquired except for one that would take four hours to get ready. This item was requested by no other than Snape (surprise, surprise). Lupin had said that he needed to see someone so he left Ellen. Not knowing what to do she wandered into London. She had brought her mobile phone with her just incase she had this chance and checked her messages. She was disappointed to find that there were only three. The fist one was from Jane saying:

Hi, oh u said that you couldn't get reception. Jus seeing how u r
Luv Jane (

The other two were from the phone company saying that if she didn't use her account soon it would be shut down. That took about ten minutes and that left her four hours so she just wondered around the center of London. She passed a hair salon and seeing that she had thirty pounds on her she thought that she should get her hair streaked at the front. For the rest of the time she went window-shopping in the department store then went to collect Snape's item.
After she got back Ellen delivered all the requested items and had many comments about her hair. In her boredom she told the hairdresser to steak her hair red at the front. She always did odd things when she was board.

Yeah... this chapter really had nothing to do with anything but anyhoo. Next will (hope fully)