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By: Kira Akiana
Disclaimer: I own Val, Kira, Lara, Aliana and Ray. All else belongs to J.K. Rowling.
Chapter Two: Entering Hogwarts
The train finally stopped, and Kira stood up to leave.
"It's cool hanging out with you. We should be friends. Or murder buddies." she said. Draco smirked and followed her out of the compartment. She started to head for her luggage, but Draco informed her that it would be taken to the castle for her. She shrugged and followed him off the train.
She heard a gruff voice call, "Firs' years this way!" and spied a giant of a man waving the nervous first years over to him.
"That's Hagrid. He's a great, bloody oaf. He teaches Care of Magical Creatures, though I don't know how he got the position." Draco laughed. Kira smiled at how alike she and Draco were. She followed him to a group of carriages led by scaly, black horse things.
"What are those?" she asked Draco.
"What are what? Oh, the thestrals? I can't se them, but they sound like they are ugly to me. You can only see them if you've seen someone die." Kira paused for a moment, and looked at the thestrals, then followed Draco into the carriage. The last two people to enter were a blonde girl with blue eyes, and the pug-faced girl she had seen with Draco earlier.
"Why is she in here Drakie?" the girl snarled, motioning towards Kira.
"She is my friend, Pansy. Sort of the opposite of you." Pansy huffed and turned to the window. Kira hid her smirk and nudged Draco gently. Her time with him would be…entertaining.
"Come on Val! Wake up! The train's stopped now." Lara was trying to wake up her friend, but she was failing miserably. Suddenly Val's head popped up. She grabbed her bag and hurried out the door. Lara threw her arms up in exasperation.
"I'll see you later," she told Aliana, and quickly followed Val. They followed the crowd of people over to a line of carriages.
"Okay, Val. Pick one." But Val was near the front of one of the carriages. She was moving her hand, as if stroking something, but nothing was there. "What are you doing, Val? Come on, the carriages are almost gone."
Lara grabbed Val and pulled her into a carriage. They were soon joined by a dazed looking girl holding a magazine, and the same boy Val had mentioned.
"Hi, Neville!" Val said brightly, and Neville smiled nervously.
"I'm Luna Lovegood," the other girl said.
"Hi, Luna. I'm Val Saranna, and this is Lara, and that's Neville," Val said.
"I know Neville already, but thanks anyways." Luna began to read her magazine, but was interrupted by Val.
"Oh! Oh! The Orfle-Beaked Landagrab! I saw one of those once!" Val squealed excitedly.
Luna clapped her hands and said, "Yay! Someone who understands me!"
Lara rolled her eyes and sighed. "Oy."
Aliana watched Val and Lara leave before deciding she should head out herself. She got off the train and hurried to the line of carriages. She found one with three other people in it, and jumped in.
"Hi," she said, because the others were staring at her. "I'm Aliana McGregor. I transferred here from Ireland."
"I'm Hermione Granger," the girl with brown, bushy hair said.
"And I'm Ron Weasley," said the red-headed boy with freckles.
"I'm Harry Potter. It's nice to meet you." Aliana smiled at the black haired boy.
"Well, this is probably the best welcome I've gotten so far."
"I don't know why. You're very nice," Ron said.
"Well, I don't know. The people I've met were different somehow."
"Were they Slytherins?" Harry asked with a scowl. Suddenly they felt the carriage come to a stop. "Anyways, let's go inside."
They got out of the carriage and went up the stairs. When they entered the Great Hall, Aliana looked up and gasped.
"It's bewitched to look like the sky outside. You can read about it in Hogwarts: A History," Hermione said. Aliana saw Harry and Ron roll their eyes.
"I would like Kira Akiana, Aliana McGregor, Lara Salina, and Valetrian Saranna to follow me please," a voice called to the students. Aliana, Kira, Val and Lara pushed their way through the crowd to the speaker, an older woman with her hair pulled into a tight bun.
"I am Professor McGonagall. You will join the First Years in the Sorting Hat Ceremony to decide what house you belong in ." They followed her to the front of the Hall and stood behind the frightened-looking First Years. Looking out at the students, they saw their new friends.
Aliana waved at Harry, Ron and Hermione, as Val winked at Neville, who promptly blushed and turned his head. Lara smiled at Luna, and Kira smirked and arched her eyebrow at Draco, as he seemed to have, once again, been accosted by Pansy.
The First Years each walked up to the stool to try on the Sorting Hat. Finally they were all through. Now it was the girls' turn.
"Salina, Lara." Lara walked up to the stool. "What year?" McGonagall asked.
"Sixth, ma'am."
"Alright. Go ahead now."
McGonagall placed the Sorting Hat upon Lara's head , and she waited.
"Hm…interesting. You are very loyal and compassionate, both qualities of Hufflepuff. Yet you are very bright as well. Decisions, decisions…I think you would best belong to RAVENCLAW!" The hat yelled this last word for the entire hall to hear. Blushing at the cheering Ravenclaws, she took a seat next to Luna.
"Welcome to Ravenclaw," she said.
"Saranna, Valetrian."
Val looked around for a moment, then proceeded to the stool.
"Are you Sixth Year as well?" Val nodded. She felt the hat being placed upon her head, and heard a scratchy voice in her ear.
"Well, this is an interesting mind. You are knowledgeable well beyond your years, which makes the place for you RAVENCLAW!"
She rose and took her seat at the Ravenclaw table.
"McGregor, Aliana."
Aliana stood and quickly crossed over to Professor McGonagall.
"Sixth Year, yes," she said before McGonagall could ask. She sat upon the stool as the hat was placed upon her head.
"You are very bright, yes," the hat whispered, "But also very brave. This is a tough choice, but it better be GRYFFINDOR!"
Aliana beamed as she took her seat among the smiling and applauding Gryffindors. She blushed slightly when Harry patted her on the back and congratulated her.
"Akiana, Kira."
Kira walked up to the stool and faced McGonagall.
"What year?"
"Seventh." She took her seat on the stool and waited for the voice she knew would come.
"Ah, another interesting one. You aren't on the dark side, but then again, you aren't on the light side either. I see that you are planning to wait and see what side shows more power, then you will choose. Only one place for you. SLYTHERIN!"
Kira smirked and sat down next to Draco. She saw Aliana's friends glaring at her, which only made her grin more.
A man with long grey hair, a long beard, and half-moon spectacles stood up at the head table.
"Students, I am Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster here at Hogwarts. I say this because we have new students who would otherwise obviously not know who this doddering old fool was who began talking in the middle of dinner. I would like to welcome our First Years, and our new students. I know you are all hungry, so let the feast begin!"
Suddenly, mountains of food appeared on the table. Kira put some food on her plate and picked at it. She really wasn't very hungry, so she decided to talk to Draco instead.
"So Draco, what's Slytherin like? Now that I'm here, I should know what I'm up against," she joked.
"Well, you want to watch your back, definitely. Aside from the fact that all the other houses hate us, we turn on each other, if it helps our personal gain."
"Well, isn't that lovely…" Kira decided it would be in her best interest if she practiced and learned some new defensive spells, just in case.
"Damn, another slimy Slytherin to worry about. Look at her. She's already made friends with Malfoy, the wench." Ron was ranting about Kira of course.
"Ron, stop it! She's my friend!" Aliana was getting angry at the way Ron was acting towards Kira.
"Listen, Aliana. It's not good to be friends with Slytherins. They're a bad group.," Harry told her.
"You guys just don't know her!" With that, she began ignoring them.
When the food appeared, Ron, Hermione, and Harry tried to start up a conversation, but Aliana kept eating. Eventually, they gave up and set to eating their own dinner.
'I wonder how Lara and Val are doing,' Aliana thought, looking towards the Ravenclaw table.
"Lara, look at all the food!" Val was staring at the food in wonder. She then began laughing when she saw what was in a bowl near Luna.
"Tangerines are funny." Luna began laughing also. Lara smiled and started to put food on her plate.
"Hi," a voice from her left said. She turned to see a good looking boy with curly dark blondehair and green eyes. "I'm Ray Linder. I wanted to welcome you to Ravenclaw."
She smiled. "Thanks, I'm Lara Salina. Its-"
"LARA LOOK OUT!"
Lara turned to see Val looking innocent as a huge mince-pie spider came scuttling down the table. Lara jumped back, as did many others, as the spider jumped to the Gryffindor table. Lara heard a shriek and saw a red headed boy near Aliana jump away quickly.
The spider then proceeded to the Hufflepuff table, who showed similar reactions, but when it got to the Slytherin table, nothing happened. The spider lunged at several people, but none were frightened. Val walked over to the Slytherins in a huff.
"Oh, you're no fun!" she said, and waved her wand. The spider disappeared and Professor Dumbledore stood up.
"Ahem, I think it's time for us to go to bed now. Goodnight students."
The four houses then went their separate ways, taking the four girls in different directions, to where they would spend the rest of their childhood.