Shitza: A long expected chapter, I know. But I have warned you updates might drag. Yet still, I'll try to update as often as possible, do have patience, it takes time to write and my time is running away. Too much of school.

Tári: Well, you have to finish the letter for your Swedish class, the project in Geographic, the project for Social Science, English homework, Math homework, French...

Shitza: Please, shut up. I don't need a reminder.

Seeeza: Please review. Shitza loves reviews and the more she gets the more she'll put efforts in this story.

Shitza: Hey!

Seeeza: Okay then, she'll do her best.

Shitza: (sighs) Stupid cat!

Chapter 7 The last Sorting Ceremony

"How in the world did we get back?" Cassandra asked Neville as the five heirs and Hermione found themselves in the Entrance Hall, even before the train had arrived.

"Well, it's kind of hard to explain" Neville said. "It's a special magic I've heard about, it can only be used by the purest and most ancient of magic."

"Ours, I guess" Cassandra said brushing the dust from the hem of her robe, with a hand.

Harry felt dizzy from the whirling magical ride, which only Neville knew more about. Cassandra was furious she for once didn't know what had happened.

Suddenly they heard a calming our coming from Ron's pocket. Ron gasped as a small head popped out, revealing the little snake. Ron took it with two fingers and gave it back to its owner.

"You should have a better care for it, I don't want it crawling in MY pocket." He said giving it to Harry, who placed it in his own. Draco found this scene rather amusing.

"Mr Potter! Mr Weasley! Mr Longbottom! Miss Granger! Miss Ridgeback! Mr Malfoy! Thank god you're all right!"

Professor McGonagall ran over to them. In her hand was the parchment with the names for the upcoming sorting.

"What has happened?" she asked.

"Well, let just say that Voldemort seems to have more tricks up his sleeves then we first thought." Draco said.

"What?"

"Well Professor. The compartment we travelled in was a trap, it transported us to another empty train, which was set to bring us to awaiting Death Eaters. Well, they sort of almost got us, since they did manage to tie us up, luckily we've all practised over the summer. We are more skilled then last year and escaped using different elemental ways. We fought, not that much, yet still we fought and when we won, Neville transported us here in some unknown, yet not very friendly way." Ron said.

Professor McGonagall thought for a while, trying to catch u on what he had said.

"In other words, we got trapped, we escaped, and we went here." Neville said to shorten the story.

"Oh," McGonagall said. "Well, I'll inform the Headmaster of your arrival. Now there will probably take an hour for the rest of the students to arrive, in the meantime I would advise you to go and visit our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. I think it's a good idea if you get to know him before we start."

"What about Professor Moon?" Hermione asked.

"She went to continue her studies. She said she'd come back one day, when she felt she would be ready for it. I think that last year was too much for her nerves."

"So, who is it then?" Cassandra asked.

"The new Professor arrived yesterday. You can go and meet him in his office." Professor McGonagall informed them all.

"Well then, what are we waiting for," Cassandra said. "Let's go!"

They ran up to the third floor and to the same office that had belonged to six different Defense Against the Dark Arts teachers before. They knocked at the door, which was opened by the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Wing.

"Windwalker?" Cassandra said confused as the new Professor Charlie Wing smiled.

"Windwalker???" Harry and the other heirs asked her, not knowing what she was talking about."

The new professor's smile broad. He sort of giggled while continuing pointing out his short pointed beard.

"Well, it's a slight surprise to see you here, Eagle." The professor said. Cassandra still looked just as confused as she had been for the last five minutes when Professor Wing hugged her. Ron snorted with laughter seeing a professor which such a odd looking sideboards as the new professor had. Indeed they looked odd, parts of it was grey, another part black, another snow white, another deep red, another slightly pink and the tip looked as if it had been splattered by green paint.

"Cassie, what is this Windwalker-Eagle thing?" Hermione asked.

"Well, to tell you the truth..." Cassandra began.

-Flashback-

A young girl ran through the halls of her school, trying to find her way to her brother's class. She had a birthday gift with her and she carefully carried it through the labyrinth of corridors. Soon she admitted she was lost and began crying. She was only five years old, it would take six years further until she was as old as any of them.

"Young girl, what's the matter?" an older man asked.

"I-I-I c-can't find my way to my b-b-brother..." she stammered

She began crying again, but the older man comforted her.

"I am sure you'll be able to find him. What's his name?"

"E-Edward." She said looking up.

"Young Edward ridgeback, so it's his little sister that's gone lost. Don't you worry, I know exactly where he is."

He took her hand and led her towards a classroom on the second floor. There she saw her brother and happily ran over to him. Surprised, yet happy, her brother hugged her and thanked the man, his Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Wing for helping them. She had spent the whole day with her brother, following him around class, being cuddled and hugged by all his classmates. Some of them even played with her and gave her sweets, lots of sweets. Too much for her to manage, but her brother gave her a bag that couldn't be filled.

-End Flashback-

"I suppose I've never told you about my brother. He's a memory I don't want to look back on."

-Flashback-

It was a brilliant sunny day, nothing looked as if it ever could have gone wrong. Young Master Edward Ridgeback and even younger Mistress Cassandra Ridgeback played in a beautiful blue lake, when...

From the mountains a roar was heard and a Norwegian Ridgeback flew over their heads. She had never felt so scared before. Her brother took her hand and swam back to the bridge, yet too late. In only a few minutes the dragon saw them, and he was hungry. It had been long since he had tasted the warm flesh from human.

"Cassandra, her brother said as he saw it was soon about to strike. "You'll continue without me, run up to the mansion and warn mum and dad, understand.

"But, what about you?" the seven year old girl asked."

"Don't worry, I'll just distract it." He said smiling warmly knowing he'd never survive through this. "Here" he said taking of the silver chains necklace he always wore. "Take this."

Young as she had been she hadn't understood. She had run to the house and told her parents what had happened. Both of them, accompanied with the mansions three house elves ran down to the lake, to find her brother's dead body. They saw the dragon fly away, as fast as its wings carried him. He had died, defending his sister and his family. He had used what was called, the Ravenclaw's Secret, yet the secret always ended in one way, death.

She always wore the necklace after that, it was the last thing in memory from her brother. Her feelings had been so strong for him, continuing life had almost been impossible. Yet she knew her brother wanted her to continue living, and so she had.

-End flashback-

Cassandra cried, after her brother's death life had seemed useless. Yet her friends and Professor Wing had helped her to continue. She had buried herself in work to keep herself from remembering. It hurt so much, whenever she thought about it.

Ron put a comforting arm around her shoulder. It was one of the few things he had done yet it helped a lot.

"Well, I think the Sorting must start pretty soon. Let's go down." Harry suggested.

Later indeed the Sorting began. There had been many new arrivals. The few students that had escaped the terror in either Beauxbatons or Salem had turned up at Hogwarts. With the first years it had been very long lines.

Professor McGonagall began with the sixteen students from Beauxbatons. To Hufflepuff came; Amandine Devoir, Amelie Malade, Sofie Mossell and Mikael Noir.

To Ravenclaw; Iris Blanche, Kim Bardot, Oliver Inique, Delphine and Viande Musqoutaire (twins) and Marie Culoir.

To Slytherin; Gabrielle Mortir, Sebastian Tombons and Philip Montague.

To Gryffindor; Jacqueline Renard, Isabelle and Todd Terra.

And then it was the students from Salem. To Hufflepuff; Sabina Hope, Laura Henning, David Stone and Mirabelle Sweet.

To Ravenclaw: Isabelle Applepie and Melody Smith.

To Slytherin; Sandra Trent, Hilda Livingstone, Martin Eliotson and Karl Hill.

To Gryffindor: Daniel Waterfall, Tennessee White and Blaze, Malfoy's pen pal.

Till at last the first years too were sorted, starting with Anja Appletree and ending with Irma Witchfield.

By this time Ron's stomach growled more then ever, yet still the six heirs ate at the same round table. Draco and Hermione sat discussing the lessons, Ron was talking to Cassandra about the summer. Neville was meditating trying to get closer to his Inner Eye. Harry felt utterly alone.

"Excuse me" a girl, one of the new transferors asked. "Would you mind if I join?"

"Not at all." He said summoning a chair placing it besides his. He was kind of surprised since this girl had arrived with the Beauxbatons. She had a very good English.

"Thanks" the girl said, smiling. "My name is Iris Blanche, I just got sorted into Ravenclaw."

"I know, I mean, I saw the sorting."

"The others, curious on who suddenly sat by their table, started to listen to the conversation as Harry and Iris continued talking about, practically everything around. School, family, Hogwarts. Iris was very interested and was very curious on everything. Soon Ron joined the conversation, followed by Cassandra, who couldn't hide her eager. Hermione also joined in with Draco. Neville still kept meditating for a while, until his concentration was broken, but he wasn't angry or something. In fact he had almost lost himself in his thoughts.

At the High table Dumbledore smiled seeing all the students having fun, enjoying themselves and so on. He was even happier to see all the students from Beauxbatons and Salem calm down and start to talk more open. Soon the whole hall rang with laughter, jokes and loud conversations. Here and there pranks were played, mostly against Slytherins, who still were hated in several ways.

"See you later" Draco said to Hermione as he led the Slytherin first years to the dungeons. Hermione led the new Gryffindors to the owner. Cassandra followed the Ravenclaws, having switched house the previous year. Harry, Ron and Neville went to the Gryffindor tower, tired, yet before anyone went to bed, Neville said.

"We'll have an extremely hard year, this year. Remember, to win it all, we too have to figure out the prophecy, just like the dark lord did."

This attached itself into Harry's mind for the following month. He knew why, the great outburst could be any day, yet they didn't know when or where. What if he wouldn't be there and the outgoing would mean that the Dark side won. You never knew.

(In a cave, long, far away)

A small stone, not even bigger then a penny, glowed on the floor of an ice-cold cave. Whatever it was it glowed brighter then anything you've ever seen. When the light stopped a dark cloaked person stood up, picking up the stone. He mumbled something about to fix the rides later, before walking out.

By one of the walls lay five coffins, all of them richly decorated. By whom, the answer could be found on the floor. A skeleton lay on the floor, one of his hand trying to reach them.

"Poor thing, he suffered so much trying to help us." The cloaked person said before heading of to Hogwarts.

To reviewers: Thanks for voting, it gave me not only reviews but also a lot of inspiration for following chapters. So thank you!

eve/rouke: Well, the story is basically the prepares for the last battle. Sorry for letting you wait for this chapter.

Nightwing 509: Six, they are six. Five heirs, one sorceress. Thanks for reviewing, but please don't write five, they are and will always be six.

robo22: Yay, hopefully I'll be able to continue that way. Thanks for reviewing and for helping out.

blaze potter: I didn't know if you wanted me to go with your real surname, so it's just Blaze so far. And don't worry, more will come, yet not today.

ThE 3 cAbAlLeRoS: Thanks for voting, yes this surely will get funny.

Alanpatty07: Well, this isn't the longest chapter, but it'll do, for now. Thanks for reviewing and don't worry about long ones. Everything works to get me happy, well everything except flames. Yet I only try to do my job and come up with a good readable story.

Hplover29: Here's the update, sorry for delaying.

Tacroy: I hope so too, thanks for reviewing.

Boo88: On fire, whew. Never thought of that before. Thanks for reviewing.

End Notes: I'll probably, if all goes well, be able to post another chapter before weekends over. In the meantime, hope you enjoyed. Thanks for all the reviews, I can't believe I already have over fifty on this.

Shitza