Just A Little Confusing
Disclaimer: Same as before…
A/n: This chapter is not so great but I needed them to get to Hogwarts and get sorted before I can really start to build up the plot. I should warn everyone thought that I'm not entirely sure where all this is going…I'm pretty much making this up as I go. Anywhoo…please review. ;p Oh, the words in bold are from the sorting hat and the italics are the thoughts of the girls that the sorting hat 'hears'.
Thanks so much to Lala and JS…and Lala, I remembered there are numbers after 1 lol
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"Oh my God! It's huge!" whispered Kaitlin as she and both her old and new friends stepped into the Great Hall.
"It is rather…impressive" amended Lily. "So I guess you'll be sorted tonight, huh?"
"Yeah…I'm kinda nervous." Answered Monique.
"Nervous? Why?" Said Lily.
Monique shrugged "I don't really know."
"Ok…well we'll see you later then…good luck!" Lily called to them as she followed the boys to the Gryffindor table.
The three girls stood near the entrance to the hall. Felicia kept shifting her weight back and forth from one foot to another and untying and retying her mid-length black hair. Monique was fidgeting and bouncing on the balls of her feet. Kaitlin had been trying to lean gracefully against the wall but gave up when her back started to hurt and flopped down onto the floor instead. They were all rather anxious but had an unspoken agreement not to discuss their anxious-ness.
Finally Dumbledore stood up and hushed the crowd.
"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts. I shall save my well wishing until after we are full; for now let the sorting begin."
Professor McGonnagall stepped forward scroll in hand and began to call out the names of the first year students. Felicia chuckled when she saw Sirius poking James every so often; every time James turned around he would raise his eyebrows as though James was daft for thinking that Sirius was bothering him.
Felicia sighed. She had to admit Sirius was hot; that had been the first thing that poofed into her head when he came into the train cabin. She also had to admit, however, that she would stay away from Sirius.
After Weasley, William had been sorted (GRYFFINDOR!) McGonnagall rolled up the scroll and announced to the Hall:
"This year we will be joined by three transfer students from the Oromis Magical Academy: Brown, Felicia; Smith, Kaitlin; and Warren, Monique. Please come up here to be sorted."
The girls made their way up to the front; there was mild applause as they stood beside McGonnagall. She motioned for them to sit so that the Sorting Hat could be placed on their head. They glanced at each other nervously.
"Oh, fuck it." Kaitlin muttered and sat down and had the Hat placed on her head.
Hello there. You are not from here are you?
No I'm not.
Ah…a precise answer.If you say so…
A bright mind…Ravenclaw might suit you…I have interests outside studying!
Such spunk! I think that determines it…GRYFFINDOR!Kaitlin took off the hat and made her way to where she could see Lily was waving to her. She laughed when she saw James and Sirius trying to start a wave.
"Congratulations!" Lily said clapping her on the back.
"Thanks." She smiled "I hope Monique and Felicia get sorted here too."
Felicia sat down and looked up the hat on her head.
Hello. You aren't from here either… Uh…You have a good mind…
I do? But it's buried underneath… Underneath? I know what will bring it out…RAVENCLAW!They all clapped as Felicia made her way to the Ravenclaw table. She sat down beside another seventh year that Lily identified to Kaitlin as Terence Higgins.
Monique sat down and breathed deeply…this was not how she had planned to spend her year…
Hello.
Hello.
You have a kind heart…Thank-you
But Hufflepuff may not be the best place for you… It won't? No…I think the place for you is in…RAVENCLAW!Monique made her way to sit with Felicia while the rest of the Ravenclaw table clapped. She smiled shyly at those around her and was relieved when they stopped clapping and turned their attention to Dumbledore.
"Another year…zucchini Kazakhstan and octopus…thank-you."
That was strange, Monique thought and turned back towards the table; her jaw dropped when she saw that the plates had been magically filled up with food. She had known that that was going to happen but it surprised her nonetheless. She glanced around her and started eating. Felicia was chatting - and flirting? – with the boy beside her. He introduced himself to her as Terence Higgins; she had just smiled and gone back to her food. A while later she looked over towards the Gryffindor table and saw Kaitlin talking to Remus and Sirius; someone must have said something amusing because they all burst out laughing. Part of her wished that she could be more relaxed with other people like her two friends were but…it was difficult. Besides, she was happy she had friends she was comfortable with and, well, what more could a girl ask for?
When everyone had eaten their fill, Dumbledore stood up to address the Hall:
"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts! I would like to warn you to be very careful in your dealings outside of Hogwarts for as I'm sure all of you know Voldemort…" everybody flinched except for those in Slytherin and the people like Sirius who were used to hearing it on an almost daily basis "…Voldemort has been growing in power. On a lighter note, I trust that this year will be relatively uneventful...especially since Professor Flitwick and Mr. Filch have only just been able to remove the…enchantment on the second floor main corridor."
James, Sirius, Remus and Peter all sniggered when he mentioned this while Lily shot them a disapproving glare. Kaitlin noticed and glanced at them questioningly.
Remus leaned backwards slightly and whispered to her…
"Last year on our last day we, the Marauders," he was interrupted by a question…
"The Marauders?"
"James, Sirius, Peter and myself. Anyway, we put a spell on the aforementioned corridor so that it mirrored the weather patterns outside…"
"Mirrored? So everything was reversed?"
"Yes." He could almost feel her shock and amusement.
"But if it was close to summer then…then the reverse would be…rain!"
"It did not rain," Sirius said indignantly (for he had been eavesdropping on their conversation).
"No?" she asked turning to him
"Nope." He smiled wickedly "It poured."
By then Dumbledore had finished giving announcements and they had been dismissed.
The prefects plus James and Lily began leading the other students to their respective dormitories. Kaitlin looked around and spotted Felicia and Monique…
"I'm just going to go over to Felicia and Monique ok?" she said to Sirius.
"I'll go with you. You won't know the password otherwise"
They made their way through the crowd and managed to catch up to the two newest Ravenclaws by the door.
"Hey" greeted Felicia looking right past Kaitlin at Sirius who winked back at her.
"Hi, yeah, we need to…" began Kaitlin when…
"Felicia, aren't you coming up to the dormitories?" Terence came up to their group
"Uh…yeah in a moment." Felicia answered. "We'll talk tomorrow." And she followed Terence upstairs. Monique looked at Kaitlin
"What were you going to say?"
Kaitlin shook her head "It wasn't that important."
"Okay…Night." She smiled at them before turning to catch up to her friend.
"What do you know about Terence Higgins?" Kaitlin asked Sirius
"He's the third biggest heartthrob of Hogwarts."
"Third?"
"I'm first and James is second…" he answered cockily
"I'm not sure he'd agree to that." She raised her eyebrows at him.
"Nah…but he's just in denial." They shared a laugh.
"So you four…you're the Marauders?"
"Yep"
"Who called you that?"
"Well…uh…we did."
"Arrogant bastards."
"Thank-you."
They'd reached the portrait hole when Kaitlin remembered that they had missed the password.
"Uh, how do we…" she trailed off
"Pink-polka-dotted butterflies" Sirius supplied and the portrait swung forward.
"How did you…?" she asked as they clambered through.
"I'm a Marauder…and the best friend of the Head Boy"
"Ah…hey Remus." She sat down beside him on a sofa while Sirius wandered off to bother James; Remus smiled back.
"What you reading?"
"Of Mice and Men."
"Oooo…John Steinbeck?"
"Yeah…you've read it?"
"Yep…the ending is…"
"DON'T TELL ME!" Remus half-laughed, half-shouted
Kaitlin giggled… "I was gonna say sad but ok."
He looked at her and they both began to laugh…they understood the importance of surprise endings.
"I'm'ma head upstairs now. G'night." She smiled at him and at Sirius and James who were playing Exploding Snap and at Peter who was watching them.
When she got up to the dormitory she found Lily on one of the beds already in her pj's
"Hey, this is your bed…" she indicated to the bed next to hers and against the wall.
"And these are Anne Miller and Michaelle Sanders." She pointed to two girls one a redhead and the other a blonde.
"Hey." Greeted Kaitlin. "Um…where's the bathroom?"
Lily pointed to the end of their dorm where she could just make out the outline of a door
"Thanks." She disappeared behind it and came out in ten minutes with wet hair and in her pj's
Lily motioned for her to join them on Michaelle's bed.
"Aren't you going to dry your hair?" asked Anne
Kaitlin shook her head spraying all the girls with water "Nope. The reason I wear my hair this short is so I don't need to dry or brush it as much."
"I couldn't imagine having my hair shorter than my shoulders" Michaelle put in.
"Please…everyone knows the only reason your hair is that long is 'cause of Black." Teased Anne.
The girls giggled and continued to gossip until Lily's head Girl instincts kicked in and sent them all to bed.
Felicia and Monique sat in the Ravenclaw common room with Terence and his friends.
He had introduced them to Sandy Wilson, Mark Gaon, and Kerry Johnston. Monique sighed. She was tired but didn't want to seem like a spoilsport and go up, besides Terence's friends were nice and very funny. Still…she stifled a yawn…ok that's it…
"I'm really tired. I'll just go up now…G'night."
"Night" they chorused.
She made her way up to the dormitory and was surprised to find a brown-haired girl lying on one of the beds and shooting sparks out of her wand.
"Hello?" Monique greeted her tentatively
The girl looked up… "Hey. You're Monique, right?"
"Mhmm." She answered and sat down on the foot of the girl's bed.
"Carrie Thompson. Got tired of the populars?"
"Huh?"
"Higgins' group. They are the elite of Ravenclaw. Not that they can hold a candle to the Marauders." She smirked at Monique
"Marauders?"
"Those 4 boys in Gryffindor. Potter, Black, Lupin and Pettigrew"
"Oh."
"You ever say anything longer than one syllable?"
"Of course!"
"Just curious" Carrie shrugged. "Change into you're pajamas then we can gossip"
Back in the common room, Felicia watched her friend go up the stairs before turning back to the group.
"So what classes are you going to take?" Sandy asked her
"I'm not really sure yet…it depends on what classes I qualified for." She replied
"I am so psyched to start…I got into advanced Charms, see…" Kerry grinned
Felicia nodded not quite understanding why she was so happy.
Mark smirked at Kerry "Good luck… I hear Evans and all four Marauders are there."
"Marauders?" Felicia asked
"Those four in Gryffindor… I thought you met them already…" Terence eyed her suspiciously
"I did meet 4 boys and a girl from Gryffindor. Uh… Sirius, James, Remus, Peter and Lily"
"That's them. Troublemakers…intelligent but troublemakers"
"I'm getting the feeling you don't like them very much." She raised an eyebrow
"Well, we don't dislike them-only the Slytherins do and that's because most of the Marauders pranks are on them-but we aren't particularly fond of them either."
"May I ask why not?"
"Well for starters…they are the top of our classes" Terence began to explain
"But they never study…" Sandy added
"It makes Ravenclaw look bad, see?" Mark finished
"The long and short of it is…that while we are often amused by the Marauders antics and generally acknowledge them to be very decent people…they have hit a collective nerve in our group."
Felicia nodded but got the feeling they were leaving something out. Whatever. Whatever it was that ticked them off with the Marauders probably happened years ago…and was not her problem.
Kerry glanced at the clock…"Wow! Its late I need to sleep. Night!"
The rest of them stood up as well and began saying their goodnights.
When Felicia got up to the dorm she changed into her pajamas and drew the curtains, today had tired her out more than she had realized.
A/n: Wow this is longer than I expected.
Lala, JS…I'm really sorry about the sorting but in the dream I based this off of that's what happened. Hope you guys don't kill me. dodges pointy objects
Tell me what you think about the Ravenclaws? Are they Ravenclaw-y?
Oh, and I didn't include Remus in the heartthrob list since I figured most people would see him as the brains of the operation and forget that he is absolutely gorgeous in his own right (absolutely gorgeous…got carried away there didn't I? But it's true)