Chapter 5 – Gryffindor? Hufflepuff? Is that some weird candy?
I looked up at Cho, she had a mischievous smirk on her lips. "Hey Kimmy, what were doing? Why did Harry-" I saw Cedric scowl at this but I quickly averted my gaze back to Cho "-take you away?" I smiled at her and reached up to grab my purse from the rack.
"Well, he just took me to his compartment and I met Ron and Hermione, and after that I got changed in there" I said grabbing my clothes from out of my pocket putting them in my purse, I took my wand out and put that carefully in as well
"Hey Kimmy. Do you…uh….. Y'know? Like Harry?" Cho said looking away. I looked at Cedric who had detached himself from Cho. I arched an eyebrow inquisitively, "Well, No!" I said quickly "No wait, yes…no, wait no! Um? How's about I just stick with a simple 'I'm not sure'," I said smiling.
Cho grabbed her bag from behind Cedric and looked at Sean 'Oh crap Sean' I turned to look at Sean he was smiling, before he looked at me curiously "Oh! Hey, whatever I'm cool with it" He said happily. I hugged him and opened the compartment door as the train came to a halt.
"Let's go!" I said pulling on Sean and Cho's arm "You too, Cedric!" I said turning my head to look at him.
We stepped off the train into the current of students, I held firmly onto Sean and Cho's wrist "Hey Guys? Where do we go?" I yelled over the crowd.
My question was answered when Cedric came from behind me and began ushering me towards some carriages begin drawn by Thestral's 'Cool! I want to pat one'. I was soon pushed up to one of the carriages. I looked at Cho telling her I would be in, in a second.
I walked up to the Thestral's and reached my hand out to it "You can see them too?" I turned my head and saw none other than Harry. I looked back at it and stroked it gently as it nuzzled into my palm "Yeah, but only just recently" I said looking down.
"Sorry to hear that," I looked back at him smiling. "No Prob! Hey, I'll see you later" I walked into my carriage as I saw Harry walk off to one that was a few carriages ahead of us.
The carriage soon began to take off down the path to Hogwarts. Nothing really happened in our carriage including any talk. It was quite tense in our carriage because Cho and Cedric weren't talking to each other for some weird reason 'I'll have to find out what happened later'
I looked already new what the castle looked like cause I had seen it before on a case study on it at my old school. It was still breathtaking though.
When we got to the castle I saw a witch who looked sternly at the students ushering past her, and than her sight caught me.
I walked to her worriedly, as student's looked at me curiously. "Miss Kimmy Chang, I assume?" I nodded my head looking at her in the eyes "I am Professor McGonagall, Will you please follow me?" She stated more than asked. I followed her down a few corridors before finding myself standing with what I assume was first years "You will be sorted into a house with the first years, either Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Slytherin" She said looking intently at me to see if I was listening, I furrowed my eyebrows at her.
"Is that some weird kind of candy?" I said, I heard a few first years laugh, but as I whipped my head to look at them it stopped. I looked back at McGonagall.
"there are four different houses as I said before, you live in different quarters and will live with other member's like a family. You will be sorted last and your timetable will be given to you tomorrow with the other students" I nodded my head as she whipped open the double doors.
My breath caught as I followed the first years into the Great Hall as Cho had called it, we walked through the middle of the tables, I looked at the ceiling, 'way cool, I want one of those for my room' I saw Cho wave at me and I waved back at her and Sean, I saw Cedric and smiled warmly at him, he smiled back at me.
I stood behind the First years lagging behind as the sorting hat broke into a song. My stomach gave out a low rumble; I looked at the ceiling trying to be inconspicuous as I blushed a deep red.
I looked around at the students and saw a few smile at me, I let a cute grin play across my lips before I looked back at the hat. It had just finished its song; I inwardly jumped for joy. Professor McGonagall stood and picked up the hat calling out names, the student's walking nervously up to the stool –lacing the hat on their heads and awaiting a house name to be called out.
I waited for about 20 minutes watching the first years be sorted; I stared lazily at the ground sort of dazed.
"Chang, Kimmy!" I was the last one standing looking at the floor, I didn't hear her until she called out my name a second time, I rushed up to the stool smiling nervously and whispering an apology at Professor McGonagall.
I crossed my legs getting comfortable hearing a few intakes of breaths. After a few minutes of arguing in my mind with the hat it shouted out "GRYFFINDOR!"
I smiled as a table to my far left erupted in raucous cheers and appraisal.
I took the hat off and placed it carefully in McGonagall's outstretched hands. I smiled up at her before walking over to my house table.
I looked along the bench and saw a few guy's wink at me, I searched down it and saw Harry, Ron and Hermione sitting about ¾ away down the bench. I waved at them happily. Harry looked behind him before looking back at me and pointing at himself. I rolled my eyes and walked over to them.
Harry moved over leaving a space between him and Dean; I swung my leg over straddling the bench as the cheers died out.
Dumbledore stood up before the head table "Now all student's will now know that the forbidden forest is forbidden" He looked over to Harry, Ron, Hermione and me with sparkle in his eyes. "And it will remain that way, also filch would like to remind you of all the 385 items banned from any of the corridors or anywhere for that matter" He tilted his up and looked around the hall examining the many students around him "Welcome back! Tuck in!" He waved his hand the table before us filled with at least 50 different kinds of foods. I gasped at the site.
Harry looked at me "I know it's great!" He said smiling; I slapped him playfully on the arm before looking up and seeing Ron chowing down on the food and Hermione politely eating her food. I looked at Harry who was eating ravenously although not as quickly as Ron.
I pulled a few plates towards me, mainly a roast meal and some other random things. I was pouring gravy on my mashed potato when I looked to my left.
"Oh! Hi? Who are you?" I said to the boy next to me, he smiled warmly before wiping his hand on a napkin and holding his hand out to me
"I'm Dean, Dean Thomas" I shook his hand hastily,
"-Well I'm Kimmy, I'm sure you know that already though" I said smirking at him and releasing his hand. I began eating again I forked the last bit of my steak smothering it in gravy and lodged it in my mouth, closing my eyes and taking in the flavour with every chew.
"Excuse me Kimmy?" Dean called from next to me. I opened my eyes and looked at him.
"Hm?" I said with my cheek bulging with my steak. I chewed it quickly and swallowed, chugging down some pumpkin juice to wash it down properly. "Sorry" I said wiping the corner of my lips with my napkin "Hm, as you were saying?"
He looked at me before looking down; I arched an eyebrow at him. He looked up into my eyes and looked sombre.
He leaned in by my ear whispering quietly "I'm really sorry bout your mom, he was a good friend to my father" My eyes opened in shock as realisation dawned on me 'Thomas? As in DEAN Thomas, he was my-OH MY GOSH! NO WAY!' I smiled at him and nudged him in the arm catching him off guard as he flinched.
"You little runt, I told you one day I'd get you" I said hugging him, he responded back by hugging me back just as tightly before we pulled apart and my arms lay by my plate lazily as I was looking at Dean.
"One thing, I'm taken and 2 I'm not a runt!" He said pouting; I looked at him skimming my finger over his bottom lip, which caused his lip to tremble.
"I see you never did get over that…'moment' did you?" I said returning my gaze to the table which now had dessert on it. I pulled over a large slice of chocolate mud cake and forked it.
My shoulder was than pushed on one sideand I turned to face Dean curiously, he had an evil smirk playing on his lips. I turned looking for help at the table. 'Help! Great Ron is chowing, mind you he wouldn't help a lot anyway, how bout Harry? he'll help. Won't he?' I turned to Harry just as he dropped his hands from the table.
"Kimmy?" Dean said from behind me. I turned back to him and reached behind me grabbing Harry's hand. I intertwined our fingers on my lap making sure Dean saw.
"Yes Dean?" I said playing with Harry's fingers with my free hand. I turned my head slightly and saw Harry was blushing, he saw me looking at him and smiled. He edged closer to me, I turned back to Dean who looked gob smacked
"Are-are? Are you and..and..Harry, um. Together?" He said stuttering, I flinched trying to think of a quick answer.
I suddenly felt Harry's chin rest on my shoulder, "What do you think Dean?" Harry said. I smiled and looked over at my cake, I forked it and brought it Harry's lips, as he ate it. I licked the fork and looked back at Dean.
He turned around and looked over at the plumpy kid I saw on the train. "That's Neville Longbottom" I turned and saw Harry smiling down on me.
"Thanks, by the way for that, you've saved my arse twice in one day, you're like my hero!" I said smiling at him, tilting my head and pretending to look starry-eyed at him.
"Please stop doing that, though quite adorable, it's kind of freaky," He said laughing.
I frowned and forked my cake and lodged some in my mouth. "Whatever" I said enjoying my cake.
A little while later, I looked down at my lap and noticed our hands were still intertwined. I tensed at the thought, 'does he even realise this?' I continued eating trying to calm my breathing 'why? Is my breathing becoming all rapid and stuff?' I looked across the table and saw Hermione with her nose in book.
"I've read that one," I said, not realising I said it out loud, I plopped another forkful in my mouth as Hermione looked up from her book.
"Really? But do you know how to perform them?Or any of theadvanced spells?" She said eyeing me daringly.
I smiled at her "The 'special' way or the normal way?" I said smirking as Harry, Ron and a few other members' of Gryffindor looked at me.
"Do it the normal way and any one you like?" She said daringly. I pulled out my wand and pointed it at her, I saw her visibly gulp "Don't worry it won't hurt one bit" I flicked my wand and called out "mayintrayt stillendyo" I said flicking it once more in one sweeping motion.
A orb of light shot from my wand and hit her hair, she looked up at her hair wondering what was going to happen, before looking at me smirking "It didn't-" just as she began talking her hair fell dead straight onto her shoulders before it frantically went haywire on her head before forming a cute half up, half down do.
"What do you think?" I said grabbing the mirror from my pocket holding it out to her, although letting go of Harry's hand.
"You look gorgeous" a deep voice said. I looked around and saw Ron looking down at the table and his ears flashing an alarming crimson red, I turned my head slightly and saw Hermione blushing as well.
I turned my head to look at Harry, he nodded his head confirming what I thought "How cute! Hey Hermione, that hairstyle is adorable" I said hiding a giggle as the others around me began to laugh. I felt someone stand behind me blocking a little light as the laughter around me began to die out.
"Its kind of sad you're a mudblood" a voice said from behind me.