Hello! How are you? I am fine here :). So, this is WAY longer than the others, so I hope you like :).
Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to JKR, Teen Titans belongs to DC Comics, X-men belongs to Marvel Comics, and Lord of the Rings belongs to JRR Tolkien. I do however own Cassandra Cheney and Time. Wren belongs to my friend Rachel, who gave me permission to use her character.
Cassandra Cheney stood next to her two new friends, Wren and Kori. The sorting had finally started to get into the B's.
"Black, Narcissa." Was the next name called. She had long blonde hair and a look that killed. She was sorted into Slytherin.
"Black, Sirius." Cassandra was shocked when she saw one of the black haired boys climb onto the stool. 'How could he be related to her?' She thought as she looked over to the Slytherin table and saw Narcissa talking loudly to the others. 'He was so nice the few times I have talked to him.' To Cassandra these two people seemed like complete opposites. She was pulled out of her thoughts when she heard the hat yell out "Gryffindor!" She smiled as she saw Sirius hop down from the stool and run to the Gryffindor table.
Cassandra's thoughts slowly wandered as two more students were sorted. One was in Ravenclaw the other in Slytherin. Again she was abruptly brought out of her thoughts, but this time it was because of the hard jab of Wren's finger.
As she slowly headed toward the stool, thoughts started to some to her head. 'What if I'm not supposed to be here?' She thought as she slowly climbed onto the stool and placed the hat carefully on her head. Her grey eyes were focused on the floor.
'So, a time traveler I see…Interesting, we haven't had one of those in a while.' The hat taunted. 'So, where to put you; smart, but in a more worldly sense; brave, but that comes with all of the time travel; sly, mischievous, you also have the ability to lie well, all traits perfect for Slytherin. Hm… I know where to put you now.' The hat told her.
Fear swallowed Cassandra's closed eyes, expecting the worst.
"Gryffindor!" The hat yelled and Cassandra was shocked as she got off of the stool, set the hat down, and walked toward the Gryffindor table, which had erupted into cheers. When she sat down she was sure to leave room for Kori and Wren in high hopes that they would be joining her soon.
At the end of the sorting Kori and Wren had joined Cassandra along with another girl who looked a lot like Kori; just her hair wasn't as long or as red. She would later find out that her name was Lily Evans. All four of the boys they had ridden in the boat with were also Gryffindors
After a great dinner, which left them all bursting at the seams, was over they went up to their dormitory to officially 'move in'.
Cassandra was surprised to find her trunk full of small things she had left in New York. She found some of her comic book posters, which she had hurriedly put up. As she came upon some self-taken pictures of the X-men and other students at the institute, she started a losing battle of trying to hold back the tears.
Wren had heard some soft sobbing coming from the bed next to her own.
"Cassandra, is – is everything alright?" she asked, concern plastered on her face as she moved around the bed to look at Cassandra.
"Yeah, I – I'm fine," Cassandra replied as she wiped at the tears that were streaming down her face. Wren took the pictures from Cassandra's hands and forced her to sit on the bed. Wren faced the wall and pinned the pictures up on a corkboard. By this time the other two girls had approached them. Lily sat herself down next to Cassandra and was now wrapping a comforting arm around her shoulders.
'We must look so stupid.' Cassandra thought, the tears slowly starting to fade away. "Sorry," she said and got up.
"It's okay," they all said in unison.
"We should probably get to bed," Kori pointed out while looking at the clock next to her bed. It was already 11 o'clock.
They all agreed and changed silently into their pajamas. After a quick round of goodnight's they fell asleep.
Cassandra got up early the next morning and went through her new morning routine: shower, change, breakfast, and classes. This was strange to her. When she was in New York her routine had been majorly different. She would start by having breakfast, then get changed, have an hour or two of combat practice, shower, get changed, and then go to classes. She had been on this schedule for the last four years.
At breakfast she had spent most of her time talking to her friends. She was glad to find out that Kori and Wren were also 'troublemaker's' like she was.
Her first class was a double dose of Potions. About ten minutes into the class she was regretting that she had ever said that the class that she was most looking forward to was Potions and that she was glad that they were having it as their double class. It had been terrible from the start. They had to make a potion in groups that the teacher chose. She was the only one in a group of two. Lily, Wren, and Kori had been one group while She and a Slytherin named Severus Snape was another. They were supposed to make a 'health serum' which, when placed correctly on small wounds and bruises, would heal them on the spot. The result was supposed to be a honey brown in color when completed, but theirs was a hot pink. It was too late to fix, though, and they had to put a sample in a flask and hand it in. Severus was furious and had told the professor that Cassandra had purposely ruined their potion and refused to fix it. She had received a detention and ten points was deducted from Gryffindor. Cassandra had claimed that a strand of Severus' hair that had about eleven years of grease caked on it had fallen into the pot, causing it to spoil.
Her next class, Charms, had ended up much better. They had learned a few simple spells and she, Wren, and Lily had each received ten points for accomplishing these correctly before the others.
At lunch the four spent time talking about normal stuff; how classes were, about a few boys they had seen, some places they had been to, etc. When the topic had come up about where people were from all but Lily hesitated.
"Well, if I tell you, will you promise to keep this a secret?" Kori asked. When they all replied with either a nod or a 'yes' she continued. They all leaned in close to hear. " I am from Tamaran. It is a planet just outside this galaxy." She said and looked at the surprise on everyone's faces.
"Mine needs to be a secret too," Wren said and went on. " I am from Middle-Earth. I am an elf," as she said this she lifted the hair covering her ear to reveal her pointed ear, careful not to let anyone else see.
" I am from New York," Cassandra said, feeling nervous with her friends' eyes set on her. " I used to live at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. I am a mutant and a member of the mutant team, the X-Men." She finished. Lily's mouth was slightly ajar.
"Wow," she said, surprised. "Don't worry, your secrets are safe with me."
"Thanks Cassandra said, thankful for their trust and honesty.
After lunch they were off to their other classes, Transfiguration and History of Magic. Nothing eventful really happened in either of these classes.
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