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Chapter 2 - Boats + Pranksters equals Yay!
Satoko had dozed off after a while of being on the train. It was raining, and the rain always made her sleepy. She was wakened by Fred's shaking her, and him screaming "We're here! Come on, wake up! We're here!"
Natsumi had apparently done the same thing because George was doing the same thing. Except he was dragging her out instead, and Natsumi still looked tired.
When she stepped outside of the train, she had seen the most beautiful castle. She had never been to Britain, so she'd never actually seen a castle before anyway.
"See ya around school, you two!" Fred and George said. "Hope you get in Gryffindor! That's where we are!"
Satoko and Natsumi both waved, and turned around to a flood of people.
"First years, over here! Get in these boats and ride to the castle! First years…"
Satoko looked and Natsumi and both nodded. Boats were perfect places to play pranks.
They found a boat after five minutes of standing in line, with a chubby kid holding a frog. He looked up sheepishly and back down at his frog, petting it. "I'm Neville," he said quietly.
"I'm Satoko, and this is Natsumi, Neville," Satoko said.
"It's nice to meet you." Natsumi finished.
The boat had suddenly lurched forward, and when Satoko looked back, she saw Malfoy and the two giants in the boat.
"You know Natsumi, it's a wonder how that boat stays up," Satoko said, rather loudly.
"Yeah, I know what you mean! I bet that poor boat's gonna crack any minute now!"
Malfoy stared at them and furiously started rowing toward them, as Neville started to hide under his jacket.
Satoko stood up. "Heh, bring it on Slimeball!" She looked back at Natsumi. "We're tippin' the boat over!"
Natsumi stood up along with her and leaned over to the other boat. Malfoy did the same thing, grinning furiously with sparkling eyes.
"You know you are such a moron, Malfoy," Natsumi said.
Satoko pushed on the other boat, and Neville had decided to join. But since Neville was so heavy, their boat tipped instead of Malfoy's. But, on the way down, Neville had somehow managed to hang on to Malfoy's boat and tip his too.
"You gits! You tipped my boat!"
When Natsumi surfaced, she spit a mouthful of water at Malfoy. Satoko followed, and as she went to get back in the boat, she kicked him.
By the time the three had finally turned the boat around, they were already at land, and a giant man knocked on the castle door. It opened with a long creak, and a small lady with black hair and emerald robes came out and thanked the man, Hagrid.
"Welcome to Hogwarts. I'm Professor McGonagall…"
Hagrid walked over to Satoko's spot and handed her a blanket. "Here ya go lass, I know it's a wee bit cold in the river. Don't wantcha catchin' a cold er nothin'. 'Sides, I know how boys like that kid you been
messin' with are. Big trouble, that's what. I don't think it was yer fault, er nothin'."
Satoko smiled and nodded. "Thanks."
"I'm Hagrid, by the way."
Satoko smiled up at him. "I noticed. I'm Satoko, and this is Natsumi." She pointed to a sleeping figure, almost completely asleep.
A cold aura made her shiver, and before she could turn around, a translucent figure went right through her, carrying his head and floating towards the castle.
A few girls screamed as he made his way.
Professor McGonagall smiled. "These are the ghosts of Hogwarts. Now, all of you people stand in a straight line. You are about to be sorted."
Somehow Satoko managed to be behind Malfoy, but Natsumi had managed to squeeze her way behind her. Satoko licked her finger, put her hand in her pocket and took it out. It was white. Grinning, she wrote "Git" on Malfoy's cloak.
Satoko giggled as she walked up in the line.
The Sorting Hat, as people called it, sorted people into different houses according to their personalities. There were four houses—Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw. The Hat sung a song for each, and when the child sat down on the chair and put the hat on, it exclaimed which house that child belonged to.
Malfoy was in Slytherin house. Hopefully she didn't have to go there too.
When she stepped up and sat down, Professor McGonagall didn't even have to put the hat on before it said something.
"Oh my, looks like we have a troublemaker here."
Satoko smiled and her eyes wandered to Fred and George who were thumbing-up.
Professor McGonagall proceeded to put the hat on her head. "And although you are a troublemaker, you seem to possess and strong will… And you seem to be brave, at that. I think it's best we put you in…"
Satoko paused, heart beating fast.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
The Gryffindor side of the room bellowed, and Satoko hopped down and went over to the table to sit next to Fred and George.
George leaned over and whispered, "Now let's hope Natsumi gets Gryffindor too."
Satoko nodded.
After the hat had thought about where to put her, he finally shouted that Gryffindor was the best place for her also.
Satoko clapped happily as she came to sit next to her. She high-fived as she sat down.
"Now," a man with a long, white beard said, "Let the feast begin."
He snapped his fingers and suddenly food started appearing on the table—pies, chickens, turkeys, and even stuff she'd never seen before—was this really real?
She'd grabbed turkey, chicken and some mashed potatoes before anyone else could get to them.
"So Ron, have you met Satoko and Natsumi yet?" Fred pointed to them.
"No," he said, mouth half full of food.
"Well, tis a shame! These two are perhaps the smartest people in the First Year class, I tell you."
"Pure genius," George continued.
An ahem had come from the other side of the table, where a girl with poofy brown hair sat, carefully chewing her food as if she'd choke if she didn't chew the right amount of times.
She nodded her head at the two. "Nice to meet you. I'm Hermione Granger."
"And I'm Harry Potter," another black-haired kid said who sat across from her.
They both nodded and kept eating.
"So, Satoko, Natsumi, you're from America, right?" Fred asked.
Satoko nodded. "Yep. I have to say that Britain is a little different than America though… we don't have any witches or wizards there, I'm sad to say."
"Well what about you guys then?" George asked.
Natsumi grinned. "Well, except for us. No idea how we ended up witches…"
Fred and George both smiled. "Well you stick with us and we'll teach you everything there is to know about Hogwarts. We know all the secret hideaways and all the secret passages. Just don't tell anyone, kay?"
Satoko looked at Natsumi and they both nodded. "That sounds awesome."
When the feast had finished, Satoko felt like she was going to puke. She'd never eaten so many different kinds of food at once. Next was to sleep—the thing Satoko hated most, so most likely she wouldn't be falling asleep so easily tonight.
By the time Satoko had gotten out of the feast room she had already forgotten where she was. She had to keep track of everywhere she went just so she didn't forget where to go tomorrow.
Once they had climbed a few flight of stairs, (which moved, to her surprise) they stood before a painting of a fat lady sitting straight up with her nose straight up in the air. She wore an entirely too small pink silky dress.
"Password…?" She asked.
Satoko stepped back and stared at it for a few seconds before Percy stepped up and straightened his Prefect badge on his chest. "Caput Draconis," he said. The painting swung alarmingly forward, showing a pathway in the wall.
Satoko reluctantly followed Percy and the rest into the large room that followed the pathway. It had paintings, a fireplace, tables, couches and people sitting in it. The whole room was themed scarlet.
One of the upperclassmen sighed and climbed up one of the staircases while the First Years piled up around Percy to wait for instructions.
"Through that door is the boy's dormitory," he pointed to the doors, "and the other's is the girl's. Your things have already been unpacked." He stared at Ron. "Have a good first night at Hogwarts." With that, he smiled and walked away, his cloak swishing as he did so.
Satoko stared at him until he left the room and rolled her eyes. "He sounded like one of those people who tell you when you come to a hotel, 'I hope you enjoy your stay!'"
When they had made it up to their dormitory, Hermione-what's-her-face was the one who was there first. Each girl had a bed, dresser and bedside table. There was a heater in the middle of the room used for when it got cold during the winter.
Satoko broke off of the group and went to her bed.
"Hi! I'm Natsumi Nagamine!" she heard Natsumi say dumbly from the other side of the room.
Satoko signed and joined her. "And I'm Satoko Kirino!" she chirped.
Giggles weaved throughout the room as they said that. They were introduced to Parvati Patil, Lavender Brown and they already knew Hermione.
Chapter 2 (Natsumi) - Boats + Pranksters equals Yay!
"Hey! Get up! We're here….geez…" George said, pulling Natsumi off the couch after he had shook her for about five minutes.
Satoko had been asleep too…
Rain pounded on their heads as they stepped off the train with everyone else. Natsumi rubbed her eyes again, trying to wake up.
She watched Fred and George head off in the other direction while yelling, "See ya around school, you two!" and "Hope you get in Gryffindor! That's where we are!"
Both girls waved…and turned to face what seemed like a million people surrounding them…
A huge voice from a, well…huge man, rang out around them, "First years, over here! Get in these boats and ride to the castle! First years…"
Natsumi stared at this man wide-eyed, he was extremely tall and well…extremely tall. It was scary, this whole world was scary. Maybe it was all a dream after all?
That's when it hit her, Natsumi glanced at Satoko, and they both nodded. Boats+prankstersgood pranks.
After they had stood in line dreaming about the ultimate prank they finally got stuck in a boat with a chubby kid and his toad. "I'm Neville…" he told them softly.
Satoko grinned at him, "I'm Satoko, and this is Natsumi, Neville."
"It's nice to meet you." Natsumi finished for her.
Once again, with a large jerk, all the boats set off through the lake, Natsumi followed Satoko's gaze to the boat behind them. Who else was in it but Malfoy and if Lackeys.
"You know Natsumi, it's a wonder how that boat stays up," Satoko said, smirking while staring at them.
"Yeah, I know what you mean! I bet that poor boat's gonna crack any minute now!" Natsumi added, shaking her head slowly.
Malfoy's boat gained speed after that, Natsumi laughed to herself, this was going to be interesting…
Standing up, Satoko yelled, "Heh, bring it on Slimeball!" She smirked at Natsumi, who was also now standing up. "We're tippin' the boat over!"
Malfoy stood up, obviously he had the same idea in mind since as the two girls reached toward his boat, he reached toward their's.
"You know you are such a moron, Malfoy," Natsumi said.
Satoko shoved the boat, and Neville followed her lead. Let's just say that he leaned over a bit too far…and their boat tipped instead of Malfoy's. Luckily for Neville, he had grabbed Malfoy's boat as well, and tipped it.
"You gits! You tipped my boat!" Malfoy yelled as he treaded water.
Natsumi bounded up out of the water, and spit a mouthful of it on Malfoy.
Satoko followed suit, and as she turned to swim to the boat kicked him.
When they finally actually got the boat flipped right-side-up again, they were already at the castle, and that giant guy knocked on three times on the castle door…and it swung open.
She black-haired witch in emerald-green robes stood there, and thanked the giant guy, whom she called "Hagrid".
"Welcome to Hogwarts, I'm Professor McGonagall…"
Natsumi sort of drifted off during the rest of the speech, which wasn't really lucky, considering that she had no idea what she would have to do when she reached the Great Hall.
For an instant, Natsumi felt cold right before she saw something glossy and white standing in front of her.
A few girls in front of her screamed.
Professor McGonagall smiled, "These are the ghosts of Hogwarts, now if you could all stand in a line, you are about to be sorted."
Natsumi stepped in line behind Satoko, who was, unfortunately, behind Malfoy.
She stuck her finger in her pocket, and it protruded as a powdery white.
Grinning at Natsumi she wrote "Git" on Malfoy's cloak.
Satoko giggled, and Natsumi had to hold back laughter, herself.
Natsumi stood in the long line of children who were getting sorted into school houses, Malfoy had gotten called, and put in Slytherin. His overlarge friends had been put there too.
Satoko got called up. Natsumi shivered slightly. She better get Gryffindor. More likely, I better get Gryffindor! Imagine trying to prank the Slytherins! Untruthful information would be spread around the school.
A few seconds after the hat sat on Satoko's head, it shouted out "GRYFFINDOR!" She scurried off to sit beside Fred and George who gave her high fives.
"Nagamine, Natsumi," Professor McGonagall called.
She quickly walked over to where Professor McGonagall was standing, holding the hat, and sat down on the three-legged chair. The hat slipped over her head.
"Two trouble makers in a row, eh?" a voiced whispered in her eye. "Not afraid of a talking hat? That's good. I see courage and bravery, not afraid of anything. Smart, yes? Well, you most definitely should be in…"
Natsumi took in a deep breath.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
There was a loud applause from the Gryffindor table, and Natsumi dashed over and took a seat right by Satoko, who high-fived her.
A man with long silver hair and a beard that was just as long (if not longer), stood up, smiling. "Now," he began, "Let the feast begin!"
With a snap of his fingers, more food than Natsumi had ever seen in one place in her life appeared before her. She gasped, and took one of anything in reach.
"So Ron, have you met Satoko and Natsumi yet?" Fred asked another boy with bright red hair and freckles.
He glanced at the two girls, and replied with a short, "No."
Fred shook his head in disgust, "Well, tis a shame! These two are perhaps the smartest people in the First Year class, I tell you."
"Pure genius," George added.
A girl with big, puffy brown hair sat down at the table next to them, the boy that had been in the boat with them, Neville sat down as well.
The girl smiled with a head nod, "Nice to meet you," she said, "I'm Hermione Granger."
Another boy, the one with jet black hair that everyone had gasped at when his name was called during sorting also introduced himself. He was Harry Potter…big deal? Why was everyone excited? Natsumi shook her head, she would figure it out later.
"So, Satoko, Natsumi, you're from America, right?" Fred asked them.
"Yep," Satoko answered. "I have to say that Britain is a little different than America though…we don't have many witches or wizards there, I'm sad to say."
George looked at her in confusion, "Well, what about you guys then?"
Natsumi grinned, "Well, except for us. No idea how we ended up witches…"
Fred and George looked at each other and grinned. "Well, you stick with us and we'll teach you everything there is to know about Hogwarts. We know all the secret hideaways and all the secret passages. Just don't tell anyone, kay?"
Natsumi and Satoko glanced at each other and grinned, "That sounds awesome."
By the time the feast was finished, Natsumi was stuffed. Finally, they made their way up to the "Common Room".
Natsumi kept close attention to everything around her so she wouldn't end up getting lost the next morning.
Everyone stopped in front of a painting of a…well…an extremely fat lady in a silky pink dress. Why in the world would anyone want to stop and stare at that…?
"Password…?" the portrait asked.
Holy crap…did that painting just talk…? DID IT MOVE? Natsumi stared to freak out, and then she came to the conclusion that she was tired…and that was all.
"Caput Draconis," Percy said, and the painting swung forward, leaving a round hole in the wall.
Uncertainly, she followed everyone else through to a large room. It was quite large…it had many chairs, a few tables, and a fireplace. A few pictures hung on the wall as well. The main color was a scarlet red, the color of Gryffindor.
All the older student went up one of the two staircases, and the First Years stood around Percy, who was about to explain something.
"Through that door is the boy's dormitory, and through the other is the girl's. Your bed's are in the top room. Your things have already been unpacked. Have a good first night at Hogwarts."
Satoko rolled her eyes as they made their way to their staircase, "He sounded like one of those people when you get to a hotel 'I hope you enjoy your stay!'"
Finally, at the top most part of the tower, they found their room, puffy haired girl was the first in the room. After followed two other girls, and Satoko and Natsumi.
The room had five beds, each was a four poster with scarlet curtains around them. Each girl had a dresser and a bedside table. There was also a small wood stove in the center of the room for during the winter.
Natsumi located her bed, and glanced at the other girls in the room. "Hi! I'm Natsumi Nagamine!" she said randomly.
They all stared at her, and then Satoko chimed in as well, "And I'm Satoko Kirino!"
The other girls giggled slightly. Eventually, we learned that the blondish girl was Lavender Brown, and that the girl of Indian descent was named Parvati Patil. Puffy haired girl, we already knew was Hermione Granger.