OOC: WEEEE! I've been having fun typing this. .- It's been a while sense I've read what the four of us have written. It's kinda funny... especially this chapter and you'll see why. . ENJOY!

Kira

Professor McGonagall went off while they were all chatting and came back with a hat on a stool and a large scroll. She placed it in front of the students then unrolled the scroll.

All of a sudden, the hat began to move and then it began to sing! It didn't really have a mouth so it sang from a ripped seam.

"Oh, I may be torn and tatty. But I hold many memories, of times of trouble and toil, but the best still remain to be, the times of friends and honesty, so ass we start this new year let us remember dear, kind Hufflepuff; the ever smart Ravenclaw; and most importantly, the bond of love and friendship between brave Gryffindor and cunning Slytherin."

Shayla's jaw dropped, she had heard Dumbledore speak of the sorting hat, but it was even more remarkable that she could have ever imagined. The hat, it could sing?

"Pretty neat, huh?" Sirius looked at Shayla.

Shayla closed her mouth, blushing, and nodded.

Kira grinned, "That was awesome!"

Severus snickered, "Idiot."

Kira ignored him and whispered to her friends, "Looks like the professor is about to call us."

Professor Mcgonagall cleared her throat and began to call out names, "Black, Narcissa."

Sabrina glared at the pale girl with hateful eyes, 'Damn her, damn her, damn her. I hope she burns in hell.'

Narcissa strode up to the stool, her long blond hair swinging behind her. She sat down, placing the hat on her head.

As the sorting hat slid over Narcissa's head, it made a face like it had bit into something sour and immediately yelled, "SLYTHERIN!"

Narcissa hopped off the stool and went to the Slytherin table, grinning at Lucius as she passed.

McGonagall called out the next name over the applause of the Slytherin students, "Black, Sirius!"

"Keep your figures crossed," he whispered to Shayla before walking up to the stool and sliding the worn old hat onto his head.

"Hmm," the sorting hat thought for all of ten seconds. "GRYFFINDOR!"

"Yay!" Shayla, James, Remus, and Peter all shouted at once.

Sirius smiled, placing the hat back on the stool. He then heads toward the Gryffindor table. He smiled at Shayla as he passed and whispered, "Good luck."

McGonagall smiled slightly at her new Gryffindor student, then looked back at her list. "Cappe, Snow."

Sabrina cheered for Snow as her friend's name was called, "Good luck, Snow!"

Snow took a deep breath and went up to the stool. As McGonagall placed the hat on Snow's head, a voice whispered in her ear, 'Hmm, good brains, but a great honor. You must be a...' It then shouted, "GRYFFINDOR!"

Snow smiled brightly as she sat down at the table covered in red and gold.

McGonagall was very happy at the amount of Gryffindors there were so far. So, her voice was confident as she called out the next name, "Gilmore, Kira!"

"Oh, meh gwad," Kira hurried up to the stool and put the sorting hat on her head.

In side her head, the hat spoke. "My, my," the hat said. "I see, well, I feel you would do well in all the houses, but you should be..." The hat then shouted out loud, "SLYTHERIN!"

Kira scowled, she had wanted Slytherin, but Snow and Sirius were in Gryffindor. 'Oh, well,' she thought as she sat down across from Narcissa.

"Slytherin?" Shayla whispered to Remus, looking crest-fallen.

Remus had a grim look on his face and spoke very quietly, "All the Slytherin wizards have gone bad. Kira seemed fine to me. Odd."

"Well, I know that Kira won't go bad," Shayla said defiantly.

McGonagall also looked crest-fallen, she was hoping for another Gryffindor. She continued down the list, "Koreamatsu, Inu!"

Sabrina had a confused look on her face. "Weird, I expected her to be in Gryffindor."

Inu hurried up to the stool, his curly hair bouncing. He sat down and placed the hat on his head.

The hat sat smiling on Inu's head for a few moments before shouting out, "Hufflepuff!"

Inu hurried over to the Hufflepuff table, his hair still bouncing as he grinned from ear to ear.

McGonagall clapped a bit then went back to the list. She ran her forefinger down the list and stopped at a name, "Lupin, Remus."

Remus walked right up to the stool with a good amount of confidence and sat down.

The hat immediately yelled, "GRYFFINDOR!"

Remus went and sat next to Snow at the Gryffindor table.

McGonagall's smile was back as she watched her new student sit down, then looked at the list, "Malfoy, Lucius."

Lucius smiled with a lot of confidence as he strode up and sat down on the stool and the hat was about to be placed on his head.

Sabrina couldn't help but stare at him, it was true, she really did have a crush on him.

The hat didn't even touch Malfoy's head when it screamed, "SLYTHERIN!"

Lucius jumped up from the stool and bowed, then walked over to the Slytherin table and sat down next to Narcissa.

McGonagall cleared her throat then called out the next new student, "Morea, Sabrina."

Sabrina looked at the floor as she walked up to the stool and sat down nervously.

The hat slid on to her head and said, in her ear, "Ah, tricky, tricky, let's see; smart yes, but also brave and powerful. My, my, very strong mind and magic. Hmm." The hat sat on her head for a good five minutes before shouting, "SLYTHERIN!" Even though it was not entirely sure that this was the right decision.

Sabrina hopped of the stool and heard her cat meowing, she smiled inwardly and walked over to the Slytherin table. She sat down next to Kira.

"Hullo, Sabrina! Good to know that I have a friends with me," Kira grinned.

"Sabrina's in Slytherin, too?" Shayla mumbled to herself, "Well, at least they have each other."

Sabrina looked at Kira and smiled, "Yo." She didn't care if she was in Slytherin as long as she had one of her friends with her. She saw Lucius wink at her and she felt heat rise to her cheeks.

McGonagall continued the sorting after the Slytherin table had quieted down. "Pettigrew, Peter."

"You're blushing, Sabrina-Chan!" Kira laughed.

"Good luck," Shayla said to Peter.

Peter clumsily made his was to the stool and slipped the hat over his head.

The hat slid down over his face and after much time on his head, it yelled, "GRYFFINDOR!"

Peter sighed deeply and ran to the Gryffindor table, which was applauding. He nearly tripped, but caught himself and sat down next to Remus.

Kira giggled when Peter almost tripped.

Sabrina covered her face in her hands, "I'm not blushing!" She said in an embarrassed tone.

McGonagall nodded towards the Gryffindor table to quiet them, she then went on, "Potter, James."

"Yeah, ya are. You're a nice shade between beets and tomatoes," Kira poked her friend.

James smiled brightly and said, "Here we go." He confidently walked to the stool and placed the hat on his tousled, black hair.

The hat was barely on his head when it yelled out, "GRYFFINDOR!"

"YES!" James cried, punching the air. Then, he walked to his house table to join his friends.

Shayla suppressed a giggle.

McGonagall laughed at her new Gryffindor's excitement. "Snape, Severus."

Sabrina blushed even more, "KIRA!"

Lucius watched Sabrina hide her blushing; he couldn't help but laugh at Sabrina's reactions towards him.

Kira ignored Sabrina, for she had heard Severus' name being called, and she had frozen up.

Severus walked up to the stool and sat down with the sorting hat on his head.

The hat sat on his head for a minute before shouting, "SLYTHERIN!"

Severus smirked as he got up and headed over to the Slytherin table.

"Oh, Snape, sit there," Narcissa indicated to the empty seat next to Kira.

Severus sat down, thinking to himself that he could make Kira's life hell.

Kira blushed, unable to look away from him.

McGonagall automatically went one, "Watkins, Shayla!"

Sabrina laughed at Kira, "Kira, now who's blushing?"

Shayla gasped, "Oh, I'm so nervous." She muttered as she walked up and promptly sat down, placing the hat on her head.

"Yes," said the sorting hat in her ear. "Yes, you are going to be a good student and a..." It then shouted, "GRYFFINDOR!"

"Yay," Shayla exclaimed, she looked at Dumbledore and smiled.

He smiled back, in return.

Shayla then went to the Gryffindor table, which was roaring with applause.

"Super," Sirius said and stood up to hug Shayla.

Shayla returned the hug, but turned bright red in the process.

They then promptly took their seats.

Snow yelled and cheered when the sorting hat yelled Gryffindor for Shayla. "I was beginning to think that I would be alone in Gryffindor." She commented to Shayla

"Shud-up!" Kira went even redder.

Snape laughed at Kira, this was too easy.

Sabrina decided to torment Snape, "Hey Severus. Don't you like Kira? You seem to enjoy tormenting her... you must be interested."

McGonagall finally got to the last name, "Zelda, Lem."

Lem skipped up to the stool in high sprits and sat down, placing the sorting hat on her head.

The hat covered Lem's head for a few moments before shouting out, "RAVENCLAW!"

Lem grinned and frolicked to her seat at the Ravenclaw table.

Severus growled, "No, why would I like her?"

"Kira, you're red!" Narcissa joked.

"SHUD-UP!" Kira hissed.

Sabrina nodded certainly, "Yep, Severus likes Kira. Just as I thought. Ah, Kira likes Severus and he likes her. Hmm."

McGonagall smiled happily, "Okay, I think we are done."

Dumbledore cleared his throat, "Umm, Minerva." He pointed to Lily, "I believe that we have skipped Miss Evans."

McGonagall looked shocked, "Oh, my!" I did miss a person! Miss Evans can you please come here?"

James, now sitting at his house table, looked up. He was Lily and his jaw dropped.

Sirius punched him, "Man are you ok?"

James pointed, "D-do you see her?"

Sirius said, "Uh, yeah. She just a girl."

"Just a girl! Man, she the most beautiful girl that I've ever seen," James practically shouted.

Sirius laughed at his love struck friend.

Lily smiled and nodded towards McGonagall, "It's all right professor." She sat down on the stool and the hat was placed on her head.

"GRYFFINDOR!" The hat immediately shouted.

Lily took off the hat and happily walked over to the Gryffindor table and sat down next to James.

Minerva cleared her throat, "I believe now we are done." She took the hat and the stool and strode off.

Dumbledore rose to his feet and all fell quiet, "Let the feast begin!"

As soon as he said those four words, food began to appear on the empty golden platters and plates, and pitchers began to fill up with drinks such as pumpkin juice.

Dumbledore then walked to the Slytherin table, "Miss Morea, would you like Chaos back? If not, I will gladly keep scratching her ears, I have grown rather fond of her."

Sabrina thought to herself for a moment then got distracted my Chaos's hissing. "Now, now, Chaos behave yourself around Narcissa. It isn't nice to hiss at people."

Over at the Gryffindor table, Shayla was putting food on her plate.

James was staring at Lily trying not to drool.

Sirius laughed at him; it was just too funny.

Shayla tried not to laugh at James, she reached her hand across the table to Lily and said, "Hi, I'm Shayla Watkins."

Lily took Shayla's hand and shook it, "Nice to meet you; I'm Lily Evans. It seems that your friend is staring at me." She smiled brightly and giggled.

"And I'm Snow Cappe!" Snow piped up; she had been talking with Remus while avoiding all the meat dishes.

Sirius offered his hand, "I'm Sirius Black, and yes, my friend is staring at you. His name is James Potter."

James snapped back to reality and blushed, "I wasn't staring."

"You were too!" Sirius laughed.

"Were," Remus muttered under his breath.

Snow laughed and glanced over at the Slytherin table. Snow skipped over to Kira, "Hey; can I have your salad dressing?"

"I wish there was some jam... Huh? Sure, here ya go..." Kira handed it to Snow after putting some on her salad. "Oh, and I'm sitting with you at your table tomorrow morning. Snape here is pissing me off."

"Ok," Snow whispered very quietly to Kira, "But I thought you liked him."

"I do... It's just that he's pissing me off," Kira said, glaring at Snape.

"Oh, well... I'd better get back over there! I'll tell Shayla." Snow said and skipped away.

"I'm pissing you off? How funny," Severus snickered, only to get smacked in the back of the head by Kira.

"What did Kira have to say?" Shayla asked Snow, as she returned to the table.

"She finds Snape upsetting right now, so she is going to eat breakfast with us tomorrow morning." Snow told Shayla.

"Oh, good! I miss them already." Shayla took a bite of potatoes before standing up abruptly and shouting to the Slytherin table, "SABRINA! KIRA! I LOVE YOU GUYS!"

"I HEART YOU, TOO!" Kira called back to Shayla and Snow.

"You're stupid," Snape snapped at Kira.

Shayla looks at Snow and says, "I love you, too, Snow. Too bad we couldn't all be in the same house."

"Yeah, but at let the four of you can still be friends." Sirius commented to Shayla.

'I love you, too!" Snow replied. She then smiled at Remus and received one in return.

"So where are you from, Snow?" Remus asked.

"Well, I was born in America and move here when I was six," Snow answered. "What about you all?"

"Well, I was born right here in London. I've lived there all my life," Shayla told them while eating her broccoli.

"I was born near Surrey, a town not far from there. Most of my family is from there." Sirius said and for the first time, Shayla saw a deadened look in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

"Nothing!" He said rather quickly, "I'm just not close to my family. That's all."

"Oh, I'm sorry." Shayla was glad that she was close to her family, but she felt his pain.

"Don't worry, I'm used to it," Sirius shrugged.

Kira grinned at Sabrina, ""We should have a sleepover in out common room with them, it'll be fun!"

Narcissa hissed, "You will do no such thing!"

"Watch me," Kira said with and evil grin on her face, this was too fun. "Hey, Sabrina, where are you from? I'm a hick from Hokkaido, Japan! My dad's from Tokyo and my mom's from Ireland, they met in a sushi bar, somewhere in the heart of Tokyo." Kira was just gabbing on and on.

Severus glared at Kira, "Shut-up, you're stupid!"

Kira glared back, "No, you shut-up!"

------ Back at the Gryffindor table ------

"Chicken?" Remus said, offering it to Snow.

"Eh? No, er... Vegetarian," Snow said.

"Oh," Remus answered.

Snow giggle, "You're staring again, James."

James, who had a dazed look on his face, snapped back to where he was. "No, I wasn't." He said, "I was... uh. I was looking for the carrots."

"Er, they're right in front of you," Remus informed James through a suppressed fit of laughter.

"Oh, right." James said, turning red.

Shayla giggled, "So, um, Lily. Where are you from? I think James would like to know."

Sirius laughed, but James threw him a venomous look and went even redder.

Lily giggle, "Well, I'm from Surrey. Um, I think he's staring at me again."

------ Back at the Slytherin table ------

Sabrina laughed at Narcissa's reaction to Kira. "I was born in New Jersey, USA. Specifically Brooklyn. It's a very hard place to live. There are constant shoot-outs and stuff like that." "Woh, sounds dangerous! And oh, so fun." Kira said with an evil grin.

"God, you two are so stupid," Narcissa scowled.

Sabrina growled at Narcissa, "Shut the hell up you wench! And while you're at it, stay away from Lucius!" She realized what she had said and turned bright red.

Bellatrix came over, "Don't you ever talk to my little sister that way!" She drew her wand, pointing it at Sabrina.

Kira stood up, knocking her pumpkin juice over, "Don't you ever talk to my friend like that!" She, too, drew her wand.

Sabrina got up, very slowly, letting her hair cover her face, "Get that wand out of my grill. If you don't, there will be some drama and you don't wanna start no drama with me."

"Oh, I'm shaking in my robes," Bellatrix said with mock horror.

Kira growled menacingly.

Shayla, sensing trouble between Sabrina, and some other girl at the Slytherin table got up and walked across the hall. She got in between the two of them and said, "I'm not sure what caused this argument, but don't fight."

Snow jumped up from the table and ran over to see what was going on, "Hey, what's going on?" Snow paused as she saw Bellatrix, she knew this was not going to be good.

Bellatrix laughed, "Oh, so you little firsties had to call back up? Stupid bitches think they own the school."

Narcissa laughed with her sister, "You're so right."

Bellatrix stared down at the four other girls.

Sirius, who knew what kind of people Bellatrix and Narcissa were, got up and ran over to Shayla. He didn't want them to try and harm Shayla.

"What did you just say?" Shayla asked, quietly raising her eyebrows. "I was trying to stop this fight." Shayla's voice was steadily rising, "I don't know who started this, but I sure as hell can finish it!"

"Shayla, no!" Kira cried.

Shayla smacked Bellatrix right in the face.

"Shayla," Sirius moaned.

Shayla didn't know why, but there was something about Bellatrix that she just didn't like. Some sort of evil radiated from her, and Shayla felt that she had to protect her friends. "Who's the bitch now, BITCH?" Shayla hissed at Bellatrix.

Bellatrix touched her face, "Sirius, I'd keep track of your little girl friend or she might not live to see the end of the year!"

Narcissa scowled at Sabrina, "I hate you!"

Kira turned her wand to Narcissa, "Watch it or you'll get more than just a numb cheek!"

Severus grabbed Kira's wrist making her lower her wand, "I suggest that you put that away."

Kira went red, "Let go."

Snow took a deep breath and said very slowly to Severus. "Well, I suggest that you go back to your seat now."

Shayla, who was huffing and red in the face, was seriously considering hitting Bellatrix again, but before she could, Sirius pulled her behind him.

He was now in between Shayla and Bellatrix. "No," he said softly, "If you want to live till the end of the year, Bella, I suggest that you don't even think about laying a single finger on Shayla." His tone was calm, but menacing.

Kira looked at Sirius, "Awe, luv!"

Severus looked at Snow, "Fine." He sat down, pulling Kira back into her seat, as well.

Kira gave Severus a look.

He let go of her arm, causing her to fall across his lap.

Kira gasped, pushing up. She was bright red, "Urm..."

Snow was still giving Severus the evil eye.

Dumbledore had already gone back to the head table, and had been enjoying the feast. He still had Chaos lying by his feet with a plate of chicken. Dumbledore saw the students arguing and stood up abruptly, "Both Miss Blacks, Mr. Black, Miss Cappe, Miss. Morea, and Miss. Watkins; kindly take your seats." He said this in a calm but stern manner. He waited for them to return to their seats before continuing. "I have noticed that there have already been a lot of tense relationships. I should hope that these would resolve maturely over the next few days." He cleared his throat.

Shayla had known him long enough to tell that he was disappointed. Seeing the look on his face made her feel guilty.

"And now, on a happier note. I believe that Headmaster Dippet has some start of term notices to announce." Dumbledore sat down.

Professor Dippet rose to his feet. He was a rather short man with a rather pointy nose. "Hmm. Welcome to you all," he began. "Another year has begun. I would just like to say a few things before we retire to our beds. First off, NO students are allowed in the forbidden forest. I doubt that the creatures there would like it. Second, NO magic is to be used in between classes. And lastly, Mr. Filch would like you to know that there is currently a list of forbidden objects located in his office."

Shayla looked at Filch; he was a tall straggly man. He also had a cat with bright yellow eyes.

"And now you may go get rested for classes are to begin tomorrow morning," Dippet announced. As soon as he was finished, the food began to vanish from the tables, leaving the dishes spotless.

Kira watched the vanishing food, "I wonder where it goes."

Sabrina sniffled a bit, "I didn't even get to eat."

Kira looked up at Sabrina, "I still have my Bertie Botts and some Chocolate Frogs left, they're in my trunk if you want them."

Sabrina gave a small smile.

There was noise all around the hall as students began to get up and file out of the room, heading toward their warm, soft beds.

Kira waved to her Gryffindor friends before following the rest of the Slytherin first-years.

Snow waved back to Kira and Sabrina. She had not felt it before, but now Snow was really feeling tired. She couldn't wait to get to bed. 'And classes start tomorrow,' she thought as she followed the Gryffindors through the great hall.

------ Slytherin ------

Sabrina was about to walk out of the great hall when she remembered that she had to get her ca. "Oh, no! I have to get my cat!" She ran to the head table where Professor Dumbledore was. Unbeknownst to her, Lucius was watching her fairly closely.

"Ah, Miss Morea." Dumbledore said smiling good-naturedly, "while Chaos licked his nose. "Would you like Chaos back?"

Sabrina smiled happily, "Yes if you don't mind, dear professor." She looked at Chaos, who mewed happily.

Dumbledore handed Chaos over and petted her once more, "Feel free to visit anytime, Chaos." He winked, "Good night, Miss Morea."

"Sabrina!" Kira called, "Sabrina-Chan, hurry up! Let's not get left behind, I don't want to get lost."

Severus laughed, "Get lost?"

Kira slapped him, "It's a very large castle."

Narcissa and Bellatrix laughed loudly, "My, you are stupid."

Sabrina's eyes shot straight to Narcissa and Bellatrix. As her eyes glowed with anger, she quickly walked over to the two girls and grabbed Narcissa's robes and pulled her towards herself. "You better learn to shut your damn mouth, your whorish bitch or else you will get hurt." This time it wasn't a bluff, Chaos bit Narcissa's hand really hard, hard enough to cause bleeding.

"Ugh," Narcissa looked at her hand, "You will pay for that!" She stormed off with her older sister.

"Sabrina, don't cause anymore problems, please," Kira begged.

------ Gryffindor Common Room ------

Shayla was walking with Snow, Sirius, Remus, James, Peter, and Lily. They were following the prefects to the common room.

"I hope I can remember how to get back here after class tomorrow." Shayla said out loud as they reached the portrait of the fat lady.

"Me too! There are a lot of halls and stairs in this place," Snow agreed.

"Password," said the Fat Lady.

"Oddment," replied the prefect. "Everyone remember that, okay? You won't be able to get in without it." He then stepped through the hole in the wall that the portrait had been covering up.

When they entered the common room, they were greeted by a warm fire, which was blazing. The colors of the couches, chairs, walls, and decorations were variations scarlet and gold.

"It's so wonderful," Shayla shrieked as she spun in a circle causing her robes to twirl.

"Yeah, it is nice," Sirius said, smiling. "I'll never forget this place as long as I live."

Shayla laughed at his comment.

------ Meanwhile with Kira and Sabrina ------

Sabrina looked at Kira and sighed, "Fine, but if those two start anything, I will hex them both."

"Okay, as long as you don't start it." Kira started to follow Severus, who was at the back of the Slytherin crowd of first years, "Now, come on, they're leaving."

Sabrina followed Kira in a hurried walk, with Chaos in her arms. "Hey, wait up!" Chaos meowed loudly to Kira.

Kira slowed down a little. "Well, aren't we a nice kitty," she patted Chaos on the head.

------ Gryffindor Common Room ------

"Well, we should probably get some sleep. I'm beat," Shayla yawned.

"Good night, you guys," Snow said to Remus and his friends. "Yeah, me too, Shayla."

"'Night, Snow," Remus yawned.

"'Night," Snow said as she climbed to spiral staircase to go to bed.

Shayla followed, "Good night." She said as they changed into their pajamas and climbed into their four posters. The bed was so warm and comfortable. Shayla thought of Sirius and smiled. 'He is wonderful,' she thought as she drifted off to sleep.

------ Slytherin Common Room ------

"Balderdash," a prefect said. "That's our password, so don't forget it firsties. Boys to your left and girls to your right. Your stuff is already in your dorms." With that the prefect walked off.

"Wow, what a jerk," Kira whispered to Sabrina as they hurried up to their beds. "Night, sis," she yawned as she pulled on her pajamas and climbed into her bed.

OOC: Yay! Only two chapters left to post, then you'll have to wait for school to get back in so that we can write more. The four of us should be together in another Ag. class. This time it's horticulture (Herbology) Hee Hee! It's going to be so much fun!

Kira