Authors note: Emily: Hey all! I finally updated! Hurray for me! I'm so sorry it took me so long, but things have been mega hectic recently. Eva: yeah right, more like you just couldn't be assed to update…. Emily: shut up, anyway thank you for all the nice comments, here's the replies:
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Emily walked over to join the first years who were clumped together in a large group trying to stay out of the way of the other students. She smiled a few of them but none of them returned the smile. A voice sounded out behind them, "Alright first years, follow me." A pretty Asian woman indicated a small fleet of boats down by the lake; Emily assumed this woman was one of the teachers.
She clambered into a boat with a small mousy-haired girl and boys who were discussing which houses they wanted to be sorted into.
"I'm definitely going to be sorted into Gryffindor," one of them said, "I'm not going anywhere near any of those stupid fascist Slytherins, what about you?
Emily was shocked, one because she was surprised a first year knew what a fascist actually was and two that they could be so bloody dismissive. Severus wasn't a fascist…at least she didn't think so…
"Well I want to be a Ravenclaw, they're the smartest." Said the boys' companion.
"Maybe you should just wait for them to decide," butted in the mousy-haired girl, "you don't have a choice, just go with wherever they put you.' This lead into a particularly nasty chain of insults throw by the two boys, Emily felt a stab of pity towards the small girl. She made mental not to get back at those evil little prats who were mean to her later, she couldn't stand people like that…
Suddenly the castle came into view and the two boys fell silent, they were in awe of the size and magnificence of it, Emily was impressed as well, it was nothing like Beaxbatons…
When the boats moored at the small harbour on the other side of the lake the Asian woman lead them up a flight of steps that ended at the castle doors, she took them through and they grouped around the entrance to the Great Hall, this was where the woman introduced herself, "Welcome first years to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, I am Professor Dawson, you're Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. If you would please follow me into the great hall where you will be sorted into the houses where you shall remain for the rest of you're time here at Hogwarts." She turned and threw open the doors and lead them through.
They walked past the house table where the other students where already seated, Emily spotted Lily sitting at the Gryffindor table next to a boy with messy black hair and strange glint in his eyes that Emily immediately didn't like. Lily grinned and waved at her, Emily returned the smile but turned to the other side of the room towards the Slytherin table, she found Severus sitting between a tall seventh year boy with long platinum blond hair and girl with a sneer firmly plastered across her face, several piercings decorated her eyebrows, nose and lip. Emily looked away when she met eyes with this freaky looking person, she didn't want to be seen staring.
Professor Dawson began to read from a list of names in her hand, one by one the first years walked up onto a raise platform and sat on a stool where Professor Dawson would place a tatty wizards hat on their head, which would shout of the houses they belonged to.
Strangely, Emily's name was called last of all, which was frankly rather pointless as he last name was Adelane…
Professor Dawson folded up the list of names and addressed the entire hall, "We are very pleased to welcome an exchange student from Beaxbatons Academy, her name is Emily Adelane, and should hope you will all make her feel at home here."
'Thanks a lot,' Emily thought, 'there's nothing like extreme embarrassment to start off the school year…'
She stepped up onto the platform and sat down on the stool and jumped when the hat was placed on her head and it began to talk to her…
"Sooo, I see there are divided loyalties here eh? A possible friend in Gryffindor and Slytherin, I see, this is quite a conundrum…"
'I know!' she thought, 'and I don't think either of them would be very understanding if I went to either house…'
"Well its customary in these situations to find some common ground, where you not only belong, but also are free to mix with both sides…"
'Yes!' she thought gleefully, 'But where?'
"RAVENCLAW!"
She stepped down from the platform to the Ravenclaw table who were clapping and cheering for her, she looked over at Lily, she was cheering and clapping for her as well, Emily smiled at her and sat down. But when she glanced over to the Slytherin table-none of which were clapping- she saw that Severus was scowling and exchanging words with the freaky girl sitting next to him.
'Damn' she thought, 'this might take a while…'