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Chapter 2: Sorting &MeetingsAs they sat down, the double doors opened and in came Professor McGonagall with the first years, all of whom were looking rather frightened. They then proceeded to give her weird looks as she put an old shabby hat on a stool in front of them.
"When I call your name, come up and sit on the stool. When the Sorting Hat chooses your house, if you would please proceed to your house's table.
Fehler, Nicole!"
The whole school looked anticipatingly as an anxious looking girl with dirty blonde hair walked timidly to the stool. After a few minutes, the hat opened its mouth and said,
"RAVENCLAW!"
All the Ravenclaws cheered as she joined their table. As Hermione looked at her, she realized that she must not have known that you had to wear your robes to school on the first day. Nicole was wearing an Aeropostale sweatshirt and denim jeans. Her hair was up in a ponytail. Hermione turned back to the Sorting.
A young boy (Hada, Jacob!) was getting sorted. He had short brown hair, and was wearing a red shirt and jeans. The sorting Hat considered him for a moment, then yelled, "GRYFFINDOR!" There was a loud explosion of cheers from the Gryffindor table. After about half an hour, the Sorting was just about done. "Sutton, Mary!" was sorted into Gryffindor. "Rogers, Deanna!" was sorted into Slytherin. "Seaton, Megan!" was sorted into Hufflepuff. "Free, James!" was sorted into Ravenclaw. And "Sawtelle, Kristen!" was sorted into Hufflepuff.
Professor Dumbledore stood up. "Before our feast begins, first years should note that the Dark forest is strictly forbidden to all students; some of our older students would do well to remember this." Hermione, Harry, Ron, Fred, and George all grinned. "And magic is strictly forbidden anywhere outside of a classroom. Now, there is a time for speeches, but this is not it. Tuck in!" Everybody grinned as the plates suddenly filled with food. Ron, as usual, immediately began shoving his mouth full of food.
About halfway through the feast, the door to the Great Hall suddenly burst open. Everyone stopped talking and just stared at the late newcomer. "Ah, allow me to introduce you to our new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Alastor Moody!" Dumbledore announced. Professor Moody waved slightly as he limped across the hall. "Moody? 'Mad-Eye' Moody?" Ron whispered. As everyone looked down again, the food suddenly disappeared and was replaced with various desserts. Hermione helped herself to some treacle tarts. After 10 minutes or so, the food disappeared, and Dumbledore stood up. "Before you all go have a good night's sleep, I have one more announcement. The Quidditch Cup is not happening this year. Instead, Hogwarts has the honor of hosting the Triwizard Tournament." "YOU'RE JOKING!" Fred and George yelled. "No, Mr. Weasley, I am not joking." Dumbledore replied. "The delegates from Beaubaxtons and Durmstrang shall be arriving on December 17th. Now, prefects, please take your first years to their common rooms, and have a good night's sleep."
Harry and Ron started walking, but Hermione stayed behind, saying, "You guys go on ahead. I have to talk to Professor McGonagall for a minute." Harry and Ron just shrugged and walked away.
Hermione walked up to Professor McGonagall. "Um…professor?" McGonagall looked at her and said, "Yes, Miss Granger? What is it?" Hermione took a deep breath and said, "Um…I was looking at my schedule, and I saw that I have Arithmancy at the same time as Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Ancient Runes at the same time as Care of Magical Creatures, to just name a few. Does that mean that I have to use a Time-Turner again this year?" McGonagall smiled and said, "As a matter of fact, yes." McGonagall pulled it out of her pocket and gave it to Hermione. "Now, just follow the rules like you did last year and you'll be fine. Have a good night."
As Hermione was walking out and around a corner, she bumped into someone. She looked at who she had run into and couldn't believe it. "We've got to stop meeting like this, Hermione!" they said, laughing. "Cedric! What are you doing here?" Cedric smiled and said, "I had to talk to Professor Sprout about my schedule." "Speaking of schedules, can I see yours? Here's mine." Hermione said, handing him hers. Cedric shrugged and said, "Sure, why not?", trading schedules.
Hermione looked at his schedule and gasped. "Cedric, over half of your classes are at the same time!" He looked at her schedule and said, "So are yours! Does that mean…?" He pulled something out of his shirt as she pulled something out of her pocket. "No way!" they said together. "I thought that I was the only person who had one!" Hermione said excitedly. "So did I!" he exclaimed. "Well, we'll just have to not tell anyone about these." He said. "Yeah, I had a bit of trouble with one last year." She said, frowning at the memory. "Why? What happened?" Cedric asked. Hermione laughed and smiled. "I'll tell you about it some other time. I've got to go to bed; Harry and Ron are probably wondering what's taking me so long." Cedric laughed and said, "All right, then. I'll see you tomorrow." With that, they went their separate ways.
Hermione walked over to her bed and smiled to herself. Who would have thought that Cedric would have a Time-Turner, too! She thought. Then she fell asleep wondering what new adventures this year would bring.
TBC…Please keep reviewing! Thanks for your support! And now I have a really bad case of writer's block. I know what's going to happen in the last two or three chapters, but I can't think of what should happen in between. This is trying to follow in the footsteps of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, so if you have any ideas for what should happen next, please let me know. Any ideas I use will have the credit given to whoever gave me the idea.
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