A/N: Happy New Year! Another update for you, readers. Before you begin indulging in this short chapter, a few things:

-I start school again tomorrow, so I won't be able to do Monday updates for a while. I wil update again on Saturday. -I don't know how constant the updates will be. I have a lot of this to write still, and school will mess up when I can write and update. -I am working on other stuff as well as this, so bear with me. - I have a cover image for this, but the damn image manager never works. PM me or review this if you have any advice on that.

Enjoy Chapter 3 R&R.

Cody was pacing back and forth. The Ravenclaw common room was pretty awesome, with its blue and black furnishings and warm fireplace. Students in black and blue robes, or regular Hogwarts robes if they were first years, were sitting around the room, chatting about their lives, excitement about tomorrow buzzing in the air. Gwen was drawing something in a notebook while sitting on a black couch.

However, Cody couldn't concentrate on that. He was worried about Noah. He was hoping, praying, crossing his fingers that his friend had been sorted into Ravenclaw, like him.

"Dude, chillax, the Sorting ceremony is over. No need to stress! Come hang with us over here!," called out a scrawny kid wearing glasses named Harold, beckoning Cody to sit next to him.

"I know, but I'm worried about my friend. I haven't seen him since that short guy dragged him away to who knows where," Cody replied as he sat down next to a pale-ish kid with shoulder-length brown hair wearing a blue hat, Ezekial. He talked with a strong British accent.

"Wait, you know that guy?" inquired Harold.

"Yeah, we met at King's Cross. He seemed nice."

"Not to me. I was trying to tell him all these interesting things about the castle, but he cut me off, like, a million times. He did it so rudely too, always interrupting with some bit of sarcasm or another. Gosh! I wanted to punch him in the face for being so rude."

"Huh. He was pretty cool to me. He bought us both sweets on the train. He knows a lot of stuff about wands."

"Well, if I see that guy again, I might just have to-"

"I'm sorry, am I interrupting something?" a voice, one that Cody was now very familiar with, came from the opposite end of the room.

The three boys turned to look. It was Noah. He was holding his luggage. He placed it on the floor, and scanned the sea of faces until he locked eyes with Cody.

Cody smiled, ran up and hugged him. "I knew you would get sorted into Ravenclaw! You're too smart for those other Houses."

Noah was surprised at Cody's sudden hug. He was glad he was allowed to stay here, instead of in the Slytherin dorm, but he didn't want Cody to keep his hopes up. He pushed his friend off.

"I haven't been Sorted yet. Professor McLean is letting me sleep in here until I get properly Sorted. For all I know, I could be in Slytherin."

Noah cringed at the thought. He didn't want to be in Slytherin. Slytherins were always the types to go bad, and were manipulative and arrogant. The people in that House from his year didn't seem too friendly. They were the ones arguing and being idiots in general. He didn't want to be in Gryffindor, either. That crazy girl, Izzy, was in that House, and he was hoping never to have to run into her again. She seemed borderline-insane to say the least. He didn't even want to think about her performing magic anywhere near him, or anyone for that matter.

He was uncertain of what would happen.

Uncertainty had never been a habit of Noah's. He was always the one who knew the answers, and if he didn't, he usually was able to find them. Now, he had no way to find them.

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