Authors Note: Hey guys.
Have you liked the last two chapters? I hope so.
Sorry if the sorting hats song is weird, I just couldn't seem to think!
Read on and have fun!
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"We better get into our uniforms. Harry and I'll wait outside." Ron said as he dragged Harry out of the compartment.
Hermione closed the door and locked it then turned around and smiled.
"So umm…I was wondering If you could tell us something to call you by. You don't have to say your name but…." She requested nervously.
Emily stopped and stared for a moment before looking away.
"My name is Emily-Lee. You can call me EL. But please don't tell anyone else my real name." she said quietly as she pulled her robes over her clothes after she cast a water repelling charm on them. It was raining out side and she didn't want to have her favorite clothes wet. She didn't really care about her robes. Emily also cast the spell on her bag. She didn't want her stuff to get wet.
"OK EL. Do you have a last name?" Hermione asked curiously as she pulled her robes on.
Emily went silent and sat down and shook her head, staring out the window.
Hermione said ok and opened the compartment door to let the guys in, after putting her clothes in her trunk.
Ron and Harry came in and explained that they changed in another compartment with a few of their other friends.
The train slowed to a stop and Ron and Hermione got out but EL stayed put.
"Are you coming EL?" Harry asked, waiting for her to get out.
She shook her head and quietly mumbled, "I can't handle…crowds.".
It was true. She couldn't handle crowds. People stared and laughed and were happy. It just…it made her too sad and embarrassed.
"Ok then, we'll wait. You guys go and get a carriage." He added to Ron and Hermione. They did as he said and Harry closed the door.
"Thanks." Emily breathed.
Harry nodded and asked why she didn't like crowds.
EL sighed and shook her head. They stood in silence then after a while Harry said,
"Well, there isn't a lot of people left…you ready to go?".
Emily nodded and shouldered her bag.
"Yeah…Thanks for waiting for me." She said quietly before jumping off the train.
She saw Ron and Hermione about to step in a carriage and ran to them. Emily loved to run; she didn't know why. It just made her feel free.
She got in with Ron and Hermione; they were drenched just like Emily. Harry came in a second later.
"You were supposed to leave your bag on the train EL!" Hermione exclaimed.
"Oh well…..Ummm..what are the things that pull these?" EL asked the threesome quietly. They looked like horses, but she wasn't quite sure.
"You can see them?" Ron asked incredously. Emily nodded. Why wouldn't she be able to see them?
"Who have you seen die?" Hermione asked.
Emily was shocked. How had they known? She shrugged and looked out the carriage window. Who cares if she saw people die?
"You can only see the thestrals if you've seen someone die. I can see them." Harry said.
A moment later the carriage stopped and they got out. EL saw Malfoy supporting a broken nose from when she kneed him, a bandaged hand and he walked with a slight limp. Emily just smirked. She loved inflicting pain.
They walked in two great big doors into the entrance hall. A very stern looking woman stood there and said, "Read the notice on the doors to the Great Hall. May our new student come here please.".
EL scurried over to her while Ron, Harry and Hermione went into the Great Hall.
"You have a bed in the Ravenclaw dorms. But seeing as this years rules…" she faded of then walked away as a big man and a whole bunch of little kids came in the doors.
Emily approached where everyone else went and read a big sign posted on the doors. It read:
This year You shall be able to sit at any table.
You shall also be allowed into other common rooms but you must find out the password and the location.
The dorms will have passwords instead of the common rooms.
Sincerely, Albus Dumbledore
She entered the hall to see tons of people talking to themselves. Above the tables there were banners that had the Hogwarts crest on it.
Emily didn't see Ron, Hermione of Harry so she just sat at a table that only had a few people at it.
She stared at the goblet and plates. Pure gold? This is really extravagant!
Just then an old man with a silver beard stood up at the front of the hall.
"Good evening students. The sorting will start in a moment. We have a foreign student attending Hogwarts this year. I hope you all will help her out if she needs it."
At the mention of foreign student, all heads turned to her. She continued staring at the old man, ignoring all the eyes on her.
The stern witch came out with a stool and a old hat. A tear in the hat opened and it began to sing,
One is gone, and one has come,
Trying to make the world a better place,
Trying to cease on lies, hate, and sadness from
A very different face
This face has seen many a good thing,
Hope, Happiness, love, and joy
Yet it has never experienced it; it's only lived in
Evil, Hate, suffering and a destructive ploy
The one that left,
Didn't leave in vain,
He passed trying to stop theft,
Theft of good, stopping an evil stain.
So youngest of the Hogwarts four,
Try to follow these acts,
Let your heart soar
And don't act till you have the facts.
Slytherin's aren't always cunning
Ravenclaw's don't always have wit,
Hufflepuff isn't always stunning
And Gryffindors aren't always fit,
Only your heart can tell you what you are,
So that's what I do,
I tell you where you are,
And where you'll make it through
Everyone clapped at the sorting hat's song, many with confused faces.
"Now let us enjoy our wonderful feast." Dumbledore exclaimed happily.
Food appeared and EL jumped. There was tons of food. She usually only ate a bowl of cereal and a snack. There was no way she was going to eat.
Emily took off her robes so she could dry them. Good thing I wore my clothes on underneath. Otherwise they would be wet too.
She began drying them and some people stared. They either stared because of her clothes or because she wasn't using a wand. None-the-less, soon everyone was staring.
She looked up and glared at everyone. EL grabbed her stuff and left the Great Hall. Damn people…who cares if I don't use a wand or that I'm different.
She wandered the dark hallways, hugging her bag to her chest, not knowing or caring where she was going. About an hour later, she heard people something so she hid between some armor. It was dark and cold where she was, and had a feeling that she was underground.
Draco Malfoy walked by with those two big guys behind him and a puggish girl clinging to his chest; he look disgusted but his arm was around her waist.
As soon as they disappeared EL walked the way they came. She was getting tired and needed to find her dorm.
-----Disclaimer-----Harry is J.K's not mine