Nevaeh sat by the wall waiting for her cue to enter the Great Hall, she didn't see what the point was. She would be put in Hufflepuff, she wasn't good at anything and it wasn't like she had any talents or brains so she wouldn't be in Ravenclaw, she definitely wasn't brave so Gryffindor was out of the question and even though she would rather die than be in Slytherin she wouldn't even be in there because she was a half-blood. Yeah, she was Hufflepuff through and through.
"Tonight we will be sorting a new student, Miss Nevaeh Blackburn who was home-schooled but has decided to attend Hogwarts and will be studying along side our 6th years." That was her cue, Nevaeh took a deep breath, making a mental note not to faint and pushed the doors open. James had been right every boy in the school was turned to face her with looks of lust and all the females looked at her with envy and very few of them looked at her with respect. Nevaeh had never had so much attention. She knew if she took to much notice of this she would make a fool of her self so she kept her eyes forward, not taking them off the main table for a second.
She sat down on the wooden stool of which she had sat on what seemed only 6 years ago but really that was forty years in the future. Dumbledore walked up to her placed the aged hat on her head and took a step back. "Hmm" Whispered the Sorting Hat in her mind."What do we have here? Nevaeh Blackburn, why you're forty years early. No fear though, you will do great things, I am sure of that. But where to put you, with brains like these you would make a fine Ravenclaw but no thats not quite right is it? Hmm, you are to extraordinary for Hufflepuff and not pure enough for Slytherin. Ahh but you are brave and true, it is most certainly Gryffindor for you!" Nevaeh was confused, she was not brave, she had never been brave but still the Sorting Hat was never wrong and as it yelled out "Gryffindor!" she stumbled down to Gryffindor's table and sat between James and Peter Pettigrew as the Great Hall was filled with cheers and moans.
James looked ecstatic to have Nevaeh be a Gryffindor. As she sat down and the cheers died down Nevaeh was attacked by "Hello"'s and "Well done"'s. It shocked her really, at her Hogwarts, yeah she had been mildly popular, amongst the Gryffindor's and Hufflepuff's anyway but she had never had this much attention and she wasn't quite sure that she liked it. After the food appeared she was left in peace and ate quietly listening James talk to his friends and make puppy dog eyes at a red-head a few seats down from them.
After dinner she walked to the Gryffindor common room with them. Sitting down by the fire she began to talk to Sirius, she was curious about Harry Potter's God Father. He was very interesting and had a great sense of humor but the conversation never really got started as a tall, slender, brunette Gryffindor came and took him away.
Nevaeh sat there staring into the flames. Again a feeling of total abandonment swept over her as she thought about her best friends, Albus Potter and Nadia Aynsley. She missed them so much, she wondered what they were doing without her? Did they miss her?
"H... H... Hello?" She heard a small voice stutter from behind her. She turned around to see the petite red-head who James had been staring at all evening.
"Hello" Nevaeh said warmly.
The red-head let out a sigh of relief, it was like she had been nervous to approach her, Nevaeh couldn't understand why. "Hello" She breathed "I'm Lily Evans." She smiled and sat down next to her.
Lily Evans? Why did that name sound familiar? She mentally added it to her list of people she had to look up tonight. "Nice to meet you Lily, I'm Nevaeh."
"Nevaeh?" Lily said slowly "That is an interesting name, what does it mean?"
Nevaeh giggled, finally a question she could answer as she had done this a million times before. "Ahh, my mother was only a teenager when she had me so she choose the prettiest name she could think of not even noticing that it was Heaven backward which is easy because Nevaeh means Heaven too."
Lily smiled "It is such a gorgeous name, and so unique as well, it suits you."
"Thank you" Nevaeh replied "It is getting late can you please show me to the dorm rooms?"
"Oh, of course. Just follow me." Lily said as she stood up and wandered over towards a stair case.
Nevaeh followed Lily into the dorm, she noticed a bed at the end that was neatly made with some folded clothing sitting on the end. She looked at Lily to check that her suspicions were correct and that this was her bed. Lily nodded and walked back down to the common room. Nevaeh wandered over to her bed and picked up a frilly pink nightgown. It was hideous! Shaking her head she pulled out her wand and transfigured it into a small satin nightgown with the words "Hold up, wait a minute, put a little love in it.' They were lyrics from one of her favorite muggle bands Family Force 5.
Sliding into her soft warm bed she opened 'The Great War' and began to research.
