YAY! 2 chappies in 2 days!
I would like to dedicate this chapter to Call me cat333, who has helped me overcome the awful disease we call writers block.
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Chapter 2: Let's take a walk
As I walked to the Slytherin table, I was met by several glares, each one more menacing than the other. I swallowed, and hesitantly took a seat at the far end of the table. A girl who looked only to be a year older than me scooted over far too much to be polite. I looked around to see that the Great Hall was dead silent and every single pair of eyes, including the teachers', were on me. Only then did I remember Ethan telling me that the last time a muggle-born like me was in Slytherin was at least 500 years ago. Soon enough, the teachers noticed my uncomfortable situation and Professor Longbottom began reading off the list again. I turned my attention back to the sorting, and the rest of the school followed.
"Potter, Albus," Professor Longbottom called. I looked up and saw that it was one of the dark-haired boys that was with Rose on the train. As Albus walked up to stool, a wave of whispers fell over the students. I caught a few clips of conversations.
"James Potter's brother?"
"Potter?"
"Is that Harry Potter's son?"
I wondered who James and Harry Potter were, but figured James was the third person of the three on Platform 9 3/4. If only I knew who Harry Potter was. Oh, well I'll do that later, I thought and turned my attention back to Albus. The longer it took for him to get sorted, the more eager the students looked. I noticed that they had subconsciously leaned forward in anticipation. Finally, the Sorting Hat opened it's old, wrinkly mouth and the crowd leaned in even farther.
"Slytherin!" it shouted and there was a collective gasp. Instead of eager faces, the Hall was full of completely shocked ones. But none came even close to matching the expressions of Rose and James. They stared, with their mouths wide open, as Albus walked, with a bounce in his step, to the Slytherin table and took a seat next to me. He nodded and introduced himself, "Albus Potter," he said and stuck out his hand. I promptly shook it and replied, "Citriana Oliver, but you can call be Ria."
"I know who you are," Albus responded politely and turned back to the remaining first years at the front. A girl my the name Molly Richards was sorted next, and into Slytherin no less. She was a slender girl with long dark brown and chestnut hair that fell down to the bottom of her back in waves, chocolate brown eyes, and tan skin. I clapped politely along with the rest of my House, but stopped when Rose was called.
"That's my cousin, Rose Weasley," Albus whispered to me.
"I can hear her name called, you know," I replied teasingly, "besides, I already know her," Albus gave me a questioning look, "she was in the same boat as me," he nodded in understanding.
"She's probably going to be in Gryffindor, the entire Weasley family has. The Potter's too. Come to think of it, I'm the first one in my family to not be in Gryffindor…" he trailed off and I looked at him. He motioned that he'll finish what he's saying after the last three students are sorted.
"Gryffindor!" the Hat shouted and Rose quickly went to join the obnoxiously loud Gryffindor tables. Hmm…maybe not all Gryffindors are bad. Albus started talking again but I quickly motioned, maybe a bit harshly, for him to shut up. Ursula was next, and I wanted to see where she would be sorted.
"Williams, Ursula!" Professor Longbottom called as Ursula strode up to the stool with utmost confidence. God, that girl is a mystery. One second, she could be totally calm, then next, screaming her head off at you. I shook my head and focused on what was happening. I waited, and waited, and waited…and still nothing. Ha! I'm not the only one who the Sorting Hat couldn't easily Sort! But once again, the Hat opened it's mouth and shouted, "Slytherin!" I actually stood up and started cheering. I couldn't believe Ursula was in my house! How exciting! She rushed down from the stool, blushing now, and took the seat on my other side and I saw Ethan wearing an expression of utter disgust. Of course, his least favorite people are in his House, this ought to be fun.
"At least it's not Gryffindor," she sighed.
"What's wrong with Gryffindor?" Albus demanded, glaring at her. Of course only then would she notice him.
"N-nothing!" she quickly said, "It's just my brother was in Gryffindor and I'm always compared to him and I'm just glad that I won't have to be a 'copy-cat' for being in Gryffindor. There's nothing wrong with being in Gryffindor. I love my brother too! I just don't want to be compared to him anymore."
I had to stifle a laugh at her obvious lie, but Albus slowly nodded as if he believed her…almost. He still looked at her a bit suspiciously. Throughout this exchange the last student was sorted. Ursula and Albus both missed it, of course, but it was a boy named Zachary Zauber and he had been sorted into Ravenclaw.
"Now that we're all sorted." The Headmistress began. I hadn't noticed her walk to the podium, "I have a few announcements. First of all, first years please note that you may not have a broom. So if by any chance you do, please give them to mister Filch, the caretaker, who will," I swear she glared at him," turn them into me and I shall send them home. Also, and this goes to all students, the the Forbidden Forest is called that for a reason, it is Forbidden to all," a few people, including myself, snickered at that.
"Oh, I had no idea the Forbidden Forest was forbidden," I whispered to Ursula who, unsurprisingly, giggled.
"Now that that's been said," McGonagall continued, "please enjoy the feast," and with that, she took her seat.
"What feast?" I asked, looking around, "I don't see any—oh," that's when I saw food and drinks rise up from the golden plates and goblets. I stared at it in wonder, but only for a moment. I hadn't eaten since breakfast and was starving. I grabbed at anything and everything in my reach and began eating like there was no tomorrow. Albus stared at me with an expression that was half shock, half disgust.
"Blimey," he said, still staring, "you eat like my Uncle Ron, Rose's dad."
"Is that a bad thing?" I asked, feigning concern.
"Depends," he replied and went back to eating slowly, though still glancing at me every few seconds. I smirked at him.
"As I was saying earlier this evening," Albus began, "I'm the first one in my family to not be in Gryffindor. I was all worried about it at first and I especially didn't want to be in Slytherin," that earned him a glare from the girl who scooted away from me earlier, "but on the train I met this boy, Scorpius Malfoy—look! He's there! Hey scorpius!" Albus pointed and waved at a tall boy with platinum blond hair not unlike Ethan's, a pointed nose, and piercing gray eyes. When he noticed Albus' energetic wave, ha gave a half-hearted one back.
"Malfoy?" Ursula screeched, "b-b-but your a Potter! And he's a Malfoy!"
"Yeah? So?" Albus asked, seeming completely uninterested, "look, we bonded on the train and now he's my friend. To be honest, I don't give a damn what happened between his dad and my dad. Scorpius is not Draco, and I am not Harry Potter. Got it?"
"Oh."
"Yeah."
"Mmmm…this looks yummy!" I say and grab at the first thing I see. I was trying (and failing, mind you) to break the tension. Albus raised his eyebrows at me but soon shrugged and went back to eating. Ursula, on the other hand, looked at me like I was some kind of alien. I glared at her until she resumed eating as well.
Eventually, I got too full to eat and rested my head on the table, exhausted and feeling like I was about to explode.
"Don't fall asleep, Ria," Ursula said, patting my back, "you still have to get to the dorms, and then you can fall asleep."
I groaned, "ugh, do I have to carry my owl and trunk?" I shot up, "oh crap! I left Sajni and my trunk on the train!"
Ursula laughed at my distress, "Ria calm down. That's one of the perks of going to a school of magic. Your belongings get to your dorm by magic," she said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, which of course, it was.
"Right, duh, I knew that," I said with a wave of my arm and Ursula rolled her eyes.
"Now, before you go up to your nice warm dormitories, I have a few quick announcements," McGonagall said from the podium, "your head boy this year is Josh Perez," A boy with short brown Chestnut hair, and hazel eyes stood up at the Hufflepuff table, "and your head girl is Sara Brown," Ursula and I both rolled our eyes and sighed. Albus gave us questioning looks to which I shot back a look clearly saying you don't want to know. "Now your head prefects are," McGonagall continued, "Alice Amore and Derek Maer from Gryffindor, Devon Holmes and Lorelei Rankin form Hufflepuff, Nichole Grey and Velsa Willis from Ravenclaw, and Alexandria Sherwood and Chase Morrison from Slytherin," each of the Head Prefects stood up, "Thank you for listening, now would all Head Prefects and Head boy and girl please lead their respective houses to the common rooms and dormitories. There was a loud scraping of chairs and the thump of hundreds of feet as students rushed back to their dormitories. Prefects called out to their houses and made sure that everyone was together, but I kept my entire focus on keeping up with the rest of the Slytherins and not staring open-mouthed at the wondrous castle around me. Suddenly, we stopped . I felt up one grab my wrist and violently pull me. Turns out it was Albus.
"What?" I hissed at him and he shushed me and pointed to Alexandria, indicating that I should shut up and pay attention. I glared at him.
"Hello, I'm Alexandria Sherwood, incase you didn't know because you weren't paying attention to Professor McGonagall's speech," she glared at a few people in the back put quickly dropped it and smiled brilliantly instead, "but you can call me Alex. I know that the rest of you have already heard this, but to all you first years. Yes, the staircases move, so be careful were you walk. Now, to the dungeons." And with that, Alex began walking down a flight of stairs to our left. "Quickly now! Don't want to get lost!" she called behind her.
I turned to Albus, "Dungeons?"
"You didn't know they were in the dungeons?" he asked incredulously.
"Muggle-born."
"Right. Scared?" he jeered.
"I don't know, are you scared Potter?" I teased. He looked a little surprised that I used his last name, but shrugged it off.
"Come on!" Ursula said, coming up behind us, "we don't want to get left behind, especially not on our first night. Imagine that! Oh the embarrassment!" Ursula put her hand up to her forehead mockingly.
"Admit it," I laughed, "you'd love it."
Ursula laughed too, "You're right. Now lets go. Everyone else is already almost at the bottom." I looked down, to see that she was right. I quickly grabbed a hold of Albus and Ursula and sprinted down the stairs. Unfortunately, I couldn't stop in time and accidentally ran into another student. A third year by the looks of it.
"Watch it, mudblood," she hissed and Ursula looked about ready to murder her. Albus had to literally grab onto Ursula to stop her from launching herself at the girl.
"What was that Georgia?" Alex asked suspiciously from the front of the group.
"Nothing," Georgia smiled radiantly. Alex shrugged and kept walking, but Georgia sent me a glare to menacing, if looks could kill I'd have been dead in a second.
"Little help over here," Albus said, sounding strained. I looked over at him and saw that he was barely containing a very angry Ursula. I rushed over, put my hands on her shoulders and made eye contact.
"Ursula," I began, "Ursula calm down. I'm fine, see? I'm perfectly fine. Yes, I know what that means. Yes I know how awful that word it. And yes, it doesn't bother me," she had calmed down, but only by the most minuscule bit, but that was enough. She took a deep breath and shook her head.
"I'm sorry Ria. That word, its just like….my kryptonite, you know? That's what really get's to me," she apologized and I nodded in understanding. Albus gave us weird looks.
"Muggle thing," I explained and waved him off. By now we had reached the dungeons and were standing in front of a blank wall. Us first years wore looks of confusion, but the older students gave us knowing looks. Alex pushed herself to the front and addressed the wall.
"Pureblood," she said clearly. I felt Ursula stiffen next to me.
"Chill," I said to her, "its just the password. No big deal."
She exhaled slowly, "yeah, I know. But it's prejudiced."
I rolled my eyes. "Yeah well that's life," I replied and followed the other Slytherins through the wall (which had turned into a doorway) and into the common room. Albus and Ursula soon followed.
"Are you the last to come in?" Alex asked us and we nodded, "good," she addressed the whole House then, "now that we're all here I'd just like to remind you that the girls dormitories or in the left and the boys are on the right. Be sure not to get those confused," I snickered at that, "and the names of who's in what dorm are on the doors. Have a good night!" Alex turned on her heel and went up the staircase to her dorms. "I advise you all go to bed!" she called over her shoulder.
Ursula and I shared an exhausted look and we too, went to our dormitories. To our great excitement, the door showed both Ursula Williams and Citriana Oliver. But it also showed another name. Molly Richards. I hesitantly opened the door and there, on one bed was a girl I assumed to be Molly.
"Hello. I'm Citriana Oliver," I said to Molly, holding out my hand. She acted as though I hadn't spoken.
"Excuse me?" Ursula said rather loudly, and quite obnoxiously, to Molly, "are you deaf? She just talked to you!"
"No I am not deaf, thank you very much," she sneered in response, "And my name is Molly Peyton may call me Molly. Call me anything but that, and you will not live to see the next day. And you are?"
"Oh, I'm Ursula," Ursula stuttered.
"Hey there!" I flashed a smile, "maybe you didn't hear me or something, but I—"
"Like I said before, I am not deaf," Molly spat, "and I know who you are. You're that mudblo—" she faltered under Ursula's glare, "—I mean muggle-born that clearly doesn't belong here. In Slytherin,I mean. God only knows what that wretched hat was thinking, putting you in here. Honestly, all you do is spoil a perfectly pure House. If I were you, which I certainly wouldn't want to be, I would march straight up to Dumbledore's office and demand to be resorted. For fear of embarrassment, of course," she yawned, "all this talk has made me tired. Yes, well I'm off to bed. And don't try to wake me!" and with that, she crawled into bed and shut her emerald and silver curtains.
"What a bitch!" Ursula whisper-yelled to me. I shushed her and walked over to where my trunk and owl, Sajni were. Sajni was sleeping peacefully with her head tucked under her wing. Watching her sleep was making me sleepy, so I got out of my muggle clothing and slipped on the usual t-shirt and boxer shorts that I wear to sleep. I pulled back the sheets, slipped in between them, closed my curtains, and soon fell into a peaceful sleep.
A/N: I know i told a few of you that all the characters will be in this chapter and im really really sorry. i just didn't have enough room. i know that's a lousy excuse but i PROMISE they will ALL be in next chapter! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW! it is my fuel to keep writing. and here's a bonus: the first people to review will get a Marauder of their choice (except james and remus. James is mine and Remus has already been claimed). thanks a million and a half!
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