A/N: Here's the second chapter :)

I STILL DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER!

Chapter two
The sorting

When the train reached its destination, it was already dark. Freja had changed into School robes around midway of the trip and spend the rest of the trip wondering if Albus Potter would have come back. Part of her wanted that to happen as he was the only person she knew in Hogwarts so far, but part of her was happy that it didn't happen, as she still wasn't sure if talking to him had been a smart idea.

While the train had been closing in on the final stop, Freja had spend the last moments on wondering how she should act when she will get off the train. Should she go out as one of the first or should she wait and go out last. In the end, she had come to the conclusion that both options would stick out too much. So, when the train finally stopped, she waited a few minutes before leaving it, perfectly fading into the steady flow of students.

When Freja's feet touched the ground, she kept walking in the same direction where the flow of students was moving. She was Walking slowly, looking around. She noticed how older students rushed through the crowd, some with loud `excuse me` while some were rude enough to just push others away. The girl just shook her head and kept looking.

Freja's father had told her that there will be huge man, Hagrid, on the platform waiting for the first years. It was his job to take the newcomers to the boats and across the lake, while the older kids would take carriages, which would arrive faster to Hogwarts. This way everyone would be sitting when the first years come to Great Hall for the sorting.

„Frist years! First years! This way!" Freja heard someone shouting and turned her head towards the general area from where the voice came. And that was where she spotted a big man with messy and curly brown hair which was complimented by similar beard. With a deep sigh, she wrapped her cloak tighter around herself and moved towards the man, who must have been Hagrid.

When Freja finally reached Hagrid, she stopped next to other kids, who seemed to be waiting for Hagrid to lead them away from the platform. While Hagrid was making sure all first years would find him, Freja was discreetly looking around. Everyone was talking with their friends about upcoming sorting and no one seemed to notice lonely girl standing there and watching them. Sometimes someone seemed to look at her, but they soon turned their attention back to their friends. However, there was one person who locked his green eyes with Freja's grey eyes. She let a small smile appear on her lips as she nodded to Albus Potter before turning her attention back to Hagrid.

When Hagrid was sure all first years were present, he started to lead everyone towards what really ended up being boats waiting on the shore of a lake. With some guidance and occasional help from the giant, kids started to climb into the boats while Freja just stood there a bit unsure, watching everyone being so excited and chatty. She felt like fear and panic was slowly creeping on her. What if they all will find out who she was? What if the only people her name and half fake story would fool was her and her parents?

She didn't have much time to wonder about all these things as someone placed a hand on her shoulder. She turned around and met pair of the green eyes for the second time in about fifteen minutes.

"Nervous?" Albus asked her with a little smile. Freja wanted to say yes, but she couldn't get any words out of her mouth. "Don't worry. Hogwarts is amazing place, nothing to be scared about."

"Look who is talking," there was a red-haired girl standing next to Albus and grinning. This girl wasn't the same one that had come looking for Albus in the Hogwarts Express. So many red-haired people, Freja thought to herself right before she realized that both girls must be one of the Weasleys. She had only seen the pictures of older Weasleys in the Daily Prophet, but she could tell there was resemblance. And the fact they were this cozy with Potter made it more than likely.

"Oh please, Rose", Albus rolled his eyes and shook Rose's hand off his shoulder. "She's muggleborn."

"Oh…" Rose was now looking at Freja curiously. This, and the fact that Freja was surrounding herself with more and more Potter-Weasleys, made the blond girl feel really uneasy. "Interesting… And makes the nervousness even more obvious."

"Rose!" Albus looked at the redhead a bit angrily. Freja had turned her gaze on the ground in attempt to calm her nerves. "Forgive my cousin, Freja. She can be a bit…"

"Oh, shut it Potter," Rose said and wrapped her hands around Freja's shoulders, making the blond girl look at her in confusion. "We all are nervous and we all freak out about where we will end up, especially my dear cousin Al. It's natural, so you don't have to…"

Rose didn't get to finish her sentence, as they were interrupted by Hagrid, who was now standing behind them.

"Rose, Albus", the tree kids looked up at the giant. "And miss…"

"Freja. Freja Vinter, Sir", Freja said in a quiet voice.

"Well, Rose, Albus and miss Vinter. You should hurry and go in the boat, you are last kids standing here", the giant said and pointed at one single boat left on the shore. The tree kids rushed to the boat, Freja last, and when everyone, including Hagrid, were in the boat, it departed for the castle.

Freja was mostly silent during the boat ride to the castle. Rose and Albus on the other hand were telling Hagrid all about their summer, at least the part that the giant apparently wasn't present for. Rose was telling about her trip to France with her aunt and Albus was sharing how big an ass his brother James had been towards him. At some point Freja had tuned out the conversation and focused on the castle that was slowly appearing in front of them.

Freja was mostly silent during the boat ride to the castle. Rose and Albus on the other hand were telling Hagrid all about their summer, at least the part that the giant apparently wasn't present for. Rose was telling about her trip to France with her aunt and Albus was sharing how big an ass his brother James had been towards him. At some point Freja had tuned out the conversation and focused on the castle that was slowly appearing in front of them.

When the last boat, the one where Hagrid, Freja, Albus and Rose were, reached its destination on the other side of the lake, everyone was already waiting for them impatiently. Hagrid helped the tree kids out of the boat and made sure everyone was there before starting to walk towards the castle.

As they approached the castle, Freja was walking a bit behind Albus and Rose in the middle of all the first years. However, the closer they came, the further she fell behind as her eyes kept glued to the building in front of her. The more she looked at it, the more it took her breath away. Her daddy had told her stories about this castle, how big it was and how beautiful it was. She had also seen the pictures in books, but neither her daddy's stories nor the Pictures could come close to the reality.

Freja hadn't noticed that she had stopped to take in the view in front of her. She realized it when someone called her name bringing her back to the reality. Freja tore her eyes away from the castle and looked at Albus, who was standing several meters away. She shook her head and caught up with the rest of the kids. She also made sure she didn't fall behind again as it could attract unnecessary attention.

„Okay kids, listen to me carefully," Hagrid said as they stopped right in front of huge doors before entering the castle. „We will go now in and we will climb few steps that like to move around. One can never know where they end up and that is why it is important to follow me and not make any stops. Okay?"

After everyone muttered ´yes´ or ´okay´, Hagrid nodded and lead everyone in the castle and up few staircases. Some of the first years stopped now and then to look at the paintings on the walls and because of this few of them almost got trapped by moving stairs. In the end, everyone made it to the doors that most likely lead to Great Hall, where the sorting would take the place, or so Freja thought.

„Wait here for a second," Hagrid said and opened the huge doors just enough for him to take a peek inside. He was too tall and big for anyone to see past him, so everyone just watched his back. He seemed to nod to someone and then turned to look at the kids. „Okay, we can go inside. It's time to get ya all sorted."

The first thing that caught her eyes were four long tables in the middle of the huge room. On the other side of the room was one long table facing the four long tables.

„When you will enter the great hall, you will see four tables, each for every house. There will also be fifth table that will be facing the rest tables, this one is for the professors," Freja remembered her daddy's words when he was describing the Great Hall for her.

„The ceiling of the Great Hall is enchanted to Show the weather outside," his words about the ceiling made Freja look up and what she saw literally made her jaw drop on the floor. Hundrets of candles were floating above everyone's heads, underneath the ceiling. Above the ceiling was clear night sky and every star was visible.

„It's amazing, isn't it?" Freja heard Albus' voice from behind.

„Breathtakingly so," blond girl whispered.

„Come on, blondie. We need to keep moving. Everyone is staring at you, girl who froze in the middle of the Great Hall," Albus chuckled and gently pushed Freja forward.

„I'm sorry," she blushed a bit and hurried on the other side of the room, where everyone else was waiting for her and Albus.

„Now that everyone is here, we can start… Our dear first years, I want to welcome all of you to Hogwarts. Our old students, welcome back for another year," the woman in green robes spoke. She had been Standing in front of the teacher's table, next to a stool that had old hat placed on it.

„Sorting hat is an old hat that will be placed on Freja's head. It will decide in which house she will go," Freja's daddy had mentioned the sorting hat when her mum had asked how she would be sorted.

„I am Professor McGonagall and I am the headmistress of this school," the woman continued, bringing Freja back to reality. „I am going to start the sorting now. First years, when I will call your name, you will come up here, sit on the stool and I will put the sorting hat on your head. After you are sorted, you will take your place behind your table. Understood?"

Freja was too nervous to answer, but she heard many ´yes´ all around her. She looked right, where Albus was standing. His cousin Rose was standing next to him and was telling him something. As he felt Freja's eyes on him, he turned his head and smiled at her. She forced a smile and then turned her attention to her feet. You can do this. You can do this, Freja was telling herself.

As first name was called, Freja turned her attention to the brown-haired girl that sat on the stool with the old hat on her head. It didn´t take Long before the hat shouted HUFFLEPUFF and the girl moved to sit behind the yellow colored table as people clapped for her. The boy that followed the girl was sorted into Ravenclaw and he took his place behind blue table.

„Hogwarts has four houses. Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Slytherin and Ravenclaw. Hufflepuff's color is yellow and the main trait is considered loyalty. Ravenclaws are represented by blue and those who are smart usually go in that house. You might very well end up in one of these two houses," Freja's daddy had explained the four houses of Hogwarts to Freja and her mother at the beginning of the summer.

„Potter, Albus!" this next Name brought Freja back to the sorting. As Albus walked to the stool, the whole room got quite silent. Only few whispers were audible, but Freja couldn't hear what they were saying. As Albus sat on the stool and the hat was placed on his head, Freja noticed that he was really nervous. Why on earth would he be nervous? He will end up in Gryffindor, as all of the Potters and Weasleys have, Freja though confused.

As the hat took longer and longer to decide, Freja was getting sure there was something strange going on. Why was the hat taking so long? Why was Albus looking so nervous? Why the whole room was now dead silent?

Loud SLYTHERIN seemed to make the room even more silent, though Freja was not sure how it was possible. She kept her eyes on Albus, who looked now really pale. How? Why? Was the two questions in the girl's head as she followed Albus with her eyes. As he was Walking towards the green table, two things happened. One, half of the room started to whisper and Freja could clearly hear things like ´Potter? In Slytherin?` and `How on earth this could have happened?´. Second, Slytherin table and the Professors started to clap.

„Gryffindor is red. It's the house of bravery. And home to Potters and Weasleys. They are often seen as the heroes and stars of Hogwarts. The fourth house is Slytherin and its color is green. Some of the main traits are ambition and cunning. They are seen as the bad boys of the school. Evil and mean. Slytherin also have long and dark shadow over it from the past, you will most certainly hear a lot about it. My whole family and I has always been in Slytherin, so you might very well end up there," Freja's daddy had finished the explanation.

If Potter ended in Slytherin, anything can happen with me, Freja thought, but she didn't have much time to think about it as her name was called next.

„Vinter, Freja!" McGonagall looked at her as she walked up to the stool. ´Don't get scared when the hat will be placed on your head. It will be speaking to you, but it all will happen in your head´ her daddy had warned her. Bring it on, Freja thought as the hat was placed on her head.

„Well, well, well," she heard the hat in her head. Freja tried not to react to the voice and kept er eyes glued on the door across the room. „Your bloodline is strong. I can feel that. Your name can't fool me. You are Malfoy. Let me see… You are loyal, you will Keep your father's secret no matter the Price. You are smart, you will do great in your life. You are brave, choosing the road you did. You would do justice to any of the four houses, but as you want to disappear in the crowd, there is only one place for you, Miss Malfoy. SLYTHERIN!"

As the hat was taken off Freja's head, she made her way to the green table as the room clapped for her. She found Albus with her eyes and started to walk there. When she sat down and Albus looked at her, she smiled little bit at him. As he smiled back at her, they heard as Rose was called to the stool and was sorted into Gryffindor, which was met with loud claps and whistles.

A/N: So, this was the second chapter. Hope you liked it :)

-Asta B