A/N: A special "Thanks" to my beautiful sis ariadne. chanel! I was truly struggling with this one... I hope you all enjoy it!
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine...everything is JKR's...it sucks to be poor! *Insert Snape's voice here* Obviously, the OC's are mine :)
Everything seemed just too good to be true. The train was called Hogwarts Express and it was simply magnificent. I was just standing there; I felt that I had no control over my limbs because I could not stop staring at the train and the station. Scar was nudging me constantly and I just didn't care. Before I could even almost wake up from my daydreams, I was already inside of the train and Scarlett was trying to get my attention so we could wave goodbye to her parents. We ran to the windows and leaned over so we could touch their hands. As the train started moving, Endora tried to follow the train for a minute, and then she stopped and just squealed, "We love you girls!"
I felt all warm and fuzzy inside because I was secretly thinking that she was my mother saying she loved me. Scar and I were in the same cabin, she was telling me everything she could remember about Hogwarts, but she could not tell me much since she wanted me to discover everything as time went on.
After a few moments, the twins appeared and sat down on each side of Scarlett. They were trying to confuse her as to which one was which and she just giggled. I was looking outside; I could not believe how fast we were going and how beautiful the landscape was. This was my first time in a train.
Later on, a lady came by selling candies and such. Scarlett was just telling me the chocolate frogs were delicious and that I should definitely buy some, and so I did. I was impressed to see that the people in the pictures actually moved around, left and came right back.
Fred and George were still trying to get Scarlett's attention at all costs, but it seemed that Scarlett was more interested in one of them, George. I was not sure how she could tell them apart, but she would look and smile at him more than to the other twin. When Fred got tired of this, he sat by me and started trying to make conversation since Scarlett was too busy talking to George and they were ignoring him. He was really nice and was telling me all about the sorting ceremony and how he had told his younger brother Ron that it was really painful. I was already wishing I would be placed into Ravenclaw, because my sister was in there, but at the same time I knew I would be perfectly fine if I was placed into Gryffindor if everyone was like the twins.
"Fred, George," Scarlett said. "Make sure you watch over my sister in case she is placed into Gryffindor."
I did not know she was actually paying any attention to my conversation with Fred, but apparently she was. I started to blush and she just smiled at me.
"Of course, Scar!" Both of them responded at the same time. I always thought it was freaky how in sync twins could be.
"I really want to be placed in Ravenclaw," I said. "But my second option is definitely Gryffindor."
They all smiled at me and continued on with the previous conversations. Fred was telling me about the library, and how there was a restricted section. I was very interested to learn as much as I possibly could before we arrived there, I did not want to look stupid if someone mentioned something and I did not know what it was.
We were apparently talking for a very long time, because one of the students was coming to each cabin to let everyone know that we should be changing into our robes already. I felt butterflies in my stomach, I had never been that nervous in my life.
Before we arrived to the station, two students came by our cabin asking if we had seen a toad.
"My name is Hermione," said this girl with really crazy hair. "Hermione Granger."
"Hello," we all said.
"This is Neville," she said introducing this little chubby boy with black hair. "He has lost his toad, have any of you seen it?"
"No, sorry," Scarlett answered uninterested. "But good luck!"
Neville seemed as if he was about to start crying. "Say, Neville," I said smiling. "Why don't you sit with us and wait until we get to the station?"
He just nodded and sat down. "Perhaps that is a good idea," Hermione answered for him.
Both of them stayed for the rest of the ride with us. The twins started asking Scarlett all about the muggle world. Hermione and I were answering the questions with and for Scarlett, which I could tell it was making her feel very uncomfortable and irritable.
Once we arrived at the station we all left at once. Scarlett was still talking to the twins, and I could notice that she was not paying any attention to her surroundings while I was trying to take everything in. She suddenly dropped her wand and bumped into Draco. He was the last person I wanted to see. Draco just looked at us in disgust, and his face reminded me of his father's since it seemed that he had just sucked on a very sour piece of lime.
"You again!" he screeched. "Blood traitor!"
Scarlett just looked at him, completely disregarded his comment and continued walking.
"Afraid of fighting back, are you?" he said sneering.
"No, she is not afraid," someone responded for her. "She just doesn't want to waste her time with stupid people like you, Malfoy!"
When we looked back to see who was defending Scar, the twins started to smile and high-fived each other.
"Yeah!" both of them said loudly. "Our baby brother is standing up for Scarlett!"
"What did you say, Weasley?" Draco answered furiously as he approached Ron.
It seemed that they were going to start fist fighting, and I was very intrigued to see Draco getting a black eye for once. But before they could even touch each other, a really tall bearded man broke off the fight. I came to find out that the bearded man's name was Hagrid. He looked like a kind man, but I could barely understand what he said. He guided us to some boats. Once we arrived at the dock I noticed that Scarlett was no longer with me; I felt really uncomfortable. The view was amazing. Neville had to nudge me, so I could come back to reality, and pointed to this splendid castle just ahead of us. I simply wanted that moment to last for as much as possible. I was amazed at the very thought of going inside that castle and living there.
When we arrived at the dock, we all got up and out of the boat. Before we could get going Hagrid started asking if anyone had lost a toad. Neville's face lit up in happiness. He got his toad and it seemed that if he could hug it without killing it he would have.
Soon enough we arrived to the castle I was in disbelief. How could I go so long without knowing that such place existed? This was all truly amazing! I absolutely loved the architecture of the place, the landscape, everything, of course, was very magical. As we entered the castle, we were guided to wait until told otherwise. A lady, whom introduced herself as Professor McGonagall, was telling us all about the sorting ceremony as well as the houses within the school. I already knew that I wanted to be in Ravenclaw and I was ready to prove I belong there. Well, I am lying; I had no idea how to get into my house of choice.
Everybody seemed to be very scared. I spotted the youngest ginger boy, Ron, and I smiled. He looked as if he was about to vomit because he was so nervous. I overheard him mentioning that his brothers had told him that the sorting ceremony was going to be painful; I could not help but to giggle.
While we were waiting for Professor McGonagall to come back, I overheard the other students whisper the name of another student around.
"Hairy Snoter is here!" I heard for the 100th time. I could not resist any more so I decided to just come out and ask.
"Neville," I said while battering my eye lashes. "Who is this Hairy Snoter person?"
Neville just looked at me in amazement and started to laugh. "Hairy Snoter?" he repeated.
I just blushed. He said it a little bit too loud for my liking. Everyone just gasped and turned around to stare at me.
Hermione Granger approached me whispering, "The name is Harry Potter," she said while trying to be subtle. "He is the only person who has survived the killing curse."
"Ah… I guess he is very special then," I said while blushing even more. I had no idea what the killing curse was.
"For a mudblood, you can be very funny!" a very familiar voice said in a sarcastic tone.
I turned around to see Draco standing behind me with two very fat and tall boys next to him. I just looked at him with disgust all over my face, just like he would look at me, and turned back to talk to Neville and Hermione.
"I was talking to you, Owen," he continued trying to catch my attention.
"I know, Malfoy," I responded as I turned around again to face him. "I chose to ignore you, you see?"
Before he could continue insulting me, Professor McGonagall returned and guided us to this large room. As I looked around, I noticed that it looked as if there was no ceiling in that room. Apparently it was under a spell. It looked magnificent! It kind of reminded me of a cathedral that I had visited with my parents not long ago. I sighed. I missed my family even though I knew they did not miss me.
Before the sorting ceremony started, Professor McGonagall placed an old looking hat on a stool. Everyone just stared at it. Soon after, it began to sing a little song talking about all of the houses. It took me aback. Never in a million years would I have thought a hat could sing.
Professor McGonagall got a long piece of parchment paper and started reading out the names. The students would approach her and sit on the stool. She then would put the hat on their heads and the hat would call out the house in which the student was supposed to be in.
"Crabbe, Vincent," she said with a disgusted look on her face. One of Malfoy's friends walked to the stool and sat down. Professor McGonagall placed the hat on him and it started murmuring something that no one could understand.
"SLYTHERIN!" the hat shouted and Slytherin's table cheered. I turned to look at his other two friends, and Draco was smiling. Some other students were called before Malfoy's other friend had his turn with the sorting hat.
"Goyle, Gregory," she said energetically. Draco pushed him towards the front and he bumped onto me. Neville was standing next to me and he frowned.
"He will be sorted in Slytherin, you will see," he whispered and a few seconds later, the hat shouted the same as it did with Crabbe.
"Granger, Hermione," she said as Hermione started walking to the very front.
She seemed very anxious but was able to contain her emotions quite well. She sat on the stool and held on to its edge very tightly. The hat seemed to be thinking for a little while before it made its decision.
"GRYFFINDOR!" it screamed.
All of the students cheered and applauded for her. After being sorted, she got up at once and sprinted to Gryffindor's table with a wide grin plastered on her face.
"Longbottom, Neville," Professor McGonagall continued. Neville looked at me and gulped. I smiled and pushed him gently towards Professor McGonagall, which obviously was a horrible idea since he fell over on his way to get sorted. I felt guilty when everyone laughed at him. When he finally sat, a couple of minutes later, the hat sorted him in Gryffindor. He ran off to Gryffindor's table still with the hat on! Oh my! I thought and covered my eyes. He ran back and returned the hat. After a few other names were called, I heard the most horrible name ever.
"Malfoy, Draco," she said out loud.
He looked so full of himself, I was so tempted to put my foot in front of him but I did not. Instead he pushed me out of his way while he was passing by me. He sat down on the stool and looked around the room as if he was about to be crowned. Professor McGonagall lifted the hat and as it was hovering over his head the hat just shouted "SLYTHERIN" before it could even touch him. He stood up, smiled proudly and walked over to Slytherin's table as if he had just won the lottery. Why couldn't he just fall on his face? All of the Slytherin students cheered for him and as soon as he got to the table Crabbe and Goyle hugged him.
"Owen, Alice," she finally called out my name. I was so nervous; I thought I was going to fall on my face.
I sat on the stool and whispered to myself, "I so don't want this old thing touching me."
She looked at me looking very irritated and put the hat on me.
The hat took its time. I was whispering, "Please let me be in Ravenclaw!"
"Ravenclaw, eh?" the hat said talking to itself. "You, my dear," it continued. "Are brave, so then… GRYFFINDOR!" it shouted.
Everybody applauded. As I looked at Scar she looked excited and upset at the same time. I was not happy to in Gryffindor, but decided to make the best out of the situation. I sat by Neville and Hermione. A few more students were called after me, and then Professor McGonagall called out someone that made everyone gasp.
"Potter, Harry," she said as this skinny black haired boy walked up.
The students around me were just looking at him in amazement as if he was a celebrity. Everyone around me kept repeating his name as if to convince themselves that he was actually there. Once the sorting hat shouted "GRYFFINDOR," all the students got up and cheered in excitement. Ron seemed to be very excited since Harry sat right next to him.
"Smith, Sarah," was called next. A cute little girl with brown curly hair walked up to the stool and as soon as the hat was placed on her head, she was sorted.
"HUFFLEPUFF!" the hat shouted and Hufflepuff's table cheered and shouted for their new member.
"Weasley, Ronald," she continued. Ron looked like he was going to be sick. He walked up to the stool and sat nervously. Seconds later, the hat shouted Gryffindor and his three brothers cheered for him. He walked up to the table and sat next to Harry.
After the last student was sorted into a house, Professor McGonagall took the hat away and Professor Dumbledore gave a little speech and made a bunch of food appear out of nowhere. I noticed that no matter how much people ate; more food would just appear and replace the food that had been taken. The drinks would refill themselves.
Just before the feast was all done, Scarly came over to the Gryffindor table and sat by me. At first, I was happy since I was no longer alone, but after a few minutes, I realized her intentions. She was there because of the twins! I could not call her out on it in front of everybody, but I started to get annoyed since I was sure that she was going to be talking about George every time I saw her. I wish I was placed in Ravenclaw!
"Oh, George!" she said while her face was turning so red it was almost purple. "You are just crazy!"
"No, I am not," he said. "When school is out, I would definitely come visit you and scare your muggle neighbors."
Fred, at that point, just looked at me and smiled shyly. He then started to mimic George and hit him on the back of his head.
"Oh, stop it," Fred told his twin. "Scarlett's face is going to explode if you don't!"
Scarly looked stunned when he said that. She looked at me and hid her face on my shoulders.
"That is so embarrassing," she whispered.
Before I could say anything, dinner was over and Professor Dumbledore instructed the prefects to guide the first years to their respective common rooms. Scarly had told me she would walk me to the Gryffindor tower. I was glad to see that Percy did not notice that she was there for the most part.
As I was standing up I saw from the corner of my eyes the silhouette was a blonde person. When I turned to see who it was I realized it was Draco, so I quickly turned my head to face Scar again.
"Filthy house is the house that accepts mudbloods," he passed by telling his bodyguards.
The boys just smiled and nodded without saying a word. "Crabbe, Goyle!" he said. "Look how pathetic these Gryffindorks are!"
I looked at him in anger. I just wanted to rip his head off. "Gryffindork…wait, what gives you the right?" I confronted him. Scarly pushed me behind her as in to protect me.
He just chuckled and walked away.
As we walked to our common room, I could not believe my eyes! The paintings were moving and welcoming us to Hogwarts!
"Impressive, is it not?" Neville muttered and I nodded. There were no words to describe what I was feeling at the moment.
Before we got to the common room, Percy told Scarlett she could not be there since he was about to give us the new password and she could not know of it. She rolled her eyes and waved goodbye.
Finally, we got to the common room, and we were told to give the password "Caput Draconis" to the fat lady whenever we wanted to enter. Percy, who was the prefect, told us to never give our password to anyone, but I could already see myself breaking my rule so Scarly could get in whenever she wanted to see me.
Once we were inside, Percy did not give us a chance to look around. He immediately pointed at the girls' dorms and at the boys' dorms, and walked away with the boys. When we, the girls, went to our dorms, I noticed that Hermione was one of my three other roommates. I was hoping I would get to choose my bed, but apparently, my bed was already chosen and it was right next to Hermione's. This is going to be a very interesting school year.
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