Hey there long time no see yeah i'm getting back into it Thanks to, Alix Jackson and CALLEN37 who reviewed and boosted my moral, you are life savers!
XD sorry for taking so long, like I said in my other stories I accedentally broke my old computer and lost my progress on all my stories so I'm starting from wherever they left off heh anyway here goes nothing .. think harry potter, think harry potter... (it works don't judge me!)
Disclaimer: I do not now, nor will i ever in the foreseeable future, own harry potter... sadly.
once they reached the castle they were gathered together with the other first years they started whispering among themselves. Autumn leaned over to Connor, "what house do you think they'll put you in?" she whispered quietly. he smiled and said confidently "i'm going to be in Slytherin because that's the one with the most potential" Autumn just nodded and rolled her eyes turning to Trace she asked him the same question, he responded that he didn't care as long as the people were friendly. "well I'm going to just hope for the best and let luck will out!" she whispered loudly with a giggle that drew stares from some of the other students and she ducked down sheepishly grinning. just then a teacher came in and told them to line up getting ready to escort them out into the great hall.
they all gaped in wonder at the hall as they entered and walked up the center of the room towards the front where a stool sat in front of a long table and on that table there sat a very old and very worn looking hat.
Autumn looked quizically at the hat and then over at Connor raising an eyebrow. then it sang and she was shocked it could not only talk but sing she barely contained her laughter and then clapped as loud as anyone else when it had finished.
the teacher who had lead them up here now held a roll of parchment with names on it and started to read from a to z Autumn and Connor looked at each other they didn't have last names. they were just Autumn and Connor I suppose they could be named after the orphanage but that was humiliating no they had chosen not to have last names. they waited patiently as all the other names were called Trace's last name was Haugeny so he was fairly early in the list and was sorted into "Hufflepuff", Autumn cheered for him and then smiled as he sat down with a group of other kids who looked nice enough.
"Autumn that teacher is looking at me funny" she heard from beside her and she looked to see Connor looking at a teacher at the table who was indeed looking at Connor but what unnerved her was that when he noticed her looking at him he flinched and looked almost sad. the strangest thing was that he looked so familiar to her but she couldn't place it while looking at him.
finally the teacher got to the end of the list and called "Connor," she looked up at the two still standing there and motioned for Connor to sit down.
the had slipped onto his head and over his face it sat there for a minute and then finally the hat shouted out "Slytheren!"
Autumn smiled at Connor widely and cheered for him as he went to sit down with the rest of the table at the far end noticing that some if not most of the people sitting at that table looked like snobs, she tried to ignore it that was where Connor wanted to be so thats where he was. It was then that she noticed the reason the teacher at the table looked so familiar, she looked at Connor and then back to the teacher with slightly wide eyes. Oh my.. she thought, This is weird.
she was brought back to herself by the teacher practically shouting her name "AUTUMN?!" she snapped back to attention amid laughs that told her that she had probably been called three or four times. she gulped and the teacher motioned to the stool. she stepped forward and sat down feeling the hat slide over her head and cover her face, she closed her eyes and thought about everything that had happened so far. from the letter, to the giant picking them up, to the train ride, getting her own owl, the magic of it all was amazing! she was interrupted by the hat..
"well now you certainly are a confusing one aren't you. indecisive, and yet definitive. protective, and yet mischievous. responsible, and yet spontaneous. where should you go?" the hat contemplated and Autumn took the chance and asked it "is there really a difference? I mean whether I go in one house or another, I'll still be a part of the school as a whole, which is way more than I had ever expected and I'm sure I'll be able to get through anything this school can throw at me so just put me wherever you feel like." she finished screwing her eyes shut tight expectantly
"hmm now that's some spunk there, and an interesting Idea I think I'll put you in, GRYFFENDOR"
the hat shouted out the last part and then it was lifted off her head to a multitude of cheers and she was pointed to a red and gold table which was to her dissapointment on the opposite side of the room from the green and silver one where Connor sat she looked towards him with a sigh and a small smile trying to mentally tell him that everything would be ok and they would try to hang out as much as possible.
she sat down with a group of other first year Gryffendors and the two red headed boys from the train just happened to be there, curious how that happened. she smiled and said "Hi I'm Autumn" reaching out her hand across the table and shaking both thier hands, they smiled and said "Fred and George" simultaneously so that she narrowed her eyes "that's not fair now how am I supposed to know which is which?" she scowled and they just grinned
"so who's your friend?" they asked motioning towards the Slytherin table and I said "hmm? oh Connor? he's from the same place as me, we grew up in the same town in different orphanages." she said as the food appeared. after that she was too busy being shocked and snatching as many good things to eat as she could that she didn't even notice the two pairs of eyes on her as she ate. one from the Slytherin table from where Connor was sitting feeling like he was betrayed because of her talking to those boys who had been staring at her. and another from the teachers table where a certain potions teacher's mind was racing trying to figure out the two children who so resembled himself and lily potter, this child was the exact replica of her down to the same green eyes.
after dinner they were dismissed and Autumn looked back to see Connor and she mouthed 'I'll see you tomorrow' hoping he understood. then she was swept away towards the Gryffendor tower and her new home.
Ok so I guess that will do for now I'll try to think and remember where I was going with this story thanks for the reviews so much! they make me so happy.