I sat, watching as the sorting hat was placed on Emma's head. I was twisting my hair. Something I only did when I was nervous.
"Lex, stop it." Serenity one of my few Ravenclaw friends said "She'll be fine."
"Gryffindor!" The sorting hat yelled.
I saw James stand and applaud. He looked at me and winked. I let out the breath I had been holding but held it again when Lana was called up. Now James looked at me with a look that said just breathe. But I couldn't. If she ended up in Slytherin I knew something bad was going to happen.
"Slytherin!" The sorting hat yelled.
I screamed in my head. No, no, no! She can't be! My parents are going to do something with her! I mean something evil! We were born with Dark Marks for crying out loud! I bit my lip so hard I tasted blood.
"Lex! Lex! Alexia!" Serenity yelled.
"What?" I asked, not meaning for it to come out bitterly.
"Just making sure your breathing."
"Shut up" I said
James was looking at me. He was worried. Emma was looking between me and Lana. I ate very little dinner. And as I helped lead first years to the dorm I couldn't think. I sat in my bedroom when Serenity came to get me.
"Your prince charming is here. Waiting outside, better hurry he's trying to figure out the riddle."
I ran downstairs to find James arguing with the knocker.
"James!" I said.
"There you are!" he said "This thing was giving me a headache."
"You never where one for schoolwork."
"Shut up."
"What do you want?"
"Are you okay?"
"Lets see I'm really starting to think that my parents are trying to bring back the Dark Lord or something!"
"He's long dead! My father's scar hasn't hurt in like twenty odd years!"
"Correction it hurt when he touched me. James don't deny it! I was born with a Dark Mark! So where my sisters! All my parents wanted was a Slytherin! Now they have it!"
"Lex, calm down." he said holding me. I was shaking.
"I can't! I can't!"
"Should we go Headmistress McGonagall?"
"I don't know." I sobbed into his chest.
"Let me know and just get your mind off of it. Try to sleep and if you need to hear my voice, you have my charm."
I looked at the charm bracelet on my wrist, the opposite wrist of my Dark Mark. It was silver with a Ravenclaw badge, my initials, blue gems, a wand, a witches hat, and a lion with red eyes. When I touched the lion it connected me with James, he wore a watch that connected with it.
"I'll call you when I get to my rooms." James said kissing me goodbye.
"Okay." I said watching him go.