"Gryffindor!"
He grinned and made his way to his house table. He didn't really know anyone, but who cared? He could make friends easily. After all, he was one of them now.
"Welcome," an older girl told him. "Nice to see a new Gryffindor here."
"Thank you!" he smiled widely. "I'm Natsu Dragneel."
"I know," she said. "The sorting hat announced it thirty seconds ago."
Natsu flushed, but the girl shot him a smile as he turned his head to watch the rest of the sorting. Strauss, Lisanna had just been sorted into Hufflepuff. She looked like she was a nice girl, but Natsu didn't really care about where she went. He was just waiting to see Gray and Erza get sorted. Hopefully, neither of them ended up in Gryffindor…
"Fullbuster, Gray!" the grumpy black haired boy (who was unfortunately a whole inch taller than Natsu) placed the hat on his head.
"Gryffindor!"
Natsu groaned, earning himself some odd glances, but made way for Gray to sit. Said boy was trying his hardest not to look excited.
"I get you in my house? Seriously?" Gray scoffed, catching Natsu's eye.
Natsu flared up. "It's not like I want you here!" he begun to fling his fist into Gray's face, when a tall auburn haired man bonked their heads together.
"Settle down!" the man (who looked like he was the head of the Gryffindor house) hissed. They both shut up quickly after they saw his wand giving off sparks.
"Scarlet, Erza!"
The boys froze. Suddenly, it didn't matter to them that they were in the same house. Natsu would gladly live his life chained to that stupid Gray Fullbuster, as long as Erza was NOT in Gryffindor too.
"Gryffindor!"
The table erupted into cheers, as Natsu and Gray groaned loudly. A scary looking girl with shoulder length red hair marched to the table and sat down next to Gray, who whimpered sofly.
"It's good that I'm a Gryffindor," she said firmly. "I get to keep you two in check."
Natsu was not ashamed to say that he may or may not have peed a little. However, that wouldn't stop him from hexing Gray when the boy laughed at him for it later.
The rest of the students quickly got sorted into their respective houses, Natsu's stomach growling louder and louder with every passing student, and Erza growing a little more irate each time. Finally, Professor Dreyar stood up.
"Let the feast begin!" he shouted. There was a loud cheer, Natsu in particular roaring in appreciation. Erza even cracked a small smile. The platters in front of them filled with food of every kind.
"That's what I'm talking about!" Natsu grabbed the nearest item of food he could and stuffed it into his mouth. Beside him, Gray and Erza hastily dug in too, though with a little less intensity.
"Holy crap, that pink haired boy can eat!" a student whispered to his friend, looking at Natsu stuff an entire chicken leg into his mouth. The friend giggled and went back to eating enthusiastically.
Natsu was in the process of scarfing down another chicken leg, when a white haired girl caught his eye. Lisanna Strauss. She gave him a sweet smile, tapping her brother Elfman Strauss on the shoulder. The boy looked rather timid, but gave Natsu a small wave. The two siblings went back to eating.
Natsu's heart thumped a bit after Lisanna gave him another smile and returned to eating. Gray saw his slightly pink face and looked in the direction Natsu was looking, and snickered.
"Flame brain, you totally like her,"
"Shut up, Gray. I don't," Natsu deadpanned. It was true. The girl was just pretty, that was all. He didn't even know her yet!
"Sure…" Gray gave an annoying smirk, which really annoyed Natsu.
"You wanna go, Droopy Eyes?"
"Quiet!" the head of Gryffindor and Erza yelled. The boys quieted down.
"Sorry, Erza," Natsu whimpered.
"Yeah, we're totally best friends," Gray murmered, slinging his arm around Natsu's shoulders. Any other time, Natsu would have thrown off Gray's arm and proceed to vomit and/or beat Gray into the dirt, but he was terrified of Erza.
Seriously, what was her deal?
Soon, the feast finished and Professor Dreyar stood up again, but Natsu couldn't care less.
"I hope you've enjoyed the delicious feast," he said, prompting another cheer. "Now, I know many of you children are tired, but it is essential that I brief you about some important rules of this school."
Like it mattered to Natsu. He was probably going to (accidently) break them all by the end of the first week.
"First and foremost, the Forbidden Forest is FORBIDDEN. I don't know how many times I must reiterate this, but for reasons unknown, the staff here have to repeatedly rescue wayward students from enraged centaurs or rabid spiders. Also, the Whomping Willow is off limits too, surprise, surprise."
There was no protest about the Whomping Willow. Natsu knew it was an aggressive tree, but had no idea it was so feared.
Professor Dreyar gave a huge sigh. "That will be all for tonight. Prefects, guide the first years to their dorms. Everyone else, to bed. Lessons begin tomorrow, get adequate rest."
Immediately, there was chaos. Natsu immediately stood up, along with Gray, Erza, Lisanna's female Gryffindor sibling, and some hulking black haired guy who was even uglier than Gray. A big, burly boy with KILLER eyebrows stood up.
"First years! Follow me!"
The five went after him, where they were later joined by more people they didn't know. The big boy swiftly turned and jostled his way through the crowd, clearing a path for Natsu and the others to follow.
"Who's that?" Gray asked no one in particular, referring to the prefect.
"Jura Neekis," the sulky boy who was uglier than Gray muttered.
"How did you know?" Erza asked curtly. The boy didn't reply, and pushed ahead so he was walking with the white haired grumpy girl. Erza simply scoffed.
.
.
In a few minutes, thanks to Jura's large frame and aura of authority, the first years found themselves in the Gryffindor common room with minimal hastle. Erza, the white haired girl and the other girls were taken to the girls dormitories by a girl prefect, while Jura took Natsu, Gray, the grumpy boy who refused to answer Erza's question and two other boys to the boy's dorm.
"You will be staying here," he said shortly. Then eying Natsu and Gray, "And try not to wreck this room. Neither Professor Clive not myself will tolerate any damages. His eyes twinkled a little bit. "But have fun."
And with that, he left, leaving the five to their own devices.
"So…" a boy with sandy hair said.
"Should we all introduce ourselves to each other?" a boy in glasses said.
"I'm Gajeel Redfox," the grumpy boy said. "And I'm going to sleep."
And with that, he flung himself down onto a bed and yanked the curtains shut.
"Ok," said the sandy haired boy. "I'm Max Alors, half blood."
"Loke," said the one in glasses, refusing to mention a last name. "Half blood."
"Gray Fullbuster," Gray said. "Muggle born."
Loke raised his eyebrows, but didn't comment. Natsu knew why. Gray hadn't seemed shocked or taken aback by the moving portraits or moving staircases (which, by the way, AWESOME)- something a muggle born must be. Gray wasn't lying though. He was a muggle born by birth, but was raised in the same wizarding orphanage as Natsu.
"Natsu Dragneel," Natsu said. "Pure blood."
Maz whistled. It was rare to find a pure blood these days. Even though Natsu grew up in an orphanage, he knew both his parents…
He pushed the memory to the back of his mind before it became too painful to deal with.
"And with that, we sleep," Gray flung himself onto his bed an fell asleep immediately, not bothering to close the curtains, the other two boys following his example. Natsu debated on leaving a few nasty potion ingredients on Gray's pillow, but his body refused to move off his pillow.
Natsu smiled. Hogwarts would be awesome.
.
.
The next day after class, Natsu and Gray stood outside the portrait of the Fat Lady.
"So what's the password?" Natsu asked.
"… You are an idiot."
.
.
Hey all!
Hope you enjoyed the second chapter. Please don't expect the updates to be this fast- I just happened to have some free time.
Also, please remember that this chapter is from Natsu's perspective. I don't think Gajeel is ugly personally. And the prefect is Jura, because he is awesome and needs more love in fanfic.
Thank you to all those wonderful people who reviewed, favorited and followed. You guys are magical. J
-SpiderLover.