A.N Like I say in every chapter, all the names, places, things etc. From Harry Potter are all J.K. Rowlings. Oh and fizzydrink698, I'm putting all these up for the sake of new chapters of 'A New Generation' 3
Chapter 3: Hogwarts is here…
Soon after a while they reached the castle and were getting out of the boats, as much as Ash didn't want to get out of the boat and stay with the boy, she had to come out to get to the Great Hall for the sorting ceremony. Ash got out of the boat first, and the boy followed after her. Ash then turned to the boy and asked 'I forgot to ask you… What's your name?' 'I'm James, James Potter. What's your name?' Replied James. 'I'm Ashley, Ashley Phoenix, but you can call me Ash.' Said Ash smiling. 'Nice to meet you Ash.' Whispered James as they started walking inside Hogwarts. 'Nice to meet you too James…' Whispered Ash while she blushed. They entered Hogwarts and they saw they had a few stairs to climb, after a few climbs they finally reached big golden doors with a short man with a beard in front of it. 'Greetings First Years. Today I'll be here to guide you into the sorting ceremony and I will be calling out your names!' Said the Professor. 'My Name is Professor Flitwick, and you will be going into the Great Hall where the sorting ceremony will begin.' Added the Professor. Ash got excited, the only place house she didn't really want to be in was Slytherin… Her Mum had always told her stories about when she was at Hogwarts and how the Slytherins were nasty people. 'Now first years follow me…' Said Professor Flitwick. Then all of a sudden the big golden doors opened by themselves and then the Professor led all the first years to the front for the sorting ceremony. Ash looked up to see the wonderful sky as the ceiling, and then she overheard someone say it was just bewitched to make it look like a night sky. Then the Professor made all the first years line up at the front. 'When I call your name, come up to the front and the Sorting Hat will be placed on your head to choose your house.' Shouted the Professor. 'Rose Weasley' Said the Professor. A girl with frizzy ginger hair came up to the front and a hat which was black and old was placed on her head. 'Oh No, not another Weasley! I know what to do with you! GRYFFINDOR!' Said the Sorting Hat. The Girl jumped up and went to the table where all the Gryffindors were sitting. Then other boys and girls were called up: Hugo Weasley- Gryffindor. Scorpious Malfoy- Slytherin. Albus Potter- Gryffindor. James Potter- Gryffindor. 'Ashley Phoenix' Called the Professor. Ash saw everyone look at her as she sat on the stool. Then she felt something get placed on her head. 'Ah… Good mind, brave, kind and very loyal. Loving, Caring but where to put you? I can tell in your mind you don't want to be Slytherin but I have no choice, you will have to be in GRYFFINDOR' Shouted the Sorting Hat. Ash jumped up happily and went to the Gryffindor table and sat next to James. 'Well Done' Said James with a smile. 'You too…' Replied Ash smiling. Hugo opposite was quietly giggling as Ash and James stared at each other for a while smiling and holding hands (They were shaking hands before) but then Hugo looked away as soon as they both realised what they were doing. It was now time for the big feast and the Headmistress Professor McGonagall who was also the head of Gryffindor house, raised her wand and said 'Let our wonderful feast, BEGIN!' Then all of a sudden every wooden table in the hall turned from having nothing to having lots and lots of food on it! Ash didn't know what to eat, there was so much to choose from and she had never had a feast like this in her life before! James just got some simple things like Roast Chicken and mashed potatoes, while Hugo was getting everything and eating and eating and eating just like his father! Rose just had something simple, like James, just a few Roast Potatoes and one sausage, then all of a sudden glasses appeared where everyone was sitting and pumpkin juice was poured into the glasses and everyone had drinks. This was an amazing experience for all the first years!
After everyone had finished eating, Professor McGonagall told a few rules of Hogwarts and told them simple facts about Hogwarts. After that they were told to stand up and were told to follow one of their house prefects to their dormitories. The person who was the prefect showing the Gryffindor's was someone called William Hilliard. He showed them around the places they were allowed at Hogwarts and he gave them a small map each of what was on each floor so they knew which lessons were on what floor. Eventually, they reached Gryffindor Tower and William told all the first years the password to get into the tower, the password apparently, changes every year. This year it was Fairy Lights, just like it was in Harry Potter's 4th Year at Hogwarts. They entered the common room and then the Prefect told them where everything was and where the different places in the common room were, the girls dorm's were on the left, the boys on the right, he also explained all their luggage and bags were already in the dorms and that it was unpacking time and time to get to know all the fellow mates in the house. Ash went to unpack and got to know a few girls, she got to know Rose and from then on they became really good friends, like best friends. They unpacked together and then they went down to see if anyone else had unpacked...
Ash and Rose both went down in pyjama's together to see there was James sitting in front of the fire reading a newspaper. Ash and Rose looked at each other and then went up to James to see what he was doing. Ash sat next to him, and then Rose sat next to Ash. 'You alright Potter?' Said Ash while smiling. 'Yeah I'm good Phoenix, and yourself?' Replied James. 'Yeah I'm good' Replied Ash, still smiling. James looked at Ash and smiling, Ash looked back at James and smiled too. They both just looked at each other slightly smiling for a while, while Rose was like behind giggling away just like Hugo (her brother) did in the Great Hall. Ash knew what she was doing and she wanted to look away, James knew too, and he wanted to look away but he just couldn't. 'I think I better go…' Whispered Ash to James while still staring at him. 'Don't go yet, its not even 8:30pm yet…' Whispered James. Ash then got up and pulled James up with her. 'Come on potter. I'll see you tomorrow okay?' Said Ash. Ash then started walking away and then James held on to her arm. 'Okay Phoenix, Night. See you tomorrow.' Said James. Then he let go of her arm and smiled and Ash smiled back and went up to the girls dormitory. Ash saw Rose when she entered the dorm and Rose rushed up to Ash saying 'What happened?' And kept repeating the same thing until Ash replied 'Nothing happened Rose! It was just a 'friendly' time for me and James nothing happened between us trust me!' Rose smiled, she knew something had happened but she didn't want to say anything, so she said goodnight to Ash and went to her bed and went to sleep, then Ash did the same thing, only thing was she couldn't sleep. She was awake in her bed for 2 hours, she couldn't sleep at all so she got up, put her night robe on and went down to sit on the sofa in front of the warm fireplace. She sat there for a while, not noticing her hair was in a mess all fluffy and puffy and wavy and curly. She lied down on the sofa for a bit but then… 'AACHOOO…' She sneezed, she didn't think anyone heard but then she heard someone come down from the boys dorm so she covered herself and pretended she was asleep… From the little gap in her blanket, she saw it was James that had come down and he was looking very confused, she also saw his hair was in a mess… He was coming up to where Ash was lying down and then he got his wand out and used a spell to take the blanket off Ash. 'Hey Potter, do you mind I was trying to sleep?' Whispered Ash. 'I'm sorry I was just curious who was in the blanket and anyways you have a dorm to sleep in, you can't use the sofa!' Replied James whispering. Ash sat up and then looked at James. James then sat next to Ash and said 'Nice hair Phoenix(!)' Ash put her hand through her hair and then her head dropped. 'Its fine… You look fine trust me, it suits black hair better, being wavy and curly.' Said James smiling while Ash put her head up to look at James. 'Thanks…' Replied Ash smiling back. Then Ash and James both went back to their dorms. James thought a lot about Ash and Ash just couldn't go to sleep because she was used to her bedroom and she really couldn't stop thinking about what's going to happen tomorrow… Most of the time she stared at Hooter thinking about her family and what they were doing at home, 12% of the time she was thinking about James because she had only met him that day and she was already pretty close to him… James also was thinking about Ash, but he also thought about his mum and dad and his little sister, how they would be without him in the house, but he was sure they were going to be fine… But the most important thing… Both Ash and James Knew what was going to happen soon….