Fate // Harry Potter OC Fanfic

three // Hogwarts

I walked into the beloved Hogwarts beside my sister, smiling at the wonderful view at the ceiling. This place was mosrt definitely a wonderful place, though sometimes, it got a bit insane. Harry told me that Dumbledore practically slammed him into a wall, which was quite insane. I bid my goodbyes to Fred, George, Ginny and the trio, walking over to the Ravenclaw table.

Some of my friends were at the end of the huge table, sittiing away from the stereotypical snobbish nerds whom everyone hated. My friends consisted of 3 girls and two boys. Thomas Scott, Emma Smith, Amelia Dillon, Charlotte Allen and Phil Penn. They weren't really my best friends, but they were my friends nonetheless. I need some people to hang out with besides my family and Harry and Hermione.

"Hey!" I greet them, playing with the hem of my sleeve.

"Evening!" -- "Nice to see you!" -- "I missed you!" -- "Hey girly!" -- "Hello Bonnie!"

I look at Thomas, "Bonnie?" I snorted. He smiles from across the table, "You know, Bonnie and Clyde type-of-thing?" Charlotte laughs, "I get it." She says, pointing at him. They're both muggleborns, that's why. "Weird-ass muggles." Phil mutters, making me, Amelia and Emma grin. "How was your guys' summers?" I asked them. Emma smiles, looking at Amelia, "How was your summer fling?" I snap my head to Amelia, "Fling?"

She rolls her eyes, "It was not a fling! Just a guy I met-" "And kissed." Thomas interupts. I chuckle, "Okay.. Well, I got a job in the breaks with Emma and Thomas, as you probably know." I change the subject as much as I was enjoying making Amelia more uncomfortable, I'd rather change it. They nod their heads, "I'm teaching these two how to deal with muggles." Emma looks offended, "I know how to-" Thomas  looks at her seriously, "-Okay. Maybe not so much."

A bell rings, and Dumbledore stands up. "Speech time.." Phil says, leaning his elbow on the table. "Welcome to the--" Blah. Blah. Blah. Blah. I completely zone off, resting my head on my elbow while the sorting hat started to sing.

"

n times of old, when I was new,

And Hogwarts barely started,
The founders of our noble school
Thought never to be parted.

United by a common goal,
They had the selfsame yearning
To make the world's best magic school
And pass along their learning.

"Together we will build and teach"
The four good friends decided.
And never did they dream that they
Might some day be divided.

For were there such friends anywhere
As Slytherin and Gryffindor?
Unless it was the second pair
Of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw,

So how could it have gone so wrong?
How could such friendships fail?
Why, I was there, so I can tell
The whole sad, sorry tale.

Said Slytherin, "We'll teach just those
Whose ancestry's purest."
Said Ravenclaw, "We'll teach those whose
Intelligence is surest."

Said Gryffindor, "We'll teach all those
With brave deeds to their name."
Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach the lot
And treat them just the same."

These differences caused little strife
When first they came to light.
For each of the four founders had
A house in which they might

Take only those they wanted, so,
For instance, Slytherin
Took only pure-blood wizards
Of great cunning just like him.

And only those of sharpest mind
Were taught by Ravenclaw
While the bravest and the boldest
Went to daring Gryffindor.

Good Hufflepuff, she took the rest
and taught them all she knew,
Thus, the houses and their founders
Maintained friendships firm and true.

So Hogwarts worked in harmony
for several happy years,
but then discord crept among us
feeding on our faults and fears.

The Houses that, like pillars four
had once held up our school
now turned upon each other and
divided, sought to rule.

And for a while it seemed the school
must meet an early end.
what with dueling and with fighting
and the clash of friend on friend.

And at last there came a morning
when old Slytherin departed
and though the fighting then died out
he left us quite downhearted.

And never since the founders four
were whittled down to three
have the Houses been united
as they once were meant to be.

And now the Sorting Hat is here
and you all know the score:
I sort you into Houses
because that is what I'm for.

But this year I'll go further,
listen closely to my song:
though condemned I am to split you
still I worry that it's wrong,

Though I must fulfill my duty
and must quarter every year
still I wonder whether sorting
may not bring the end I fear.

Oh, know the perils, read the signs,
the warning history shows,
for our Hogwarts is in danger
from external, deadly foes

And we must unite inside her
or we'll crumble from within
I have told you, I have warned you...
let the Sorting now begin."

The sorting hat stopped singing while McGonagol called up the first kid.

~~~~~

"What can travel the world in just one corner?" The golden knocker asked me and the girls.

We roll our eyes, "A stamp." We say in unision. That was easy. "Who do you think that girl is?" Emma asks us. "What girl?" I asked, utterly confused. "You know, the new teacher? Dolores Umbridge?" I rack my brain, "I-no." Charlotte smiles, "You zoned out. She's the new teacher." "What?" Amelia rolls her eyes, smiling, "You should've probably paid more attention."

"So there is a new teacher who interupted Dumbledore's speech, making everyone seem a bit flustered because there is a new teacher this year?" I confirm as they explain it to me on the bed. "Yeah." A new voice says. We zap our heads towards a girl named Patty, a person whom I hadn't talked to in awhile. "She's quite annoying, honestly, Nadine." I nod, "Oh, okay."

I put my head on my blue pillow, putting some books on my bedside table along with other things like lotion and socks. "Hey, lights out is now pushed an our later, right?" So it was basically and our from now, I'm assuming. Nikki, a friend of Patty, nods. "Yeah, thank god. I want to read." I nod, grabbing my History of Magic book and looking at the first thing we would be learning, taking down notes already and making sure I could understand it.