Riddle Me This

Chapter 2

Catherine's POV

Heading to Hogwarts was fun and exciting. I sat down in a booth on the Hogwarts Express and soon another girl came in.

"Hello, may I sit in here?" She asked. I nodded happily. Once she was situated, she straightened her posture. "My name is Hermione Granger by the way." I smiled.

"Catherine Riddle-Smith." I said, holding my hand out. She took it and shook it. "What year are you?" I asked.

"I'm a first year." Hermione said. "What about you?"

"I'm a first year too! I hope we can become friends." Hermione smiled back at me.

"That would be nice." The two of us talked and got to know each other pretty well before we changed into robes, my back facing away from the windows facing the corridor and Hermione. Once we had sat back down, a boy came in, introducing himself as Neville Longbottom and asking if we had seen his toad. Hermione and I shook our heads, but agreed to go searching for the amphibian. We couldn't find him, and arrived at the Hogsmeade station. We were brought to the castle by boat lead by a large man, the Keeper of Keys and Grounds, Hagrid.

Once inside the castle, all of the first years stood in front of a large door in front of Professor McGonagall. She told us about the sorting process, and the four houses. During her speech, Longbottom seemed to have found his toad, Trevor. I was happy for him. Professor McGonagall went to get everything ready, and a boy stepped up from the side.

"So what they were saying on the train were true. Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts." He said, introducing himself a second later a Draco Malfoy. I watched as he stepped in front of a boy, saying something about wizarding families, and some being better than others. I scrunched up my nose. I didn't know the Weasley's, but I was sure they were nice people. My grandparents also raised me not to judge someone for their birth status, and that included families.

But Harry Potter told the boy that he didn't need his help in anything. At that time, Professor McGonagall returned and brought us into the Great Hall. It was amazing to see. And I saw Snape sitting at the staff table at the head of the hall. I smiled, but refrained from waving. But as we got closer to the front of the hall, my back began to feel weird. Like a slight burn.

I ignored it once Professor McGonagall started to call names. Hermione was sorted into Gryffindor, and it made me kind of sad. But we'd see each other in class, and maybe on breaks, so I'm sure we'll still be friends.

"Catherine Riddle-Smith." Professor McGonagall said. I held back from running up the two steps leading to the stool and the sorting hat, sitting happily and waiting to be sorted.

"Slytherin!" The hat called loudly. I smiled wide as I headed to the table sitting across from Malfoy. I turned to watch the rest of the sorting, clapping as students were sorted into Slytherin house. The feast began and finished in what seemed like the blink of an eye and before I knew it, we were heading to the Slytherin Dormitory in the dungeon. The head boy told us where our rooms were and that our things were already there. I headed in and saw Sevy hanging upside down in her cage eating a peach I had left in there for her.

"Hey Sevy." I said as I opened the cage. She finished off her meal and flew out, grabbing my robe with her feet and hanging upside down. I laughed lightly as she swung slightly from my clothing. "Oh Sevy. Come on, I'll set up a spot for you in my bed." I grabbed a few of the things I had gotten with Sevy from the Magical Menagerie, and put a bat house up in the corner. Sevy still didn't move from my robes though. I pet the winged mammal gently and got a purring sound from her. After changing into my bed clothes on my bed with the curtains closed, Sevy came in and latched onto one of the silver tassel cords and hanging from the canopy, eyes open as her head turned and focused on where the curtains would move before doing a quick investigation and returning to her 'perch'.