"Welcome to Hogwarts, Jennifer", Professor Dumbledore greeted me. I was standing in his office, I was just transfered from Beaubaxtons. "Please, Professor, just call me Jen.", I hated when people called me Jennifer, I still smiled at the professor instead of my usual glare I gave when anyone said that name. "Now Jen," Dumbledore started, "I am sure you are aware of the four houses here at Hogwarts? And the process of determining which house is best suited for each student?" I nodded, this is what I was most worried about. I was sure I would be in Ravenclaw, I am very creative and intelligent, but I also get the feeling I should be in Slytherin, due to my cunning and resourcefulness. "Well I will go retrieve the Sorting Hat and we shall begin, yes?", Dumbledore asked. I again nodded my head, to nervous to speak. After about 30 seconds, Dumbledore found the hat and gently placed it on my head. The Sorting Hat immediately announced: "Slytherclaw!" and fell silent. The confused face on Dumbledore was enough to tell me this has not happened in is years as a professor. "Did I do something wrong?", I asked, honestly scared I broke the hat. "No, it seems that you posess equal traits for the houses Slytherin and Ravenclaw, so the hat decided you can thrive in both.", Dumbledore answered calmly. "So," I began, "What do I do?" Dumbledore smiled at me, "It is simple: you have been given the rare chance to choose which house you belong in, Ravenclaw or Slytherin." What am I going to do?, I ask myself, If i choose Slytherin, the majority of the school will most likely hate me, but if I choose Ravenclaw, my pure-blood family will be mad at me . "Professor Dumbledore," I began, "I choose Ravenclaw". I felt a pang in my chest, something didn't feel right all of a sudden. I brush it off, I'm probably just nervous about meeting other Ravenclaws. Dumbledore gives me a small, seemingly fake, smile. "Alright then, let me call for Professor Flitwick and he shall lead you to the Ravenclaw dorms. Or would you prefer to be taken there by a student?", Dumbledore asks me. Say Flitwick, less pressure that way, I think to myself, But you might be able to make a friend I argue to myself. "If you wouldn't mind, I'd like to be taken there by a student", I answer. "Alright," Dumbledore begins, "I shall call for a fellow Ravenclaw, Miss Luna Lovegood". To soon for my taste, there is a light knock on the door. "Enter." Dumbledore calls out to the visitor. A small, pale girl walks in, with really light blond hair and.... radish earrings? Maybe I should've chose Slytherin, I rethink to myself. "Miss Lovegood, I'd like you to meet Miss Jen Price, she is a new student and has been sorted to Ravenclaw house," Dumbledore explains, "If you would please show her to her dormitory and guide her to her first class which would be Herbology with Gryffindors". Luna nods and smiles at me, "Follow me Jen.", and begins walking out of the office. Once we are in the hallway she begins asking me questions, "So what year are you?", she asks me. "Dumbledore told me I'm a Second Year.", I reply, praying she's not in the same year as me. Luna makes a small frown, "Oh, I'm only a first year.", she suddenly smiles again, "well at least you have classes with Harry Potter.", she states. I stop dead in my tracks, "Did you just say I have classes with HARRY POTTER?" I ask, my eyes about to pop out my head. She replies calmly, "Oh yes, he's actually in the class I'm taking you to. He's a Gryffindor.". I start thinking about how cool it must be to actually go to school with THE Harry Potter: The Boy Who Lived, The Chosen One. "Well, this is your class," Luna suddenly stops walking outside of a greenhouse, "I'll come here after my Potions class to show you the dorms, your things have already been moved there.", she smiles at me warmly and gives a small goodbye, leaving me to enter on my own. Well, I thought, here goes nothing. I enter the greenhouse with all eyes on me, this is more nerve wracking then I thought. "Excuse me, miss, may I help you?", the professor at the front of the classroom asks me. And sitting in the second table from the front, was Harry Potter. Oh my gosh. "Y-yes Professor Sprout, is it?", I ask, frightened, the professor nods and I continue, "I-I'm a new student here a-and Professor Dumbledore t-told me this would be my f-first class." I see a few students sit up in their chairs to get a better look at me. "I see," Professor Sprout begins, "and what house are you in?" she asks me. "Ravenclaw, ma'am" I answer loud enough for everyone to hear. "Alright, then Miss..." her voice fades because I never said my name, "Oh, I'm sorry, my name is Jen Price" I state. "Well Miss Price, in my class, I like to pair students with others from different houses. So, why don't you sit with..." she looks around the greenhouse for an empty chair, even though there's one right next to Harry Potter; she see's the empty seat next to Harry, "Mr. Potter! Harry would you please raise your hand?" she asks him ,even though anyone could obviously tell it's him. Harry slowly raises his hand and I walk over to him. After he sits next to me, Professor Sprout continues with some lesson about some plant in the warehouse. After awhile, I notice that Harry keeps glancing in my direction. When we are dismissed, I notice Harry left a piece of parchment on his desk, I pick it up and read: "Hey Jen (is that right?), I'm just writing this to say hello and welcome you to Hogwarts, I can't say anything out loud otherwise Sprout will go bonkers and ask me a bunch of questions I probably don't know the answer to. Anyway, if you need anything, I can show you around or introduce you to some of my friends. If you want me to, that is. So yeah, most of the time in the Gryffindor common room or in the Great Hall. From, Harry Potter. P.S. Just so you know, I'm pretty sure you didn't notice that half of the guys in class were looking at you... They were. Probably because you're new and quite attractive (it's a statement, I'm not flirting)" The letter wasn't that grammatically correct or properly spelled, but it kept bothering me so I fixed it. As I walked to the castle, I could see a blond girl running towards me, Luna, I thought. "Hello again Jen", she said, smiling at me. I gave her a small hello and we began to go to the Ravenclaw Tower. Along the way she told me about herself and some of the other Ravenclaws. Apparently the most popular is a girl named Cho Chang. We'll just wait a month, I thought to myself, and I'll probably be the most popular Ravenclaw. At Beaubaxtons, I was pretty much the IT girl, and there were a LOT of girls. After Luna and I go to the Ravenclaw Tower, we walk to the Great Hall for supper. When we walk in, I notice that the majority of people were looking at Luna and I. The two people who catch my attention are Harry Potter, of course, and a pale blond boy from the Slytherin table. What is up with all of the pale blond kids at this school? I ask in my head. After I sit down with Luna, I can still feel multiple pairs of eyes watching me from every table. "Hey Luna, why are there so many people looking at us?" I ask, a little bit frightened. She merely giggles and says "They're looking at you. They've never seen you before and you ARE very pretty. Of course they're curious about you.". Out of the corner of my eye, I see a brown haired boy start to walk over to Luna and I, and of course the boy is Harry Potter. "Hey Jen!", Harry greets me, "Hello Luna", he polietly says to Luna. "I was wondering if maybe you wanted to sit with me and a few of my friends, they're very nice and would love to meet you." Harry asks me. I look over to where he was sitting and see a bushy-haired girl and a red-headed boy. My God, what is up with this school and people's hair? I ask myself. I look at Luna for her approval, but she's just reading a magazine called The Quibbler and not paying attention. I smile at Harry and simply reply "Sure, why not?". Let's just hope they like me, I worry to myself. I guess it's time to make some friends.
*Author's Note: Hello friends! Thanks for getting through Chapter 1 of my first fanfic, I don't really know if I should keep writing this or not. So, leave a comment with suggestions or your opinion of the story, Thanks and I love you all. Have a fabulous day!*
