Chapter 6: 6
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"Hmm..." The hat started talking inside Chris's head. "Braveheart, wise and intelligent brain, deep down very loyal and a born leader. All four houses will be lucky to have you. So tell me, where you want to go?"
'I want to do something good and big in my life like everyone, I want to make my father proud. You tell me where should I go? I mean you definitely know my qualities more than me. It's your decision to make, isn't it?' Chris answered in her mind.
"Ha. Ambitious, Smart and Courageous. I wish you good luck. 'GRYFFINDOR'." The hat shouted the last part.
Chris took off the hat and saw the Gryffindors clapping and cheering. She walked towards the Gryffindor table and sat beside a boy with dreadlocks all over his face.
"Welcome to Gryffindor." The boy said, enthusiastically shaking Chris's hand.
"Thanks." Chris smiled.
After that many boys and girls went to Slytherin and Hufflepuff. Finally when there were four students left Professor McGonagall called, "Weasley, Ginevra." Ginny sat on the stool and after few seconds the hat shouts, "GRYFFINDOR."
Chris smiled at her as she made her way towards Chris.
"Congrats sis." A boy with same red hair like Ginny, said to Ginny as she sat beside Chris.
Ginny smiled.
"So guess who just sneaked into the castle a few moments ago?" The boy said gleefully.
"Who?" Ginny took a sharp breath like she knows the answer.
"Our little brother Ron and Harry."
Ginny went pale.
"Well that fast," Chris whispered.
"Welcome!" Chris heard a voice and looked the mysterious old man standing and was beaming at the students, his arms opened wide, "Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! Thank you!" Professor McGonagall came close to him and whispered something and they both left the great hall. "What?" Chris looked surprised, thinking about what the teacher means by those words.
"He is a little bit mad but great man our headmaster Dumbledore." The red-haired boy(Ginny's brother) said.
"Do you think Ron will be expelled?" Another same looking boy said, who was sitting opposite to them.
Ginny looked more tensed.
"Why will the school expel them?" Chris said looking at the boys, assuming they're Ginny's twin brothers.
"Someone saw a car crashing into that killing tree, Whomping Willow." One of the twins answered.
Ginny gasped, "Do you think it's our ca..."
"Ginny." The twins shouted at once.
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They glanced at Chris.
"I will not tell anyone anything. And if you don't believe then you can always erase my memory." Chris said looking at them.
"Good idea. Isn't it Fred?" One of the twins said and grinned.
"Absolutely George." The other one answered.
Ginny sighed, "They are my elder brothers. George and Fred. Don't mind them."
"I am Chris," Chris said smiling at them.
"What do think Chris? Isn't it a wicked entry? By a flying car?" Fred asked.
"Well I think it's good if the school don't expel them, and they get away with it," Chris replied and started to eat. There was everything on the table: roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops and lamb chops, sausages, bacon and steak, boiled potatoes, roast potatoes, chips, Yorkshire pudding, peas, carrots, gravy, ketchup and, for some strange reason, mint humbugs.
Ginny was nervously moving her food and didn't eat much. George and Fred were almost celebrating their brother's heroics with the boy beside Chris.
Chris saw Hermione was sitting and eating alone a little far on the table.
Chris decided to concentrate on the roast chicken which she found heavenly.
"Good evening first years. Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington at your service. Resident ghost of Gryffindor Tower." A pearly-white and slightly transparent ghost glided towards their table.
This time Chris was terrified, she never saw a ghost before. In muggle, world ghost means horror, fear, bad things and here they have house ghost? She stared at him and the ghost noticed her look.
"Never seen a ghost before?" Sir Nicholas, the ghost asked her.
She shook her head as no.
"Even didn't hear?"
Chris shook her head again.
"Muggleborn. Is it? Get a grip on yourself, you'll have a teacher, who is a ghost." He said and glided to other side laughing.
Chris took some deep breaths and felt very excited, 'how it will be to take lessons from a ghost teacher.'
Next second Chris's face lit up as she saw the plates. When everyone had eaten as much as they could, the remains of the food faded from the plates, leaving them sparkling clean as before. A moment later the puddings appeared. Blocks of ice-cream in every flavour she could think of, apple pies, treacle tarts, chocolate eclairs and jam doughnuts, trifle, strawberries, jelly, rice pudding … Chris happily started eating the deserts. When the puddings too disappeared Chris noticed Professor Dumbledore had returned along with Professor McGonagall.
"Ahem - just a few more words now we are all fed and watered. I have a few start-of-term notices to give you. First-years should note that the forest in the grounds is forbidden to all pupils. And a few of our older students would do well to remember that as well." Dumbledore's twinkling eyes flashed in the direction of the twins. "I have also been asked by Mr Filch, the caretaker, to remind you all that no magic should be used between classes in the corridors. Quidditch trials will be held in the second week of term. Anyone interested in playing for their house teams should contact Madam Hooch. And now, before we go to bed, let us sing the school song!" Dumbledore cried the last line. Dumbledore gave his wand a little flick as if he was trying to get a fly off the end and a long golden ribbon flew out of it, which rose high above the tables and twisted itself snake-like into words. "Everyone picks their favourite tune," said Dumbledore, "and off we go!" And the school bellowed: "Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts, Teach us something please, Whether we be old and bald Or young with scabby knees, Our heads could do with filling With some interesting stuff, For now they're bare and full of air, Dead flies and bits of fluff, So teach us things worth knowing, Bring back what we've forgotten, Just do your best, we'll do the rest, And learn until our brains all rot."
Everybody finished the song at different times. At last, only the Weasley twins were left singing along to a very slow funeral march. Dumbledore conducted their last few lines with his wand, and when they had finished, he was one of those who clapped loudest.
Chris almost screamed after hearing the song. 'Like seriously? Wasn't that Hat's long enough?'
"Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you trot! Chop- chop."
The Gryffindor first-years followed Percy, the prefect through the chattering crowds, out of the Great Hall and up the marble staircase. Ginny told Chris about his other elder brother Percy.
Percy was clearly disturbed by Ron and Harry's entry. But he tried not to take that out in the first years. He tried to be polite as much as possible.
They crossed many talking portraits and moving staircase. Chris loved the moving pictures thing. It felt like they are alive and it was really a delight to watch according to Chris.
'But these moving staircases are going to be hard to remember.' she thought. At the very end of the corridor hung a portrait of a very fat woman in a pink silk dress.
"Password?" she said.
"Wattlebird," said Percy, and the portrait swung forward to reveal a round hole in the wall.
All entered and found themselves in the Gryffindor common room. A cosy, round room full of squashy armchairs. Percy directed the girls through one door to their dormitory and the boys through another. After climbing the spiral staircase in the tower, they found their beds at last: four-posters hung with deep-red velvet curtains. Their trunks had already been brought up. Chris and Ginny were in the same room with the other two girls. But before they can introduce each other there was sudden applause which came from the common room.
Ginny looked at Chris and they both ran downstairs. As expected they saw, two boys were surrounded by all Gryffindors.
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"Hmm..." The hat started talking inside Chris's head. "Braveheart, wise and intelligent brain, deep down very loyal and a born leader. All four houses will be lucky to have you. So tell me, where you want to go?"
'I want to do something good and big in my life like everyone, I want to make my father proud. You tell me where should I go? I mean you definitely know my qualities more than me. It's your decision to make, isn't it?' Chris answered in her mind.
"Ha. Ambitious, Smart and Courageous. I wish you good luck. 'GRYFFINDOR'." The hat shouted the last part.
Chris took off the hat and saw the Gryffindors clapping and cheering. She walked towards the Gryffindor table and sat beside a boy with dreadlocks all over his face.
"Welcome to Gryffindor." The boy said, enthusiastically shaking Chris's hand.
"Thanks." Chris smiled.
After that many boys and girls went to Slytherin and Hufflepuff. Finally when there were four students left Professor McGonagall called, "Weasley, Ginevra." Ginny sat on the stool and after few seconds the hat shouts, "GRYFFINDOR."
Chris smiled at her as she made her way towards Chris.
"Congrats sis." A boy with same red hair like Ginny, said to Ginny as she sat beside Chris.
Ginny smiled.
"So guess who just sneaked into the castle a few moments ago?" The boy said gleefully.
"Who?" Ginny took a sharp breath like she knows the answer.
"Our little brother Ron and Harry."
Ginny went pale.
"Well that fast," Chris whispered.
"Welcome!" Chris heard a voice and looked the mysterious old man standing and was beaming at the students, his arms opened wide, "Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! Thank you!" Professor McGonagall came close to him and whispered something and they both left the great hall. "What?" Chris looked surprised, thinking about what the teacher means by those words.
"He is a little bit mad but great man our headmaster Dumbledore." The red-haired boy(Ginny's brother) said.
"Do you think Ron will be expelled?" Another same looking boy said, who was sitting opposite to them.
Ginny looked more tensed.
"Why will the school expel them?" Chris said looking at the boys, assuming they're Ginny's twin brothers.
"Someone saw a car crashing into that killing tree, Whomping Willow." One of the twins answered.
Ginny gasped, "Do you think it's our ca..."
"Ginny." The twins shouted at once.
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They glanced at Chris.
"I will not tell anyone anything. And if you don't believe then you can always erase my memory." Chris said looking at them.
"Good idea. Isn't it Fred?" One of the twins said and grinned.
"Absolutely George." The other one answered.
Ginny sighed, "They are my elder brothers. George and Fred. Don't mind them."
"I am Chris," Chris said smiling at them.
"What do think Chris? Isn't it a wicked entry? By a flying car?" Fred asked.
"Well I think it's good if the school don't expel them, and they get away with it," Chris replied and started to eat. There was everything on the table: roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops and lamb chops, sausages, bacon and steak, boiled potatoes, roast potatoes, chips, Yorkshire pudding, peas, carrots, gravy, ketchup and, for some strange reason, mint humbugs.
Ginny was nervously moving her food and didn't eat much. George and Fred were almost celebrating their brother's heroics with the boy beside Chris.
Chris saw Hermione was sitting and eating alone a little far on the table.
Chris decided to concentrate on the roast chicken which she found heavenly.
"Good evening first years. Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington at your service. Resident ghost of Gryffindor Tower." A pearly-white and slightly transparent ghost glided towards their table.
This time Chris was terrified, she never saw a ghost before. In muggle, world ghost means horror, fear, bad things and here they have house ghost? She stared at him and the ghost noticed her look.
"Never seen a ghost before?" Sir Nicholas, the ghost asked her.
She shook her head as no.
"Even didn't hear?"
Chris shook her head again.
"Muggleborn. Is it? Get a grip on yourself, you'll have a teacher, who is a ghost." He said and glided to other side laughing.
Chris took some deep breaths and felt very excited, 'how it will be to take lessons from a ghost teacher.'
Next second Chris's face lit up as she saw the plates. When everyone had eaten as much as they could, the remains of the food faded from the plates, leaving them sparkling clean as before. A moment later the puddings appeared. Blocks of ice-cream in every flavour she could think of, apple pies, treacle tarts, chocolate eclairs and jam doughnuts, trifle, strawberries, jelly, rice pudding … Chris happily started eating the deserts. When the puddings too disappeared Chris noticed Professor Dumbledore had returned along with Professor McGonagall.
"Ahem - just a few more words now we are all fed and watered. I have a few start-of-term notices to give you. First-years should note that the forest in the grounds is forbidden to all pupils. And a few of our older students would do well to remember that as well." Dumbledore's twinkling eyes flashed in the direction of the twins. "I have also been asked by Mr Filch, the caretaker, to remind you all that no magic should be used between classes in the corridors. Quidditch trials will be held in the second week of term. Anyone interested in playing for their house teams should contact Madam Hooch. And now, before we go to bed, let us sing the school song!" Dumbledore cried the last line. Dumbledore gave his wand a little flick as if he was trying to get a fly off the end and a long golden ribbon flew out of it, which rose high above the tables and twisted itself snake-like into words. "Everyone picks their favourite tune," said Dumbledore, "and off we go!" And the school bellowed: "Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts, Teach us something please, Whether we be old and bald Or young with scabby knees, Our heads could do with filling With some interesting stuff, For now they're bare and full of air, Dead flies and bits of fluff, So teach us things worth knowing, Bring back what we've forgotten, Just do your best, we'll do the rest, And learn until our brains all rot."
Everybody finished the song at different times. At last, only the Weasley twins were left singing along to a very slow funeral march. Dumbledore conducted their last few lines with his wand, and when they had finished, he was one of those who clapped loudest.
Chris almost screamed after hearing the song. 'Like seriously? Wasn't that Hat's long enough?'
"Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you trot! Chop- chop."
The Gryffindor first-years followed Percy, the prefect through the chattering crowds, out of the Great Hall and up the marble staircase. Ginny told Chris about his other elder brother Percy.
Percy was clearly disturbed by Ron and Harry's entry. But he tried not to take that out in the first years. He tried to be polite as much as possible.
They crossed many talking portraits and moving staircase. Chris loved the moving pictures thing. It felt like they are alive and it was really a delight to watch according to Chris.
'But these moving staircases are going to be hard to remember.' she thought. At the very end of the corridor hung a portrait of a very fat woman in a pink silk dress.
"Password?" she said.
"Wattlebird," said Percy, and the portrait swung forward to reveal a round hole in the wall.
All entered and found themselves in the Gryffindor common room. A cosy, round room full of squashy armchairs. Percy directed the girls through one door to their dormitory and the boys through another. After climbing the spiral staircase in the tower, they found their beds at last: four-posters hung with deep-red velvet curtains. Their trunks had already been brought up. Chris and Ginny were in the same room with the other two girls. But before they can introduce each other there was sudden applause which came from the common room.
Ginny looked at Chris and they both ran downstairs. As expected they saw, two boys were surrounded by all Gryffindors.
"Hmm..." The hat started talking inside Chris's head. "Braveheart, wise and intelligent brain, deep down very loyal and a born leader. All four houses will be lucky to have you. So tell me, where you want to go?"'I want to do something good and big in my life like everyone, I want to make my father proud. You tell me where should I go? I mean you definitely know my qualities more than me. It's your decision to make, isn't it?' Chris answered in her mind."Ha. Ambitious, Smart and Courageous. I wish you good luck. 'GRYFFINDOR'." The hat shouted the last part.Chris took off the hat and saw the Gryffindors clapping and cheering. She walked towards the Gryffindor table and sat beside a boy with dreadlocks all over his face."Welcome to Gryffindor." The boy said, enthusiastically shaking Chris's hand."Thanks." Chris smiled.After that many boys and girls went to Slytherin and Hufflepuff. Finally when there were four students left Professor McGonagall called, "Weasley, Ginevra." Ginny sat on the stool and after few seconds the hat shouts, "GRYFFINDOR."Chris smiled at her as she made her way towards Chris."Congrats sis." A boy with same red hair like Ginny, said to Ginny as she sat beside Chris.Ginny smiled."So guess who just sneaked into the castle a few moments ago?" The boy said gleefully."Who?" Ginny took a sharp breath like she knows the answer."Our little brother Ron and Harry."Ginny went pale."Well that fast," Chris whispered."Welcome!" Chris heard a voice and looked the mysterious old man standing and was beaming at the students, his arms opened wide, "Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! Thank you!" Professor McGonagall came close to him and whispered something and they both left the great hall. "What?" Chris looked surprised, thinking about what the teacher means by those words."He is a little bit mad but great man our headmaster Dumbledore." The red-haired boyGinny's brother said."Do you think Ron will be expelled?" Another same looking boy said, who was sitting opposite to them.Ginny looked more tensed."Why will the school expel them?" Chris said looking at the boys, assuming they're Ginny's twin brothers."Someone saw a car crashing into that killing tree, Whomping Willow." One of the twins answered.Ginny gasped, "Do you think it's our ca...""Ginny." The twins shouted at once.Find authorized novels in Webnovelfaster updates, better experiencePlease click www.novelhall.com www.webnovel.com for visiting. They glanced at Chris."I will not tell anyone anything. And if you don't believe then you can always erase my memory." Chris said looking at them."Good idea. Isn't it Fred?" One of the twins said and grinned."Absolutely George." The other one answered.Ginny sighed, "They are my elder brothers. George and Fred. Don't mind them.""I am Chris," Chris said smiling at them."What do think Chris? Isn't it a wicked entry? By a flying car?" Fred asked."Well I think it's good if the school don't expel them, and they get away with it," Chris replied and started to eat. There was everything on the table: roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops and lamb chops, sausages, bacon and steak, boiled potatoes, roast potatoes, chips, Yorkshire pudding, peas, carrots, gravy, ketchup and, for some strange reason, mint humbugs.Ginny was nervously moving her food and didn't eat much. George and Fred were almost celebrating their brother's heroics with the boy beside Chris.Chris saw Hermione was sitting and eating alone a little far on the table.Chris decided to concentrate on the roast chicken which she found heavenly."Good evening first years. Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington at your service. Resident ghost of Gryffindor Tower." A pearly-white and slightly transparent ghost glided towards their table.This time Chris was terrified, she never saw a ghost before. In muggle, world ghost means horror, fear, bad things and here they have house ghost? She stared at him and the ghost noticed her look."Never seen a ghost before?" Sir Nicholas, the ghost asked her.She shook her head as no."Even didn't hear?"Chris shook her head again."Muggleborn. Is it? Get a grip on yourself, you'll have a teacher, who is a ghost." He said and glided to other side laughing.Chris took some deep breaths and felt very excited, 'how it will be to take lessons from a ghost teacher.'Next second Chris's face lit up as she saw the plates. When everyone had eaten as much as they could, the remains of the food faded from the plates, leaving them sparkling clean as before. A moment later the puddings appeared. Blocks of ice-cream in every flavour she could think of, apple pies, treacle tarts, chocolate eclairs and jam doughnuts, trifle, strawberries, jelly, rice pudding Chris happily started eating the deserts. When the puddings too disappeared Chris noticed Professor Dumbledore had returned along with Professor McGonagall."Ahem - just a few more words now we are all fed and watered. I have a few start-of-term notices to give you. First-years should note that the forest in the grounds is forbidden to all pupils. And a few of our older students would do well to remember that as well." Dumbledore's twinkling eyes flashed in the direction of the twins. "I have also been asked by Mr Filch, the caretaker, to remind you all that no magic should be used between classes in the corridors. Quidditch trials will be held in the second week of term. Anyone interested in playing for their house teams should contact Madam Hooch. And now, before we go to bed, let us sing the school song!" Dumbledore cried the last line. Dumbledore gave his wand a little flick as if he was trying to get a fly off the end and a long golden ribbon flew out of it, which rose high above the tables and twisted itself snake-like into words. "Everyone picks their favourite tune," said Dumbledore, "and off we go!" And the school bellowed: "Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts, Teach us something please, Whether we be old and bald Or young with scabby knees, Our heads could do with filling With some interesting stuff, For now they're bare and full of air, Dead flies and bits of fluff, So teach us things worth knowing, Bring back what we've forgotten, Just do your best, we'll do the rest, And learn until our brains all rot."Everybody finished the song at different times. At last, only the Weasley twins were left singing along to a very slow funeral march. Dumbledore conducted their last few lines with his wand, and when they had finished, he was one of those who clapped loudest.Chris almost screamed after hearing the song. 'Like seriously? Wasn't that Hat's long enough?'"Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you trot! Chop- chop."The Gryffindor first-years followed Percy, the prefect through the chattering crowds, out of the Great Hall and up the marble staircase. Ginny told Chris about his other elder brother Percy.Percy was clearly disturbed by Ron and Harry's entry. But he tried not to take that out in the first years. He tried to be polite as much as possible.They crossed many talking portraits and moving staircase. Chris loved the moving pictures thing. It felt like they are alive and it was really a delight to watch according to Chris.'But these moving staircases are going to be hard to remember.' she thought. At the very end of the corridor hung a portrait of a very fat woman in a pink silk dress."Password?" she said."Wattlebird," said Percy, and the portrait swung forward to reveal a round hole in the wall.All entered and found themselves in the Gryffindor common room. A cosy, round room full of squashy armchairs. Percy directed the girls through one door to their dormitory and the boys through another. After climbing the spiral staircase in the tower, they found their beds at last: four-posters hung with deep-red velvet curtains. Their trunks had already been brought up. Chris and Ginny were in the same room with the other two girls. But before they can introduce each other there was sudden applause which came from the common room.Ginny looked at Chris and they both ran downstairs. As expected they saw, two boys were surrounded by all Gryffindors.
