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The candle's floating in the air reflected in her eyes. She shut out Hermione talking rapidly and the nervous glances students gave to each other. Their terrified faces too stared around. Most of them were staring at the ceiling in awe.

The ceiling, though she had read about it, it was the most beautiful sight she had ever seen. It felt like it opened directly into the heaven. She could see the dark sky above. Zephyr didn't notice Professor McGonagall putting an old hat on a stool or the hat singing a song. For all she was, mesmerised by her surroundings.

It gave her a strange feeling, like it was the only place where she belonged. She felt like she was destined to be there. But she wasn't. She was supposed to be collecting information about her parents. Why did You-Know-Who kill them? She was supposed to find that. At least that's what she thought.

She was there only for Harry Potter. To protect him from everything he should be protected. But did she have that quality? She was not a leader, she never was. She was always a follower, wasn't she?

Zephyr looked around to find students being sorted into houses. She stared at pale students. Even Hermione was quite now. Names were called and students were sorted into houses. Zephyr could see Laura giving her an encouraging smile and Aries staring dreamily at Laura. Both Davian and Denzel grinned at her when they caught her eyes.

'Velodisantes, Zephyr.' She walked towards the stool. Her posture was confident but her insides were churning wildly. Hermione, Ron or Harry, none of them were sorted yet. She cursed under her breath.

She sat on the stool. The hat was larger than her head so it covered her eyes. A gruff voice whispered to her.

Hmm... Interesting very interesting. It's been a quite long since I've had one of these. I know exactly where to put you. You are obviously destined to be there. RAVENCLAW!

Zephyr didn't realize how fast the hat took to sort her. She stared at the Ravenclaw table burst into cheers. She caught Hermione's eyes and she could definitely see the disappointment in her eyes.

Zephyr sighed and walked off towards the Gryffindor table. Davian and Denzel were grinning widely welcoming Zephyr to their house. She sat beside Aries and saw the sorting continue. Mandy Brocklehurst became a Slytherin. The first Gryffindor was Lavender Brown. Then came Hermione. Zephyr had a feeling that she would be a Ravenclaw. She watched as the hat took nearly five minutes to sort her. Her fingers were crossed hoping she would a Ravenclaw.

'GRYFFINDOR!'

Zephyr cursed silently. She caught Hermione's eyes and smiled at her which she returned. Neville was next who became a Gryffindor. Many students were sorted. Zephyr didn't realize but her eyes went to Ron. He was really nervous and pale she noticed.

Malfoy became Slytherin with his friends and seemed extremely pleased to be one. After many students finally the name of The Boy Who Lived was announced-

'Potter, Harry!'

Harry timidly walked to the stool. Whispers broke out and everyone were trying to look at him. They waited and they the hat shouted, 'GRYFFINDOR!'

The Gryffinder table erupted in deafening cheers. Zephyr could she a red haired boy shouting merely about how they got Potter. The ceremony continued. And then came the turn of Ron Weasley.

She knew that he would be Gryffindor but she was hoping that he would join the Ravenclaw table. He nervously sat at the stool and gulped visibly. 'GRYFFINDOR!'

Zephyr groaned. Aries smiled sympathetically. 'Don't worry. You've got us.' He gestured towards the twins and himself. Zephyr smiled back.

The last student to be sorted was the girl Zephyr bumped on. There was a permanent scowl on her face. She sat on the stool with the hat on her head. The took a long time to decide which house she would be in. Aries muttered in Zephyr's ear, 'She's a Hat Stall.'

Zephyr glanced at Aries and then looked back at the girl. Then finally the sorting hat sorted her, 'RAVENCLAW!'

Zephyr's eyes widened a bit. She didn't have any problem with her but he wasn't on good terms with the girl. And well she didn't look very approachable.

Zephyr watched the golden platter fill with the delicious meal. She didn't realize she was hungry until she saw the food. Zephyr's eyes went to the staff table. She stared at everyone. She then saw a teacher with a big turban on his head. Her mind fogged up and then she saw the same vision which had seen once before.................

There were two men shaking hands. There was a sparkle of trust and faith in both of their eyes. The man with silver-beard and half-moon spectacles nodded and went away...

The scene dissolved and a new one came which was blurry...

There was a three headed dog......... there was a stone...... there was a mirror........ there was a commotion..........

'Aries, who's that?' Zephyr asked him. Aries looked where she was pointing and snorted. 'He is stuttering garlic- I mean professor Quirrell. He teaches Defense Against The Dark Arts. '

Zephyr stared at him in amusement. 'Why do you call him stuttering garlic?'

'He stutters really badly. And he went to practice defense in real life so went on a tour of the world. It is said that he met a vampire or something and now is very afraid. The Weasley twins even say he has garlic stuffed in there.'

Zephyr couldn't help but laugh. She thought someone was staring at her so looked up and found the same scowling girl glaring at her. Zephyr's eyebrows furrowed. 'Aries, what was the name of that girl again?'

'Nivalisa Mutel I think.' Aries shrugged and dig into his soup. Zephyr thought for a while. 'You know Mustela Nivalis is considered as one of the most ferocious animals.'

'Is that some kind of warning?'

'Maybe. I don't give warnings but yeah. I mean I don't know. Ugh, leave it.'

And so he did. The meal ended soon and after dessert, everyone were sleepy and full. With few announcements, they were allowed to go to their beds. Ravenclaw followed the prefect to their common room.

They all were soon inside. The room was decorated in blue and silver. They climbed their dorms and were soon in bed. Zephyr's eyes felt heavy and she was engulfed into a dreamless sleep very soon.

***

Zephyr woke up next morning and walked off to The Great Hall. In the common room, she noticed Nivalisa by the fireplace sitting lonely. She had an urge to go and sit beside her but she didn't.

Down in the Great Hall Zephyr met Hermione at the Gryffindor table. Zephyr knew she was really annoying sometimes but she didn't mind. Zephyr received her schedule from professor Flitwick.

'Hey! We've got Charms together on Monday, Defense Against the Dark Arts on Tuesday and Thursday and Astronomy on Wednesday with every house. And then I've got many free periods too. My third periods are mostly free! What about you?'

Hermione looked at her schedule then smiled, 'Me too! We can do the homework together.'

Zephyr grinned too. She walked off to the Ravenclaw table and met Aries and Laura. Zephyr confused asked, 'We can sit at other tables?'

Laura laughed. 'Why not?'

She sat beside Aries and showed him her schedule. 'Lucky you! So many free periods. We only have two free period whole week.'

Laura smacked him playfully. 'We are fourth years stupid and they are first years. Obviously, they have so many free periods.'

Denzel and Davian came into the Great Hall. Both of their heads buried in a large book. 'So you both finally decided to bless us with your presence.' Aries teased.

'What are you reading? Today is the first day.' Zephyr asked Davian or Denzel, she wasn't sure. One of them stood up and grabbed a toast. 'Den saw a new plant on vacation. He wants to know about it. He dragged me to the library first thing in the morning.'

'I didn't drag you. Next time I will though. I just pulled you to the library.' Denzel said with his head still buried in the book whereas Davian shrugged. 'Yeah, that's same.'

'It's not.'

'It is.'

'It isn't.'

'It-'

Davian got interrupted with mails coming. Hundreds of owls zoomed over and dropped different parcels to the owners. Laura received two packages from Andrea. Zephyr was surprised when she gave one to Zephyr.

'We knew you were coming to Hogwarts but there was a chance that you wouldn't. So she sent her present for you to me, so I can give it to you.' Laura explained. Zephyr opened her package. Inside was a lot of chocolate along with a letter.

Dear Zephyr,

Hello darling! I knew you were a witch since the start. I am really glad that you got accepted in Hogwarts. I wish you all the best for your term. If you need anything let me know. Also which house did you get sorted in?

I know you love chocolate so I am sending along some. Share them with your friends, okay?

Love,

Andrea

Zephyr folded the letter and kept it in her pocket. They had their breakfast and then she walked off to the Gryffindor table. When she reached there she grabbed Hermione's hand and navigated their way to the Charms classroom. The Charms teacher, Professor Flitwick, was very short and had to stand over a pile of books to teach. He was the head of Ravenclaw house. She enjoyed the class with Hermione. She knew a lot but Zephyr had mastered the spells.

Zephyr knew very less about what was in the book but she could perform the spells taught in the class. Hermione though was top in class. Zephyr didn't have any problem about it as long as she wasn't mean to her or anything.

Zephyr then had Herbology which was taught by Hufflepuff head, Professor Sprout. She was a very kind teacher. Ravenclaw had Herbology with Slytherins. She figured out that not all of them were rude when Draco asked for the tray politely. She knew he was a bit over confident but she thought he was different than other but she at that time didn't know her hopes were going to shatter.

'So what does your father do?' Draco asked her randomly. Zephyr's face fell. She looked away and muttered, 'Dead.'

Draco didn't know what to say, Zephyr assumed. 'You know he was pretty famous. Like not Potter famous but like us, Malfoy famous. But when he suddenly disappeared everyone assumed he was away in some other continent. I heard all of this.'

Zephyr shocked couldn't form a sentence. Finally, she was composed. 'You know his first name?'

There was hope in her eyes and voice. She looked at him expectantly but her face fell when he shook his head. She nodded. 'So what were you saying about Quidditch?'

The other classes were great too. History of Magic most students found boring but Zephyr was really interested in it. Her half attention was on the only ghost teacher, Professor Binns. The other half was on Malfoy who kept snickering with Crabbe and Goyle at something. This was another class she shared with the Slytherins.

'Malfoy will you stop snickering? I am trying to listen,' Zephyr hissed angrily. Malfoy looked alarmed because they were on the first name basis and Zephyr was talking a little harshly. He didn't sorry or anything but stopped anyway.

In the Potions, her teacher's behaviour was as she had imagined. He was cold and bias. Professor Snape kept taking points without any reason. One thing Zephyr couldn't help but notice that he never said anything to Nivalisa Mutel, who remained quite through all the classes. She remained unnoticed all along.

Snape didn't say anything to her and Zephyr wondered why was that. Hufflepuffs were all nice and polite and Zephyr was glad to have potions with them.

The time went by quickly. Zephyr had Defense Against the Dark Arts with the Gryffindors on Tuesday. Hermione and Zephyr, both were extremely excited for it but there hopes were shattered instantly. There was nothing interesting about Professor Quirrell's class except that Zephyr often got lost in the vision she saw earlier. Transfiguration was something Zephyr wasn't excited for but Hermione was really looking forward towards it. And indeed in the first class, Hermione managed to impress their strict teacher, Porfessor McGonnagall.

On Wednesday night they went to Astronomy tower to study constellations. It was another class along with History of Magic, Zephyr loved. She loved to get lost in the endless sea of stars and forget about everything.

This way the week went by really quickly and it was already Friday. Zephyr was sitting with Aries in the Great Hall for the breakfast. The mail came and Zephyr got a letter from Andrea asking how her week was. She decided to reply later in the afternoon and tell her how she was friends with Aries and Hermione. And how she was loving it there.

So finally I managed to update my story! Phew. Now the timetable may not be exact cause it's kinda mixed up but yeah. I hope you liked this chapter. Please comment and let me know what do you think! Don't forget to vote.

Also, I came up with a plot of a short story but I am not sure if I should write or not. Here are description and blurb.

"Can you keep a secret?" he asked. I looked at him weirdly. I didn't even know him but I answered anyway. "Yes, I can."For Diara her biggest mistake was to say she can keep a secret. That secret turned her bright daylight into the gloomy nightmares. Her bright eyes changed and after sleepless nights the biggest blow knocked her down completely. But she has to force herself to be back herself again. She has to keep the untold story of her dear friend a secret. She can't tell about it to the world."Excuse me?" I turned around to find a boy with brown hair and brown eyes standing behind me. He had his hands in his pocket. "Yes?""Can you keep a secret?" he asked. I looked at him weirdly. I didn't even know him but I answered anyway. "Yes, I can."He occupied Calvin's seat and stared out of the window. I stared at him confused. He was a good looking guy. I hadn't seen him before. He looked around my age but still, I didn't know him. He looked at me. I could see a battle going inside him. "Listen, I've kept this inside me for a really long time but I can't anymore. Guilt and darkness are eating me. You are free to judge me but just don't tell anyone about it. I don't want to die with this."Before I could say anything he spilt out his deepest and darkest souls to a stranger, to me. Tears filled my eyes as I listened to him. He had regret painted all over his face. I had never faced such negativity. Even hearing it made my heart clench and I couldn't stop it.When he finished we both were crying mess. I knew life wasn't all daisies and sunshine but I had never heard something this harsh and heartbreaking. He abruptly stood up. "Now you know my secret and I trust you with it. An even if you tell anyone I won't be here to face their hatred.""Why? Why did you tell me this?" I sniffed. He smiled weakly. "I am sorry but you were the only one who looked happy here."I felt a weight on my heart. How could someone be so evil? Didn't he witness the fight between Calvin and me?

So what do you think? Please let me know! Also, tell me if you are liking the book so far. Point out the mistakes and thanks for reading!