Hogwarts

"Hey Cedric, could you help me with my- ugh." She heard Cedric laugh, along with Jake and James. "Don't worry, we got this. Just go find your seats."

She nodded and walk into the compartment where she found Talicia Daniel with Seraphina. "God, why do you lot likes to sit in the compartment where I'm sitting in!" Talicia exclaimed.

"It's called sharing, my dear," Seraphina replied with a fake smile. Talicia on the other side rolled her eyes as the three boys came into the compartment.

"How was your summer, Talicia?" Ella tried to bring up a conversation with her. "Horrible, why?"

"Did you lose your eyeliner or something?" Seraphina chuckled a little

"No, I lost my grandmother." Talicia smiled sarcastically, leaving Seraphina speechless. "Sorry for your lost." They said.

"Anything off the trolley?" The old lady asked, pushing her trolley of sweets.

Seraphina digs into her pocket, "Could you please buy me chocolate frogs."

Ella nodded and opened the compartment door. To her shock, the chocolate frogs were almost finished. "A first-year bought half of my trolley." The lady chuckled.

"Wow, they might be excited I guess." She laugh as well, she thought of buying chocolate frogs for herself as well but to think Seraphina and other students might want them, she bought honeydukes butter toffee instead.

"Here ya go." She handed Seraphina her chocolate. "A first-year almost took a whole trolley."

James let out a snort. "They must be happy." Jake jokes.

"I'm excited about Defence against the dark arts this year. We will be learning boggarts." Talicia shut her book closed.

Seraphina let out a soft chuckle, pointing her fingers at Talicia as she gave the other an unbelievable look, "Heard that? She's excited. That's shocking."

"Boggarts? It shows what we most afraid of right?" Jake asked and Talicia nodded her head.

"I wonder who will get detention first?" Seraphina smirked. "Probably Ella," Cedric smirked as well

Ella's mouth left hanging, "Hey! That's mean, and not true! When have I ever got more detention than those two baboons." She pointed towards Jake and James.

The two most troublemakers in their group always got detention. Ella was just a troublemaker along with the twins and Lee Jordan, but she didn't really get caught and got herself detention.

Cedric would join Jake and James joking as well. But he rarely got detention. Seraphina was just the same as Ella, she loves pranking their senior and got detention with Jake or James. For years they got in detention, they never experienced running away from it.

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The train was crowded as always, with students getting off the train. "C'mon Ell!" Jake dragged Ella who was distracted by looking at Hagrid calling out the first year.

They took a seat on the carriage that was pulling by itself. Although the others were talking about the first year, Talicia seems to be spaced out. She was staring Infront of the carriage. Ella chose not to bother her, she might still be upset about her grandmother.

After entering the castle, they walked into the Great Hall and took a seat, "Holy frick, you're right, he is our new Professor." James whispered at Seraphina, looking at Professor Quirrel.

"Do we have to wait any longer? I'm hungry." Seraphina stared blankly at the empty table.

"Be patient, I'm sure the first year is on their way." Ella smacks Seraphina's arm.

Not long soon, the entrance door to The Great Hall swung open as the first year walks in feeling amazed by looking up the ceiling. She remembers well the feeling when she was 11.

"Look, first year!" Jake smacks James's hand many times, "Yes yes, I can see!" James hissed.

When the first year finally stopped Infront of a stool and Professor McGonagall was holding the sorting hat, with her other hands holding a parchment paper.

After the hat sang its song, Professor McGonagall called out their names,

"Abbot, Hannah!"

"Hufflepuff!"

The Hufflepuff students rose and applauded with a bright smile. "The first one is already a Hufflepuff!" Ella has sworn she almost saw Seraphina cry.

"Bones, Susan!"

"Hufflepuff!"

The Hufflepuff table was again full with students applauding the girl who seems nervous but happy.

Several students were called and sorted, her attention went to a student when his name was called, "Malfoy, Draco!"

A proud-looking familiar boy from Madam Malkin's robe shop went up, the hat yelled "Slytherin!" Without even touching his hat.

Ella clapped for her 2nd cousin even though he was sorted into Slytherin. He got the house he was hoping for.

"Just like his family." Seraphina rest her head on her hand that was standing on the table, looking bored. Ella rolled her eyes at the girl.

Her spirit went straight up after hearing another name, "Potter, Harry!"

Ella's heart began to beat up faster as she saw the eleven years old boy with jack black colored hair with round glasses. He was sitting on the stool, she wanted to hear more what the Sorting had was muttering but she couldn't. Finally, the hat shouted, "Gryffindor!"

She smiled, Remus told her once about his parents was a Gryffindor. Ella's parents were as well but she got sorted into Hufflepuff, she didn't care as long as they didn't hate her for being in that house. The sorting hat did say she would be a great Gryffindor, but she still hasn't found what made her a Hufflepuff.

She heard the twins shouting "We got Potter! We got Potter!"

Seraphina finally look hyper again after the food showed up in front of her, "Finally!"

Ella looked around the table, looking for some food when she found Yorkshire Pudding was placed in her plates by Cedric. "Thanks." She smiled, knowing that Cedric knew she loves the pudding.

"You know, Professor Snape had never looked at a student with so much hatred except for you, but now. You've got yourself a mate, but he gave that Potter worst looks than you." Jake said.

"Let him be, I missed Dora!" She played her head on the table, acting as if she was crying. "I wanna go back."

"Cheer up, Here have my pudding." Seraphina placed her pudding on Ella's plate to cheer her up.

"I'm going to learn more about those plants." James sigh.

"That's great, I'm thinking of learning new magic maybe. I'm also planning on getting in Hufflepuff Quidditch team." Said Ella but Jake just chuckled.

"If you're talented though, I think you'd failed." Ella gave him a glare and got a smack on the head by Seraphina. "Don't say that. Why because she's a girl? Are you being sexist?" Seraphina let out a dramatic gasp.

"I never said that!"

"Well, good luck then, Ella." Cedric wished her good luck, but her eyes still haven't moved from glaring at Jake.

Quidditch isn't the only thing she's planning on this year, she wanted to study more about Magical Creatures from she was younger. With the class she's taking, she's hoping to do better in that class.