When Two Worlds Collide

Chapter 4: The Sorting and Suspicions

Percy plopped down onto the stool and almost instantly before the Hat was even on his head, it screamed "GRYFFINDOR! HOW HAVE YOU BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH AND SURVIVED? IT'S KILLING ME! GET THIS KID AWAY FROM ME!"

Confused clapping came from my table but I only had eyes for Percy who sat down on Annabeth's other side and wrapped an arm around her shoulder while giving Jason a fist bump. 

McGonagall, meanwhile, had taken to soothing the Sorting Hat who was now shivering in her arms. She stroked it gently, murmuring words to it before calling out the next name. 

"McLean, Piper."

A beautiful girl walked confidently to the stool, her eyes seemed to shift colors and her choppy brown hair swayed as she walked. I could hear gasps and saw almost every boy eyeing her. Jason shifted in his seat and leveled a firm glare at everyone in the vicinity staring at Piper. 

Another couple? 

"Are those eyes even real?" I heard Ron whisper out loud. 

"Oh, of course not, Ronald, she's probably showing them off because it's her first day," Hermione huffed, looking annoyed as Piper sat on the stool. 

I saw, out of the corner of my eye, Jason turn his head slightly to our direction, I had a sneaking suspicion that he had heard Hermione and Ron. 

But he had no reason to get mad at us, I mean, those eyes can't be real at all! 

"SLYTHERIN!" Shouted the Sorting Hat and Piper got up, giving McGonagall and smile as she handed the hat back before settling down at the Slytherin table, amidst loud clapping from her housemates. She sat across from Malfoy and Nico and began chatting. 

Seriously, how did all the transfers seem to know Malfoy? Even more proof that they were in Voldemort's circle. 

"I knew it!" Hermione whispered, looking satisfied, "a girl like her would only end up in a sneaky house like Slytherin, what a show-off."

Ron and I stared at Hermione, was she jealous of Piper? Jason, on the other hand, had heard the statement (even though Hermione said it pretty quietly) and his hand slammed down on the table so hard that the Gryffindors around us jumped. 

"I would rather you not talk about my girlfriend like that again," he spoke through clenched teeth as if he was trying his very best to stay in control. His eyes swirled like a tornado and I felt a strange tingling sensation like the feeling you get before being shocked. Jason's hands were clenched into tight fists on the table. The whole Gryffindor table was quiet now and Hermione's squeaky "okay" echoed around the Hall. 

I glanced around to see if anyone else had seen what had happened and I saw only Malfoy and Nico staring at Jason with a 'what the fuck was that all about' look. Jason subtly shook his head at them and gave Hermione one warning glare before turning back to see the sorting. The tingly feeling had nearly disappeared and the only thing left behind was a smell of...ozone?

Hmmm...

I decided to keep that incident in the back of my brain before tuning into the sorting. The Hat was now sorting "Ogygia, Calypso." What kind of name was Calypso? 

The Hat took only a minute before yelling out "SLYTHERIN!" Calypso went to sit down next to Piper as the Slytherin table cheered yet again. Calypso was also just as beautiful as Piper and Annabeth, but her beauty seemed timeless, whether she was 90 years old or 17? I would never know, her beauty was like that. 

It freaked me out if I must admit. 

Finally, McGonagall called out the last name of the transfer students, "Valdez, Leo!"