𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌𝐒 // George Weasley

𝟓. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲

"One of them?" Elle replied,

"Yeah we have four brothers and one sister" Elle now noticed another ginger haired boy who looked older than the twins sitting further down the table looking anxiously at Ron who was now sitting on the stool,

"Is that your brother?" Elle referenced the boy at the end,

"Yeah that's Percy" George whispered hurriedly before looking back over to Ron.

GRYFFINDOR.

The twins cheered louder than ever along with Elle as the youngest Weasley brother made his way to the table and sat opposite Harry,

"Good on you Ron" Fred called,

"Yeah you had us worried for a second, thought you'd be a Hufflepuff" George laughed, Ron blushed but looked proud of himself nevertheless.

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Once the sorting ceremony was over, the tall man with the long white beard and red robes stood tall behind a podium and prepared to make a speech.

"That's Dumbledore right?" She turned to George who nodded,

"Great head teacher Dumbledore" George whispered back as the man began to recite some words, none of which made any sense to Elle.

"Now let us feast" he called out, at that moment an abundance of food appeared magically on the table, Elle turned to Fred in shock and he laughed not caring to explain what had just happened. Elle guessed she would just have to get used to that.

They ate hungrily and happily enjoying the delicious food that was prepared. Elle talked the twins along with Angelina and Alicia, she learned that Alicia was another chaser on the Gryffindor quidditch team,

"You any good on a broom Elle? We need another chaser this year" Elle shrugged,

"Never been on one" she smiled,

"Flying lessons are usually just for first years but I'm guessing they'll give you some too" Angelina smiled hopefully.
"Yeah I think that was mentioned, not sure I'm cut out to play quidditch" Elle smiled regretfully,

"Everyone says that but it's actually really fun, it's not dangerous except for the bludgers that is" Alicia grimaced,
"Luckily Gryffindor have the two best beaters in history" Fred mocked a posh English accent as he said this,
"You're good at quidditch I'll give you that" Angelina smiled sarcastically.

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The feast was over just as quickly as it had begun,

"You'll be in a dorm with us of course" Angelina beamed taking Elle's arm in her own,

"There is already four of us but there's always been an empty bed in our dorm almost as though Hogwarts knew that you were coming" Alicia grinned taking her other arm as they followed Percy Weasley up some moving staircases, Elle took one look back to see the twins who were following far behind and laughing to themselves.

As Elle walked up the many staircases, she began to notice that to her amazement the paintings were moving, the characters talking excitedly to each other or just nodding their heads and minding their own business,
"Paintings move here?" Elle murmured, Alicia laughed softly and nodded,

"You have a lot to learn Elle"

Soon the Gryffindor students found themselves standing at the end of a corridor faced by a painting of a pompous looking woman with brown ringlets and a frilly pink dress,

"Password" she drawled in a self-important manner,
"Cabbot Dragonus" Percy replied and with that the painting opened to reveal a stone doorway. The students stepped in excitedly and Elle was greeted by a warm room decorated mainly in red and gold. There was a large fire place already crackling surrounded by comfortable looking chairs with tasseled cushions. The ceilings were heightened and the room had a few staircases leading to more areas of the common room.