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The two then looked back at Juno, he had his eyes shut tightly and his hands clasping the stool seat—

"GRYFFINDOR!"

Janna and Orion jumped up slightly to cheer for Juno, he quickly walked to the table to sit next to Orion. Juno was tugging his scarf from his neck slightly from the hot sweat and breathlessness. Next was a Genet Fray who was put in Hufflepuff, her light brown hair bounced on her shoulders as she trotted to the Hufflepuff table. A boy named Yann Fredricks was put in Gryffindor immediately straight after the hat was placed on his head. Yann was followed by Justine Goodman who was placed in Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw watched Rose—who was next—with hungry eyes. "GRYFFINDOR!" Rose then smirked brightly, she confidently walked to the Gryffindor table to sit with Olive.

A young tomboy named Sofia Warren was called next, she was the girl who had the beanie atop her head. Sofia tugged it over her forehead before sitting on the stool, the hat wasn't even on her head for two seconds before it called out "SLYTHERIN!"

She pursed her lips from a smile before walking towards the cheering crowd of Slytherin who immediately welcomed her then glaring at Janna and Orion. A dark skinned girl named Gianna Horne was put in Ravenclaw, the house cried out in joyous cheering. A shorter girl called Denise Ilusa followed Gianna to Ravenclaw along with a boy named William Jacobs. The streak was broken when a very short girl called out as Zella Lightwood was put in Hufflepuff.

"Scorpius Malfoy!" The hall went quiet, Janna watched as the hat was placed on his head.

"SLYTHERIN!" The hat yelled. Scorpius smiled vaguely and nodded to himself before moving towards the Slytherin table. After a fair haired girl named Quince Maplecrow was made a Hufflepuff, an Aimee Miller was sorted into Gryffindor and a Jack Plume was put in Hufflepuff—Professor Longbottom called out "Albus Potter!"

The hat is placed on Albus' head, the hat's creases formed an immediate frown; Albus had a contorted expression of shock and confusion—

"SLYTHERIN!"

The hall was dead silent, the only sounds were Sofia Warren and Scorpius cheering and clapping wildly. Albus had the hat lifted off his head, behind him Harry watched with an awestruck expression plastered on his face. Janna watched Albus—he seemed to be as stiff as a pole as he walked to Scorpius and Sofie.

"A Potter in Slytherin?" Asked Olive Bough as she leaned to Rose's ear.

"He can't be related to me, they must have swapped him in Saint Mungo's or something" James muttered, Rose watched Albus over her shoulder like everyone else to see Albus slowly sit next to Scorpius and Sofie at the Slytherin table.

"And his dad is right there at the teacher's table" Whispered Aimee Miller.

"Albus... You shouldn't have chosen that house... What were you thinking?" Rose muttered across to the Slytherin table to Albus, he was sitting silently with Sofie and Scorpius trying to ignore the attention of the entire school.

"Right..." Professor Longbottom then looked at the parchment "Esmeralda Shine"

"Hufflepuff!"

Albus didn't dare look at anyone but Scorpius and Sofia as Janna watched him; Juno, Orion and a very few set of other students were now focused on the last few students to be sorted.

"Jake Siglavy!"

The hat was placed on Jake's head, the hat paused he then closed his eyes—which seemed to be made up of folds in his fabric—before yelling:

"Gryffindor!"

The few last ones called out were: Jenna Thornley, she was put in Ravenclaw; one February Turpin was made a Hufflepuff; a Robin Vinca went to Hufflepuff as well. And lastly was one Soleil Weasley—who was expected to be put in Gryffindor by Rose—was put in Ravenclaw; Soleil gladly joined Victorie at the Ravenclaw table.

The stern woman in emerald robes stood up from her gold chair near the centre of the High Table at the front of the Great Hall "Welcome to Hogwarts First years and welcome to a new year my elder years" She called "A few words of wisdom before we start our feast; appreciate what you have, but most of all: don't forget your wyrd."

Janna leaned to Juno as other students began to murmur "What's a wyrd?"

"Oh... I don't know" Juno whispered but Jake leaned over Juno to Janna.

"In German it means fate or destiny, but the saying McGonagall used is from the poem of the rune Jera" Jake explained, Janna gawked at him "yes, this beauty does have brains"

"Whoa, that's really neat Jake" Orion nodded in approval, Janna chuckled while Juno flushed. The four then looked at the golden plates before them were stacked with food, there were large golden jugs filled with liquid. A feast sat before the four of them. The smell of roasted chicken joined with boiled thyme potatoes, gravy stewed peas, sweet boiled carrots complimented by the aroma of chips in a mixture of tomato sauce and mayonnaise.

Jake immediately stacked his plate with chips and chicken, Janna looked at the steak, she looked for the least cooked bits. Juno avoided any chicken while taking gravy and peas, Orion picked out the carrots and seeking some greens before taking some steak as well.

"So Jake, you're from Russia?" Janna asked as she lifted a steak to her plate.

"Yeah, my family moved to Britain a few months ago. I lived in Saint Petersburg for seven years after leaving my birthplace of Perm, we were near the Ural Mountains but when my sisters were born we moved." Jake explained "your turn Erdem" Juno looked up from his food to Jake "Where were you born?"

"Well, I was born in Manchester but a few weeks later my parents died my Gran took me to Darwin. We were supposed to there but two years ago my Gran got an owl saying that I had inherited my parent's house when my sister died." Juno then smiled softly "And here we are"

"How old was your sister?"Janna asked, Juno paused before putting a fork of impaled peas into his mouth.

He swallowed "Aubrey was many years older than me... She was maybe eighteen." Juno then cleared his throat "where are you from Janna?"

"Oh, well..." Janna thought back to the documents, she pursed her lips and smiled softly "I was born in London, some place called Islington. Er... my father died before my mother, I was then taken to Turn Kindling to live with the Winslows. I was homeschooled when I was about eight after—a complication—nothing too exciting... but it was the best thing since I usually would teach myself what I wanted to know" Janna smiled, she then looked at Orion who was next to her "now you mister Cintola"

"Aright, so... I'm from a small village called Delver. We stayed there until I was five, my parents maw, pa and I moved to the highlands to Argil. I don't miss it there, it's nice seeing more people other than the two same faces." Orion snorted "although it's home"

"Wow, our families are not the best" Jake chuckled, Janna pursed her lips and nodded slowly as Juno bowed his head while Orion held his hand over his chest.

"Well, we can make our own family" Orion voiced, Janna smiled softly.

"Yeah, dibs on being the best man, maybe you and Janna can get married" Jake offered, Orion's white skin turned a rosy pink as he blushed, Janna quickly ate some of the steak before shaking her head.

"I don't really want to get married" Janna announced, Juno snorted at Jake who grimaced.

"What?!" Jake frowned "All girls want to get married!"

"I'm not any ordinary girl Jake, I'm a special kind of person" Janna smiled and Jake groaned in response.

"Fine then, siblings we are" Jake nodded quickly before wrapping his arms around Orion and Juno while his hand patted Janna's back.