The Karin Chronicles (a harry potter fanfiction)

"Montgomery, Karin," Professor McGonagall called out, reading from a scroll. A young, terrified looking girl walked slowly up to the sorting hat. She sat down and looked out towards the sea of faces, each decorated so differently. Never in her life had Karin seen so many faces, let alone all at once.
The sorting hat was placed on her head, but she paid it no attention. Instead the girl looked out to the tables and their banners. 'all the houses seem nice, I wonder which I'll get'. She sat staring off, pondering her fate, and flinching reflexively to every movement she saw. Karin was so involved in her guessing fate, she happened not to hear it at all.
"Ms. Montgomery, you can take your seat now," McGonagall said, bending down to meet her face.
"oh, was I- did I? Is i-it over?" Karin was afraid of what might happen, as she was raised to expect the worst.
"yes, you can go sit with the other Gryffindors now" Karin scampered off, perplexed as to what really just happened. Everyone was laughing, but there didn't seem to be a punishment. she looked around as "Mudvaine, Noreen" was being sorted into Ravenclaw.

In the dormitories,it seemed everyone was talking about the next day. "I wonder what our first class will be?" "how are we supposed to know where the classrooms are?" " when do we get to learn how to ride a broom?".
"Karin, what do you think?" a girl called Drianna Halbrow called out.
"About what?"
"About who your favorite teacher will be,"
"Erm, I have no idea, actually," she joined in their conversations for the rest of the night, and for a fleeting moment, felt as at home as she would for the next two years.


Sorry it's so short, I'm working on the next part. Oh, and by the way, this is one year before Harry comes to Hogwarts. She is a year younger than the twins, and a year older than Harry and his friends.