A/N: This is the sequal to 'My Mother, My Aunt' and like that story will be writen by Fred Aholic and Keeperoliver. I will be writing the odd numbered chapters and Ollie will be writing the even number chapters.
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"We are going to miss the train" Lily said as she and Remus took Harry, Hermione and Daniel through the train station.
"There is another twenty minutes until the train leaves" Remus reassured her, she had been panicking all morning, it was only natural. Ahead of them, Hermione, Harry and Daniel were talking about what houses they were going to be in.
"I don't mind which house I am in" Hermione said thoughtfully, she just hoped that she was in a house with at least one of her friends.
"I don't mind either, as long as I am not in Slytherin" Harry said, pulling a face at the word 'Slytherin'.
"I have to be in Gryffindor, I will run away from the school if I get put into a different house" Daniel said with a straight face. They looked behind them when they heard a cough, Hermione and Harry sniggered as Lily and Remus looked at Daniel sternly.
"I was only joking, of course I wouldn't" Daniel said innocently, smiling up at them for a moment. He looked back at Harry and Hermione and grinned, causing them to snigger more.
"Just walk through the wall between platform nine and ten" Remus explained, he walked through first to show them. Daniel was next, followed by Harry and Hermione and lastly, Lily. The three children were in awe when they saw the Hogwarts express, part of them had thought that they were just going to crash into the wall. They said their goodbyes and walked onto the train, it was five minutes to eleven as they looked for a compartment. After a moment, they heard someone call them before they saw Ron running over to them.
"Hey, we have a compartment" he said gesturing to the compartment he had just come out of. In the compartment, Ginny and Nevile were sitting next to each other talking. Hermione sat next to them while Harry and Daniel sat on the opposite side of the compartment with Ron.
"Ok, I have a solution to the house thing" Ron said, everyone looked at him amusedly as they waited for the new idea. Ever since they got their letters, Ron and Daniel had planned lots of different ways to trick the hat.
"The hat is suppose to read your thoughts so all we have to do is think about Gryffindor and about being a Gryffindor then it will have no choice but to put us in Gryffindor" he said triumphantly.
"Don't you think the sorting hat will be smarter than that?" Hermione asked, surely Dumbledore wouldn't have the sorting hat fall for something like that.
"It's only a hat, it will get confused and just put us in Gryffindor" Daniel said, everyone else decided not to say anything, it was obvious that there was going to be an argument.
"What lessons are everyone looking forward to?" Harry asked, eager to change the topic.
This seemed to brighten Hermione up "Transfigurations and Charms sound like they are going to be the best" she said.
"I am going to love Defence Against the Dark Arts" Daniel said enthusiastically, Ron nodded his agreement as they thought of the subject.
"Herbology sounds fun" Nevile said thoughtfully, everyone talked about the lessons except Ginny who was silently looking out the window.
"What about you Ginny, what lesson are you looking forward to?" Harry asked wondering why she was so quiet.
"Not sure, definitely not Potions though" she said, he agreed, after everything they heard about Potions and Professor Snape, they knew that it was going to be the worst lesson.
"Only if there was a way to avoid Potions" Nevile said sadly, he knew he was going to hate it. The conversation carried on like this until the witch with the trolley opened the compartment door.
"Anything off the trolley dears?" she asked, the children quickly stood up and brought some sweets. When she was gone, Ron, Daniel and Ginny began talking about quidditch.
"The Gryffindor house has to win, Oliver Wood is suppose to be a good keeper and Fred and George are the beaters" Ginny said.
"And the Gryffindor team will be even better when we are allowed to try out" Ron said.
"Shame first years don't get brooms, imagine actually being in the Gryffindor quidditch team" Daniel said longingly. Hermione looked like she wanted to tell them that they were not in Gryffindor yet but chose not to.
"I will be right back" Ginny said suddenly, she stood up and walked calmly out of the compartment. Daniel and Ron continued to talk about the quidditch teams while Harry and Hermione looked at each other confused.
"I'm going to check on her" Hermione said before she hurried out of the compartment and followed her.
"Ginny what's wrong, you seemed quiet for the whole journey" Hermione said concerned, she thought the younger girl would be happy, she was going to Hogwarts a year early.
"I was just thinking" she said shrugging, Hermione just looked at her questionably, it wasn't like her to act like this.
She sighed before continuing "what if I am not chosen for Gryffindor, my entire family have been Gryffindors and what if I am not smart enough to be in any house except Hufflepuff because I am a year younger than everyone else" she explained. Hermione understood now, her friend was worried that she wont make her family proud.
"You are a lot smarter than most people your age, I know for a fact that you are smarter than Ron or Daniel and I am sure your family will be happy with whatever house you go into" she said honestly.
Ginny gave a weak smile and hugged her "thanks Hermione, I guess I am worrying about nothing" she said.
"Exactly" Hermione said as she hugged her back, there was no point worrying about something they couldn't control. After a moment, both girls went back to the compartment to see Daniel and Ron in an argument about when their first prank would be. Ginny sat back down by the window and watched the passing fields as Hermione sat next to the compartment door, opposite Harry who was looking at her expectantly. She could tell her was concerned about what was wrong with Ginny so she just smiled reassuringly which seemed to calm him down.
When the train finally stopped, they got of the train and was surprised to see a giant man calling for first years. They followed him to a lake with boats scattered along the edge of the water. It was very dark, even with the lamp the giant man was holding so they all walked slowly down the slight hill towards the lake, afraid that they were going to stumble and actually fall into the lake.
"Grab a boat, four should do it" the man said, Hermione, Nevile, Ginny and Harry went into one boat while Daniel and Ron went into one with two giggling girls. They were taken across the wide lake for what seemed like ages until a large castle was seen ahead of them. Gasps and whispers were heard as people got a better look at it, it was more amazing then any of them were told.
Once they were safely across the lake, they were led into a cave and up a long set of steps which eventually led to the castle. "'irst years Professor" the man said, the Professor gave a sharp nod before the man left.
"This way" she said, she turned around and led them into the castle and to a small room at the corner of the entrance.
"You will wait here until we are ready for you, you can use this time to sort out your appearances" she said looking over them all. Harry pulled his tie up more, a few other students did the same until the Professor walked into a different room.
Hermione and Ginny were trying to smooth their robes while Ron and Daniel were talking in hushed tones.
A few minutes had passed when the Professor walked back into the room "we are ready for you now" she said before turning and walking back out. Everyone followed her into a huge room which must have been the Great Hall, there were long tables of students watching them which made them very nervous.
The Professor stopped in front of the teacher's table and picked up a small stool and a scroll "I will call out your names and you will come up here and put on the hat which will sort you, the houses are Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff" she explained.
"Hannah Abbot" she called, a frightened looking girl with red hair walked slowly up to the stool and sat down before putting on the hat.
"Hufflepuff!" the hat shouted, Hannah smiled as she took off the hat and walked to the cheering table.
"Millicent Bulstrode" the Professor read out, a girl walked out of the group and put the hat on, in a matter of seconds, it shouted Slytherin. The next name called out was Lavender Brown who was the first Gryffindor. It was soon Hermione's turn, she put on the hat but it took a lot longer than everyone else.
Eventually it shouted "Ravenclaw!", Hermione's eyes widened in shock, she didn't think she would go into Ravenclaw. She took off the hat and walked over to the cheering table, she looked back at her friends and noticed that they looked as shocked as she felt, she hoped that she wouldn't be on her own in Ravenclaw.
"Nevile Longbottom" the Professor called, Nevile stumbled up to the stool and put the hat on. It shouted Gryffindor, Nevile beamed as he took the hat off and hurried to the cheering table. A boy named Draco Malfoy was next, Harry didn't know if it was because of all the things he heard about the Malfoys but this boy didn't look very friendly.
Harry was called after a Slytherin named Pansy Parkinson, he put the hat on and was surprised when he heard the hat shout "Ravenclaw". He looked towards the cheering table and saw Hermione smiling at him. The whole table were cheering loudly, he walked over to them and shook people's hands and felt people hitting his back. He knew that he was known because of everything to do with Voldemort but didn't know that people were going to be like this. So many people were talking to him and asking him questions that he couldn't understand half of them. He sat next to Hermione and looked up at the stool once everyone had calmed down.
"Daniel Vanes" the Professor called, Daniel grinned as he walked up to the stool and put the hat on. Harry smiled when he noticed that his cousin seemed to be thinking hard, obviously about Gryffindor.
"Gryffindor!" the hat shouted, Daniel's grin grew as he looked at Ron and walked to the Gryffindor table. The next person to put the hat on was Ginny, it only took a moment but she looked like she was about to cry when she was put in Ravenclaw. She walked to the Ravenclaw table and sat next to Hermione who looked at her worriedly.
"Ginny, they will still be proud of you" she said quietly so only Ginny could hear, she nodded and smiled up at her.
"I guess, I just thought that I was going to be in Gryffindor" she said sadly, she didn't know how to tell her parents that she was not in Gryffindor, all Weasleys were in Gryffindor. She looked over to the Gryffindor table and saw her brothers looking at her shocked which only made her feel worse. She looked up and watched as Ron put on the hat, he grinned when he was placed in Gryffindor and sat next to Daniel and Nevile. During the feast, Harry, Ginny and Hermione wondered why they were in Ravenclaw. They talked and found themselves talking to Padma Patil and Lisa Turpin who were nice girls.
Once the feast was over, they were taken to the Ravenclaw tower and shown their dorms by the prefects. Harry shared a dorm with Terry Boot, Michael Corner and Anthony Goldstein. In the girl's dorm, Hermione and Ginny were talking to Lisa, Padma and a girl named Mandy Brocklehurst. They went to sleep thinking that this year was going to be interesting.
In the Gryffindor boy's dorm, Daniel, Ron and Nevile were talking to Dean Thomas who was a huge football fan. Ron and Nevile didn't understand it much but Daniel had heard about it from his Mum. The other boy in their dorm was Dean Thomas who was already asleep, they understood why, everyone was only just awake and were fighting off sleep themselves. They managed to stay awake for thirty minutes before they had to call it a night, each thinking that this year was going to be interesting.