The children spilled out of their rented car outside of King's Cross Station. Ginny, the mother, opened the small boot to reveal three huge school trunks. Each kid grabbed a trolley and a trunk, then surprising the passersbys on the road, the children pulled out two owls.
"Careful Lily, Don't hurt Anton" Harry, the father said. His wild hair stuck up in all directions covering some of his face but you could still see a lightning bolt shaped scar peeking out beneath the mop. He wore a nice suit yet rugged in places.
Rushing through the station to platform nine the family slowed and began to walk at a normal pace. The family of five came to a stop in front of a brick barrier between platforms nine and ten. The oldest son went first through the brick barrier, the younger son and then the girl flanked by her parents arriving to the bustle of kid yelling good-byes, parents reminding kids, and a scarlet steam engine puffing out grey smoke.
Lily stepped on to the train as the piercing whistle warned the students that the Hogwarts Express was pulling from the platform.
"Bye Dad" Lily Potter yelled over her shoulder, off to her first year at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Up ahead her cousin Hugo stepped into a compartment. Albus, James and Rose were already there leaning out the window yelling goodbyes to their parents, the famous Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger and Lily's own parents Harry and Ginny Potter.
Albus ruffled Lily's hair as she sat down.
"Off to your first year, huh sis?"
"Stop it Al, I don't want you to mess up my beautiful hair" Lily joked back.
"OH, hoping to impress boys now, are you" James said as he playfully nudged his little sister.
The compartment doors slid open to reveal a small boy who looked slightly lost. The doors slid open to reveal a small boy who looked slightly lost.
"There you are Frank, I was starting to think you'd missed the train" Rose said. Frank was also in first year at Hogwarts, same as Lily. Both his parents were teachers at the school and a close friends of the family.
"Come back," said a voice with a thick Bulgarian accent, further down the hall, "you just knocked into me, Come back!'
"Hurry Frank, we don't want you to be fought alone yourself." Rose whispered. As Frank took his place in a seat the new Bulgarian boy took his place at the door. He was pale, almost white with deep brown eyes and neatly combed black hair.
"Hey you" he said pointing at Frank "What do you think you're doing?"
"I…I…It was an-"Frank mumbled
"He didn't mean anything" Albus said cutting off Frank's stammering "What's your name, by the way? You look third year but I swear I've never seen you before."
"My name is Lucifer Benoir. GOODBYE"
"Well he seems jolly" Hugo said. The doors slid open a minute later.
"Hey Scorpius, how was your summer?" James said jumping from his seat to give Scorpius a hug. Scorpius was the only child of Draco and Pansy Malfoy. Even though James' parents and Scorpius parents could not bear even to see each other, the boys had been inseparable from the moment that Scorpios was placed in Gryffindor.
Seven hours later they were all changed into their black school robes as the scarlet engine pulled into Hogsmeade.
"First years" a petite woman called from the platform. Rose and Hugo skipped up to Luna Lovegood. Around 20 kids shivered around her as she took attendance.
"Hello Mum the train ride was very nice" said Frank.
"Frank, from now on call me Professor Lovegood, and for all of you new kids just so you know my name is Luna Lovegood. And this here is my son, Frank" Professor Lovegood said to the group "Now into the boats everyone" Hugo, Lily and and frank took one small wooden row boat together and the oars started to pull them closer to the castle. Looming out of the darkness the children saw the large castle glow as the were gently brought closer by the boats.
They entered a small side room where Professor Lovegood left them to wait. The walls were made of stone, painting of witches and wizards lined the wall. The torches flicked making the shadows of the children jump around. The kids wandered throughout the room chatting amongst themselves.
"I still don't know how they sort us, Dad and the boys have been dropping hints about a dragon but Mum says it was quick and simple." Hugo told the other students.
"The four founders of Hogwarts originally sorted the the students by hand but when they found they could not do this for ever. The founders bewitched Godric Gryffindor's hat to chose for them" a short girl standing off by herself informed the group. All the students turned to look at her with open mouths, "What? I read it in Hogwarts: A History" She said looking around. Suddenly a transparent figure of a man in medieval clothing floated through a wall.
"Hello children" The ghost said upon looking down "My name is Sir Nicholas-"
"You're Nearly Headless Nick right?!" A boy shouted from across room. Suddenly the erupted in yelling. Professor Lovegood entered at this Hubbub.
"Children, quiet!" She yelled over the kid's talk.
"You will line up single file and enter the Great Hall behind me"
As they walked through the double doors an eruption of applause echoed throughout the big room. Four long tables lined up parallel to each other. The separate houses sat at each of these tables, Slytherin to the far left, than Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw to the right and at the very far right Gryffindor. At the front of the hall on a raised platform was another fifth table where the teachers sat. The boy that had threatened Frank on the train was standing against the door, looking around with his arms crossed and frowning at everything he saw. Professor Lovegood motioned for the boy to join the line. Professor Lovegood led the 23ish children down the middle of the tables to a chair with a hat on it. Once they had all come to a stop the tattered old hat spread a hole into what appeared to be a mouth and sang.
"
HAT SONG
"
Once the old tattered hat had finished the room erupted in the into applause. Professor Lovegood stepped forward and
"Abbott, Sarah" was the first name called.
"RAVENCLAW' the hat yelled.
The kids cheered Sarah to the table and on it went the students timidly walking to the hat and finding a seat.
"Benoir, Lucifer" was called not shortly after. The sorting hat had barly landed on Lucifer's head when the rip opened wide and yelled.
"SLYTHERIN" for all to hear.
Finally it came to Lily's turn.
"Potter, Lily"
"GRYFFINDOR"
Lily joined her brothers at the table and continue to watch the Sorting until Hugo got placed next to her. The Sorting over Professor Mcgonagall got up to say a few words.
"I'm so hungry I could eat a hippogriff" James whispered to Lily.
"I hope the headmaster finishes soon" just as she said this Professor Mcgonagall sat down. Bowls and platters of delicious smelling food appeared on the table. Albus, Lily, and Rose filled their plates up and began to eat. Dessert replaced the dinner and full of the heavy weight of the house-elf cooked dinner they sleepily walked up the stairs to the Gryffindor tower. The prefects let them in and immediately they all went to their separate dorms to fall asleep.