The headmasters office was large, filled with books that I wished I could read. The portraits on the walls were whispering about the American students standing in the office; some even made a few nasty remarks about us. Along with the headmaster, four other professor's stood next to his desk who I assumed were the head of house for each of the four houses. The Headmaster introduced them as Professor's McGonagall, Snape, Flitwick, and Sprout. My suspicions were confirmed when Professor dumbledore named them as the heads of Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff, respectively. They let Professor Dumbledore talk and did not interrupt him as he spoke to us.

After a quick conversation Professor Dumbledore led Matt and me to a chair with a tattered brown hat on it. The hat spoke out suddenly, singing a song detailing the traits of each of the four houses of Hogwarts.

Once the song ended, Dumbledore picked up the hat and offered Mat a seat on the chair before placing the hat on his head. A couple of minutes passed, and I was starting to wonder what was taking so long when the hat yelled out "Hufflepuff".

Matt looked pleased at this and stood up once the hat was removed. I then took his place on the chair and the hat, once placed on my head, seemed to speak to me.

"Hmm, you are a very clever young lady, intelligent and creative. You are very brave, I see, yes. You are most loyal and independent. You can accomplish anything you set your mind to, and you will do whatever it takes to do so. You are an interesting thing, you are. You would do well in any of the four houses here at Hogwarts."

Of course I would, I don't know how to do anything else.

"There are a few people who I have greatly considered for multiple houses. I can see you being great in both Gryffindor and Ravenclaw. I think you would make some lifelong friends in Gryffindor, friends that would help you with anything, though you do not seem like one to often need help. Then again, Ravenclaw would be the house to challenge you, to get you to be come the greatest witch you could possibly be. You are definitely fierce at heart. You care greatly about your friends, and you are often the one to lead."

I did chose the house of Pukwidgie when I was at Ilvermorny, if that is of any help to you.

"You chose your house did you?"

When multiple statues react to you, you are allowed to chose the house which you want to be a part of. It doesn't happen very often, but I am far from bragging when I say that, It is actually kind of hard to decide something like that at eleven years old.

"Being able to chose is a sign of great strength. Knowing what is best for yourself requires great intelligence, which you seem to posess. Well I think I know just the place for you. Ravenclaw!"

The hat was removed from my head and placed back onto the chair when I stood up. The headmaster congratulated both of us and I was greeted by Professor Flitwick, a short man, and congratulated on being sorted into his house. He dragged me into conversation quickly, and he told me about how to enter the common room, which unlike the others that required only a password, required answering a riddle. The answer did not have to be technically correct as long as you could explain how you got to your conclusion so long as it fit the parameters. I was genuinely excited to be talking to him when Professor Dumbledore asked for us to pay attention to him once more.

He handed us each a piece of parchment with the classes that we would be taking during the school year and made sure to ask if there were any questions about the classes, and if there were any mistakes, which there were not. He then proceeded to give us each a list of the items we would need to bring with us once school started. Professor Dumbledore also informed us that our father had signed the permission slips allowing us to travel to the nearby village on the weekends.

We were filled in on everything Professor Dumbledore and the Heads of house thought that we should be filled in on, including the last thing students were taught the year prior, and when Quiddich tryouts were going to be held.

We were dismissed soon after and headed over to the fireplace to floo back to our new home when a voice drew my attention.

"Miss Anders."

I turned around to come face to face with the man Professor Dumbledore named as Snape.

"Yes, Sir?" I asked, wondering why he would have wanted to talk to me.

"I received a latter from your last Potions instructor along with your transcript, and I was wondering if what he has said about you is true; you have passed the NEWT level potions examination."

"Yes, Sir. I would be happy to take it again for you if you would like. I understand that it may be hard to believe."

"I have a copy of it. The only error I could find was a misspelling of the word 'necessary'. I would like to have you stop by office on the Monday after classes start, after dinner. I will see you then."

"Yes, Sir."

I turned to see Matt gaping at Professor Snape's robes billowing behind him as he walked out of the room.

"Why do you have to be so smart that the scary ones are impressed?" Matt said shaking his head. "I honestly don't understand how you do it."

I smiled, grabbing a fistful of floo powder and stepping into the fireplace. "You wouldn't."