Chapter 2

Sirius' POV

My parents were going to kill me. I was talking to three people who were not purebloods, or they were considered a blood traitor. Of course I didn't care, but my parents would. They seemed like really nice people and I wanted to be friends with them. I wouldn't let my parents tell me who I could and couldn't be friends with. "We should change into our robes." I suggest. Everyone nods in agreement.

I had finished changing and then I looked out the window. That's when I saw the castle for the first time. It was amazing. I was speechless at the sight of the castle. Everyone else was too. "Are you as excited as me?!" I asked.

"Of course! My parents have told me a lot about Hogwarts!" James said.

"I'm very excited." Peter says.

"I'm finally away from home!" I say very giddily.

"Won't you miss it?" Peter asks.

I was still smiling when I said, "Not at all, I hate it there."

The train stopped and we climbed out. A man who was twice the size of a normal sized person was yelling "Firs' years this way! Firs' years follow me!" We walked over to a lake and there were a lot of boats sitting by the shore. "No more tha' two 'n a boat."

I turn to James, "Wanna go together?"

"Sure." He replies. We start to move and we all are staring amazed at the castle. It wasn't long until we would be inside.

"Are you alright?" James asks. I didn't even realize I was nervously tapping my fingers on the seat of the boat.

"Just nervous for the sorting."

"Everything will work out."

"Thanks." He was probably right. I will get sorted into Slytherin and everything will be as it should be.

We get to the end of the lake and James could not stop jumping up and down from excitement. "Aren't you excited!"

"Of course I am!" We find Remus and Peter and walk in together. The inside of the castle was just as amazing as the outside. There were so many staircases and I swear I saw one of them move! There were hundreds of paintings of people and all of them moved and talked! They kept saying 'Welcome to Hogwarts.' I said thanks to a few of them. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

We were led down a few corridors and arrived right outside two big doors. A woman who looked just about fifty stepped outside. "Welcome to Hogwarts. Soon you will walk inside these doors and take a seat but first you must be sorted into your house. Your house will be like your family. Your triumphs will earn you points, any rule-breaking will lose points. The four houses are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Now, if you will please follow me inside."

She opened the doors and into what looked like a dining hall but much much bigger. There were four long tables and one long table in the back for the teachers. One thing that really caught my attention were the candles. There were hundreds of candles floating above everyone's heads.

"Now when I call your name, please come up and sit and I will place the hat on your head." The hat looked like it had been used for centuries. "Aubrey, Bertram." Oh no. It was alphabetical order. I could hear the hat mumbling to itself. After a minute or two it called out, "Ravenclaw!" The boy looked pleased and sat down at a table.

"Black, Sirius." I walked up and sat down; my heart beating out of my chest. As soon as the hat was on my head it started talking. "Ah, another Black, my first instinct tells me to put you in Slytherin. Hmm… but that's not what you want is it?"

"I don't know what I want." I whispered.

"No, you don't want to be like your family. And you shouldn't be, you are different from them. You value courage and friendship… I know were you belong… Gryffindor!" He called out. How was that possible? Anything but Gryffindor would've been fine. My parents will not be happy. The professor took the hat off my head and I walked over to the Gryffindor table.

I was a little happy I guess; at least I wasn't with my family. I heard "Davies, Emmeline." It took almost no time for the hat to shout, "Hufflepuff!"

The names went on and on until I heard "Lupin, Remus." He was the last kid to come into our car on the train. The hat was thinking for a decent amount of time until it finally said, "Gryffindor!" I was so happy, he seemed really nice. He sat down next to me."

"Hello again." I say.

"Hello."

I try to joke around with him a bit, "Looks like you're stuck with me."

He giggles, "I guess."

The sorting was going very slowly and I was getting very hungry. After what felt like forever, another familiar name was called, "Pettigrew, Peter." The hat took longer on him than any other student so far. After about five minutes it called out, "Gryffindor!" Peter looked pleased and sat down with me and Remus. "Potter, James." Was called out once Peter sat down. It didn't take long for the hat to call out Gryffindor as well. James had the biggest smile on his face as he sat down on the other side of me.

"Hello fellow Gryffindors."

"Nice to see you again." I say to him.

"See? I told you you would be with me in Gryffindor."

"You did." I admit. The sorting finishes up and the person in the middle of the table stands up and says, "Let the feast, begin." He waves his had and all of the plates get filled with food. I was so hungry, I dived right in. All of the food was so good! It was so much better than the food Kreacher made.

"Looks like we're all in the same house after all."