Chapter 2. The School.
Here's the second chapter to my story! Please review! I own nothing besides Evanna and Beth:-).
"We're almost there," said Snape tonelessly as he got up and took his robes out of his bags. Lily grinned widely and did the same, as did Evanna. The train suddenly came to a stop, and excited faces started rushing out. Evanna was the last to leave the train, she stayed there in the cart three minutes after Lily and Severus had left. As she got out, she heard herself say "wow." She could see a bit of Hogwarts, it was huge. It was the most beautiful castle ever! Evanna saw a very old bridge, and was amazed that it was still there. She felt stupid once again, they had obviously used magic. Evanna kept forgetting about magic, she was just so used the Muggle world.
"Here here!" yelled a man who was holding a lantern. This man was definitely not Hagrid. He was much shorter, and much thinner. He had dark brown hair, and grey eyes. This man looked old however, probably in his late forties. If you paid attention, you could see the white streaks in his hair, and the wrinkles on his face. The man put everyone in groups of four and assigned them each a boat. Evanna looked ahead and saw James. He was in a boat with-Sirius? A thin boy with brown hair was entering; he looked extremely tired. Following that boy was a plump boy, who was holding a lollipop that he had gotten from the trolley. He looked like a nice guy, he had very short brown hair, and his nose was wrinkled up.
James, Sirius, Peter and Remus. Coincidence? I think not. Thought Evanna smiling.
"Miss? You, with the brown hair," called the man with the lantern.
"Me?" Evanna asked pointing to herself, offended.
"Yes, that boat," he said, pointing to the boat which had Severus, Lily, and a blond haired girl. Evanna rushed to the boat, sitting in it. The man set the boat on the water and we were off.
"I'm James Potter," introduced James to the other three boys once the boat was on water.
"Sirius Black," spoke the one with hair like James', but longer.
"I'm Peter Pettigrew!" Exclaimed Peter, eating another bite of the sandwich that was now in his hand.
The last boy just stared at the water. The rest looked at him, but he didn't care.
"Remus, Remus Lupin," he spoke not moving his head. James looked at Sirius giving him a look that said," What's his problem?" Sirius shrugged. James' and Sirius' parents both knew each other, so James and Sirius knew each other as well. They weren't best friends, but they were good friends.
"What's your name?" Asked Lily looking at the blonde girl.
"Sorry, I don't answer to mud-bloods," she replied. Lily looked hurt, she obviously knew what a mud-blood was. Evanna reached for her unicorn core, sycamore wood, 12 ½ inches wand to threaten this blonde girl, but Severus beat her to it. He pulled out his wand and pointed it at the blonde girl. In shock, she nearly fell off the boat, but quickly regained her balance. The boat hit land and stopped. The blonde girl was the first out of the boat.
"I hope the nargles get you!" Evanna shouted at the top of her lungs. Evanna was technically also muggleborn; her parents were muggles as well.
Everyone stared at Evanna for a moment. James and Sirius chuckled, they found Evanna's embarrassing moment amusing. A man that was waiting on the other side came. He was extremely thin, tall, and he looked as if he hadn't showered in days. He had dirt on his clothes and face, and there was a cat following him around. He held a lantern, which was very dim.
"Follow me," he barked with hate in his voice.
Filch. Thought Evanna
The students followed without a word, Sirius mocked the man in a voice he didn't have, and James laughed. Evanna found herself staring at James, imaging her and him together then quickly shook the thought out of her head.
No, it has to be Lily and James, or Voldemort will never die. Evanna thought, hurt. She suddenly kind of knew how Severus felt. Of course, the story was much different, but it was similar. The students all followed Filch into the great hall. It was even 'greater' than Evanna had ever imagined it! It was beautiful. The tables were so long, each with a table runner running across them. The Gryffindor table runner was red and gold, the Slytherin one was green and silver, the Hufflepuff one was black and yellow, and the Ravenclaw one blue and black.
"Welcome students," Albus Dumbledore spoke. As soon as he spoke, the whole hall went quiet. Dumbledore had a twinkle to his eye, and his smile seemed very welcoming. "First, the new students will be sorted into one of the four houses, Slytherin, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw. Then, we shall feast." Said Dumbledore smiling. "Let me remind you that the Forbidden Forest is off limits, and you are not to go near our new tree, unless you wish to hurt yourself unbearably." Dumbledore finished with a twinkle in his eye.
Several students started whispering amongst themselves. Remus felt guilty, and suddenly worried. Sirius grinned to James, and James grinned back in reply. Albus Dumbledore gave Remus a kind look. When Dumbledore finished his speech, all the first years fought to get first in line.
"James Potter," Minerva McGonagall called. She slowly put the sorting hat on his head, and the hat spoke.
"hmmm, where shall we put you?" The sorting hat spoke as all the first years stared. Even the older students were eager to know which house James Potter was going to be put in. All the houses liked to have as many as people as they could.
"GRYFFINDOR!" The sorting hat shouted. James smiled, and ran toward the Gryffindor table was which clapping.
"Welcome to Gryffindor," said a sixth year shaking James' hand.
"Sirius Black," called Minerva. Minerva had a worried look on her face, she had heard about the troublemakers Sirius and James. She could handle one babbling bumbling baboon, but she could not handle two. Sirius sat on the bench, and the hat was placed on his head.
"Gryffindor," James whispered to himself.
"Ah, a Black hmm…" Said the sorting hat. Sirius shut his eyes tight; he did not want to be in Slytherin. "Let me see," it started once again, "GRYFFINDOR!" It shouted resulting in more cheers from the Gryffindor table. Minerva sighed, and put her hand on her head.
"Welcome mate!" Said James patting Sirius on the back as he walked toward the Gryffindor table.
Sirius grinned in reply. Sirius and James both noticed Bellatrix's glare coming their way, and then the glare turned toward Lily. The sorting hat kept putting different people in to different houses. Remus and Peter had just been put in Gryffindor, and Sirius gave them a welcoming smile.
"Evanna…Felton," Minerva called. Evanna panicked for a second, what would say if someone asked who her parents were? Evanna slowly stepped forward, tripping over her robes. There were many snickers from behind, but Evanna did not dare look back. Evanna closed her eyes at the sorting hat was placed on her head.
"Hmmm, tough one, tough indeed. There is bravery, loyalty, yet also cunningness and a thirst for power. Where should I put you?" Spoke the Sorting hat.
"Slytherin, please Slytherin," Evanna whispered so no one could hear her. However, the sorting hat did.
"Slytherin? Let it be then…SLYTHERIN!" The sorting hat shouted. Evanna smiled and went toward the Slytherin table where she was greeted by a sixth year. Evanna sat across a girl with un-controllable hair, hate on her face, yet she was still pretty. It was Lily's turn, she was second last. The only person behind her was Severus. Lily smiled as she stepped forward, eager to see what would happen. The sorting hat just touched her head when it shouted "GRYFFINDOR!" Lily smiled and ran toward the Gryffindor table. Severus looked at Lily as she ran, he felt destroyed. Sadness rushed through his body as she sat with Remus. That was supposed to be him, Lily was supposed to sit next to him.
"Severus Snape," Minerva McGonagall called out. Severus walked up to the bench, and sat on it. The sorting hat had barely touched his head when it shouted "Slytherin!" The Slytherin table cheered. Severus had always wanted to be Slytherin, but he didn't feel happy at all right now. Severus sat down next to the brown-haired girl Evanna. Evanna smiled at him, and he managed a weak smile back.
Maybe she isn't that bad. She is a Slytherin after all thought Snape looking at Evanna.
"What blood are you?" Asked Bellatrix with disgust pointing at Evanna.
"Blood?" Replied Evanna, though she knew exactly what she meant.
"Pureblood, half-blood, or mudblood?" she said impatiently, making a face at the word 'mudblood.'
"Oh, my parents are muggles," replied Evanna.
Everyone turned their eyes toward Evanna. It was very rare for a Slytherin to be muggle-born. Bellatrix looked at Evanna with revulsion and changed her seat.
"You there," she said pointing to a boy, "move," she ordered. The skinny boy got up quickly, nearly tripping.
Evanna looked down, wanting to go to her room as soon as possible.
"You may now feast!" Spoke Dumbledore very loudly, and food magically appeared on the tables. There was all sort of food, and Evanna heard her stomach make weird noises. Evanna went for the roast chicken, and Severus went for the casserole.
Peter ate roast beef like he was a pig. Peter was nearly choking over his food, but he didn't look up once. Sirius and James on the other hand, ate slowly, and talked about how glad they were to be in Gryffindor. Remus stuck to pudding, he didn't really feel like eating meat. Lily ate in a well-mannered way, talking to a girl named Alice.
"I can't wait till transfiguration," exclaimed James
"Neither can I," replied Sirius, taking a bight of his shepherd's pie.
"Me neither!" Shouted Peter. Peter actually wasn't sure which class he couldn't wait for, he just wanted to fit in for now. Peter had never really had his own likes and dislikes; he just liked and disliked what other people did. Even when Peter had his own opinion, he kept it to himself. James looked over at Remus; he thought that he was very odd. First, the incident on the boat, and now he was sitting all alone, a serious expression on his face as if he were in deep thought. James looked at Sirius, then at Remus raising his eyebrow. James then fake-coughed tilting his head slightly toward Remus. Sirius ignored James and went back to his feast.
"All the students are now to go to their common room," announced McGonagall.
"But I'm not done eating," Peter moaned. Peter had actually been eating non-stop ever since the food appeared, he could never eat too much food. Sirius raised his eyebrows at Peter's comment.
"Follow me," said the Gryffindor sixth year, and all the Gryffindor's did. The sixth year, Scott, had brown hair and blue eyes. He was tall for his age, and extremely thin. He was the Gryffindor quidditch team captain and keeper. James and Sirius couldn't stop smiling as they followed Oliver.