"Are you nervous Remus?" Remus Lupin looked to his left to see Peter.
"I suppose I am a bit nervous about the sorting hat."
"From all that reading you were doing on the way here, I can already guess you're gonna be in Ravenclaw."
"I hope so. It'd be better that being in the same house as you troublemakers."
Sirius, James and Peter were taken aback by Remus' comment. Throughout the whole ride there he had been quiet and only talking when they asked him a question.
"Meow Remus. Who knew you had it in you? Watch us be in the same house."
Remus clapped his hands together dramatically and looked up.
"Please God, anything but that. Don't put me in the same house as them."
He looked back at them and laughed. They had looks of awe on their face trying to go with the mood but they couldn't hold back their laughter any longer. They didn't notice any of the other 1st years staring at them.
"Would you care to share what's so funny with the rest of us?" The voice belonged to a tall woman who seemed to be in her late thirties.
"Uh…nothing?"
"Yes well, come along then. It's time to for you all to be sorted into your proper houses. Oh and I am Professor McGonagall."
Everyone followed behind her into the Great Hall. They were all feeling nervous.
"I hope we all end up together." James got the wheels turning in Remus' head.
"If we don't end up together would we still be friends."
"Of course Remus. Even if James was in Gryffindor, Peter in Hufflepuff, you in Ravenclaw, and me in—Uh I shudder to think—even if I ended up in Slytherin, we would all still be friends. So, no need to worry."
"I thought you would say that."
"Now then when I call your name, you will walk to the end of the aisle, sit down, and place the sorting hat on your head. Understand?"
Dozens of nodding heads sent the professor on her way.
I really hope that I end up in the same house as Sirius and them. I wonder that if I ever told them about me that they would still stick by me no matter what. sighs
Remus looked up as he felt James elbow him in the side. Apparently his name was called. He could hear people laughing at him. He ducked his head in embarrassment.
"Nice of you to join us, Mr. Lupin."
"Sorry Professor."
Remus sat down on the chair and Professor McGonagall placed the sorting hat on his head.
Hmm… I can sense great potential for you in Ravenclaw but there is also a strong feeling to prove yourself to everyone around you, especially your new friends. You will all do great things together. I should hate to separate you. So…Gryffindor
Cheering erupted from the table on the far right side of the room. Remus could distinctly hear Sirius' voice. He quickly made his way to where Sirius was.
"Congrats Remus. Now we can only hope that James and Peter end up in Gryffindor too."
"They will."
"How do you know?"
"The Sorting Hat told me so. It said we would do great things together and that it didn't want to separate us."
"Oh. The old hat just said that I was too defiant to be in Slytherin, so I got put in Gryffindor."
There was more cheering from their table. Remus watched as Peter made his way over to where they were sitting.
"Good to have you with us Peter."
"GYFFINDOR!"
"Must be James." Sure enough that was who was currently walking over to them.
"Guess we all ended up together."
"How lucky are we?"
Remus and Sirius shared a knowing look with each other.
"And now for a few announcements before we feast, no one is allowed in the Forbidden Forest. Also no one is allowed to go near the Whomping Willow…"
Remus suddenly felt scared when he heard Sirius whisper to James about checking out the Willow.
"What's wrong Remus?" It was Peter.
The question attracted the attention of the other two.
"Are you nervous again? Why?"
"Look I don't wanna talk about it all right." Remus set his head in his hands and sighed.
He had no right to snap at them.
"Look I'm sorry you guys. I didn't mean to sound rude. I'm just a bit… apprehensive about all this. I'm sorry."
"Anybody ever tell you that you apologize too much?"
"Sorry."
Remus laughed as the others groaned.