Chapter 2 Arrival at Hogwarts
Once Hermione had shown me were to go and directed me to a really tall man, she was about to leave when the tall man spoke to her.
"Aup Mione how are you, who is this with you" said the man
"Hello Hagrid this is my cousin Lexi, will you make sure she gets to the castle ok she's kind of nervous" Hermione said
"Of course I will Mione, I'll see gets to the castle okay" said Hagrid
"Thanks Hagrid, Lexi I have to go now but Hagrid will look after you,I'll see you at the sorting ceremony, Love you Lexi and good luck"
"Love you too Mione and see you soon"I replied back and she left to go with her friends.
Hagrid had led us to some boats, he helped a few first years into the boats, he placed me in a boat with two girls who looked just has nervous has I did.
"Hi I'm Summer and this is my sister Serena, pleasure to meet you"
"Likewise I'm Lexi Granger,I'm so excited what house you hoping to be in"
"I really don't mind has long has it's not Slytherin, bad wizards come from that house"
I looked at Summer and smiled I could see me her and Serena becoming good friends, we looked ahead and saw the castle, it looked amazing.
Just before we got of the boats Hagrid spoke to us all.
"Now first years when you get into the castle you will meet Professor Mcgongall she is the deuty headmistress of the school, she will sort you into your houses.
As the boats pulled up outside the boathouse, Hagrid led us through the double doors to the entrance hall.
"Here are the first years Professor"
"Thank you Hagrid, hello first years my name is Professor McGongall, I am the second in command to the headmaster, in a moment you will step into the Great Hall and be sorted into any of the four houses, these are has follows Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor and Slytherin, now whislt you are here you house will belike your home, your triumphs will earn you points, any rule breaking however and you will lose points, now please follow me has we begin the sorting.
She led us in to a hall that had four long tables, I searched the all for Hermione and soon found her on the furthest tables which I guessed was Gryffindor in the middle of the hall was a old stool and a hat sat on the stool, we were all shocked when it suddenley burst into a song.
Oh, you may not think I'm pretty
But don't judge on what you see
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
You can keep you bowlers black,
for I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
and I can cap them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see
so try me on and I will tell you
where you ought to be.
You might belong in Gryffindor
Where dwell brave of heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindor's apart;
You might belong in Hufflepuff
Where they are just and loyal
Those patient Hufflepuffs
And unafraid of toll;
Or yet wise old Ravenclaw
If you've a ready mind
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folk use any means
To achieve their ends.
So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And you won't get in a flap!
You're safe in my hands (though I have none)
for I'm a Thinking Cap!
After the hat had finished the song Professor McGongall started shouting out names.
PARKINSON SERENA
" HMM so brave and cunning and very clever too,but you also have a dark side to you , I think you will do this house proud ...GRYFFINDOR"
Serena went and joined the Gyffindor table, Proffesor McGongall shouted out another name
PARKINSON SUMMER
Summer went up to the stool and sat down
"Oh what do we have here another Parkinson, you just the same has the other one but without the dark side oh well better be ...GRYFFINDOR
Summer ran over to the table to join her sister, I looked even more nervous now I looked over to the Slytherin table and saw Draco he smiled and waved.
GRANGER LEXI
As I went up to sit on the stool, I had the hat placed on my head, and the hat spoke.
"MMMMMMMM I see we have another Granger, you just has clever and more detemined than the other, you also seek great adventures, better be ...GRYFFINDOR.
I made my way over to the Gryffindoe table and sat with Summer and Serena and Hermione, Harry, Ron, Ginny, Fred and George they all patted me on my back and said congrats to me, I smiled and felt like I was at home already, I looked over to the Slytherin table and saw Draco smiling, I couldn't help but blush has his eyed met mine and smiled to myself.
After the sorting had finally finished Professor Dumbledore had stood up and started to speak.
"Before we begin I would like to make a few annoucments, first years must be warned that the forbidden forest is out of bounds, and this year I hope to be a good one, the feast may now begin Proffesor Dumbledore sat back down and all the food began to appear, I filled my plate with all the nice things and began a conversation with Fred who I was sat next to.
"So Lexi welcome to Gryffindor, pleased to have you in our house, how are you finding it so far"
"It's okay can't wait to start classes in the morning and start learning things straight away, so Fred do you have a girlfriend in Hogwarts"
"No I don't Lexi, but I have my eye on somebody that I really like"
"Okay well who ever she is she's one lucky girl"
I stopped talking to Fred and looked over to the Slytherin table, I saw Draco talking to his friends, he kept making glances at me and smiling at me, I just couldn't help but blush, after the feast had finished we were directed to our dormority and told that the girl's room were up and to the right and the boys the same and to the left, I was sharing my room with Summer and Serena and one other girl.
When we entered the dorms we had found that all our belongings were already there, me, Summer and Serena stayed up for a while and got to know each other, we invited the other girl to join us too.
"Hi I'm Lexi Granger and this is Summer and Serena Parkinson it's nice to meet you"
"Hi I'm Sapphire Longbottom, pleased to meet you all, my brother is also in Gryffindor perhaps you know him Neville Longbottom"
"Oh yeah I met him on the train on the way here, he's friends with my cousin Hermione"
We all talked for a while and Serena let out a yawn indicating she was getting tired, we all decided that tomorrow morning we would get up and go to the Great Hall together, we all got into our nightclothes and went to bed, I fell into a deep sleep and dreamt of Draco.