Suki and I are carrying our pets as we get off the train, following Draco and Blaise. We see a giant man over by the edge of the lake, "FIRST YEARS! FIRST YEARS THIS WAY!" He yells. We hugs the boys quickly and glide by the older students towards the man. As soon as most of the older students are gone, he asks us to follow him as we walk closer to the lake.
"What's your name?" I ask out of pure curiosity. He looks at me over his shoulder at me and smiles through his beard.
"I'm Hagrid! I'm the gamekeeper here at Hogwarts." He states proudly.
"So you know the creatures here and care for them?" Suki asks politely.
"Sure do! Now everyone get into a boat, no more than three to a boat!" Hagrid calls.
We jumped into the boat and patiently wait for the boats to move. Once everyone was situated, the boats slowly moved across the water at a peaceful pace. "DUCK!" We all duck our heads as we pass under a bridge. Everyone slowly sits back up and is amazed at the sight of the school. It looks like it's covered in fairy lights as it gives of a mystical glow.
Once we get to the shore and all of us are gathered around the door, Hagrid knocks on the huge door and a stern looking lady dressed in dark green robes with her hair hidden under her hat opens the door. She slowly looks us all over, pausing over me and Suki for a moment then gestures us to follow us through the door. When all are standing in the hall, she turns and speaks to us. She tells us about how, in a few minutes, we will be sorted into one of the four houses and how they will be our family for the next seven years.
Once she leaves through the door, mostly everyone breaks into chatter about how we will be sorted. I can hear things from fighting a giant spider to a show of knowledge to a duel of some sorts.
The lady in green comes back and says to line up and follow her. We follow her into the Great Hall and we all stare to the ceiling in awe over the night sky. She walks up to the stool sitting above us so that everyone may see it, and pulls out a scroll. She clears her throat and starts to calls names of students to be sorted.
I zone out and look for Draco and Blaize around the hall. I'm snapped out of it as I hear Suki being called. "Calloway, Suki." She confidently walks up to the stool with Anna Lee in her arms. I hear some snickers over her carrying her wolf but who cares. The hat is placed on her head for about a minute.
"GRYFFINDOR!" It shouts. The whole table jumps up and cheers. After a few more people, it's my turn.
"Malfoy, Emma." The whole hall goes silent. Those who don't know me, assume I'm going to be with my brother.
The hat starts speaking to me, " Ah a Malfoy, I wondered when you'd come. You are very brave and smart. You have many talents. You know how to be sly and sneaky but you'd rather fight then hide. Where should you go?" Where ever you choose. "Then let it be GRYFFINDOR!"
It's completely silent before Suki and most of the Slytherin house clap and cheer. I was raised with most of them so they already knew where I would be going. Suki had saved a place for me next to her so I skip over to her and take my place, placing Neve in my lap. I can feel the glares. They can't believe a Malfoy is in their mist, much less in their house. I feel a tiny bit of panic and pet Neve to calm myself.
Dumbledore stands up and the hall instantly quiets down. "Welcome to another year here at Hogwarts. For our first years, let it be known that the forest is forbidden. Our caretaker has asked me to mention that there should be no magic used in the hallways between classes. Now to eat!" He claps his hands and the food appears on the tables. People start talking and our table are asking the other first years questions about themselves. They are ignoring me though. Suki and I hurry to finish eating and start playing some hand games we learned when we would hang out with my mom. My mom was a half blood and lived more in the muggle world than the magical. She wanted me to learn from both worlds and Suki got raised in it with me.
Some of the muggleborns recognize what we are playing and are looking at us in curiosity. Probably wondering how two "purebloods" know of muggle things. It makes me laugh how they judge when they know nothing.
Soon dessert has appeared on the table and we pig out on the chocolate. Once we are nice and full, Dumbledore stands up and says we are going to sing the school song. Suki and I decided not to sing, we just wanted to unpack already. "First years, please follow me!" I turn and see another red head calling the first years. We follow him up the stairways until we get to a painting.
"Password please," the painting asks for.
"Unity," the red head perfect states.
Everyone climbs into the common room where he turns to us again. " Boys dorms are on the right, girls on the left. Schedules will be given out tomorrow morning. Be sure to go to bed early tonight. Breakfast will start an hour and a half before classes begin. Good luck." And then he walks away to the boy's dorms.
We all go up to our dorms. Suki and my trunks are on either side of the window, right next to each other. We start unpacking and putting most of our things away. I ended up putting Neve's pillow at the end of my bed. I can feel someone glaring at me so I turn to see who it is. It's a red headed girl with freckles on her face. I just blankly stare back at her.
"How did you trick the hat?" She demands.
"I don't know what you mean," I state in a dead voice as I turn back to my bed to finish putting my books in my bag. I should write to Daddy and thank him for putting the charms on it. He put an indictable extension charm and a weightless charm on it so I don't hurt my self carrying it around.
"I mean how did a snake like you get in here?" She demands rudely from behind me. I just ignore her. I don't feel like scaring the rude brat just yet. "HEY! I'm talking to you!" She yells as she yanks me around. I instantly twist her arm behind her back and hold my nails against her neck.
"Don't test me little girl. You don't know me or anything about me. Attempt to attack me again with my back turned and I'll send you to the hospital wing." I calmly state the threat into her ear. I then shove her towards her bed and look towards the other girls. "If you attack someone while their back is turned, then you are nothing but a pathetic coward and deserve to be sent to St. Margos. I did not trick the hat. If any of you attack me without true reason, I will hurt you and fight back. And I will win." They all stare at me in wide eye silence. I turn towards Suki and see her trying not to laugh.
We just look at each other and decide to read a bit more into our school books. We pull out our extra blankets and pillows we brought from home and make a large nest like area between our beds. The other girls start to ignore us and get ready for bed. We decided that we'd be nice and close our curtains most of the way and pin a blanket up between the our bed post so we'd have light but not keep the girls up.
By one in the morning, Suki is already passed out. I ended up moving her into her bed and tucking her in with Anna Lee. I figure I should go to bed too. I dim our candles so I can pull the blanket down and put them all away. I hear some sniffling. I look around and see its one of the girls by the door. I quietly walk over and see her crying. She's probably not use to being away from her family. I lightly sit on her bed and start playing with her hair. She jumps and looks at me. "Shhh it's going to be ok sweetie. Home sick?" She just nods at me. "It'll get better soon. You'll make friends and get use to being here soon enough, don't worry. A way to feel better is to write a letter to you family tomorrow. You can use a school owl if need be." She starts to sit up and I lightly push her back down. "Not right now sweetie, go ahead and sleep. I'll play with your hair until you fall asleep if you'd like?" She nods and slightly smiles. She curls up closer to me so her head is on my leg and relaxes.
After five minutes, I can tell she's asleep. I pull the blanket up more on her and slowly get up. I go back to my bed. Really hope tomorrow is twenty times better than tomorrow.