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Chapter two: Phoenix Langston and Hogwarts
They chatted along the way to hogwarts, becoming fast friends. James interrupted on the way once or twice, but the prefects patrolling the train always stopped his teasing. When they finally arrived, Phoenix and Lilly were shaking with excitement. They heard Hagrid's call and they ran to him. "Hagrid!" Called Lilly as they ran. He grinned and winked at them. They got in the canoes, it was a lovely night. The stars reflection sparkled in the lake as they crossed its watery shores. Lilly was gazing all around. "I never want to forget this moment," said Lilly to Phoenix. They walked inside the gates and into the hall, where professor McGonagall stood with the sorting hat and a stool. She called off names one by one, and after "Mcorlan, Felix," was sorted into hufflepuff, the time came. "Lupin, Lilly," she called, loud and clear. Heart pounding, Lilly walked up solemnly to the stool, and the hat was placed one her head, where it sank over her eyes. "Mmm... Nice... Oh, intelligence, creativity..." She kept thinking "not Slytherin, not Slytherin PLEASE not Slytherin..." "No, my dear, you are definitely RAVENCLAW!" The hat called. Lilly jumped up, grinning, and skipped over to the ravenclaw table. She turned around to see Phoenix getting sorted. After "Langston, Phoenix," rang across the hall, she ran over and sat down. "RAVENCLAW!" The hat shouted after a while. Lilly turned over to the Gryffindor table and smirked at James, who was apparently having an intense talk with his friends at the time. Phoenix skipped over and sat next to Lilly, while all the ravenclaws were cheering. "Im so excited!" She said. McGonagall went up and made her speech, about how she hoped everyone to have a good year and hopefully a quiet one (she looked pointedly at the Gryffindor table) and enjoy the feast. The food appeared on the golden dishes in the hall and everyone started eating immediately. Amazing puddings and pumpkin juice were being eaten all over the place, then, as everyone's stomachs filled up, they got up to go to their dormitories. The ravenclaw prefects led all the first years to the cozy ravenclaw tower. "Now everyone! To get inside, you must answer a logical question." Said a prefect. "Where do people go when they die?" Said the doorknob. "We don't know, or we would be there." "Good answer," said the doorknob as the door opened into the common room. Arching windows along the walls which were hung with blue and bronze silks; they had a spectacular view of the mountains. The ceiling was domed and painted with stars, which were mirrored in the blue carpet. There were tables, chairs, and bookcases, and in a niche opposite the door stood a tall white statue of Rowena Ravenclaw. Lilly and Phoenix's eyes sparkled like the stars on the ceiling. Everyone was exhausted, so they went through a door next to the statue up to the dormitories. "Boys, remember, there's an enchantment on the girls dormitories, so don't even try to sneak in." All the girls giggled. They went through the door with some of the other first year girl ravenclaws, and inside the walls were blue with windows, and there were six four-poster beds in a semi-circle with hangings to cover the sides. They all walked in and saw their trunks at the foot of each bed. Lilly and Phoenix's beds were right next to each other, and Hermione the owl was at the foot of Lilly's bed in her cage, twittering away. They walked to each of their beds, changed, and got under the covers. They all talked for a while, and the other girls introduced themselves. Star willowwood, Alicia Karelia, Pahali patil, and Minny Weasley. Lilly already knew Minny, she was her friend at the Potters house and the other Lily's cousin. They talked deep into the night, until they were too tired to twitter any longer.