I wake up early on September first, because it is my first day of school. I get ready and we drive to King's Cross Station on their way to the Airport for Addie. We are both excited for our new schools. I get out and find a trolley by myself. I unload everything and get into the station, by myself. I see a very familiar head of red, curly hair.
"Lily!" I say, running over and almost losing control of the trolley. She is standing with a boy who has black hair and a surprisingly long nose.
"Gemma! This is Serverus"
"Nice to meet you" I say, holding out my hand. He shakes it
"Pleasure" He says, not really meaning it. He sees Ebony who is perched on my shoulder. "How did you get her to do that?"
"Dunno, she just did, how do we get onto the platform?"
"Run through the wall." Serverus says casually. I do, and it works. I get on, with Lily and Serverus behind me. I look through the compartments and I see someone, the same person that was at Gringotts at the same time as me. I walk into the compartment that he is in and tell Lily and Serverus that I'll catch up with them later. I walk into the compartment. He recognizes me immediately.
"Hey! You were in Gringotts last week!" he says.
"Yeah, um. Well, this is awkward"
"So?" The boy next to him asks.
"Oh, I'm sorry, who are you?"
"James Potter" He says.
"Sirius Black" The boy I saw in Gringotts answers.
"Remus Lupin" The boy on the other side of the compartment, closest to the window says.
"Peter Pettigrew" The last boy calls out.
"You know who we are, so who are you?" James asks.
"Gemma"
"Gemma who?"
"Gemma none-of-your-business"
"It is too our business"
"Well, if you must know, it's Ravenclaw"
"Okay, now you are lying"
"Whatever you say" I say, crossing my arms.
"How did you get that bird to stay on your shoulder?"
"She flew up there"
"No duh"
"Well, there's your answer"
"Not what I meant"
"But it is what you said"
"She's right though James" Remus says rationally.
"Oh shut up Remus" James says, I walk out, looking for Lily and Serverus.
"Hi guys"
"Hi Gemma" Lily says, not looking up from her book.
"Oh! Looking at spells? Let me!" I say, sitting next to her. I read the book, trying the spells as soon as reading the definitions. They all worked on my first try. Lily struggled a little but got them all fast. I read half of the charms textbook, performing the spells the first time. I do the same with the DADA textbook. I do the transfiguration spells I can do without any equipment. Then I pull out a magazine I got in Diagon Alley and try those spells too. I give my nails a cote of polish and change the color of my t-shirt. I pull my robes on above my shirt and I make the crest on my trunk change colors. Serverus watches me in awe while Lily tries to finish the charms textbook.
"How do you do that?" Serverus asks me,
"Dunno, it just... works"
"It's brilliant"
"Thanks, so Serverus, where are you from?"
"Cokeworth"
"Oh! Cool! So am I"
"So is Lily" He mutters, hearing her name, Lily looks up. Only to roll her eyes and go back to reading.
"Wow!" I say, seeing the castle through the trees. When we get there, we get into boats and row across the lake. When we get to the other shore, we are led into the great hall, everyone is waiting for us. There is a hat sitting on a stool, it sings,
"In times of old, when I was new, United by a common goal, "Together we will build and teach" For were there such friends anywhere So how could it have gone so wrong? Said Slytherin, "We'll teach just those Said Gryffindor, "We'll teach all those These differences caused little strife Take only those they wanted, so, And only those of sharpest mind
And Hogwarts barely started,
The founders of our noble school
Thought never to be parted.
They had the selfsame yearning
To make the world's best magic school
And pass along their learning.
The four good friends decided.
And never did they dream that they
Might someday be divided.
As Slytherin and Gryffindor?
Unless it was the second pair
Of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw,
How could such friendships fail?
Why, I was there, so I can tell
The whole sad, sorry tale.
Whose ancestry's purest."
Said Ravenclaw, "We'll teach those whose
Intelligence is surest."
With brave deeds to their name."
Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach the lot
And treat them just the same."
When first they came to light.
For each of the four founders had
A house in which they might
For instance, Slytherin
Took only pure-blood wizards
Of great cunning just like him.
Were taught by Ravenclaw
While the bravest and the boldest
Went to daring Gryffindor
Good Hufflepuff, she took the rest
and taught them all she knew,
Thus, the houses and their founders
Maintained friendships firm and true.
So Hogwarts worked in harmony
for many happy years"
After the song, we went onto the sorting, "Abbot, Sarah"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Black, Sirius"
"GRYFFINDOR!"
When we came to my turn, almost everyone I met on the train had been sorted, the four boys were all in Gryffindor, so was Lily, but Serverus still hadn't been sorted yet.
"Ravenclaw, Gemma" Professor McGonagall calls, a hush falls over the school, I heard, "Did she say Ravenclaw?" and "Why bother sorting? She's going to be a Ravenclaw" I walk up and sit down, she puts the hat over my head and I hear the hat.
"Very smart, uncommonly kind, very brave"
"I'm not really that smart, or brave. And I've never had anyone to be kind to before."
"Sure you have, besides, you tried all those spells on the train,"
"You can see that?"
"Yes, now, where do you want to go?"
"I don't really have a preference, but I do want to be with my friends"
"Better be GRYFFYNDOR!" the hat said, astonished, I took it off and set it down. I went over to the table with people cheering. The rest of the hall was silent, everybody is shocked.
"Welcome to Gryffindor Ravenclaw! Nice to have you!" Sirius joked patting my back.
"Well, it's better than Slytherin" I say
"Oi! I'm wounded!"
"Oh shut up" I say laughing; I elbow him in the stomach. Everybody else gets sorted, Serverus gets sorted into Slytherin. We eat dinner and then we go up to our common room. I share a room with Lily. I put Ebony in her cage and I go to sleep.