Chapter Two
The Great Castle.
The train pulled up in the little wizarding town of Hogsmeade, the red train spotted at the train station, steam blowing everywhere. Jason looked happier than he had done on the train.
"I'm home," he whispered. "Don't worry about your trunks and stuff," he said louder so everyone could hear. "It'll be put in your dorms, right shall we get going?"
"I can't believe we are really here, and we are really going to Hogwarts, I've been waiting for this my whole life!" Snape whispered in Lily's ear as they stumbled down the steps. Lily smiled at him but quickly stopped. Butterflies where starting to rise in her tummy as she looked out on to the station platform. What if I don't like my house? She thought to herself. Then an awful thought came to her. What if no one like me because I'm a muggle born? What I don't have any friends? What if everyone hates me! But then she remembered Snape, and she was so thankful she had him.
"First 'ears, this way! Come on we don't have all day!" a gruff voice boomed through all the chatter. Lily gasped as she saw who the voice belonged to. He was at least twice the size of a normal man with a wild main of dark brown hair and a big bushy beard. You could only see his beetle black eyes but they a warmth about them and the edges where crinkled up in a smile. Snape grabbed Lily's hand and squeezed it. Lexie grabbed Lily's other hand and dragged her along down winding path to a huge lake. About a hundred boats with lanterns on the front where waiting for them. "Four to a boat!" the huge man bellowed at them. Lexie pulled Lily and Snape in to the one that Liam was all ready in. Lexie sat at the front with Liam, Snape and Lily took the back seat. With a wave of a giant hand, the boats set off across the dark, still lake. The castle loomed above them, windows alive with light; you could almost breathe in the magic. The boats came to rest underneath the great castle. They walked up to the huge doors, and walked through the entrance hall. They should hear the chatter of students coming from a huge hall. They where lead in to a room just off to one side of the hall. Lily clutched Snape hand hard. The butterflies where back and worse than ever. Just then the door banged open and a stern looking woman stood in the door way, she was wearing long green flowing robes and pointed black hat. She looked over her glasses surveying the crown with a piecing look. Snape knew she wouldn't take any messing around in class. "Before we can eat you need to be sorted in to your house." She women said in a stern voice. She had a very soft Scottish ascent. "There are four houses, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin."
There was slight venom in her voice as she said Slytherin.
"My name is Professor McGonagall and I am the head of Gryffindor." She said drawing herself up to full height.
"Now well you are here your house will be like your family. You will at with your house, sleep with your house and have classes with your house. If you do well you get house points for your house, if you misbehave you will lose points. At the end of the year the house with the most points is given the house cup. I will come back and tell you when we are ready for you." And with that McGonagall swept out of the room.
Nervous chatty broke out in the room, the only people that seemed calm where Lexie and her friends. Lily looked up at Snape.
"What if we're not in the same house! Snape I don't want to be in a different house to you!" Lily whispered in his ear.
Snape couldn't pretend that he had not thought about it. He hoped with all his heart they would be together.
"Well," said Snape slowly. "If we are we can still see each other at brake and lunch and stuff. Maybe even in class. So stop worrying Lils." He hugged her close. "It'll be fine." he said in a soft voice.
McGonagall burst back in to the room.
"We're ready for you now." She said. Lily took a deep breath and walked thought the door into the biggest room she had ever been in. Their where five huge tables in the room, four for the house and one for the staff. Lily looked up and gasped. Hovering above their heads where hundreds of candles and the ceiling looked exactly like the sky outside.
"Wow!" breathed Lily and Snape together.
Between the house tables and the staff table was a stole and a battered old hat.