"Welcome to Hogwarts! We will begin your sorting momentarily. When I come back out here you will all follow me into the Great Hall and you will all be placed in your proper houses," said an older looking witch with what was a part smile on her face. The witch had a severe looking face, and I guessed that you probably wouldn't want to cross her.

As we waited I could feel everyone getting antsy, we were all hungry and nervous about what would happen. Even though I knew what the sorting consisted of I couldn't help but feel nervous along with everyone else. Looking over at Sirius I knew that he was extremely worried, he kept rocking back and forth on his feet.

"It'll be fine Sirius," I quietly said to him and put a hand on his shoulder.

"I know," he whispered, "I know."

Then the same witch from just a few minutes ago came back and we all followed her into the Great Hall which was packed with students. There were so many! Four long tables were lined with students on both sides and they were all staring at us! Feeling nervous, I shifted my robes and made sure they were straight. I didn't want to appear as some sort of a slob in front of all these people.

In the front of the room is where we all stood just ahead of a fifth long table, which was where the staff sat. One member stood out the most against all of them. This person was an elderly looking wizard with a long silvery beard and long silvery hair. He wore half-moon spectacles and had glittery blue eyes. He looked like he was a very kind old man. Seeing him made my nervousness decrease a little.

"Now, when I call your name, you will come up put on this hat and sit on the stool," said the older looking witch gesturing to an old three legged stool with a very ratty looking hat on it. "First is Atria, Lena."

Nervously I stepped out of the line of first years, I hated being first. Being first was the worst thing in the world. I quickly walked over to the stool and put on the hat, just wanting this to be over with quickly. Suddenly I heard a voice talking to my head. 'Am I imagining things?' I thought.

"No, you're not imagining things," said the voice which I realized must be coming from the hat. "Where to put you, where to put you…?" The hat whispered into my head. "You'd do great in Ravenclaw but I sense you do not want to be there. The rest of your family was in Ravenclaw."

'I don't want to be in Ravenclaw,' I thought angrily to the hat.

"You sure? Well then, I'll just have to put you in GRYFFINDOR!" the hat proclaimed. Loud cheers were coming from the table on the far left side. I practically ran down to them, not wanting to be in the spot light too long. Now I would just have to hope that at least one of my new friends would be in the same house as me. Hopefully it would be at least Remus that would join me if no one else. Remus was kind of cute and I felt like we were fairly similar and could make great friends.

"Black, Sirius," announced the witch. Sirius walked out of the line of first years, he looked fearful. I knew what he was dreading, he didn't want to be in Slytherin. I crossed my fingers and hoped for him to be put in Gryffindor.

Sirius sat on the stool for about a minute before the hat finally proclaimed "GRYFFINDOR!" to the school. Sirius look to be ecstatic that he would be joining into the ranks of the Gryffindor students.

"Sirius!" I shouted as a clapped for him. He came running over and sat next to me at the table. Now we just had to wait to see where Remus and James were going to be put. Meanwhile Lily Evans got put in Gryffindor with us and her black haired female looking companion was placed in Slytherin. Finally Remus, James, and Peter were placed at the Gryffindor table. What luck for me to have all of my new friends in the same house!

"We did it!" James cheered high fiving all of us.

"We did!" the rest of us cheered along, most loudly Sirius.

Then the sorting was over and the silver haired man stood up and began to speak, I had found out from the older students who he was, he was the headmaster Professor Dumbledoor. He was one of the greatest wizards of all time. I felt slightly disappointed that I hadn't recognized him earlier.

"I have an announcement to make before we start to feast. No one is allowed in the Forbidden Forest on the edge of the grounds," he explained to all of the students. "Now, let the feast begin!" As he said this food magically appeared on all of the tables in front of us. There were roasts, steaks, pork chops, and chicken breasts! We all ate until we were full and then some too because after the main course was over there was desert! There were puddings of every flavor, tarts, and cakes!

After we were all stuffed we finally got to go up to our common rooms. Ours was up a tower and past hidden tapestries. I started to feel very lost and disoriented, I would never find my way around this place. We finally stopped in front of a large painting featuring a fat lady in a pink dress. "Password?" she asked.

"Dungbombs!" shouted a prefect up front so everyone could hear what the password was. The painting swung open and admitted everyone inside.

"Goodnight!" I called to James, Remus, Peter, and Sirius sleepily. I trudged up the stairs to the first years' girls' dorm after Lily. I found my bed and my trunk at the far side of the room next to a window. I fell asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.