One week later:
"We just run through the wall mum!" Madison told her mother excitedly.
"Well, if you're sure," Meredith Glade said uneasily to her daughter.
"We are," Kaitlyn assured her mother.
"Ok," Mrs. Glade said nodding.
"Bye mum!" chorused the sisters.
"Bye, I love you both so much!" Mrs. Glade called to the two retreating backs. Together, Kaitlyn and Madison ran headfirst into the wall. Before them was a large, scarlet and black steam engine. Kaitlyn stood still staring at it in awe.
"C'mon we need to find seats." Maddy said urgently pulling Kaitlyn onto the train. The girls looked around until they found a compartment that was empty. They went inside and settled down. After only a few minutes there came a knock at the door.
"Can we sit here?" asked three girls. One had long curly blonde hair and the bluest eyes Kaitlyn had ever seen, besides Professor Dumbledore's. The next had dark brown hair and blue green eyes. The last had light brown hair and hazel eyes.
"Sure," chorused the twins.
"I'm Cameron Smith," said the blonde.
"I'm Devin Leese," said the light haired girl.
"I'm Evangeline Waters," said the dark haired one.
"Kaitlyn Glade," said Kaitlyn.
"Madison Glade," said Mads. (A/n sorry I really suck at introductions and things.)
"Are you two twins?" asked Evangeline.
"Yes," answered the twins.
"I've got a twin brother, Sean," commented Evangeline.
"What house do you guys wanna be in?" asked Devin.
"Gryffindor," chorused Madison, Cameron, and Evangeline.
"Slytherin," answered Kaitlyn.
"What!" exclaimed everyone shocked.
"Just kidding," laughed Kaitlyn. It was kind of funny to see everyone's reactions.
"Hopefully we'll all see each other then," Devin said conversationally.
"Yeah, it will be nice to know other people," Evangeline said, "So you guys all purebloods or half-bloods?"
"Yeah, pureblood," said Kaitlyn, Madison, and Cameron.
"Heck yes, half-blood at your service. Hey Evan remember that muggleborn we saw? She was really giving us funny looks." Devin said.
"You guys, that's really mean." Cameron said scolding them.
"I guess you're right," Evan said sighing and elbowing Devin.
"OH! Of course," Devin exclaimed. The three girls balanced each other out quite nicely. "What classes are you guys looking forward to?" she then asked.
"Defense Against the Dark Arts," everyone replied at the same time. Through the window Kaitlyn saw a plump woman approaching their compartment.
"Anything off the trolley?" she asked politely.
"Chocolate frogs please," said Kaitlyn pulling out some money.
"Every flavor beans," said Madison doing the same.
"How about some droobles?" suggested Cameron. The girls nodded. The trolley woman handed them the snacks and the three girls paid for their purchases. Evan split everything amongst the five.
Towards the end of the train ride Cameron suggested that they should change into their robes and uniforms. The girls decided that would be a good idea and that they should later clean up their compartment. The train pulled into the station at Hogsmeade just as Devin threw away the last of the Droobles wrappers.
"First years! Over here please," bellowed a voice. Kaitlyn spun around to see who the voice belonged to. Kaitlyn nearly screamed when the saw a huge, hairy man standing by several little boats. He was shouting and waving his oversized hands. Devin did scream.
"My god, his hands are the size of a steering wheel!" exclaimed Madison in astonishment.
"Well, he's quite large," Evangeline stated the obvious. The first years crowded around him.
"Alright, climb in, five to a boat," the man instructed. Madison, Evangeline, Devin, and Cameron all jumped into a boat. Kaitlyn made to follow them but a red head sat down next to Mads. Kaitlyn found another boat on her own. To her dismay she was joined by four rambunctious boys. Kaitlyn was going to sit down in the front when a sandy haired, blue eyed boy said,
"I wouldn't sit there if I were you."
"Why not?" asked Kaitlyn.
"You'll see," he said smirking. Instead a brown haired, brown eyed, boy sat there. Kaitlyn sat next to the dirty blonde.
"My name is Remus, Remus Lupin," said the boy.
"Kaitlyn Glade," Kaitlyn told him. Lupin, that name sounded familiar. A horrific thought occurred to her. She remembered one of her father's friends, Fenrir Greyback, he was a werewolf. Greyback had once said to her,
"Be a dear and tell your father I but the Lupin boy." Kaitlyn never had. She was too horrified. And now she was sitting next to him. Kaitlyn felt really bad for him. A voice broke her thoughts.
The idiot boys who had sat with her were being extremely annoying. They were screaming, yelling, acting like little two year olds. Boys. Kaitlyn thought to herself.
"Black you idiot stop splashing me!" Black, that was her mother's last name.
"So, you started it Potter." Potter, she knew that name too. Potter, Potter, Potter, where have I heard that before. Oh! Right, the spoiled son of the famous auror Bryan Potter.
"You muggleborn?" asked Remus.
"Kind of," replied Kaitlyn. He arched an eyebrow at her,
"Kind of?"
"Well, I was born to a witch but I was adopted and raised by a muggle," explained Kaitlyn telling him half of the truth.
"Ahh, I see. I'm half and half. My dad is a wizard and my mom a muggle. But my mom had a witch for a sister so she understands the wizarding world, almost." Remus told Kaitlyn.
"Hey Lupin, who's your friend?" asked one of the boys behind them. The two turned around to see the speaker.
"Kaitlyn Glade," replied Lupin.
"Muggleborn?" asked the boy who was obviously a Black.
"Kind of," said Kaitlyn enjoying the confused look on his face.
"Look ahead folks!" came the giant man's voice. Kaitlyn and the others looked up to see Hogwarts looming into the distance.
"Hold on," Remus whispered grabbing the edges of the boat. Kaitlyn did as she was told, not knowing what was coming. Then all of a sudden she felt a jolt and the front end of their boat tipped downwards and the brown haired boy fell right into the lake. Kaitlyn felt slightly bad for him but she couldn't help but laugh along with the boys. The little boy climbed back into the boat shivering. Poor kid, she thought.
"How was your swim?" asked the Potter boy.
"Thrilling," replied the other boy. Black snickered.
"Ok, we are gonna dock here!" the big man yelled. The boats all pulled into the dock and the students hopped out. "Here," said the big man throwing the small boy a blanket. His face looked as if this had happened before. "For all of you who don't know my name is Hagrid. I'm the gamekeeper." Potter and Black began laughing softly. Remus elbowed them. Kaitlyn remembered the name Hagrid. Her father had gotten Hagrid expelled. Damien Malfoy had told her that story plenty of times. She instantly felt bad for this Hagrid person.
"Shut-up," she hissed at Potter who was still laughing. Potter looked as if he had been slapped in the face but he did keep quiet.
Hagrid lead the first years to a woman who introduced herself as Professor McGonagall. The Professor led them to a spare room. She quickly briefed them on some quick rules. Kaitlyn found Madison and the other girls.
"Sorry we left you," Cameron apologized.
"The muggleborn got into our boat," Devin told her.
"Be nice," Cameron reprimanded her.
"Sorry but there is something about that girl that I just don't like. I'm not sure what it is." Devin explained.
"Bad vibes, I felt bad vibes coming from her," Madison said. When Mads had these feelings about people she was usually right. Kaitlyn remembered tin fifth grade Madison wouldn't go near this kid named Paine. Kaitlyn used to think it was because of his name. One day they found out Paine had gone insane and killed his father with a shovel. When Maddie gets theses feelings, you trust them.
"I think you're all being mental" Cameron said, "We don't even know her."
"I don't want to," Madison said. Devin and Evan laughed.
Professor McGonagall came back into the room and led the students into the Great Hall, aka the dining room. The room was huge. There were hundreds of kids congregated in it. All seated at four extensive tables. Kaitlyn was amazed by this room., especially the ceiling. It looked the night sky outside. There were stars and the moon and the night was so beautiful. Kaitlyn could look at it for hours on end.
"Gather in front of me. I will call your name. You will come up to the stool and sit down. I will place the hat on your head. The hat will sort you into the appropriate house," McGonagall explained.
"Black, Sirius," Sirius Black was Kaitlyn's cousin, on her mother's side of course. He was also one of the boys in the back of the boat. Sirius had black hair that hung handsomely in his grey eyes. He was slightly nervous; Kaitlyn could tell by the way he walked.
"He's hot!" Devin whispered into Kaitlyn's ear. She laughed and agreed.
"Gryffindor!" the hat yelled after about five minutes. Kaitlyn gasped. She wasn't expecting the hat to talk. It was an old faded grey and had patches sewn everywhere. She was surprised it hadn't just shriveled up. The crowd was shocked. Sirius was the first Black to be sorted into Gryffindor.
"Blaise, Garrin."
"Slytherin."
"Diggory, Amos."
"Ravenclaw."
"Evans, Lily." A girl with red hair and emerald green eyes walked up to the stool. Kaitlyn recognized her as the one Devin referred to as the muggleborn.
"I have a bad feeling about this one," Madison whispered into one of Kaitlyn's ears.
"It's the muggleborn!" Devin whispered in the other.
"Gryffindor!"
"Crap!" Evan whispered.
"Gennings, Gem."
"Ravenclaw."
"Hanrahlsen, Heather."
"Hufflepuff."
"Mardo, Felix." A blonde haired boy with brown eyes walked up to the stool. He looked likable enough.
"Gryffindor."
"He's hot," Devin whispered giggling. Kaitlyn fought the urge to laugh out loud.
"Pettigrew, Peter." The little boy who had fallen into the lake walked nervously up the stool.
"Whoa, bad bad bad vibes," Mads said.
"Gryffindor."
"Crap!"
"Rosewood, Rachel."
"Ravenclaw."
"Slite, Sara." A blonde haired girl waltzed up to the stool. All male heads turned towards her. She's part vela! Thought Kaitlyn. Kaitlyn had heard her mother talk about the Slites. According her they were whores, but then again so was her mother.
"Slytherin." Figures thought Kaitlyn.
"Smith, Cameron."
"Good luck Cam," whispered the girls to their friend. Cameron walked up to the stool. She looked somewhat confident somewhat terrified.
"Gryffindor."
"Waters, Evangeline."
"Good luck Ev," her friends whispered. Evan walked up to the stool a lot more confident than Cameron. Evan held her head high and wasn't visibly nervous.
"Gryffindor!"
"Waters, Sean."
"Gryffindor."
"Wow, he's hot!" Devin giggled while everyone clapped.
"Dev, you think everyone's hot," Kaitlyn sighed.
"Malfoy, Lucious."
"Well, not him!"
"Dev, SHH," The two girls were so close to laughing.
"Slytherin."
"Figures, all Malfoys are scum," Kaitlyn said casually.
"Leese, Devin"
"Good luck!" Kaitlyn whispered to her friend.
"Gryffindor."
"Glade, Madison."
"Go Mads!"
"Gryffindor."
"Lupin, Remus." Remus walked past Kaitlyn. He wasn't visibly shaking but Kaitlyn could tell he was nervous.
"Good luck," she whispered to him.
"Thanks," replied.
"Gryffindor." Kaitlyn and Potter were the only two left now. Kaitlyn was starting to get nervous. What if the hat recognized her as a Riddle?
"Potter, James." The Potter boy strode up to the stool looking as arrogant as ever. Kaitlyn didn't need Devin giggling next to her to tell he was hot. But Kaitlyn forced that thought out of her head. He was to full of it, she could tell already he would be trouble.
"Gryffindor."
"Glade, Kaitlyn." Kaitlyn nervously walked up to the stool. She looked calm on the outside but on the inside she was trembling. The hat was dropped onto her head. I t was so large it ell way past her eyes.
"Oooh," said a voice, "Very tricky, daughter of Riddle. Slytherin Material for sure!"
"NO!" thought Kaitlyn.
"Figures," the voice said, "Well, if you really don't want to be in Slytherin."
"I don't honest!" thought Kaitlyn furiously.
"Gryffindor!" yelled the hat. Kaitlyn was ecstatic. She caught Dumbledore's eye who gave her a thumbs up. Everything was good. She was in Gryffindor, thank god. Kaitlyn sat down in between Devin and Madison. Professor Dumbledore got up and welcomed the students but Kaitlyn didn't hear a word of his speech except "Dig in!" She didn't even realize how hungry she had gotten. Kaitlyn piled whatever appealed to her onto the plate. Kaitlyn glanced around at her new classmates.
Sean and Felix were talking to each other about something funny because they were both howling with laughter. James, Peter, Remus, and Sirius were all talking, obviously pleased to be in the same house. James and Sirius were being considerably nicer to Peter. Madison and Evangeline were quietly talking about Lily. With whom Cameron was attempting a conversation. This was very funny to Kaitlyn and she began laughing.
"What's so funny?" asked Devin.
"Look at Cameron." Devin laughed too.
"I wonder if Lily is gonna have any friends," Devin stated.
"Dunno," Kaitlyn sighed.
"Hey you!" and obnoxious voice interrupted their conversation. Kaitlyn looked around to see James, Sirius, Peter, and Remus staring at Devin.
"Me!" Devin asked.
"Yeah, sorry we don't know your name," Remus clarified.
"Oh, its ok, my name is Devin Leese. And you are?" she stated.
"Remus Lupin."
"James Potter."
"Sirius Black."
"Hungry."
"Umm, you know, we are eating right now." Kaitlyn told Peter.
"I know," Peter answered. Devin arched an eyebrow at him.
"We need a question answered," Sirius explained.
"Who's hotter, me or Sirius?" asked James.
"What!" Kaitlyn exclaimed.
"Sorry to bother you but they wont drop it," Remus told the girls.
"Sirius," Devin giggled.
"HAHAHAHAHA," Sirius shouted at James.
"Hold up. Glade hasn't answered yet," James said putting his hand up in front of Sirius's face.
"Sorry Potter, but I'm gonna agree with Devin and say Sirius is hotter than you," Kaitlyn told him emphasizing the last words. This Potter boy was really starting to get on her nerves.
"HAHAHAHAHA," Sirius yelled again.
"It's the glasses isn't it?" James asked.
"Err,"
"James shut it you've bothered them enough!" Remus said to him.
"Yeah, you're just sad I won," Sirius added.
"Whatever man," James said dropping it.
"Men," Sirius corrected him.
"Whatever," repeated James. Devin and Kaitlyn ignored the bickering boys.
"Idiots," said Devin.
"Completely," agreed Kaitlyn.
Dessert came shortly after. It ended most of the conversations. The majority of the kids had manners enough not to talk while they were chewing their food. A select few took pleasure in disgusting the rest of the population by continuing to talk and shout. After the feast had ended the students were insanely full.
"I feel like I ate an elephant," complained Cameron.
"I feel like I ate a heard of elephants," groaned Kaitlyn.
"I've never been so full," Mads put in.
"Or so tired," Evan said as Devin yawned.
The girls followed a prefect up to the Gryffindor tower. They stopped in front of a portrait of a large lady in a puffy pink dress.
"Password?" asked the lady.
"Etudier," said the prefect.
"Great, our password means study," Evan said sarcastically. The girls climbed through the entrance that had formed when the password was given.
"Girls' dorms up the stairs and to the right," the prefect said, "Boys, same on your left."
The girls climbed up the stairs and jumped into beds.
"Hey!" exclaimed Devin.
"What?" asked Madison irritated.
"Our robes are changing colors," Kaitlyn told everyone. The girls looked at their robes. There were Gryffindor badges on them and there sweaters were lined with red and gold stripes. Their ties and scarves had turned red and gold striped too.
"Cool," commented Evan.
"I'm tired," said Cameron.
"Me too," Kaitlyn agreed. The girls changed and then passed out on their beds. All that food had made the girls extremely tired.