"Professor?"

"Yes, Brinley?"

"Where will I be staying?"

They had just finished their shopping and Professor McGonagall was levitating their bags.

"You will be staying at the leaky cauldron. I hope it is fine that you stay there for the night. I have to go back to Hogwarts and get ready for tomorrow. Hagrid will be showing you to king's cross."

"That's fine."

"I will drop you off at your room."

They headed to a pub at the end of Diagon Alley and went inside.

•. •. •.

Brinley woke up and heard a knock on her door. She had slept with her clothes on because didn't feel like opening her new trunk and organizing it again. Brinley opened the door and to her surprise she saw a tall and big man standing at her door.

"Heller! I'm Rubeus Hagrid!" I'll be showin yer to king's cross!"

She stared looking at him in awe.

"Come along den. Get yer stuff."

•. •. •.

"Bye Hagrid! Thank you for everything!"

"See yer at Hogwarts Bryn!"

Brinley backed away from the windows and tried to look for a spot to sit. She saw a cabin that was not completely full with a bunch of girls talking together. Bryn opened the door.

"Hi" she said. "Can I sit with you guys?"

"I'm sorry" said a rude girl "but only pure bloods can sit with us."

"How do you know I'm a muggle?"

"You have that" she wrinkled her nose "scent." The other girls laughed

Brinley closed the door and looked for another cabin. She went down all the way to the end and she saw a cabin with only two boys. One had black hair and the other had fiery red hair. She opened the door "Hi! I'm Brinley! Is it okay if I sit with you guys?"

"Ya that's fine." Said the boy with the black hair.

Brinley set her stuff on the rack and sat down next to him.

"I'm Ronald. Ronald Weasly" said the boy with the red hair.

"Hello, Ronald Weasly." She said with an official tone.

The tips of his ears went red and looked kind of embaressed. "You can call me Ron."

"And I'm Harry." Said the boy to her left.

"Nice to meet you Harry!"

Ron looked astounded. "Are you telling me, you don't know who Harry Potter is?"

"No, I don't. Am I supposed to?"

"He is the only one EVER to live after the most POWERFUL dark wizard cast the killing curse on him when he was only a baby! And he's sitting right next to you!

Now it was Bryn's turn to look embaresed. She felt her face burn red and suddenly grow hot. But hey were soon distracted by a trolley going down the hallway.

"Do you want anything from the trolley dears?"

"Nah. I'm good" Ron said holding up a tuna sandwich.

"We'll take the lot!" Harry was holding up 10 pieces of golden coins.

•. •. •.

Bryn was eating a chocolate frog when the girl came in. She had wiry golden and curly hair and already had her robes on.

"Have you by any chance seen a toad." She said.

"I'm sorry we haven't. Are you looking for one."

"No." She said with a hint of sarcasm. "I'm looking for an elephant."

Bryn looked down at her chocolate frog feeling slightly embaresed.

"I'm sorry." She said. "That wasn't very nice. Let's try again." The girl sat down.

"Hi. I'm Hermione." I'm looking for a toad that a boy, Neville,- holy cricket! Your Harry Potter!"

"That's me."

"Do you have the scar?"

He lifted his messy hair up from his fore head. "Ya."

"Wicked! Well I better get going. You should put on your robes. I bet we will be arriving soon."

Sure enough, they could already see the castle.

"Could you turn around. Please?"

"Wow. You don't know much... Muggle? You must be out of the states. Where do you come from." Said Ron.

"The US."

"Ah. No wonder."

"That's not very nice Ron. Look, you put your robes OVER your clothes. Let me help." Said Harry.

He took the cloak and he put it over her robes.

"There you go." He said looking kindly into her eyes.

•. •. •.

"There are four houses. Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryfindor, and Slytherin. To be in Ravenclaw, you have to be creative and intelligent. To be a Hufflepuff, you have to be loyal and kind. To be Gryfindor, you have to be brave and courageous. And to be a Slytherin you have to be cunning and ambitious."

There were murmurs probably discussing what house they would want to be in.

"We will put the sorting hat on your head and it will announce what house you will be in for the rest of your time at Hogwarts. You will go over to that table and the Prefects will introduce themselves. Now off we go."

A blonde boy came up to Harry who was next to Bryn.

"I'm Draco. Draco Malfoy. You'll soon find out that some wizarding families are better than others. Unlike this... American Mudblood, I can help you. What do you say?"

Draco held out his hand.

"I'm good. Thanks though." He said with a grin and a tone of satisfaction.

They all walked behind Professor McGonagall until they reached a stool with a hat on top of it.

"When I call your name please step up."

"Susan Bones."

She was sorted into Hufflepuff.

"Draco Malfoy."

Draco walked up and sat on the stool. Before the hat even touched his head he was sorted into Slytherin.

"Pansy Parkinson."

Bryn recognized this girl as the one who didn't let her sit with them. And she was sorted into Slytherin. She was now assuming that all Slytherins were bad.

"Hermione Granger."

She looked like she was about to explode. The sorting hat was trying to decide if to put her in Ravenclaw of in Gryfindor, but finally it decide Gryfindor would be a good fit.

"Ronald Weasley."

Ron went up, sat on the stool and it shouted "Another Weasley!" " I know where to put you!" "Gryfindor!" He looked relieved and hoped back downs and walked over to the Gryfindor table.

"Harry Potter."

Everyone went quiet and the hat was having a hard time deciding wether to put him in Slytherin or Gryfindor. "Gryfindor it is!" And the whole table started cheering.

"Quiet down everyone!" Said an old man with a long white beard and crescent shaped spectacles.

"Brinley Miller." Professor McGonagall said with a smile.

Brinley felt nervous but only for a little because after a few seconds the hat exclaimed "Gryfindor!" And everyone cheared. She went and sat down next to Harry, and across from Ron and Hermione. The names kept being called until the last person was put into Slytherin.

The older man with the long white beard came up and silence everyone.

"To the new students: welcome! I am Professor Dumbledore. And to the returning students: welcome back! Like one of my friends had said 'don't be a boxer, and keep it brief!'" There were laughs all around. "Now enjoy the feast!"