Joan was the last one of the four to step out of the boat, they hurried along, following the big group heading for the big doors. Joan couldn't help but bring her head up as she gazed up at the gigantic castle. She stopped walking for a moment, her mouth dropped as she tried to take in as much as she could. Before she knew it, her arm was grabbed and someone lead her towards the doors.

"C'mon you." Noah mumbled, gripping Joan's arm. They pushed their way passed the students until they made it back to Nicholas and Alice. It didn't take long for them to make it inside, it once again made Joan's jaw drop once inside.

Alice reached over and closed Joan's mouth, "I would keep that shut if I was you..." She said as they walked.

"Amazing..." Joan breathed trying to look at everything all at once.

"Calm down, you'll give yourself a whiplash." Nicholas said watching as she whipped her head from side to side.

"But there's just so much to look at!" She said excitedly.

"And I'm sure you can look at it all in do time, but just calm down, you might hurt yourself somehow." as the words left Nicholas's mouth, he tumbled downward, grabbing on to Joan's robe as he did so, dragging her with him.

"What in the world!" He yelled as he felt himself being dragged, all the while still holding on tighter to Joan. The students stopped and stared at them. Alice and Noah just looked away, feeling embarrassed by the two.

"PEEVES!" A man's voice boomed, soon a ghost appeared. He had a grip on Nicholas's ankle, he crackled loudly and then disappeared. Nicholas scrambled up, freaking out slightly, Joan only dusted off her skirt.

"Well, that was entertaining" She breathed as Nicholas stood up.

"Well, now that Peeves has gone and introduced himself, I think it's high time I do the same." The male said. They turned their attention to the guy. He was obviously a teacher, Joan doubted he was headmaster, he looked too young.

"I am Neville Longbottom, I am the herbology teacher, also head of the Gryffindor house."

He paused for a moment, a few people chuckled at his last name, while other's looked at him with awe.

"Speaking of houses, their are four of them, for those of you that don't know, these four houses are called. Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor...and Slytherin. Remember this, whatever house you are put in that house will be like your family. Like every family, there are rules, you obey the rules, then you get points for your house, disobey the rules, then your house loses points. Each point in valuable for the end of the year, the house with the most points wins the house cup." He explained loudly and clearly for all to hear.

Joan twisted her hair with her finger, feeling butterflies flutter around inside her stomach at a frantic pace, she took several deep breaths trying to calm herself down. She felt a hand on her shoulder, she turned and looked at Alice.

"You're going to be alright." Alice said in a calm voice, Joan nodded but still didn't feel convinced, she felt worried. She wrapped her arms around her stomach and shut her eyes, trying to calm herself.

"Let's get started, Shall we?" Neville said and they started to walk though the big double doors.

Joan reopened her eyes and walked with the rest, but she kept her arms around her stomach, feeling really uneasy and actually started to feel sick. She hated when this happened, if she got too nervous then her stomach starts to turn and she gags at any smell of food.

Joan, Nicholas, Alice, and, Noah were in this gigantic hall. Four long tables stretched out and took up most of the hall. Joan felt even more nervous when she saw all the people at the said tables, there were so many people. She noticed each table had a color pattern to it, and above each table were giant banters. She guessed it was to help the newcomers get to the right table.

She blinked and pouted slightly, she couldn't see passed some of the student's heads. Granted she was nervous but she wanted to see. Standing on her toes, she tried to get a better look but it didn't help at all.

"Well...this sucks..." Alice said, also pouting slightly. Joan couldn't help but smirk a little, Alice was smaller than Joan, so at least she wasn't alone on the fact that she couldn't see.

"I don't see what you are complaining about, shorty" Noah said with a smirk. Alice hissed at Noah, no really, she literally hissed at the taller girl.

"Welcome all! Welcome all!" A woman's voice sounded though out the hall, silencing the students all at once. Joan stood on her toes and could just barely make out the pointed hat the woman was wearing.

"I am headmistress McGonagall, before we start the sorting, I'd like to point out the rules. As normal, Mr. Flich would like to say that any objects bought from the Weasley Wizard Wheezes will be confiscated immediately after discovery and those found carrying them will serve detention by his orders. For the first years, the forbidden forest will not be wondered around, in there are dangerous beings in that forest." She said, as the words sunk in, Joan only rolled her eyes.

"I take it that's why it's called 'forbidden'." she snorted and Alice hit her shoulder.

"Shh!" The brunette growled.

Joan rolled her eyes and crossed her arms across her chest. Nicholas blinked slowly, taking in every word the headmistress was saying.

"Now that those are out of the way, lets let the sorting began!"

There was a few seconds of students mumbling to each other then a loud voice made Joan jump slightly and look around.

Something was singing!

Still Joan couldn't see what was over all the other students heads. She stood on her toes but it didn't help.

(A/N sorry, but I don't think I can make a song for the hat, so just make your own.)

After the song ended, students and teachers started to clap. Soon, Joan heard a name being called out by a professor.

"Johnathan Adburn!"

Joan watched as Johnathan slowly pushed his way passed people, still when he was up there, she couldn't see him or what called out next.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

She jumped once more as the Gryffindor table broke into applause, she really didn't like loud noises. Taking a deep breath she waited as more names and houses were being called out.

"Leon Bennett!"

"RAVENCLAW!"

"Samantha Burnette"

"HUFFLEPUFF!"

"Evan Everret!"

"SLYTHERIN!"

Soon, the crowd began to thin out and she could finally who was going up there.

"Benjamin Fairborn!" The moment she saw the black haired boy, she slapped her forehead with her palm.

"Dammit!" She growled in a whisper.

"What's up?" Nicholas asked.

"I took his comb, I need to return it-ow!" She cried out when Alice hit her shoulder once more.

"Hush!" She said once more and they turned back to the sorting.

"RAVENCLAW!" The hat yelled out.

"Candace Harring!"

"RAVENCLAW!"

"Nicolas Jackson!"

"That's me..." Nicolas said and pushed passed the people to get to the hat. He sat on the stool and the hat was placed on his head, in less than a second the hat yelled out.

"HUFFLEPUFF!"

The table applauded and Nicolas sat down at the table.

People continued to go up to the hat, sit, then get sorted.

"Joan Phillips!"

Joan felt her body freeze for a quick moment, she felt Noah push her.

"Go on." Noah said and she slowly walked up.

She felt like she was trembling, all these people staring at her. She got to the stool and sat, smoothing her skirt out as she did so, the hat was place on her head.

"Well, well, what do we have here? Yes, I know the perfect house for you..."

"HUFFLEPUFF!"

Joan relaxed greatly, the hat was taken off her head and she walked over to the Hufflepuff table, and sat next to Nicolas. Nicolas slapped her back and she smiled. She listened as the rest started to go up.

"Heather Plethora!"

"SLYTHERIN!"

"Matthew Reese!"

"GRYFFINDOR!"

"Alice Rosecrest!"

Joan blinked and watched as Alice slowly walked up and sat down, she looked so small, even smaller now that the giant hat was placed on her head. There was a few heartbeats of silence then the hat shouted.

"SLYTHERIN!"

Joan blinked in surprise, she didn't think that Alice would be in that house, then again, she did just meet the girl only a few hours ago.

"Ivan Ruse!"

"HUFFLEPUFF!"

The boy took a seat directly across from Joan, she went back to watching, there were only a few people left.

"Tiffany Sherren!"

"GRYFFINDOR!"

"Kayla Tennyson!"

"RAVENCLAW!"

"Noah Vanderick!"

Joan looked up and hoped that Noah got Hufflepuff like she did. Unlike her and Alice, Noah strutted proudly towards the stool and sat. The hat was placed on her head and there was a long silence, so long that Joan and Nicolas exchanged looks before the hat yelled.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

Joan felt sad, she didn't listen to the last of the crowd being called. She grew to like Noah and Alice, even if they did just meet.

Once everyone was sorted, the headmistress stood up and clapped her hands together.

"Enjoy!" She yelled out. Joan only blinked in confusion, that was until she looked down and saw food literally appear in front of her. She forgot her nervousness and sadness for a while, she started to eat with the rest of them. Her and Nicolas started to chat, that did make her feel better, at least she wasn't going to be completely alone.

As she ate, she had to wonder, was she ever going to talk to Noah and Alice now?

Whew! done! ok about Neville I know he became the Herbology teacher but about that bit of him being head of Gryffindor house I have no clue.