A/N: Soooo i won't be posting anymore this weekend but look for updates on all my stories starting this wensday and tuesday everyweek i should be updating those stories So make sure if you don't have an alert that you check then,
i hope you like this story so far it will pick up as the time goes on but the next part will be halloween or quidditch i'll figure it out a bit later but expect it to be uploaded either tuesday or wensday
Disclaimer: don't own harry potter or i would live in a castle.
I was so scared; Oliver had to go onto the carriages while I was forced to take the boats. I gripped the sides tightly as the boat rocked back and forth. I really wished Oliver was in my year and not a year older than me. But he had told me before he left that hopefully I got into Gryffindor, but anything but Slytherin was fine. When we finally got off the boats the large man- Hagrid I think his name was, lead us up to the castle doors. I looked at my clothes I had to change into the uniforms but I didn't have to like it (they had skirts).
On the top of the steps stood a woman she had green robes on with a stereotypical witch's hat on. She led us inside the castle then lead us off to a chamber away from the door to what I guessed was the Great Hall (Oliver had explained it to me).
"Welcome to Hogwarts, The start-of-term banquet will beginning shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall; you will be sorted into your houses. The Sorting is a very important ceremony because while you are here, your house will be something like your family within Hogwarts. You will have classes with the rest of your house, sleep in your house dormitory, and spend free time in your house common room.
"The four houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each house has its own noble history and each has produced outstanding witches and wizards. While you're at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn you house points, while any rule breaking will lose house points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the house cup, a great honor. I hope each of you will be a credit to whichever house becomes yours.
"The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting. I shall return when we are ready for you, please wait quietly." I felt my insides plummet at the dread of having to go up In front to the whole school. I was not a 'its fine I'll give a speech in front of the whole world' Type of person, that just wasn't me.
I was at least a bit calmed by knowing what exactly I had to do. Oliver had explained it to me when we were on the train. She walked back in clapping her hands to get our atteintion.
"Okay they're ready for us. Now form a line and we will proceed in." She said and we shuffled ourselves into what could be considered a line, then we all stood nervously at the doors. And then the doors slammed open and we walked in all the heads were turned to us I felt my face heat up and I fidgeted with my skirt. I tried not to look to in awe of the Great Hall, but I didn't really succeed much. It was magnificent with long tables and gold and candles floating everywhere. Above me was a ceiling that looked like the outside. I wondered if maybe it was.
For a bit everyone stood in silence and that made me even more nervous as I stared at the hat on the stool as it opened what looked like a rip, and began to sing, all I could do was stare until the song ended and she started calling out names.
"When I call your name, you will put on the hat and sit on the stool to be sorted," She said. "Okay, Adams, Leisle" from there it went on and I kept getting more and more nervous as it got closer to the g's.
"Gemer, Elizabeth" A blonde short-haired girl walked up and sat the stool putting the hat on her head. A few minutes later she was sorted into Hufflepuff.
"Grahm, Saffron" there that was me! I forced myself to walk up to the stool, it seemed like the walk would never end. When I finally got up there I sat on the stool and cautiously put the hat over my head.
'Hmmmm curious, curious' I heard it murmur into my head. I almost jumped in surprise. 'Your not saying this out loud, are you?' I though and a chuckle resounded through my head.
'No, ahhh lets see, Ravenclaw might be good for you, but I don't think it's the best choice. Ahhh perhaps Hufflepuff?
'Please put me in Gryffindor, Please put me in Gryffindor' I thought not doing anything on the outside but on the inside I was begging.
'Now why would I do that?' the hat asked amused.
'Because my only friend is in Gryffindor.' I said hoping he would understand.
'Ahhh, yes that Oliver boy. Fine if you insist….' "GRYFFINDOR"
In shock I slowly came back to focus to see that a table on the left of me was clapping wildly so I assumed it was Gryffindor. Sliding the hat off I placed it on the stool and went to go sit down, easily finding Oliver because he was waving his arms above his head. I quickly rushed over to him sitting down to the empty seat next to him.
"So you're in Gryffindor!" Oliver said. It was the first time someone had talked to me from the time I got on the boats to now. I beamed glad that I could make him happy.
The feast was magnificent more so then I had ever seen in my whole life! The whole time I talked with Oliver, he kept telling me how he wanted to be the only first year on the Gryffindor team and how he wanted to be a famous Quidditch player when he got older. I was glad he knew what he wanted to do with his life, while I had no clue what I wanted to do. I forced myself to look in the present or I would become depressed. He also introduced me to Percy Weasley who was in his year.
After the feast we were escorted to the common rooms by the prefects, I just followed Oliver while trying to figure out how to get there by myself. After we got there all I really wanted to do was sleep so I said goodbye to Oliver and followed the female prefect's instructions to the female dorms. There were only a few girls in my dormitory there was a girl named Hope, and another named Daisy. But I didn't try to learn all their names I settled for changing and curling up in my bed. After all tomorrow was a big day.
