I DON'T OWN HARRY POTTER

Chapter Four - September First Comes to an End

After that there was "Goldstein, Markus," who went to Hufflepuff and "Harolds, Jennifer," who went to Ravenclaw. After a while McGonagall called "Longbottom, Frank," and the boy in the boat with them came up looking confidant. After about five minutes the hat called out,

"GRYFFINDOR!" called the hat.

"Lupin, Remus," Remus went up, biting his lip. When McGongall put it on, his expression changed frequently. It went from nervous to surprised, back to nervous, and finally, after 3 minutes, the hat called, "GRYFFINDOR!"

Then went, "McKinnon, Marlene," became the next Gryffindor, "Nolan, Aquarius," who was a blonde haired boy with a large jaw who seemed to have a permanent frown, was a Slytherin.

"Parkinson, Timothy," was a Slytherin, "Perks, Julian," became a Hufflepuff and "Pessim, Alice," became a Gryffindor.

"Pettigrew, Peter," went up, looking as nervous as when Emily first met him. After what seemed like forever, the hat finally shouted "GRYFFINDOR!"

When Peter went down Emily said to him, "Good job, mate. Though you'd get into Hufflepuff" she said chuckling.

"Thanks" Peter said unsurely.

"Potter, James," James went up confidently and when almost instantly after the hat was put on his head it holler,

"GRYFFINDOR"

"Quirrell, Quirinrus" became a Ravenclaw. There were some snickers at the name. Specifically from the Gryffindor table. When Sirius snickered Remus said to him, "You're not one to talk 'Sirius'" which earned him a pout from Sirius. She even saw Snivellus showing his ugly smirk. With a name like Severus he shouldn't be talking.

"Snape, Severus"

"Poor hat," Sirius whispered, "It has to touch that greasy abomination."

James, Peter, and Emily started laughing and even a smile was tugging at Remus' lips. "It also has to touch his hair," Emily added. The only reason they stopped was because a prefect shot them a look saying, "Stop this or you'll get something worse than detention"

As soon as the hat touched his greasy hair it yelled "SLYTHERIN"

Snivellus shot a look at the Gryffindor table. Specifically Evans. Someone has a crush Emily thought in a sing-songy voice.

Finally ending with "Zonko, Elliot", who was put into Gryffindor, the headmaster, Professor Dumbledore, stood up.

"Welcome! To another year at Hogwarts! May the first-years, and some of our returning students please note, that the dark forest, is strictly forbidden to all students" he said eyeing two boys with brown hair ,blue eyes, and grins that looked like they were about to steal something of yours. They were high-fiving each other. "Now I would like to welcome our new defense against the dar, arts teacher, Professor Larrs!" He pointed to a man in decent-looking robes. The man had brown but starting-to-grey hair. He also had stern-looking brown eyes. "Now before our feast, I would like to say a few words: Chateau Rheosta and Notal! Now let the feast, begin."

As soon as the words left his mouth, the tables were piled with food. Chicken, steak, salad, pasta. Whatever you wanted, it was there. While Emily and Sirius were piling tons of food onto their plates, Remus said to them, "Is this the last meal you're ever going to have?"

"Wal, meb," Emily replied with a mouth full of food.

Sirius translated, "Well maybe. You never know if the schools going to explode and we all die a slow and painful death."

"R-Really?" Peter managed to stutter out.

"Nah, Peter." James said, "It will most likely be quick with a very little bit a pain." Remus rolled his eyes at them.

When Emily was grabbing another chicken wing, a ghost popped up, making Emily yelp and drop her chicken wing, causing snickers from James and Sirius. The ghost had ruffles around his neck. He had long curly hair, and clothes that looked like they were from the middle ages (which they probably were). "Hello, First Years!" He said, "Welcome to Gryffindor!"

"Hello, Sir Nicholas" said the boy prefect with red hair.

"I know you!" James said with his mouth full of food, "You're Nearly Headless Nick!"

"I prefer Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington."

"Nearly Headless?" Evans asked. When were we talking to you Emily thought. "How can you be nearly headless?"

"Like this," he said, pulling on his head, resulting it staying on by a tiny bit of skin. Any first years in sight gagged at it.

After dessert, the prefects lead them to a painting of a very large woman. "That's the fat lady" whispered James, "My dad told me she guards the door to Gryffindor Tower."

"Password?" The Fat Lady asked.

"Ubi habito in forti animo." The portrait opened and they entered the common room. The common room had a fire going that was more likely than not fueled by magic. There were chairs surrounding the fire and stairs that probably lead up to the common room. There was also a window showing the grounds.

As the first years entered the boy prefect said, "Hello first years, I am Arthur Weasley, sixth year, and this is Molly Prewett," he said, pointing to the red-headed girl, "Fifth year. Welcome to Gryffindor! The boy's first year dormitories are upstairs and down to your left, girls, the same on your right. Boys, don't even think about going into the girls dormitories or something you most likely will not be happy about will happen," he added, "Your belongings have already been brought up"

Emily saw her stuff on one of the four-poster beds. She saw Evans, McKinnon and Pessim come in. Mckinnon had brown hair that went down to her lower neck. She had an average height and blue eyes. Pessim had short black hair cut shorter than James'. She had a round face and blue eyes.

All four girls immediately crashed into bed. Emily changed into clothes and brushed her teeth and crashed into bed.

Emily was just about to fall asleep when she realized that her parents wanted her to write to them as soon as she got their.

"I'll do it in the morning" she managed to mumble as she got into bed and closed her eyes.

So the ending of September 1st has come upon us. Remember: Constructive critisism is always welcome. Besides my challenge for the Gryffindor password, whoever gets the meaning of Emily's last name gets a virtual brownie. Thanks to eveningstars for being my first reviewer!