Even Sirius ran out of things to say once we approached the castle, all the first year students looked around in amazement as the boats took us to our school. But once we were in the Great Hall and we had gotten over the flying candles Sirius started joking about Snivellus again. Especially whenever he heard him and the redhead talk... well, sing.

Professor McGonagall had introduced herself and told them what they had to do, when they heard their name they would sit on the chair, and the Sorting hat would pick a house for them.

"Frank Longbottom."

"Gryffindor!"

"Cecily Abercraft."

"Hufflepuff!"

"Yolanda Merrington"

"Slytherin!"

"Mary McDonald."

"Gryffindor!"

Some minutes later Remus found himself in the Gryffindor table beside James. Everyone in his table had clapped when he was sorted in Gryffindor, James winked at him. Minutes passed and more and more students were sorted. Until there were only eight left. Including Sirius, Severus and the readhead girl.

"Robert Enoch."

"Slytherin!"

Was it Remus imagination or did Sirius' hands turned into fists?

"James?"

"Yeah?" James turned to Remus.

"Why is Sirius so against being in Slytherin?"

"His whole family has been there, and has been evil wizards. He wants nothing to do with them."

Remus nodded. It must be hard, he thought. To be against your family's beliefs.

"Lily Evans."

The redhead girl walked to the chair and sat down, her movements were graceful, it seemed more as if she was dancing than walking. After a second the hat said:

"Gryffindor!"

Lily smiled and stood up, walked towards Severus and squeezed his hand softly as she passed him. Lily walked to the Gryffindor table and sat to Remus left. Leaving a space between them and another empty one to her right as if she was saving someone's spot.

"Severus Snape."

James chuckled. "Snape, Snivellus. We are brilliant dude." He said laughing and Remus laughed too.

Severus wasn't as graceful as Lily, his movements resembled to a spider's and he sat awkwardly on the chair. The hat almost didn't give Lily time to cross her fingers before it yelled:

"Slytherin!"

Lily gasped and Severus shoot a panicked expression to her, but she managed to smile reassuringly at him. He walked to the Slytherin table with his shoulders down and sat down giving his back to the Gryffindor table. Remus bit his lip.

"Sirius Black!"

This time was Remus' turn to cross his fingers as Sirius walked with a fake confidence grin in his face. But the second the hat touched Sirius' hair it yelled.

"Gryffindor!"

James, Peter and Remus stood up clapping as many other Gryffindor members. The Slytherin students seemed confused, they were expecting Sirius to be one of them just as his relatives had been for years. But Sirius ran to the Gryffindor table and high fived with Remus, sitting on his left. He turned to Lily and winked.

"Good thing Slytherin is only for filthy, worthless, evil wizards, right?"

As soon as the feast was over Lily stood up and ran to catch Severus, who caught her in his arms confused as she hugged him. He hugged her back awkwardly, he hadn't hugged anyone in a long time.

"You know I wasn't talking about you, right Sev?" She whispered, singing. She sounded heartbroken.

"Lily I always knew I'd end up in Slytherin, like my mom..." He sang. "I just hoped you'd be there with me."

Lily didn't answer, she just stared at him.

"Lily, is time to go." Said the Gryffindor prefect and she nodded, letting go of Severus. He panicked.

"You are still by best friend, right Lily?" He sang, panicking.

"Always."

Once in the Common Room McGonagall removed the spell from Lily and she was able to hiss "I hate you" without singing when she walked past Remus and his friends. McGonagall seemed to be repressing a smile as she scolded them, saying that next time she'd have to take out points from Gryffindor. After that she instructs the first year students to make groups of four, those would be their roommates for the rest of their years at Hogwarts.

Remus panicked slightly, but when Sirius, James and Peter smiled at him he knew he didn't have to worry about being left out.

Lily teamed up with a girl with dark short hair called Alice, a blonde giggling one called Marlene and a girl with long wavy dark brown hair called Mary. Mary had a quiet yet cheerful voice and she held a book against her chest. But that wasn't what caught Remus' attention, but the way she held the book. As if it was natural to hug a book, as if she was used to.

Was it his imagination or was she holding Pride and Prejudice? That was his favorite book.

Sirius just couldn't stop laughing about the Snivellus singing prank, and the four friends stayed up very late laughing over that day's prank and planning the next one's and the next one's... Eventually they decided to go to bed, tomorrow was their first day of class and they were really excited.

And even when Remus had never spent a day away from his parents and in company of three strangers he wasn't scared. He finally felt at home.