Disclaimer: I really don't own anything! That would be J.K. Rowling. I fail at attempting to be like her, no matter how badly I wish I was.
Authors note: I'm going to switch to Lily's point of view since this is her flash back. Plus that way I think it's easier to add humor. If you don't like it let me know in a review.
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Soaked. Wet. Drenched. Soggy. Sopping. Every single one of those dictionary words all mean covered in water, which was a perfect description of me at that moment. I was furious. Furious couldn't even cover how angry I was. All I really wanted was to start off at Hogwarts and feel like I belong, but already it was turning out badly.
What a prat. That is the best 'appropriate' word I could think of to describe Potter. He had no reason yet to try and ruin my life, we had hardly known each other for five hours. And yet he was. I couldn't help but dislike him, he just gave me a bad feeling.
I was shivering violently when the boy who helped me find Platform Nine and Three Quarters, I remembered his name was Remus, pulled me out of the water. It was so cold, and I pulled my arms close to me to try and keep warm, but it didn't really work.
The boats began to move and the wind certainly didn't help the hypothermia that I could feel creeping from my toes to the rest of my body.
Because I was so distracted I almost didn't notice Hogwarts come into view. It was magnificent, more beautiful than anything I had ever seen in my entire life. It reflected onto the Black Lake with a shimmer, and I once again truly believed in magic. The magic that was about to become the main part of my life.
After what seemed like forever of being cold, though I was pretty dumbstruck at the beautiful castle, our boat hit the shore and we were helped into Hogwarts for the first time ever. I shivered but this time not with cold, but with excitement.
A tall woman, whom I recognized to be Professor McGonagall, walked into view. She ushered all of us into a waiting room. When she noticed I was wet she pointed her wand at me and instantly I felt warm and dry, it was as if I had never been wet at all. She smiled at me and then walked back up to the front of the group of first years.
"In a moment I will call all of you in to be sorted, once your house has been picked you can join the table of the house that you were selected to. Good luck!" McGonagall said sternly, and left briefly.
There were plenty of whispers going around about how the sorting was done. Sirius Black tried to convince everyone that you had to battle a dragon, while a small boy named Peter Pettigrew whispered that he had heard that you had to perform in front of a table of judges.
The group moved anxiously with anticipation and nervousness. If what either of the boys said was true, than I would certainly be returned back home with a letter telling my parents that it was all a mistake and that I actually was meant to go to muggle school. And now that I was here, even if I had to be here with James Potter, I really didn't want to go home.
Suddenly the doors were opened and light filled the darkened hall that we were standing in, and what seemed like hundreds of eyes were all focused on us. It was intimidating. They were all wearing black robes rooms and were silently watching the group of us.
I didn't realize it but I was shaking a little bit and my heart was racing extremely fast. I was looking around for signs of a dragon or a panel of judges but all my eyes focused on was a three legged wooden stool with a raggedy black hat sitting on it. It opened it's 'mouth' through a patch and began to sing a song.
Many many years ago
When I was newly sewn
Four wizards had a dream to build a school that was of great renown
But they argued for they each had many different values
So they ended up deciding to have four different houses
For what each valued most.
For Gryffindor's favorites were the ones who were quite brave,
And Hufflepuff valued those who were loyal and could take secrets to the grave.
For Ravenclaw liked those who had smarts and always did their best,
By Slytherin the ones who had cunning and could do evil were favored among the rest.
When living they were able to pick their favorites from the throng,
But who would pick once they were dead and gone?
It was Gryffindor, who pulled me off his head,
He put some brains in me, so I could do the sorting instead.
I have not been wrong once in all the while
So don't be scared, I don't bite and I promise I'm not vile.
I'll scan your brain for the talent you possess
So try me on and I promise that in your house you will much progress.
The entire hall broke out into applause. I felt much calmer once I figured out how the sorting really worked.
They started out with Adams, Emily who walked slowly up to the stool and sat down. The hat was set on her head and it went past her mouth it was so large. After about a minute it shouted "HUFFLEPUFF!"
Sirius Black was put into Gryffindor, and I was surprised to see a lot of the Slytherins booing at this. He seemed to shrug it off and sit down next to a very attractive girl who actually blushed. I just rolled my eyes.
A few names were called but I didn't know any of them. Then Clemmings, Piper was called, and she walked up with no sign of nervousness. She sat down and put the hat upon her own head, and I envied her confidence. Almost immediately the hat shouted "GRYFFINDOR!"
Before I knew it I was up. In a sort of daze I walked up and sat down on the stool. I put the hat on top of my head and to my surprise it started talking.
"Quite brilliant, Ravenclaw would do you well, but I see your bravery is one of your greater traits, well I guess it will have to be…."
"GRYFFINDOR!" I beamed and pulled the hat off my head, at the very least Sienna and I were together and that was all that mattered.
Piper was called next and to just our luck was also put in Gryffindor. She sat down next to me and smiled with happiness. This was a start to a beautiful friendship, and I could already tell that the three of us would be a trio.
Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Alice Prewett, and James Potter were also all put into Gryffindor. I definitely groaned out loud when James' name was called. Sirius shot me a glare, and I glared right back at him.
Unfortunately Severus was put into Slytherin, but that was what he wanted so I was happy for him. Hopefully we could still stay really close even though we were in different houses. He looked up at me from across the great hall and winked, I just smiled back, I was so glad to have him as a friend, and I had been happy to help him with Potter and Black. The jerks.
Once everyone was sorted a small man with a long white beard, twinkling blue eyes that I could see from my seat, and half moon glasses stood up and began to talk.
"Good evening students, now that we are all sorted I'm sure everyone's stomachs are absolutely grumbling with hunger. So I could make a speech but now is definitely not the time, so dig in."
As he said this all the plates that had been previously empty on the tables, suddenly overflowed with all sorts of food. Anyone could find something that they would like on this table, no matter how picky they were.
I asked an older student sitting by me who that was and he kindly responded that the old man's name was Albus Dumbledore, he was the headmaster of Hogwarts, and also one of the greatest, most accomplished wizards of present day. I couldn't help but marvel at how a man like that would spend his time in education, but was quickly distracted once again by the food.
People started piling food onto their plates and I followed suit. It smelled so good I couldn't wait to try everything.
I looked over at Sirius and James and they were stuffing food into their mouths so fast that I could hardly distinguish them from dogs eating out of dog bowls.
I tried a bite and it was so good that I suddenly realized how hungry I really was, and my mouth watered for more. I began to eat really fast too, but was nowhere near to the rate that Potter and Black were chowing down at.
When I was so full I could barely move the dessert appeared. I knew that I had to get some of course, it looked too good to be true. There were sweets of all kinds ranging from chocolate soufflé to treacle tart. I had not saved room for dessert, but I would make room.
By the time all the plates were wiped clean I had a food baby the size of Mount Everest, but was content beyond belief. Professor Dumbledore made a speech about what was expected of students, and also the places that we weren't allowed to go for our own safety.
Telling me that I can't go somewhere, makes me want to go there worse. So basically I might have to explore the forbidden forest sometimes soon. That is, only if I am getting good grades, and have all my homework done.
When he was done talking I heard a Gryffindor prefect calling all the first years towards her, and I followed. We walked for what seemed like forever, through passageways and up stairs that she told us moved periodically and also had trick steps. It was so confusing there was no way I'd be able to find any of my classes tomorrow, let alone my way back to the great hall. But I tried to pay attention to the best of my abilities so that I wouldn't get lost.
Finally we stopped in front of a portrait of a very large woman, that I later heard was called the Fat Lady.
"Password?" she asked in a very distinguished voice.
"Fornicullus" the prefect replied and the portrait swung open.
I went through the hole and found myself in a cozy room with a fire place that was draped everywhere with red and gold. I felt totally at home and new that the sorting hat had picked the right house for me.
Black and Potter automatically starting dashing up a set of stairs to what they assumed to be their dormitories, but the staircase turned into a slide and sent them colliding into each other and hitting the ground hard.
"Those ones over there are the boy's dormitories, these are the girl's ones." The prefect told them. They nodded seemingly unfazed and dashed up the other set of stairs. Sienna, Piper and I all walked up the stairs and found a door that had our names engraved on it.
We opened the door to find all of our trunks sitting there waiting for us by our perspective beds. I began to unpack all my clothes into a dresser and once I was done realized I was so tired I could barely move. Without even brushing my teeth I fell into bed and into a deep happy sleep, excited for the year to come.
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Hey all! I really want to apologize that it has been two weeks since I last updated and that is so long! I just have been so busy, I went on a retreat with my school, have a ton of homework, am running for student government, and am trying to get bikini ready by spring break haha. So what did you think about the first person? It felt way nicer to write it like that, like I could actually become a part of Lily and bring the story to life more. Also do you think I should write about first year and then skip to seventh year and beyond? Because I feel like if I have all the years this story will be crazy long. Also quite honestly should I even keep writing? I'm not getting very many reviews and I can't really tell if people like it so let me know if I should just delete and start something new. Let me know! Feedback is really great!
Flora
