I can't believe what is happening. We did it, we escaped that hellhole. I don't think I've ever seen that many wizards in one place and they look so... happy, like nothing can hurt them. It's like we're in a different world, a world where there are no muggles to hurt us. They have houses and beds and food... I never thought a place like this existed. I have to admit, I didn't think a vortex existed, to me it was just an old tale to give us hope, but this, this place is amazing!
I am currently laying on a bed, can you believe it? In a place called Hospital Wing, I think they have specific places to treat injured people. I'm the only one awake, but we are all here... except for Victor and Karin, those bastards got to them first. I wish she could see this, Karin always loved to hear Cali's tales.
I'm scared of falling asleep, everytime I close my eyes I see people dying... Cali. she hasn't woken since... the incident, and I really hope that woman, Pomfrey, I think that was her name. Yeah, I really hope Pomfrey knows what she is doing. We can't lose Cali, not now, not ever.
We wouldn't stand a chance if it weren't for her and it seems wrong to even be here without her. Pomfrey said she was really lucky they missed her vital organs but the lasers that they used are hard to heal, especially when those things don't even exist yet during this time.
Ha, here I am, Seth Garland, in 1977. Not only that but in a school! School of Wichcraft and Wizardry, at least that's what Dumbledore called it.
It's been twenty four hours since we arrived. The same people who helped us kept stopping by throughout the day; I think they are as curious about us as we are about them or at least would be. Our first priority is to get Cali to wake up, Touya won't leave her side as usual but I think I can trust these people. If they wanted to kill us they could've left us to die.
It's our sencond day here and I can honestly say that I'll go crazy if I don't leave this room. All we do is lay down and wait to Cali to wake up. Food keeps appearing out of nowhere every few hours, it's quite strange. Pomfrey keeps telling us that we have to wait for Dumbledore before we leave.
Under other circumstances I would've been walking around but we promise to follow the rules. It's early in the morning, I'm not sure what time it is but I can't sleep any more. I don't think I've ever slept so much in my entire life.
"When do you think he will come?" Phoebe asks from her bed across from me. "I have no idea" I shook my head. This morning, when we woke up, there were clean clothes for all of us. Madam Pofrey lead us to a room with a bathroom and we took turns showering.
It was hard to drag Touya away from Cali but we promised to bring him back after he was done. We couldn't possibly let the students see us covered in blood, it would raise a lot of questions.
Our attention turned to the door, someone was comming in. It was the girl we had seen when we arrived. She was wearing a black cloak and smiled at us.
"I hope you're feeling better" She pushed her red hair away from her face. "I'm Lily Evans, by the way. We didn' have time to introduce ourselves last time I saw you." Her eyes landed on Cali as she frowned.
"I'm Seth" I decided to break the silence being the one closest to her. "Phillip" He waved, his leg had healed but was still sored. "Phoebe" She smiled back at Lily. "Touya" He was sitting at Cali's feet.
"So... do you know when we can get out of here?" Phoebe asked leanig forward on her bed. "No, I haven't heard anything from the headmaster yet" She shook her head and sat on one of the empty beds.
"How long have you been here?" I asked her noticing the shining badge on her clothes. "This is my seventh and last year here" She didn't seem too happy to leave this place. "You've been stuck here for seven years?" Touya's eyes were wide, he didn't seem happy with the idea of staying here that long.
"Not all the time." Lily waved her hand. "We have vacations when we go home and days where we are allowed to go to Hogsmeade"
"what's Hogsmeade?" Phoebe asked. "It's the small village next to the school"
"Why would you go there?" Phillip asked. "Isn't it dangerous?"
"Not really, some of the professors go with us" She shrugged. "I don't think we've had any problems"
"So what else do you do?" I asked.
"We attend classes where we learn different things, like Charms, Potions, Transfiguration, history and we do homework-" She began to explain.
"What is homework? I thought you lived here." Phillip crossed his arms eyeing her suspiciously.
"Homework is what we call the assignments the teachers give us to do after classes, like reasearch or writting about what we learned in class or practicing spells" We all nodded. They shouldn't call it home work then, that is just confusing. Unless you think of this place as your home...
"What else do you do?" Phoebe asked, this time she was laying on her stomach with her head resting on her hands as she watched Lily.
"We talk to other students, watch Quidditch matches..."
"What is a Quidditch match?" I asked.
"Oh, it's so much fun to watch, it's a wizarding sport where they fly on brooms and have to throw the Quaffle through these metal circles to make points and-" She stopped noticing that we were not understanding what she was saying.
"You're telling me that they fly?" Lily nodded. "On brooms?" She nooded again. "Those things that are used to clean?" Phillip snorted.
"Well, those are special brooms" She tried to explain. "maybe you should ask one of the boys to explain the game. They have been playing it for a while." As if they had heard her, three boys walked in and two of them were carrying brooms.
You really can't blame us for laughing at them. They looked ridiculus carrying those things. They stopped looking confused at each other and Lilly blushed.
"Are they serious?" Phillip tried not to laugh. "brooms?"
"Hello" James ruffled his hair uncomfortably. Sirius shrugged and moved to sit next to Phoebe.
"What's wrong with the brooms?" He asked getting comfortable on Phoebe's bed, much to her annoyance.
"well... it's not something I would think of when it comes to flying. That's for sure" I told him watching that strange broom.
"I was telling them about Quidditch" Lily informed them.
"I thought you hated Quidditch" Remus watched her blush.
"Of course not! She loves to watch me play. Isn't that right, Lily flower?" James wrapped an arm around her shoulders only to be pushed away. "Sod off, Potter" she glared at him.
"Lily flower, how clever is that?" Phillip snorted. "Well, I would like to see you do better" James huffed crossing his arms in from of his chest.
"Uhh..." We watched as Phillip stood up and moved towards Lily holding her hands in his. Soon her cheeks began to match the color of her hair as Phillip stared into her eyes, his face merely inches away from hers.
"It lies not in our power to love or hate, for will in us is overruled by fate. When two are stripped, long ere the course begin, We wish that one should love, the other win" He continued, his eyes never leaving hers. His voice no louder than a whisper. "And one especially do we affect of two gold ingots, like in each respect: The reason no man knows; let it suffice, what we behold is censured by our eyes. Where both deliberate, the love is slight:Who ever loved, that loved not at first sight?"(Who ever loved by Christopher Marlowe)
Phillips stepped away from a blushing Lily, a gaping Remus and a very angry James and moved back to his bed.
"Where did you learn that?" Sirius broke the silence looking back and forth between Lily and Phillip that simply shrugged.
Dumbledore chose that time to enter the Hospital Wing smiling. "I hope you're feeling better." I noticed he had something in his hand, a old looking cloth. He must have noticed my curiosity as he stopped between Lily and James. "I have made preparations for all of you to start your studies but before we get into details, I believe it's time for the sorting" He streatched his right hand forward, the cloth was a hat, a very ugly looking hat.
"Pardon?" Phoebe was just as confused as I was. "The Sorting; Hogwarts has four houses, each student is sorted into a house where he can most benefit from. Your houses will be like your family during your time in this school." He began to explain. "There is Gryffindor" he motioned to the others. "Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin. Now, who would like to go first?" When no one volunteered he moved towards me. I swallowed, not liking the idea of being away from the others.
"Do not worry you will see each other even if you are placed in different houses." he assured us but I still had a bad feeling about it. "Mr. Garland" I stared at the hat. "What does this sorting involve exactly?" Phillip cut in.
"The hat will decide which house you belong to." Is it just me of this guy is a bit crazy? How is a hat deciding anything? What is the difference between the houses.
"Ahhh, someone is doubting my abilities. I'll have you know I have been sorting students since Hogwarts opened it's doors" Holy Shit, the hat talks! I stood still, fighting the urge to throw the hat away from me.
"That is not very nice" It spoke again. "Yes, I can read your mind" that's it, I'm gettingthis thing off.
"Not Gryffindor that's for sure" It told me before I removed the hat from my head causing me to stop. What is that supposed to mean? Was I supposed to like a talking hat that can read my mind?
"No, but you should not be so scared" It spoke. I was not scared am just being...cautious!
"Not Slytherin either" I rolled my eyes getting annoyed. There's four houses, so there's still two more options. I didn't really care where I was placed, I just wanted us to be together. I have to make sure everone stayed out of trouble.
"Yes, yes, very loyal, I see..." How long does this sorting business usually takes? I found myself getting impatient.
"Hufflepuff!" The Hat yelled startling me. Was that really necessary?
"What the heck is a Hufflepuff?" Phillip voiced my question before I had a chance to.
"They are know for being loyal and hard working" Lily replied while Sirius and James snickered. I had a feeling thare was something they were not telling me.
Phillip was the next to be sorted and it didn't take nearly as long as it had with me before the hat yelled: Slytherin!
When that happened everyone looked at him strangely. Sirius was glaring at Phillip while the others seemed to be uncomfortable.
"What?" Phillip noticed the silence and stopped glaring at the hat.
"Nothing... we... we didn't think any of you would be in Slytherin." Lily replied. "What's wrong with Slytherin?" Phoebe asked.
"They are evil" Remus muttered. "Nothing good comes out of Slytherin" Sirius spoke earning a glare from Lily.
"That's not true, there are Slytherins that are perfectly nice" She dared Sirius to disagree narrowing her eyes at them. "Like who?" James snorted.
"Sorry kid, You got the worst house." James ignored Lily. Phillip simply shrugged.
"Being in Slythering simply means that you are cunning and value your bloodline" Dumbledore clarified. His description fit Phillip like a glove.
"I don't think I want to be sorted" Phoebe shook her head as the headmaster approached her. "Nonesense" Dumbledore placed the hat in her head this time taking a long time to decide.
"Ravenclaw!" It finally yelled. "What took you so long?" Phillip asked still glaring at the hat, I have a feeling he didn't like where he was sorted.
"It said I was hard to place. Something about being in Gryffindor" She replied. "What is Ravenclaw, anyways?"
"It's where the bookworms go" Sirius patted her on the head. "Except for Lily, that is. Tell me Lily, why are you not a Ravenclaw?"
"Ravenclaw is for the witty and creative, it values inteligence above everything" Remus explanation seemed to please Phoebe.
"Lastly, Mr. Touya Haruma" Dumbledore moved closer to the boy.
"Ravenclaw" Phillip, Phoebe and I spoke at the same time.
The hat had barely touched Touya's head when it yelled: Ravenclaw!
We all rolled our eyes. It was obvious that Touya, the genius, was going to be placed in the house for inteligent people.
"It seems that we will have to wait until Cali wakes up for the last sorting" Dumbledore smiled at us. "I ask that you remain here until I finish arraging your acomodations and we finish working out on the details for your cover stories"
"You will be introduced as transfering students from Urbek Institute of Magic in South Africa. I will bring more information about the school this evening" He told us before leaving.
That was it, we were placed in different houses and we have no idea of what we should expect. Fortunatelly, we had Lily and the others to aks about the current time.
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