Disclaimer: Harry Potter? Me? Own? In my dreams.
Previously: Gavin went on the Hogwarts Express for the first time and met Fray, Heather, and Quincy. He is now at the lake to get on a boat to Hogwarts.
"Ava! Hey, Ava, wait up!" Gavin shouted at the girls. The one in the middle with dark hair turned around and waved at him. Gavin ran over.
"Hey, look I meant to tell you Ava, I'm sorry about your birthday… My mom, she just freaked out and… I'm just really sorry. It's a long story." Gavin explained.
"No worries. I understand how muggles can get about magic." Ava answered, moving again with the crowd. Gavin noticed her hair had been pulled back into a ponytail with the front strands hanging loosely out, it looked pretty on her.
"This is Melinda and Louvenia." She introduced the two girls on the right of her. The one (now known as Melinda) was tall with blonde wavy hair a bit past the shoulders. Louvenia had straight brunette hair about the same length, and she was average height like Ava. "We just met on the train, but we are very alike!" The other girls smiled.
They arrived at the boats and the three girls stepped into one in the middle, Gavin following.
"Um… you don't mind if I join you?" He asked them.
"Of course not." Ava said, patting the seat next to her. As soon as he sat down, the boat lurched forward and they started moving towards the school.
"Woah. Look at that!" Gavin said, ogling at the school. "It looks truly amazing."
"Just like the picture in the books." Melinda said, she too was intrigued by Hogwarts, while the other two weren't having they're own conversation, they had obviously seen this before.
"You… muggle born?" He asked her. Melinda nodded.
"You… know Ava?" She asked in the same cautious tone, mimicking him.
"Yeah. We're neighbors. I'm Gavin."
"Aah. Gavin… that's a nice name." Melinda had started saying his name multiple times, contemplating it. She said it softly then very loud one time. It was strange, but kind of funyny.
Gavin had gone back to studying every outside part of the castle when he heard a laugh a bit far behind him, followed by a voice.
"So! Gavin's the mudbloods' name, eh?" Gavin turned around in his seat to face the voice calling his name. They were almost at Hogwarts, and Gavin didn't want trouble, just the identity of the person shouting the insult.
About 15 feet away was a boat carrying two boys and two girls. One of the boys, the one calling him, Gavin recognized as Emmet.
"Yeah, it is. And by the way, I'm halfblood! And there's nothing wrong with being muggle born you git!" Gavin yelled back.
"Better watch your mouth around my brother!" A girl yelled. Gavin knew it must be Sonora.
"I'll handle this, Nora!" Emmet yelled, leaning over the boat's edge to get closer to Gavin. "Listen you, I don't want you talking to-"
But he didn't say any more, for just then, Emmet had leaned over a tad too far, and the entire boat tipped over, flinging all the occupants of it into the water.
Louvenia started to laugh, followed by Ava and Melinda. Gavin couldn't help cracking up himself, they all deserved it. He felt another lurch and they boat came to a stop. Emmet and the others couldn't be hurt, anyways, they could just swim to shore, it was pretty close.
And as Gavin stepped off the boat, he saw the four just reaching the shore, spluttering water out of their mouths and panting. Emmet looked up at Gavin and scowled.
"Wha' in the name o' Merlin's pants happened!" The giant man bellowed, walking over to the four waterlogged first years. Emmet grinned.
"Him!" Emmet pointed at Gavin. "He was in the boat across from us, and he whipped out his wand and knocked us all off the boat! Lucky it wasn't in the middle of the lake, or we would've drowned! We had to swim to shore!"
"That's not true!" Gavin exclaimed.
"Yes it is! We have four witnesses right here!" Sonora declared.
"And so do we! And we say, Gavin DIDN'T do it!" Ava yelled. "We saw everything, Professor Hagrid." She said calmly, then yelled again; "Those four are all liars!"
That lead to all eight of the first years arguing and bickering until Professor Hagrid bellowed; "QUIET! I'll leave this matter up to Professor McGonagall! Go to the entrance hall and wait wit' the other firs' years!" So the students walked through the front gates and into the entrance hall, as the Professor had instructed.
Gavin was instantly amazed. Above him, there were moving staircases, moving pictures, (as he had seen in the wizard newspaper; The Daily Prophet) and four giant empty hourglasses on one side. The floors were marble, the ceiling was too high for Gavin to even see, and he couldn't believe this would be his home for the next seven school years. He had almost forgotten all about getting into trouble, until he heard behind;
"You four must be the ones Professor Hagrid told me about." Gavin turned around to see a slightly old woman in a black pointed hat with her hair tied in a bun and her lips pursed.
"Stand over here with the others. I'll be over in a minute." She pointed to the left side of the front doors of the castle where Emmet, Sonora, and two others were standing. Gavin, Ava, Melinda, and Louvenia reluctantly obeyed, but stayed a reasonable distance away from the others, and listened to Professor McGonagall make her speech.
After, she told the rest of the first years to wait outside the doors on her left, the entrance to the Great Hall. Then she walked over to them.
"So, you claim that he threw all of you off your boat?" She asked, pointing to Emmet, Gavin, then Emmet's friends. Emmet nodded. "And you were all witnesses?" She asked the three girls by Gavin. "Nobody willing to confess anything?" She paused for a few seconds. "Well then, I'm sorry, but I have no choice. I am putting you all in detention. Not a very good start to your first year, hm? Please join the others." She gestured to the frightened waiting children. They walked over there.
"Detention? Great! I am going to KILL that Emmet kid!" Melinda said.
"He's a git, let's just avoid him." Louvenia suggested.
"We did nothing, we didn't deserve that!" Ava said.
Gavin said nothing, for he was too preoccupied with thoughts of how much he despised those four.
All the first years huddled together, and followed Professor McGonagall carrying a ratted old hat into the magnificent oak doors.
This is the Great Hall… Heather told me about this. The ceiling was an exact replica of the night sky. Gavin and the others walked down an aisle with two long tables on either sides of them, with a long one in the front. An old man with a long beard and half moon spectacles sat in the middle of the front table. Gavin was so fascinated with the room, he bumped Louvenia in front of him when they came to a sudden halt.
McGonagall placed the tattered hat on a stool, and it started to… sing. Gavin listened to the song as closely as he could… he could tell it was describing the four houses, but he had zoned out after that. A hat was singing. That was something Gavin never thought he'd see. After, McGonagall took out a long list and read off the first name.
"Aberny, Kevin!" The boy who had accompanied Emmet walked up to the stool, picked up the hat, and placed it on his head. A few seconds after, the hat shouted…
"Slytherin!" The table on the far right of Gavin clapped and cheered as Kevin joined them.
The sorting went on and on and Gavin only payed attention to the names of people he had met.
"Chuffman, Louvenia!" Louvenia tried it on and…
"Ravenclaw!"
…
"Coleens, Fray!"
"Hufflepuff!"
…
"Dunesby, Availia!" Ava walked up to the stool.
Availia? That must be Ava's real name… Gavin thought.
"Ravenclaw!"
…
"Glennis, Melinda!"
"Ravenclaw!"
Good, at least they're all together.
"Gollfield, Gavin!"
This is it… Stay calm. Gavin thought as he walked up to the stool. He placed the hat on his head and sat down.
Aha! You're father was a Gryffindor, eh?"
"Yes. How did you know?"
I know certain things. Anyways… you seem very smart and clever… perhaps Ravenclaw?
"Well… okay."
But wait… you know how to handle yourself in situations. You've done brave things in the past… more brave than wise. Like your father. But you have a loyal side to you… you're a tough one, kid.
"So, what are you-" Gavin was cut off as the hat shouted…
A/N: HA! CLIFFHANGER! That's right, I had to. You'll find out next chapter! Sorry my chapters are super short, by the way. Hope you enjoyed, please review and give me any feedback or suggestions! Muahahahahaha!