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The carriage ride suddenly came to a stop. Justin, Max, Harper, and Alex stared at the castle with a wide-open mouth and wide eyes. This school was bigger than WizTech! Harper was amazed at the castle. It was fit for a royal family. She stepped out of the carriage along with the others and her excitment began to grow more and more.

A bunch of younger students stepped out some boats and looked at the castle in amazemet. She saw a huge man stepping out of the boats and directing the students to where to go. He gave Harry, Hermione, and Ron a smile and gave them a welcoming wave.

"That's Hagrid," Ron intorduced that tall man to the Russos and Harper, "he's the ground keeper of Hogwarts."

"He is huge!" Justin commented as Hagrid walked inside the castle.

"Come, you have to see the inside," Hermione said as they walked inside the castle. The Russos and Harper were amazed at such a sight. The inside was old-fashioned but it was pretty big and cozy to be inside it. The eight of them climbed up some stairs where they came face to face with a bunch of first year students.

"We'll see you guys later," Harry waved at them.

"Why?" Max asked.

"You have to be sorted into your houses. Happens with all the first year students and also the newcomers," Ron explained to them. "Hope you guys all get into Gryffindor."

"I hope I will," Alex spoke up.

"Me too," Max and Justin and Harper said in unison. They all wanted to stay with their new friends.

"Us too," Hermione added with a smile. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Luna said their good-byes to the Russos and Harper and walked up the stairs, took a turn and entered the Great Hall.

Suddenly, a old woman who was wearing black and green robes and a witch's hat walked up to them. "Welcom to Hogwarts," she said to them with a warm smile. "Now before we begain the Sorting Ceremony I have to go through a few rules with you. The houses in Hogwarts are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin."

"Gryffindor," the Russos and Harper said within one another.

"When the rules are followed, points will be awarded. Any rule-breaking and you will lose points," the lady added. She took a scroll out of her robes and looked at the new students. "We are ready for you now," she said as she began to walk down the hall with the new students following her.

"I feel like a giant," Justin mumbled as he looked down at the short first years. Some of them had the chance of being bullied by the big kids. That's how school worked.

A large golden door opened that led inside the Great Hall. At the back part of the hall, there was a long table with each teacher sitting there. A man with white long hair and beard stood up from his throne-like chair and the chattering halted. "Welcome to Hogwarts!" he beamed down at the new students. "Before wee begin our excellent feast, Professor McGonagall will call each and everyone of you up to the stool to get sorted into your houses. You may proceed professor." He sat back down in his chair.

Professor McGonagall unrolled the scroll and looked at the first name. "Harper Finkle," she called out.

Harper thought she almost died. She didn't want to go first up there. She felt Alex giving her a small push. She clutched the book that was in her hands and walked up to the stool. She was shaking all over the place. She sat down on the stool and the brown hat was placed on top of her head.

"Hmm," the hat said which surprised Harper. "This is interesting. Oh very good." The hat was reading Harper's thoughts and mind to place her into the right house. "I know...GRYFFINDOR!"

Harper got up from the stool and happily ran to the Gryffindor table. Hermione gave her a smile and clapped for her while Harry and Ron patted her on the back. Phew. Good thing I got that over with Harper thought as she tried to catch her breath.

"Justin Russo," McGonagall called out.

Justin walked up to the stool and sat down. The hat was placed onto his head.

"Ha! Another Russo. Hard-worker, rule follower...easy! HUFFLEPUFF!" the hat bellowed.

Justin got up and walked over to the clapping table. He took a seat across a blond haired girl with blue eyes. "Hello," she greeted him through her ruby lips.

"Hi," Justin greeted her back.

The girl gave him a welcoming smile and turned her attention back to the Sorting Hat.

"Max Russo," McGonagall called.

"Finally," Max said out loud as he fearlessly walked up to the stool. He didn't care which house he was sorted in, unless it sounded pleasant.

"A-ha!" the hat yelled, "I know just what to do with you! RAVENCLAW!"

Max craned his head as he looked at the table that was clapping for him. He had the Luna girl in his house. Awesome! he thought as he got up and walked to the table.

Alex looked at each table. So her brothers were in different houses. She hoped to get herself into Gryffindor to be with Harper and Harry. Harry? Alex thought over. Why was she thinking so much about this boy?

"Alex Russo."

Alex looked up at the teacher. Then at the hat and the stool. She walked up and sat down. She felt the hat touching her head.

"Mm-hmm," the hat agreed, "cunning, sly...SLYTHERIN!"

Oh no Alex thought. She was not in the same house with Harper! She looked at the Gryffindor table and saw neither Ron, Hermione, or Harper clapping for her. Nor was Harry. The four of them had a look of surprise on their faces. Alex felt like she was glued to her seat and could not move.

"Ms. Russo," she heard McGonagall say as she leaped off of her seat. She looked at the table and slowly walked there.

Everyone looked so cold. She sat down between two people and looked at Harper across the table. Harper looked at her with a sad expression. Harper had also wanted Alex to be in the same house with her. Nevertheless, they could still hang out after school together. Alex also saw Harry turning around and looking at her. She gave him a shrug with one shoulder.

Harry nodded at her. He didn't understand why Alex was sorted into Slytherin. She didn't seem like the type of person that could cause trouble. Then again, he didn't really know he character. He had hoped that she would be sorted into his house. Since she was in Slytherin, that was okay with him. He didn't think of her as a bad person.

Ron was a bit iffy on the subject of being nice to Alex.

Hermione was in agreement with Harry. She was going to treat Alex the same way she had treated her on the train.

Suddenly, the headmaster, Dumbledore, got up from his seat. "Just a couple of announcements before we begin. The dark forest is strictly out of bounds to all students."

That's the place where I'm supposed to meet Mason Alex thought. Well she was going to have to find a way to go there without anybody knowing.

"Students are to return to their dormetries no later than eight," Dumbledore said.

Strict school Alex thought.

"And the use of magic on any student will recieve a punishment," Dumbledore added on a cheerful note. "Let the feast begin."

Alex was caught off guard. She thought that people were going to bring the food to their tables, but this was different and rather interesting. She wasn't starving but the food made her have an appetite. She poured a generous amount of food onto her plate and nibbled on it. She looked at the girl across from her who had filled her plate with a lot of food and was pigging out.

"Would you please not be such a pig!" a girl snapped at her. The girl lookedd up and gave her look. A look that said you-mind-your-own-business-or-I'll-give-you-a-black-eye. She shook her head and went back to her eating.

Alex saw Harper eating happily with Harry, Ron, and Hermione. Alex felt sad that she was a couple of feet away from them. Harper seemed to be having a better time than she was. She just hoped that them being in different houses wasn't going to strain their frienship. She looked down at the table and...oh no! "Shoot," Alex whispered to herself. She saw the blond boy that she met on the train talking to his friends. She saw the girl laughing at something he said.

"Oh shoot me right now," the girl across from Alex said as she heard Pansy laughing.

Alex looked at her. "Is she that bad?"

"What do you get when you cross a parrot with a parakeet? You end up with annoying," the girl told her.

Alex smiled when she said that. "I'm Alex by the way."

"I am Peggy," the girl said as she finished chewing on her food, "but as you can see, people call me Piggy."

"Well that's not nice," Alex said, "kust because you a lot doesn't make you a pig."

"Yeah tell her about it," Peggy said as she pointed to the girl who had called her a 'pig.'

Suddenly Alex heard Pansy laughing really, really hard. Curiosity filled Alex. What was she even laughing about? "Some people are a gem, some people are a rat, to learn who's who give me the ear of a bat," she whispered as one of her ears transformed into an ear of a bat.

"And she saved that mud-blood cat," she heard Draco tell Pansy. "Did you see that headband she was wearing? She looked like a troll."

"Well she does have big ears," Pansy laughed.

Alex glared at them. That was so mean. No one, and she meant no one messed with her friend. "Pound, pound you're a clown," she whispered as the spell hit both Draco and Pansy.

When the spell hit them, they were suddenly turned into clowns. Peggy watched as her drink erupted from her mouth and hit the girl next to her. Both Draco and Pansy screamed as they looked and pointed at one another.

Harry looked at laughed while he spat out some water at the same time, Harper put her hand on her mouth to not show herself laughing, while Ron and Hermione were laughing as hard as ever until their faces turned pink. Max and Justin stood up from their seats to see what was so funny. They couldn't see a thing.

"Mr. Filch," Dumbledore suddenlly called out in front of him, "please would you and Madam Pomfrey escort Mr. Malfoy and Ms. Parkinson to the hospital wing?"

A plump-woman and an old man that had a cat following him took Draco and Pansy with them. Alex hoped that she was not seen by any teacher, although she felt the headmaster's eyes on her.