A/N: Okay so I had finished half of this chapter a little bit ago and I just decided I wanted to finish it now. So I went to finish this chapter and the file was gone! Poof! I didn't know what had happened until stupid me remembered I just had gotten a new computer! So, with the death of my computer also came the death of this lost chapter. : ( So here goes nothing!

My Sorting

The room Professor McGonagall had led us to is enormous. She said it was the Great Hall, but I don't think great does it justice! When you look up your eyes are not met by a boring ceiling but of the night sky! As I continued to take in the Great Hall I saw all of the people in here! There are four different tables. Those must be the different houses.

"As I call your name, you will come to the front, sit down and I will place the Sorting Hat on your head. The hat will then place you in your respectable house." Professor McGonagall said.

" Bunter, Jackson" The boy that I met on the boat earlier nervously stepped forward and sat down. When Professor McGonagall put the hat on his head it covered his eyes.

"RAVENCLAW!" The hat shouted. Normally this would have surprised me but not much could surprise me anymore today.

After Sirius Black, one of the boys from the train had been placed in Gryffindor- a clear shock to what seemed like most of the people in the hall- and Janice Deckson was sorted into Slytherin, my eyes started to run through the room. All of the older students already looked bored and you could tell they were hungry. Then again how long had it been since I had eaten? The train ride seemed so long ago now. As if on cue my stomach emitted a loud growl. I could hear the two boys from the train ride and their companions snicker. When had they gotten so close? And was my stomach really that loud?

"Evans, Lily?"

I took a big breath and sat down on the hard chair. As the hat was placed on my head I felt like someone- or something- had entered my mind.

"Hmm…you are rather smart." A low voice said in my…ear? I knew the hat would speak the house we were to be in, but I hadn't expected it to actually speak to ME.

"Cunning? Perhaps. Loyal? Of course, to an extent though. You're very brave of course. Tell me Miss. Evans, do you have any preference whatsoever?"

"Well, I just want to be with my best friend, Severus", I said.

"I'll see what I can do. GRYFFINDOR!"

Barely a second later the hat was taken off of my head and my eyes were met with the sight of clapping students. I walked over to the Gryffindor table and the boy, Sirius Black, greeted me with a smile, but I opted for sitting as far away from him as I could.

Oh no! What would Sev think? He detested Gryffindors. I looked over and caught his eye which he quickly averted toward the current student being sorted. I had a queasy feeling in my stomach, but in must just be hunger right?

The rest of the sorting went very slowly as I saw Miri Gabler sorted into Hufflepuff, Jenna Hobbs into Gryffindor- and as soon as she sat down next to me she immediately started talking about the cute boys she had seen- Remus Lupin, Gryffindor, and a few other students into other houses. Finally there were only three other students left to be sorted, the dark haired boy from the train and his small friend and Sev.

James and Peter, the two boys, were both sorted into Gryffindor. Great, that should be fun.

"Dibs on James Lily!" Jenna whispered to me.

I ignored what she had said as I looked up just as Sev was being sorted. He had on the hat for just a little while but I could just barely see him moving his lips. I wonder if anyone else had noticed me talking to the hat.

All of a sudden the sorting hat's voice rang out clear across the hall. "SLYTHERIN!" My fear had been confirmed. Sev and I were sorted into different houses.

I looked over at him but he was too busy accepting claps on the back from fellow Slytherins.

"I'd like to say welcome back to all of you familiar faces and welcome to those new ones I see! I am Professor Dumbledore, Hogwart's Headmaster! I hope you're all a delighted as I am to be starting a new year here. A year for making new friends, greeting old ones and, of course, learning! I know you must all be absolutely famished so before we all dig into this delicious feast soon to be before us I'd like to say three things! Remember, the Forbidden Forest is well, as the name says, forbidden to every single student here. We also have had a new…landscape addition! A Whomping Willow has been planted here at Hogwarts and we should all be especially careful about how close we go to it as it can be very dangerous and wonderful at times! And the last thing I would like to say is…Enjoy!"

Out of nowhere- I wonder if that will happen quite a lot here- loads of food appeared on our plates and a light orange liquid in our goblets. Jenna and I eyed the food longingly and once we saw others start to dig in we did the same.

After everyone had been just about full from dinner the plates were cleaned and filled high with so many puddings and pastries I couldn't even name! Somehow everyone seemed to be able to eat a bit more before the plates were cleaned and Professor Dumbledore addressed us again.

"Now First Years, your House Prefects will show you to your dormitories and the rest of you, off to bed!"

A short girl with light blonde hair and tiny, square teeth and a boy with raven colored hair to his shoulders herded us into a group and led us out of the Great Hall after everyone had left.

"Now the staircases here like to change so be careful and as quick as you can. Oh and don't forget there are some fake steps."

Wow. Everything here seemed so complicated and-

"AHHHH!" A high pitched shriek came from behind me.

Everyone's heads turned toward Jenna. Well, mostly what was floating next to her.

"Oh yes, students meet Nearly Headless Nick. He's the Gryffindor ghost. If you ever find yourself lost, just ask Nick for directions if he's nearby." The boy Prefect said.

"Thank you Mr. Finsley. And I'm sorry that we could not be at the Sorting. We had uh other business to attend to."

Before the prefects could ask what other business he was talking about he floated off.

"By WE does he mean other ghosts?" I hadn't realized Jenna was talking to me. "Umm, I don't know."

We continued walking up the staircases with the occasional one moving and the prefects getting a bit disgruntled. Jenna and I had also discovered that the portraits could move. Well at least the people in them could. This was really turning into a strange place. Sev had failed to mention a lot of this.

"Okay here we are. This is the Fat Lady. She will be the way you get into the common room. You will need a password to get inside, which changes frequently. The password of the moment is confounded. You will be informed if the password changes."

The Prefects had led us to a large portrait with, well a fat lady inside of it. When they said the password and we all started to climb in she kept bothering us and asking if we wanted to hear her sing.

The Gryffindor common room was almost empty. Everyone had probably gone to bed already. Now that I think about it I'm pretty tired myself. The Prefects showed us to our dormitories and left.

On the First Year room it had three names on it, Lily, Jenna, and Molly. When I walked in a girl was already fast asleep in one of the beds.

"I guess we'll just have to meet her in the morning." Jenna said.

"Yeah, I guess."

All of our luggage was next to our beds. I got changed into my pajamas and turned the light off next to my bed. It took me a while to get to sleep. I couldn't wait to see what this school had in store for me tomorrow.