(This is my second time writing this because the first time everything was deleted. 4 and a half hours worth of writing gone but I'm trying again. Sorry if it's not that good. I am not Rick Riordan or J.K. Rowling)

The huge wooden door swung open and a stern looking woman stood in the doorway, "I will take them from here Hagrid," She said, "Follow me please," The nervous first years followed the stern woman to the Entrance Hall. they could hear hundreds of students through the huge oak doors that must have led to the Great Hall but she didn't lead them through there she opened a much smaller door to a small room. She waved the first years inside.

"You are about to be sorted into your Houses. Your house is like your family while you are here at Hogwarts. Good behavior while win your house points and bad behavior will lose your house point," She said sternly. "My name is Professor McGonagall. There are four houses, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and of course Slytherin. Now I expect you to make yourselves look smart until I come back," She glanced at the small boy's camera and Nico's messy hair. She swept out of the room.

As soon as she left all the students started talking to each other about what was about to happen. Nico stared at his feet and ignored all the students speaking around him. He knew that the sorting was nothing to worry about since Hazel told him that it was nothing but he still felt a sinking feeling in his stomach. About five minutes Professor McGonagall came back into the room looking rather worried, he didn't know what it was but anything that got her worried about he knew would be terrifying.

"This way," She said and walked out into the Entrance Hall the doors to the Great Hall throw open wide. "Form a line," she said frowning at the first years. The children formed into a line Nico was behind a short black haired guy. They walked into the Great Hall and Nico gasped. The Great Hall really lived up to its name. The ceiling looked like the beautiful sky outside. It was black with a million stars spread across it. He knew it was a spell but it was hard to believe that the Great Hall didn't just open up into the heavens. Thousands of candles floated in the air making the golden plates and cups glitter and shine in the light.

As he was staring up at the ceiling Professor McGonagall carried an old stool and patched, dirty wizard's hat to the front of the Hall. She placed down the stool then she set the hat on top of it. He really couldn't see want was so special about the old hat but then the brim of the hat opened and started singing (I can't write music). When it finished the whole school clapped politely so Nico joined in.

"When I call your name please come a put the hat on," McGonagall said. So that's all you had to do. He turned his head to look at the Gryffindor table and saw Hazel, Percy, Reyna and Jason sitting next to each other looking at him. Hazel and Jason waved at him, Percy gave him a thumbs up and Reyna nodded at him. he smiled weakly back. Hazel mouthed, "Good Luck," at him. "Blackstone, Lou Ellen," McGonagall called out. A nervous girl with pigtails walked up to the front. The hat was so big it covered her eyes, a minute later the hat screamed out to the hall, "Hufflepuff!"

Two more people were sorted both in Gryffindor, then "Di Angelo, Nicolas," He stumbled up to the front and turned to look out at the Great Hall as he sat on the stool. He saw Frank waving at him and Percy giving him a thumbs up. As he looked at Percy he felt his cheeks warm up then all he could see was the inside of the hat.

Hmm interesting, said a voice in his, the hat he realized. You could fit in any of the houses. Loyal to a fault to your sisters, brave when facing the world, smart as a whip but also an urge to succeed the hat mused almost to itself

My family and friends think I should be in Slytherin Nico suggested.

Ha! The hat said Barely of all the house, and you fit in them all, Slytherin is the one you are least like. Good thing they are not the Sorting Hat.

Well I am pretty smart Nico said to the hat Maybe Ravenclaw

Shh! This is not for you to decide! You are not the sorting hat! The hat said with amusement. Ah! I know just where to put you. The hat said. I know you'll love "Hufflepuff!" the hat screamed the last word out to the hall.

Nico jumped off the stool, deaf to the sound of clapping and cheers from the Hufflepuff table. He saw Frank smiling and waving at him to come and sit next to him, patting the seat next to him. Nico sat down next to him and Frank said, "Wow. it took almost 7 minutes to sort you," Had it really it hadn't felt that way when he was being sorted.

He felt tears prick his eyes, of course he would be different in another way, "Is that a bad thing?" he said in misery.

"No!" Frank said in shock. "Some people it just takes longer. Annabeth told me that Percy, Reyna, Piper and Leo all took over five minutes. Harry freaking Potter himself took four minutes to sort," Frank said excitedly. "It just means that you could fit in more then one house and the hat needs time to decide. He heard, "Bryce, Lawrence," be sorted into Slytherin. Bryce looked a little scary to Nico and he could see the the applause was scattered as the Slytherins eyed their new housemate.

Nico tapped his foot on the floor impatiently. He looked up as "Markowitz, Cecil," was sorted into Hufflepuff. The Hufflepuffs started cheering and clapping as Cecil came to sit with them. Nico joined in clapping but stared at his plate wishing the sorting would end so they could eat. About 30 people more were sorted, then "Solace, Will," was called and he sat down he smiled at the hall and as soon as the hat touched his head it screamed "Hufflepuff!" The Hufflepuff table exploded with cheers and claps as Will came to sit next to Nico.

Finally, "Weasley, Ginevra," was called up and when she put the hat on about 30 seconds past before it screamed, "Gryffindor!" and let out a bark of laughter. The Gryffindor table started cheering and three red headed boys jumped up to hug her. Two of the boys were identical and even from across the hall Nico could tell the were troublemakers.

When the Gryffindors had finally settled down, Dumbledore stood and waved his hand for silence. the entire hall was quiet in a second. "Hello, and welcome to another year at Hogwarts," Dumbledore said with a warm smile. "I do know that you wish to eat but first I have a couple of things you must know, first we have a new Defense Against the Dark Art Teacher," A handsome blond man with teal robes stood up, "Professor Gilderoy Lockhart!" There was very laud applause at the sound of this mans name. Nico only remembered him as the author of some book but that's it.

"Also I must remind you that you may not use magic in the hallways between class, as always the Forbidden Forest is off limits, hence the name," Dumbledore's eyes twinkled but for just a second he swore that the flashed at the Gryffindor twins and Leo Valdez.

Then one of the twins stood up and the hall drew a collective breath as though they knew what was about to happen, "Where's Ron!" he shouted panicked, "Ron! Harry!" His twin stood up and they both searched the hall for the people they were missing. "Professor, our brother and Harry are not here," Just as they said that a tall man with a hooked nose that looked rather like a bat, swept into the room an said something the Dumbledore.

"I am so sorry but something has come to my attention," He swept his hand around the hall and food appeared, "If you'll excuse me," He, McGonagall and the teacher that looked rather like bat, walked swiftly out of the hall.

"What was that about?" He asked Frank as he picked at his potatoes, not really that hungry any more.

"Probably nothing," Frank said swallowing his food. "Harry Potter tends to get in trouble," the kids around them were talking to each other and Frank joined their conversation but Nico just scuffed his toes against the stone floor. The food was amazing but he was to nervous to eat. His father would be so angry at him for being in Hufflepuff. Nico felt light head but then Frank taped his shoulder and passed him the bread and he took a few deep breaths. he smiled and took of of the pieces of bread.

The talk around him turned to families and he started listening to what the people around him were saying. Will Solace was saying something, "Well my mum and my Step-dad are muggles but I don't know about my dad," He grabbed the butter from Cecil. "I never even knew about magic before I came here!"

"My mum is a muggle but my dad's a wizard,' Cecil said. "He works for the control of Magical Creatures department at the ministry," He turned to Lou Ellen, "What about you?"

"My dad is muggleborn like you Will," She nodded at Will. "But my mum's from an old wizard family. And you Frank,"

"I don't know my dad but my mum was from an old Chinese wizarding family. She was an animagus, which means she could turn into an animal," Frank said looking at Will. "I was raised by my Grandmother, she is a pureblood witch and an animagus. They could both turn into multiple animals. My mum was an auror,"

Cecil looked at Frank curiously, "What happened to your mum?" He asked.

Frank looked down at his lap, "She was killed by You Know Who right before he disappeared. She saved her comrades," He looked back at them. "She was a hero," He said so softly that Nico, who was sitting right next to him, barely heard him. "So Nico," Frank said with forced cheer. "What about you. I know about Hazel but what about you,"

"Both my parents were from pureblood families," He said softly. He didn't say that his sister had died last year or that his mother was a squib who was killed for fun by some of Voldemort's followers when he was six, long after Voldemort fell. Or that he was there when it happened. They looked at him hoping for more details but he didn't say anything just stared at his half eaten food.

The students all around him continued to talk. While they had been talking about their families, Dumbledore, McGonagall and the other teacher had come back. They were all sitting at the head table, Dumbledore and McGonagall talking to each other in hushed tones while the teacher that looked like a bat was glaring at the Gryffindors.

When dessert was half way done he felt a tap on his shoulder. He looked up to see who it was and saw Will Solace sitting nervously next to him, "Um, can I ask you who You Know Who is?"

Nico looked at him in surprise but then remembered he was muggleborn, "Oh, was a wizard about 11 years ago," He said see sawing his hand back and forth. "he was not a good guy. He killed muggles and muggleborn. Or anyone who supported him. He wanted wizards to rule. He hated anyone who didn't think like he did," He saw the look of horror on Will's face. "He's gone though. 11 years ago he attacked Harry Potter's family and killed his parents but couldn't kill him and disappeared,"

"Great so there are racist wizard," Nico nodded his head yes. "So what his name?"

"People don't like to say the name but I'll write it down," Nico grabbed a napkin then realized that he didn't have a quill, "I don't have a quill sorry,"

"Oh that fine," Will said with a smile, "I have a pen," He dug around in his pocket and pulled out a small grey thing.

"A what?"

"A pen," Will rolled his eyes. "There like quills but you don't have to re-dip them. Quills are dumb so I brought like six boxes of pens," He handed Nico the pen and Nico tried to write but it didn't do anything. Will laughed, "You have to take off the lid," Nico pulled off the lid and felt his cheeks go bright red with embarrassment.

On the napkin he wrote one word Voldemort. "Volde-" Will started to say.

Nico shushed him and Will thanked him and went back to his conversion with Cecil. "Will, your pen," Nico said and went to hand Will his pen back.

Will smiled and shoved the pen back a Nico, "Keep it. Take it as a gift,"

"Thank you Will," Nico said. Will smiled and turned back to Cecil. Nico tucked the pen in one of the pockets of his robes. Nico picked at his cherry pie and glanced around. The only person he saw that no one was sitting next to was Bryce Lawrence. His fellow Slytherins had given him plenty of space. He caught Nico staring at him and gave Nico a creepy smile.

Nico was very glad when Dumbledore stood and said, "Now that you are all fed and watered, bed!" He spread his arms wide. "Prefects lead your houses to your common room please. Now off you hop,"

A tall guy in Hufflepuff robes got all the Hufflepuffs in a line, youngest to oldest, he said, "Hello. My name is Cedric Diggory. I'm the male Hufflepuff prefect," He looked at the first year Hufflepuffs and said, "If you ever need anything at any time, whether it be that you're homesick, had a bad dream, need something, are having trouble with homework or another student," He smiled at the warmly. "Just find me. I'm here to help you," Nico smiled at him shyly and Cedric gave him a warm smile back. "Everyone good," There were a couple muttered yes's, "Okay lets go,"

Cedric lead them down four flights of stair and through seven hallway until he arrived in front of a large group of barrels. This hallway smelled like freshly baked cookies and pie. "So to get into the common room," Cedric said. "Just tap out this rhyme, Hel-ga Huff-le-puff on this barrel," He tapped the tune on a bottom left barrel. The door slide open to reveal a cozy room with a low ceiling. It was painted a soft yellow and all the couches were the same colour. They all looked so conformable. There was a fire crackling cheerfully in the hearth. There were desks for doing homework lining on wall. One wall had little window nooks with soft couches in the them . On one slept a brown tabby cat. For once the cat didn't hiss at Nico it just stretched.

Cedric smiled and said, "Boys on the right," Pointing at a stairwell to the right that must have lead to the boy's dormitory. "And girls on the left," Nico and the other four Hufflepuff first year boys walked up the stair until they came to a door marked, "First Years," in black letters.

They pushed open the door and were greeted by a room that looked just as cozy as the common room. There were five bed all set in nooks in the wall with a window looking out on to the grounds. The sheets were a cream colour and the quilt was a cheery yellow. There were light yellow silk curtains that they could close for some privacy. Next to each bad was a dresser that was also set into the wall. There was a fire that was closed of in the center of the room and pale yellow couches surrounding it. Nico bed was next to the door to the bathroom door. Next to him was Will Solace. Nico closed the curtains and changed into his pajamas. He and the other boys then quickly moved their clothes from their trunks to their dresser.

Nico flopped onto his bed and closed the curtains. He quickly drifted off into sleep and for the first time in years he didn't wake up screaming for Bianca.

(Wow. Done for a second time. Did you like, please tell me if you did or didn't. Bye!)