Such original titles…Sorry this came out so late!!! I will really try harder to get them out earlier next time… Anyway this chapter is basically just the Sorting, and she makes another friend…
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Lily was climbing out of the train when she realized it was raining. It was too late for her to go back for her cloak so she faced the rain and followed the rest of the first years over to a man who was calling them. He first impression was that this must be what a giant looked like.
"Don't be scared, that's just Hagrid," a voice whispered into her ear. Lily spun around and saw a boy with brown hair and eyes to match standing behind her. He looked like a character from a movie with his hair and clothes soaking wet.
"My name's Remus." he said.
"I-I'm Lily," she said taken back by his forwardness.
"C'mon, we need to follow the rest of the first years." Remus said grasping her hand a pulling her along behind her.
"Yeh'll get yer fis' sight o' Hogwarts in a sec," Hagrid called back to the first years, "jus' round this bend here." When Lily and Remus came around the bend Lily was awestruck. They were standing on the edge of a vast, black, lake. On the other side of it, there was a castle with more towers and turrets then Lily had seen in her life. The windows were reflecting the last glow of sunset. The sky itself was a deep purple with a hint of red at the horizon. The starry sky was sparkling above and reflecting on the lake. Lily had never, or would ever, see anything as magnificent as her first sight of Hogwarts.
"No more'n four to a boat," called Hagrid. Lily climbed into a boat with Remus, James, and Sirius. As they moved across the smooth lake, Lily never took her eyes off of Hogwarts. She had no idea it would be like this. Before she knew it they had come to a muddy bank and all of the students were piling out. They followed Hagrid silently to a huge wooden door. Hagrid knocked the brass knocker three times and waited for the door to open.
"That will be all Hagrid," said the lady who answered the door. She had black hair swept back into a bun. She couldn't have been older than 30. Torches led the way as walked across the Entrance Hall. Lily glanced across at Sarah as saw she was as nervous as she was.
"Welcome to Hogwarts," said Professor McGonagall, "You are about to be sorted into your house. Your house members will become like family to you. You will eat, sleep, and learn with your house members. Free time will be spent in your house common room. Your triumphs will earn points for your house, while any failure will lose points. The Sorting Ceremony will begin shortly. Please straighten yourself from your ride here," said Professor McGonagall eyeing James's hair and another girls disarrayed hat.
As the nervous first years were led into the Great Hall, they were mumbling about themselves of what was about to happen. Where the older students looking at them with pity? Or was it just the way the light made them look? Many of the first years were taken of guard when a hat sitting upon a stool began to sing loudly. When the hat was done with its song, Professor McGonagall stepped up to the front of the room and picked up a scroll. She began to read off names.
"Abbott, Timothy!"
A very nervous looking boy stepped up to the stool and sat down. He placed the hat upon his head and saw one last look at the entire student body watching him, as the hat fell over his head. A few seconds past when the hat yelled out "HUFFLEPUFF!" A table on the left started cheering loudly as the scared looking boy went and sat down by them. Lily dimly noticed that most of the girls seemed to be wearing yellow accessories. She looked at the other tables and saw it was the same, but different colors like, blue, red, and green, with only a few acceptions.
"Black, Sirius" was called out, and she watched as her new found friend gathered his courage and walked forward.
"Most likely he is really hating his last name right now," Lily thought, "I'm glad I'm a little further down in the alphabet."
She crossed her fingers as he sat down on the stool. He had barely put the hat on his head when it called out "GRYFFINDOR!" She smiled as Sirius looked relived and sat down with the cheering table.
"Brocklehurst, Amy" went to Hufflepuff, but then "Brown, Elizabeth" went to Ravenclaw. Lily watched as the hat took almost a full minute to send "Canjar, Lindsey" to Gryffindor. She began to wonder how long it would take to decide on her.
When "Evans, Lily" was called out, Remus quickly squeezed her shoulder and she slowly walked forward. Her hands were shaking so bad she could barely put the hat on her head. Her last glimpse was of the nervous first years looking at her, making her even more nervous.
"Well." A quiet voice said into her ear. "Talented, and very loyal, but also quite sharp. Oh quite courageous too. Nice combination, fun to see how you use it. Maybe Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff, even Gryffindor is a possibility---"
Lily was desperately thinking Gryffindor, Gryffindor!
"Gryffindor, huh, Ravenclaw would always be a nice spot for you but if you insist…"GRYFFINDOR!
Although the hat had yelled the last word to the whole student body, it hadn't sounded all that loud to her. A cheer went up from the Gryffindor table, and she joined Sirius, who grinned at her and scooted over for her to sit down.
Lily barely even watched the rest of the people get sorted. James, Remus and Sarah all ended up in Gryffindor too.
When "Zakar, Michael" was made a Slytherin, Lily realized he was the last one, and started to get hungry. The gold platters scattered all over the table suddenly filled with food. Lily dished her plate up with food, and looked across the table at James. He was already scarfing down his food. She grinned slightly and started eat too, and talking with other people at the table. Somehow, the conversation had turned to ways to smuggle dragons across borders. One kid, Levi, seemed to know a ton on the subject, and dominated the conversation.
It seemed as though the night flew on wings; it was over so quick. Before she knew it, she was stumbling half asleep up a flight of stairs next to Sarah. Portraits on the walls were looking at them and pointing. Some were even switching frames to talk to each other.
The group of Gryffindors finally arrived at a portrait of a fat lady in a pink, silk, dress. An older student said, "dog fight" and the portrait swung open to reveal a circular room. The room was full of comfy armchairs and couches. They were all in a scarlet red color. They were pointed in the right direction to their dormitories, and they all slowly climbed the stairs. The room was circular also, and obviously a tower. There were beds all in a line, and they all had scarlet hangings on the beds. The girls were to tired to talk so they pulled on their pajama's and crawled into their sheets.
The last thoughts Lily had before she fell asleep were, "I wonder how Sarah, Remus, Sirius, James, and I all got into the same house. Weird coincidence, or maybe it was fate…"
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Okay that was the chapter… There wasn't much dialog in it. I'll try and put more in the next chapter. PLEASE REVIEW!!! I need to know what you think… And I'll try to get the next chapter out soon…