"Eww! I got a vomit one!" Parker yelled out, finishing his last Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans as the train slowed down. Andrew, Emily, and Rosie burst into a fit of giggles.
"Leave your trunks on the train, they will be brought to your room's," The conductor said. The prefects opened the doors and the students filed out.
"Firs' year' this way!" Hagrid shouted over the crowd.
"Wow, he's tall!" Rosie exclaimed.
"Yeah, but he's really nice," Emily said. The first years followed Hagrid down a path that led to the lake. Emily gasped when she saw Hogwarts castle in the distance.
"It's beautiful," Rosie murmured. Emily nodded and climbed into a boat with Andrew and Parker.
"You know there's a monster in this lake," Andrew said, the moon casting an eerie look on his face.
"Yeah, it's a giant squid, and they say when a student falls into the water, it eats them up!" Parker said, trying not to laugh.
"You guys are so stupid," Emily said, as Andrew burst out laughing. Rosie rolled her eyes.
"Rosie have you thought of a name for Emily's kitten yet?" Andrew asked.
"No, I'm working on it," She said, brushing her long black hair out of her eyes. They sat the rest of the way in silence. They pulled in under the castle and Hagrid helped them jump out of their boats.
"Head up those stairs 'ight there," He pointed and the students walked up two by two up a long stairway into an empty room, where Professor McGonagall waited for them.
"Good evening first years, welcome to Hogwarts. Now before we go into the sorting ceremony I must tell you a little about it…(this is where she explains it, but everyone knows how it goes) Now I'll be right back," She said, and left the students by themselves.
"How are we going to be sorted?" Rosie asked.
"My Dad said a hat sorts you," Emily replied.
"How can a hat sort you?" Rosie asked, but didn't have time for an answer.
"Follow me," McGonagall said. She placed a stool in front of the entire school and put a hat on top of it. McGonagall took out a piece of parchment and began to call out names. (I don't have the talent to make up an entire song, so just pretend)
"Anders, Nicole," A short girl with brown hair walked over to the stool. She placed the hat on her head and waited for about 30 seconds.
"Hufflepuff!" The hat shouted and the Hufflepuff's cheered loudly.
"Avery, Brent," A tall boy with black hair walked forward.
"Slytherin!" The hat shouted and the Slytherin's cheered louder then the Hufflepuff's.
Azack, Sean, became a Ravenclaw and Bickley, Chris became a Slytherin and so on and so forth.
"Black, Rosie!" McGonagall said. Rosie walked slowly forward and placed the hat on her head.
"Ah, I know just where to put you! GRYFINDOR!" The hat shouted and Rosie rushed over to the Gryfindor table. And the sorting goes on down the line to Emily. (Sorry, but I don't feel like making up names for all the new students.)
"Potter, Emily," McGonagall shouted and a hush went over the crowd.
"Is that Harry's daughter?" "Is she related to the boy who lived?" whispers went through the room.
"Ah, you have your mother's brains, but your father's courage and determination. You would do well in two houses. Now where shall I put you?" The hat asked.
"Where my mother was," Emily thought.
"Ah, but both your parents were in the same house," The hat said.
"Anywhere but Slytherin," Emily thought.
"But you would do well in Slytherin, just like your father would have. No? Ok then it is GRYFINDOR!" The hall burst with applause as Emily made her way to sit down next to Rosie. Once the sorting was done the new Gryfindor's were: Mallory, Lauren, Rosie, Emily, Parker, Andrew, twin brothers named Turner and Tyler Zander, a boy named Grant Creevey, (Colin's son) and a girl named Kelly Gunderson. Mallory and Lauren were deep in conversation with Turner and Tyler.
"I'm Kelly," Kelly said, holding her hand out to Rosie and Emily.
"Hi, I'm Emily, and this is Rosie," Emily replied, shaking Kelly's hand.
"I'm so glad I'm in Gryffindor. I read all about it in Hogwarts a History. I'm the only witch in my family," Kelly said excitedly.
"We all come from families of witches and wizards, but I'm not sure about those two," Rosie said.
"I don't know, I haven't talked to them at all, and we were in the same train compartment," Kelly said.
"Hey guys, this is Grant," Parker said, butting into their conversation.
"Hi Grant," The three girls said, starting on their desserts.
"My Dad is a huge fan of yours," He said to Emily.
"Really now," Emily said, turning away and rolling her eyes.
"Yeah, my Dad gave me loads of pictures of him. Can I take one of you? He would love to see what Harry Potter's daughter looks like," Grant asked.
"Um, not right this minute, I um…" Emily started.
"Prefects, would you lead the first years to their houses?" Dumbledore said.
"Thank you," Emily muttered and Rosie burst out laughing. The first years all jumped up and followed their leaders. (Ha! That sounds like Elementary school!)
"Be careful of the stairs, they like to change," A tall boy prefect said as he lead the Gryffindor's up many stairways. He led them down corridor after corridor until they came to a picture with a fat lady in a pink dress.
"Password," She said in a deep voice.
"Flubbergust," The boy said and the portrait flew open. Kelly gasped.
"Wow! This is beautiful," She whispered to Emily. Emily nodded.
"Girls' up that way, boy's up this way," The boy said and headed back out the portrait hole.
"Let's go check out our room!" Rosie said, dashing up the stairs. Emily and Kelly followed, with Lauren and Mallory at their heels.
"I claim a window bed!" Lauren yelled running over and her trunk magically landed next to it.
"I want the one next to it!" Mallory shouted. There was a soft meow on the bed next to the door.
"I guess this one is mine," Emily laughed.
"Which one do you want Rosie?" Kelly asked.
"I don't know, I want to be by Emily and so do you. Let's flip for it," Rosie suggested.
"Ok, I have a muggle coin in my pants pocket somewhere," Kelly said, searching her pockets. "Found it!"
"I call um heads!" Rosie said. Kelly flipped the coin.
"It's heads," She said, sounding a little disappointed. Emily laughed as Kelly pouted and walked over to her bed. "What's the cat's name?"
"I don't know, Rosie wants to name her, because I can't decide," Emily explained.
"Can I help her?" Kelly asked.
"Sure," Rosie said, walking over to Kelly and sat down next to her on the bed. They began discussing names.
"I'll be right back," Emily said and opened the door. She leaned over the railing and stared down at the Gryffindor's now all in the common rooms and their dormitories.
"This is a pretty neat place," Parker said, coming up next to Emily.
"Yeah, I like it already," Emily replied.
"Me too, when do classes start?" He asked.
"I think around nine," Emily said.
"Oh, have you got a name for your cat yet?" He asked.
"No, now Kelly is helping Rosie," Emily said.
"Oh, do you think Rosie is related to Sirius?" Parker questioned.
"I'm not sure, maybe I'll write Sirius and ask him if he ever had a kid," Emily said.
"Sounds like a good idea, when's your Dad getting married?" Emily's smile left her face and she glared at Parker.
"He isn't!" Emily yelled and walked back into her room. Parker frowned and headed down to the common room where his cousins were sitting around the fire.
"What's wrong?" Kelly asked, as Emily stormed into the room.
"Nothing, I'm tired," Emily said. "Night!" And with that, she closed the curtains on her bed and cried herself to sleep, fully dressed with her white kitten curled up by her side.
A/N: Well what'd you think? I'm deciding between Luna, Emerald, and Pearl for the cat's name. But if you have other ideas please tell me! Because I can't decide what its name should be. Is this boring? Because if it is tell me and I'll try to make it more interesting. Please review!