The Story of Peter
chapter 3
"Firs'
years, over here!" boomed the voice of a giant man with bushy black hair. This
man was named Rubeus Hagrid, the game keeper. Peter walked nervously over to
the man. "Four ter a boat, that's it, now row!" The oars magically started to
row by themselves through a giant lake. "Watch yer heads, there. Yeh should be
gettin' yer first glimpse of Hogwarts here in a second." Peter gasped as he
looked up at a giant castle. As the students started going into the castle,
Peter realized he couldn't find the 3 boys he had met on the train. Scared, he
went and followed another first year, just so he wouldn't get lost.
"Excuse
me, if you don't mind my asking, but why are you following me?" asked the first
year he followed. It was a girl with long red hair and green eyes.
"Well,
you see, I, er, can't find my friends, so I followed you so I wouldn't get
lost."
"Oh, I
see, and your name would be,"
"Oh, my
names Peter Pettigrew."
"Nice to
meet you. My name's Lily Evans." She smiled and shook his hand.
"Peter,
there you are, we've been looking all over for you!" it was Sirius. "Oh, and I
see you've met Lily. How're you doing, Lily? Long time no see!"
"Things
are great at home."
"How's my
favorite cousin, Petunia?" he asked, with a smirk on his face.
"Oh,
jealous, snobby, obnoxious, the usual. Who's that?" Sirius turned around. James
had been prodding him on the back for a minute, but Sirius hadn't noticed.
"Oh, this
is my friend, James Potter. James, this is my cousin, Lily Evans."
"Oh, er,
hi," James said, going red.
"A
pleasure to meet you. What house are you guys going to be in?" asked Lily.
"Gryffindor,
of course, where else would we belong?" said Sirius, grinning from ear to ear.
"Well, I
pity whoever's in Gryffindor, you'll have the place blown to pieces!"
"Well,
what house will you be in?"
"Oh, I
don't know. Since my parents are both muggles, I don't know much about the
houses. My friend, Cassandra, said Gryffindor's for the brave, Ravenclaw's for
the smart, Hufflepuff's for the loyal, and Slytherin's for the evil people. So
I think Ravenclaw would suit me, although Gryffindor wouldn't be bad."
"Line up
students, single file, the sorting is about to begin," the voice was coming
from a stern looking witch. She led them into the Great Hall, where a old hat
sang a song. Then the witch called out names from a roll of parchment.
"Abbot,
Michael," she said, as a short blonde boy walked up to the hat. After a while,
the hat shouted out, "HUFFLEPUFF!" The boy walked over to the Hufflepuff table
and sat down.
"Arnold,
Chelsea," she said, and a girl with long brown hair and the worst look on her
face walked up to the stool and shoved on the hat, but as soon as she sat down
the hat shouted, "SLYTHERIN!" Then it was Sirius's turn. He walked up but the
hat barely touched his head when the hat shouted, "GRYFFINDOR!"
And she
went on shouting names, and worried looking kids walked up to the hat. When she
yelled, "Evans, Lily," Lily walked up casually, put on the hat and sat down. No
trace of worry in her face. After a minute or two, the hat shouted
"GRYFFINDOR!" and she went and sat at the Gryffindor table. Then there was
"Figg, Arabella" who went to Ravenclaw and "Mundungus Fletcher," who went to
Hufflepuff. Then there was a list of names that seemed to take forever. The one
who was most interesting was a boy named "Lupin, Remus!" He ended up in
Gryffindor, but when the witch called his name, some teachers exchanged worried
glances at each other. Then more names and after what took forever, it was
"Pettigrew, Peter," Peter walked up, slowly, to the hat and put it on. "Hmm,"
it said, "You aren't too hard, you could easily fit into Hufflepuff-" "No,
please, put me in Gryffindor, that's where my friends are." "Really, but
Gryffindor doesn't fit you, you have none of the qualities." "Please, please,
put me in Gryffindor," "Oh, alright, but just this once, don't tell any one.
GRYFFINDOR!" Peter walked over, pale and sweaty, and took a seat next to
Sirius. Next was "Potter, James" and James walked up, in the same manner as
Lily, but just like Sirius, the hat was barely on his head before it shouted
"GRYFFINDOR!" across the room. He came back and took a seat between Sirius and
Lily, and watched the rest of the sorting.
It was
"Shales, Cassandra" who was in Gryffindor, and the "Snape, Severus" Some of the
teachers scowled at the name. He, against his wishes, was put into Slytherin.
"Oh,
great," thought Peter, looking a James, "looks like they'll be rivals for a
while."
The feast
was like any normal feast. James and Sirius were plotting ways to humiliate
Severus. Lily and Cassandra were talking about which classes they thought were
the best. Peter started to talk to the Remus Lupin kid. He seemed nice, but he
looked really tired and he kept on looking at the ceiling. Peter knew the
ceiling was bewitched to look like the sky outside, but he didn't think anybody
could find it that interesting.