CHAPTER FIVE
The doors opened, and people started to file out. A loud voice was heard over the chatting of the students. "Firs yeas ova here!"
Lily, Marion, Nancy, FraCindy, and a few other students followed the voice to find Hagrid near a dock with many boats. They looked out onto the lake, but didn't see a destination.
"Four ter a boat!" Hagrid called.
Lily, Nancy, FraCindy, and Louisa went into one boat. Marion, who didn't want to be with her sister, got into a boat with Mione and Nathan. Mione had an older sister, Shannon, who already attended Hogwarts.
"Are we ever going to get there?" Nancy asked impatiently.
"I hope so." FraCindy had started to say, but was now looking up in awe as was Lily. Before them stood a great, gleaming castle. Towers were found on the top, and the whole castle had a magical glint and atmosphere to it.
The boats floated nearer to the castle to a little alleyway filled with water. Inside, there was a dock for all of the boats. The boats floated into it and the passengers scrambled out of them. Then a young girl came out of the door to meet them.
"Hello. I am Anora, a seventh year here at Hogwarts. I am also the head girl and belong to Gryffindor house. " She looked at all the scared faces and smiled to reassure them. "Now, you will all enter the great hall, where you will be sorted into one of the four Hogwarts houses. The houses are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin." She looked towards the door. "Now, follow to the sorting ceremony."
The new students followed Anora into the Great Hall. There were four tables; one for each house and a long table, going the opposite way, for the staff. At the end of the hall, a torn, ripped hat sat on a three-legged stool. The first years lined up, and the ceremony began.
"You might belong in gryffindor,
Where their daring, nerve, and chivalry,
Set this house apart"
The hat had started to sing! Lily looked at Nancy and FraCindy in shock. FraCindy shrugged and went back to listening to the hat sing. Nancy shook her head and rolled her eyes.
"You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Just and loyal
Patient Hufflepuff are unafraid of toil.
Or yet wise old Ravenclaw,
Wit, learning, and a ready mind,
They will always find their kind.
Or perhaps Slytherin,
These cunning folks
Will do anything to achieve their ends.
So put me on and see where you out to be!"
The hat finished its song, and Anora came out and took the hat and stool away. Professor Potter came forward with a list of names.
"Alomonstrow, Marion." Was the first one. Marion, who looked very white, slowly walked over to the hat and placed it on her head. She almost fell of the stool when it started talking to her.
"Hmmm, yes, defiantly a GRYFFINDOR" The hat yelled the last word out to the hall. The table all the way on the left cheered and clapped, and she timidly walked over to them.
Next was "Alomonstrow, Nancy." She too walked up to the hat and placed it on her head. "Another set of Weasley twins? Well then, must be GRYFFINDOR!" the hat said.
Weasley? Puzzled at what the hat had said, she walked over to Gryffindor table to join her sister. Then "Fenix, FraCindy was sorted into Gryffindor as well. The sorting continued and Lily watched as people were sorted into all different houses. Nathan- who they'd met at the meeting in Washington, DC, was sorted into Hufflepuff. Louisa, from Australia, was sorted into Ravenclaw.
Finally, it was Lily's turn. Nervously she walked to the hat, looking at the school and felt herself go pale. She slipped on the hat. Before it even really came on her head, it had shouted "GRYFFINDOR". Lily was relieved to be by her friends and quickly took a seat at that table.
When the sorting was over, the feast began. "Hey, how do we get our food?" Marion asked a nearby Gryffindor. It was Zoe.
"It's coming now." Zoe replied and pointed to the once empty plates on the table. Food was starting to appear through them.
"Marion, taste it." Nancy demanded.
"No."
"Yes. NOW"
"No. NEVER!"
Zoe laughed. "It's ok- it's fine to eat." She popped a piece of chicken into her mouth. "See?"
They watched as Zoe and the other Gryffindors piled their plate with food. FraCindy, giving into her curiosity, picked up a piece of fruit and took a bite out of it. She nodded that it was ok, and they began to enjoy the feast.
The doors opened, and people started to file out. A loud voice was heard over the chatting of the students. "Firs yeas ova here!"
Lily, Marion, Nancy, FraCindy, and a few other students followed the voice to find Hagrid near a dock with many boats. They looked out onto the lake, but didn't see a destination.
"Four ter a boat!" Hagrid called.
Lily, Nancy, FraCindy, and Louisa went into one boat. Marion, who didn't want to be with her sister, got into a boat with Mione and Nathan. Mione had an older sister, Shannon, who already attended Hogwarts.
"Are we ever going to get there?" Nancy asked impatiently.
"I hope so." FraCindy had started to say, but was now looking up in awe as was Lily. Before them stood a great, gleaming castle. Towers were found on the top, and the whole castle had a magical glint and atmosphere to it.
The boats floated nearer to the castle to a little alleyway filled with water. Inside, there was a dock for all of the boats. The boats floated into it and the passengers scrambled out of them. Then a young girl came out of the door to meet them.
"Hello. I am Anora, a seventh year here at Hogwarts. I am also the head girl and belong to Gryffindor house. " She looked at all the scared faces and smiled to reassure them. "Now, you will all enter the great hall, where you will be sorted into one of the four Hogwarts houses. The houses are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin." She looked towards the door. "Now, follow to the sorting ceremony."
The new students followed Anora into the Great Hall. There were four tables; one for each house and a long table, going the opposite way, for the staff. At the end of the hall, a torn, ripped hat sat on a three-legged stool. The first years lined up, and the ceremony began.
"You might belong in gryffindor,
Where their daring, nerve, and chivalry,
Set this house apart"
The hat had started to sing! Lily looked at Nancy and FraCindy in shock. FraCindy shrugged and went back to listening to the hat sing. Nancy shook her head and rolled her eyes.
"You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Just and loyal
Patient Hufflepuff are unafraid of toil.
Or yet wise old Ravenclaw,
Wit, learning, and a ready mind,
They will always find their kind.
Or perhaps Slytherin,
These cunning folks
Will do anything to achieve their ends.
So put me on and see where you out to be!"
The hat finished its song, and Anora came out and took the hat and stool away. Professor Potter came forward with a list of names.
"Alomonstrow, Marion." Was the first one. Marion, who looked very white, slowly walked over to the hat and placed it on her head. She almost fell of the stool when it started talking to her.
"Hmmm, yes, defiantly a GRYFFINDOR" The hat yelled the last word out to the hall. The table all the way on the left cheered and clapped, and she timidly walked over to them.
Next was "Alomonstrow, Nancy." She too walked up to the hat and placed it on her head. "Another set of Weasley twins? Well then, must be GRYFFINDOR!" the hat said.
Weasley? Puzzled at what the hat had said, she walked over to Gryffindor table to join her sister. Then "Fenix, FraCindy was sorted into Gryffindor as well. The sorting continued and Lily watched as people were sorted into all different houses. Nathan- who they'd met at the meeting in Washington, DC, was sorted into Hufflepuff. Louisa, from Australia, was sorted into Ravenclaw.
Finally, it was Lily's turn. Nervously she walked to the hat, looking at the school and felt herself go pale. She slipped on the hat. Before it even really came on her head, it had shouted "GRYFFINDOR". Lily was relieved to be by her friends and quickly took a seat at that table.
When the sorting was over, the feast began. "Hey, how do we get our food?" Marion asked a nearby Gryffindor. It was Zoe.
"It's coming now." Zoe replied and pointed to the once empty plates on the table. Food was starting to appear through them.
"Marion, taste it." Nancy demanded.
"No."
"Yes. NOW"
"No. NEVER!"
Zoe laughed. "It's ok- it's fine to eat." She popped a piece of chicken into her mouth. "See?"
They watched as Zoe and the other Gryffindors piled their plate with food. FraCindy, giving into her curiosity, picked up a piece of fruit and took a bite out of it. She nodded that it was ok, and they began to enjoy the feast.