I got another chapter done! Pat on the back to me.

If you still want to read more be optimistic, I'm on a roll. Never written so much before.

When reading this bear in mind my evil little brother has stolen all my books except Prisoner of Azkaban so I don't have much to work from. I managed to remember the school song off by heart though (How sad am I?)

Anyway, keep writing those lovely reviews.

Llyana

White Icing and Marzipan

Hogwarts

By the time the sorting had finally finished and the sorting hat had been carried

away by a tiny wizard with purple robes, the anxiety in Lily's stomach had been

replaced by hunger. There was another silence in the hall as Albus Dumbledore

stood up. Old as he was, Lily could tell he was an extremely powerful man. He

cleared his throat and looked fondly around the hall.

"Welcome back to Hogwarts. A few notices; Firstly, Quiddich. Ravenclaw need a

new beater and Slytherin are short of a keeper and a chaser. Try-outs will be

taking place on September 21st for second years and above." There were a couple of

angry mutterings from first year quiddich fans at this. "Secondly, a fully

grown Whomping Willow has been planted in the school grounds. I warn you this

tree is extremely dangerous and that going near it could result in serious injury. I

hope that this year will be an enjoyable one for all of you. Now, I have two more

words. Bon Appetit!"

Lily looked down and was amazed to see that the golden plates along the table

were covered with every type of food she could imagine. She helped herself to rice

and chicken casserole and laughed at Sirius and James, each of who had piled their

plate high with disgusting food combinations. The two had immediately become

fast friends; they both seemed to have the same love of attention and playing

pranks. As they ate, the first year Griffindors chatted about their families. Lily

and Peter were muggle born, Remus had a muggle grandmother, and Cassie,

James and Sirius were all purebloods from old wizarding families. About halfway

through the first course they were interrupted by about a dozen or so ghosts

gliding through the walls, making Lily choke on a lump of broccoli. Nearly

Headless Nick, the Griffindor ghost, entertained them all by showing them his

almost decapitated head, which was held onto his neck by about half an inch of

flesh. When nobody thought they could eat another mouthful, the plates were wiped

clear then a magnificent array of everyone's favourite puddings appeared.

Lily managed a portion of strawberry cheesecake and a slice of lemon meringue

pie. Unbelievably, the boys managed a bit of everything, which was no easy task

seeing as there were about thirty different dishes. When the final morsel had been

forced down and the plates had once again been wiped clean, Dumbledore stood up

again.

"Now that your stomachs are satisfied, I ask that we sing the school song!" He

waved his wand and the words appeared in gold from the end of it. "Everyone pick

their favourite tune and one.two.three"

Hogwarts, Hogwarts,

Hoggy Warty Hogwarts

Teach us something please,

Whether we be old and bald

Or young with scabby knees

Our heads could do with filling

With some interesting stuff

For now they're bare and full of air

Dead flies and bits of fluff

So teach us things worth knowing

Bring back what we've forgot

Just do your best

We'll do the rest

And learn until our brains all rot!

Everyone finished at different times, there was some particularly loud singing

coming from a certain part of the Ravenclaw table. When there was silence once

more Dumbledore beamed around at them all.

"Bedtime. Prefects please show the first years in your house where to go first" Lily

got up sleepily and the six of them followed Mundungus Fletcher out of the hall

and up the great marble staircase. They walked through doors, up staircases, down

corridors. Finally, when Remus had to be propped up by a yawning Cassie to keep

standing and Lily felt as though her feet would not take another step they reached

a dead end. A large painting of a plump woman in a pink dress hung at the end of

the corridor. As they neared it the woman spoke in a squawky voice

"Password?"

"Poppophily" Mundungus replied. The painting swung forward to reveal a round

hole in the wall. They scrambled through it and emerged in a big round room. A

fire was crackling cosily in the cavernous fireplace and there was a scattering of

homely rugs and some very comfortable looking armchairs and sofas. On the

other side of the room, by some tall windows, were about a dozen large oak tables

with more chairs. Mundungus smiled, "This is the Griffindor common room,

nobody from any other house is allowed. This whole tower is just for us, actually.

You can do your homework on those tables over there, or in the library." He gestured

towards two spiral staircases, "Dormitories are up there. The girls are on that side

and the boys on the other. Yours are right at the top, I'm afraid. Lily and Cassie

started towards their staircase

"G'night"

"'Night"

"See you tomorrow"

They climbed past six doors and finally reached the one at the very top. It had a

sign on it saying 'First Years'. Their dormitory was a spacious, round room

containing two four-poster beds with red velvet hangings. Their luggage had been

brought up and was waiting at the feet of their beds. There was also a wardrobe and

a chest of drawers each, and a large square table with a vase of fresh flowers on it.

A little door to the right led to a lovely bathroom with a bath the size of a large

paddling pool.

Lily pulled on her pyjamas in an exhausted stupor. She collapsed into her warm

bed and just managed to say, "Isn't it." before falling into a dreamless sleep.