The Unnamed Story
Chapter. 4
The giant man, whose name was Hagrid, took them to a colossal lake, where they got on boats. Tiff rode across the lake with Athena, Keety and Hestia. Tiff and Athena sat in the front of the boat while Keety and Hestia rowed. While Tiff was looking at the water she heard Athena scream, "LOOK!" Her head shot up. Before her was a magnificent castle. Keety and Hestia, who had stopped rowing to look, looked thoroughly amazed. They all stared in wonder. "Hogwarts School…" muttered Hestia, "Sure is amazing, huh?" Athena nodded.
"Now lets get there, women! Row! Row like the wind!" she yelled. The four of them laughed and continued rowing.
When they finally reached land Hagrid led them inside the castle. A firm looking woman stood before them.
"Firs' Years- Professor McGonagall, Professor McGonagall- Firs' Years," said Hagrid. Professor McGonagall shushed them and began a long speech about how your house is your family at Hogwarts and every house is important. They walked into the Great Hall. It was beautiful! The ceiling was bewitched to show the sky, which was a lovely velvet blue. She was feeling very nervous. What if she didn't get in a house at all!
Professor McGonagall placed a battered old hat on a stool. It ripped open and recited a poem. Then the students at their tables, which looked more like a sea of black hats, burst into applause. Then the real nerve racking began.
"Aurboda, Raquel!" yelled Professor McGonagall. A girl with light brown hair and blue eyes trotted bravely to the hat. She threw it over her head. It did nothing for about a minute, but suddenly it shouted out, "GRYFINDOR!" Raquel ran over to the Gryfindor table to join the older students. "Brody, Tiff!" yelled the professor. She nervously walked to the stool and put on the hat. It took less then ten seconds for it to yell, "RAVENCLAW!" she ran happily to the Ravenclaw table. She never remembered being so happy. Athena was next. The hat had barely touched her head before it shouted out, "RAVENCLAW!"
They watched a long line of students become sorted. Ophelia Kokafones and Aislin Knight joined them in Ravenclaw. Soon after Keety also came. Toward the end of the ceremony Hestia went to Hufflepuff while Tawny went to Gryfindor. Then Anthony Van Seschek went to Gryfindor as well and the sorting ended with a huge amount of applause. Tiff could have sworn she saw A.J. smile at her and give her a wink.
The Headmaster of the school, Albus Dumbledore, stood up and gave another speech. Then he snapped his fingers and the food appeared before them. The food was delicious and Tiff had a bit of everything.
"Hi!" said a girl with dark brown, straight hair and green eyes, "I'm Aislin Knight. Nice ta meetcha!"
"Hi!" said Tiff, "That's Athena and that's Keety. I'm Tiff." Keety and Athena waved. Aislin smiled. "Oh… And by the way," she said pulling another girl towards her, "This is Phe," Phe blushed. She had short brown hair, and was rather short herself. "Hi," she said shyly. "Hi!" exclaimed Athena, who wasn't the least bit shy. Soon she was deep in conversation with Phe about flying horses and which kind they wanted to have when they grew up. Aislin was soon talking freely to them too.
After the delicious feast, Ella Dowling, a Ravenclaw prefect, led them to the Ravenclaw common room. "The password is boomslang," she told them as they walked into the room. It was a royal blue room with soft couches and armchairs next to a blazing fire. The ceiling was a light blue with moving illustrations of eagles flying. The common room had a welcoming feeling to it. The first year boys went with a boy prefect to their dormitory while Tiff, Athena, Phe, Aislin and Keety walked up the stairs following Ella. She took them up a spiral staircase. On the first level of the staircase was their room. The seventh years were at the top of the staircase. They walked into the dorm room. It was a royal blue color with the Ravenclaw crest on the wall. The ceiling, very much like the common room had moving eagles. There were five four-poster beds. At the foot of Tiff's was her trunk. Ella Dowling informed them that their owls were in the owlery and they could visit as often as they wanted. Tiff climbed into her four-poster bed and slowly drifted off to sleep. four-poster bed and slowly drifted off to sleep.