Hidden Secrets Chapter Four
Author's Note: This is gonna be a good story for me I hope, because when I turned eleven years ago I waited patiently for my owl, it never came. This is my story to myself about if it was late.
Disclaimer: I wish I owned these characters!!!!!
"First years! This way, come on hurry up now!" bellowed Hagrid across the station, Renwin looked over and saw him standing over a crowd of first years she walked quickly towards him clutching her shoe box to her chest. "Renwin, how are ya?" she nodded, "that's good, how bout you join us and the boats? Usually you would go in a carriage, and first years go across the lake. It's quite great, are you up to it?" Renwin's face broke into a smile, and she nodded vigorously. She followed Hagrid and didn't look back at the trail of frightened first years. She sat in a boat and was joined by two whispering girls, she ignored them and kept silent.
'Oh my God! It's a castle!' her brain screamed, 'I can not believe this is the school! Wait till I tell Colton!' For the first time in a long time Renwin felt giddy, a smile was plastered across her face and she hugged herself partly from the cold and partly because she was trying to keep herself from jumping off the boat. The stars winked and the wind sang and you could hear the hushed voices of awed first years. Suddenly Renwin felt like crying, the old beauty and something else something she didn't know what it was yet, made her feel something she hadn't felt in along time. It made her feel longing for something she couldn't have, her Dad. She wanted to sit here forever and stare up at the world and feel as though her Dad could protect her .As if she was safe no matter what happened, people weren't dead if she was here, she could almost hear his huge laughter among the trees.
"'Scuse us, but um, we kinda need to get past you," a timid girl said.
"Oh sorry," she replied and stepped off the boat and wiped her eyes in her sleeve and stepped off onto the dock and looked at the castle. It reminded her of the cathedrals in France, touching the heavens.
"Renwin over this way Professor McGonagoll wishes to see ya," interrupted Hagrid. She nodded dumbly and followed him up to two impressive doors he swung them open and there stood a witch. Her face was creased and upon the creases sat a stern face that caused Renwin to cringe slightly.
"I am Professor McGonagoll, Head of Gryffindor and shall be in charge of your schooling, to make sure you do not fall behind. Please stay here as I greet the first years and then you shall be sorted," she declared. She then turned and walked down the hall to were Renwin presumed the first years were waiting.
"Okay then, I better head up to the staff table," Hagrid said and opened a door she had not noticed yet and strode out. Renwin finally began to manage to look around and gasped. The paintings were moving, they were emerging in different portraits and she then gaped they were talking.
"Girly haven't you ever seen a picture before? Teenagers!" remarked an elderly witch as she noticed her staring. Renwin opened the shoe box deciding it would be best to ignore the pictures before she collapsed. A small, whiskered face poked out from the box and she began absent mindly began stroking the naked rat. The beady eyes looked out at her and she smiled.
"Hello Pinky, don't worry I'll let you stretch you legs once were settled down," she cooed. Abruptly the door Professor McGonagoll disappeared behind opened and trailing behind her stood the petrified first years. Renwin nearly dropped the shoe box as she saw them come though.
"Please put your rat away and follow me Miss Morgan," Renwin stood rooted to the spot, "Come along girl! We don't have all night." She walked beside the professor and entered the main hall. Heads turned to the small parade and at that moment Renwin wished to be anywhere but there. She took the hall in one breath. There were four enormous tables and they all were seated under a banner; a snake, lion, badger and raven. At the front was a long table that seated teachers she decided. Her thoughts were interrupted as the stern witch placed a ratty hat upon a stool and stood expectantly.
Welcome once again old and new now listen closely to what an old hat has to say.
An old force returns strong and new, ready to rain corruption among us all.
It is time for us to disregard our houses in wake of the great battle and stand together.
There still remains the four houses, of our great founders, but do not let them blind you in the time of danger.
Stand together and remain unbroken to form a wall so evil will wither away,
but if not, it shall be the a time of great danger.
I now shall do what I was meant to do, sort our school into four homes.
Danger slithers closer, be wary my school and stand true.
The school clapped, but stopped shortly and whispers echoed through the hall. Renwin looked in to their eyes and saw fear. Her heart skipped a beat.
To be continued...