Linnea turned to sit down and noticed that Amerie, Alexia, and Parvati were
all looking at her with in an odd expression.
"Who was that guy you were talking to?" Alexia asked.
"Sirius Black? He's my dad." Linnea responded quite bewildered as to why they were acting so odd.
Amerie looked as if she were going to faint, "Sirius Black, the Sirius Black, omgoodness that is so awesome. He is like so hot...I mean.uh." Everyone looked at Amerie who was now furiously red in the face.
"What are you talking about? And how do you know my dad."
"Everyone knows your dad." Parvati said sounding as if Linnea should obviously know what she was talking about. ".and his god son."
"His what? I didn't know he had another kid. Wait he'd be my brother then right, well who is he then." Linnea was beginning to get concerned. You'd think that her dad would mention if she had a brother.
"Not son, god son." Alexia explained. At that the three of them spent the rest of the train ride explaining and talking to Linnea about her god brother Harry Potter. They seemed to know his life story. Then they went on to tell her how Sirius Black was put in jail for murdering Harry's parents even though he didn't, and eventually being a key player in the final downfall of Lord Voldemort. It was incredible, in the few hours they spent on the train Linnea had learned more about her family history than she had learned the length of her 11 years of life.
"Oh man we better hurry and change I think the trains slowing down." Alexia had stopped talking long enough to realize what was happening. All four of them scrambled out of their compartment and ran to the bathrooms to change.
Linnea was pulling on her hat when she felt the train come to a complete halt. "Whew, that was close." They were all changed and walking outside where they were greeted by a tall burly wizard.
"Alright you four come on you almost missed the boats." They climbed into a small wooden boat and to Linnea's surprise it started to move with out a motor or paddles. "OK first years, after this bend you should get your first view of the castle."
It was like nothing Linnea had ever seen before. It looked like a fortress that she thought no one would dare to go up against. It seemed old but not unstable. There was something about it, a feeling that made the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end. There was no other word for it. It was just magical.
They entered the castle and walked up more and more flights of stairs and down corridors. Finally they entered a small room where a middle aged quite happy looking wizard was waiting for them.
"Good evening first years, I am Professor Remus J. Lupin, Deputy Headmaster and Defense against the Dark Arts teacher. Now in a few moments we will perform the sorting ceremony and you will be sorted into your houses. Those are Slytherin Gryffindor Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw. I will be back shortly to lead to the great hall."
Linnea was beginning to panic. Sorting ceremony, what in the world was that? If she wouldn't have been so preoccupied wondering what in the world she would have to do to go to a house she would have noticed that she was not the only one. Many people around her looked just as worried. She only saw her new found friends who seemed to be quite calm. This didn't help matters; they obviously had to know some magic already.
Professor Lupin opened the door and led them out to the great hall. Linnea looked up and noticed that there was no ceiling, just a sky. "odd " she thought, what if there's a storm or something. Not having time to fathom this mystery they stopped in front of the Great Hall facing the teachers. Professor Lupin was carrying a five legged stool and what looked like an old wizard's hat. He then placed the hat on the stool and incredibly, impossibly the hat started to sing:
I am the Hogwarts sorting hat, I can not deal you wrong. I'll tell you where you ought to be, When I have finished my song.
To Gryffindor you may belong, Where they are strong and brave. Their chivalry can not be beat, Many someday they may save.
Or perhaps to grand Hufflepuff, If you possess what they prize. For loyalty and friendship, You can see in their eyes.
Ravenclaw may be your home, If in wit you are the best. They can solve most any riddle, While others have not yet guessed.
The Slytherin's may want you most, Where persistence in the key. If you have a drive to win I may send you there to be.
So just place me on your heads, I have not been wrong before. I'll send you to a similar kind, You can not ask for more.
As the sorting hat finished there was a tumult of applause which died down as Professor Lupin approached the stool once more.
"Ok now when I call you name you will take a seat here and the sorting hat will tell you where you belong.
"Blackwood, Rowana"
A short dark-haired girl walked up and sat down, she seemed absolutely petrified. After about ten seconds the brim or the hat opened and it shouted
"RAVENCLAW!" applause from the one of the middle tables made Linnea Jump and turn around.
As Rowana made her way to the Ravenclaw table Linnea had time to take in just how many people where at this school. At least a thousand students sat waiting for the next kid to be sorted. As she turned back Brian Bruckheimer had just been sorted into Gryffindor.
A few names later Parvati Delacour went to sit on the stool.
"HUFFLEPUFF!" the sorting had bellowed.
Dunst, Robert became the first Slytherin, and before she could believe it Professor Lupin called Huse, Linnea.
Linnea walked slowly up to the stool and looked up at Professor Lupin with apprehension. He gave her a reassuring smile and she sat down. She once again was looking out at the audience who was all watching her, this didn't help her nerves. As soon as the hat slipped over her eyes she heard a voice in her head:
"Oh interesting past interesting but the choice is clear."
"GRYFFINDOR!" Linnea jumped off the stool and ran toward the table that was cheering the loudest, and sat on the end hoping someone she knew would be sorted with her. As Alexia Malfoy got sorted into Hufflepuff, Linnea began to get worried.
"What if all three of them end up in Hufflepuff."
But luckily Amerie Skye was sorted into Gryffindor and sat down next to her. Piper Thorne became the next Gryffindor, and finally, Cho Wood was sorted to Slytherin.
The sorting was over. Professor Lupin took the stool and hat away and the chatter only died down when a tall strict looking women in the middle of the staff table stood up.
"Welcome students old and new. For those of you who don't know me I am Professor McGonagall, Headmistress. Now I know all of you are ready to get the welcome feast underway but I must first lay down some rules. The Forbidden Forest is as its name says out of bounds. There is no magic to be done in the corridors, and no one is allowed to leave the grounds of Hogwarts without permission from my self or at least two teachers approval. Thank You, and now, let the feast begin."
Linnea looked back to the table where mountains of food had appeared. Not stopping to ponder how this had happen she dug in. She hadn't thought to eat lunch and hadn't had anything since breakfast that morning. During the feast she met a lot of new people. Piper Thorne and Amerie seemed to be the people she had the most in common with.
After the feast they followed the prefects up to the dormitory. "The password is lomena." The prefect said to them matter-of-factly. Linnea didn't realize how tired she really was until she got to her room. As soon as she pulled the covers on her four-poster and laid down she was out.
She had a very weird dream that night. She felt she was falling, falling past people she knew, her parents, Sirius, and finally was caught, by Professor Lupin. She almost leapt out of bed. She figured the dream was due to all the food she had eaten earlier. She got a drink from the fountain in her room and went back to bed. When she woke up the next morning she had forgotten all about it.
"Who was that guy you were talking to?" Alexia asked.
"Sirius Black? He's my dad." Linnea responded quite bewildered as to why they were acting so odd.
Amerie looked as if she were going to faint, "Sirius Black, the Sirius Black, omgoodness that is so awesome. He is like so hot...I mean.uh." Everyone looked at Amerie who was now furiously red in the face.
"What are you talking about? And how do you know my dad."
"Everyone knows your dad." Parvati said sounding as if Linnea should obviously know what she was talking about. ".and his god son."
"His what? I didn't know he had another kid. Wait he'd be my brother then right, well who is he then." Linnea was beginning to get concerned. You'd think that her dad would mention if she had a brother.
"Not son, god son." Alexia explained. At that the three of them spent the rest of the train ride explaining and talking to Linnea about her god brother Harry Potter. They seemed to know his life story. Then they went on to tell her how Sirius Black was put in jail for murdering Harry's parents even though he didn't, and eventually being a key player in the final downfall of Lord Voldemort. It was incredible, in the few hours they spent on the train Linnea had learned more about her family history than she had learned the length of her 11 years of life.
"Oh man we better hurry and change I think the trains slowing down." Alexia had stopped talking long enough to realize what was happening. All four of them scrambled out of their compartment and ran to the bathrooms to change.
Linnea was pulling on her hat when she felt the train come to a complete halt. "Whew, that was close." They were all changed and walking outside where they were greeted by a tall burly wizard.
"Alright you four come on you almost missed the boats." They climbed into a small wooden boat and to Linnea's surprise it started to move with out a motor or paddles. "OK first years, after this bend you should get your first view of the castle."
It was like nothing Linnea had ever seen before. It looked like a fortress that she thought no one would dare to go up against. It seemed old but not unstable. There was something about it, a feeling that made the hairs on the back of her neck stand on end. There was no other word for it. It was just magical.
They entered the castle and walked up more and more flights of stairs and down corridors. Finally they entered a small room where a middle aged quite happy looking wizard was waiting for them.
"Good evening first years, I am Professor Remus J. Lupin, Deputy Headmaster and Defense against the Dark Arts teacher. Now in a few moments we will perform the sorting ceremony and you will be sorted into your houses. Those are Slytherin Gryffindor Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw. I will be back shortly to lead to the great hall."
Linnea was beginning to panic. Sorting ceremony, what in the world was that? If she wouldn't have been so preoccupied wondering what in the world she would have to do to go to a house she would have noticed that she was not the only one. Many people around her looked just as worried. She only saw her new found friends who seemed to be quite calm. This didn't help matters; they obviously had to know some magic already.
Professor Lupin opened the door and led them out to the great hall. Linnea looked up and noticed that there was no ceiling, just a sky. "odd " she thought, what if there's a storm or something. Not having time to fathom this mystery they stopped in front of the Great Hall facing the teachers. Professor Lupin was carrying a five legged stool and what looked like an old wizard's hat. He then placed the hat on the stool and incredibly, impossibly the hat started to sing:
I am the Hogwarts sorting hat, I can not deal you wrong. I'll tell you where you ought to be, When I have finished my song.
To Gryffindor you may belong, Where they are strong and brave. Their chivalry can not be beat, Many someday they may save.
Or perhaps to grand Hufflepuff, If you possess what they prize. For loyalty and friendship, You can see in their eyes.
Ravenclaw may be your home, If in wit you are the best. They can solve most any riddle, While others have not yet guessed.
The Slytherin's may want you most, Where persistence in the key. If you have a drive to win I may send you there to be.
So just place me on your heads, I have not been wrong before. I'll send you to a similar kind, You can not ask for more.
As the sorting hat finished there was a tumult of applause which died down as Professor Lupin approached the stool once more.
"Ok now when I call you name you will take a seat here and the sorting hat will tell you where you belong.
"Blackwood, Rowana"
A short dark-haired girl walked up and sat down, she seemed absolutely petrified. After about ten seconds the brim or the hat opened and it shouted
"RAVENCLAW!" applause from the one of the middle tables made Linnea Jump and turn around.
As Rowana made her way to the Ravenclaw table Linnea had time to take in just how many people where at this school. At least a thousand students sat waiting for the next kid to be sorted. As she turned back Brian Bruckheimer had just been sorted into Gryffindor.
A few names later Parvati Delacour went to sit on the stool.
"HUFFLEPUFF!" the sorting had bellowed.
Dunst, Robert became the first Slytherin, and before she could believe it Professor Lupin called Huse, Linnea.
Linnea walked slowly up to the stool and looked up at Professor Lupin with apprehension. He gave her a reassuring smile and she sat down. She once again was looking out at the audience who was all watching her, this didn't help her nerves. As soon as the hat slipped over her eyes she heard a voice in her head:
"Oh interesting past interesting but the choice is clear."
"GRYFFINDOR!" Linnea jumped off the stool and ran toward the table that was cheering the loudest, and sat on the end hoping someone she knew would be sorted with her. As Alexia Malfoy got sorted into Hufflepuff, Linnea began to get worried.
"What if all three of them end up in Hufflepuff."
But luckily Amerie Skye was sorted into Gryffindor and sat down next to her. Piper Thorne became the next Gryffindor, and finally, Cho Wood was sorted to Slytherin.
The sorting was over. Professor Lupin took the stool and hat away and the chatter only died down when a tall strict looking women in the middle of the staff table stood up.
"Welcome students old and new. For those of you who don't know me I am Professor McGonagall, Headmistress. Now I know all of you are ready to get the welcome feast underway but I must first lay down some rules. The Forbidden Forest is as its name says out of bounds. There is no magic to be done in the corridors, and no one is allowed to leave the grounds of Hogwarts without permission from my self or at least two teachers approval. Thank You, and now, let the feast begin."
Linnea looked back to the table where mountains of food had appeared. Not stopping to ponder how this had happen she dug in. She hadn't thought to eat lunch and hadn't had anything since breakfast that morning. During the feast she met a lot of new people. Piper Thorne and Amerie seemed to be the people she had the most in common with.
After the feast they followed the prefects up to the dormitory. "The password is lomena." The prefect said to them matter-of-factly. Linnea didn't realize how tired she really was until she got to her room. As soon as she pulled the covers on her four-poster and laid down she was out.
She had a very weird dream that night. She felt she was falling, falling past people she knew, her parents, Sirius, and finally was caught, by Professor Lupin. She almost leapt out of bed. She figured the dream was due to all the food she had eaten earlier. She got a drink from the fountain in her room and went back to bed. When she woke up the next morning she had forgotten all about it.