Disclaimer: Harry Potter and all other 'real' characters belong to J. K.
Rowling but the others are mine-so no stealing.
Here's chapter 7! Enjoy! And please review!
Chapter 7: The Arrival & The Sorting Hat
The train began to slow and Lily looked outside.
"Where are?" she asked.
Megan joined her at the window. "We must be in Hogsmeade," she said, "It's the only all magical town in Britain. Hogwarts will send something to pick us up."
"Something?" Lily asked, looking slightly nervous.
"Well yeah," Megan said, "Enchanted carriages or something like that."
"Oh," Lily said, clearly relieved.
Once the train had stopped, the two girls exited the train. The heard a booming voice calling, "Firs' years! Firs' years! Over here firs' years!"
"Come on!" Megan said as she grabbed Lily and pulled her over towards the voice.
They stopped in front of a very large man who smiled down at them.
"Now I know you," he said to Megan, "Your Jim Johnston's youngest aren't you? Megan, right?"
Megan nodded, "Hi Hagrid," she said, "This is Lily Evans. We're both starting at Hogwarts."
Hagrid beamed at them, "Well, wait here until we have everyone then," he said as he ushered them over to a small group of first years. He then went in search of more.
"He's huge!" Lily whispered.
Megan grinned, "I know," she said, "Isn't he awesome?"
When all the first years had been rounded up, Hagrid led them down a steep path.
"You'll be getting your first sight of Hogwarts now," he said as they rounded a corner.
There were several gasps from the crowd as they saw the castle in the distance.
"No more then four to a boat!" Hagrid said as he ushered the group down to the edge of the lake.
Everyone piled into the boats. Lily and Megan were joined in there's by two of Megan's friends, Karen Carranza and Carol Ngai. Hagrid looked around to make sure everyone was accounted for.
"Alright then, forward!" he said.
All at once, the little fleet of boats moved forward across the smooth surface of the water towards the cliff on which the castle stood.
"Heads down!" yelled Hagrid as the first boats reached the cliffs and everyone ducked as they sailed beneath the dangling ivy.
Upon reaching the shore everyone clambered out and Hagrid looked around once more.
"Everyone here?" he asked and everyone nodded. "Right then," he said before turning to knock on the door three times.
Immediately, the door swung open to reveal a tall, black-haired with glasses and a very stern face. Lily's first impression was that this was not someone to cross.
"The firs' years Professor McGonagall," Hagrid said.
"Thank you Hagrid, I will take them from here," she said as she indicated for the group to follow her.
She led them down the hallway and slowly the noise of hundreds of voices grew. It was coming from a door on Lily's right but Professor McGonagall showed them into an empty chamber off the hall which they crowded into.
"Welcome to Hogwarts," said Professor McGonagall, "The start of term banquet will commence shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall you will be sorted into your houses. The sorting is a very important because while you are here at Hogwarts your house will be like your family. You will have classes with the rest of your house, sleep in your house dormitory and spend free time in your house common room. There are four houses, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Each house has its own noble history and each has produced outstanding witches and wizards. While at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn your house points, while and rule breaking will lose house points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the house cup, a great honour. I hope each of you will be a credit to your new house. The ceremony will begin shortly in front of the rest of the school so I suggest you smarten yourselves up while you wait. I will return for you shortly and please wait quietly."
She left and Lily looked at Megan nervously.
"How exactly do they sort us?" she asked.
Megan shrugged, "Some sort of test or something," she said, "Zack was saying it hurt a lot but Alex and Katie said it's not hard at all."
"Does it involve magic?" asked Lily.
Megan shrugged again, "Maybe, I dunno," she said.
Lily looked and saw James and Sirius trying to convince Peter that if he failed the test he would be doomed to live as an outcast. Megan snorted at the pair.
"You two are nuts," she said, "Don't listen to them Peter, you'll do fine."
Just then, Professor McGonagall returned. "Now form a line," she said, "And follow me."
She led them across the hallway to the Great Hall. Several students gasped as they entered. Thousands of candles floated in mid-air around the room where the rest of the students were sitting at four long tables. To avoid having to look at the staring faces of students, Lily looked up at the ceiling and was shocked to see that it resembled the sky outside.
"It's bewitched," Megan whispered as McGonagall led the group up to where the teachers were sitting.
Lily looked down as McGonagall silently placed a four-legged stool in front of the first years. On it, she placed an extremely old, patched and frayed looking pointed wizards hat.
"Do we have to get a rabbit out of it?" Lily heard Peter ask in a whisper.
She noticed that the entire hall was now staring at the hat so she stared at it too. For several seconds, there was complete silence then the hat twitched. A rip near the brim opened wide like a mouth and the hat began to sing:
"Oh, you may not think I'm pretty, But don't judge by what you see, For I will eat myself if you should find, A smarter hat then me.
There may be many hats around, Some small ones and some tall, But I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat And I can cap them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head, That I the Sorting Hat can't see, So try me on and I will say Where you ought to be.
You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where dwell the very loyal, The patient Hufflepuffs are true And unafraid of toil.
Maybe in wise old Ravenclaw Is where you'll find your kind, Here dwell those of wit and learning, All you need is a ready mind.
Or it might be Slytherin, Where you'll make real 'friends', These cunning folk do anything So as to achieve their ends.
Or lastly daring Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave at heart Their daring nerve and chivalry, Set these ones apart.
So try me on, be unafraid, And don't get in a flap! You're in good hands my friend For I'm a Thinking Cap!"
The whole hall burst into applause as the hat bowed to each of the four tables before becoming quite still again.
"So we just have to try on a hat!" Megan said, "Wow, can you say easy?"
Lily nodded, "Yeah, how hard can trying a hat on be?" she said.
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So there's chapter 7 and chapter 8 will be up soon! Please review though! Thanks!
~*~MeGaN~*~
FYI: OK, so I kind of stole some stuff from J.K.Rowling to make my sorting song but I changed a lot of it, I substituted words and rearranged some things so it is technically my song so please don't steal it-I worked really hard on it.
Here's chapter 7! Enjoy! And please review!
Chapter 7: The Arrival & The Sorting Hat
The train began to slow and Lily looked outside.
"Where are?" she asked.
Megan joined her at the window. "We must be in Hogsmeade," she said, "It's the only all magical town in Britain. Hogwarts will send something to pick us up."
"Something?" Lily asked, looking slightly nervous.
"Well yeah," Megan said, "Enchanted carriages or something like that."
"Oh," Lily said, clearly relieved.
Once the train had stopped, the two girls exited the train. The heard a booming voice calling, "Firs' years! Firs' years! Over here firs' years!"
"Come on!" Megan said as she grabbed Lily and pulled her over towards the voice.
They stopped in front of a very large man who smiled down at them.
"Now I know you," he said to Megan, "Your Jim Johnston's youngest aren't you? Megan, right?"
Megan nodded, "Hi Hagrid," she said, "This is Lily Evans. We're both starting at Hogwarts."
Hagrid beamed at them, "Well, wait here until we have everyone then," he said as he ushered them over to a small group of first years. He then went in search of more.
"He's huge!" Lily whispered.
Megan grinned, "I know," she said, "Isn't he awesome?"
When all the first years had been rounded up, Hagrid led them down a steep path.
"You'll be getting your first sight of Hogwarts now," he said as they rounded a corner.
There were several gasps from the crowd as they saw the castle in the distance.
"No more then four to a boat!" Hagrid said as he ushered the group down to the edge of the lake.
Everyone piled into the boats. Lily and Megan were joined in there's by two of Megan's friends, Karen Carranza and Carol Ngai. Hagrid looked around to make sure everyone was accounted for.
"Alright then, forward!" he said.
All at once, the little fleet of boats moved forward across the smooth surface of the water towards the cliff on which the castle stood.
"Heads down!" yelled Hagrid as the first boats reached the cliffs and everyone ducked as they sailed beneath the dangling ivy.
Upon reaching the shore everyone clambered out and Hagrid looked around once more.
"Everyone here?" he asked and everyone nodded. "Right then," he said before turning to knock on the door three times.
Immediately, the door swung open to reveal a tall, black-haired with glasses and a very stern face. Lily's first impression was that this was not someone to cross.
"The firs' years Professor McGonagall," Hagrid said.
"Thank you Hagrid, I will take them from here," she said as she indicated for the group to follow her.
She led them down the hallway and slowly the noise of hundreds of voices grew. It was coming from a door on Lily's right but Professor McGonagall showed them into an empty chamber off the hall which they crowded into.
"Welcome to Hogwarts," said Professor McGonagall, "The start of term banquet will commence shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall you will be sorted into your houses. The sorting is a very important because while you are here at Hogwarts your house will be like your family. You will have classes with the rest of your house, sleep in your house dormitory and spend free time in your house common room. There are four houses, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Each house has its own noble history and each has produced outstanding witches and wizards. While at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn your house points, while and rule breaking will lose house points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the house cup, a great honour. I hope each of you will be a credit to your new house. The ceremony will begin shortly in front of the rest of the school so I suggest you smarten yourselves up while you wait. I will return for you shortly and please wait quietly."
She left and Lily looked at Megan nervously.
"How exactly do they sort us?" she asked.
Megan shrugged, "Some sort of test or something," she said, "Zack was saying it hurt a lot but Alex and Katie said it's not hard at all."
"Does it involve magic?" asked Lily.
Megan shrugged again, "Maybe, I dunno," she said.
Lily looked and saw James and Sirius trying to convince Peter that if he failed the test he would be doomed to live as an outcast. Megan snorted at the pair.
"You two are nuts," she said, "Don't listen to them Peter, you'll do fine."
Just then, Professor McGonagall returned. "Now form a line," she said, "And follow me."
She led them across the hallway to the Great Hall. Several students gasped as they entered. Thousands of candles floated in mid-air around the room where the rest of the students were sitting at four long tables. To avoid having to look at the staring faces of students, Lily looked up at the ceiling and was shocked to see that it resembled the sky outside.
"It's bewitched," Megan whispered as McGonagall led the group up to where the teachers were sitting.
Lily looked down as McGonagall silently placed a four-legged stool in front of the first years. On it, she placed an extremely old, patched and frayed looking pointed wizards hat.
"Do we have to get a rabbit out of it?" Lily heard Peter ask in a whisper.
She noticed that the entire hall was now staring at the hat so she stared at it too. For several seconds, there was complete silence then the hat twitched. A rip near the brim opened wide like a mouth and the hat began to sing:
"Oh, you may not think I'm pretty, But don't judge by what you see, For I will eat myself if you should find, A smarter hat then me.
There may be many hats around, Some small ones and some tall, But I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat And I can cap them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head, That I the Sorting Hat can't see, So try me on and I will say Where you ought to be.
You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where dwell the very loyal, The patient Hufflepuffs are true And unafraid of toil.
Maybe in wise old Ravenclaw Is where you'll find your kind, Here dwell those of wit and learning, All you need is a ready mind.
Or it might be Slytherin, Where you'll make real 'friends', These cunning folk do anything So as to achieve their ends.
Or lastly daring Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave at heart Their daring nerve and chivalry, Set these ones apart.
So try me on, be unafraid, And don't get in a flap! You're in good hands my friend For I'm a Thinking Cap!"
The whole hall burst into applause as the hat bowed to each of the four tables before becoming quite still again.
"So we just have to try on a hat!" Megan said, "Wow, can you say easy?"
Lily nodded, "Yeah, how hard can trying a hat on be?" she said.
* * * * * * * * * * *
So there's chapter 7 and chapter 8 will be up soon! Please review though! Thanks!
~*~MeGaN~*~
FYI: OK, so I kind of stole some stuff from J.K.Rowling to make my sorting song but I changed a lot of it, I substituted words and rearranged some things so it is technically my song so please don't steal it-I worked really hard on it.