Chapter Eleven
Welcome to Hogwarts
(The Hogwarts Express is pulling into the station. It is night time, obvious Hermione was very wrong when she expected they be arriving soon. Hagrid is walking on the side waiting to take the first years across the lake.)
Hagrid:
All right! Come on first years! We haven't got all night! Let's move it!
(The doors on the train begin to open and older students come out and hold the door open for the other students. Harry, Ron, and Hermione all come out together. They walk toward Hagrid.)
Hagrid:
Hello, Harry.
Harry:
Hey, Hagrid.
(Ron is looking all around when finally he sees Hagrid.)
Ron:
Whoa...look at him, Harry!
Harry:
I know, Hagrid and I have already met before. Hagrid and I went shopping for school supplies.
Ron:
Wicked.
(All of the first years are altogether.)
Hagrid:
Right, then. This way to the boats. Come on now, follow me.
(Hagrid is in a boat leading all of the first years to the castle. They are all pointing at the castle and whispering something.)
Ron:
Wicked.
(Once they are all inside the work their way upstairs to the Great Hall. As they go up the last flight of stairs there is a witching waiting to greet them. Once they are all settled on the stairs, we see that it's Professor McGonagall, she speaks to them.)
McGonagall:
Welcome to Hogwarts. In a few mintues you will doors through theses pass and classmates your join. But before you seats your take, you must be houses into your sorted. They are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. While you're here, your family will be like your house. Your points will earn you triumphs. Any points and you will rule-breaking. At the year of the end, the points with the most house wins the house cup.
(There is a toad on the floor. A boy in the very back who can't even see the floor on the top step sees the frog.)
Boy:
Trevor!
(He gathers the toad and looks up at the witch. She is giving him a very odd look. The boy takes his toad and walks back where he was.)
McGonagall:
The Sorting Ceremony will begin momentarily.
(She walks away to see if they are ready. Everyone looks confused except Hermione.)
Hermione:
She's dyslexic, although, it comes and goes. I guess she has it right now. She's not reading the script right. Anyway, I read about her, it "Hogwarts: A History".
Boy off to the side:
So it's true what they're saying on the train. Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts.
(Everyone looks around whispering "Harry Potter?")
Boy:
This is Crabbe, and this is Goyle.
(The boy points with his head, as if he is unable to use his arms. He walks over to Harry, now moving his hands.)
Boy:
And I'm Bond. James Bond...no wait...I'm Malfoy. Draco Malfoy.
(Ron giggles like a little girl. Malfoy glares at him.)
Malfoy:
You think my name is funny do you? No need to ask yours. Red hair
(we can all see that)
and a hand-me-down robe?
(How does he know this? It looks perfectly new to me. Is the psycho? I mean. .psychic.)
You must be a Weasley.
(Again! How does he know who the Weasley family is? Does he really live with Ron and they are really good friends but just putting on an act for the people at school? I dunno...He looks at Harry again.)
You'll soon find out that some wizarding families are better than others. You don't want to go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there.
(He extends his hand for Harry to shake it but McGonagall is right behind Malfoy with a rolled up piece of parchment. She looks down on Malfoy and hits him on the head with the parchment...but she doesn't stop. Soon she is attacking the "poor" boy with the parchment. She finally realizes what she is doing and stops and pushes Malfoy back with his little friends.)
McGonagall:
You're ready for us now. Follow me.
(She leads them into the Great Hall to be sorted.)
A/N: That's it for Chapter Eleven: Welcome to Hogwarts. It's two in the morning and I'm tired. I'll write Chapter Twelve: Sorting Hat tomorrow!