Chapter 7
"Gryffindor!"
We all got off of the Hogwarts Express, trying to fight off thinking of
our crave for food.
Lily, Jenny, Chloe, and I got separated from James, Sirius, Peter, and
Remus when we were to get into boats. It was supposed to be a tradition
that the first years cross the lake in their first year and time at
Hogwarts. On the way, about half across the lake, James, Sirius, and
Remus started splashing us girls.
"James!" I screamed. Not only I screamed).
Hagrid, (the grounds keeper) who was taking us across the lake, yelled at
James and Sirius to knock it off or they would probably end up in
detention tonight during the feast.
James glared at me when we reached the shore.
"What did you think you did that for?" he asked.
"I don't, and I'm sure they don't", I pointed at Lily, Chloe, and Jenny
"want to be wet, standing in front of the whole school! ".
"She's right Jamesie-Boy." Sirius said butting in. James punched him in
the arm. We then entered the entrance hall and were greeted by Professor
McGonagall.
She mentioned that in a few minutes we would be sorted in to our houses.
When she mentioned that we be quiet, James grinned.
"Finally! She's gone!" James said loudly when the door closed behind the
Professor.
Lily, Chloe, Jenny, and I were deeply into a conversation about the boys,
at a safe distance though.
"So Jenny, what do you think about Sirius?" I asked.
"I don't really know." She admitted, "But he is good looking! ".
"Yeah! " said Chloe in a dreamy voice. Lily laughed.
"What about James? He seemed to like you Lily. " Chloe said as a
comeback.
"Shut-up! He's a total-" Lily cut off and looked at me; I nodded "Loser!
" Lily finished.
"Too true! Too true!" I replied "But he never acted like that before,
come to think of it." I said that smiling at Lily. She rolled her eyes.
Then jenny mentioned Remus.
"He kept looking at you, Anja. ".
"So? ".
"So! I think he likes you! ".
McGonagall called for us to follow. So we did. We walked through the
Great Hall and towards a stool with a hat on it. This was no ordinary
wizard's hat though; it was the Sorting Hat, pulled right off the top of
Godric Gryffindor's head. Everyone fell silent, to listen.
To this very day I can't remember the song or everyone. I just remember
Professor McGonagall saying: Black, Sirius; Crabbe, Eugene; Crayton,
Jennifer; Evans, lily; Goyle, Brendan; Jorkins, Bertha: Lupin, Remus;
Malfoy, Lucius; Pettigrew, Peter; Potter, Anja; Potter, James; Snape,
Severus; Zeldof, Chloe.
When Professor McGonagall called my name, I didn't even get to sit on the
stool! :
"Potter, Anja." The professor called.
I hadn't even taken one step and the Sorting hat yelled "Gryffindor! ".
McGonagall looked uncertainly at the hat and then at Professor
Dumbledore, but never caught his eye since he was looking at me. He
nodded at me. What's that suppose to mean? I had thought to myself.
"Go one miss Potter. Go to the Gryffindor table then. ", Professor
Dumbledore said. I looked at him amazed then I mumbled, "Yes sir. ", and
everyone started to clap (well at least all the Gryffindor's did).
I walked to the Gryffindor table and sat in between lily and Jenny and
faced Remus who was sitting in between Sirius and Peter. They all looked
at me amazed and astonished, but they stopped because James was under the
Sorting Hat.
After the Sorting, we all got what we wanted (at least I think we did).
James and Chloe joined us at the Gryffindor table.
"What was that Anja?" Chloe asked as she sat beside jenny.
"Yeah!" said James, "You said you were worried about getting into
Gryffindor after you were accepted here! ". Everyone looked at me.
Can we-" but Remus stopped me by saying something else.
"Did you see Snape's face when you were under the hat James?" he said,
winking at me and I relaxed.
"Nope." James replied, stuffing his face.
"Yeah well you didn't have to put that hat on after him!" said Chloe,
looking at her hair closely to inspect it for grease.
"Gross!" both Lily and I screamed out loud.
For the rest of the Feast, Professor Dumbledore mentioned that the
Forbidden Forest was out of bounds along with the Whomping Willow.
While we followed a Prefect up the stairs, I looked at James and Sirius
and heard them mention the Forest.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you! " I said calmly.
"Why?" James and Sirius said in unison.
"Either you'll run into Centaurs, that aren't to friendly or a howler." I
replied intelligently.
"What would a howler be doing in the Forest? ", asked Peter, curiously.
Remus leaned over to his ear and whispered something. Peter's face fell.
"Oh." he mumbled gloomily.
We all stopped in front of a portrait of the Fat Lady, wearing a pink
dress.
"Password?" she asked the Prefect.
"Licorice Wand!" he said loudly so we could all hear the password.
We all followed the Prefect and walked through the Portrait hole. The
Prefect showed us around the common room, and told us which way was to
our dormitories (I smiled at Chloe) and that our belongings would be
already brought up for us.
The other girls ran up the stairs that lead up to our dormitory. But I
stayed back in the common room.
"You coming Anja?" Jenny asked, concerned.
"Think I'll be down here for a couple of minutes or so. Okay?" I replied.
"Yeah, sure." The three of them answered, looking even more worried and
ran up the stairs.
I sat in a warm cushy red chair, right across from the fireplace. I
stared at the flames, dancing happily, when I heard someone walk up
behind me. I looked to my right and there was James.
"I thought I'd check up on you," he said, looking concerned, "you were
really quiet at dinner. ". It was as if he didn't know what to say.
I looked away from him and into the happy dancing flames.
"I was really confused!" I had to admit to someone, "I wasn't expecting
to not put the Sorting Hat on. I really wanted to put it on to! ", James
was then looking at the flames in the fireplace. " And then Professor
McGonagall didn't know what to do; I thought there was something wrong.
".
"Yeah. She looked worried." James commented "And she is supposed to be
Deputy Headmistress!" he said with a grin. I could tell he was trying to
cheer me up. So I smiled weakly.
"I wish I could ask why the hat didn't need to have been placed on my
head." I said while placing my head in my hands and closed my eyes.
"There is!" James said excited. I hadn't seen him so excited since our
birthday.
"What do you mean? ". I knew I didn't have to ask, but is did!
"Dumbledore! You can ask him!" he exclaimed.
For a minute I thought he thought of it himself but realized he couldn't.
"Who told you?" I asked plainly.
"Sirius, Remus, Peter and of course, my intelligent brain!" he said
pointing at his head. "You could ask McGonagall and then go to
Dumbledore! ".
I smiled.
"Would you com with me? ".
"Um. ".
"It's your duty as the oldest!" I said.
"Fine! I will." he said.
I stood up and we hugged each other, not expecting it.
"Well," I said rubbing my eyes (being tired), "Good-night." I said as a
fare well.
"Yeah, see you in the morning!" he said and we went our separate ways, to
our dormitories. When I reached the door Lily, Jenny and Chloe pounded
questions into my brain. I told them what happened and not to mention it
at all. Then we all climbed into our toasty, warm beds. I closed my four
curtains around my bed and fell asleep with in a minute.
"Gryffindor!"
We all got off of the Hogwarts Express, trying to fight off thinking of
our crave for food.
Lily, Jenny, Chloe, and I got separated from James, Sirius, Peter, and
Remus when we were to get into boats. It was supposed to be a tradition
that the first years cross the lake in their first year and time at
Hogwarts. On the way, about half across the lake, James, Sirius, and
Remus started splashing us girls.
"James!" I screamed. Not only I screamed).
Hagrid, (the grounds keeper) who was taking us across the lake, yelled at
James and Sirius to knock it off or they would probably end up in
detention tonight during the feast.
James glared at me when we reached the shore.
"What did you think you did that for?" he asked.
"I don't, and I'm sure they don't", I pointed at Lily, Chloe, and Jenny
"want to be wet, standing in front of the whole school! ".
"She's right Jamesie-Boy." Sirius said butting in. James punched him in
the arm. We then entered the entrance hall and were greeted by Professor
McGonagall.
She mentioned that in a few minutes we would be sorted in to our houses.
When she mentioned that we be quiet, James grinned.
"Finally! She's gone!" James said loudly when the door closed behind the
Professor.
Lily, Chloe, Jenny, and I were deeply into a conversation about the boys,
at a safe distance though.
"So Jenny, what do you think about Sirius?" I asked.
"I don't really know." She admitted, "But he is good looking! ".
"Yeah! " said Chloe in a dreamy voice. Lily laughed.
"What about James? He seemed to like you Lily. " Chloe said as a
comeback.
"Shut-up! He's a total-" Lily cut off and looked at me; I nodded "Loser!
" Lily finished.
"Too true! Too true!" I replied "But he never acted like that before,
come to think of it." I said that smiling at Lily. She rolled her eyes.
Then jenny mentioned Remus.
"He kept looking at you, Anja. ".
"So? ".
"So! I think he likes you! ".
McGonagall called for us to follow. So we did. We walked through the
Great Hall and towards a stool with a hat on it. This was no ordinary
wizard's hat though; it was the Sorting Hat, pulled right off the top of
Godric Gryffindor's head. Everyone fell silent, to listen.
To this very day I can't remember the song or everyone. I just remember
Professor McGonagall saying: Black, Sirius; Crabbe, Eugene; Crayton,
Jennifer; Evans, lily; Goyle, Brendan; Jorkins, Bertha: Lupin, Remus;
Malfoy, Lucius; Pettigrew, Peter; Potter, Anja; Potter, James; Snape,
Severus; Zeldof, Chloe.
When Professor McGonagall called my name, I didn't even get to sit on the
stool! :
"Potter, Anja." The professor called.
I hadn't even taken one step and the Sorting hat yelled "Gryffindor! ".
McGonagall looked uncertainly at the hat and then at Professor
Dumbledore, but never caught his eye since he was looking at me. He
nodded at me. What's that suppose to mean? I had thought to myself.
"Go one miss Potter. Go to the Gryffindor table then. ", Professor
Dumbledore said. I looked at him amazed then I mumbled, "Yes sir. ", and
everyone started to clap (well at least all the Gryffindor's did).
I walked to the Gryffindor table and sat in between lily and Jenny and
faced Remus who was sitting in between Sirius and Peter. They all looked
at me amazed and astonished, but they stopped because James was under the
Sorting Hat.
After the Sorting, we all got what we wanted (at least I think we did).
James and Chloe joined us at the Gryffindor table.
"What was that Anja?" Chloe asked as she sat beside jenny.
"Yeah!" said James, "You said you were worried about getting into
Gryffindor after you were accepted here! ". Everyone looked at me.
Can we-" but Remus stopped me by saying something else.
"Did you see Snape's face when you were under the hat James?" he said,
winking at me and I relaxed.
"Nope." James replied, stuffing his face.
"Yeah well you didn't have to put that hat on after him!" said Chloe,
looking at her hair closely to inspect it for grease.
"Gross!" both Lily and I screamed out loud.
For the rest of the Feast, Professor Dumbledore mentioned that the
Forbidden Forest was out of bounds along with the Whomping Willow.
While we followed a Prefect up the stairs, I looked at James and Sirius
and heard them mention the Forest.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you! " I said calmly.
"Why?" James and Sirius said in unison.
"Either you'll run into Centaurs, that aren't to friendly or a howler." I
replied intelligently.
"What would a howler be doing in the Forest? ", asked Peter, curiously.
Remus leaned over to his ear and whispered something. Peter's face fell.
"Oh." he mumbled gloomily.
We all stopped in front of a portrait of the Fat Lady, wearing a pink
dress.
"Password?" she asked the Prefect.
"Licorice Wand!" he said loudly so we could all hear the password.
We all followed the Prefect and walked through the Portrait hole. The
Prefect showed us around the common room, and told us which way was to
our dormitories (I smiled at Chloe) and that our belongings would be
already brought up for us.
The other girls ran up the stairs that lead up to our dormitory. But I
stayed back in the common room.
"You coming Anja?" Jenny asked, concerned.
"Think I'll be down here for a couple of minutes or so. Okay?" I replied.
"Yeah, sure." The three of them answered, looking even more worried and
ran up the stairs.
I sat in a warm cushy red chair, right across from the fireplace. I
stared at the flames, dancing happily, when I heard someone walk up
behind me. I looked to my right and there was James.
"I thought I'd check up on you," he said, looking concerned, "you were
really quiet at dinner. ". It was as if he didn't know what to say.
I looked away from him and into the happy dancing flames.
"I was really confused!" I had to admit to someone, "I wasn't expecting
to not put the Sorting Hat on. I really wanted to put it on to! ", James
was then looking at the flames in the fireplace. " And then Professor
McGonagall didn't know what to do; I thought there was something wrong.
".
"Yeah. She looked worried." James commented "And she is supposed to be
Deputy Headmistress!" he said with a grin. I could tell he was trying to
cheer me up. So I smiled weakly.
"I wish I could ask why the hat didn't need to have been placed on my
head." I said while placing my head in my hands and closed my eyes.
"There is!" James said excited. I hadn't seen him so excited since our
birthday.
"What do you mean? ". I knew I didn't have to ask, but is did!
"Dumbledore! You can ask him!" he exclaimed.
For a minute I thought he thought of it himself but realized he couldn't.
"Who told you?" I asked plainly.
"Sirius, Remus, Peter and of course, my intelligent brain!" he said
pointing at his head. "You could ask McGonagall and then go to
Dumbledore! ".
I smiled.
"Would you com with me? ".
"Um. ".
"It's your duty as the oldest!" I said.
"Fine! I will." he said.
I stood up and we hugged each other, not expecting it.
"Well," I said rubbing my eyes (being tired), "Good-night." I said as a
fare well.
"Yeah, see you in the morning!" he said and we went our separate ways, to
our dormitories. When I reached the door Lily, Jenny and Chloe pounded
questions into my brain. I told them what happened and not to mention it
at all. Then we all climbed into our toasty, warm beds. I closed my four
curtains around my bed and fell asleep with in a minute.