A/N: Thank you for the Reviews! Thanks too, Jessie Flower, aks100 and High Elf Queen! This is chapter 3, the sorting! I hope you enjoy!

Chapter 3: Workin' It Out

No, they were at Hogwarts, (A/N: lol yeah I wasn't going to make my story even cheesier than it already is) at last! Soon as James, Sirius and Remus got of the train they heard a huge deep voice, "Firs' years this way! Firs' years!" As they walked to the big man, James stepped on something soft and heard a shriek. He looked down and there was a small round boy with watery blue eyes, and a blond mop for hair.

"Oh, so sorry, didn't see you!" said James as he helped the boy up.

"Most don't," said the boy. James felt sorry for him from the tone of his voice, (A/N: No don't feel sorry!) but kept going when Sirius called him.

The three young boys walked down a hill to a beach sort of thing (with out the soft sand, but dirt instead) where about twenty boats waited on the edge.

"Five in a boat! Come on now!" said the big man.

James, Sirius and Remus quickly got into a boat. Another boy came in the boat. He had brown hair, he looked nervous. Soon the boats slowly started moving, James looked to his right and to his greatest surprise there was the redhead girl he kept bumping into. She smiled at him and he smiled back. Then James had an idea, this girl would surely think of him after this.

He nudged Sirius and smiled, it took a few seconds before Sirius caught on. They both stood up on the boat. The boy in their boat nervously held tightly to the sides of the boat. James and Sirius started rocking they're boats, causing uproar by the students. This caught the big mans attention who was sitting in a larger boat at the front of the crowd of boats.

"Hey! Yer two! Stop foolin' 'round!" yelled the man.

Sirius lost balance and feel off the boat causing the whole boat to flip over. Underwater, James and Sirius made movements to the girl's boat. They put they're hands on the bottom of the boat and both pushed, causing the boat and the boat beside it to flip. The children in the water started screaming. James and Sirius smiled at each other satisfied.

Lily didn't know what to think. She was freezing in the water, and she could feel something swimming near her leg. She started to panic and went beside Britney who was laughing. Then something grabbed Lily's leg and pulled her under.

"Wasn't that funny Lily? Lily?" Britney looked around.

James pulled Lily down under. When he pulled her to his face, panic reached her face. Lily struggled to get out of his grasp but it was harder then she thought. She finally kicked and actually kicked James in the . . . part. James immediately let go and Lily swam up to the top, with James beside her. No one had ever made Lily this angry, she was losing breath, and this idiot kept her under.

"What was that for?" snapped Lily to James, who seemed to be check if his part was ok. "Wasn't it fun?" asked James with a sly grin.

"No!" answered Lily shortly but angry, she grabbed Britney's hand and was pulled into the boat, as was James from Sirius.

"Oh come on, that was fun, don't you like the water?" asked James with a huge grin on his face.

Lily didn't know why she said it but . . . "Why would I even want to be in the water with you?" Lily said harshly, 'maybe a bit too harshly,' thought Lily. 'No, no he deserved it.'

Hurt flashed James' face; he turned to his hands, and stared at them for the rest of the way to the castle.

When they arrived, a stern looking witch with a tight bun watched the young children come up. Lily recognized her as Minerva McGonagall. She led them up to the castle, as Hagrid followed. Minerva McGonagall stopped and said a spell that dried them completely from the wet damp lake water. It was so amazing, Lily saw magic! Professor McGonagall finally stopped in front of two big oak doors.

"May I have your attention please?" asked Professor McGonagall. "In a few moments you will pass through these doors, but before you must know that you will be sorted into your houses. Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin. These houses will be like your family. Triumphs will earn you points any rule breaking and you will lose points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points win. The sorting will begin momentarily." She left and opened the doors to let herself in, and closed it behind her.

Lily never felt so nervous in her life. Britney was just standing there staring at the ceiling and twirling her hair. 'How could she be so calm?' thought Lily. 'This isn't even fazing her!' Britney looked at Lily and smiled. (Lily was taller than Britney than about three inches actually everyone here was taller than Britney.)

"Are you nervous?" asked Britney with a smile playing her lips. Lily nodded slowly but stopped. She didn't want anyone to think she was nervous. She quickly shook her head, no. Britney smiled and went to braid her long blond hair.

Just then Minerva McGonagall came through the doors. "They are ready for you now," and she led the way through an enormous hall. It stretched forward with four long tables with other students of different years, reaching near the head where there was a long table going horizontal with all the teachers sitting waiting. But right at the front was a grand chair with an elderly man, with a long white beard and half moon spectacles. He looked really old but seemed to have so much wisdom. But, right in front of the teachers table was a three legged stool with and ancient looking hat on it. All the first years stared at it curiously.

Then the 'hat' broke into a song:

You've come to pursue magic
With no clue about the future
You're no longer in your mothers nurture
There are four houses to be placed
One will go evil
Prepare yourself for what you may face
Gryffindor will never fail you
They will stay true
Hufflepuff will keep together
Always knowing what to do
Ravenclaw will keep wise
They'll always enlighten you
Slytherin will keep they're head high
They will no the best for them to do
So listen to this song and
You'll never fail
Just don't go against your friends and bail

Everyone applauded happily though some looked apprehensive. 'This is it,' thought James. 'I've dreamt of this day for so long.'

"When I call your name you will come and sit on the stool and be sorted into your houses," said Minerva McGonagall.

"Black, Narcissa!" A girl who looked very much like the girl who just went to the Slytherin table, came up. She had short blond hair and had the look like the smell of Dung was in the air. "Slytherin!" the boy beside Lily, Sirius, scowled at the name of the house.

"Black, Sirius!" cried Professor McGonagall. The boy beside Lily who scowled at, she guessed maybe his sister, stepped up. This boy was very cute; it was the same boy she saw at Gringotts. Lily smiled. He sat on the stool.

Sirius' POV

Here we go, please let me not be with my stupid cousins. Please! Ok McGonagall's placing this stupid hat on my head. Like, it knows what its saying.

'Oh but Mr. Black I do know,' I jumped . . . Okay this is weird. I'm used to pictures talking back to me and other stuff, but hats . . . weird . . .

'Ah, but it is not weird, Mr. Black. Now I understand you do not want to be in Slytherin. You loathe it deeply, I see. So I take it you don't want to be with your cousins?'

No, no, no, no, no! NO!

'Very well, and I know exactly where to put you. But here is what I must say, keep your friends no matter what they are . . . you will have great friends, I can tell you that Mr. Black.'

Oh, well that's good, I bet its James and Remus, and sure he's a bit strange but-

"GRYFFINDOR!" yelled the hat.

Damn, it has to stop doing that.

Lily's POV

Ok, they're going to call my name soon, I know it. Oh God, I am so nervous.

"Evans, Lily!" Oh no, I just missed the other names! Ok don't be nervous Lily!

I sat on the stool, and Minerva McGonagall put the hat on my head. Wow, this hat is big! It's going over my eyes.

'Miss Evans, I've been waiting for you. You are a very interesting girl. Have many thoughts, an exciting future, you are very intelligent. Yes, very. But I would like to say to you. Give people chances, see openly. Your future is very narrow, because you won't give a certain someone a chance. Look deep down Ms. Evans. You've seem to have already found your friends. Very well,'

Give Chances?

"GRYFFINDOR!"

Tess POV

This is boring . . . just call my name already!

"Horta, Tess!"

Yes! Professor McGonagall put the hat on my head. I wonder if anyone actually wears this hat, it's awfully big!

'This is all too easy, you do think about yourself quite a bit Miss Horta. Well, your friends will straighten you out!'

Huh?

"GRYFFINDOR!"

Remus POV

This is a nightmare, what if the sorting hat finds out I'm a werewolf and then forbids me to even go into a house. James and Sirius don't know I'm a werewolf, but if they find out than I'll be disowned, again. I CAN'T tell them or they'll tell everyone else. Maybe I should end being they're friends before they get suspicious.

"Lupin, Remus!"

Oh great, I'm going to get embarrassed in front of the whole school. I felt the hat go on my head.

'You won't get embarrassed you Lupin. You defiantly have brains, and I do know that you are a werewolf,'

I gulped.

'But you won't be going anywhere. You seemed to have made friends . . . don't get rid of them. Do in time; they will take you for who you are.'

"GRYFFINDOR!"

Alice POV

Ok, just breathe Alice, breathe! Ok you'll get through this. Ok, ok.

"Peterson, Alice!"

Oh great, this is just dandy! What if I don't get into Gryffindor? My sister is in there, and so are my brothers, just as long it's not Slytherin. But my family will probably get mad if I'm not in Gryffindor, won't they?

"There is nothing to worry about Ms. Peterson, no Slytherin for you."

Oh! The hats on my head! But was it talking to me. No one else seemed to hear it say that. Me?

'Yes Miss Peterson, you! Stick near your friends!'

"GRYFFINDOR!"

Peter POV

My dad told me I would be a disgrace, what if he's right? I couldn't even get into a compartment. I spent my whole time in the hall. I'm not even going to be noticed.

"Pettigrew, Peter!"

Here I am! The disappointment! The loser! The reject! I'm HERE! I heard this quite often from my father, so that's what I thought of myself. My mother doesn't like it when my father calls me names, but he's right. I sighed and walked up to the stool and sat down. The HUGE hat went on my head.

'You are no disappointment Mr. Pettigrew. If you don't stick near your friends and stay loyal, you will be far worse than a disappointment, loser or reject. Just stay near your loved ones with out hurting them!' The hat was scolding me like my mother. Am I that of a push-over?

"GRYFFINDOR!"

James POV

Oh, how I hope I'm in Gryffindor! The pretty redheaded girl's in there, Sirius, and Remus! I HAVE to be in there.

"Potter, James!"

Here I go. This is so nerve racking! I hope this is done quickly. I don't want to take forever. I sat on the stool and the hat, that seemed to be way too big for every other kid that stepped up here, was on my head. It was big! I want this hat, it's cool.

'I'm glad you think so Mr. Potter!'

Whoa, voices in my head? Maybe I should go to St. Mungo's.

'I'm no voice in your head. I must stress to you Mr. Potter. Don't nag! If you are patient,' I snorted. James Potter, patient, that was a laugh. My father would have a good laugh at that. 'What you want will come. Choose your friends wisely.'

What I want will come . . . my brother told me that once, but I didn't listen because he had food in between his teeth.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

Britney POV

I'm in Gryffindor, it's obvious. If Sirius can get into it, then I can. This is easy! I hope . . .

"Turner, Britney!"

Why is everyone staring at me? I don't like this! Stop looking at me! Eh, forget it. Before I knew it, I couldn't see. Oh it's the hat!

'Ah, Britney, here we are! I've been waiting for you!'

Most do.

'You are here, but too young.'

Yeah.

'Keep close to your new friends and your old.'

My old friends, you wouldn't happen to mean James and Sirius? Do I have too?

'It'll be the best thing you'll ever do.'

I highly doubt that.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

Daisy POV

What am I doing here? This is so embarrassing. I wish I didn't reply to that owl, even if my parents did it for me.

"Yuen, Daisy!"

I'm so nervous! Ok, this will be done before you know it Daisy!

'You're not the first to be talking to them! I'll say it once and I'll say it again. Stick with your friends!'

That's easy enough!

"GRYFFINDOR!"

No One's POV

"Before the feast begins!" the old headmaster, Professor Dumbledore, said to the school, and the new Gryffindor, Hupplepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin's. "To the first years, the Forbidden Forest is strictly forbidden. As our caretaker, Mr. Filch, has many forbidden items listed on a lit and if you are found with them they could get confiscated and you check them in his office. The list now consists 99 items."

Sirius was jumping up and down in his seat; he kept muttering the words 'I need food.'

"So I have two words for you, tuck in!" exclaimed Professor Dumbledore. Next thing was one of the most amazing things Lily ever experienced. Food appeared all around her magically. It was so cool. She seemed to be the only one out of her friends who was shocked. They all dug in to their food. Lily looked over at Sirius Black who looked like he wasn't even breathing.

The food was amazing, it tasted like heaven. After everyone was done, the first year Gryffindor's were led out of the Great Hall by an older boy.

"Now, memorize the way up to the common room, you'll need the route, for the rest of your seven years here at Hogwarts." The way to the common room was so magical. The staircases moved! This shocked Lily so much, the pictures moved and the people in them talked to one another and to the students. Lily thought this was a dream. This was like a fairytale. The magic in her make believe games were never this extravagant. They ended up in a long corridor and at the end was a portrait. In the portrait was a fat lady in a pink dress. When the older boy approached the portrait, the Fat Lady came to life.

"Password?" asked the Fat Lady.

"Elf Hat," said the older boy.

The portrait swung open and one by one, the first years piled into a large circular room, with the colors red and gold decorating it.

"Wow," muttered James. This was so cool, he had been dreaming for this day, he had imagined Hogwarts, and now he finally got to attend it and he was seeing it!

"Now can I have your attention? The boys dormitory is up the stairs to the left, girls the same to except to the right. Classes start tomorrow at nine, and breakfast ends at eight fifty-nine exactly. You will find that your belongings are already in your rooms."

The boys left up the stairs. Sirius had the biggest grin on his face, and he ran up the stairs and stopped in front of a door that said 'First Years.' He opened it; he took the bed beside the window. James closely behind him, he took the bed the other side of the window.

"FINALLY!" bellowed Sirius. "No parents! No dear mother! YEAH!"

Remus, and two other boys known as Frank Longbottom and Peter Pettigrew came up slowly.

"Wicked," whispered Frank.

Girls Dormitory

Britney was the first one in the dormitory. "I choose the bed I want first!" she exclaimed happily. We all stopped behind her waiting for her to choose.

"This one!" she said jumping on the bed. "Yes, defiantly this one."

"They're all the same to me," said Tess as she plopped on one beside Britney's bed beside the window.

Lily had the same stupid grin on her face when she was sleeping.

A/N: I'm really sorry for the sorting hat song... I know it's bad! R/R!!