Chapter Six: The Trip to Hogwarts
When they arrived at the station it was 10:45.
"Good timing." Lily's dad remarked checking his watch. We've got fifteen minutes. Lets get your trunk out of here." Lily smiled breathing in the air that was slowly beginning to turn colder. "This is going to be a good year" She said mostly to her self. Her dad smiled at her and then she helped him with her trunk. They got in to the train station and he asked,
"What platform is it?"
Lily looked at her ticket and chuckled. "Nine and three quarters. Do you suppose it'll be between 9 and 10 then?"
Her father laughed and lead her to the barriers nine and ten. When she arrived there Tom was standing looking around. "Lily! I was waiting for you. Figured you wouldn't know how to get through. Is this your father then?" He asked looking to her side. "Yes, Dad this is Tom. He showed mum... mum, Rose and I around Diagon Alley."
"Nice to meet you Tom. Well I suppose you've got it all figured out then Lily? Perhaps I'll leave you now."
"OK bye dad thanks for the ride and I'll see you at Christmas!" She hugged and kissed her father then turned to Tom. "So where's the platform?"
"Just walk through. Walk strait in to the wall."
"Walk through?" Lily asked laughing a bit. "Yeah walk through." "Alright." She said nervously then took hold of the cart holding her trunk and walked through the solid wall in front of her. When Tom got through he came to stand next to her and she looked at the beautiful scarlet steam engine in front of her. "It's beautiful." She muttered than turned her head towards the crowd out side of it and smiled. Her new life had begun.
"Better look for a compartment. It's probably already stuffed."
She nodded. "OK" They brought their trunks on to the train and Lily began looking in to the compartment scooping out which ones were a possibility. 4 older guys... 3 guys two girls all ages... two older girls... two younger guys... ah ha two younger girls and a guy. "Any room for more?" She asked smiling at them.
One of the girls looked over at her and turned her gaze to Tom. "Tom! Hey."
He smiled and waved.
"Sure you two come on in!" The girl then replied. "My name Anna, this is Jenny and we were just being introduced to him..." She said indicating to the guy across from her. He stood and said. "I don't wish to sit here any longer. It's just a little too crowded." He smirked and walked out the compartment door. Anna shrugged and tossed a lock of brown hair in back of her shoulder. Adjusting her glasses she continued talking. "Right. Well like I said I'm Anna and that is Jenny. I know you Tom... what's your name?"
"Lily" Lily answered. "Nice to meet you."
"Great. What house will you be in?"
"House?"
"You're a muggle born?"
"Er... yeah." She replied.
"Well that rules Slytherin out. But you could tell that when you walked in the door. You're too kindly looking to be in Slytherin."
"Thanks?" Lily replied confused. Anna was talking rather fast.
"Anna... Slow down. You're going to give the girl a head ache." Jenny said sounding a bit bored. "When you get to the school you get sorted in to one of the four houses. There in muggle terms... dorm houses?"
"oh!" Lily said not quite as confused as before.
"There are four houses." The girl continued. "Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. You are sorted in to the houses basically depending on your personality. Slytherin is for the sly, the cunning. They usually aren't the kindest of folk. Hufflepuff are the very loyal and patient. Ravenclaw are the wise and Gryffindor are the brave, daring and Chivalries. I am in Ravenclaw. A third year in Ravenclaw."
"Oh! You're a third year!"
"yes." Jenny answered.
"Fantastic!" Anna remarked and Lily and Tom nodded in agreement. "Well I'm going to be in Hufflepuff" Anna stated proudly. "My hole family as far back as you can go has been in Hufflepuff." Tom smiled and agreed that he would probably go to Hufflepuff too. "Where do you think I'll go?" Lily asked.
"Ravenclaw." Anna guessed.
"Yes Ravenclaw. Probably." Tom agreed.
"I don't know." Jenny said, "You look like a Gryffindor to me." They all pondered a while then Lily stood and said,
"I'm going to go for a walk." Jenny decided to come along while Anna And Tom talked and so the two of them left the compartment. Once out of ear shot of the other two Lily asked.
"Why are you hanging out with them?" Jenny laughed a bit. "Trust me they weren't my first choice. My friends and I had an argument. There was no where else to sit. What about you?"
"I don't know anyone else."
"Alright well you aren't going to be a Hufflepuff Lily. I think we should have you meet someone you might be rooming with." The two of them walked along until they got to a compartment with a bunch of girls that looked to be around Jenny's age. "Amanda, any clue where your brother is?"
Amanda looked reluctant to answer but then she decided it was fine and got up. "I'll show you."
They left the compartment and began towards the back of the train. "Thanks for helping." Jenny muttered. "Doesn't matter. Who's that?"
"This is Lily a first year. She was stuck in a compartment with a couple of soon to be Hufflepuffs."
Amanda cracked a smile but then quickly remembered she was in an argument with Jenny.
"C'mon Manda. I said I was sorry." Jenny said.
"I know. It's Danise. She says that the fact is... you cheated with her boyfriend and that shouldn't be forgiven."
"C'mon you know how he is... he totally put me up to it. He does it all the time. I've tried to tell her before!"
"I believe you!" Amanda said and smiled at Jenny. She laughed then hugged her friend. "okay I'll talk to Danise." Jenny smiled. "Thanks Manda."
"So..." Amanda started. "What do you think? Is she a Ravenclaw or a Gryffindor?"
Lily smiled. "I think Gryffindor." Jenny answered. Amanda nodded. "Maybe. Here we are." She opened the door to a compartment and entered. Jenny and Lily followed her in and Lily found herself in a compartment with two guys and a girl. A boy with Sandy hair stood up and said, "hey Jen Jen, what's up Amanda?" "Remus, this is Lily, she's the same age as you. Unfortunately she got stuck with a few soon to be Hufflepuffs and we had to save her from the terror. Would you mind if she hung here for a while?"
The boy named Remus looked at Lily and smiled, "Not at all. Come on in."
"Thanks. Jenny and I have some stuff to deal with, with Danise... We'll be back in a little while though." Amanda and her waved good bye and shut the compartment door. Lily turned and looked at the three people in the room. Remus was sitting next to a boy with dark reddish brown hair and across from him was a girl with dirty blonde hair.
"Right... Lily was it?" Remus asked. She nodded and so her continued, "Lily, I'm Remus Lupin, Amanda's brother. This is Geoffrey, and that's Ganelle. They're both first years too."
"What's up?" She asked them.
"Hi" they both muttered back. She sat down and they began talking about quiddich. Lily just listened as they explained how the game worked and what their favorite positions were. "You'd make a good Chaser." Remus said to her.
"Thanks." Lily shrugged. He smiled and she then asked,
"Does anyone know anything about the professors?"
"Binns." Geoffrey laughed a bit. Remus laughed back. "He's the history of magic teacher. Most boring guy you'll ever meet. Amanda said that last year he was teaching he died. Didn't even realize it! He turned in to a ghost and just kept on teaching leaving he body right there in his chair!" Lily laughed with Ganelle who hadn't heard of the teacher either. "So are you a muggle born?" Geoffrey asked Lily.
"yup. What about you?"
"I'm half and half." He answered.
"Pure blood." Remus muttered.
"I'm Muggle born." Ganelle said. Lily smiled at her and she smiled back. The four of them gibbered on making small talk for an hour or so more then Jenny came back and said her a Lily should go back to their original compartment and change. "OK I'll see you three later then?" Lily asked.
"I hope so." Geoffrey smiled. "Good luck at the sorting."
"You too." She waved and left with Jenny.
"Someone likes you!" She teased.
"He does not!" Lily blushed.
"Alright... sure."
"How did things go with Danise?"
"OK... she's a stubborn Bitch... but that's the way of people isn't it? I got all the others on my side with the help of Amanda so she had to give in."
"Is she still going out with the guy?"
"Yeah. She refuses to believe any of it is his fault."
Lily rolled her eyes and laughed as they walked in to the compartment. Anna was asleep and Tom was playing cards. "Hey you two! Where have you been?"
"We were just meeting other people."
"Cool! Well better get our robes on right? One of you wake up Anna."
They woke her up and had just put on their robes when they arrived at Hogsmeade train station.
"What platform is it?"
Lily looked at her ticket and chuckled. "Nine and three quarters. Do you suppose it'll be between 9 and 10 then?"
Her father laughed and lead her to the barriers nine and ten. When she arrived there Tom was standing looking around. "Lily! I was waiting for you. Figured you wouldn't know how to get through. Is this your father then?" He asked looking to her side. "Yes, Dad this is Tom. He showed mum... mum, Rose and I around Diagon Alley."
"Nice to meet you Tom. Well I suppose you've got it all figured out then Lily? Perhaps I'll leave you now."
"OK bye dad thanks for the ride and I'll see you at Christmas!" She hugged and kissed her father then turned to Tom. "So where's the platform?"
"Just walk through. Walk strait in to the wall."
"Walk through?" Lily asked laughing a bit. "Yeah walk through." "Alright." She said nervously then took hold of the cart holding her trunk and walked through the solid wall in front of her. When Tom got through he came to stand next to her and she looked at the beautiful scarlet steam engine in front of her. "It's beautiful." She muttered than turned her head towards the crowd out side of it and smiled. Her new life had begun.
"Better look for a compartment. It's probably already stuffed."
She nodded. "OK" They brought their trunks on to the train and Lily began looking in to the compartment scooping out which ones were a possibility. 4 older guys... 3 guys two girls all ages... two older girls... two younger guys... ah ha two younger girls and a guy. "Any room for more?" She asked smiling at them.
One of the girls looked over at her and turned her gaze to Tom. "Tom! Hey."
He smiled and waved.
"Sure you two come on in!" The girl then replied. "My name Anna, this is Jenny and we were just being introduced to him..." She said indicating to the guy across from her. He stood and said. "I don't wish to sit here any longer. It's just a little too crowded." He smirked and walked out the compartment door. Anna shrugged and tossed a lock of brown hair in back of her shoulder. Adjusting her glasses she continued talking. "Right. Well like I said I'm Anna and that is Jenny. I know you Tom... what's your name?"
"Lily" Lily answered. "Nice to meet you."
"Great. What house will you be in?"
"House?"
"You're a muggle born?"
"Er... yeah." She replied.
"Well that rules Slytherin out. But you could tell that when you walked in the door. You're too kindly looking to be in Slytherin."
"Thanks?" Lily replied confused. Anna was talking rather fast.
"Anna... Slow down. You're going to give the girl a head ache." Jenny said sounding a bit bored. "When you get to the school you get sorted in to one of the four houses. There in muggle terms... dorm houses?"
"oh!" Lily said not quite as confused as before.
"There are four houses." The girl continued. "Slytherin, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. You are sorted in to the houses basically depending on your personality. Slytherin is for the sly, the cunning. They usually aren't the kindest of folk. Hufflepuff are the very loyal and patient. Ravenclaw are the wise and Gryffindor are the brave, daring and Chivalries. I am in Ravenclaw. A third year in Ravenclaw."
"Oh! You're a third year!"
"yes." Jenny answered.
"Fantastic!" Anna remarked and Lily and Tom nodded in agreement. "Well I'm going to be in Hufflepuff" Anna stated proudly. "My hole family as far back as you can go has been in Hufflepuff." Tom smiled and agreed that he would probably go to Hufflepuff too. "Where do you think I'll go?" Lily asked.
"Ravenclaw." Anna guessed.
"Yes Ravenclaw. Probably." Tom agreed.
"I don't know." Jenny said, "You look like a Gryffindor to me." They all pondered a while then Lily stood and said,
"I'm going to go for a walk." Jenny decided to come along while Anna And Tom talked and so the two of them left the compartment. Once out of ear shot of the other two Lily asked.
"Why are you hanging out with them?" Jenny laughed a bit. "Trust me they weren't my first choice. My friends and I had an argument. There was no where else to sit. What about you?"
"I don't know anyone else."
"Alright well you aren't going to be a Hufflepuff Lily. I think we should have you meet someone you might be rooming with." The two of them walked along until they got to a compartment with a bunch of girls that looked to be around Jenny's age. "Amanda, any clue where your brother is?"
Amanda looked reluctant to answer but then she decided it was fine and got up. "I'll show you."
They left the compartment and began towards the back of the train. "Thanks for helping." Jenny muttered. "Doesn't matter. Who's that?"
"This is Lily a first year. She was stuck in a compartment with a couple of soon to be Hufflepuffs."
Amanda cracked a smile but then quickly remembered she was in an argument with Jenny.
"C'mon Manda. I said I was sorry." Jenny said.
"I know. It's Danise. She says that the fact is... you cheated with her boyfriend and that shouldn't be forgiven."
"C'mon you know how he is... he totally put me up to it. He does it all the time. I've tried to tell her before!"
"I believe you!" Amanda said and smiled at Jenny. She laughed then hugged her friend. "okay I'll talk to Danise." Jenny smiled. "Thanks Manda."
"So..." Amanda started. "What do you think? Is she a Ravenclaw or a Gryffindor?"
Lily smiled. "I think Gryffindor." Jenny answered. Amanda nodded. "Maybe. Here we are." She opened the door to a compartment and entered. Jenny and Lily followed her in and Lily found herself in a compartment with two guys and a girl. A boy with Sandy hair stood up and said, "hey Jen Jen, what's up Amanda?" "Remus, this is Lily, she's the same age as you. Unfortunately she got stuck with a few soon to be Hufflepuffs and we had to save her from the terror. Would you mind if she hung here for a while?"
The boy named Remus looked at Lily and smiled, "Not at all. Come on in."
"Thanks. Jenny and I have some stuff to deal with, with Danise... We'll be back in a little while though." Amanda and her waved good bye and shut the compartment door. Lily turned and looked at the three people in the room. Remus was sitting next to a boy with dark reddish brown hair and across from him was a girl with dirty blonde hair.
"Right... Lily was it?" Remus asked. She nodded and so her continued, "Lily, I'm Remus Lupin, Amanda's brother. This is Geoffrey, and that's Ganelle. They're both first years too."
"What's up?" She asked them.
"Hi" they both muttered back. She sat down and they began talking about quiddich. Lily just listened as they explained how the game worked and what their favorite positions were. "You'd make a good Chaser." Remus said to her.
"Thanks." Lily shrugged. He smiled and she then asked,
"Does anyone know anything about the professors?"
"Binns." Geoffrey laughed a bit. Remus laughed back. "He's the history of magic teacher. Most boring guy you'll ever meet. Amanda said that last year he was teaching he died. Didn't even realize it! He turned in to a ghost and just kept on teaching leaving he body right there in his chair!" Lily laughed with Ganelle who hadn't heard of the teacher either. "So are you a muggle born?" Geoffrey asked Lily.
"yup. What about you?"
"I'm half and half." He answered.
"Pure blood." Remus muttered.
"I'm Muggle born." Ganelle said. Lily smiled at her and she smiled back. The four of them gibbered on making small talk for an hour or so more then Jenny came back and said her a Lily should go back to their original compartment and change. "OK I'll see you three later then?" Lily asked.
"I hope so." Geoffrey smiled. "Good luck at the sorting."
"You too." She waved and left with Jenny.
"Someone likes you!" She teased.
"He does not!" Lily blushed.
"Alright... sure."
"How did things go with Danise?"
"OK... she's a stubborn Bitch... but that's the way of people isn't it? I got all the others on my side with the help of Amanda so she had to give in."
"Is she still going out with the guy?"
"Yeah. She refuses to believe any of it is his fault."
Lily rolled her eyes and laughed as they walked in to the compartment. Anna was asleep and Tom was playing cards. "Hey you two! Where have you been?"
"We were just meeting other people."
"Cool! Well better get our robes on right? One of you wake up Anna."
They woke her up and had just put on their robes when they arrived at Hogsmeade train station.