Lily and Kari got off the train and looked around. People in black robes surrounded them. They had changed as soon as the boys had left, so they were just two figures in the group. Then, they heard someone calling.
"Firs' years over here!"
Kari and Lily linked arms and walked to where the voice was calling.
"Follow me." said a huge man, "My name 's Hagrid, welcome to Hogwarts."
They followed him down to a lake, where some boats were sitting.
"No more th'n four ter a boat." he said, as the nervous first years clambered in.
In the boat that Lily and Kari picked, two other girls climbed in, one with short blonde hair, and the other with short brown hair. They smiled at each other nervously.
As soon as the boats started moving, the blonde looked sick.
"I have motion sickness," she explained while turning a light green color.
"Its alright Sarah. We're almost… Oh!" the brown haired girl gasped. They got their first glimpse of Hogwarts.
All four girls gaped at the magnificent castle. Sarah even lost the green look to her face.
The castle was glowing from the windows, and it was huge. It gave off a powerful aura that made Lily and Karina catch their breaths.
Soon, they landed and were led up some stair where a stern looking woman met them.
"Thank you Hagrid." she said nodding curtly, "Welcome to Hogwarts. I am Professor McGonagall. The Sorting will be soon. Come."
She led them to a small room and told them to wait.
"I wonder how they Sort us?" Kari asked.
"I dunno. I hope it isn't too hard." Lily said, her nerves racking up.
"Well we all know Ms. Smart Lily Evans will be able to do anything." Karina nudged Lily in the side with her elbow.
"Shush Kari. You're just as smart as me." Lily blushed.
Karin snorted and then said, "Yeah right. I don't have the patience to be as smart as you."
"What are you mudbloods talking about?" a voice hissed from behind the two girls.
"What did you call me?" Karina said, turning around to face a boy with greasy hair.
"You heard him mudblood," another boy said, with a sneer on his face.
"Do you have a problem with us or something, cause you know there's something I can do about that!" Lily started balling up her fist.
"Don't, they could curse you into oblivion knowing their families." Sirius said from beside them.
"What do you mean, I'd punch the lights outta them before they could utter a word." Lily growled.
"Yeah, sure, Evans, we all believe you capable of that." James, no, Potter said from next to Sirius.
"You want me to prove it Potter?" Lily was clenching her teeth now.
McGonagall decided to show up at that time.
"Line up, and follow me." she said, and they did.
They were led to a huge dining hall, where all the rest of the students were. Suddenly, Kari felt really tiny.
They all stood in a line, and a stool was brought out. On it was a dirty old hat.
Lily and Kari looked at each other, then back at the hat.
Suddenly, it broke out into a song. (AN: Don't expect one from me.)
"Students, when I call your name, please come up, place the ht on your head, then, once it calls your House, go sit at the appropriate table."
"I just hope we aren't in the same House as them." Lily muttered into Karina's ear.
"Me too."
McGonagall said, and then started calling names.
"Avery, Callie"
A girl with blonde hair walked up to the stool, shaking. She put it on her head, and Lily caught a glance at her crossed fingers.
"SLYTHERIN!"
The girl looked a little downcast, but nonetheless walked over to the cheering table on the far right.
"Avery, Seth"
A boy, who was no doubt her twin, walked up to the hat coolly and slipped it one. Quickly it shouted, "SLYTHERIN!"
"Black, Bellatrix"
A girl with heavily lidded eyes went up to the hat, with a malicious glint in her eyes. The hat was only on her head for about ten seconds before it called, "SLYTHERIN!"
"Black, Sirius"
Sirius went up and slipped the hat on. He was looking rather pale.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
Sirius got up and went to the yelling table.
There were a few more people called while Lily and Kari shifted nervously. Then, McGonagall said, "Evans, Lily"
Kari smiled and Lily went up, and shaking, put the hat on.
Well, I see you're very bright. That's where you would go well in Ravenclaw. Your also very brave, and kind. That's definitely a Gryffindor trait. I think you would go best in…
"GRYFFINDOR!"
Lily grinned and went to sit at the Gryffindor table.
Kari tried to smile, but couldn't. She was too nervous.
"Finch, Sarah" was sorted into Hufflepuff. She was the girl from the boat, "Fletcher, Mundungus" was made a Ravenclaw, "Hwin, Elizabeth", the other girl from the boat, was sorted into Ravenclaw.
Then, in no time it seemed, "Karr, Karina" was called.
At the Gryffindor table, Lily started murmuring, "Please let her be in Gryffindor."
The last thing Kari saw before the hat went on her head was Lily crossing her fingers and closing her eyes.
Ah, I was wondering how long it would take to get to you. Your friend Lily had a lot of memories of you. I see you are a lot alike. Very smart, brave, and friendly. Oh, but what's this? You have a lot of sadness. You parents. But you want to prove to your father you are worth something? I think you belong in…
"GRYFFINDOR!"
Karina felt her heart skip a beat. She stood up and practically ran to Lily.
"I made it!"
"I'm so happy!"
"Hey look, Remus is being sorted. He looks about as nervous as I felt." Kari said watching him put on the hat.
After a short pause, the hat shouted,
"GRYFFINDOR!"
Remus scuttled off the stage to sit with Sirius.
Lily looked down at them.
"Do you think they've been friends long?"
"I don't know, they seemed like pretty good friends on the train. Oh, look, it's Peter's turn. "
"Yeah, hey Kari, did you get a weird feeling from him?"
"As a matter of fact I did. I don't know why, but I felt sad around him. I don't know but my gut told me he was a bad person to hang out with, or maybe it's my Sight, maybe he will be a bad person."
"I dunno…"
Then the Sorting Hat shouted
"GRYFFINDOR!"
Kari looked at Lily and said, "This doesn't feel right."
"Potter, James"
James went up, looking sure of himself as he put on the hat, and no sooner did it hit his head then it yelled
"GRYFFINDOR!"
He stood up and walked over to join his friends.
"Prewett, Alice" was made a Ravenclaw. Two boys down the Gryffindor table yelled, "Gosh, our own little sister betraying us and going to Ravenclaw!"
Lily and Kari went back to whispering about things when they heard Sirius yell, "Woah, Snivellus is in Slytherin!" James, Remus and Peter all started laughing. Kari looked up to see the sallow skinned boy, with greasy hair from before the Sorting, walk to the Slytherin table. Suddenly she grabbed her head.
"Kari, what is it?" Lily asked concerned.
Kari just started swaying, her eyes scrunched up in pain.
There was a boy, who looked exactly like James, Snape was older, he was yelling at the boy. The boy turned around and then Kari came to.
Lily looked at her friend and tried to get her to wake up before the Sorting was over. People were starting to look over at them, muttering.
"Wh- what happened?" Lily asked Kari.
"I had a vision." Kari muttered, not looking up. She was trying to think of why Snape was older and James looked almost the same as he did now.
Then, the last person was Sorted, and a Professor stood up.
"That must be Dumbledore." Lily whispered, glancing at Kari.
"Yeah."
"Welcome Students, new and old. I hope you enjoy it here at Hogwarts. Now there are a few rules that need to be explained here…"
Kari looked up at Dumbledore, then her head started to hurt again.
The James like boy was there. With Dumbledore in an office of some sort. Dumbledore was talking and the boy seemed to be angry. He picked up something off a desk and threw it across the office. There were tears in his eyes. Karina opened her eyes then.
"Kari, are you okay?" Lily asked putting her hand on Kari's arm.
"Yeah, I'll be good."
Then the food magically appeared.
Lily looked at her friend again, was she imagining it, or did she look upset?
"Did you have a vision?" Lily asked.
"Just a flash. I'll tell you later."
Dinner became less tense after a while, and even Kari loosened up.
After a huge dinner, everyone began to leave.
"First years, come with us," an older student said, "I'm a Prefect and I'll take you to the Gryffindor common room."
All the first years got up and trudged along after him. They went up hidden staircases and trick steps, and they finally reached a portrait of a fat lady in a pink dress.
"Password?" she asked. Lily and Kari were perplexed.
" Frog Spawn." the Prefect said, "You'll want to remember that."
They all filed in and were told where to go. Yawning all the way, Kari, Lily and the other two new first years walked into their dormitory and climbed into the beds they chose. "'Night" they all mumbled, then fell asleep.