"What are we going to do now?" Lily asked. The five of them looked around for a solution, but only Remus had an idea.
"Let's ride the carriages with the "imaginary horses," he suggested.
"Ok, as long as I don't have to go near them," James said with a look of mild fear.
Everyone laughed at this, but decided it was for the best. They ran, and were about to climb in the last one when they realized there were only three seats in that one. So the girls went to the second to last one, and climbed in.
"Aren't you two first years?" A girl with long reddish brown hair asked. She was sitting with two other girls. One with Golden blonde hair, and the other with black.
"Uh, No?" Felicia answered, looking at the girls so see if they believed her.
"You sure about that?" the girl with black hair asked.
"Ok, we're first years, we missed the boats, and we're just trying to get up to the castle," Lily poured out.
"Well that's not so bad, come on in," the one with blonde hair answered.
The girls introduced themselves as Danielle (brownish-blonde), Nicky (black), and Carly (blonde).
It was quite a bumpy ride up to the castle. The five girls talked for the most part, but the older girls seemed to keep to themselves. It turned out that they were all second years, and in Gryffindor, except for Carly who was in Ravenclaw. And then poor Nicky was James' sister. Boy Lily and Felicia felt bad for her.
When they made it up to the castle, Danielle and Nicky took the Lily and Felicia into the Hall where the first years would await to be sorted.
"Where are the boys?" Lily asked as she and Felicia scanned the crowd of first years.
"I don't know, you don't think they got lost do you?" Felicia asked.
When the boys got into their carriage, no one even took notice. There was a boy sitting in a corner reading a magazine, a girl fixing her hair, and a girl with almost white hair, just staring out the window.
"Why do you think first years take the boats? This is SOO much more fun!" Sirius said.
"I don't know," Remus replied. He was engulfed in his book, and wasn't really paying attention.
In the mean time, James had his head out the window, and was watching the "horses". He got a little closer, and almost touched it when, it snapped at him.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! It's trying to eat me!" he yelled. Remus and Sirius burst out laughing. The boy reading a magazine merely looked over his magazine at them, and shook his head.
When they arrived at the castle, there was a sea of people trying to get in. James and Sirius just followed the crowd into the Great Hall and took a seat next to the boy who was reading a magazine on the carriage ride.
"I wonder where the girls are. Do you think they got lost?" Remus asked. He was looking around, and didn't see any other first years, and began to get a bit worried.
"James, what are you doing--?" Nicky started but was cut off by Sirius.
"Where's the food I'm starving?"
"Uh, Guys?" Danielle started but this time was cut off by James.
"Shush, we're looking for our friends."
"We would like to begin the sorting now!" Professor McGonnagal said. She led a group of first years in, but the three boys took no notice. They were too busy trying to figure out where the food was.
After the Sorting Hat sang its song, the sorting began.
"Adams, Michelle," McGonnagal said, and I girl with sandy hair climbed onto the stool.
"Hufflepuff!"
"Bark, Nick!"
"Oh, look it's that kid nick!" James whispered to Sirius.
"Hi Nick!" Sirius yelled, and the Hall went silent. Nick just looked at him and shook his head.
"I wonder what's up his but?" James asked.
"Uh, Guys? I think we should-" Remus started but got cut off by James.
"Shush, we want to listen!"
"Black, Bellatrix!"
"Trixie! Hi!" Sirius yelled out once more.
"Slytherin!"
"I hope you don't end up-" James started.
"Black, Sirius!"
"How do you know my name?" Sirius yelled as he stood up.
"How does she know my name?" he whispered to James. James just shrugged.
"Are you a spy? " Sirius asked.
"Go up and sit on the stool!" The magazine boy whispered.
"I am not going near that spy! She could kidnap me!" Sirius yelled and ran out of the Great Hall.
"Um, Next! Blue, Sean!"
"Ravenclaw!"
"Carson, Jem!"
Jem was a muggle born, but knew more than most wizards or witches knew. She loved to read, and observe things.
"Gryffindor!"
"Cast, Jesenia!"
Jesenia had brown hair and brown eyes. She and Keely Smith were inseparable, and were like sisters.
"Ravenclaw!"
"Chang, Jen!"
Jen was very pretty. She had long black hair, as straight as a board, and dark eyes too. Although she normally did really well in school, she hated it more than anyone.
"Gryffindor!"
"I wonder where Sirius went?" Remus asked as Lily was sorted into Gryffindor, and took the seat next to him.
"Guys, you haven't been sorted yet, why are you sitting here?" Lily asked..
"Well, we just followed him," Remus said and pointed to the Magazine boy.
"My name is Ricky, and I thought you three were first years. What are you doing here?" The magazine boy said.
"Well," James started in went into the weird little story.
"Potter, James!"
"That's me!" James said and took his seat under the hat.
"Gryffindor!"
James came back to Gryffindor table, and sat with his friends, although Sirius was still missing.
"Psst, guys!" Sirius whispered. He was hiding under the table.
"I'm hiding from the spy!"
"Sirius you idiot! She knew your name because it was on her list, along with everyone else's," Remus said.
"How does she have time to spy on everyone?" Sirius asked dumbly.
"Just get up there!"
Sirius walked up to McGonnagal, and whispered in her ear. She silently chuckled, and then said, "Black, Sirius!"
He sat of the stool, still watching McGonnagal carefully.
"Gryffindor!" the hat yelled, and Sirius was very proud. He looked over at Bellatrix, his cousin, and almost jumped for joy at the look on her face.
"Ridley, Nicole!"
"Hufflepuff!" and a girl with loose blonde pigtails walked over to the Hufflepuff, and joined her friends.
"Rivers, Jessica!"
A girl with brown hair in a high ponytail, and dull green eyes walked up to the stool.
"Slytherin.
"Rocks, Felicia!"
Felicia walked proudly up to the stool, and took a seat. She was expected to be put into Ravenclaw like the rest of her family, but instead, the hat yelled, "Gryffindor!"
Felicia happily walked over to the Gryffindor table and took the seat next to Lily.
"Smith, Keely!"
Keely, with her long blond hair, and sparkling blue eyes, sat on the stool, and was extremely happy when the hat yelled, "Ravenclaw!"
"She's really gossipy," Felicia whispered to Lily.
"Are you serious?" Lily answered with sarcasm. She wasn't one for gossip herself.
"Vinewood, Evelyn!"
Danielle's little sister shakily took her seat on the stool. She was twirling the already curled tip of her hair out of nervousness. Her brown eyes wide with fear.
"Hufflepuff!"
Evelyn sadly walked over to the Hufflepuff table glancing at her sister every couple steps.
"Poor Evelyn," Nicky whispered. Her younger brother had been placed in her house, and she couldn't stand him, but Danielle and Evelyn were close, so she felt bad.
"And last is, Whit, Stephanie!"
A girl with light brown and dark brown eyes, happily skipped up to the stool.
"Ravenclaw!"
"Where is the food?" Sirius complained.
"Let the feast begin!"