A/N: Wow! I'm getting these up fast! Thanx to reviewers, you 6! Lol! Wd! I owe ya big time! Lol!

Chapter 8

Ingrid Dreamstone rose from where she was sat in the Great Hall. Another year of teaching was about to start but first she had to go and see the first years. She picked up her hat and placed it carefully on her neat, brown hair.

"Just off to greet the first years Albus, won't be long" she whispered to a man with an extremely long silver beard who was listening intently to Professor Flitwick.

Meanwhile, outside, the entrance hall was packed with first years, chattering among themselves in worried tones.

"I wonder how they put us into houses?" Lily whispered to Gemini who was standing beside her.

"Probably wants us to show them what we can do!" Gemini whispered back and to the look on Lily's face added "Don't worry, I'm sure you'll be fine!" Before Lily could say anything else the huge doors opened and the first years fell silent.

"Welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I am Professor Dreamstone and I will lead you into the Great Hall where you will come to the front and put on the sorting hat when your name is called. The sorting hat will put you into your houses and then you will join your house tables. Any questions? No? Well let's go in!" she announced.

The first years scrambled around to form an 'orderly' line. To Lily's horror Sirius Black and James Potter were stood right behind her.

"Scared Evans?" James whispered but Lily chose to ignore him and started to walk into the Great Hall.

She gasped, she had never seen anything like it before. Candles were floating in mid air. There were four tables which ran along the room. Gryffindor furthest right, then Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and finally Slytherin. Lily looked up at the ceiling and saw that it wasn't a ceiling at all but the sky. It was a dark and starry night and she was just wondering why it wasn't cold when she heard James whisper "That's bewitched that it, I read it in Hogwarts: A History yesterday. It has everything in it and…"

Lily never did hear what James was going to say for at that moment the hat burst into song.

(We haven't actually written the song yet but we'll get there eventually!!!)

Professor Dreamstone said "When I call out your name you will proceed to the front, try on the hat and it will tell you where you belong. Now, Avery, Jack" a big, burly boy shoved his way to the front. He jammed the hat on his head and it yelled 'SLYTHERIN' he jumped of the stool to the rapturous applause of the Slytherins and went to join that table.

Very soon it came to 'Black, Gemini' and she walked to the front with the whispers of 'good luck' all around her.

'hmmm, another Black I see. Well somehow I don't think you're a Slytherin Black, you're not that way, too pure. Now this is what I like to see! Courage! I know just what to do with you!' that hat said to Gemini, who was dearly hoping that no one else could hear what the hat was saying. 'GRYFFINDOR!' it yelled and the Gryffindor table burst with cheering.

'Black, Sirius' obviously came next and he jammed the hat on his head grinning 'Oh no!' the hat said to Sirius 'I can see you'll be trouble!'

"That I am!" whispered Sirius.

'Well, I think you belong in..'

'GRYFFINDOR!'

'YESSSS!!!" screamed Gemini from the Gryffindor table, she didn't know what she'd do if her brother hadn't been put with her.

Next came 'Charleson,' 'Cavert,' 'Chadwick,' 'Davis,' 'Day' and finally 'Evans.'

Lily stepped forward, blood was pounding through her ears. 'This is a tricky one' the hat said to her, Lily was shocked, it seemed to be able to read her mind 'Don't worry love, I'm meant to read you're mind' this was spooky 'Yes dear, everyone thinks it's spooky. I don't actually know where to put you….'

'RAVENCLAW!…NO, NO! HUFFLEPUFF!…NO!….GRYFFINDOR AND THAT'S MY FINAL ANSWER!'

Lily sighed with relief and went to join Gemini who was chatting happily to Sarah Chadwick.

Soon there was 'Felton, Katie' Gryffindor and 'Lupin, Remus' Gryffindor, who got jeers of 'loser!' and 'geek!' from the Slytherin table. He just frowned nervously and joined his table.

Soon 'Malfoy, Lucius' made Slytherin and then it was 'Potter, James.' He stepped forward and put on the hat but before it touched his head it screamed 'GRYFFINDOR' James took this as a good sign, grinned and joined Sirius and Katie at the table.

Lily groaned, she didn't want to spend the next seven years of her life with Black AND Potter! It would be a living hell! Why is HE in Gryffindor?" she asked Gemini angrily "He's just an arrogant little boy who thinks he knows everything!"

Soon the feast began and Lily forgot all about her troubles with the two boys. It was unimaginable. There were piles and piles of food and once a plate was emptied it was instantly refilled.

"I wonder why the plates are gold this year instead of silver?" one Ravenclaw boy yelled out.

"Maybe we've been joined by a lycanthrope this year!" shouted another boys back and howled like a werewolf whilst their friends laughed.

Once everyone was full they were led to their dormitories by the prefects. Lily went ahead with Gemini and Sarah whilst James and Sirius stayed behind because Katie was talking to, well being talked at, by her older brother.

"And if you get out of hand I'll ask my mate in Gryffindor what you've been up to and I'll tell mum!" Simon Felton warned.

"One, no you won't and two, like you have any friends in Gryffindor!" she laughed cheekily making James and Sirius laugh.

"Ok, ok so I don't but I will find out!" he said.

"Yeah yeah, whatever see you soon hopefully not!" she yelled behind her as she walked off. James and Sirius cheered and screamed 'you go girl' as they walked up to the Gryffindor tower.

A/N: 1:pleez r&r and 2:some of that may not have made sense because you meet some of the characters in the chapter before and I haven't finished drafting it yet!