Disclaimer- See first chapter.

Thanks to everyone who reviewed the last two chapters! Also, can you help me think up new pranks, people? And sorry, but I couldn't compose a sorting song. I'm not the world's greatest poet.

Chapter 3-Hogwarts

"We're here! Oh my gosh, this is way too exciting. Can you believe it? We are actually here!" Alicia squealed. Everybody started to swarm out of their compartments. Lee, Fred, George, Angelina, Alicia, and Katie said bye to Oliver, who was a third year.

"First years, over here! First years!" A giant of a man called out to them.

"Everyone here? Nobody left behind? All right then. I'm Hagrid, the gamekeeper at Hogwarts. Now, four to a boat," Hagrid told the first years. The boats started moving by themselves across a massive lake.

"There! I see Hogwarts. It's humongous!" Fred gasped. "Bill and Charlie and Percy told us it was a pretty big castle, but I never imagined it to be this big!"

"Well, Fred. They did send us pictures, but we just never bothered to look at them, thinking that we knew everything already," George reminded him.

"You didn't want to see pictures of Hogwarts? Boy, you two were pretty darn dumb," Lee told the twins.

"Hey, the boats stopped! We can get off now, you three!" Angelina informed the boys. The kids all walked up the steps to enormous oak double doors. There, a stern-looking lady met them.

"Thank you, Hagrid. I will take over from here. I am Professor McGonagall, your Transfiguration teacher and deputy headmistress. Follow me," she said to the first years. Professor McGonagall led them to a small chamber. They could hear the noise the rest of the school was making in the Great Hall.

"Now, as soon as we are ready, I will come back for you. You will then be sorted into your Houses. They are Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, and Hufflepuff. Thank you." As she turned to leave, many snickers were heard from the first years. Lee had whispered a useful little charm as Professor McGonagall has spoken. Now her hat was wiggling and waving in all directions. Of course, McGonagall immediately identified the culprit.

"Mr. Jordan, kindly perform the counter charm for this and you will be receiving a detention," she told him. As he stopped the wiggling, she left.

"Nice one, Lee!" George complimented him.

"Now, that was pretty funny. Her hat was just-" Here Angelina started giggling, and soon everyone had joined in. They passed several minutes this way, and then McGonagall returned.

"Come, we are ready now." They were led away into the Great Hall. There were many oohs and aahs over this.

"Wow, look at the ceiling! It seems like it's not there at all! It's so pretty!" Katie exclaimed.

"It's enchanted to mirror the actual sky outside," a short boy with dark, wavy brown hair said. "It's all written in Hogwarts, a History." They had arrived at a three-legged stool with a hat perched on it. Many of the first years in line craned their necks to look at it.

The hat opened up a large tear at the brim and started singing. The song explained that all you had to do was put on the hat and it would sort you. Then McGonagall called up the first kid.

"Aberling, Timothy!" the boy who had commented on the ceiling walked up. The hat considered for quite a long time. Finally, it said, "Gryfindor!" The table that all of the Weasley brothers were seated at exploded with cheers.

"Bell, Katie!" Katie looked very nervous as she put on the hat. It immediately yelled, "Gryffindor!" Again, the Gryffindor table applauded and cheered.

"Bruce, Lionel!"

"Slytherin!" This time the table on the other end of the hall clapped politely. They looked a bit unpleasant.

"Collins, Olivia!" a plump little girl with short, honey-colored curls almost skipped up.

"Hufflepuff!" the hat called after a few seconds. Several kids later, Professor McGonagall came to, "Johnson, Angelina!" She sat on the hat for exactly 13.4 seconds (George hat gotten out his timer again) until the hat yelled, "Gryffindor!"

Then next came, "Jordan, Lee!" Lee gulped and slowly walked up to the hat.

"H-hello Sorting Hat," he thought.

"Well, you're the first to talk to me before a talked to you since, oh, Albus Dumbledore," the hat said. "Now, to business. You have a very good mind, just right for Ravenclaw. You have some guts in you, too, for Gryffindor. And lastly, you have a lot of ambition. You want to prove that you're worthy of Hogwarts. You'd do well in Slytherin if it wasn't for your parents. Half Muggle, half squib. The other Slytherins are very big on blood. No you'd do best in Ravenclaw."

"But Angelina's in Gryffindor, Katie's in Gryffindor, and most likely Fred and George will be in Gryffindor, too."

"You want to be in the same house as your friends? Well, you seem resolute. But with the Weasley twins. Are you absolutely certain?" Lee paused for a moment.

"Yes. Why not?"

"You'll be overshadowed. But, since you've made up your mind, GRYFFINDOR!" Lee hopped off and joined Katie and Angelina. He thought, 'Overshadowed? What does the hat mean? Oh well.'

"Wow. That took quite a while, Lee. What did the hat say?" Angelina asked.

"Well, it seemed to really want to put me in Ravenclaw, but I said I wanted to be with all of you," Lee said.

"I'm flattered," Oliver was a Gryffindor, too. Alicia, Fred, and George all joined them too.