The trip to Hogwarts other than Lucius Malfoy turning up to scare Peter was rather uneventful. Sirius nipped that in the bud by unleashing his Clow cards upon Malfoy, and they heard from no one for the rest of the day.
By the time that the sun began to go down, the witch with the lunch cart came back to tell them that they might want to go get dressed. Elizabeth opened her trunk and pulled out the Hogwarts Uniforms, which for girls was the white shirt, tie, robes, grey sweater, and long skirts with many petticoats underneath. She excused herself and went to go change. Remus went and retrieved her form the hall when they were done changing. It was at this point when she came back inside, put her clothes trunk and took her place between Sirius and James, that the boys noticed how thin she was.
They
talked anxiously of what house they thought they would be sorted into
for the remainder of the journey.
"I've always been a
bookworm, I think I'll be sorted into Ravenclaw." Remus said.
"I
don't do much of anything special, I'll probably be in Hufflepuff."
Peter said.
"I think I'll be in Gryffindor, I'm always
causing trouble." James said.
"Me too." Sirius
added.
" I dunno, I'll probably be sorted into Ravenclaw as
well." Elizabeth said looking at Remus. James and Sirius were a
little put out by the fact that she seriously doubted she'd be in
Gryffindor.
The train slowed and came to a halt in the small town
of Hogsmeade. Elizabeth scooped up Pero and carried him down the
train to a friend, Jacob, who was on the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
She got off the train with James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, and Bruce. A
tall dark figure at the end of the platform waved a lantern through
the air, nearly hitting a few students in the head.
"Firs'
Years this way!" he shouted.
The first years jostled their
way through the crowd down to the huge man.
" Ah, the
firsties! I'm Hagrid!" He squealed with delight. He looked
around at them all. "Well, lets be off." the new students
followed Hagrid down a small path, with the girls putting rather
irked faces on at having to walk through narrow paths and hold their
skirts and petticoats off the ground. They finally arrived at the
foot of the trail at the edge of a lake. There was a fleet of boats
waiting for them there.
The first years stood in awe looking up at
the castle. It looked amazing. The welcoming lights of the school
twinkled at them warmly.
Hagrid stood at the edge of the lake,
helping the students into the boats. The one condition was that the
students had to introduce themselves first. Sirius Black, James
Potter, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew. They went by cautiously. He
came to a halt at Elizabeth.
"Elizabeth Wayne, the dancer and
musician!" He said happily. She looked a little surprised, as
she hadn't opened her mouth yet. She smiled however.
"Yes
Sir, Its lovely to meet you Hagrid."
"Oh don't be
calling the likes of me Sir!" HE said helping her into the boat.
Elizabeth Wayne, Bruce Wayne, another pretty girl who Elizabeth
seemed to know, and a girl with soft, curly red hair.
The boats
soon set out and glided across the lake to the school. The students
stumbled out and climbed the stone staircase to the school. Hagrid
left them at a Large Staircase in the School and went inside another
room. A stern, but fairly young witch met them at the top of the
staircase.
"I'm Professor McGonagall, Deputy Headmiss tress
and Head of Gryffindor. Please follow me."
The students
looked at each other cautiously, and followed her into a large room,
The Great Hall as she called it. She walked down the middle isle of
students with a stool and tattered old hat. The first years stopped
behind her as she turned around.
"When I call your name,
please sit on the stool and you will be sorted by the Sorting
Hat."
"That thing is going to Sort us?" James said.
Sirius shrugged.
The Sorting Hat began to move. It opened its brim
wide and sang a song to the Great Hall. As it finished the students
burst into applause over the hats song about the four
houses.
Professor McGonagall unrolled a list of parchment.
"Black,
Sirius!" Sirius walked over and sat on the stool. Professor
McGonagall set the hat on his head. It interrupted his
thoughts.
"Yes, I see lots of pain in your future, Lots of
pain, but many good times. I believe you will cope better in
GRYFFINDOR!"
The Gryffindor gave thunderous applause as
Sirius sat down with his housemates.
"Crantz, Matilda"
Matilda Crantz stumbled up and sat down on the stool. Professor
McGonagall sat the hat on her head.
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
Matilda
go up and ran down to the table that had erupted into
applause.
"Chillingsworth. Vanessa"
Vanessa sat on
the stool.
"RAVENCLAW!"
The Ravenclaw's burst into
applause.
"Evans. Lily!"
Lily sat on he stool
gracefully.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
The Gryffindor table burst
out in thunderous applause and yells.
Lily smiled and sat down at
the table.
The list went on and on.
Remus was sorted into
Gryffindor, oddly. Peter was surprisingly sorted into Gryffindor. His
applause was rather scattered. But, James was sorted into Gryffindor,
just like he thought.
"Starling, Callie" the other girl
in the boat with Elizabeth sat down gracefully.
McGonagall set the
hat on her head. The same troubled looked that had crossed James' and
Sirius was sure, his own, passed over her face.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
Callie
smiled and went to sit down with her new house.
The sorting went
on, until finally, it came to the end, The Wayne's.
"Wayne,
Bruce"
Bruce sat down obediently on the stool.
It had
barely touched his head when the hat shouted "GRYFFINDOR!"
Bruce
looked contented and sat down with his house, watching his sister
anxiously.
"Wayne, Elizabeth"
Whispers spread
throughout the Great Hall as she took her place. They grew louder
when red ballet slippers could be seen under her many
petticoats.
McGonagall set the hate on her head. It was completely
silent. The hat opened its brim to say something then stopped. The
troubled look passed Elizabeth's face, then the hat finally decided
upon. "GRYFFINDOR!"
The Gryffindor jumped to their feet
that they had gotten a celebrity in their house. She had barely made
her way to the table and gotten a hug from Bruce before she got a
larger one from who could only be Jacob and Adam. They finally let go
of her and she sat down between Remus and Sirius. They watched the
Headmaster avidly as he stood up.
"Welcome to another Year at
Hogwarts. I'm sure all of you are very hungry so I shall be as fast
as possible. No students are allowed in the Forbidden Forest, and
please follow the rules. No dueling in the halls." Dumbledore
looked around. "Well, I'm sure you'll learn the rest along the
way. Lets eat!"
Scrumptious looking food covered the tables.
The student's faces lit up with delight and they dug in. They
talked with delight as they finished their meals. The Head Boy
introduced himself to the first years at Gryffindor Table.
"Arthur
Weasley, lovely to meet you! Do try winning some house points. We
need to win this year!"
Finally the last of the foods faded
from the plates. Dumbledore stood up again.
"I have two words
for you all, Tuck in!"
The students rose slowly and followed
their prefect to their respected common rooms. The Gryffindor's
climbed for some time until at last, Arthur came to a halt in front
of a picture of a large woman in a pink dress.
"Where's the
common room?" Peter asked timidly from over Arthur's
shoulder.
"Password?" The Fat Lady asked.
"Blunderfoot"
Arthur said.
The Fat Lady nodded and swung forward to admit them
to the common room. The students trudged into the common room.
"Boys,
up the staircase on your left. Girls up the stairs to your right."
Elizabeth kissed Bruce goodnight, then followed Callie and Lily up
the stairs to their new home.
The boys ran up the stairs to their
room, Peter and Bruce in front. James looked somewhat
troubled.
"What's wrong?" Sirius inquired.
"The
hat.. It said something about great pain, and being bale to better
cope with it by being with people in this house."
Sirius and
Remus both stopped midway up the stairs. Evidently their dorm was at
the very top of the steps.
Remus looked from Sirius to James.
"It
said that to me too."
"Me too."
The three looked
at each other, lost for words.
