The first year students filed in one by one behind an old woman into the amazing Great Hall. There were students everywhere. All of the first years were in such awe that they couldn't speak. They were also very nervous about the sorting. The four girls – Lily, Skye, Ariel, and Emily – looked at each other with nervousness, but all smiled back at each other. They had all become quite close since the train ride.
Skye poked Lily, and she saw 4 boys standing a couple of yards away. Three of them were pretty cute, but one looked a little out of place. Lily suddenly felt bad for thinking that, and looked back to the stool in the middle of the hall.
The old woman they had followed had already started calling names. "Black, Bellatrix!" The black haired girl placed the hat on her head, and almost immediately, the hat called out, "SLYTHERIN!"
The next name was called. "Black, Sirius!" One of the four cute boys walked up to the hat, looking very worried.
'He must be related to that other girl,' Lily thought. "GRYFFINDOR!"
Sirius leapt off the chair, yelling out, "YES!" as everyone laughed. Bellatrix looked particularly smug for the rest of the night. Finally, it was Lily's turn. "Evans, Lily!"
James watched Lily walk up to the stool and sit down. He recognized the wavy, red hair that he had seen in the Leaky Cauldron. When he could see her face, his mouth dropped wide open. He could not help thinking, 'Woah. She is absolutely beautiful. Didn't I see her the other day? Oh, yeah! Red-hair! Wow, her eyes…emerald green, and the way she walks, smiles…woah…'
James only snapped back into reality when he heard the hat shout, "GRYFFINDOR!" James smile spread even wider, knowing already that this was going to be a great school for him to be at, as long as she was there.
"James? Hello? James Potter? Helloooo?" Remus was now waving his hand in front of James' face while Peter laughed at him.
"Oh, Merlin!" Remus whispered. "Naked girl!" James looked down with a frown upon his face, which instantly turned into a laugh. Even though he was snapped back to reality, he couldn't get his mind off of that girl, Lily, was that her name?
Lily walked up to the stool, and timidly sat down. She felt the hat talking in her head. 'Ah, yes, a new girl. Muggle parents I see, but that is no matter. I see talent, bravery, intellect, and oh, yes, a thirst to prove yourself, but where to put you?' Lily found herself thinking, 'Please not Slytherin, not Slytherin, Gryffindor, please Gryffindor…'
Lily heard a loud, "GRYFFINDOR!" come from outside, and she had a huge smile on her face as she strutted over to the Gryffindor table. It wasn't long before Skye, Ariel, Emily joined her as well, all with huge smiles on their gorgeous faces. Skye eyed the four boys, and winked their way. The four boys they had seen together were all in Gryffindor too.
When all of the sorting was finished, the headmaster of the school, Albus Dumbledore, made a brief announcement before letting everyone eat.
"Reminder that this year, a Whomping Willow has been planted, and anyone who goes near it, is bound to die of the tree attacking it. Please stay away from it. Butter, Nitwick, picklejuice, let's eat!"
Plates and bowls of food appeared before them all, and they began to eat.
"That's the best thing I've ever eaten!" Lily exclaimed on their way to the common room. "What was that?"
She heard a familiar voice that made her blood run cold answer her question.
"Well, enjoy your last meal, mudblood, the blonde-haired boy from before called to her. "You won't be enjoying many more meals like that, as you mudbloods don't even deserve it!"
The next thing that happen was a complete blur. Suddenly, after the boy, later found out to be Lucius Malfoy, finished speaking, a large amount of water balloons and cheese balloons were being pelted through the air. Somehow, the 4 boys from earlier had managed to hit every single one at Malfoy. He sulked away, muttering curses under his breath, to the Slytherin common room. Lily just stared ahead. Skye had explained to her during dinner what a mudblood was, and the 4 boys, Potter, Black, Lupin, and Pettigrew, who now called themselves the Marauders, had overheard. They were very much against anyone called a muggle-born witch or wizard a mudblood, a really disgusting name. So, they concocted this plan to hit Lucius. Skye, Ariel, and Emily led poor Lily to the common room, and put her to bed. This really had been quite an evening.