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The girls looked out the window as the train twisted and turned down the winding train track. The night got darker and darker until, "Look guys! Hogwarts!" Shannon exclaimed. They were approaching amassive object in the distance and could see small lights from the castle. As they got closer, the castle became even more enormous. When they got off of the train, they heard a booming voice calling, "Firs' Years, Firs' Years over here."They made their way over to the voice only to see the biggest man Lily had ever seen in her whole life. He was twice her height and four times her width. He had long, messy black hair.
When all the first years assembled, the large man said, "I'm Hagrid, follow me." The first years followed Hagrid to the shore of a gigantic black lake. Along the shore there were rickety wooden boats. Lily, Shannon, and Tara made their way to one of the boats and got in.
When every boat was occupied by first years, Hagrid led the group across the lake. "Now keep your hands and feet inside the boat, there's a giant squidin this lake," Shannon informed Lily and Tara. Lily put on her yeah-right face, but couldn't get rid of the feeling that there was a presence near them.
Once again the girls started to talk about the different houses. Lily wanted to be in Ravenclaw andShannon and Tara in Gryffindor. When they were on the other side of the lake, they were greeted by a very tall, thin wizard with pepper brown hair and a long beard. "Greetings first years," the man announced, "I am Professor Dumbledore, your transfiguration teacher. Follow me and prepare to be sorted". Professor Dumbledore looked at the group over his silver half-moon spectacles. He led the group inside and into a small, dark room. He looked at the nervous faces of the first years and laughed. "The caretaker of the grounds will get you in fifteen minutes. You will come to the dining hall and there be sorted into your house," he announced.
Just as Professor Dumbledore had said, the caretaker came in fifteen minutes. He was a scary man with bulging black eyeballs. "You are wanted in the dining hall" was all the man said. The first years followed the man into a grand room.
Inside the room there were five tables, one for each house, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. The fifth table was at the front of the room and sat all of the staff. The first years made their way up the aisle to a stool in the middle of the room. On top of the stool was an old, brown hat with many patches and holes. Lily looked at the hat in awe and wondered what it was for. She found herself startled when the hat started to sing. After the song, applause rang out through the hall. Then Professor Dumbledore stood up and made his way to the stool.
He pulled out a long scroll and read out the first name: "Aldwin, Edward". A small sandy-haired boy emerged from the crowd and sat down on the stool. He had a look of utmost horror on his face. Dumbledore put the hat onto his head. Edward practically jumped out of his seat when the hat started murmuring in his ear. At last the hat declared: "HUFFLEPUFF". "Black, Sirius" Dumbledore called. Sirius walked up to the stool, not frightened at all and gave his charming smile and winked. The hat was barely on his head when it announced, "Gryffindor". Cheering came from the long, left-center table. At what seemed to soon, Lily's name was called. Lily perched herself on the stool and braced herself for the decision of the hat. She heard the hat whispering in her ear. After what seemed like forever, the hat shouted out: "GRYFFINDOR". Lily walked toward a cheering table and reluctantly sat with Sirius because he was the only other first year she knew. He smiled at her then looked intently at the hat.
When Tara was sorted into Gryffindor, Lily resisted the urge to get up and cheer. To her surprise, she was also quite happy when Remus Lupin got sorted into Gryffindor. She heard the name "Pettigrew, Peter" called and felt sorry for the boy who was looking as though he would rather be any place except for in front of all of these people. When he was sorted into Gryffindor he ran down the aisle and seated himself on the opposite side of Sirius. Lily was happy with her classmates so far, but her happiness ended when she heard the name "Potter, James" called. She stared at the hat and desperately hoped that he would be sorted into another house. Her heart sunk when he was sorted into Gryffindor. He walked up to Sirius and seated himself between Sirius and Lily. Lily looked upon him with utmost disgust and scoffed when he said, "Come on, Evans, cheer up. This year will be fun!"
"I seriously doubt that. With you around," Lily replied.
James gave up on Lily and instead said to Sirius, "Give it a month and she'll be all over me"
At this, Lily turned and said, "Why you uncivilized, insolent, egotistic twit! You have some nerve. Almost decapitating me with a flying, gold object and then thinking that just because you are good looking every girl would kiss your feet and make you their king! I would never go out with you. Not now, not ever!" Then she turned back to Tara and resumed their conversation.
After their conversation was over, Tara and Lily waited impatiently for Shannon to be sorted. At last, "Thomas, Shannon" was called. Lily and Tara crossed their fingers and squealed when Shannon was sorted into Gryffindor. When Shannon got to the table she said, "So, we have an interesting group here" and nodded her head towards Sirius, James, Remus, and Peter.
"You're not kidding. Although we have these trolls in our house, I still think this will be a good year" Lily replied.