Chapter Two...Lions, Badgers, Birds, & Snakes


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As they walked up to the castle, Lily gabbed on about her findings when she read Hogwarts: A History. "Did you know the ceiling is enchanted to look like the night sky? And that the castle has charms around it to make it look like a bunch of ruins to the muggle eye? Or that the castle was built in..."


The boys hung back enough so that she couldn't hear them, but not enough so that she could tell that they weren't listening to a word she was saying. "I think I'm in love with her." said James, with a very confused look on his face. Sirius snorted. "You're kidding right?" was his reply. "Bloody hell James, we're eleven!" James ignored this and said "I'll drive her mad until she falls madly in love with me." "That's quite the plan... make her hate you so much that she falls in love with you."


By this time thay had reached that top of the stairs where they met a very stern-looking woman with glasse and her hair tied back into a tight bun. She wore red robes with a gold trim.


The woman, who they learned was called Professor McGonagall, told them all about the four houses, and how the sorting worked. She told them how the feast would be, and how long it would run for.


When she sinished, she lead the students into the great hall. The ceiling matched that exactly of the night sky, and there were four long wooden tables, each of which had a different banner above it. One red with a gold lion pacing back and forth across it, roaring every once in a while, one green with a silver snake slithering slowly across it, (A/N:surprise, surprise) hissing, One silver with a bluie raven flying back and forth, and one gold with a green badger crawling around, all of the banners were what looked like observing the first years as they entered the hall.


Professor McGonagall started the sorting with a white haired girl called Black, Narcisa. She was instantly sorted into Slytherin. "No surprise there." scoffed Sirius as Professor McGonagall called out "Black, Sirius". Sirius took his seat in the stool before him.


Ah, another Black." saod the sorting hat softly. "Don't remind me." thougt Sirius. "Not to proud of our roots now, are we? You may be a Black by name, but deep inside you are definitely NOT a Black." Sirius let out a sigh of relief and let a broad grin escape his lips. "GRYFFINDOR" shouted then hat. Sirius joined his table, feelin Narcissa shooting daggers at him with her eyes from her own table.


Sirius took his seat and witched Evans, Lily, Longbotom, Frank, Lupin, Remus, Parsons, Alice, Pettigrew, Peter, Potter James, Savard, Jordan, and Wood, Stacy get sorted into Gryffindor. "Not bad, not bad at all," Siruis though as Jordan took her seat a few away from him. He continued to watch the sorting, realy only paying attention to the ones sorted into Slytherin. He watched as Crabbe, Joshua, Goyle, Michael ,Malfoy Lucius, and Snape, Severus were sorted into Slytherin. He scowled as they took their seats with Narcossa. The only other person he noticed was a girl named Clarke, Christina gat sorted into Hufflepuff, and this was only because she had waved at Jordan befpre taking her seat at her table.


As Sirius gazed at Jordan's deep brown eyes, the thought of being in love didn't seem like such a weird thing after all.