Chapter 4: The Sorting
They were guided out of the Hogwarts express and towards some small Rowing boats possibly able to fit four people at the maximum. Everyone was in awe the castle was enormous, it was, for many people the most spectacular building they had ever seen in their entire lives. Lily, Kita and Jade hopped into the boat behind James's, Sirius's, Remus's And Peters boat. They did not know the names of the two boys sitting at the back of the boat but regrettably (for Kita) they had met the two seated at the front.
Jade was too busy looking into the clear water below her to notice James point his wand at a boy in front of him with black greasy hair, but Lily and Kita were not. Within seconds the boy's hair had changed colour to a vibrant pink. The boy yelled and whipped around trying to see who had done it to him. He spotted James with his wand out and barred his yellow teeth at him before saying an incantation to turn his hair back to its normal slimy self. But the damage had already been made, people were now laughing at him. He was most likely doomed to be an outcast in the Hogwarts society. Lily felt bad for the poor guy, that and she was starting to wonder whether James was the nice boy back at the platform he had acted as.
They got off the boats and followed a giant man who had taken up a whole boat all by himself, he led them to the giant entrance way door when they got there he bid them goodbye and allowed a woman in her late thirty's to lead them up a gigantic stair case.
They followed the older lady into an enormous looking hall where four tables were located and then a fifth table at the end. But what caught everyone's attention the most was the enchanted ceiling; everyone was smiling and pointing upwards at the star invaded roof.
At the end right in front of the teachers table there laid a hat atop of a stool. Lily stood tall trying to get a good view, but fell back from shock when it started to sing.
When the hat had finished singing the hall was crowded with applause. The lady who had introduced herself as Professor McGonagall the Deputy Head Mistress and head of the Gryffindor house walked up to the front beside the hat and stool.
"When I call your name, please come up to the front and place the sorting hat atop of your head," explained McGonagall
"Landon, Rebecca, Ravenclaw!" The hat shouted
"Black, Sirius, Gryffindor!" Sirius looked over to his cousin who was currently giving him the death glare of the century he hurriedly got up and rushed to the Gryffindor table full of pride.
"Rogers, Molly, Gryffindor!"
"Marshall, Victoria, Hufflepuff!"
"Adams, Veronica, Ravenclaw!"
"Workman, Monique, Ravenclaw!"
"Weasley, Arthur, Gryffindor!"
"Lestrange,
Bellatrix, SLYTHERIN!" She was Sirius's cousin James had never
met her but could tell by her appearance, she looked over at Sirius
and smirked raising her
head high she proudly walked over to the
Slytherin table.
"Evans, Lily, Gryffindor!" She smiled and sat five seats down from Sirius; people were congratulating her as she watched with curiosity the rest of the sorting.
"Thompson, Zoë, Hufflepuff!"
"Lupin, Remus, Ra-Gryffindor!" He smiled and walked down to sit across from Sirius
"Devoir, Nikita, Gryffindor!" Kita did not hide her excitement she practically jumped all the way to she Gryffindor table and encased Lily in a large hug.
"Hirst, Brittany, Gryffindor!"
"Hirst, Jessica, Gryffindor!"
"Diggory, Amos, Hufflepuff!"
"Newport, Julia, Hufflepuff!"
"Black, Narcissa, SLYTHERIN!" The blonde girl went over to the Slytherin table her pointy nose up in the air. Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Fraser, Thomas, Ravenclaw!"
"Potter, James GRYFFINDOR!" The hat shouted James had a look of pride and arrogance on his face, he was very confident about himself Lily could tell.
"Bones, Xander, "Hufflepuff!"
"Andromeda, Jade, Gryffindor!
"Snape, Severus Slytherin!" James and Sirius laughed at him as he went past he was the slimiest thing they had ever seen he did not look happy, probably from the boat accident.
"Pettigrew, Peter Sly-Gryffindor!" The hats hesitation went unnoticed as the boy made his way to the Gryffindor table.
"Malfoy, Lucius, SLYTHERIN!" He grinned as he went past smirking to himself. He got the loudest applause from the Slytherin table yet. James watched him as he sat himself down beside Bellatrix and Severus.
At the end of the ceremony Dumbledore stood up with his glass raised to make a speech,
"A new year has begun, may it be filled with happiness, excitement and lots of adventure. The forbidden forest is as always out of bounds, as is the newly planted whomping willow I advise anyone who values their limbs to stay away, It is not a game to attempt to touch it, along with the horrendous pain you will endure, you would also be serving nightly detentions with our caretaker Mr. Filch, He would also like me to remind you all that the full list of banned items is located on the door to his office. With no further a due enjoy the feast!" Dumbledore exclaimed eyes twinkling under the moonlight.
After the magnificent feast the prefects of each house directed the first years to their dormitories and shared common room.
The prefects said the password and they all followed them into a giant common room the fire place was burning bright making the red and golden curtains sparkle everyone spent a few more minutes looking around before the girls went to the left and the boys to the right, The male prefect stood at the bottom of the stairs before sitting on them in barely a whisper he told them to come in closer.
"I would also like to warn all of you that if you even attempt to or set foot on any of the steps of the girls staircase is will scream like a banshee. So if you value your ears and do not wish for any broken bones do not even attempt to get up. It also will turn into a slide, so even if you are prepared for the pain you will not get up anyway. It seems Sir Godric Gryffindor did not think of the male species as trustworthy as the female species" explained the prefect.
"Can they get up ours?" Enquired Sirius
"Yes Mr. Black" He replied without even looking at him.
"Well ain't that bloody sexist!" Complained Sirius
Remus withheld a chuckle at his now grumpy friend. He smiled and turned back to look at the prefect.
Nobody else was paying attention to the still complaining Sirius; they were all too tired to be bothered.
They found two rooms empty when they arrived at the first year side of the stairs. Sirius was completely over excited when he saw that all four of them were in the same room which was also the coolest room with a lot of windows, and a view of the Quidditch pitch from their balcony.
As soon as they had opened the door Sirius ran in and jumped on the bed on the right side of the balcony James then claimed the one on the left, Remus on the left beside James and Peter on the left beside him.
Meanwhile the girls had decided to unpack and get their stuff ready for the next day before going to bed, there were a total of 6 girls they had two rooms between them. Lily, Kita and Jade in one room. Jessica (who insisted they call her Jess), Brittany, (her twin sister except for the eyes) and Molly a quiet shy girl with ginger hair in the room opposite them.
Lily, Kita, and Jade also had a balcony but theirs had a view of the forbidden forest and a small hut at the edge of it. After unpacking all the girls piled onto Kita's bed for a nightly gossip.
"So anyway… Kita, what did you mean by Muggleborn?"
"Okay well, it's a long story… where to start… Okay well a Muggle to start off with it a non-magical person, got that?"
"Yeah funny name though!" lily giggled
"Yeah I guess your right" Kita smiled
"Anyway you're a Muggleborn because both your parents are non-magical people, Muggles." Kita finished
"Oh okay, what are you guys?" Lily asked curiously
"Half blood" Jade said "lying backwards upside down
"Sadly, I'm a pureblood" Kita commented
"Why sadly and what's a pureblood?" Lily frowned
"Well Pureblood is someone whose ancestry is all magical. Because some people like me, purebloods, not me though! It doesn't matter to me but some don't like Muggles or Muggleborns they… they call them Mudbloods. And Purebloods, as a steriotype are normally known as Snobs and a lot of them get into… Slytherin" Kita said looking down
"Oh" Lily stated, "Well as long as you don't that's okay!" She smiled brightly
"Now I can't wait till tomorrow so I'm going to go to bed!" Lily stood up returning to her own bed.
"Yeah me too," Agreed Jade bouncing over to her own bed across Lily's and Kita's
"OW that was my foot Jade!" Lily complained
"Hehe sorry Lils!" Jade smiled
"Aw come on you guys its only been dark for a few hours!" Kita moaned wanting to stay up and chat for longer
After a while of been ignored Kita soon after her two new friends fell asleep.
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