A/N: I am so so sorry that it has taken me this long to update. I hope that you guys enjoy it and keep on reading. I will hopefully be able to update sooner than I have been. I have just had a lot going on right now. Thanks guys. - Piper
Rose, Albus, and I got on the first boat. No matter how bad my day had been, I was not going to let anything get to me tonight. I wasn't going to cry in front of the whole school. I wasn't going to ruin the new life I was making for myself on the first day.
"Isabella!" I heard a voice call.
"What?" I replied.
"We're here. We've been trying to get you out of your thoughts for the past five minutes," Albus said chuckling.
"Oh... have Harry and Scorpius gone up already?" I asked.
"Yeah, we're just ahead of the last few boats," Rose replied.
"That's good. It's better that way," I told them.
When we got to the bottom of the staircase everyone was already there. At the top there was a professor who was starting to introduce himself.
"I am Professor Longbottom. I teach Herbology here at Hogwarts. Now in a few moments we will walk through these doors and you all will be called up to the front by name in alphabetical order one at a time. You will go to the front and sit on the stool and the Sorting Hat will be placed on your head. Once you find out which house you have been sorted into you will go and sit at the table of that house. Once everyone has been sorted the feast will commence. Are there any questions?" He asked, looking around at all of our faces, "No? Well then we can go in and begin the sorting."
We all followed him through the doors and into the Great Hall. There were so many students in there that I felt even smaller than I had before. As we walked to the front I saw the boy who had talked to me earlier smiling and joking along with a few other kids that looked related to him. They didn't look as if they were siblings though.
"We're all related if that's what you're wondering," Rose whispered next to me.
"Well that makes a lot more sense," I whispered back laughing to myself.
"Yeah it does," said Albus chuckling.
We reached the front of the Great Hall and saw the Sorting Hat. He sang this funny little song about Gryffindors being brave, Ravenclaws being smart, Hufflepuffs being loyal, and Slytherins being cunning or something like that. I honestly don't think it would be that bad to be a Slytherin, but I want to be with my friends more than anything. I also don't want to be with my brother. From what I've heard though not many half bloods make it into Slytherin. I guess if I really wanted to be in Slytherin I could probably get in there.
"Harry Gregory," I heard a voice say.
My brother walked up with a confident stride. He sat on the stool and looked around. The look on his face was a look as if to signal to everyone that they are beneath him. Then he made eye contact with me. His smirk got wider and I heard a voice call out, "Slytherin!"
Well that took away my wanting to be in Slytherin. If I was thinking about being in Slytherin it was out of the question now. I heard my name called and I wanted to run. I didn't want to be made fun of or laughed at. I wanted to sit down and cry, but then I felt a squeeze on my hand. Before I knew it I was given a small shove and was walking forward towards the stool. I shyly walked up to the stool and sat down.
As the Sorting Hat was placed on my head and I started to hear a voice in my head. "Brave like Gryffindor, but with some traits such as Slytherin. You are loyal to your friends, that much is clear."
"I don't want to be in Slytherin. I want to avoid my brother at all costs. I would like to be in Gryffindor, if I would fit. My friends are going to be in there. I want to be with my friends." I was pleading with a hat. I must have been out of my mind. A moment later I heard the Sorting Hat call out, "Gryffindor!" Before they took the Sorting Hat off of my head I told him a quiet thank you. When I was walking to the Gryffindor tables they were all cheering for me, and I finally thought that I might have a true family. I smiled and for once was truly happy.
The list of first years went on. Scorpius got sorted into Slytherin, and I was joined by my two new friends Albus and Rose. I had a great time that night. I met all of Rose and Albus's relatives and I was in the same room as Rose. I didn't feel any of the pain that had felt earlier. I felt loved and cared for. I had a family, and this time I felt like part of it.