Disclaimer: Harry Potter and all of the characters belong to JK Rowling. Annie, Alice Fergie and Fiona are the only OCs I have yet created.
The boat slowly floated along the lake, which looked black due to the night. The moon shined softly on the rippling water, the silence broken only by owls hooting and the loud voice of either Fergie or Fiona shouting something a few metres behind us. We all sat there, in silence, not knowing what to say, even the confident Lily, who was spellbound by the view around her. The magic was lost when I finally realized how cold it was, and then shivered. I shuffled closer to Hugo, and ended up getting my leg soaking wet due to some water from the lake entering the boat. I pulled a face, and Lorcan looked at me questioningly. I shrugged, and rested my chin in my hands. We could see the majestic view of Hogwarts in the distance, but we weren't close enough to admire the beauty of it. I noticed that both of my legs were starting to get wet now, and this started to bother me.
"Hugo," I said, breaking the silence, "Why are we sat in the wettest part of the boat?"
Just then, I noticed Fergie, Lysander and Fiona's boat passing us.
"That's strange," I thought to myself "They were quite a bit behind us a few minutes ago"
I could tell Lily, Lorcan and Hugo were thinking the same as me too. Our boat seemed to have stopped.
I looked round frantically, searching for an answer. Just as I was looking, Lorcan shouted,
"We're sinking!"
Indeed we were. The water was up to all of our thighs now.
"HELP!" I cried, grabbing Hugo round the waist in fear. Fergie turned around at my cry, and her eyebrows shot up when she saw what was happening. Without thinking, she dived into the lake and attempted to swim towards us. Fergie couldn't swim well, and grabbed onto the ivy on a nearby stone wall, gasping for air. Fiona and Lysander gasped at this disturbance, and Fiona was about to aid Fergie when Lysander stopped her. I was sobbing now, and Hugo was shaking. Lorcan had a tight grip on Lily's arm, and started to reach towards me, and our fingers were about to touch when Lorcan and Lily fell off the edge of the boat and landed in the lake. Lysander hooked his oar onto the ivy, and pulled him and Fiona towards the wall. He climbed out of the boat, and pulled Fiona up onto a ledge on the wall with him. Fiona fully registered what was happening, and strode in front of Lysander, who was still holding the oar, dragging him along behind her. Fiona grabbed onto Hugo, but couldn't handle his weight, and had to let go. Lysander tried in vain, but we had drifted too far out of their reach. Hugo and I had lost the boat at this point, and I couldn't swim. I was depending on Hugo to keep me up. Fiona decided the next best thing and cried for help. Just about a minute later, we heard footsteps running towards us. At the top of the wall, about 5 metres above the ledge Lysander and Fiona were stood on was a crazy-looking woman, with greying flyaway hair, and a creature which I recognized as a Centaur. The woman muttered a spell, and transfigured the ivy near Lysander and Fiona into a rope ladder. The Centaur stood at the top, as the woman rushed down to us. She motioned to Lysander and Fiona to climb up the rope ladder. Then she reached her arm out, which was luckily within our reach.
"Stretch your arms out, both of you, you'll reach the other three," she said in an airy voice.
I reached for Hugo's hand, and pushed him away from me as far as my arm would reach. He kept a tight grip on my hand, and stretched his hand out, which Lily grabbed hold of. He pulled Lily, Lorcan and Fergie into us, as the crazy looking lady pulled us to safety.
"Quite a scare you gave Firenze and I then," she said, looking up at the centaur. We all climbed up the rope ladder, drained of energy. The lady murmured a spell, which dried us all off, and then said "I'm Professor Trelawney, and this is Firenze," she said, pointing to the Centaur.
"Thank you so much for helping us," said Fergie, relief showing on her face.
"It's just lucky I happen to have the Inner Eye, and foresaw this incident," said Professor Trelawney. I raised an eyebrow sceptically, before she continued, "You've missed the Sorting. Hurry, now!" she said.
Professor Trelawney sprinted rather fast for her age. We followed behind her and Firenze, panting. We reached the doors of Hogwarts, where I noticed Dad and Hagrid were waiting. When Dad saw me, relief washed over him, as he ran towards us all.
"I was so worried about you all! What happened? The feast has already begun!" he exclaimed.
Lily piped up first, "Our boat sunk, and Lysander, Fergie and Fiona came to help us, but they couldn't reach, so we called for help, and Professor Trelawney and Firenze came to help us,"
Dad acknowledged this, and said, "Come on, it's time to get you seven sorted."
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