"Bye Mom, bye Dad!" Mark said as he left his parents. He was onto his first year at Hogwarts. Mark got onto the train, and began to search for a compartment.
He happened to come across one with only three people in it. He opened the door.
"Can I join?" Mark asked.
"Sure," the only boy in the compartment said. "I'm Kevin by the way," Kevin said, as he introduced himself.
"I'm Elaina," said the girl sitting next to Mark.
"And I'm Kelly," said the girl sitting next to Kevin.
"I'm Mark," explained Mark.
The train then began moving. And the trolley woman started her run.
"Anything from the trolley? Anything from the trolley?" she yelled out.
Mark came from a rich pure-blood wizarding family, so he had about one hundred galleons with him.
"I'll take ten licorice wands, five chocolate frogs, and two boxes of berty's every-flavor beans," Mark told her, taking out his galleons. Kevin, Elaina, and Kelly stared in shock.
"What do your parents do for a living?" Kelly asked.
"My mom's a magical doctor, and my dad's a security guard for the minister," Mark revealed. "You're welcome to have some," Mark offered, pointing to his sweets.
Everyone dove in.
"Licorice wands are the best," Kevin pointed out.
"I think Berty Bott's every flavor beans have the potential to be better if you're careful when choosing," Elaina argued.
"I guess so," Kevin shrugged. "What house do you think you'll be in?" Kevin asked. "Both of my parents were in Ravenclaw, so I guess that's my best choice. What about you?"
"My mom was in Gryffindor, but my dad's a muggle, so I guess maybe Gryffindor," Kelly said.
"I personally hope Slytherin," Elaina said with a gleam in her eyes.
"My mom was a Slytherin, but my dad was a Hufflepuff, so I'm not exactly sure," Mark said confusingly.
Then, the train stopped.
"Guess we should go," Elaina suggested, and they left there compartments and stuck together when they left the train.
Then, they met the gamekeeper.
"Firs' years this way! Firs' years this way!" the gameskeeper yelled. The first years followed him into the boats, which magically rowed themselves to the castle which was Hogwarts.
Then they entered the castle, and an old witch was waiting there to greet them.
"I am Professor McCuskee, the Transfiguration Professor. I am here to introduce you to Hogwarts, which for the school year, will be your home. In a moment, you will be sorted into one of the four houses, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin. Through the entire year, your triumphs will gain points for your house, and your crimes will lose points for your house. Now please, follow me," Professor McCuskee explained, and the first years followed her.
They entered the great hall, where there were four tables, each filled with older students that were looking down upon them.
Mark, Elaina, Kevin, and Kelly were standing next to each other as students were about to be sorted.
"When I call your name, you will step up, and I will place the sorting hat upon your head, and you will be sorted into your house. First up, Amilh, Avery!" Professor McCuskee yelled.
Avery walked up, and the sorting hat was placed on his head. Then, in the blink of an eye, the hat came to life.
"Yes, yes, yes I know just what to do with you. HUFFLEPUFF!" the hat announced for everyone to hear, and Avery got up and rushed over to the Hufflepuff table.
"Pazel, Nick!" Professor McCuskee asked.
Nick came up to the stool, sat down, and the hat was placed on his head.
"Hmmmm…let me see, let me see…Ah, yes I know. GRYFFINDOR!"
Nick left and sat down at the Gryffindor table.
The process went on for five more minutes.
"Meisench, Luke!"
"HUFFELPUFF!"
"Shul, Robert!"
"SLYTHERIN!"
Then, Kevin was called up to the hat. Then, almost immediatley, the hat called out, "RAVENCLAW!"
The Ravenclaws cheered and Kevin sat down at their table.
Kelly was called up, and five seconds after the hat was placed on it yelled out, "GRYFFINDOR!"
Then, Elaina was called up. The hat appeared to be talking to her, and she was nodding her head.
"Are you sure? Well, I guess if that's what you want. SLYTHERIN!" and Elaina sat down at the Slytherin table.
Then, finally, Mark was called up, he sat down, and the hat was placed on his head.
"Ah, very interesting. Your mother was a Slytherin, but father was a Hufflepuff. You are hard working and loyal like a Huffelpuff, but clever and ambitious like a Slytherin. But where to put you?" the hat pondered.
Mark thought of Elaina in Slytherin house. So far, he had only made three good friends, and one of them was in Slytherin, and not Hufflepuff. And he thought of the quote about Slytherin house, "Or perhaps in Slytherin, you'll make real friends."
"Please, put me in Slytherin," Mark begged the hat.
"Slytherin? It's because of the girl that came before you, isn't it?" the hat asked in a teasing kind of voice. Mark blushed.
"So it is. SLYTHERIN!" the hat yelled out with a chuckle, and Mark left the stool and sat down next to Elaina at the Slytherin table.