Author's note: Just saying, even in my dizziest daydreams, I don't own Harry Potter. Also; the song isn't mine! That is J.K Rowling's too
Differences and Welcomes
The train comes to a stop and the doors open. Scorpius and I climb out of the carriage. "Well, I'll see you around, Lily" Scorpius waves heading over to carts.
A large, hairy man, otherwise known as Hagrid, calls out "Firs' years! Firs' years! Head on over ere'!"
Smiling at the sight of him I stride over and hug him as tight as I can. "Hi Professor Hagrid." I giggle.
"Hello Lily! Hi Hugo" He greets us as Hugo comes to join me chocolate smeared under his eye.
"Where were you on the train? Why didn't you sit with us?" Hugo asks quietly.
"I didn't want to sit in a crowded compartment with the whole of my family. Have you got a problem with that?" I snap back. Sensing that I had hurt him, I take a deep breath. "I just wanted to be alone." He nods. Hagrid leads us to the boats and I sit next to Hugo.
He leads up the stairs and the new deputy headmaster Professor Flitwick greets us. "Soon, I will lead you into the Great Hall where you will be sorted into your houses. While you are here, your houses will be like your family."
He opens the tall doors leading into the Great Hall and a loud applause fills the room. We wander into the Hall, all of us awestruck by the enchanted ceiling. Across from the teachers table was a small stool with an old, charred hat sitting on top of it. We gathered in a large group and I noticed Scorpius, the boy I met on the train, in Ravenclaw. Professor McGonagall tapped a glass with a spoon so it rang out through the hall, and everyone fell silent. The hat on the stool started moving.
"Oh you may not think I'm pretty,
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
You can keep your bowlers black,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.
You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart;
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil;
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
if you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folks use any means
To achieve their ends.
So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands (though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!"
And with that the sorting hat fell silent. Professor Flitwick made his way to the front of the table and started calling out names. "Appleby, Millie" A tall blonde girl made her way through the crowd carefully and slowly made her way to the stool. Flitwick levitated the hat onto her head. After a short pause, the Hat shouted, "HUFFLEPUFF!" and the girl left towards the applauding table with a wide grin on her face.
More and more names were called until at last the Professor called out "Potter, Lily"
A loud cheer rang through the hall sounding from the Gryffindor table on which I saw my family already making room for me. The other tables were all whispering casually to their neighbour as opposed to the usual anticipated silence. I take a large calm breath and walk briskly to the stool.
The hat landed upon my head and I heard the voice muttering inside my head. "Hmm… another Potter…not a Hufflepuff, no, no definitely not. Hmm… a great mind, very courageous and quite cunning… but where to put you? I would say…" and with surprising volume "RAVENCLAW!"
Silence fell throughout the whole Hall, until the Ravenclaw table broke out into a loud applause. The Gryffindor table was still silent until James and Albus stood up and started clapping. Gradually the rest of the table joined in, still extremely surprised.
I went to sit down and found myself sitting next to Scorpius. He smiled at me reassuringly. "Don't worry," He said. "I was a surprise too. Everyone expected a Malfoy to be put in Slytherin but I guess I'm different from the rest of my family."
"You're a Malfoy?" I said stunned. My uncle Ron had told me to stay away from the Malfoy's because they were a lot of trouble. Feeling a bit uncomfortable I piled my plate with the feast that had just appeared and concentrated on eating as not to encourage conversation.
The prefects showed us first years to the dorm of which required the answer to a question to enter. The eagle doorknocker asked us "An animal that means, to have a callous on one's foot". Clearly the prefect was stumped. Looking around I could see everyone else looking puzzled. Getting tired of standing there, I call out "Wouldn't it be a unicorn?" Everyone turned to look at me. "Well, I mean, a callous can also be called a corn. And it said A callous meaning one. Uni-corn." I gave a half smile and half a shrug. The prefect smiled. As the eagle doorknocker opened up and congratulated me.
Once we were all inside the common room, the prefect started his speech. "Quite often, you will see a group of Ravenclaw's surrounding the door, all trying to work out the password. If this happens, which it does all the time, don't stay away and don't stand around quietly, join in! It is a chance to learn and create new friendships. However, sometimes it can take up to an hour, so if you are leaving the common room, I advise you to check your bags twice for everything you need. Well that is enough from me. It is time for you to go to bed. You have a big day tomorrow." With that he smiled and pointed us to our dorms.
I climbed the small staircase and clambered onto my bed. I let out Loki, my owl, and smoothed his feathers. There were three other girls in my dormitory all whispering excitedly. I wandered over with Loki, to where they were huddled and they smiled at me as they showed me copies of our new time tables. They handed me mine and announced themselves as Ning Chang, Courtney Brown and Kiki Edwards. A light turned on and we all scrambled back into our beds. A smile came across my face as I fell into a deep sleep.
Author's note: Hey! I hoped you like it! Please review and tell me whether it is worth continuing. Thanks baiiii!