AN: Guys, this chapter is unbetaed but my beta is taking a while to get it back, once I do get it back, then I'll update it with the edited version, sorry for any mistakes.
Sagan and Lincoln found a compartment with Lily and Albus. Al's best friend, Mark Jordan, quickly joined them. He was followed in by Rose and Hugo.
Al introduced Mark to the twins so they sat and talked about their holidays until the witch with the food trolley came. Sagan and Lincoln, not having had any of this, decided to try a bit of everything, not without a warning about 'Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans'.
"They mean every flavour," Lily explained. "Teddy says he got a glue flavour one once, whatever glue is."
"Glue is something...muggles...use to stick stuff to paper." Lincoln told her.
The twins had fun testing and trying out all sorts of wizarding confectionary, and even started a Chocolate Frog card collection.
"I wonder what house you all will be in," Mark mused.
"What houses are there? Are any of them we don't want to get into?" asked Sagan.
"Well, the houses are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin, each house has its own colours and representative animal. They are red, gold and a lion for Gryffindor, yellow, black and a badger for Hufflepuff, blue, bronze and an eagle for Ravenclaw and green, silver and a serpent for Slytherin. Now, I definitely don't want you to be in Slytherin, most dark wizards come from Slytherin, everybody says Hufflepuff's are a load of duffers, but it wouldn't be that bad. Each house has a redeeming quality, bravery, loyalty, wit and cunning. OK, now I've rambled enough, girls, scoot, we're going to get changed."
After the boys got changed, then they swapped and the girls got changed, the train started slowing down.
"Firs' years! Firs' years, over here!" Lincoln could see a huge man over the top of everyone's heads who was beckoning to them. Once they were all assembled in front of him he said, "Alright, no more'n four to a boat, and FORWARD."
Sagan caught her first glimpse of Hogwarts and almost fell out of her boat in surprise, she only didn't because Lincoln grabbed the back of her robes and Lily and Hugo each caught one of her arms.
The huge man, who they later found out was named Hagrid, led them up to the Entrance Hall, where Sagan was glad to see Professor McGonagall. Lincoln could hear hundreds of voices emanating from the grand doors to the right; he assumed the rest of the school was already here. Professor McGonagall explained that before they could eat, they had to be sorted into their houses, and on she went to explain all about the 4 houses that Sagan and Lincoln had already heard.
"At Hogwarts I was crafted
Many years ago
And through the ages I have seen
Great wizards come and go
Whether gifted with a clever mind
Courage, wit, or virtues
You must stay wary of your talents
And with which purpose they are used
While we glory in these days of peace
We all still must remember
The sacrifices that were made
For our world to continue to prosper
History can repeat itself
Without continued examination
So while you're learning to use magic
Keep justice as your foundation
The pointless deaths of war will haunt
This hat for all existence
For I have seen too many lives
Be paid because of intolerance
Witch or wizard, muggle or squib
House-elf or centaur
The responsibility lies in all of us
To treat the lot as brother
And as I have said many times
And will say again
I sometimes do regret sorting
Separating those that might have been friends
Whether Gryffindor or Ravenclaw
Slytherin or Hufflepuff
You must stay united for what is right
This I cannot stress enough
And though I'm just a sorting hat
I have knowledge deep within
But you've all listened enough tonight
Let the sorting now begin!"
"Now, when I call your name, please step forward, sit on the stool and I will place the hat on your head,
Abel, Darcy."
A broad shouldered, blonde boy walked quickly up to the stool, looking nervous at being the first called, only to be sorted into Ravenclaw after what looked like a lengthy discussion. Next came 'Adams, Seth' who became the first Gryffindor. The sorting continued for a few more people until Brown, Lucas and Bush, William became the first Hufflepuff and Slytherin respectively.
Lincoln found he was starting to lose concentration on his surroundings only to be woken up from his reverie by his twin sister who nudged him in the ribs when he didn't respond to the call of Dursley, Lincoln.
He walked cautiously up to the sorting hat, not knowing what to expect, it didn't look painful, but you never know.
"Ahh, a muggleborn I see, well that already rules out Slytherin. Very smart and also very loyal to your friends and especially your sister. But I see more bravery than those so it'll have to be... GRYFFINDOR!!!"
Lincoln had the impression that the last word was shouted out for everyone to hear, since the furthest table on the left started cheering. He waved to Sagan and walked over to sit next to Annabella Barnes, another first year, and across from Seth Adams.
He turned his head to watch Sagan get sorted.
Sagan's POV
"So much like your brother you are, but while he favours bravery, you, on the other hand, more favour smarts and wittiness. I believe you should be in... RAVENCLAW!!!"
The rest of the sorting passed fairly quickly, she only paused briefly to notice that both Lily and Hugo had been sorted into Gryffindor.
Sagan stared at the Gryffindor table wistfully, not only was she split from her twin brother for the first time in her life, she was the only person from her compartment on the train that wasn't in Gryffindor.
"At least I'm not in Slytherin," she muttered to herself.
"Sorry, were you speaking to me?" the girl next to her asked. Sagan thought her name might've been Amie, or something like that.
"Oh, no, I'm just speaking to myself, see, I only know a few people here, the people from my compartment, and all of them, were sorted into Gryffindor, including my twin brother."
"Well, now you know me, too, and obviously I'm not in Gryffindor, hi, I'm Amie Oddball, and I am very proud of my name, it suits me, a lot."
At this, Sagan had to laugh, I think I'm gonna like this girl, she thought. "I'm Sagan Dursley, like Carl Sagan, he was a muggle astronomer."
"Cool, I like your name."
"Thanks." They finished their dinner and then dessert came up. Sagan grabbed a chocolate profiterole and Amie grabbed two caramel tarts. Once they were finished, they followed the Ravenclaw fifth year prefects to Ravenclaw tower. The female, who they found out was named Courtney, knocked once on the door. At once, the beak of an eagle, which was situated on the door, opened and out came a soft, musical voice, which said "What has four legs, then two legs, then 3 legs?"
"I believe that would be a person," Courtney replied. "Four legs in babyhood, two legs in adolescence and adulthood, and walking with a cane in the elderly."
"Correct." At this, the door swung open. After everybody filed in, she turned to the first years and said, "To get into the common room; you just have to answer a question, if you get it wrong, you just wait outside until someone gets it right. Boys dormitories up those stairs and to the right, girls, the same on your left. Have a good night." She said pointing to a staircase to her right.
Meanwhile, with the gryffindors…
They walked, and they walked, and they walked, until after what seemed like hours to Lincoln, they reached a portrait of a very fat lady in a pink dress, "Password?" she said in a very posh voice.
"Devil's Snare," replied the prefect named Declan. The portrait swung forward to reveal an entryway to which they all filed through. They gathered in the common room with Declan and Hugo's cousin Dominique standing at the front.
"Now, girls dormitories are up that staircase and to your left, boys, the same on your right. Your belongings have already been brought up, sleep well." Dominique told everyone. As soon as he walked into the dormitory, Lincoln spotted Jasper's cage by one of the windows, sure enough, his bed was beside the window. As soon as his head hit the pillow, he was asleep.