Chapter 2: The Castle is all sorted
The train arrived at hogsmead station in the early evening. The four boys steeped onto the rain soaked platform.
"Alrigh' firs' years. Yer' all commin' with me." A large shaggy man said. "My names Rubeus Hagird an' I'll be takin' ya on the boats this evenin'"
All the first years followed the man to the great lake.
"Alrigh'. No more than four to a boat."
Remus, James, Sirius and Peter climbed into one of the first boats and set sail.
"Yer should be getting' ya firs' look at the castle soon." Hagrid exclaimed quite some time later. All the first years' ohed and ahhed over the monstrosity of the castle.
The boats jolted to a stop and the first years clambered out and onto dry land. They continued to follow Hagrid into the entrance hall of the castle where they were handed over to a middle age witch in emerald green robes.
"Good evening students I am Proffessor McGonagall and in a few minutes you will enter through these doors and be sorted into houses." She explained motioning to the doors behind her. "The Houses are Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin and while you are at Hogwarts they will be like your family. Triumphs will earn you points and rule breaking will lose you points."
When she finished the doors behind her swung open to reveal a great hall. The first years walked in amazed by what they saw. Some were fixated on the roof, others waved at friends and families. Some, like Remus, worried about the sorting that lay ahead.
It was McGonagall who spoke again. "When I call your name please step forward and place this hat on your head." McGonagall got out a long scroll and read the first name. "Abbor, Dee."
The tall girl sat in silence for a few seconds until the sorting hat yelled "RAVENCLAW" the girl practically skipped to her seat.
Three more were sorted, the McGonagall called "Black, Sirius." The slytherin table erupted in a pre-sorted cheer, all just assuming the young Black would go with his lineage. The room fell silent when the sorting hat deemed Sirius a worthy Gryffindor and not a slytherin. It was surprisingly Sirius who broke the silence, cheering himself back to the Gryffindor table.
A few more students were sorted, including a girl named Lily Evans, when she got placed in Gryffindor a boy standing next to James let out a low groan of distaste.
Before he knew it, it was Remus' name getting called. He sat on the three legged stool and placed the hat on, which on the skinny boy looked dreadfully oversized.
"Ohhh, I know what you are young boy. Takes a tremendous amount of courage to do that, you're loyal though and you have a fair amount of brains. Better be GRYFANDOR." The Gryffindor table erupted with tears as the boy walked over to it to join his friend in their new house. Happy to belong somewhere.
Peter ended up in Gryffindor, as did James ,unsurprisingly, and the four boys ate and talked their way through dinner. James tried to ignore the glares of his family at the slytherin table, but that proved a difficult task.
When the students were full and the food had disappeared Professor Dumbledore said a few words and the students were dismissed back to the common rooms filled with excitement for their new school year.
The Gryffindor common room was amazing. Full of scarlet and gold furnishings, complete with a great fireplace.
The boys room was just as remarkable, with five big beds and cupboards for each, the four boys who would later be known as the Marauders and another first year boy, a shy boy smaller than Remus called Walter, set to the task of choosing which be they would take, before climbing into their pyjamas and settling into sleep.
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