"Firs' years! This way!" A tall man with thick brown hair and matching beard yelled. James, Sirius and I went over to him. "I'm Rubeus Hagrid. I'm the groundskeeper. Now, have we got everyone?" We all looked around. All the older students were gone. We started to go away from the castle and towards a lake. There were whispers from the students. "Are they gonna make us swim across?" "Is that how we are going to be sorted. As we got closer, we could see that fortunately, we wouldn't have to swim. There were boats that looked only big enough for 4 of us. "Climb in, in a few minutes, we'll be off. Oh an' watch out for the squid in the lake" With that, the crowd went silent. We suddenly started moving across the lake. There must've been a spell on the boats because they moved themselves across the water. We got to the castle less than five minutes later. Once inside, a woman with perfect posture greeted us. "Settle down first years." She didn't need to tell us to be quiet, we were all to nervous to speak. "Through these doors is the Great Hall where you will all be sorted into your houses. Now, your houses will be your family for the duration of the year. If one student does something wrong, your whole house will be reprimanded, so be careful." Someone behind us snickered and the woman yelled "Malfoy! That's enough from you!" We were led into the Great Hall. The Hall went silent, and a man with speckled glasses and a long, flowing beards was standing in the middle of the table at the front of the room. "When I call your name, come and sit on the stool to be sorted." The same woman as earlier said. The first to be sorted was a red haired girl named Molly. She was sorted to Gryffindor. Apparently, you're sorted with a hat. James went, then Sirius. Both Gryffindors. I hope to be in Gryffindor, and not to lose the friends I just made. All of a sudden, the woman said "Lupin, Remus!" I looked back and James gave me a thumbs up. Nervously, I walked to the front and sat on the chair.