minutes, another knock came, it was Hugo. "Hey guys, can I sit with you? It wasn't much fun with all the fourth years." "Sure!" Almost everyone said at once. Now we were evened out. Three boys, three girls.
After a while when we were almost there I had an idea. "Why don't we make a pact?" I asked. "About what?" Lysander asked. "A pact that no matter what we will always stay good friends, no matter what house we are put in." "Okay, let's do it!" Hugo agreed. "Alright, repeat after me, I promise that we will stay friends no matter what house I am put in. We will always be there for each other." They echoed me and we laughed. All of the sudden the train came to a stop. "We must be here." Someone said. We all looked at each other uneasily. It was weird, that we were so excited for this for so long, but now that we were here… we were scared. "I want to go back home." I hadn't realized I said that out loud until someone said, "Me too." I gulped. "Alright, then, we uh better get going, um, we don't want to be late for the sorting." We all walk out slowly. I see a huge castle looming over us. That must be Hogwarts. I hear a big booming voice. "Firs' years this way!" I turn and there's Hagrid. "C'mon guys!" I shout, acting braver than I feel. I run over to him. As he sees me his face lights up. He picks me up and hugs me. "Lil Lily Luna Ruby Potter, here at Hogwarts" "I'm excited to see you too Hagrid" "Well alrigh' then, if ya're all here now, we best get going." He leads us to some boats. Lucy, Dom, and I, pile into one boat, Hugo, Lorcan, and Lysander in another. We row across the lake towards the castle.
Once we get there we dock the boats and get out. It was a rocky ride, due to the fact that it was windy, resulting in each of us almost falling out at least five times. "Follow Me" Hagrid shouted, so we could hear him above the brewing storm. Right as we got inside it unleashed. It poured buckets of rain, with lightning and thunder every thirty seconds. Hagrid led us into a little room. We could barely fit. I blinked and Hagrid was gone. There must be another door.
All of the sudden I hear a familiar voice. "Line up in rows according to surname please." I looked around and saw Uncle Neville. It was nice to see another familiar face in such a scary and unfamiliar place. We all lined up, which was rather hard due to the room being so small. He gave us instructions of how the sorting was to happen and disappeared. We waited for what seemed like forever, when all of the sudden the doors opened.
We walked into the room and it was magnificent. It was huge. With four long tables side by side, and a table at the front. I saw my brothers and cousins at their respective tables, they all waved at us. I was beginning to feel less scared. Rose pointed upwards, I looked up and saw floating candles, against the dark ceiling they looked like stars in a midnight sky. Then the Sorting started.
"Adams, William"
Adams, William went up to the Sorting Hat and sat down. The hat was on there for a minute before it yelled, "HUFFLEPUFF!" Name after name after name was called. I didn't mind the wait. I was so nervous. All of the sudden I heard "Potter, Lily Luna!" The whole room went silent. Of course it did, I'm the last Potter, and his only daughter. I walked up, as slow as I could, dreading the outcome. I didn't really mind any of the houses, I don't know why I didn't want to get sorted. Uncle Neville, or Professor Longbottom smiled as I sat down. He placed the hat on my head and everything went dark.
"Why hello Lily Luna Potter, last of the Potter clan, only girl to be born into it for four generations, what house shall I put you in? You are very clever, perhaps Ravenclaw? Mmmm, but you also are very kind hearted and loyal, perhaps Hufflepuff? You are very Ambitious, maybe Slytherin? But the trait you are most, is Loyalty. That's why I am putting you in HUFFLEPUFF!" The hat is taken off my head. Nobody looks surprised. Albus looked sympathetic, but he wasn't looking at me. He was looking at James. I look over to James, he looks... disappointed. He wanted at least one of his siblings to be in his house.
"Wait!" Someone yelled. I realized it was me. Everyone stared. "I, um I want to go again" "Lily, you can't go again" Neville said kindly. "Let me sort her again, I may have missed something." A voice said from behind us. Neville was clearly confused. "Go on, put it back on." A voice from behind us said. I turned around. It was an old lady, with horned glasses, and a tall witches hat, Headmistress McGonagall. Neville ushered me back to the stool and I sat down again. "I made a mistake. Please Forgive me Lily Luna, this is the first time I have. You surprised me Lily Luna, very much. I did sense something deep in you that could only be unlocked through one thing, Love. You are very brave, when you have to be for your loved ones. You are brave, out of love, and that will help you in challenges yet to come. Gryffindor is where you truly truly belong. Iam officially re-sorting you into GRYFFINDOR!" The last word echoes of off the walls. Everyone stared. Albus looked proud, and James looked shocked. But, sure enough that shock melted into happiness as he realized what had happened.
As I walked over to the table, they made room for me. "I think you're the bravest person I have ever met." A boy with blonde hair and freckles said. I nodded while sitting there a little awkwardly. I felt strangely at home. With most of my cousins, and my brother here. I wouldn't have known anybody in Hufflepuff. After a little while it got to S, both of the Scamander twins were sorted into Ravenclaw, and W came along sure enough, Lucy, Hugo, and Dominique were all sorted into Gryffindor as well "Lily, I can't believe you did that." and "Why?" Were asked as they sat down. I just smiled in return.
The Headmistress got up to speak. "Welcome all, to Hogwarts. I trust you had a comfortable ride. This year we will be enforcing the rules against going outside the castle at night as there have been werewolf sightings near. Nothing to worry about if we take precautions. You will be safe during the day, but at night we cannot guarantee this so you will need to be indoors. With that, I hope we can have a beneficial and educational year. Let the feast begin!"
As she said this, plates full of food appeared. I grabbed a spoon of Mashed Potatoes and plopped it on my plate, grabbed some ham, and a couple of Yorkshire puddings. I ate and as I did we chattered excitedly and happily full of adrenaline from the previous moments. Right before dessert arrived, James turned to me. "Why did you do that?" He asked, almost cautiously. "As soon as I heard it, I knew I didn't belong there. So to prove how brave I was, and to change it, I yelled to do it over and now I'm here." He looked at me suspiciously and went back to his meal. I was stuffed, well at least I was until I saw the Treacle Tart. I grabbed one right before the basket disappeared. The Headmistress rose once again. "Students, you are now dismissed. You will get your schedules tomorrow." We all walked along hallways, and turned a lot. I was in the very back. We came across some staircases, to be clear moving staircases. "Hurry!" The prefect said. "The pathway is clear, if we go now we won't have to wait." We all hurry up them. Right as I got one foot off of the last stair, it moved. I almost fell but to my luck James grabbed my arm. He pulled me up. "Thank You" "Watch your step Tiger." He smirked. We hurry on. "James?" I ask "Do you think that everyone will think I'm…odd, after tonight?" "Yes" He replied, seeing the worried look on my face he laughed. "They'll get over it in a couple days though." "Okay" I replied still not sure. We reach a painting of a fat lady. I look at the plaque underneath it and found out that it is actually called "The Fat Lady" "Whippersnappers" The prefect says. The portrait swings open and he steps in. "This is the common room. Girl dorms are this way, and boy dorms are this way, first years on the bottom floors." He says gesturing. We walk through into a large cozy red and gold room. It had multiple large fireplaces, couches, chairs, tables. It felt like home. "First years girls this way!" Who I assume to be the lady prefect to be calls.
We follow her up a flight of stairs and in a doorway. "Here is your room, your things are already here. Get comfortable and get a good night's sleep. You'll need
it. My name is Abigail Pemberton if you need me." She walks out. We each go to our beds. They look immensely comfortable. I get into my nightclothes and get ready for bed. Right as I am about to climb in, I decide to do something. I take out my journal from Aunt Hermione and Uncle Ron, and write my first entry:
Hello, because it is my first entry, I am going to say a bit about myself. I am Lily Luna Ruby Potter. From my name, you can guess that I am a well-known person. Not for anything I did, no. But because of the fact that I am the daughter of the boy who lived, the chosen one, the almighty Harry Potter. Or you might know me as the daughter of Ginny Weasley Potter, or the sister of one of the most popular boys in school/great quidditch player James Sirius. Or the sister of the Slytherin Potter Albus Severus. If you guessed one of those, Bingo! You are correct! Don't get me wrong, I love my family, and would do anything for them, it's just no matter what I do, I'll never live up to them. You might think that it's the same for my brothers but it is not. Albus is in Slytherin, and James is James. Everyone knows he's Harry Potter's son, but that's not what he's known for. I'm just Lily Luna Potter. I hope I can make a name for myself now that I'm at Hogwarts.
Signing off
Lily Luna Potter
I finish off, set it aside and curl up under my blankets. The storm was still raging on outside, but it just made me feel more comfortable. I closed my eyes and went to sleep.