Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER, that is solely J.K. Rowling I just own my oc's, now if i use an oc i did not create i will inform you who made it. Now onto the story!
Ariadne looked around as she stepped off the train, it was rather dark at the moment. The only light coming from a handful of gas lamps and a lantern being held by a man who appeared to be half-giant. She heard the man tell the first-years, like herself, to go toward him. She had heard about this man from Remus, the man was known as Rubeus Hagrid. Remus had told her that he was a rather gentle soul, and that she could trust him. She walked toward him, and waited for instruction on what to do next.
She glanced at the rather rickety looking boats as Hagrid told them to get in, four to a boat of course. She clambered into a boat with the bushy haired girl from earlier, Harry Potter and the young Weasely whose first name she could not, for the life of her, remember. She looked down at the gently rolling surface of the lake as the boats started to move forward of their own accord. She could have sworn she had spotted something rather large moving underneath the dark waves of the lake.
She felt rather small when she saw just how large the outside of the castle was. She ducked her head when they had to go under a bit of hanging moss. She looked up at some steps that started at what appeared to be the docking spot for the small rickety boats. Once the boats stopped, her and everyone else got out of the boats and stood there at the bottom of the steps.
Soon a tall woman with slate gray hair, pulled up into a tight bun, wearing emerald green and black velvet robes appeared at the bottom of the steps. "First Years, welcome to Hogwarts. I am Professor McGonagall and I will be escorting you to the Great Hall, so you will all be sorted. Now i want you all to follow me in a neat and orderly fashion."
The woman the turned and lead them to a pair of large oak doors, "Wait here so i can see if they are ready for you." She walked into the Great Hall to see if the other students had arrived and were at their respective tables. After a moment, she came back out and lead them all into the Great Hall.
She had them all line up while she placed a three-legged stool in the center of the top step. She then sat down a rather rugged and old looking hat on the stool. A tear opened on the old hat and it soon started to sing.
"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!"
The Professor looked out over all the First Years and pulled out a rolled-up sheaf of parchment. "When I call your name, come up and put the Sorting Hat on your head. Once sorted go to your respective table."
Ariadne waited silently for her name to be called. While she waited, she learned that the busy haired girl from earlier was named Hermione Granger, and she was placed in Gryffindor. Ariadne looked up when she heard Harry Potter's name called, she watched him as he was placed in Gryffindor as well.
"Riddle, Ariadne!" The Professor said rather loudly, her name causing Professor Dumbledore's eyes to widen slightly along with a male with a rather sallow looking face.
Ariadne walked up the steps, and sat down on the stool as the hat was placed on her head. "Hmmm, another Riddle i see. I wonder what kind of witch you will become my dear, let's just see what your father's house makes of you. Slytherin!" The hat shouted out her new House's name. Unlike the reactions for some of the other Slytherin's, Ariadne did not get much of a welcoming from her fellow Slytherin's.
She took the hat off and slowly made her way over to Slytherin table and took a seat some little ways away from her fellow housemates. She could tell right away that her being sorted there was not well received in the slightest bit. She looked up as the other first years were sorted. She ducked her head when the last one was sorted and waited for the feast to begin.
She let out a sigh of relief when Dumbledore sat back down, and food appeared on the tables. She grabbed a couple things and started to nibble on the food. She glanced around occasionally at the other students. She was curious as to what might happen during her first year.