First of all I would like to say that the characters in this story belong to J. K. Rowling, and that I hope you enjoy the story and comment!
Draco's Little Sister
Chapter 4: Hogwarts
Hagrid led Amelia back out of Diagon Alley into the Leaky Cauldron and out the door. From there, they walked to the train station and stood between platforms ten and nine.
"I'm going to have to leave you now," said Hagrid. "Just run through that brick wall over there, and you'll be at platform nine and three quarters, then get on to the train and it'll take you to Hogwarts." Hagrid handed Amelia her cart with her trunk and Henny in his cage in it. "I'll sort things out with Dumbledore for your arrival; he's an understanding man and will probably let you come."
"Who's Dumbledore?" asked Amelia.
"He's the headmaster, and a very important man," Hagrid told her. "Are you going to be alright?"
"I think so," Amelia answered uncertainly. She stared ahead at the brick wall. She turned her cart to it and pushed. She ran right into it, and while she was expecting to bump into it, she glided right through. Amelia was now on a different platform. A huge scarlet train was standing right in front of her, steam pouring out of the top. Millions of witches and wizards like her were boarding the train, and saying goodbye to their families. She timidly approached the train, and hauled her trunk on to it. She got inside and walked down the aisle. She opened a compartment and saw that it was empty. Amelia walked in and sat down, unsure what to do next. She waited for more people to come. Soon, a tall, older girl with long red hair opened the door to her compartment.
"Mind if I sit here?" she asked.
"No, not at all." said Amelia smiling at her, and hoping to make friends with her. She sat down across from her.
"Hi, my name's Ginny," said the girl. "What's yours?"
"I'm Amelia, Amelia Malfoy," she answered. The girl gaped at, just like everyone else did when she said her last name. Amelia began to wonder if there was something wrong with her family, Hagrid did say that her brother was nasty, maybe her parents were too.
"Are you Draco's sister?" she asked, wide eyed.
"Yes," she answered, not sure if she should have told her that. If Draco was some kind of bully, then maybe people wouldn't like her… "Do you know him?"
"Well, sorta. He's kinda a bully at Hogwarts," she answered. "I didn't even know he had a sister." Amelia thought whether or not she should tell Ginny what had happened or not. She decided that she should keep quiet about it.
"Oh ya, he doesn't talk much about me," she said. "What year are you in?" she wanted to change the subject.
"I'm a third year," Ginny said loftily. "I hope you get put in Gryffindor, or maybe you'll be in Slytherin like your brother."
"What are Gryffindor and Slytherin? Are they like groups?" Amelia asked curiously.
"Those are houses you get put in. Each house a common room and dorms, and they are like your family. There are four houses, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Slytherin." explained Ginny.
"Are you in Gryffindor?" Amelia asked.
"Yep, and Draco's in Slytherin. In my opinion, Slytherin is evil," whispered Ginny. "Oh look, we're almost there!" she pointed out the window. There was a small town clustered by a huge lake. And looming over it, was a huge castle. It looked magnificent. Amelia stared at the castle with her mouth open. She would soon be going to school here! Amelia had no clue what school was like, but she knew that she would learn magic there. The word made her excited. She couldn't wait to learn magic.
The train screeched to a stop in the little town. It was swarming with people, probably all wizards, thought Amelia with a jolt of excitement. She quickly put on her cloak and got off the bus. A very familiar large bearded was standing at the station with a lantern in his hand. Amelia waved at Hagrid. He beckoned her forward.
"Was the trip al' righ'?" he asked between shouts of "Firs' years over here!"
"Yes, I'm very excited to be here," she said beaming. Hagrid smiled then lead all of the first year students out of the town of bustling wizards, to the lakeside. There many small row boats docked in front of them, which Amelia thought Hagrid would probably not fit into them. She was directed into one of the row boats with a short boy and a girl. She climbed in to the boat and they set off across the lake. They were right in the middle of the lake when the short boy was leaning over the side of the boat looking in to its depths.
"Don't do that, you might fall," warned Amelia as she rowed along with the other girl.
"I'll be careful!" wined the boy. He leaned out farther as if he had spotted something.
"Hey, what's thaaaaaaaat!" he had fallen head first in to the icy depths of the lake. Amelia hurried over to where he was sitting and looked down in to the water. Amelia began to panic, a feeling she had never experienced before, she was worried…
"What happened?" said the other girl abandoning her oar and rushing over to the side where he had fallen. Hagrid, who was sharing the boat along with them, came running over to the edge also. after a few moments of searching, The boy was shoved back into the boat by something in the water. He lay sopping wet on the floor. Hagrid rushed over to him and rapped him in his own cloak. The cloak was several sizes much to big for the boy, and he looked funny wearing it.
"S-something p-pushed me b-back in!" he stuttered excitedly as they set off again.
"You alrigh'?" asked Hagrid once he was safely sitting In the boat.
"Great!" he said the boy cheerfully. The rest of the ride was quiet and uneventful. The finally made it the shore, and rode up the hill towards Hogwarts in carriages which seemed to be pulling themselves. They made it to the towering door in the front of the building. they were swept inside to a warm and cheerful atmosphere. There were four long tables; one was green and silver, one scarlet and gold, one yellow and black, and one blue and bronze. Amelia looked up and saw that there wasn't even a ceiling, or so it just looked that way…
The first years were lead to the front of the hall, where an old man with a long white beard stood in the center. In front of him, a woman stood next to a small stool with a battered old hat on it.
"Welcome first years, to Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry," announced the women standing in front of them. "You will each come forward as I say your names to be sorted."
Sorted? Thought Amelia, how did they do that?
"You will come forward and put on this hat," she said pointing to the tattered old hat on the stool. "And it will read your thoughts and put you in Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, or Slytherin." The Women picked up a list and began to read names off of it. They would go sit on the stool, and surprisingly, the hat would actually shout out what house they would be in. Amelia glanced around the room in hope of seeing her brother; she spotted in at the green and silver table smirking with a couple of big guys. Amelia waited anxiously for her turn to be sorted. Everyone had been sorted, and Amelia was the last one left. She felt everyone's eyes on her, some of them murmuring to their neighbors.
"And lastly, Amelia Malfoy," said The woman. There were gasped and even more whispers. Amelia walked slowly to the stool, aware that everyone was staring at her. Why was this? Then she remembered Hagrid telling her that her brother was a bit of a bully here. Amelia hoped this wouldn't ruin her chances of making friends…
She nervously sat down on the stool and the hat was placed on her head. Hmmm…. she could hear the hat's voice In her head, Quite a family you have, all of which who have been in Slytherin, I might just put you in there but…. I couldn't do that since you have none of the traits of a Slytherin… Your kind, smart, and brave… But where to put you…. I think you'll do well in… "GRYFFINDOR!" The hat shouted. There were gasps and Amelia looked right at Draco. His mouth was wide open in shock. His shock turned to embarrassment when all of the Slytherins began laughing at him. She got off the stool and walked towards the Gryffindor table. The hat said all of her family members were in Slytherin, why wasn't she?
