Chapter 4 THE SORTING
The professors and I all used magic to set up the dining hall. After two weeks of constant lessons from all of them I was completely up to date with all of the magic that the students in my year level already knew. Plus a few more offence and defence spells, like expecto patronum, my patronus is a hawk. That one took me a while to get because I couldn't find a happy enough thought. When I did it was just the flock and I hanging out with Ella and mum at their house in Virginia.
One by one the professors left the dining hall to get the other students from The Hogwarts Express, I followed Hagrid to collect the first years. In the end Dumbledore was the only staff left in the hall. Before we left I looked around at the hall to examine my handy work. I used wingardium leviosa to move all the tables. There was a staff table at the front of the room and four long tables along the hall where the houses were split up.
"Why don't you fly down to the train station Max? None of the students will be there yet." Said Hagrid.
"Sure, this might be my last chance to stretch my wings for a while." I answered him politely. I think he just wanted to see my wings again, but he was to polite to ask.
I slipped my wings out of the robes that I was wearing and took off in the right direction. Random fact about my robes, Flitwick enchanted them so that when I extended my wings two slits would appear so that I could fly, and when I fold them back up they just look like normal robes! Cool huh?
I saw the train station straight away, all the professors besides Hagrid and Dumbledore are already there waiting for it to pull up. I did a steep dive and landed next to professor Flitwick.
"The train will be here any minute." He informed me. I nodded and waited silently. There was a loud whistle and a chugging sound that only I could hear with my expert hearing. Hagrid came running down the hill just in time to see the train stop at the station.
"Just made it." He said puffing between his words.
The train stopped in front of us and hundreds of kids poured out of it. I instantly got separated from Hagrid and all of the other professors.
Someone pushed me so I turn around and see a pale blond haired boy with a smirk on his face.
"Watch where your going!" I yelled at him. From the look on his face I could tell that he pushed me on purpose.
"Do you have any idea who I am!" He yelled back at me. The crowd was slowing down to watch the confrontation.
"No, but from your attitude I do know that you're a Slytherin!" I yelled back at him harshly.
"And what's that suppose to mean?" He hissed at me.
I simply gave him a small smile, then he snapped and attacked me without even taking out his wand. He is such an idiot, nobody tries to attacks me unless they want some broken bones.
I dodged his punch easily and snapped out my arm. It connected with his nose and made a cracking sound, definitely broken. He glared at me, well tried...
"Nice moves dude, you've got a bit of blood on your face." I say with a small laugh. In fact, his entire face was covered in blood from his nose. He took out his wand and shouted a spell that I dodged.
He was about to use another spell when we were interrupted by Professor McGonagall who stormed into the circle of students that had surrounded us.
"DRACO! PUT DOWN THAT WAND AT ONCE!" He obeyed still glaring daggers at me. "Max, follow me. We will deal with this later." She said sternly. With a final glance at 'Draco' I follow McGonagall. She lead me through the crowd and back to Hagrid, who was talking to two boys and a girl who looked around my age.
One of the boys had black hair, bright green eyes and glasses, he also had a lightning bolt scar on his forehead. This must be the Harry Potter Dumbledore told me about. The other boy had very red hair and lots of freckles. The girl had long bushy hair and looked like the book type. Must be Ron and Hermione I thought.
"Ahh, Max, This is Harry, Ron and Hermione, they're in your year level." He said before noticing the mad expression on McGonagall's face.
"What did you do Max?"Hagrid sighed.
"She broke Draco's nose." McGonagall started to say something else when the red head called Ron interrupted.
"What did he do?" Ron asked excitedly.
"Ron!" hissed Hermione. I smiled at that, those two would be perfect together.
"He pulled his wand on me." I said to Ron.
"The bugger deserved it." He said. McGonagall shook her head and left to go and direct other students to the castle.
"What house are you guys in?" I asked the three of them.
"Gryffindor!" They all said at once, it was really funny. I hope I can get into Gryffindor...
"Cool." I said simply.
"Come on Max, We've got to get the first years up to the castle," Said Hagrid. "FIRST YEARS! FIRST YEARS FOLLOW ME PLEASE!" He yelled as the first years gathered around us.
Harry, Ron and Hermione said goodbye and wandered over to their friends.
The first years and I all followed Hagrid to the docks and took boats across the lake, then we walked the rest of the way to Hogwarts.
We arrived at the doors and were handed over to McGonagall. The first years reactions to the paintings were hilarious. I guess I looked the same when I first saw them. Oh the shame...
We arrived outside the Great Hall doors and McGonagall started telling the first years what was going to happen and how we would be sorted. Then she came over to me and said that I was going to be sorted with the first years and then go join my fellow classmates.
When she finished she opened the doors and walked in. I was the first to follow her. I got some odd looks from the students because I was obviously not a first year, I towered above them.
McGonagall introduced me to the school explaining how I was a new student in fourth year. I sat down on the stool in the middle of the room and she placed the Sorting Hat on my head.
Hmm interesting... Came a voice in my head. For a second I thought it was 'The Voice' but I hadn't heard from is since I destroyed itex.
Please Gryffindor. Please Gryffindor. Please Gryffindor. I keep repeating in my head.
You definitely have the heart of a Gryffindor. He said. You would do well in any of the houses, but your heart lies in...
"GRYFFINDOR!" The Hat yelled loudly for all of the students to hear. I took off the hat and walked over to the Gryffindor table. Harry, Ron and Hermione beckoned me over and I sat in the spare seat next to them.