Chapter 8
All the students were deported from the train, and on to a platform. They were met by a giant holding a lantern, with a thick black beard and even thicker plus longer hair to go with it. The giant scared a lot of the students, however he never scared Harry; in fact Harry might have taken the giant to be friendlier than how Sirius said they were supposed to be.
"All first years, gather around me" the giant called out, so everyone went to where he was. "Now, my name is Rubeus Hagrid. I teach Care of Magical Creatures, to third year students only. Now all of ya will follow me to the boats and stick together. If anyone wanders off, well then no one will care to get ya" he said causing a couple of murmurs from the group of kids. "I was jus kiddin bout the last part" he said, gaining a smirk from Harry. Harry looked in the crowd for Draco or Hermione. He didn't find any of them among the crowd.
All of them had walked to a river bank, floating on the surface were a bunch of small boats. "Alright, now split yourself into groups of five". Everybody began splitting themselves immediately; Harry was looking for a group to join when he heard someone call out "HARRY!"
Harry turned on the spot looking for the source of the noise. He then saw Draco waving his arms, Luna and Hermione by his side. Harry smiled then walked over to them.
"Where've you been hiding" Draco said with a playful smile.
"Shut up Draco" Harry said. The four of them were walking over to a boat when a boy's voice stopped them.
"Excuse me" he said.
The four of them turned around to face a red haired boy, who was pretty muscular. "Do you mind if I join you?" he asked. Harry found it weird that his voice was a little deeper than it should be for someone his age.
"Sure" Harry said, and then he stuck his hand out and said "I'm, Harry."
The boy shook Harry's hand and then said "Ron Weasley." Ron then looked towards Luna, Draco, and Hermione. Harry noticed this and then said "Sorry, Ron meet Draco, Hermione, and Luna" motioning his arm towards them. Ron shook Draco's hand, gave a slight nod to Hermione, and then nervously shook Luna's hand while giving a smirk; to which Luna smiled back.
Harry smirked at the scene, and then got on the boat along with Hermione and Draco. Luna and Ron soon followed, awkwardly sitting together. Harry looked around for a rower in the boat, but suddenly the boat moved on its own.
It was a few minutes before they saw a dimly lit area. When they got closer, the dimly lit area became clearer; it was a huge castle which Harry believed to be "Hogwarts."
The boats went to bay at a piece of land just a few feet away from a flight of stairs that led to the huge door of the school. Hagrid led the student to the big door. He turned to face the large group of students and then said "Wait here for a moment" before he went inside the school. Harry looked at the school for a good long moment; it was a breathtaking sight for him and he wanted to savor it for as long as he could.
Then someone came through the door, it wasn't Hagrid but it was an old woman with a green robe and a dark pointed hat.
"Hello, my name is Professor McGonagall. I am the Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts and the head of Gryffindor house. In a few moments each of you will be sorted into your houses. They are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Every year each house competes for the House Cup, which is rewarded to the House which has the most points. For every good deed in the school you will earn house points, for every misdeed you will lose them. Beware once you get sorted, you will remain in that house forever" she said
Then Hagrid came out from the castle and whispered something in McGonagall's ear. She then turned to the students and said "We are ready for you" then she turned back and walked into the castle. Everyone followed her, as Harry entered the castle he was enthralled by everything he saw inside the castle. The decorations, paintings, artifacts, statues, and the armor of the knights all fascinated Harry to no end.
McGonagall led the students to another big door. Once they entered all around them were students who were sitting in four rows of tables, each representing a house Harry assumed. At the front of all the students were the teacher's of Hogwarts in the middle of them was a wizard with half moon spectacles and long white beard and hair. He was beaming at Harry for a moment and then he stood up and said "Let the sorting begin!"
AN: Well I hope you guys liked that chapter. I had to end it on some kind of cliffhanger. The next chapter will be the sorting and then Harry enjoying himself in his new house, where ever it might be. I also started another Harry Potter fan fic called "Harry and Hermione" it was based on something I had written a while ago. I just decided to use the HP universe but with a lot of OOC and AU incorporated into it. That will also continue while I do this. Please Rate and Review for this chapter.