September 1st came around all too soon and I was on my way to Kings Cross station. Once at the station I loaded my trunks onto a trolley and made my way down to platforms 9 and 10. After wandering up and down platform 9 and 10 for a while I heard someone shout
"This way for platform 9 3/4." It was a family of red heads.
There was a tall boy probably around the age of sixteen, a slightly smaller boy maybe two years older than me, two twins who looked my age, a smaller boy who was maybe eight or nine, and a girl around a year younger than him
"Are you going onto the platform?" I asked shyly
"Is it your first year? It's alright it's Fred and George's first year too." The woman said looking at her sons
"All you have to do is run at the wall between platforms 9 and 10." The woman continued.
The family ran through the wall and I ran though after them, I gave my bags to one of the train staff before boarding the train and sitting in an empty booth.
Not two seconds after I sat down the twins, Fred and George entered my booth
"Hi, I'm Fred and this is George. We met on the platform." Fred said as they sat down opposite me
"My name's Aviana." I smiled
"I take it your muggle born then?" George said
"Pardon?"
"are your parents wizards?"
"I don't know. I'm adopted." I told them. Another red head entered the booth at that moment
"Fred, George there you are. Oh hello."
"Hi."
"This is our friend Ava. You don't mind us calling you that do you?" Fred said turning his attention to me
"I'd rather you didn't, but Avi is okay I guess."
Several hours later the train stopped. Me, Fred and George jumped off the train
"First years this way." A voice boomed. We turned and saw a giant bearded man calling for the first years
"That's Hagrid. Percy's told us about him." George told me as we walked over with the other first years.
Once all the first years had gathered round Hagrid, we were lead over to the lake
"Everyone onto the boats." Hagrid called out.
Fred and George jumped onto the boat before me and thought it would be great fun to rock the boat as I was trying to get in
"It's not funny stop it." I cried half in the boat
"I see we have some trouble makers over here. Come here I'll help you." Hagrid chuckled as he lifted me into the boat.
All of a sudden the boats set off by them selves and we were off across the lake towards the castle in front of us
"Wow is that a squid?" A blonde boy on the boat next to us gasped as a giant squid surfaced
"Oh yes, there are lots of creatures in the lake. Like merfolk and grindylow." Hagrid told us.
Once inside the castle we were met by Professor McGonagall, she gave me a quick smile and began talking to the group
"Through these doors is the great hall. Once inside you will be sorted into your houses, there are four houses Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw." The doors opened and everyone turned to look at us as we walked through the great hall
"Look at the ceiling." Someone gasped
"It's an enchantment." The blonde from earlier replied
"Definitely Ravenclaw." an older student whispered to her friend.
We crowded around an old hat
"That's the sorting hat. Our brother Charlie told us about it." George whispered.
One by one we were called up to sit on the stool and place the sorting hat on our heads. The sorting hat would then pick which house the person would be best suited to
"Mathew Read." Professor McGonagall shouted for the blonde boy from earlier. The hat had barely touched his head before shouting out
"Ravenclaw!"
"Told you so." I heard from somewhere followed by the slight jingle of coins
"Aviana Grace." I took a deep breathe and stepped forward to sit in the stool. Professor McGonagall gave me a reassuring smile as she placed the hat in my head
"Ah interesting," I head the hat mumble in my ear "very brave for one so young, much like a Gryffindor. No not Gryffindor, ah bright and logical like a Ravenclaw but also cunning and ambitious much like a Slytherin. Now this is tricky, where to put you?" The hat continued to mumble for several more minutes, much longer than anyone else so far.
"Thirty more seconds and she will have beaten McGonagall's time." Someone whispered as they continued to stare at me unable to hear the mumbling of the hat
"Slytherin!" the hat said suddenly causing a look of shock to come over nearly half the school, Fred and George included.
I looked back at Professor McGonagall who had a look of disappointment, though she was trying to hide it.
"It's okay kid. We're not that bad, honestly." an older Slytherin girl smiles as I sat down.