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"Everyone in?" shouted Hagrid, who had a boat to himself.
"Right then — FORWARD!"
All the little boats packed with first years moved off all at once, gliding across the smooth surface of the lake. Everyone was silent, Penny could only hear a few of the students chatting among themselves, staring up at the great castle overhead. It towered over them as they sailed nearer and nearer to the cliff on which it stood in all its might.
"Heads down!" Penny heard Hagrid yell as the first boats reached the cliff.
They all bent their heads as soon as they heard him, including Penny. The little boats carried them through an ivy curtain that hid a wide opening in the cliff. They were carried along a long dark tunnel, which seemed to be taking them right underneath the castle. Not soon after they reached an underground harbor, where they stumbled out of the little boats onto rocks and pebbles.

"Oy, you there! Is this your toad?" Hagrid said as he looked at Neville.
"Trevor!" cried the round faced boy blissfully, holding out his hands.

Not soon after that small reunion, the students clambered up a passageway one after another following after Hagrid's lamp. At last they came out onto a smooth, damp grass right in the shadow of the castle.
They walked up a flight of stone steps and crowded around the huge, oak front door, where Hagrid stopped.

"Everyone here?" He asked, looking amongst the first years spotting Neville.
"You there, still got yer toad?" He asked looking at the boy.

After Neville nodded Hagrid raised his gigantic fist and knocked three times on the castle door. His fist barely left the castle door as they swung open at once and Penny saw a tall, black-haired witch in emerald-green robes standing there, with a stern face.

"The firs' years, Professor McGonagall," said Hagrid.
"Thank you, Hagrid. I will take them from here." She said as she pulled the door wide open.

Taking a few steps in Penny could hear some students being already excited for the sorting. There were flaming torches lightening the hallway, the ceiling was too high to make out and in front of her was a magnificent marble staircase leading up to the upper floors.
Following after Professor McGonagall across the stone floor, Penny could hear hundreds of voices from a doorway to her right. Before they entered Professor McGonagall stopped and turned to them.

They crowded in, standing rather closer together than they would usually have done, peering about nervously.
"Welcome to Hogwarts," said Professor McGonagall. "The start-of-term banquet will begin momentarily, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be sorted into your houses. The Sorting is a very important ceremony because, while you are here, your house will be something like your family. You will have classes with the rest of your house, sleep in your house dormitory, and spend free time in your house common room." She stopped for a second before continuing.
"The four houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each house has its own noble history and each has produced outstanding witches and wizards. While you are at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn your house points, while any rule breaking will lose points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the house cup." Again a small pause.
"The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting."
Her eyes lingered for a moment on Ron's smudged nose. Penny could see Harry nervously trying to flatten his messy hair.
"I shall return when we are ready for you," said Professor McGonagall.
"Please wait quietly." She left the chamber.

Not soon after Professor McGonagall left and a boy behind Penny spoke up.

"It's true then, what they're saying on the train. Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts." The blond boy said and Penny saw the other students whispering amongst themselves.
"This is Crabbe and Goyle and I'm Malfoy. — Draco Malfoy." He finished stepping up to Harry, pushing Penny to the side in the process.
After hearing his introduction Ron couldn't contain his laugh.
"Think my name's funny, do you? No need to ask yours. Red hair... and a hand-me-down robe. You must be a Weasley." Draco said with a nasty look on his face before continuing, facing Harry.
"You'll soon find out some wizarding families are much better than others, Potter. You don't want to go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there." He finished and extended his arm towards Harry.
"I think I can tell the wrong sort for myself, thanks" Harry retorted back.
Before Draco could say anything back Professor McGonagall returned and tapped him on his shoulder and soon after getting everyone's attention.
"Now, form a line," Professor McGonagall told the first years "and follow me."

Not showing or admitting to it Penny did start feeling nervous about the sorting. She got into line with Hermione as they walked across the hall, and through a pair of huge golden double doors into the Great Hall.
Penny despite reading a lot about Hogwarts never imagined such a strange and splendid place. It was lit by thousands of candles, if not more, that were floating in midair over the whole hall, as they walked she noticed four long tables spreading through the whole length of the Great Hall, where the rest of the students were sitting. At the top of the hall was another long table where the teachers were sitting.

As they walked she heard Hermione whisper, "It's bewitched to look like the sky outside. I read about it in Hogwarts, A History."
"I just finished the chapter on that before we exited the train. Quite interesting" Penny replied as the came to a stop.

Professor McGonagall led the first years up to the teachers' tables as they came to a halt in a line facing the other students, with the teachers behind them. Hundreds of faces staring at them made everyone feel uncomfortable, even Penny.
Professor McGonagall silently placed a four-legged stool in front of the first years. On top of the stool she put an old looking pointy wizard's hat. This hat was patched and frayed and looked extremely dirty. The hat twitched. A rip near the brim opened wide like a mouth — and the hat began to sing a song about Hogwarts.

"So we've just got to try on the hat!" Ron whispered to Harry after the hat stopped singing. "I'll kill Fred, he was going on about wrestling a troll." He added.
Penny looked at him wondering why he would even believe that, after all the Ministry classification of Magical Creatures scaled them as XXXX, which meant the creature was dangerous, requires specialist knowledge and a skilled wizard may handle it.
Professor McGonagall now stepped forward holding a long roll of parchment.

"When I call your name, you will put on the hat and sit on the stool to be sorted" she said. "Abbott, Hannah!"
A pink-faced girl with blonde pigtails stumbled out of line, put on the hat, and sat down. A moments pause —
"HUFFLEPUFF!" shouted the hat.
The table on the right cheered and clapped as Hannah went to sit down at the Hufflepuff table.
"Bones, Susan!"
"HUFFLEPUFF!" shouted the hat again, and Susan scuttled off to sit next to Hannah.
"Boot, Terry!"
"RAVENCLAW!" The hat shouted.
The table second from the left clapped this time; several Ravenclaws stood up to shake hands with Terry as he joined them.
There were a lot of other students called up before it was Penny's turn.

"Fontaine, Penny" She heard her name beeing called.

She went up to Professor McGonagall whom placed the hat on her, before the hat slipped over her eyes due it being too big for her small head, she saw her brother murmuring something.

"RAVENCLAW!" the hat shouted a second later, which for Penny seemed a lot longer.
Sitting down at the table she was greeted by other Ravenclaws.
Unfortunately Hermione was placed into Gryffindor, alongside Harry and Ron, thus leaving Penny alone by herself.