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Lily hopped off the train followed by Severus. She noticed the two boys she had met on the train were right behind her and she rolled her eyes at them. The one with the glasses simply smirked at her.
"Firs' years this way!" called a gruff voice. Lily looked up and saw the largest human ever, standing a little distance from them and shepherding the first years towards the left while other students went right.
They followed the abnormally large man towards a lake where several small boats stood waiting for them.
"Four to a boat," said the man. To Lily's disgust Severus and she were joined by those horrible boys from the train.
As soon as all the students were in a boat, they began to move forward. Lily noticed the man who had led them to the lake was sitting in a boat all by himself and still seemed to require more space.
As the boats moved further on, they turned right. That's when Lily saw it for the first time.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
It was much bigger than she had imagined and definetly much older too. Since it was completely dark now, several of the windows were lit. The castle was spread over a large area and had uncountable towers and turrets.
To Lily it felt like the castle was hiding a lot of secrets and the place had something mysterious about it but she couldn't understand what. She was reminded about the time when she was younger. She would dream of being a princess and would imagine herself living in a castle with a pet dragon and fairies flying all around. She also remembered the time when Petunia still liked her and when they would play together. She felt upset again but she got over it soon. She wasn't going to let anything ruin Hogwarts for her.
The boats had reached the other end of the lake and they stopped with the slightest bump. The students climbed out of the boats and followed the man down a long path and through a large gate and up a flight of stairs.
At the top of the stairs a stern looking witch was waiting for them. Her slightly greying hair was pulled back into a tight bun and her robes were exceptionally neat. She held out a hand signalling them to stop.
"Welcome to Hogwarts," she said. "I am Professor McGonagall, the Deputy Headmistress. You will soon be joining the rest of the school in the Great Hall before whom you will be sorted into one of the four houses which are: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. As long as you remain in school, your house will be like your family. You will eat with them and share a common room with them. Hopefully you will all be a credit to the house you're placed in." Lily could've sworn those last words were directed to the boy with the glasses from the train who stood a little behind her.
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