Marauders

Part 8 - Sorting

(imagine that we are already in our robes)

As the train pulled up to Hogwarts Station, we all stood up to head to the doors, as I stood up I realised I was about 1 inch taller than the boys and giggled remembering I was weirdly tall for my age and for me being a girl. I walked out the compartment with my clumpy boots and called behind me "come on shorties!" I giggled at my comment and was soon caught up by them and was hit with a wave of noise as Sirius and James tried to explain that they were average height for their age and started asking me how I was so tall, at this I pointed to my boots. I was again hit with a wave of comments saying 'that's not fair' and 'without those boots we would be taller than you'. I walked faster to catch up with Remus and Peter who had walked ahead, "that's gonna be fun" I said with a smile as Peter and Remus laughed.

Sirius and James eventually calmed down and caught up as we headed towards the boats waiting to take us across the lake following the massive crown of 1st years. Me, Peter and James piled into one boat and Remus and Sirius sat in another as they took us across the lake to our new school, I assumed that Lily went to find her friends when we got off the train.

Once we entered the school all the 1st years were rounded up and we walked to the great hall, waiting outside the 5 of us stayed together as we listened to the chattering coming from through the massive wooden doors. Just then the doors opened revealing a massive hall with candles floating just under the sealing and four large tables lined the hall as one table sat at the front and I'm assuming that is where the teachers sat. were walked through the center of the hall with the rest of the 1st years and we came to a hushed silence as we stood facing the teacher's table. One teacher, Professor McGonagall started calling out names from a list and each first year in turn went up and sat on the stool where the sorting hat would be placed on their head and they would be sorted onto our houses. The first name out of the 5 of us that was called was Sirius's and as the hat sat on his head it shouted 'GRYFFINDOR' the table of which cheered as he went to sit down making eye contact with the rest of us as he did so. My name was called next after some other students, I made my way up to the stool and the hat was placed on my head, I could feel my nerves getting the better of me, but I fought them down before with a booming voice the hat shouted 'GRYFFINDOR' once again. I headed over and sat next to Sirius. We both had our fingers crossed that Peter, Remus and James would also be put into Gryffindor, and out of pure luck they were. As James, the last one of us to be sorted sat down at the Gryffindor table opposite me and next to Remus and Peter we all smiled knowing that we would all be fine as long as we stayed together.