My name is Domino

48.

Just before arriving to the Hogsmeade station we changed into our uniforms. To be 100 % honest I felt a little out of place next to Al and Scorp and their Slytherin badges, green detailing and silver green ties. Scorp seemed to notice my uneasiness because he gave me a small but very warm smile and asked:

- Have you thought in wich house you might be in?

- No, I haven't really given it a thought. All things considered I'm pretty sure I won't be in Hufflepuff, but other than that I can't really say. What do you think I'll be?

I asked. I left out that I'd probably wouldn't be in Gryffindor either or that I'd like to be in Slytherin with them so it wouldn't seem like I was pushing my presence on them. But my worries were cleared pretty fast as Al spoke his eyes shining in excitement:

- Wouldn't it be nice if you were sorted into Slytherin with us? I think you would fit in very nicely. And based on what my siblings and cousins have told me, has the nicest common room. Oh... We could be the colden trio of our generation like my dad, uncle Ron and aunt Hermione were, and do pretty much everything together. Well exept we won't have to take part in a war and so on.

Al's statement made Scorpius laugh out loud and even made me smirk.

- Well it be nice to be in the same house and all that. But just to make sure, I will not marry Mr. Malfoy here to follow their example.

And with that statement I had ensured that both Scorp and Al were laughing uncontrollably all the way to the station.

-Don't- hahahaa- worry D- ha-  ha- we don't have to go that far. 

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As the train came to a halt at the station I separated from the boys and followed the loud yells calling for the first years. I could even make out the large figure the voice belonged to from faraway in the clear but dark evening. I was bit shocked that I wasn't that much taller than the first years around me despite being three years older. None of them were taller than me but with the rope that covered my more matured figure I couldn't be figured from the lot.

- Welp- that should be all of ye. First years, follow me!

The mountain like man called as he started to walk to the opposite direction than the other students. His strides came to halt pretty quickly though as he semed to remember something and as he stopped few of the kids coming right behind him crashed into his back.

- Almost forgot,

He said as he reached for a letter in his pocket.

- Is Domino- can't seem to read in this light. Hold on- Stark-Strage- Yes. Is Domino Stark-Strange here?

The man called and peered to the crowd. I waved my hand to him and as he spotted me he said,

- Oh- there ye are. Almost didn't see ya. Well lets go then. Can't let the other wait to long.

He then led us to a lake side that had a small fleet of boats waiting. The boats then slided over the still lake that was mirroring the clear sky as the first stars lit up taking us to the castel that came to the view from behind a peninsula.

Inside the castel we were then led to a small room next to large twindoors that muffled what could only be a cacophony of people talking. In the room we were met with a tall pale woman with black bob cut who introduced her self as professor Parkinson explaned how the sorting would go down.

- And lastly where is miss Stark-Strange?- There you are. The headmistress has decided that we will sort you last. So please enter the hall last. Did everyone understand? Creat, form a line and follow me.

The great hall strangely reminded of the main hall in Nanda Parbat yet it wasn't ominous but warm and inviting. The sealing repeated the now starry sky outside and the four student tables were decorated in their respective house colours. On the teacher table headmistress McGonagall gave professor Parkinson the singnal to start the sorting as the door to the small room closed behind me. And so the sorting of first years began.

- And lastly Domino Stark-Strange, who will join our fourth year. 

Professor Parkinson called for me to take a seat under the sortinghat. Unlike when the first years were sorted I heard a lot of murmuring as the students were talking about the first student to come to Hogwarts as anything else as a first year. The voices weren't totally blocked even when the hat was plased on me. I just couldn't make out their words anymore as the hat started to wonder wich house to place me in. The hat seemed to have some trouble but after a minute it yelled:

- Slytherin!

I stood up and walked to the green table as the students there cheered for me as they had cheered for the thirteen first years that had joined Slytherin this year. I made my way to where I had seen Albus and Scorpius sitting opposite from each other. It was nice to see they had anticipated this and had reserved me a spot next to Scorpius.

Just as everyne had calmed down and taken their seats the headmistress stood up to give a short speach and start the feast. After wich she introdused the teachers and gave some heads-ups for the year before sending us to our dorms.

I decided to go down to the dungeons with Al and Scorp trusting that they could get me familiarised with the passages.