Petal

3

I'm still mesmerized by the castle as we continue to walk towards it.

"School will start in 3 days time, until then we have a couple things to do to get you ready for the new school year." He says to me

I suddenly realize I have none of my luggage "Wait where is my stuff, did we leave it all behind?" I ask concerned

"Certainly not, it is all already in the castle."
He says

"Oh ok" I say embarrassed that I even asked.

"Tonight we will get you sorted and then we shall rest for tomorrow."

"Sorted?" I asked "Do y'all have the same houses as Drumstrang." Already regretting the question, of course they don't have the same houses as us.

"Not quite, we have 4 houses, there is Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin." He pauses, "I have a suspicion as to what house you are in but just to make sure, we will check tonight." He says

How does he have a suspicion already?

"Which house do you think I'm in? At Drumstrang I'm in Atticus, does that correlate to any of the houses here?" I ask

"In a way. But our houses have different meanings behind them." He says, not answering my question from before.

"What house do you think I will be placed in?"
I ask again.

"Well let's just see what the sorting hat has to say, shall we." He says as the doors to the castle open Infront of us.

"The sorting hat?" I ask

"Yes we have the sorting hat to tell us what house the students belong in." He answers as
we walk in to a huge entry way leading into an even bigger room full of tables. There are staircases everywhere. I wouldn't even know where to begin to go. This is not going to be fun. 

"This place looks confusing." I say

"Yes, but you will get used to in it time."

There are so many floors full of stairwells, the walls filled with paintings, all that talk and move. All of the stairwells move and some don't even look like they go to anywhere. 
He leads us to a stairwell and as soon as we're on it, it begins to move, once it stops we get on another and then finally get off when it stops. I do not like this at all. At Drumstrang it was so much simpler, just 4 floors and no stairs that move.
He leads us down a corridor, there are paintings all along the walls again.

"Hey who's this I've never seen this one before." One of the paintings say.

"You can't possibly remember all of the students Gerald." A female voice comes from one of the other paintings.

"Of course I do and I don't know this one!" He says to her

Dumbledore doesn't pay attention to any of the paintings as we continue down the corridor, he stops Infront of a huge door with a phoenix Infront of it. He touches the door and the giant phoenix turns completely around, revealing a staircase that leads up. We go up the stairwell, it seems like we are walking forever until we finally reach the room. I'm guessing it is his office because he immediately goes to the desk. There are things everywhere, glass balls, what looks like a sink and so many books. it's not cluttered, but there are a lot of things I don't even know the names of. 

"I promise there is a method to my madness." he says as though he read my mind. "Ahh here we are." he grabs what looks like an old tattered hat from the shelf.