Isabella Lestrange

Sorting Hat

The train stopped Neville and I stood up and began to head towards the exit. I could hear a man calling at everyone to hurry. When we got off the train we followed the rest of the first years down a street with brick roads. I looked up to see a giant man with thick black hair, he had a matching beard that was equally as thick. He was tallest person I had ever seen. He held a lantern and shouted.

"This way to the boats!" The man called out turning around and directing the children away. When we got to the water, there were hundreds of boats. Each one could hold around four to five people. Each boat had a bright lantern looking out into the water. The boats headed towards a ginormous building that looked like a castle. Lights lit up the entire castle. Pillars and towers were everywhere. It was beautiful, I had never seen anything so magical in my life.

Neville and I were on a boat with a few other boys and a girl with long unkept hair. It reminded me of mine, but lighter and messier. I knew how to take care of my curls. She did not. I began to miss my curls, I ran my fingers through my hair half expecting it to coil up. Sadly it remained stick straight I had to remind myself that it only lasted around twelve hours.

When the boats stopped at a dock all of us first year wizards were taken down the main hall Magical paintings placed on every wall. Some of them tried to talk to us as we walked by. I wanted to stop and admire every single one. I still was with all the children I had rode together with.

"Where are we going?" I asked Neville as he still walked besides me. Before he could open his mouth to talk he was interrupted.

"We're getting assigned our Houses." The girl from the boat with unkept hair and crocked teeth answered.

"Hi, I'm Hermione Granger!" She introduced offering me her hand. I happily shook it and smiled back at her.

"Bella Lee." I introduced.

"Wait! Where's Trevor?" Neville cried out realizing he had lost his pet, again.

"I'm sure he's here somewhere. We can look for him in a little while." I smiled putting my hand on his shoulder. He looked down and nodded his head in sadness.

"Let's head to the front, that's where my friends are. I think you'll like them." Hermione smiled then grabbed mine and Neville's hand then dragged us to the front. I still hadn't seen Draco since the train. I was beginning to grow worried. We pushed through all the children running to the front of the group.

"Harry! Ron!" Hermione called out at two boys who had their backs to us. I couldn't see well behind Neville,  but I saw that one had dark brown hair while the other had a bright red. Hermione stopped pulling us the same time the boys turned around. I still couldn't see them, some how Neville had gotten in front of me while Hermione was dragging us.

"This is Neville." Hermione introduced. I felt her grab my arm and yank me passed Neville to meet the two boys in front of me.

"And this is Bella!" Hermione introduced. I looked up to see the red head boy stare at Hermione in confusion.

"Hi I'm Ron, Ron Weasley." The red head boy stated offering me his hand. I knew that last name, Lucius would often say horrible things about the Weasley's. I had never met one of them till now. I then turned to the boy Next to him. This boy had dark brown shaggy hair, with bright green eyes protected by a pair of crooked glasses. He just stared at me with his eyes wide. I scrunched my eyebrows in confusion, I couldn't understand why he was looking at me like that.

"Oh um, I'm Harry. Harry Potter." He addressed smiling. This was the boy Lucius wanted me to befriend? There was nothing about him that seemed a threat or important. He was just a regular scrawny little eleven year old.