Lumos (ON HOLD)

Hogwarts

The large front doors swing open and we walk down a corridor that was lit by torches. A witch in a pointed hat waits for us with a roll of parchment in her arms.

"Hello everyone, I am Professor McGonagall, house leader of Gryffindor. Now when you walk through these doors, I will call out your names one by one and you will be sorted into your houses. There are four houses, Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. Your houses will be like your family while here at Hogwarts. You will do everything with your house including going to classes everyday with them. Please wait out here quietly until we call you through." Professor McGonagall turns around and walks through the doors into the Great Hall.

"So, the rumours are true, Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts!" The boy from the robe shop pushes his way through the crowd of first years.

"And you are?" I say to him.

"Draco Malfoy, these two here are Crabbe and Goyle. I don't need to ask who you are, daughter of the second in command to Cornelius Fudge, Charlotte Samson." He drawls at me. I scowl,

"Actually it's Charlie or I'll punch your teeth out!"

"Oohoohoo look at little miss feisty over here!", he turns to face Hermione (the girl from the train) and then Ron,

"Who are you?", He says in a rude voice to Hermione who scowls,

"There's no need to be so rude, my names Hermione Granger." Draco looks at Harry and I,

"You'll soon find out that some families are better than others."

He sticks his hand out for Harry and I to shake, but neither of us take it. Just as Draco begins to glower at us, Professor McGonagall walks through the door and announces,

"Come through, we're ready for you now." She smiles at us and we walk through into the Great Hall.

There are floating lit candles above the four tables and I hear Hermione whisper to me,

"The roof is enchanted to look like whatever Professor Dumbledore wants it to look like." I nod in agreement and stop in front of the Professors table. There was a stool with an old fraying hat on it. The hat opened a crease in its material and began to sing. After the song, Professor McGonagall unraveled her scroll of parchment and reads out a name,

"Abbott, Hannah!"

The sorting hat opens its mouth(?) and yells

"HUFFLEPUFF!"

Professor McGonagall continues to read out names with Hermione getting sorted into Gryffindor and Malfoy being sorted into Slytherin.

"Potter, Harry!"

"Did she say Harry Potter?" Murmurs flew around the hall as Professor McGonagall reads out Harry's name.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

The Gryffindor table claps loudly and Ron's twin brothers wolf-whistle.

"Samson, Charlotte!"

I nervously walk up to the stool and sit down placing the hat on my head. I can hear the hat talking quietly in my ear.

"Hmm plenty of courage, I think I know exactly where to put you! GRYFFINDOR!" I hear the sorting hat yell the last word to the rest of the school. I jump off the stool, pull the hat off my head and walk down to the Gryffindor table, where Hermione has saved me a seat. Professor Dumbledore gets up and says a short speech about how no one is allowed through the door on the third floor corridor.

Suddenly, food appears on all the plates in front of us full with all sorts of things like pie and chicken drumsticks. Ron loads some of everything within arms distance onto his plate, where as Hermione and I eat a small portion of some pie. After everyone had stuffed themselves the dinner plates disappear and replaced themselves with bowls filled with fruit and puddings. I have a slice of fruit tart and ice cream. Dumbledore stands up to speak,

"House Prefects, please lead the first years to their dormitories and I bid you all a good night." Everyone gets up from their benches and Percy, another of Ron's brothers, stands and tells all the first years to follow him. When we get to the dormitory door, Peeves, the school poltergeist isn't letting anyone through to the common room. I walk forward and speak,

"Hello Peeves, I'm Charlie, I was wondering if you remember my mother? Her name was Piper? She used to tell me stories about how she helped you prank people." Peeves nods and greets me politely before swooping down the stairs. Percy looks at me in admiration but I shrug and gesture at the painting, so he says the password to the Fat Lady, who guards Gryffindor tower.

Inside the common room, Harry and Ron head upstairs to the boys dormitory. Hermione and I go up to the girls dormitory to find our suitcases already on our beds. We unpack and talk about our families.

"My parents are both Muggles, they're dentists." Hermione said.

"Oh that's cool! I have a little brother called Jamie and my father is second-in command to Cornelius Fudge. Sadly, my mother died when I was eight." I say, with a sad expression on my face.

Hermione comes over and gives me a hug. I smile at her as she steps back and we change into our pyjamas.

"Night, Hermione." I whisper, before closing my eyes and falling asleep.

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