Sirius:
'Wow!' James whispered into the night. We were gliding up to the castle in boats, escorted by a teacher. We had also met two other guys, and now we were the Marauders.
As we got out of the boat, another teacher came up to us.
'I will take them from here, thank you. My name is Professor McGonagall, and I will be your transfigurations teacher.' She was drilling on about rules and something about the houses, but I wasn't listening. Then we started walking. As we walked, James was pointing at a girl with red hair, who was walking with a black, greasy haired guy. He had a dreamy look in his eyes.
I looked around the crowd, and finally found Nat. She was walking with two girls, laughing and smiling. As she saw me, we waved at each other. Although we were best friends, we were perfectly fine with having other friends and not hanging out as often. I knew that as soon as I saw her.
'Who's that?' James asked, indicating Nat.
'Oh she's my childhood friend Natalia.'
'Ahh...Hey look! Their opening the doors!'
We walked in, and everyone turned to watch us. They started calling out names, and soon it was my turn.
"Ahhhh, a Black...yes, yes, yes. I see, sly, cunning, perfect for Slytherin...ahhh, but what is this? Your also perfect for Gryffindor...yes, yes, yes...GRYFFINDOR!!"
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Natalia:
'So what houses do you guys hope to get in?' I asked the other girls as we were walking towards the castle, following Professor McGonagall.
'Wellllllll, Ravenclaw would be nice,' Fiona said thoughtfully. 'But Gryffindor as well.'
'I would want Gryffindor or Hufflepuff I guess. Ravenclaw doesn't really sound like my sort of thing, and Slytherin...well I'm not really sure what I would do if I get in Slytherin.' Abigail said excitedly. 'What about you?'
'Um, I would want to be Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff I think. But if I'm Slytherin I wouldn't really mind.'
Fiona and Abigail stared at me.
I shrugged, and we burst out laughing.
I looked around a little and spotted Sirius, standing with four other guys. We waved at each other, and I knew we were both ok with the idea that we aren't just best friends of each other's. I smiled at him, and he returned the grin. The others saw that, and of course this is what happened.
'Ooooooo who's that?' Fiona said teasingly.
'He's a old friend of mine, nothing more.'
'Oh really.......' Abigail and Fiona looked at each other.
I rolled my eyes, but I wasn't mad. Quite the opposite actually, I found it hilarious that they thought that.
'Alright, we are moving. Let's go!' I said, giggling.
As we walked into the Great Hall, and everyone turned to look at us. I tried to hide my face behind my hair, but I could still feel a bunch of people staring at me. I always get that because of my eyes and hair. I looked down, but Abigail whispered in my ear.
'You need to make an impression. Face up, hair out of face and be confident!'
So I did what she told me. I don't know why, but I did.
It took a while for me to get called up on, but when I finally did, the hat was silent. No word. Then, without a warning, it said, 'RAVENCLAW!'
