Heirs to Something Greater (d.m)

4: The Sorting Ceremony

A/N: Hello Lovelies! How is everyone feeling today? This chapter is a lot similar to Addy's  POV but that's how it be sometimes... No TW today, and I hope this chapter fulfills all your desires :) ENJOY!

Adeline sat down just to get back up again as the boys rose from their seats. She grabbed her novel and threw it into her bag, I leaned over and grabbed mine as well. Fred and George led the way out of the compartment and through the hall. We were slightly held up as everyone was waking up at the same time.

We hopped out of the train onto a cute little station. Past the platform, a dark path with carriages sat. Street lamps lit up the place in a mysterious way, and I turned to see Adeline take a deep breath of air. It felt nice to be off the cramped train, although it was quite chilly.

"Wait guys, don't we have to get our trunks?" Adeline asked George and Fred as they walked off towards the student pathway.

"There's some sort of system that they go through which brings them up to the castle immediately. No work is required. C'mon now, got to catch up to a carriage," One of them said with a smile... they were too far away to tell. The student trail was packed but we eventually made it to the carriages. They were being pulled by nothing but, I assumed, pure magic.

The carriage ride was quite silent as we weaved around the forest. I was getting pretty tired until I saw Hogwarts in all its glory. I gasped and leaned close to the castle, the walls seemed to glow as it sat on the lake. The moon aligned behind it, making it seem especially large. It was astounding, I was speechless.

"Pretty nice, innit?"

"It's brilliant!" Adeline said, turning to see my mouth wide open, "Better than Ilvermorny you think?"

"Very much so," I nodded in amazement.

There was a long line of carriages at the castle. Students were hopping out of them and walking towards the big doors. Fred and George started to get out and motioned for us to do the same. George offered his hand, and I took it with a blush. I used the help to gently hop from the carriage onto the cobblestone pathway. I looked towards Adeline as she took a big step towards the school.

"Well, in we go."

We followed the huge crowd of students through the large stone castle way. When we finally made it through the doors I was in awe at how huge it was, it seemed even bigger inside than out! My stomach got a pang of nervousness as I realized how hard it was going to be to keep track of all the places within the large stone walls, but I quickly buried it. I didn't want nerves to ruin the exciting feeling I was getting right now.

"Ms. Finley, Ms. Bloom, is that you?"

Adeline and I turned to see an older lady standing right next to us. She had a witch hat on and green robes, she seemed quite stern. Adeline nodded hesitantly and the woman's face sprouted a big smile, "Welcome to Hogwarts ladies, I hope the train ride over was comfortable."

"Yes it was wonderful, thank you!" Adeline said a bit too enthusiastically. I thought it was splendid, other than the whole trunk incident of course. I wondered if maybe the professor had recognized us because we looked like our parents... all though it was probably due to the lack of a house color on our uniforms.

"Perfect, I'm Professor McGonagall, now would you two please follow me, I'll bring you to the great hall to be sorted with the first years." The Professor said while promptly ushering new students the correct way. My stomach dropped, so much for not letting nerves ruin the evening. What if I tripped while walking in front of all the students? Or passed out from dehydration and lack of food? I looked towards Addy who seemed just as nervous, "You can both give your bags to the twins and they will keep track of them."