As they all paddled the dark brown and wore down canoes across the black lake, Eliza caught her first glimpse of Hogwarts. 

It too many turrets and towers to count. It was a worn down Victorian castle, or so it seemed.

Eliza's mouth gaped open, along with all of the other students. Hermione tapped Eliza's arm again. "Isn't it marvelous?" She whispered. Eliza smiled back and nodded.

As they approached land, Eliza felt the canoe begin to tip sideways. She looked back to see Neville leaning over the edge touching some sort of tentacle. "Neville!!" Yelled Eliza, but she was to late. With one final rocking of the boat, it tipped and Eliza, Hermione, and Neville all tumbled out and into the water.

Eliza hit the water with a crash, and plummeted deeper into the waters. She tried to swim upwards, but was immediately sucked back down. Just as she began to lose sight of the boats, a squishy and prickly object grabbed her back, and pushed her back up into the boat. 

Eliza began gasping for air, and Hermione and Neville, were soaking wet, breathing deeply. Hagrid was just sitting in his boat with a worried look on his face. 

"You all 'ight back there?" He said. Eliza sputtered and chocked on water. She nodded, and Hagrid gave a grave smile. 

"Neville, please don't ever do that again." Hermione manged to say in between breaths.

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A few minutes later, they arived at the castle. Eliza was wet and dripping all over the floor. 

A boy with bright blonde hair sneered, and laughed as he walked by. He turned around and looked at her. "Ha- red hair? And a hand me down robe? You must be a Weasley." He said.

Ron strutted up behind her along with Harry. "Hey, leave her alone!" Said Harry gritting his teeth. 

"Um, yeah!" Said Ron.

The boy laughed again. "So, its true! The famous Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts." He said with a sneer.

Eliza just starred at him. "Yes he has. And why would you care?" She said angrily.

He laughed again. "Well, I'm kind of the, well, head, of this whole operation. I like to find new people to be in my little gang. I think Potter here will be my next member." He said.

He than grinned at Harry. "I'm Malfoy. Draco, Malfoy. Pure blood descendant." 

Harry glared at Malfoy. "Sorry, but I'm not sorry Malfoy. I won't be joining you and your gang of jerks anytime soon."

Malfoy just grinned. "I just don't want you making friends with the wrong sort." He said gesturing to Eliza, Ron, and Hermione. 

Harry smiled slyly back at Malfoy. "I think I can tell the wrong sort for myself, thanks." He said.

Malfoy glared back down at Harry. "You insolent little br-" he began to retort.

That's when a older woman with greeting hair came behind him and moved him out of the way. 

"Hello everyone, my name is Minerva Mc Gonagall. I am the head of Gryffindor house, and the Transfiguration teacher. Now, you will be sorted into your Hogwarts houses. There were four house founders, and you will be sorted into one of their houses. With that, let's get moving along."

She lead them all into the great hall. Eliza felt a bit strange, with all of the older kids starring at her. Then she saw her siblings, and she felt a lot better.

Mc Gonagall began to call the students up one by one to get sorted. 

"Abbott, Hannah." She called.

A young girl with sandy blonde hair walked up to the stool where the sorting hat lie. The professor set the hat down on the girl. There was a loud yell. 

"Better be.... HUFFLEPUFF!"  Yelled out the hat.

Hannah jumped up off the stool, Andy ran through the crowd and to the Hufflepuff table, everyone cheering loudly.

Mc Gonagall smiles, and then says; "Bones, Susan." 

A timid girl walks up to the hat. The hat is placed on her head. Seconds later, it proclaims, "Lets see.... I know! HUFFLEPUFF!"

Susan skipped happily over to the Hufflepuff table, and sat down next to Hannah.

Slowly but surely, Eliza and her friends got sorted. 

"Granger, Hermione." Called Mc Gonagall.

Hermione mumbled to herself as she walked up to the hat. "Ah, right then...hmm...right. Okay... GRYFFINDOR! "

Hermione hopped of the stool grinning, and ran to sit down next to Fred and George.

"Longbottom, Neville." 

That got some snickers, but Eliza turned and glared at them all.

"Hmmm. How about.... GRYFFINDOR!"

The next  person Eliza knew who was called was the brat Draco.

"Malfoy, Draco." Called Mc Gonagall. Eliza swore she could see Mc Gonagall sneering.

The hat wasn't even fully placed on his head before the hat called out; "SLYTHERIN!"

Ron frowned, "Not a witch or wizard who went bad wasn't in Slytherin!" He whispered.

Eliza grinned, "Except for Merlin!" 

Ron glared at her again.

The next one to be called up was Harry.

"Potter, Harry." Mc Gonagall announced. A hush fell over the room. 

There was a rush of whispers from. "Potter? The Harry Potter?" to, "Urgh, that prat." Eliza was pretty sure that was Malfoy.

Harry sat down on the stool, and Mc Gonagall placed the hat carefully on his head.

The hat began to speak: "Hmm...difficult, very difficult. Plenty of courage I see, not a bad mind, either. There's talent, oh yes, and a thirst to prove yourself. But what here to put you?"

She saw Harry mouthing something.

The hat gave a chuckle, "Not Slytherin, eh? Are you sure? You could be great, you know. Its all here in your head. And Slytherin will help you on your way to greatness! There's no doubt about that! No? Well, if you're sure...better be...GRYFFINDOR!!"

Harry smiled and ran to the Gryffindor table with everyone cheering loudly. Eliza waved to Harry and smiled.

Eventually, Ron was called up. They were some of the last students to be called.

"Weasley, Ronald." She called up.

The sorting hat gave out a startled yell. "Uragh! Another Weasley. I know just what to do with you. GRYFFINDOR!!!"

Ron ran to the Gryffindor table, and began talking with Harry.

Then, it was Eliza's turn. "Weasley, Elizabeth." She called, looking surprised.

The sorting hats 'face' looked surprised. When Eliza sat down on the stool, the hat was placed on her head. 

"Ummm.... Hm.... I see bravery. You want to protect you friends and family. But I also see kindness, and cunning. You are definitely a smart and ambitious girl. I'm not sure, I can see you doing well in Slytherin, your ambition can definitely get the better of you. But, you could also do well in Hufflepuff, your heart is pure, and your morals are strong. Ravenclaw might be the house for you though. Your intelligence and vocabulary are more advanced than almost anyone I've seen. You could also do great things in Gryffindor. It's in your family history, and your bravery and nerve will help you succeed in more ways than you can imagine."

This all went on for a good 10 minutes before Dumbledore rose from the head table. "Hat, make your decision please."

The hat groaned. It then said the most unexpected thing imaginable. 

"SLYTHERIN!"

A hush fell over the room. The silence was broken when Malfoy yelled out: "Hey Weasley! Get over here!" 

Eliza was sitting on the stool with her mouth open in shock. 

Ron was frowning and Harry and Hermione were just starring. 

Eliza's face was bright red as she walked over to the Slytherin house table. 

Fred and George yelled out; "Hey sister! Why are you ruining the family tradition?"

Eliza sat down at the very end of the table, as far away from everyone else as she could. 

She wasn't even happy when a big plate of chicken popped up in front of her. She silently sat eating her chicken while watching Hermione and Harry laughing at Ron as he ate his chicken messily.

Eliza watched as the Bloddy Barron sailed over the table yelling swear words at unsuspecting students.

After dinner, Eliza went upstairs to write a letter to her mother.

A/N: Woha! You weren't expecting that were ya!! XD Um, yeah..... Have fun....😂

-Lucy🐽❤️