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The scarlet train that held many students came to a stop at the Hogsmeade station.

Kely had put on her robes thirty minutes before, so she would be prepared. The robes were warm and different from the silk, powder blue outfits at Beauxbatons, which were extremely cold in the winter, Kely liked the Hogwarts robes more.

We got off the train when I heard a voice,"Firs' years! Firs' years! Over 'ere!"

Kely looked to where the voice was coming from and she saw a tall man thy was at least ten feet tall, with a beard that covered most of his face, except for his beady, black eyes.

Kely wandered over and saw what Lily and Severus called the Black Lake. It was pretty big, and Lily and Severus said that it held a giant squid.

Kely saw some wooden boats that didn't have any oars, but there were four first years getting in each boat.

"Alrigh' then. Anymore firs' years?" The  man asked. He was, what Kely presumed to be half-giant. The fact that he was most likely half-giant didn't faze her at all, because she knew that he was probably warm and fuzzy, probably.

"Um, excuse me," Kely grabbed the man's attention, "I'm a transfer student from Beauxbatons, so do I get in a boat?"

The man looked down at Kely and started speaking warmly. "Yes, yeh need ted' get inter a boat with the rest of tha firs' years, there are four to a boat. And my name is Hagrid." The man, Hagrid, told me as he smiled. At least Kelt assumed he smiled since his eyes crinkled and his beard moved. (See, warm and fuzzy right there)

"Hello Hagrid, my name is Kely." She said cheerfully before bidding Lily and Severus goodbye as they went towards carriages being drawn by beautiful skeletal horses with wings, Kely wondered what they were called. She'd have to ask Lily after the feast.

Kely climbed into a boat with a few other first years, one had long blonde hair and bright blue eyes, she was studying the people in the boat like Kely was. The next first year was a boy, he had brown hair and eyes I couldn't see since he was faced towards the lake.

The last first year in the boat had dark ginger hair that came down to just above her waist, although it didn't compare to Lily's bright red hair.

"Hello everyone." The blonde girl said to the others in a cheery tone even though she looked terrified of me being there, "My name is Cecilia. I'd really like to know your names."

Kely looked at her and replied nonchalant, "I'm Kely, a transfer student from Beauxbatons academy in France. I'm going into fourth year."

They all gave Kely a weird, frightened look, except for the girl with red hair. The red-head looked at her confidently.

"It's okay I don't bite. Sometimes." Kely said with a small wink. They all laughed with me and didn't looked too frightened anymore.

"Well, my name is Liam." The boy said. Upon closer inspection I saw that Liam had soft green eyes that weren't as bright as Lily's, they were a little dull, but warm.

"My name is Skylar, but you can all me Skye." The red-haired girl said, she also had beautiful violet eyes. Kely wondered where she could ever get eyes like that.

"Well hello Cecilia, Liam, and Skylar." Kely said to them, "I think we will all be good friends, even if we are all in different houses."

Sky's hair suddenly changed to a bubblegum pink, Kely looked at her in awe. Apparently Liam and Cecilia were surprised to, because Liam suddenly fell out of the boat.

"Ahh! I can't swim!" He yelled out frightened, trying to swim.

Kely suddenly took action and dove into the lake with a deep breath. Shs opened my eyes in the dark, murky water and looked for him. She found him trying to paddle his way up to the surface, but he was failing miserably. Kely wasted time by looking for him and at the surface, the air in her lungs was running out fast. She kicked and swam down to get him, when he was within her reach she grabbed him with her lungs burning, and swam up to the surface.

They hit the surface, spluttering water from their mouths. Kely put Liam over the edge of the boat while Cecilia and Skye pulled him up while he gasped for air. Kely got back into the boat and realized that everyone from the other boats were staring.

"Yes, a kid fell in the lake and I pulled him back out. You can go back to staring at the castle in awe now." I told them in a sweet but sarcastic voice. It was true, the castle was in view now and Kely only got a glance of it because she had to get Liam.

"Th-thanks Kely." Liam told Kely as he shivered.

"No problem," she said. "I enjoy saving kids that fall in the lake. Plus the giant squid won't hurt you, the only thing you should be afraid of is angering the mermaids and not being able to swim." She pointed out to him.

"Sorry Liam, I'm a metamorphagus so my hair turns into my favorite hair style when I'm excited, but the violet eyes are natural for some reason." Skylar said with an apologetic look.

"Ooh look! We're here!" Cecelia squealed at the other three before they could even register what Skye had told them.

The boats had all stopped at the shore and everyone got out of their boat. Liam and Kelt were dripping wet when they walked up to the castle and went inside.

Kely hadn't really gotten to admire the castle from the outside, so she admired it from the inside. There were paintings that talked and moved, and torches lit the corridors from what she could see. The group of first years stayed in front of the great hall doors waiting for someone to direct them.

Suddenly a lady with blonde hair that was streaked with grey came up to us and studied Liam and Kely. She had high cheek bones and had a stern look on her face.

"Why are you two dripping wet?" She said waving her wand and drying us off with a non-verbal spell.

"Liam here fell into the lake and couldn't swim, so I jumped in and put him back on the boat." Kelt said trying not to sound modest or to make a big deal out of it. She didn't like attention, attention meant people studying her, which made her uncomfortable.

The woman nodded and spoke, addressing all of the first years. "I am Professor McGonagall, Head of Gryffindor House. You all will walk into the Great Hall when I call you. You will follow me up to the front and when I call your name you will come up to the stool and sit. I will then place the sorting hat on your head and you will wait until your house is called. The houses are Racenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, and Slytherin. At Hogwarts, your house is like your family. If you abide the rules you will receive points, any rule breaking and you will lose points." She told us, looking at each of us with her stern expression.

"Now I will tell you about the rules..." The professor told us about the rules and what and what not to do. After she finished talking she went through the door and left us on the stairs.

"So someone fell into the lake already?" A snide voice said, "I didn't think someone would fall in till tomorrow." They scoffed.

Kely turned around and saw a boy with with dark brown hair. He looked at  Liam in disgust as he talked.

"A clumsy mudblood at this school. My mother will want to know about this." The boy said with disgust dripping off every word.

Before anyone could react, the doors to the great hall opened to show that Professor McGonagall was back. She beckoned for them to follow her, and they did. The group followed her through the doors and walked into the Great Hall.

There were four tables to represent each house, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. There were thousands of candles floating around above the tables, each one represented the life of each student and teacher that was there. Kelly had read about it in Hogwarts: A History. She knew it was a nerdy book, but she had wanted to learn about Hogwarts and make up for the three years she had missed.

There were second years all the way to seventh years that were watching the first years along with Kely. It had made her uncomfortable with all the attention as she was already short for her age, but taller than the first years.

There were four tables representing each house along with the teachers table at the front of the Hall.

The group reached the front of the great hall, and there was a three-legged stool with a hat on top. It was the Sorting Hat.

Suddenly, the hat started singing, it sang about the four houses and they're qualities. Hufflepuff, the house for the loyal and kind. Ravenclaw, for the smart and witty. Gryffindor, the house for the brave and loyal. Slytherin, for the ambitious and cunning. These four houses were made by the founders Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, Slazar Slytherin, and Godric Gryffindor.

When the sorting hat finished it's song professor McGonagall told the group,
"When I call your name, you will proceed to sit on this stool and I will put the Sorting Hat on your head." She then proceeded to call out names in.

"Clay, Peirce." A boy walked up to the stool, it was the boy who called Liam a mudblood. The Clay family was one of the worst pure-blooded families in the wizarding community. Before the hat was even fully on his head it screamed.

"SLYTHERIN!" Peirce got up and went to the table with green and silver banners over it.

"Lane, Skylar." It was the metamorophagus girl from the boat. Lane. Everyone in the hall was silent. The Lane's were a pure-blood family that prided themselves on it. They had all been in Slytherin, but Skye was to nice to be in Slytherin. And by the grimace on Skye's face when McGonagall called her last name, it was clear Skye did not have the same views as her family.

"HUFFLEPUFF!" The sorting hat shouted, disrupting me from my thoughts. The Hufflepuff table cheered when she came.

"Knowles, Cecilia." McGonagall had called out one of the girls from the boat. It took about thirty second to put her in Slytherin, and I didn't care. Gryffindor and Slytherin had a long-lasting rivalry, but I would still be friends with Cecilia.

"Pond, Amelia." She was a Gryffindor.

"Wood, Herman." He was a Hufflepuff

"Vaslyn, Liam." It was Liam, the boy that had fallen into the lake. It took about a minute before the sorting hat put him into Gryffindor.

"Snape, Kely."

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This chapter is at 1795 words long....this is the longest chapter I have ever written on here I think. I hope you all enjoyed it! Tell me how I did and if you want chapters this long or shorter. I enjoy your comments!

How was McGonagal? I honestly need your opinions before I go crazy.

QOTC means Question (questions) Of The Chapter I will be having one each chapter starting...NOW!

QOTC: what house do you think Kely will be in? What are your opinions on Kely being Severus' twin sister?