Some of the other students whispers excited or a loud „Oooh" came from them. But our boats were just silent. Taken by the beauty of Hogwarts, not ready to say something or even do something. Just sitting in the boat, trying not to die, because our breathing stopped. We should go to this school? Was that even a school at first place? It seemed more like a king was living in there with thousands of peasants and as rich like the richest man alive. That couldn't be the school I was attempted to go for seven years... it was too... too... I couldn't even describe it!

„Theodore?"
„Hm?"
„Are we really going to that school?"

I didn't really ask him nor speak with him directly. But as he was the most silent one of us, he seemed to be mysterious and clever, too.

„Yes, that is Hogwarts.", he replied back, making himself sure, that it was the castle were we were really attempted to go for seven years.

Then something in the lake was moving.
I heard some of the students scream, as they felt it too, moving like a big snake under all of our boats, which made me think about it really soon. It wasn't a big snake, that was moving under us. It was the kraken... the giant kraken of Hogwarts.

And as soon as it moved us, it was away and our boats stopped at the other side of the lake in a little boat house. The giant brought us all to the stairs, going before us as the leader and let us climb all of the hundreds of thousand stairs, up to a great gate, that opened as the last one was upstairs.

I didn't hear much, from the position I took place in. There were too many students around me, to loud for hearing the old strict lady saying something to us. And as it couldn't get any more worse, a frog, probably the one the guy in the train and the bushy hair girl searched for, ended up at my feet, looking to me.

„Trevor!", someone screamed, walking through the students, directly to my feet and catching the frog. It was a guy with dark hair that was a little awkward and clumsy, fitting to his frog. I wasn't really judging him for being that, as I wasn't better than him.

„Welcome to Hogwarts.", Professor McGonagall said then, ignoring the boy as she was in a little hush.

„The start-of-term banquet will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be sorted into your houses. The Sorting is a very important ceremony because while you're here, your house will be something like your family within Hogwarts. You will have classes with the rest of your houses, sleep in your house dormitory and spend free time im your house common room.", she explained, everybody else so quit that you could hear a wand if one would fall to the ground. Excited and interested, I could finally listen to her.

„The four houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Each house has it's own noble history and each has produced outstanding witches and wizards. While you are at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn your house points, while any rule-breaking will lose house points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the House Cup, a great honour. I hope each of you will be a credit to whichever house becomes yours.", she pointed out things, Pansy took out of the story, suggesting she found them not interesting enough to tell or obvious.

„The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting.", she looked around, let her eyes stop at some students, as if they would look like fouls and too dirty for getting a foot in the castle.

„I shall return when we are ready for you." she ended  her welcoming. „Please wait quietly."