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"First years, this way, please!" Hagrid's voice could be heard all over the noise of the train and everyone talking. "Come on, now, first years, don't be shy. Come on now, hurry up."

Harry, Nora and Ron went directly towards him. "Hello Nora, Harry." The half-giant spoke.

"Hey, Hagrid." They replied in union.

"Woah." Ron said looking at him.

"Right, then. This way to the boats. Come on, now, follow me."

The three of them sat in a boat towards the castle. And when they saw the castle they were overwhelmed of it's beauty. "WOW." Nora spoke, her eyes glistened with light, how they were finally away from their uncle and aunt and were now in Hogwarts, were they both would be feeling closer to their parents than ever.

"Wicked." Ron said.

"That's beautiful." Rebekah spoke and getting nods from everyone agreeing.

"It is."

"They will have a good time, I'm sure." Jeremy said, not knowing what exactly went down in Hogwarts. Something Lily guessed it was better for Elijah not to know that yet, even though she was furious herself when she first saw it.

Elijah just seemed happy to see Nora happy at the moment.

A few minutes later they arrived by the castle and walked up the stairs.

"Welcome to Hogwarts." A tall woman spoke, dressed in green robes, who had been waiting for the first years. "Now, in a few moments, you'll pass through these doors and join your classmates, but before you can take your seats, you must be sorted into your houses. They are Gryffindor, Hufflepuf, Ravenclaw and Slytherin."

Nora saw someone with too blond hair, smirking hearing the last house.

"Now while you're here, your house will be like your family. Your triumphs will earn you points. Any rule-breaking, and you will lose points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the house cup."

"Trevor!" Nora heard someone yelled from behind her and he pushed her to the side to get to his toad. As he saw McGonagall looking down at him, he quitly apologized and went back to his place.

"The Sorting Ceremony will begin momentarily." The woman ended her speech before walking away.

"It's true then, what they're saying on the train." Nora looked towards where the voice was coming from, to see the blond boy from a few moments ago. "Nora and Harry Potter have come to Hogwarts."

Everyone started whispering, Nora not liking that one bit and Harry noticed. He grabbed her hand, calming her down slightly. "This is Crabbe, and Goyle. And I'm Malfoy, Draco Malfoy."

Nora smiled softly at him while Ron started laughing and Draco's head moved from Nora to Ron. "Think my name's funny, do you? I've no need to ask yours. Red hair and a hand-me-down robe? You must be a Weasley. We'll soon find out that some wizarding families are better than others, Potter. You don't want to go making friends with the wrong sort."

"Why is he so mean to Ron?" Bonnie asked.

"The Weasley's are know as blood traitors. They're all pure blood but they associate with Muggles and Muggle-bron, the Pure-Blooded families hate Muggle-bron. But they're really amazing people. I'm a muggle born and so is Hermione. So that makes Harry a Half-Blood, as James is a pure blood." Lily explained. "And my niece is also a Pure-Blood. Normally she would have been a Half-Blood like my son, but when Sirius blood adopted her, she became one. Sirius' family are the Black's, he is not like any of them, but they're the worst when it comes down on what blood runs through your veins."

"Sounds like assholes." Kol comments.

Klaus, Elijah and the others just remembered their own parents.

Nora's smile fell from her face as soon as he started to talk bad about Ron's family. Not liking the boy so much anymore. She grabbed Ron's hand and squeezed it tightly, knowing how embarrassed the boy must be. He gave her a little smile in return.

"I can help you there." He extended his hand to Harry. "I think I can tell the wrong sort for myself, thanks."

Malfoy's smirk fell from his face and McGonagal came back and made him stand back with his friends. "We're ready for you now. Follow me."

They walked into a giant hall, the boys first and Nora followed with Hermione by her side. "Wow." Nora spoke once again seeing the ceiling.

"It's not real, the ceiling. It's just bewitched to look like the night sky. I read about it in Hogwarts: A History." Hermione shared. Nora who had opened her books and read little parts in it this summer nodded in return. "I've read that too." And Hermione just smiled, happy to have someone else who reads books.

Elijah smiled happily. He was relieved that his daughter was finally doing something she really wanted for once.

Nora caught a boy staring at her and she blushed smiling slightly in return to him. He was wearing a yellow tie, so he must be from Hufflepuf Nora figured.

"All right, will you wait along here, please?" McGonagall asked finally stopping with walking and standing next to a stool with a witch hat on.

"Now, before we begin professor Dumbledore would like to say a few words."

A man with a really long beard and with really long white hair stood up and the two Potter's fastly remember him standing on the cart of the Chocolate Frog.

"I have a few start-of-terms notices I wish to announce. The first-years, please note that the Dark Forest is strictly forbidden for all students. Also, our caretaker, Mr. Filch," he moved his hand to point at the caretaker, who had a really big cat. "has asked me to remind you that the third-floor corridor on the right side is out of bounds to everyone who does not wish to die a most painful death."

Most students looked very disturbed by the last word.

"Yeah sure tell that to a bunch of kids, they sure will not go looking there." Damon said sarcastically.

"Lily what is there? Are Nora and Harry going to get hurt?" Elijah asked and Lily was happy to hear that Elijah also cared for her son already.

Elijah who had seen how important Harry was to his daughter, had promised himself, Harry needed a family too, once they meet and he and his family would give him that.

"A dog." Lily answered.

"Oh that's not so bad." Kol spoke, not knowing why there was so much drama for a dog. "It's cute."

Lily just gave him a look. That would be changing fast.

"Thank you." He sat back down.

"When I call your name, you will come forth. I shall place the Sorting Hat on your head and you will be sorted into your houses."

"Oh my god we should make bets on what house they get in." Caroline said happily.

The Mikaelsons didn't want to agree at first but Kol being Kol had directly said yes, of course.

"You give us ten bucks every time you're wrong."

"And you us." Damon said while glaring at Kol.

"Could you tell us the traits so we know what house they're in?" Elena asked Lily. If they were going to spend money on something, they should at least be giving the full information on the subject.

"Gryffindor is bravery, helping others, and chivalry. Hufflepuff is hard work, patience, loyalty, and fair play. Ravenclaw is intelligence, knowledge, planning ahead, and wit. Slytherin is ambition, cunningness, heritage, and resourcefulness."

A few names came before she regonized one. Draco Malfoy.

Both the Mikaelson family and the Scooby-Doo gang said Slytherin.

"Slytherin." The hat yelled, before it had even touched the Malfoy's head.

"There isn't a witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin." Ron spoke to Harry and Nora.

"I'm sure they're will have been a few good ones over the years. Not everyone from one house could be bad. Not even all evil is born like they are. You can't judge everyone in Slytherin just because of Malfoy." Nora said to him.

Lily remembered how Regulus had been so happy to hear that in the after life.

A few names passed again and this time it was Hermione's turn. "Good luck." Nora spoke to her. "Thanks." She replied before speaking to herself. "Okay, relax."

"Mental, that one, I'm telling you." Ron said getting a dirty look from Nora.

"Ravenclaw." Finn said to his family members.

"No, she is a Gryffindor." Rebekah said.

"If it's wrong, it's your money sister." Kol said before saying it at loud, while the Scooby-Doo gang said 'Ravenclaw'.

Hermione got sorted into Gryffindor very fast and Nora was watching her, proudly at her new friend.

"Hand me the money." Kol spoke to them with a smirk and Caroline handed him a ten with a glare, which Kol returned with a smirk.

Nora heard Harry groaning and looked at what he was looking, then she got a headache too. "Harry, Nora, what is it?"

"Nothing, I'm fine." Harry replied to Ron question while Nora nodded along.

"What happened?" Elijah asked worriedly.

"It's the scar. It burns sometimes." Lily said to him, trying not to worry him already since the years to come are gonna be much worse, but Elijah still worried about his little girl.

After a few more turns it was Ron's turn, only the three of them left standing.

"Gryffindor, his whole family is in their." Klaus said and the others agreed, even the Mystic Falls gang.

Ron scared out of his mind that he was not going to be placed into Gryffindor just like the rest of his family. As few seconds later the sorting hat yelled out Gryffindor. Ron let out a breath of relief.

"Harry Potter." McGonagall said, making everyone looked around to see him and started to whisper.

"What house are you two in?"

"Gryffindor."

"Then he is going to be in Gryffindor." Finn spoke.

And again the other team though the same.

"It'll be okay, Harry, I believe in you."

He nodded before walking up to the Sorting Hat. Everyone could see Harry muttering something under his breath. "Better be Gryffindor." Harry smiled widely as everyone in the hall, except for the Slytherin's started to applause for him. Nora clapped loudly for him.

"Nora Potter." And just like Harry had expected the hall went silent once more, except this time nobody whispered. She sat down on the stool, getting a small smile from McGonagall.

"Hufflepuf." Bonnie said to the others, seeing how loyal she was in defending Hermione, even though they just met.

"Ravenclaw. As she is Elijah's kid she will be there." Elena spoke.

They heard Rebekah ask if the child could choose for themselves in which house they wanted to be in if necessary, getting a yes in return from Lily when Stefan spoke.

"If she chooses it's gonna be Gryffindor."

The Mikaelsons though the same thing.

"All her friends are in there. She will want to be with them."

"Nora Potter." The hat started speaking. "Plenty of courage, I see. Knowledge too. Very loyal and very brave. But where to put you?"

"Can you place me in the house my parents were in?" She asked him quietly, so nobody could hear.

"You wanna be in the same house as you're parents, ey? Mother was a Hufflepuf and your father was in Gryffindor."

Nora groaned know she would have to make a decision. She hates making decision. As she was about to speak the hat started talking again. "You would do great things in Ravenclaw or Slytherin, either. A good mind and the thirst to prove yourself."

"I hate making decisions."

"Difficult, you're very difficult to place Mrs. Potter." The hat spoke once more.

"Can I be in Gryffindor?" She asked, seeing all her friend sitting there, even though her mom was a Hufflepuf, she felt guilty for not showing that but she wanted to be with her friends.

"Are you sure? You could make some loyal friends in Hufflepuf, like you're mother."

"Yes, please, just place me in Gryffindor." She begged.

"All right." Now it spoke so everyone could hear. "Gryffindor." All the Gryffindors started yelling again, the twins she had seen on the platform that morning started yelling 'we've got the Potter's' multipule times. The Ravenclaws and Hufflepufs clapped for her and the Slytherin's stayed still. Some of them had expected her to be in their house, seeing as it took so long to sort her.

Harry sitting on the opposite of Ron and Hermione sitting next to Ron, Nora sat down next to her twin and one of the twins from the platform, his arm touching hers. "Fred Wealsey."

"Nora Potter."

While the Wealsey's oldest brother, Percy, begin talking. "You're the fourth hatstall ever."

"What's a hatstall?" Harry asked.

"A wizard or witch were the hat took longer then five minutes to decide. Seeing as you sat there for exactly six minutes, you the longest hatstall ever."

"Is that a bad thing?" Finn asked.

"No, not really. McGonagall was a hatstall too and she is now professor at Hogwarts, so it's not a bad thing."

They could here a knife ticking against class, calling everyone's attention. And Dumbledore stood up once again. "Let the feast begin."

The food started to appear on the tables out of nowhere and everyone dugded in.

Nora saw the boy from before looking at her with a smile and he waved. So she waved back, somewhat nervous.

After a while Harry asked something to Ron's older brother, Percy, who Nora had caught the name from a few minutes earlier. "Say, Percy, who's that teach talking to Professor Quirrell?" And Nora knew directly about who he was talking. The Professor all dressed in black.

"Oh, that's Professor Snape, head of Slytherin house."

"What's he teach?" Nora asked.

"Potions, but everyone knows, it's the Dark Arts he fancies. He's been after Quirrell's job for years."

Ron went to pick up a new piece off food when a head came flooding out of the table. Nora, dropping her cup in process, making her robes wet and Fred handed her a paper towel. "Thanks."

"Hello, how are you? Welcome to Gryffindor." And at that moment more people started floating through the hall.

"Hello, Sir Nicholas. Have a nice summer?" Percy asked him, politely.

"Dismal. Once again, my request to join the Headless Hunt has been denied." He started to float away but Ron stopped him. But Hermione and Nora gave each other a look thinking about the words 'headless hunt'.

"I know you. You're Nearly Headless Nick."

"I prefer Sir Nicholas," He said, sassily. "if you don't mind."

And Hermione asked their question. " 'Nearly' headless? How can you be nearly headless?"

"Like this." He pulled his head to the side and Nora turned around quickly. "I think I'm gonna be sick." The twins gave her pitied looks while Harry squeezed her hand.

"Okay they should not let anyone- anything like that in their school." Jeremy said.

"A ghost, is he like you then?" Elena asked and Rebekah rolled her eyes annoyed. "Didn't you listen, Elena, their spirits."

"Can they harm anyone?" Stefan asked.

"No, except for Peeves. He is the ghost who annoys everyone, he plays jokes all the time."

"Gryffindors, follow me please. Keep up. Thank you." Percy Weasley spoke walking up the stairs, making the first years rush after him.

"This is the most direct path to the dormitories." He spoke. "Oh, and keep an eye on the staircases. They like to change." Nora looked up at the exact time one of the staircases moved to the other side.

Nora looking up, in awe, didn't notice Percy walking away. She would've stayed there if it wasn't for Hermione grabbing her hand.

Everyone around her pointed at the paintings. Some were waving at the group of new students others were welcoming them.

"Talking paintings, I should've seen that coming." Klaus muttered under his breath. It would be to paint some like that.

"I think that school is awesome." Kol let out a breath in awe. His niece got to go to a school for magic and would become an amazing witch.

"Me too." Bonnie spoke, she wish she had the chance to go to a school like that.

They walked until they stopped by the portait of The Fat Lady. "Password?"

"Caput Draconis."

The lady opened the door and let them in. Percy keeping repeating that everyone needs to follow quickly and gather around.

"Welcome to the Gryffindor common room. Boys' dormitory is upstairs and down to your left. Girls, the same on your right." He pointed his hand to the two stairs. "You'll find that your belonging have already been brought up."

Nora quickly said goodnight to Harry and Ron before following Hermione upstairs to their dorm they shared.

As soon as Nora saw the bed opposite from the door she dropped on it, looking very tired, almost falling asleep.

Hermione wanted to set some of her stuff on her nightstand and placing some of her books on her desk. She had picked the bed on the right side of Nora's.

Then two other girls walked in the room, with a black haired girl after them. The three's mouth almost fell open when they saw Nora.

They quickly introduced themselves, quickly.

"Lavender Brown."

"Parvati Patil."

"Daisy Longbottem."

"Hermione Granger." Hermione answered at the same time as Nora introduced herself.

Daisy had placed herself on the bed from Nora's other side. And Lavender had picked the bed next to the door while Parvati lay in the bed between Hermione and Lavender.

And with that the friendship between the five girls began. Although everyone would notice over the years, Hermione and Nora would always be the closest.

The screen went black. Elijah being a dad, wanted to see more of his daughters life but it was getting dark outside of their house.

"We'll start her first day tomorrow." James spoke, looking around and disappearing with Lily.

Rebekah turned to her brother. "She's absolutely adorable."

"Yes, until she is lying is daggered in a box." Kol spoke, sarcastically.

"I won't dagger her, brother, I promise you."

"You better not."

A voice interrupted them. "We'll leave, then you have some privacy and all that." Caroline said.

With the Mikaelsons just nodding, they walked out of the mansion.

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Posted: January 28, 2024

Be sure to comment. I love reading them and it keeps me motivated!

x Kat

I know Daisy wasn't in the casting parts, I just decided while writing that I wanted Neville to have a twin sister, because Neville deserved much better in general. Meaning that there are now 4 sets of twins that are important to my story. :)

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OKAY GUYS QUESTION: (two options, really)

Do you guys want:

1. Longer chapters, but less chapters for their first year

2. Short chapter, but more chapter for their first year and more updates

I just realized that with option 2 this book will be almost 200 chapters or more whoops. Maybe that's to much?? I don't know.😭