Chapter 6: Ceremony
Chris went back to his compartment with Trevor in his hands and after a couple minutes later, Hermione and Neville came back as well. Neville saw Trevor in Chris' hands.
"Trevor!" Neville shouted joyously as Chris handed Trevor back to him. "Thank you Chris!"
"It's not much," Chris said.
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After everything was settled, Hermione started talking about her experience.
"You know I saw Harry Potter in one of the compartment. He's the Boy Who Lived. He was with this guy named Ron Weasley who had this strange chant for magic. He tried to change the color of his frog and his chant sounded like something a child made up,"
"Oh, well I'm sure he tried hard," Chris said trying not to laugh as he suddenly remembered the chant that he saw in the movie. Like Hermione said, it was quite ridiculous. The three started talking some more until the train finally stopped and they arrived at Hogwarts.
When they left the train, the three of them were shivering.
"Why didn't I learn a spell to create heat?!" Chris thought as he heard a loud familiar voice calling out for them.
"Firs' year! Firs' years over here!" It was Hagrid and Chris also saw Harry and Ron.
"It's him. That's Harry Potter and Ron Weasley," Hermione pointed out.
Hagrid talked to Harry for a minute and turned to the rest of the group.
"Alright is that everyone? If so, let's get to the boats. When we get there, no more'n 4 per boat!" Hagrid led everyone down a steep narrow path until they ended up in front of a beautiful lake that shined due to the moonlight. On the other side of the beautiful lake was Hogwarts. The huge ancient castle was alluring in its own way and with the shining lake, it seemed like a masterpiece better than any art Chris has ever seen.
"That's Hogwarts. Well, let's stop admirin' it and get on the boats. No more'n 4," Hagrid said.
Chris, Hermione, and Neville got into a boat with another girl that Chris has never seen before. She had large blue eyes with long straight yellow hair in a ponytail. She was also a bit taller than Hermione and her face was as white as snow without any blemishes.
"Impossible! I should know every single people here. Even if I'm not completely sure about their appearance, I shouldn't be completely clueless," Chris thought. "System what's going on?"
[Does Host remember when I mentioned about this world being a Harry Potter world with the Evergreen family in it? This is one of the consequences of having the Evergreen Family. Of course, not too much has changed and she and one other person are the only additions of the first year making it 42 people. Even in all 7 years, there are barely any changes to the amount of students merely 1-3 people extra.]
"Hmm... that makes sense. There is the butterfly effect," Chris thought as he nodded.
Suddenly, Hermione clapped her hands in front of Chris' face.
"Hey Chris did you hear Kristine?"
"Huh who's Kristine?" Chris was not hearing anything from the others so he instinctively asked even though now he guessed who Kristine was.
"She's Kristine," Hermione said pointing to Kristine.
"Kristine Alder," She said with a smile.
"Chris Evergreen," Chris quickly greeted.
"You know Chris, Kristine is exactly like me! She's Muggle-born and she also studied hard before coming here. She knows how to cast 5 spells already," Hermione said.
"Heads down!" Hagrid suddenly screamed as the boat went through a curtain of ivy. They went inside an underground harbor. Everyone left the boats and Hagrid led them up a flight of stone steps. Eventually, they stopped in front of a huge oak door. Hagrid knocked on the door and out came a tall black-haired woman in green robes. It was Professor Minerva McGonagall.
"This is Professor Minerva McGonagall," Hagrid said.
"Thank you Hagrid. I'll take them," Professor McGonagall said as she took them through the beautiful entrance hall that had pictures all over the wall and had an old looking stone floor. Soon they stopped in front of 2 huge doors leading to the dining hall and Chris heard hundreds of voices from inside. Hermione, Neville, and even Kristine looked nervous while Chris was standing there excited.
"Welcome to Hogwarts," Professor McGongall said. "The banquet will begin shortly, but before you can take your seat, there will be a house sorting where you will be sorted into your house. The Sorting will decide the people you will work and live with for the next 7 years so it is extremely important. In Hogwarts, there are 4 schools: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Slytherin, and Ravenclaw. In Hogwarts, we have a competition where the House with the most amount of points will be awarded the House Cup, a great honor to your House. I hope that each and every one of you will be an important asset to your House,"
She then looked at Neville's cloak which was fastened onto his left ear, Ron's smudged nose, and various other people who seemed to be a bit unprepared.
"Well, we do have some time. I would suggest that everyone take this time to be fully prepared," She said as she left the chamber.
"Chris, I only know Reparo and some other really minor spells. What if the school rejects me right now?!" Hermione asked as she started panicking and started to recite the spells she knew.
"Hermione, if you get kicked out, we're all getting kicked out," Kristine said.
"Yeah, I would be expelled for showing fluke power," Neville said.
"Yeah you're right. I need to relax," Hermione said as she took long breaths.
Suddenly, there were gasps coming from the other students and Chris looked up to see what was going on. It was ghosts and they were flying around observing all the kids. One ghost, the fat friar, started asking some questions.
"Oh new kids, going to be sorted," He asked.
A few kids nodded at his questions
"Well then, hope to see you at Hufflepuff. It's my house," He said as a loud voice from inside the dining hall.
"The Sorting Ceremony is about to start!"
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