She had always been with her father; she worried about him. That something might happen to him one night while he was selling himself to sick fucks who didn�t give a damn if they hurt him. Harry coming home in pain that morning hadn�t help but she knew that he could handle it, although that didn�t help her to stop worrying.
As the day wore on they both pulled out their school texts, although neither were really reading. They watched the people walk past along the centre of the carriage, greeting old friends after the summer break and catching up on the news.
An hour after night set in the train pulled to a stop at Hogsmeade station and the students started to file off the train and head towards the school.
�First years, First years, this way,� Someone called through the crowd, Lizzy and Alex made their ways towards the man to find a very large man holding a lantern. Lizzy recognised him from her father�s photo album as Hagrid, the school groundskeeper and Care of Magical Creatures teacher.
�Alright, First Years follow me.� Hagrid lead them away from the station and down a dirt path to a small group of boats on a lake.
They crossed the lake all �Ooo� and �Ah�ing as the huge castle came into view. Just the sight of it was magical, with all the hundreds of tiny windows lite up to give the effect of the castle sparkling like it was covered with hundreds of stars.
Hagrid knocked on a big wooden door and they were taken inside by a strict looking lady with grey hair in a tight bun. The woman led them to small room and introduced herself as Professor McGonagall, she then explained to them about the houses, house points and the sorting.
She left them for a moment and they could hear the rest of the school in the next room, talking amongst themselves while they waited for the sorting to start. McGonagall returned and took them into the next room to start the sorting.
Harry had refused to tell them how they would be sorted but had said that it was a type of test. Lizzy had expected a written test of some kind but instead they only found an old hat sitting on a stool at the front of the room. Everyone�s attention was on the hat, which came to life and started to sing about the different houses and their founders.
The song lasted about a minute then McGonagall took out a scroll and started to call out for people to put the hat on.
Hayden Ainslie went into Gryffindor
Sarah Bicton was a Hufflepuff
Johnny Byers was a Slytherin
And on went the list.
�Evans, Elisabeth.�
Lizzy gently pushed her way through the crowd, walked up onto the stage and allowed the woman to place the sorting hat on her head.
�Well what have we here, Potter�s girl, are you. Yes he was very hard to place that one. So let�s see, you�re very protective of your father and friend, Alex, so you�re loyal but you are also very brave. So I think, GRYFFINDOR.�
Lizzy hopped down from the stool and walked over to the Gryffindor table to watch Alex getting sorted. He sat for about the same amount of time as she did and was also putting into Gryffindor.
There were another 10 people to be sorted then everyone quieted down to listen to what the Headmaster had to say. He laid out the rules to the first years and informed every one of some changes to a list in the caretaker�s office he then allowed everyone to start their meal.
�Hi, I�m Jonathan Sampson,� one of the other first years said, holding out his hand across the table.
�Lizzy,� she replied taking his hand.
Alex also took the guys hand and introduced himself.
The rest of the first years introduced themselves and they continued eating their dinner. When the whole school had finished both the main meal and dessert the students were sent to bed, with the prefects leading the way for the first years.<>
The next morning, Alex and Lizzy met up in the Gryffindor Common room and followed some of the older students back down to the great hall for breakfast.
Half way through the meal, McGonagall came over to the Gryffindor table to hand out the student timetables.
Lizzy retrieved hers and scanned it to see what she had that day.
Transfiguration � McGonagall
Potions � Snape
Lunch
Flying � Weasley
Herbology � Longbottom
�Well at least we know the first teacher.� Alex said, as he read his timetable.
�Yeah, I wonder if the Weasley is someone that Dad knew.�
�Maybe, he said there were a lot of them.�
�Yeah there are a lot of us,� someone commented from down the table.
He got up and walked over to them, holding out his hand.
�Jack Weasley.�
�Lizzy Evans and this is Alex Kane.�
�How does your dad know the Weasley�s?�
�He went to school with them. But I think he just knew them from afar.� She added quickly, she didn�t need the guy asking about names.
�Well I�ll see you around, I�ve got Snape first and he�ll eat me alive if I�m late.�
They quickly finished their breakfast and left the hall in search of the Transfiguration classroom. According to their timetables it was on the 6th level of the castle so they started to climb the many staircases to the 6th floor then walked down the closest corridor till they found a classroom with the other 1st years inside.
It was set out like a normal classroom with a teacher�s desk at the front of the room and 4 lines of student desks. They put their books on a desk and when to sit down, when Lizzy noticed a grey cat sitting on the teachers desk. Having a huge soft spot for cats she walked over and slowly reached her hand out to pat it, being careful to watch for any sign that the cat might attack her.
However the cat didn�t attack but let her pet it.
�You�re a pretty cat aren�t you.� She cooed as the cat started to purr.
CONTINUE TO PART 2