Disclaimer: I have never owned Harry Potter

The boats reached an underground harbor, and they began clambering out of the boats. Hagrid began to lead the group up a set of stone steps that led to a huge oak door.

Upon entering they were led by a teacher with long, brown hair. She waved at them to follow her.

"I'll take them from here, Hagrid."

Albus glanced at all the other students trying to pick out the people he knew. Rose was behind him with one of the people he had met in diagon alley. Scorpius was next to him, and the other, Maddie, he remembered, was just in front of him.

They followed her into the Great Hall where the rest of the students all sat around crowded tables. Banners were above each table, displaying the houses.

She went up to the front and a patched up hat was placed on a stool.

"As you here your names please step up here and I'll place the hat upon your head. It'll sort you and then you go to your respective table. Longbottom, Skye!"

"RAVENCLAW!"

"Weasley, Rose!"

"GRYFFINDOR!"

She went down the list and called name after name until finally she called, "Greyback, Celeste!"

There were several gasps. Fenrir's name was whispered throughout the hall as Celeste approached the seat. She pushed back her dark brown hair that lined her face as the sorting hat was put on her head.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

More whispers, than applause, came from the Gryffindors. She walked over to the table silently with her head down.

"Gryphon, Gil!"

"SLYTHERIN!"

"Malfoy, Scorpius!"

More whispers followed him through the hall. He felt as if a sense of pending doom had befallen him. As the hat was placed on his head he heard it speak, "Ah a Malfoy, eh? But, you're different from your father and his father before him. You have a certain air of courage and trust about you. I'd say, GRYFFINDOR!"

The hall was silent until Rose and James began clapping ending in the rest of the hall following them. The Slytherin table glared at him in malice.

He trembled slightly. He couldn't believe it. He, Scorpius Malfoy, was a Gryffindor.

"Potter, Albus!"

Albus was slightly shaken. Scorpius had gotten into Gryffindor, and his father was a Slytherin. Albus's worries left him when the hat called out, "GRYFFINDOR!" before even reaching his head.

The Gryffindors greeted him with a rousing applause and Rose jumped up and dragged him over to her side of the table.

"Sumit, Ian!"

"HUFFLEPUFF!"

"Knaught, Madelyn!"

"HUFFLEPUFF!"

"Draconi, Jake!"

"HUFFLEPUFF!"

As the sorted first years found their tables, the cheers began to fade and, after the final student was sorted, Professor McGonagall stood up, "Welcome, all to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin I would like to introduce our teachers to those new here. Our professor for Defense against the Dark Arts will be Mrs. Piper Halliwell. Divination this year will be taught by Mrs. Phoebe Halliwell, and finally, Transfiguration will now be taught by Mrs. Paige Halliwell. Now let us begin."

As soon as she said that, food appeared on the plates in front of them and everyone ate happily.

Albus saw Maddie sitting on the other side of the table next to James and his friend, Nathan. She didn't seem to be paying them any heed and he decided to introduce Rose to them when they left the great hall.

Sorry for the shortness, but this chapter is necessary. It may seem a little rushed. Once I get a little farther I may revise it later.