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Charlie looked out the window to say his final goodbye to his family, “Bye mum, bye dad!”
“Oh, your so grown-up, good luck at school. Bill, please keep an eye on your brother.” His mother said waving them off as the train pulled out of the station.
“Charlie?” Bill asked, “Will you be okay here, or do you want to come with me to find my friends?”
He looked at his brother and thought for a moment, “You can go, maybe someone will be my friend!”
Bill smiled at him, “Yeah, have fun! Hope you make it into Gryffindor!” Me too. Charlie thought, I also hope I get into Gryffindor. Though Ravenclaw might be a cool house.
About ten minutes passed by before Charlie heard the compartment door slide open, “Can I sit here?”
Charlie nodded and looked up to see a girl with purple and blue hair sit down across from him, “Hi, I’m Charlie Weasly. What’s your name?”
“Tonks, well technically it’s Nymphadora but I go by Tonks. Nice to meet you, Charlie.” Tonks smiled
Charlie gave her a smile back, “Nice to meet you, Tonks. Are you a first-year too?”
“Yeah, is it that obvious?” She asked, Charlie could swear her hair changed to an orange, pink color for a moment.
“Did your hair just change color?” Charlie asked, how did that happen?
Tonks nodded, changing her hair between a few colors before settling on a lavender color. “I’m metamorphmagus.”
“Thats’ cool! What house do you want to be in?”
“I’m not sure, my mom’s family is all from Slytherin but she doesn’t like or talk about them very much. My dad was in Hufflepuff so I’d probably settle for anything but I’m hoping for Hufflepuff.” Tonks answered.
“I want to be in Gryffindor like the rest of my family. My big brother Bill is a Gryffindor!” Charlie said in response.
The two continued talking about whatever came up, Charlie told her about his family and she told him about her dad’s side of the family until they pulled up to Hogsmede station.
“First years over here!” A large man called out to the students shuffling off the train and onto the platform.
Charlie felt Tonks grab his arm and drag him towards the man, “Come on, this is so exciting.” She said stopping in front of the man.
The man smiled at all of them, “Welcome to Hogwarts! I’m Rubus Hagrid Keeper of the keys and grounds.” Hagrid stopped to clear his throat, “Time to sail across the lake, four students to a boat.”
“Do you want to sail across with me?” Charlie asked Tonks.
“Yeah! Let’s go before the boats are full!” The two found a boat with two other students and climbed in one at a time, Tonks almost falling in the water. The other students didn’t really talk much so Charlie just assumed it was because they were nervous.
When the boats reached the edge of the lake by the castle Charlie and Tonk quickly climbed out where they were greeted by McGonagall where she took them inside and explained the sorting. Charlie hadn’t been paying attention to who was placed in what house before he heard McGonagall call out a familiar name, “ Tonks, Nymphadora.”
“Not Nymphadora.” He heard Tonks mumble before making her way up to the stool.
He watched as Tonks sat on the stool, the hat sat there whispering some things before shouting out, “HUFFLEPUFF!” Tonks looked very excited as she smiled at Charlie.
Charlie waiting around for the rest of the sorting until his name was called, “Weasley, Charlie.”
Charlie quickly made his way up to the stool and the hat was promptly deposited onto his head. “Hmm great mind I see, you could be an okay Ravenclaw. No! Loyal, I see and a bit of ambition, but also bravery.” The hat said thinking. Maybe Gryffindor like my parents or Hufflepuff like my friend? Charlie mentally suggested, “Hmm, I see a great future if you are placed in, GRYFFINDOR!” The hat shouted the last words and the table Gryffindor table erupted into cheers and appeals.
“Charlie! Come sit with me!” He heard Bill call. Charlie nodded and went and joined Bill with his friends. Dumbledore gave his speech and then they ate.
That night when Charlie made it up to his dorm to go to bed he opened his trunk and saw a book sitting on top, ‘Dragons, what they are, where they are, and how to tell them apart.’ with a note on top that read,
Charlie, I found this under my bed a few days ago and thought you might like it since you mentioned something about dragons a few months ago. Maybe your friends will want to read it with you.
~Bill
He set the book down on the side table before changing and getting into bed. He thought about what would happen during school and what the best part would be.
Maybe school will be super fun! I hope we have classes with Hufflepuff.
He thought before drifting into sleep.