First Post: Harry Potter (RTE)

Note that there was a Harry Potter anchor club, but it reverted to a single sim due to lack of activity

Message Posted on 2007-03-03 22:43:19
Message Posted by 1st Year Crawford


Crawford thought the Hogwarts Express was amazing, more so than his friend Anna's description, but it was nothing compared to the Great Hall with it's vaulted vanishing ceiling, huge windows overlooking the grounds, and the five enormous dining tables overflowing with the year's inaugural feast.

As instructed by the professor that led the first years into the castle, Crawford, known as 'Lenny' to his friends, got in line in the middle of the Hall with the other first years, surrounded by the rest of the student body arranged in the four Houses of Hogwarts. "My Mum was in Hufflepuff, so I hope I'm there too." said a lithe girl with black hair in front of him. Lenny was the first child in his family for more than three hundred years to display any wizarding talent, and that ancestor didn't go to Hogwarts, so he didn't have any idea which of the four Houses he mind find himself sorted into.

"Slytherin!" called the Sorting Hat from the head of a boy with auburn hair and freckles who stood facing the rest of the assemblage. One of the tables cheered, while another jeered conspicuously.

"Hufflepuff!" called the Hat from the head of the skinny girl who had been in line in front of him. She got her wish. Now it was his turn. Lenny was surprised to hear the hat start to mumble to itself after being placed on his head by the professor, "Hmm, well... Not often do we find an unknown spirit... many qualities... My first thought is Gryffindor, the passion is strong, but the ambition is undeniable, a good match for Slytherin... there, there it is. The thirst for knowledge, the knowledge by which dreams are made real, and great mysteries are brought into the light."

"Ravenclaw!"