'Harry wake up you don't want to be late for the train' my sister Bella said waking me up in her new favorite outfit this being the French maid outfit from my birthday.
'Yeah yeah I'm up Bella' I said pulling the covers off and getting out of bed.
I went to start changing when Bella stopped me and said 'no brother it is the last chance I'll get till Christmas I will dress you.'
Before the words 'fine' had left my mouth I was already naked then dressed again in muggle jeans and a shirt.
'Don't worry I have already packed your stuff I left out those magazines that Sirius left for you as why would you need those all the girls in Hufflepuff would be willing to help you anyways' Bella continued.
'Thanks Bella but I'm only 11' I said slightly embarrassed.
'As if that matters you know what mom always says "magic makes your body mature faster by Christmas you'll be so full of magic that your body will mature exponentially and then you'll be just as horny as muggle teenager"' Bella says very clinically.
Becoming even redder I mutter 'not helping.'
After finishing up the three of us made our way to kings cross station. We met up with the Weasleys there and made our way to platform 9 and 3/4 together.
On the platform just before we were all going to split up mom pulls the twins aside and holds out her hand and says 'map please.'
'What' Fred started.
'Map' George finished.
'Don't even try it you two I've known about the marauders map since it was made do you really think my husband, Sirius and friends are smart enough to make that without help. So I'm going to ask again Map please' mom said to them.
Without further protest they handed over what appeared to be a black folded up sheet parchment but what surprised me was that she kept it.
Looking at the slight protest as she said she would give it to me she said 'I'll give it to you when I'm done updating it it's incomplete and missing 30% of Hogwarts and I'm Embarrassed created such an unfinished product.'
'Ok' I said agreeing that it's incomplete state must have been really bugging her.
The twins could only hear about the missing 30% and seamed quite eager to find this missing 30% uncaring that the map was taken from them.
As I boarded the train I was met by the Hufflepuff 5th year prefects who lead me into their compartment, I wasn't planning on spending the train ride with them but as we arrived so early because mom was in charge of the departure of kings cross I had to be here early as well.
Sitting with the prefects they introduced themselves by age. The 5th years were Sarah Parks and Luke Choldrton. The 6th years are Rebecca Mofit and Hunter Stones. The 7th years being Crystal Wemple and Jonathan Diggington. After a while talking with them I leave just before the train is about to leave.
Walking through the train I pass by many compartments full of excited students. I passed one compartment that had three girls and one boy in it. One of the girls was reading while the other three talked. They looked to be about my age so I went inside.
'Do you mind if I join you guys' I asked.
'By all means my name is Hermione Granger' said the bushy brown haired girl reading the book not even bothering to look up.
'My name is Susan Bones and this is my best friend Hannah Abbott' the redhead said gesturing to the blond beside her.
'I'm Neville Longbottom' the boy stammered out.
'Nice to meet you all I'm Harry Potter' I said exuding confidence.
I let the trio get back to talking as I walked past them so I could sit beside this Granger girl as she intrigued me.
'So what are you reading my dear' I asked her put up all of my charm.
'I'm reading about how a muggleborn is supposed to integrate into this backwards culture' she responded with a bit of hostility towards me as I exude pureblood privilege.
'Yes it is quite difficult to be born with the preexisting condition of not being a pureblood but it's not like you don't have 7 years to become friends with someone who was born with that condition like the other 4 people in this compartment' I said with maximum sass.
'Fine' she sad in a huff and started to interact with everyone else in the compartment.
'So which house does everyone want to go to?' I asked.
Neville was the first to respond 'Gryffindor' he said very assuredly.
Susan was next to respond 'Hufflepuff because that's where my aunt said I would thrive.'
Hannah was next and said 'I'm going wherever Susan goes as I don't think I could abandon her.'
'Well my plan is to go to Hufflepuff because my mom said that's where I'll find the best people' I said.
'But both your parents were in Gryffindor why would she suggest that' Hermione said scandalously.
'Cause she knows me best. Now what about you my dear you've stayed silent up until now' I said pointedly.
'I wanted to go to Gryffindor or Ravenclaw but then I talked to an older student and she told be I would go to Hufflepuff. Not because of any nefarious reasons but she said she saw herself in me and gave me very apt reasoning and it made me question if I truly knew myself' she said quietly at my prompting.
'Well on the bright side is that you found out before tonight so you've had time to process' I said.
'What do you mean I would have found out tonight' she asked nervously.
'You'll see' I said with a wink.
Our group went back on talking about things and getting to know each other.
As we were getting close to Hogwarts Neville realized that his toad was missing so he went to go look for it while the rest of us stayed behind.
'We are almost there, we should get changed into our school robes soon why don't you girls change now while I step outside' I said closing the blinds and stepping outside the compartment.
**POV Shift**
Back inside the compartment.
'I can't believe that Harry Potter wants to go to Hufflepuff' Susan said while stripping off her shirt to reveal a pink bra holding very large boobs for her age.
'I can they were betrayed the night when he killed you-know-who. So obviously he would value loyalty above all else' Hannah said standing there in a cute white ensemble hiding a much more average proportioned girl.
'Why are you girls getting naked so easily have you no shame' Hermione said trying to hide her modest body as best she can.
Seeing this the other girls saw this as an opportunity they ganged up on poor Hermione and tore her hands away from her body revealing Hermione' baby blue bra and panties.
'Now Hermione your older sisters here are going to let you in on a little wizarding secret our bodies use magic to speed up our growth as kids thus when we go to Hogwarts which has the highest magic density in all of England our bodies take that magic and we mature at a much faster rate then muggles. After we get back from the Christmas/Yule holiday all the first year girls will have a special class that is all about sex. That class will encourage us young witches to find an outlet for our built up hormones and magical energy which is usually other young witches. But that's besides the point my point being that if you are a prude it will stunt your growth' Susan said clinically.
'I don't believe you' Hermione said getting control of her hands back she crossed them over her chest.
'If you don't believe us ask professor Potter when we get there' Hannah said going back to put on her school robes.
'Humph' Hermione said as she quickly redressed before anything else could happen.
When Susan was done she poked her head out to tell Harry to come back inside.
**POV Shift**
'Harry you can come back inside now' Susan said as she poked her head out of the compartment.
I walked back inside and before anyone could move I grabbed my trunk and opened it and took off my shirt and went to start taking off my pants when.
'What are you doing we are still here. You you pervert' Hermione said her face flushing red.
'If it bothers you so much just close your eyes and I'm not the one staring' I said winking and continuing to get undressed.
As I'm finishing up I look over to see Hermione peeking though her fingers seeing that I caught her she blushes even more.
As I sat back down beside the poor girl she looked like she wanted to ask me a question 'what is it Hermione?' I asked her.
'Is what they told me correct?' She asked nervously.
'Depends on what they told you. What did they tell you Hermione?' I said with a devilish grin.
'They gave me a preview of the lecture we will be having after Christmas' she said sheepishly.
'Then yes what they told you is correct' I said still smiling.
'The boys will be going through it sometime between years 3 and 4 but exceptionally powerful wizards have been known to go through it earlier and the problems for boys is less drastic then the girls as all it does is make our magic harder to control with no long lasting penalties' I continued much to Hermione's horror.
Around this time the train came to a stop at Hogsmeade station we went to get up but Hermione said 'what about Neville?'
'He's a big boy and not your responsibility Hermione but I'm sure he will get where he needs to go on his own. He does want to go to Gryffindor so he doesn't need babysitting. Now lets go because I don't want to be late.' I responded.
'And speak of the devil look who it is you'll meet us down by the boats right Neville' I said as he passed us.
'Yes' he responded.
My boat to cross the Black lake was Susan, Hannah, Hermione and I. the crossing was fairly quiet as the four of us were just in awe of the majesty of the castle.
Hagrid led the first years to the hallway just before the great hall before telling us to wait their and not wander off and that Professor McGonagall would come an get us shortly.
The second he was out of sight I was suddenly accosted by a blond boy and his two pet thugs.
'Well if it isn't the great Harry Potter I thought you would look stronger. but it matters not I am Draco of the noble house Malfoy and I have decided to grace you with my acquaintance. You should be honored' Draco said with bravado.
'Yes it is nice to meet you Draco of the MINOR house of Malfoy' I said holding out one of my hands to shake.
'You dirty Mudblood' Draco yelled and slapped my hand away.
'Congratulations Mister Malfoy you are the first person in 100 years to earn a weeks worth of detention before being sorted' Professor McGonagall said as she rounded the corner.
'My father will hear of this' he exclaimed.
'That's fine but he will have to wait as we are ready to sort you now' she said leading the first years into the great hall. Once we reached the front of the great hall we stopped in front of the raised teachers platform where a stool and the sorting hat sat.
'Abbot Hannah' Professor McGonagall called. 'Hufflepuff' the hat called the second the hat touched her head.
'Bones, Susan' Professor McGonagall called. 'Hufflepuff' the hat called the second the hat touched her head.
'Boot, Trevor' Professor McGonagall called. 'Ravenclaw' the hat called the second the hat touched his head.
'Brocklehurst, Mandy' Professor McGonagall called. 'Ravenclaw' the hat called the second the hat touched her head.
'Brown, Lavender' Professor McGonagall called. 'Gryffindor' the hat called the second the hat touched her head.
(...)
'Davis, Tracey' Professor McGonagall called. 'Slytherin' the hat called the second the hat touched her head.
(...)
'Finch-Fletchley, Justin' Professor McGonagall called. 'Hufflepuff' the hat called the second the hat touched his head.
(...)
'Granger, Hermione' Professor McGonagall called. 'Hufflepuff' the hat called taking the longest so far.
'Greengrass, Daphne' Professor McGonagall called. 'Slytherin' the hat called the second the hat touched her head.
'Hopkins, Wayne' Professor McGonagall called. 'Hufflepuff' the hat called the second the hat touched his head.
'Jones, Megan' Professor McGonagall called. 'Hufflepuff' the hat called the second the hat touched her head.
(...)
'Longbottom, Neville ' Professor McGonagall called. 'Gryffindor' the hat called the second the hat touched his head.
(...)
'Macmillan, Ernest' Professor McGonagall called. 'Gryffindor' the hat called the second the hat touched his head.
'Malfoy, Draco ' Professor McGonagall called. 'Slytherin' the hat called the second the hat touched his head.
'Malone, Roger' Professor McGonagall called. 'Hufflepuff' the hat called the second the hat touched his head.
'Moon, Lilith' Professor McGonagall called. 'Hufflepuff' the hat called the second the hat touched her head.
(...)
'Perks, Sally-Anne' Professor McGonagall called. 'Gryffindor' the hat called the second the hat touched her head.
'Potter, Harry' Professor McGonagall called. At this the whole great hall went deathly quiet as I made my way up to the hat. The hat was put on my head and 'Hufflepuff' the hat called the second the hat touched my head.
This shocked most of the people in the great hall as they couldn't believe that the savior of the wizarding world was a Hufflepuff but I paid them no mind as I went to join my house table.
I sat back and continued to watch the the final people be sorted.
'Rivers, Oliver' Professor McGonagall called. 'Hufflepuff' the hat called the second the hat touched his head.
(...)
'Weasley, Ronald' Professor McGonagall called. 'Gryffindor' the hat called the second the hat touched his head.
'Zabini, Blaise' Professor McGonagall called. 'Slytherin' the hat called the second the hat touched his head.
With the sorting done Dumbledore made his welcome speech and something about the third floor corridor on the left side being closed and the yearly reminder that the forbidden forest is in fact forbidden but I was hardly paying attention because I was curious how the Hufflepuff first years are inducted so that there isn't any problems.
After the welcome feast is over Sarah and Luke walked over to the group of us 10 first years an introduced themselves and lead us to the the Hufflepuff common room and dorms.
'There's no password just walk up to this threshold and if your a Hufflepuff it will allow you to walk right through the wall into our common room' Sarah explained to us before walking right on through the wall
We all followed her through and Luke came behind us.
Once we were all through Sarah started talking again 'this is the Hufflepuff common room we are not like other houses and have set times where the common room is off limits and you are expected to be in your beds sleeping but we do have an expectation that whatever your schedule that you decide it won't effect the appearance with the other houses. So if you stay up late you better not be late to class or sleep through it.'
The girls dorm is on the left side of the common room and the boys dorm is to the right' Luke said moving to the front of the group beside Sarah.
'Now as you must be wondering what's the room directly behind us. Well that is the Hufflepuff meeting room it's the room that we use for our weekly meetings as a house to help each other and for what miss Lily would like us to do' Sarah said.
'Now as first years you have your first meeting now so if you'll follow me' Luke said leading the way into the meeting room.
The meeting room was laid out as a massive lecture hall with rows of seats in a semicircle that got progressively lower until you got to the middle where my mom was waiting for us in front of the blackboard.
The ten of us filled up the first row I could tell mom wanted me to sit to her far right so I did.
'Welcome my newest students. You will call me miss Lily not Professor Potter or anything else. Now who wants to tell me a Hufflepuff's most important trait?' mom asked the group.
Hermione was the first to raise her hand.
'Yes miss Granger' mom said.
'Loyalty is the most important trait' Hermione said.
'I see you have talked to an older student Hermione and you are correct' mom said.
'So Hufflepuff the house of loyalty, hard-work and determination. As such I have to let you all in on a little secret Hufflepuff works a little different then the other houses. The first night you will participate in a ritual that will cement your loyalty to the rest of Hufflepuff house. This ritual will prevent you from telling anyone about this ritual and force you to keep any secrets of this house. This ritual is for life and even after you graduate you won't be able to tell anyone. So since none of you have a choice in the matter any questions?' Mom said.
'Aren't rituals dark magic' Susan asked.
'In truth they are no darker then any other magic the darkness comes in how it is used not inherent to the ritual' mom explained to the girl.
'Now pick up your wands and chant after me "I vow to never betray Hufflepuff and those designated within this ritual in anyway. From now until the end of time. My loyalty is my bond and as such my bond will be unyielding and unending"' she lead the others who had followed along in her chant.
I looked at all of the others and I realized why she wanted me to sit in that specific spot the other chairs contained a compulsion charm that made them have a heightened sense of trust towards mom. A very clever way around the of free mind part of most rituals as long as you don't use magic to force them to say the words everything else is fair game.
Having made sure it worked mom turned to me and said 'alright you already know your ritual right.'
'Yep' I said as I pulled out my wand and chanted mine 'I accept the loyalty of Hufflepuff and accept my part as a designated party.'
Having finished my part mom now continues with her other welcome stuff 'now this ritual will answer any questions as to why a thing is the way it is and provide you with additional information that you will need to know. If it is working as intended nod.'
Seeing that everyone nodded she says 'boys you will follow Luke and he will help you get set up in your dorm. Girls and Harry you will follow Sarah.'
Getting up Susan, Hannah, Hermione, Megan, Lilith and I followed Sarah.
Walking into the girls dorm we are greeted by the massive circular central room with many satellite rooms attached with doors that are bead curtain doors.
Sarah stopped and said 'girls your room will be in a group along the wall of this room your stuff will already be inside and your door will have your name on it the big horseshoe shaped door at the far end is the bathroom. Harry we are currently in your room if you close the curtains around your bed it will block out most if not all of the sound. Girls your doors have a similar property even though they are not solid.'
Being tired I bid the girls good night and walked up the the raised dais and stripped down and closed the curtains and fell asleep.