TWO HEADS OF RED HAIR BOBBED ALONG the bustling platform as they lugged their oversized trunks behind them. One of the redheads was a girl with short red hair that reached her shoulders. She trudged after the other redhead struggling with her trunk as she pushed against the flow of people around her. Her chocolate brown eyes surveyed all of her surroundings.
The train station was definitely not a normal sight for her, even this many muggles was a weird sight for her to see. The second redhead was a girl with long red hair that reached beyond her shoulders and towards her lower back. Her forest green eyes sparkled with excitement as she dragged her twin sister around. Behind them, three other people tried to keep up with the red-headed twins at their breakneck speeds.
"Slow down, Lil," the redhead with shorter hair whined when she almost dropped her trunk. Her sister, Lily, only glared in reply before ignoring her sister and continuing to speed walk around Kings Cross Station.
Iris sighed as she reluctantly allowed herself to be dragged by her twin. Iris was just as excited as Lily about the two of them starting school together, but she would rather not cause a scene around a large group of muggles.
For the past four years, Iris Evans had been attending Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. She liked going to school at Beauxbatons, living in France for a while was magnificent. But she missed her twin sister Lily a lot. However, it was never her plan to join her at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry.
Iris is a complete troublemaker, plain and simple. She was always getting into trouble and pranking people. She was considered the Detention Queen at Beauxbatons. No other student had received as many detentions as she did while attending Beauxbatons.
And after one prank that went a little too far, the headmistress decided it was time for Iris to leave. And even though she was upset, Iris was content with the decision. She had a few friends in France that she would miss, but now she'd have more time to spend with Lily and Severus.
Speaking of Severus, Iris made it her life goal to annoy him as much as she could. She constantly teased him and played jokes on him. But everyone knew her jokes and pranks were all in good fun. Her and Severus were like brother and sister, a type of sibling bond where most of the time they could not stand each other, but it was a bond nonetheless.
The three trying to follow the red-headed twins were the rest of the Evans family. Craig Evans was a tall and lean man, a disheveled mop of brown hair sat atop his head. He had light brown eyes that held warmth and joy as he watched his daughters run ahead in excitement.
Octavia Evans was a short woman. Her light brown hair danced around her slightly chubby cheeks. Her hazel eyes watched in amusement as her youngest daughter dragged her twin around a group of people.
Petunia Evans watched in disdain. She didn't want to be here, she didn't have to be. Her lip curled in disgust as her younger sisters seemed to be bursting with happiness. She was the complete opposite of her sisters, instead of a light and bright appearance Petunia's was bitter and spiteful. Her dark brown eyes stared at the set of twins with a glare.
Her cold and hateful attitude was completely dismissed by their parents. She hated how her parents fawned over her younger sisters, there was no need. They were witches, freaks. They didn't deserve this kind of treatment.
The Evans family finally made it passed the other commuters and walked over to a pillar in between platforms nine and ten. Platform 9 3/4. Iris watched as a boy who appeared to be slightly younger than her run at the pillar. But instead of crashing into the brick wall and making a fool of himself, he disappeared. Appearing to have vanished into thin air, either that or the wall just ate him!
"Wow," Iris breathed out in awe. Even though Iris was a witch and had been around a lot of other wizards and witches. The magical world never ceased to amaze her.
Lily looked at her sister and smiled widely, showing off her perfect white teeth. "It's amazing, isn't it?"
Iris could only find herself nodding in agreement. She just wasn't able to find her voice. She didn't have to, however, as her mother came up to the girls and pulled them into a tight hug. "Oh Lily, Iris, we are going to miss you," Octavia gushed.
"Mum," Iris whined. "You'll see us at Christmas. Besides you're always happy to see me go, you don't have to endure my pranks for the rest of the year."
Octavia sighed, but smiled nonetheless and placed her hand on Iris' head. She patted down the girls unruly short red hair before her hand was swatted away by the teen. "We'll miss you no matter what," Octavia smiled lovingly before turning to Lily, "and you too Lily, just make sure you're sister stays out of trouble."
Iris huffed crossing her arms in irritation, they all know she's going to get into trouble, no matter what her parents said. "Don't worry, Mum. I can look after her," Lily said pulling Iris into her side and smiling brightly. Craig chuckled pulling both of his daughters in for a hug.
"No pranking, Iris. There aren't many other schools we can send you too if you get expelled again." He laughed kissing the top of her head and doing the same to Lily. Iris shook her head before pulling away from her father and sticking her tongue out at him before smirking.
"I make no promises."
Both Octavia and Craig shared a look with each other. They loved Iris dearly, there was no way for them not to. But they were slightly disappointed that she had been expelled from Beauxbatons. To their knowledge, there weren't many other wizarding schools for her to attend. And their worst nightmare was that she'd be expelled from every school and not be able to graduate. But she only had two years left. There was no way she could get expelled from every school in a year or two, could she?
"Come on, we won't be able to get a compartment at this rate," Lily complained.
A small black kitten walked towards the group. It was small, it had to be the smallest kitten in London. Trotting its way towards the group it rubbed up against Octavia and Craig's legs, purring in delight. It hissed at Petunia, who scowled at it. And it finally walked over to its owner, Iris. "There you are!" Iris picked up the small kitten and stroked its fur, "I was wondering where you got to."
The kitten, Shadow, purred and brushed his head up against Iris' hand. "Right, we've got everything now. Let's go." Lily exclaimed before dragging her twin over towards the pillar. Their family waved goodbye to them, minus Petunia who continued to sulk. Iris took a deep breath before glancing at Lily.
Lily smiled at her twin before running towards the pillar and disappearing into the cream colored wall. Iris smirked before running after her sister. As soon as she ran through the wall her surroundings changed drastically. The bleak and dreary settings of Kings Cross changed into a bright and exciting platform. No normal, boring muggles were running around carrying suitcases and traveling for work.
Instead, young children ran around with each other laughing and enjoying themselves. They chased after their pets and hurried to try and get onto the train. And in front of her, in all its glory, was the Hogwarts express. It was a gigantic, magnificent train. The red and black engine was completely amazing, and Iris had to admit it was much better than the pegasus drawn carriage she rode to get to Beauxbatons. At least in her opinion.
"Iris this is so amazing that we're going to the same school," Lily gushed breaking Iris out of her daze. Still gobsmacked Iris could only nod her head in amazement. "Come on, we need to get on the train," Lily said as she dragged Iris towards the train.
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The twins quickly put their trunks away and made their way onto the train. They walked along the hallway and looked into each compartment trying to find an empty one or find Severus. Each compartment was nearly full to the brim with excited students ready to start the new year. After finally finding an empty compartment, Iris sighed before plopping herself down onto the seat and getting comfy.
"How long is the train ride? Long? Cause I want to take a nap." Iris said as she slumped down in her seat and draped her arm over her eyes.
"It's a few hours, but we should be leaving in a few minutes," Lily said standing in the doorway of the compartment. "I think Severus should be on the train already, I'm going to go look for him." Iris hummed in acknowledgment and uncovered her eyes.
"Find him and tell him to get his arse in here, I've been waiting to see that twat for a while now." Iris chuckled to herself, "I got a few new ideas that I want to… test on him."
Lily glared at Iris, "don't get on his bad side already, school hasn't even started yet."
Iris laughed, "exactly, which means I have all year to mess with him. This is going to be the best year ever."
Lily scoffed, "I hope you do not meet Potter. If you do, I don't think I could handle going to school here anymore." Iris wasn't listening, she was starting to doze off already and the warm, fuzzy fur ball already sleeping on her lap was lulling her to sleep.
Lily left soon after noticing that Iris had started to fall asleep. She started walking down the hallway to look for Severus or even one of her other friends so she could introduce them to her sister. A group of three boys the same age as her, walked up from the other end. One boy had messy brown hair that could be seen over the top of the book he had his head in. His warm chocolate brown eyes sweeping over the pages of the book. Scars littered his face and gave him an intimidating appearance, but anyone who knows him knows that he could barely intimidate a Hufflepuff.
One of the other boys also had brown hair, it swept off his forehead and over the rim of his round glasses. The glasses encased his bright blue eyes that held mischief and trouble. He walked along the hallway like he owned the place, arrogance obvious in his demeanor. The final boy had shaggy black hair, just like the last boy he had an air of arrogance surrounding him, he didn't seem to have a humble bone in his body. His light grey eyes were full of trouble, no doubt about it.
These were the boy's Lily dreaded her sister meeting. Remus Lupin, James Potter and Sirius Black. She knew that there were two possibilities that could happen if and when they met. One; Iris would become best friends with them and cause havoc around Hogwarts. Or two; they would hate each other. Iris' stubborn personality could clash with James' and Sirius', and all hell would break loose. Lily didn't want to imagine what could ensue if that were to happen, she wasn't sure what would happen. However, her fears would be tested as the group of rambunctious boys were headed to the same compartment where Iris was taking a small nap.
The two of the three boys laughed together as they joked about. The third boy still had his head stuck in his book. Once he got to the door he opened it up, but he noticed that someone was already in the compartment. Remus froze in his spot as he stared at the girl with wide eyes. The girl appeared to be the same age as him and his friends, though he wasn't sure who she was. Her breath was shallow and she looked peaceful as she was sleeping with a small black kitten on her lap.
"What are you standing there for, Moony? Just sit down," James said as he walked over to see why his friend had stopped. And once he did his eyebrows furrowed. A red-headed girl was laying in their compartment, asleep. And for a moment he thought that it was his one true love, Lily Evan who had fallen asleep in this compartment. But he was able to tell that it wasn't his Lily, her hair was obviously shorter and she had a slimmer face than Lily. "Who is that?"
Sirius popped up from behind the two boys and stared into the compartment to find out what was keeping them from entering. "What's wrong with you two?" But once he saw the girl laying in their compartment he stopped in his tracks. He stared at her, she was no one he had seen before. A new student perhaps. She was gorgeous, and she reminded him of Evans. Sirius smirked, "now isn't this interesting." He pushed past his friends and walked into the compartment to examine the beautiful girl closer.
"Who is she?" James asked as he and Remus entered the compartment. Remus shrugged his shoulders before taking the seat across from the sleeping girl.
"She could be a new student, but she looks like she's our age," Remus said, James nodded his head and took the seat next to the sleeping girl.
"I don't care who she is, she's gorgeous," Sirius sighed taking the seat next to Remus.
"You say that about every girl you see," James chuckled. Sirius shrugged his shoulders before laughing, his laugh sounding like a bark. And because of that Iris bean to stir from her nap. The boys cringed slightly realizing that the girl was now waking up, but now they'll at least get to know who the girl is.
Iris woke up and let out a small grunt, she heard talking. Hushed whispers, she suspected to be Lily and Severus and maybe a few of their friends. But when she opened her eyes instead of seeing her sister and Severus, she saw three boys. The one across from her had scars on his face and a book held in his hands. The boy next to him had long black hair that reached his shoulders. And next to her was a boy with glasses.
"Who the hell are you and why did you wake me up?" Iris muttered scratching her head.
"Feisty, I like that," Sirius said with a wink. Iris rolled her eyes as she petted the annoyed kitten in her lap.
"I ask again, who are you? And why did you wake me up?" Her tone was deadly calm.
"Sorry, we just came in to sit, all the other compartments were full," Remus spoke up.
"Still didn't answer my question." Iris sighed giving up on the fact that she won't be able to take a nap now. Though she should at least get to know them, it would be good for her to make some friends now.
"Sorry, I'm Remus Lupin," The boy across from Iris said reaching his hand out for her to shake. Iris smiled at his polite gesture and shook his hand.
"Nice meeting you, Remus," Iris said before turning to the other boys. "What about you two?"
"You're not going to tell us your name first, love?" The shaggy-haired boy asked with a smirk.
Iris smirked back as her eyes sparkled with mischief, "you've gotta earn that, darling."
Sirius laughed, he was liking this girl already, "I'm Sirius Black, you can call me handsome."
"Sirius is fine, thanks, darling."
Sirius chuckled, "have I earned your name yet, love?"
Iris sighed, pretending to be in thought. "I suppose so…" Iris said before smiling flirtatiously and reaching her hand out for his. As soon as the two of their hands touched a spark crawled up their arms. Iris tried to ignore the feeling and cleared her throat. Sirius also ignored the feeling and quickly let go of her hand, even though he wanted to keep holding it. Though he had no idea why he wanted to. "Name's Iris Evans."
All the boys stared wide-eyed at Iris, Evans? As in Lily Evans?
"Evans?" James squeaked.
Iris nodded her head, "yes, I suppose you know my sister, Lily."
The three boys stared at her in astonishment and glanced at each other. Sister? Lily never mentioned she had a sister besides Petunia. But they should have guessed she was related to Lily. Iris is just as feisty as Lily and they look similar too. "Know her? He's in love with your sister." Sirius snickered as he pointed to the boy sitting next to Iris.
Iris raised her eyebrows looking at the bewildered boy next to her, "really?"
James cleared his throat and stuck out his hand for Iris. He had to make a good impression with her, she is, after all, the love of his life's sister. One wrong move and who knows how good of a chance he had with Lily. "Right, sorry I didn't introduce myself properly. I'm James, James Potter. Brilliant, handsome and the perfect boyfriend for your sister."
Iris raised a brow and nodded her head slowly, "yes I think I've heard her talk about you." She said as she shook the arrogant boy's hand.
James' expression brightened, "she has!?" He ruffled his unruly hair and smirked as his eye twinkled with confidence, "I mean, why wouldn't she?"
"Yes, she's talked about the arrogant toe-rag who bothers her every minute of every day." Iris smirked, "she never seems to shut up about you." James laughed after hearing her say that.
"Really!? You hear that Padfoot?" He asked looking at Sirius, "I told you Lily was falling for me."
Sirius smiled brightly at his friend, "good on you, Prongs."
"So, Iris," Remus said gaining the redheads' attention. "Why haven't we seen you before?"
Iris sighed, "I transferred to Hogwarts this year, I was expelled from Beauxbatons last year." She explained with a shrug of her shoulders
"Expelled? What did you do?" James exclaimed with interest.
Iris laughed lightly at James' excitement, "I might have pulled a prank on the headmistress at the end of the year, she didn't like it one bit." The boys glanced at each other before looking back at Iris. "That and I think they took into account the number of detentions I had."
Sirius stared at the girl, his body leaning forward to look at her closer. "How many detentions did you have?"
"Lost count," Iris instantly answered with a shrug.
"You like to prank?" James asked with curiosity. If his future sister-in-law likes pranking like he does, he is going to love being apart of the Evans family even more than he already is.
"Course, ever since I found out about Zonko's when I was eleven, I've been pranking everyone I can," Iris smirked. Sirius gawked at the girl, he could feel his heartbeat race. Not only was this girl gorgeous, but she was just as troublesome as he is.
He was going to love getting to know her better.
Suddenly the compartment door opened, all of their heads turned to see that Lily Evans stood in the doorway. And once she saw that the Marauders were in the same compartment as her twin, her eyes widened. She internally groaned, as did the boy next to her. Now his tormentors were friends with one of his best friends, who also liked to torment him. This school year was starting off on a terrible note.
"Oh, no," Lily groaned.
"Lily!" James exclaimed and smirked towards her. Lily rolled her eyes as she glared at her sister. In return, Iris did nothing but smirk back.
"Look Lil, Sev, I've made a few friends," Iris said smugly seeing Lily's eyes filled with fear.
"I should have seen this coming," Lily rubbed her temples in frustration. Severus stood next to Lily awkwardly not really knowing what he should do.
"Nice to see you too, Evans," Sirius said as he smirked.
"We'll find another compartment," Lily said quickly turning on her heels to leave.
"Sorry Lil, see you later!" Iris yelled after her sister. She then looked at Severus with a smile, "I'll see you later too, Sev. It'll be great getting to talk with you." Iris smiled.
Severus gave a small smile, "yeah, see you, Iris," Severus squeaked before quickly following after Lily.
"You're friends with that greasy snake?" Sirius bitterly questioned as he watched Severus scurry away.
Iris glared at Sirius, "problem with that?"
"No, not at all," Sirius said quickly before scoffing. "I'm only wondering what a gorgeous girl like you would want to do with a Slytherin."
Iris glared at him, "and I'm starting to wonder why a gorgeous girl like me is talking to a hot-headed Gryffindor like you." Remus and James snickered as they saw the gobsmacked look on Sirius' face. "What? First time a girl's spoken to you like that?"
Sirius cleared his throat, "most of the time girls tend to fall head over heels for me, Love." He boasted running his hand through his shaggy black hair.
"Well, I'm sorry I'm not like those sorts of girls." James and Remus continued to look between the two as they continued to banter. It was like watching a Quidditch match. No girl, besides Lily, had talked to Sirius like this. And they were enjoying it. They could tell that Sirius was going to fall for her, and he was going to fall hard for Iris Evans.
Sirius smirked flirtatiously leaning forward, "you're right, you are far more beautiful than any of those other girls."
Iris scoffed at his lame attempt of a flirt, "Is that your attempt at seducing me?" Iris asked with a smirk as she leaned forward as well, the two teens faces becoming increasingly closer. And for the first time ever, Remus and James saw Sirius blush. The player, Sirius Black, who dated girls left and right was blushing! They've seen the impossible now. "You're going to have to try harder than that, darling."
Iris leaned back, satisfied with the flustered look on Sirius' face and started to pet Shadow in her lap. Sirius stared at Iris, his mouth almost falling open. Never had a girl had this sort of effect on him. It was always the other way around. There was a first for everything.
"Don't mind them, they can be idiots most of the time," Remus dismissed as Sirius tried to collect himself. James was still snickering to himself in his seat. Sirius glared at his best friend before kicking James' feet and earned a yelp from the boy. Iris giggled, she was definitely going to like being friends with these boys.
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The rest of the train ride was full of laughter and friendly banter. Along with Sirius' shameless flirting. Iris became closer to the three boys. She even learned that they had another friend named Peter Pettigrew, though, they had no idea where he was. They suspected that he was somewhere eating sweets.
And even though Iris and Sirius continued to talk with each other, Iris found him to be unbearable. He was a shameless flirt, egotistical and in no way humble. She found his personality to be irritating, the only reason she could really find herself to keep talking to him was that he was quite handsome. He was not wrong about that aspect of himself.
The train had come to a slow stop, they had finally arrived at Hogwarts. Butterflies erupted in Iris' stomach as they made their way off the train. Her nerves were at her highest, though she wasn't about to admit that to anyone.
"I'll see you guys later," Iris said goodbye to the boys before she made her way down to the boats where the first years were boarding the boats. In the boat in front of them all sat a large man. His face was nearly completely consumed by his brown beard and his black eyes were lost in his hair.
"Come on first years!" He yelled in a deep and gravelly voice. Iris made her way down to the boats and stood next to the boat that held the large man. "Ah, you must be the transfer student," Hagrid's deep voice boomed.
Despite his intimidating demeanor, Iris could tell he was nothing but a lovable giant. "That's me, sir, all the boats are full, I just wondering if I could sit in your boat."
Hagrid laughed joyfully, "oh! Why didn't you say? Hop in, mind you, it might be a tight fit."
Iris smiled before jumping into the boat with the giant, and soon they set off on the lake. "You're Hagrid, right?" Iris asked the man.
He nodded his head, "that's me, I suppose your sister told ya."
Iris' eyebrows raised, "you know Lily?"
Hagrid's gravelly laugh met Iris' ears, "course I do. She's one of the greatest witches of 'er year." Iris nodded her head, she was told that Lily was at the top of their year. Always the know-it-all she was, but that's what Iris loved about her sister. Even in the Muggle world, before they found out they were witches, Lily knew just about everything in every one of their muggle classes. Plus Iris could always go to Lily for advice about certain spells and potions she made for pranks.
"That's my sister!"
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The boats soon came to be in front of the castle. The large castle looming above the few dozen boats the glided across the Black Lake. Iris sat in amazement as she stared up at the castle. Hogwarts was far larger than Beauxbatons. Iris used to say that Beauxbatons had one of the greatest castles she had ever seen, but she is eating her words now.
The group of boats soon approached the shore and began to dock. The students then started to unload on the docks. Iris being one of the first people along with Hagrid. "Come on, first years!" Hagrid's booming voice said silencing the eleven-year-olds chatter. Hagrid grabbed his lantern from his boat and beckoned the students to follow him up the small incline to the front of the castle. "Professor McGonagall," Hagrid greeted a woman as soon as they got to the large wooden doors.
The woman looked over the group of children. Her eyebrows seemed to be permanently furrowed and her lips stretched into a thin line. The intimidating aura that surrounded her silenced the first years immediately. All of them starting to fidgid nervously under her intense stare. Including Iris, her glare was harsher than Madame Maximes. Iris could tell that she was a strict, rigid woman who probably won't take any silliness. Iris smirked, she had a tingling feeling that she was going to be well acquainted with Professor McGonagall.
"The start of term banquet will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be sorted into your houses." Professor McGonagall started looking at each face of first years and spoke in a stern, strong voice. "The Sorting is a very important ceremony because, while you are here, your house will be something like your family within Hogwarts. You will have classes with the rest of your house, sleep in your house dormitory and spend free time in your house common room."
"The four houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Each house has its own noble history and each has produced outstanding witches and wizards. While you are at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn your house points, while any rule-breaking will lose house points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the House Cup, a great honor. I hope each of you will be a credit to whichever house becomes yours."
"The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting."
Once professor McGonagall finished her speech the first years became even more nervous than they were before. Iris coughed slightly and willed herself to not look so nervous. Her hands started to play with the ends of her sweater vest. She couldn't be nervous, Iris Even was never one to be nervous, besides a few exceptions. But this was not one of them.
The group was then lead in through the enormous doors of the castle and lead to the great hall entrance. Iris took a deep breath as they waited even longer to enter the hall, where all of the other students waited. The first years talked quietly amongst themselves about what they would have to do get sorted into the different houses. Which left Iris alone, seeing as she was the oldest there.
Soon, after a few minutes of waiting, the doors to the Great Hall had finally opened. All of the students gasped before falling into line behind each other. The group of new students walked into the Great Hall, marveling at the candles that floated in the air above them. The ceiling showed the starry night sky, the inky blackness decorated with the white little stars and floating candles.
Iris starred in awe of the amazing hall. Banners of each house hung above four large tables where other students waited for the sorting to end. The table on the far right had a yellow banner with a badger on it, the Hufflepuffs. Each student had a yellow tie and the table was surrounded by an air of shyness, Iris noticed. Lily and Severus had told her that Hufflepuffs tended to be quiet and reserved, never really talking to other students outside of their house.
The next table on the right had a blue banner above it with what looked like an eagle in the crest. Iris was told that Ravenclaws were highly intelligent, basically a house full of know-it-alls. And by that description, Iris was confused as to why Lily wasn't a Ravenclaw. She was the biggest know-it-all that anyone could meet, in Iris' opinion.
The table on the far left had a green banner with a snake in the middle of it. Each student who sat there glared at the passing first years, obviously trying to seem intimidating. Each had a permanent scowl on each of their faces, their pale and sickly slim faces. One of the faces was familiar to Iris. Smiling slightly she waved subtly to Severus Snape who sat next to two of his peers. One is a boy, extremely pale with platinum blonde hair. Another being a boy with black hair that was slick back tightly. The corner of Severus' lips turned up slightly as he nodded his head in acknowledgment. The other two boys glaring at Iris as she passed, only for her to wink in their direction before continuing on.
The last table on the left, closest to Iris, was the Gryffindor table. The red and gold colors that adorned the table proudly displayed their house and the lion on the crest seemed to pop to life. Sitting at the table was Iris' new friends, Remus, James and Sirius. Along with their other friend, Peter Pettigrew. Iris could tell that he was a short and pudgy boy, who obviously likes to eat sweets. To Iris, he also had a rat-like look to him. The other three boys waved animatedly at Iris, drawing more attention to the redhead. She rolled her eyes before waving back slightly.
Iris would have no problem being in Gryffindor with her sister and the Marauders. They were great to be around, and she knew they were going to become great friends. Though she wouldn't have a problem being in Slytherin, Lily had always said that she was quite sneaky and a perfect fit for Slytherin. Besides, Severus was in Slytherin, she wouldn't be completely alone. Iris could also spend more time messing with Severus.
A little bit further down the table was Lily. The two sisters flashed each other with identical smiles. Iris winked at her and smirked before heading to wait in the group of eleven-year-olds. Lily shook her head as one of her best friends nudged her in the side. "Who's that?" Wendy Hunt asked.
Lily rolled her eyes as she saw her sister make silly faces at the Marauders who were sitting a few seats away from her and her friends, "my sister."
Professor McGonagall cleared her throat as she stood in front of the group of new students. A stool was sitting to her left and a wrinkly, old hat was seated on it. What were they going to do with an old hat? Iris had thought. "Fletcher Thaddeus," she announced. A small boy meekly walked forward, obviously hesitant for the sorting but he reluctantly walked over to the stool.
Professor McGonagall took the hat and placed it on Fletcher's head. The ancient hat was obviously too big for his head as it slumped down and into his face. The wrinkly hat moved slightly, revealing a mouth and two eyes. The students all waited patiently as the hat seemed to be muttering to itself. "Hufflepuff!" The hat suddenly exclaimed after a few minutes of deciding. The Hufflepuff table erupted in applause as Fletcher scurried his way to his seat at the Hufflepuff table.
The process continued, more first years were sorted into each of their houses. Iris anxiously waited for her name to be called. However, because she was a transfer student she was going to be last. Her hands started to become sweaty with anticipation as she rocked back and forth on her heels. And soon enough, Professor McGonagall called her name. Although this time her voice was lighter and kinder than before, Iris noticed.
"Iris Evans."
Iris took a deep breath before strutting her way up to the stool. Trying to keep her nerves hidden on the inside, Iris smirked. Ignoring the whispers from other students, Iris made her way to the stool and sat down. Once the hat was placed on top of her head she heard the hat started to mutter to itself. "Hm… another Evans I see, hopefully, you are as well behaved as your sister."
Iris snickered to herself before whispering back, "I promise nothing."
The hat ignored her remark and hummed to itself. "Despite your loyalty, you do not have the patience to be a Hufflepuff. You are very intelligent, you would do well in Ravenclaw. But you are cunning, sneaking and ambitious, the traits of a Slytherin. You are also brave, courageous and very reckless, a true Gryffindor inside and out." The hat assessed. Iris crossed her fingers and hoped for Gryffindor, "must be…"