[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Unknowingly, the scenery outside the window gradually dimmed, and Hogwarts should be almost here.

"I think we're going to change into our school uniforms," ​​James said, looking out the window, and was about to change into the school uniforms he'd taken out of the suitcase when he was embarrassed to find Tahlia there too.

"You guys change first, I'll go out and wait." Tahlia also walked out of the carriage generously.

After a while, the carriage door opened, and the two who had already changed their school uniforms came out, letting Tahlia go in and change her school uniform.

"I've never worn clothes like this..." After changing, the three sat back in the car, Tahlia said.Some are not used to constantly pulling the school robe on themselves.

"Then you might have to get used to it." Sirius smiled. "After all, you have to wear it for at least 7 years..."

"Maybe robes don't have to be worn all the time in school?" Tahlia asked hopefully.

James thought for a moment. "It seems to be mainly worn outside, and there are no rules after returning to the dormitory."

"Ah... wish we were in the same house." Tahlia leaned back in her chair. "I would be bored if I were in a different school from yours." During the whole afternoon chat, Tahlia and the two had a great time getting along, and already knew that even if James and Sirius hadn't enrolled in the school, they were already in the big families of the magic world. They are well-known pranksters, and I thought that if they were in a college of the school, judging from how they got along this afternoon, they would definitely be very good classmates.

"Oh, it's a pity that I don't know how the schools are divided. Otherwise, if we are answering the questions, we can formulate the answers, and maybe they will be in the same school." James said.

"Are you right?" Tahlia looked at James with contempt. "Separation is so important, I hope we can be good friends even if we are in different colleges."

"We already are." Sirius laughed. "Is not it?"

Tahlia laughed too. "Too."

At this time, the train gradually slowed down, and the platform not far away could be vaguely seen from the window.

"Here we are." James said, standing up and getting ready to take down the luggage. At this moment, the announcement on the train rang, informing everyone that you don't need to take your luggage out of the train. All students can just get off the train after the train stops. James doesn't Feeling embarrassed, he reached back the hand that was about to take the luggage.

After the train came to a stop, Tahlia got off behind the two boys, and a burly man on the platform shouted, "Freshmen! First graders, please follow me!"

"That looks like the school's gamekeeper," Sirius whispered in Tahlia's ear. "It's really tall, isn't it?"

Tahlia nodded slightly, and walked forward with everyone.

When they arrived at a lake, the tall man ordered the four of them to take a boat. Tahlia, James, and Sirius boarded the boat. At this time, a boy with brown hair timidly stepped into the boat and sat down.

"Hi." He greeted softly.

"Hi, I'm Tahlia," Tahlia said. "And you?"

"Remus Lupine."

"Nice to meet you." Tahlia smiled and shook his hand. "Call you Remus, okay?"

"Ah."

"I'm James, and this is Sirius." James held out his hand as well. "hello."

"Hello." Remus smiled, with tiny canine teeth.

Soon, they saw the castle of Hogwarts, towering in the dark night, with an inexplicable sense of solemnity, this was the first time Tahlia saw such an ancient castle, and excitedly grabbed Sirius' finger and pointed castle. "It's really big! It's beyond description in the book!"

Sirius blushed slightly, luckily he couldn't see it in the dark. "Well, how could it be possible to describe the towering Hogwarts in the book."

The boats gradually approached the shore, and the freshmen disembarked one after another. The three of them, together with Remus, who had just met on the boat and found that they had a good chat, followed the crowd and followed the tall man to the castle that was shining with lights in the dark.

A group of people walked into the hall, waiting in front of them was a witch with her black hair coiled up.After they stood still, she said, "Welcome to Hogwarts. I'm McGonagall, the vice-principal. I'll sort the houses later. We have four houses, namely Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin. Once You are assigned to the colleges you belong to, and your actions represent your colleges. Points will be awarded for good performance, and points will be deducted for violations. At the end of each school year, the scores will be counted, and the highest one will be able to win the college cup , this is the honor of the entire academy, I hope you can all strive for honor for your own academy." She continued. "Wait here, the sorting ceremony will start soon." After finishing speaking, a group of nervous freshmen were left standing timidly in the corridor.

Tahlia looked around nervously, and was attracted by the conspicuous red hair not far away. The red-haired girl was talking to a pale boy beside her, and Tahlia suddenly felt that she had stopped breathing.

"Tahlia...? Where are you going?" Sirius asked as he watched Tahlia begin to push forward desperately.But Tahlia walked forward blankly as if she didn't hear his voice.

"Severus Snape?" Tahlia said, her voice was a little hoarse.

The dark-haired boy turned his head, and he glanced at Tahlia. "do what?"

Tahlia swallowed. "That... you are Severus Snape?"

"I don't think I'm deaf, you just said that and I responded, do you have any questions about my name?"

"Severus, don't be like this..." The red-haired girl beside him gently tugged at Snape's sleeve.

"You...I...I'm Tahlia Watson...I..."

"I don't think I asked your name." Snape interrupted Tahlia. "What exactly are you trying to do?"

"I..." Tahlia felt that talking was the most difficult thing in the world at the moment, and although she wanted to continue talking to Snape, it was obvious that he no longer remembered her, she said sadly. "It's okay... sorry... to bother you."

"Nothing!" The red-haired girl on the side said quickly. "I'm Lily Evans, did you just say your name was Tahlia? May I call you that?" She held out her hand to Tahlia.

"Well," Tahlia shook Lily's hand back. "Nice to meet you."

"I think I've seen you somewhere..." Lily said. "Your name sounds familiar...Watson...ah, are you the Watson who moved?"

"What?" Tahlia asked, a little confused.

"Cockworth!" Lily said excitedly. "My family lives there too! I've heard of you! The number one in the whole grade at the time moved because of family reasons!"

"You...you live there too?" Tahlia swallowed.She hadn't heard the name of Cokeworth for a long time.

"Of course, so does Severus." Lily pushed Snape, who was blushing aside. "He's the one who told me I was a witch."

Lily called him Severus, Tahlia thought sadly, and Snape asked Lily to call him by his name with a sour feeling. "Really... I didn't know I could use magic until I got the letter..."

Snape snorted.

Tahlia heard it and turned to Snape. "Did I say something?"

"No." Snape said slowly. "Do you think you said something?"

Lily was obviously happy to see another classmate from her hometown, and she took Tahlia's hand. "Can we be friends? Although you don't live there now, my house is actually very close to your old house..." She turned to Snape. "You know, Severus? Have you guys met before at school? I'm in a different class from you so I don't know..."

"Don't know, maybe…" Snape replied reluctantly. "I forgot."

Tahlia's chest was constricted and he couldn't get it out or swallow it, and Snape wouldn't even admit to knowing her!I thought he had forgotten her, but apparently he remembered. "Snape, what I gave you... still have it?"

"Long ago, those trash." Snape said flatly.

"Oh... I see." Tahlia also said lightly, swallowing the breath in her chest, and the atmosphere made her feel very uncomfortable. "You guys continue talking, I'll go back and find my friend..." Turning and leaving the two of them, he walked back to Sirius and the others.

"What did you do?" James asked. "You know Lily?"

"Just met," Tahlia forced a smile. "We used to live nearby."

"Oh." James nodded. "Who is that person next to him? It looks gloomy..."

"Don't know..." Tahlia replied. "But others are really gloomy."

Sirius watched Tahlia carefully, then whispered in her ear. "Tahlia, your eyes are red. What's wrong?"

"Nothing," Tahlia replied. "It seems that something dirty fell into the eye just now."

"Really?" Sirius was dubious.

At this point, Tahlia was thankful that the door opened and Professor McGonagall stepped out, saving her from having to respond to Sirius' questions. "Everyone follow me."

Tahlia stepped forward immediately, and Sirius hurried to follow.

Entering a large space, the ceiling seems to be non-existent, and you can see a little bit of starlight. The four long tables are already filled with many students, and only the seats closest to the classroom seats are vacant.

McGonagall walked to the front, where a stool and a battered hat suddenly began to sing.

Tahlia thinks this is really the most out-of-tune music she has ever heard. Although she thinks that the hat probably wants to introduce the characteristics of the four colleges through singing, she strongly wants to suggest that it should be narrated instead. Look at The students on the long table beside them also covered their ears with dark faces, and Tahlia suddenly regretted not wearing earplugs.

After much difficulty, the hat finally finished singing, and McGonagall, with a somewhat stiff expression, spread out a long list. "Wait a minute when you're called by name, put it on."

James on the side exhaled and said. "So just put on your hat."

Tahlia also raised an eyebrow, looking at Sirius. "It's hard and scary...huh?"

Sirius said angrily. "My cousin lied to me, and I didn't really believe it..."

By this time, McGonagall had begun the roll call.

"Joanne Miller."

A blond-haired, fair-skinned girl stepped onto the stage, sat on a stool, and McGonagall put a hat on for him.

"Ravenclaw!" a moment later, the Hat yelled.

"Gwen Wood."

"Hufflepuff!"

"Edwin Hemsworth."

"Ravenclaw!"

"Phill Tompkins."

"Gryffindor!"

"Chloe Queen."

"Slytherin!"

"James Potter."

Sirius gave James a push. "Go."

With a playful wink over his shoulder, James stepped forward to sit on the stool, shouting almost as soon as the hat was on his head. "Gryffindor!"

James waved at Tahlia and the others, made an expression I knew, sat on the long table in Gryffindor, and waited excitedly for the other people's branch, hoping that Sirius could also come to Gryffindor, and Tahlia is simply a Ravenclaw is almost certain, ah, and Lily, he began to ask Merlin to let Lily be with him in the academy.

"James is in Gryffindor..." Tahlia said regretfully. "It would be a different academy if I did go to Ravenclaw."

"James won't ignore you just because the college is different." Sirius said with a smile.

"Of course I do." Tahlia laughed. "Just talking..."

While they were talking, several freshmen had already been assigned to colleges.

"Lily Evans."

Tahila saw James who was paying attention on the long table, smiled and pushed Sirius, pointing at James. "Look! James' goddess is going to be sorted..."

"Gryffindor!" The hat made a decision almost as soon as it touched Lily's head.

"James must be very happy now." Sirius resisted the urge to laugh. "I guess he's going to make contact with her soon... You see! I guessed right."

Sirius did guess correctly, as soon as Lily sat down at the long table, James immediately handed over a plate of side dishes, as if recommending her to eat.

Tahlia chuckled. "James' strike-up skills seem to be too old-fashioned..." Unexpectedly, the smart James is like an idiot in this regard, Tahlia and Sirius looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

Tahlia was so focused on James, who was trying so hard to get Lily's attention, that she didn't notice the disappointed look on Snape's face the moment Lily was assigned to Gryffindor.

"Severus Snape."

Hearing Snape's name, Tahlia snapped back to her senses, and just in time to see Snape stepping forward, the hat immediately judged the result. "Slytherin."

Snape walked straight to Slytherin, as if he wasn't surprised by the sorting result.

"I thought he was a Slytherin," Sirius said.

"Why? You think he's bad?" Tahlia asked, remembering what Sirius and James had said about Slytherin on the train earlier.

"I'm surrounded by Slytherins, I know it when I see it."

Tahlia smiled, if it was so accurate, there would be no need for the Sorting Hat.

Finally... "Tahlia Watson."

Tahlia took a deep breath, glanced at Sirius, and stepped forward with his encouraging eyes.