Professor McGonagall turned towards us, "Welcome to Hogwarts. The feast will begin shortly, but before you can be seated you must be sorted into your Houses. Your Houses are like your family, you do everything together. The four Houses are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Over the year your triumphs will earn you points for your House and rule breaking will lose you points. At the end of the year the House with the most points will win the House Cup. This is a great honor. The sorting will begin shortly. I suggest you smarten yourselves up while we wait."