Hogwarts
- Hogwarts
- School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Terms begin September, 1st. Located atop a high mountain at a great lake. Vast castle with many turrets and towers. Huge, oak front door. 142 staircases. Dumbledore is Headmaster; McGonagall is Deputy Headmistress.
- Hogwarts Express
- Scarlet stream engine. Departures from Platform 9 3/4 (Nine and three-quarters) at King's Cross station (London, UK). Leaves at 11 o'clock on September, 1st.
Houses
- Houses
- Students live in different dormitories called Houses. There are four different houses. A house will be something like one's family during the term.
- Gryffindor (Lion)
- Gryffindor are brave at heart, daring, nerve and chivalry. Colors: scarlet and gold. Dumbledore was in Gryffindor (and all Weasley's). Portrait of a very fat woman in pink silk dress protects the Gryffindor dormitory. Passwords (to get past the fat lady in the portrait): Caput Draconis; Pig Snout.
- Slytherin (Serpent)
- Slytherin are cunning. Colors: green and silver. Voldemort was in Slytherin.
- Hufflepuff
- Hufflepuff are just and loyal, true and unafraid of toil.
- Ravenclaw
- Ravenclaw are quick-witted. For those of wit and learning.
The Sorting
The following students were sorted by the Sorting Hat.
- Hufflepuff
- Hannah Abbot (pink-faced girl; blond pigtails), Justin Finch-Fletchey, Susan Bones
- Ravenclaw
- Terry Boot, Mandy Bucklehurst, Lisa Turpin
- Gryffindor
- Lavender Brown, Seamus Finnigan (sandy-haired), Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, Parvati Patil, Neville Longbottom, Dean Thomas (Black boy, even larger than Ron, West Ham (soccer team) fan, good at drawing pictures)
- Slytherin
- Millicent Bulstrode, Draco Malfoy, Crabbe, Goyle, Blaise Zabine, Pansy Parkinson (hard faced girl)
Other Gryffindor
- Lee Jordan
- Has dreadlocks and a tarantula. Did the Quidditch commentary. Friends with the Weasley twins.
- Seamus Finnigan
- Dad's a Muggle, mom's a witch.
- Oliver Wood
- A burly fifth-year boy. Captain and Keeper of the Gryffindor team.
- Weasley twins
- Fred and George Weasley