PotterGundam

Chapter One: Sur Kaitia

"Harry Potter." called Professor McGonagall.

A hush fell over the Great Hall; whispers broke out "the Harry Potter?" A small boy with tame black hair falling gracefully to the small of his back approached the three-legged stool and sat. The professor placed the Sorting Hat on his head as the Hall filled with chaotic whispering.

In Harry's Head

"Well well boy, you aren't so much of a child, are you?" asked the Sorting Hat.

"Perhaps, perhaps not." Harry replied.

"Let down your walls Mr. Potter, so I can sort you."

"Very well." Replied Harry softly.

"Hmm…" silence reigned for a short time as the Sorting hat sifted and poked through Harry's mind.

"Ok Mr. Potter, I know where you shall go." Triumphed the Sorting Hat. "You shall be visiting again soon, I hope?"

"If you wish." Replied Harry.

"Oh yes, very much so." The Hat exclaimed vigorously.

"Now I shall announce your house."

The Great Hall

"SUR KAITIA!" bellowed the Sorting Hat.

The reaction was instantaneous, the student body and faculty fell silent, puzzled, while Head Master dropped his goblet, spewing its contents over the nearby teachers. Professor McGonagall had dropped her scroll in shock and stood unmoving so Harry reverently lifted the Sorting Hat off his head and rose from the stool.

"What the bloody hell? That's not a house!" a boy said from Ravenclaw table.

Harry stood by the stool patiently waiting to be told what to do. Suddenly the Great Hall started to shake, stone grinding on stone echoed throughout the room and the children looked around frantically. Harry had the sense to look up, so he did. The ceiling was opening up it seemed. A spiral staircase came down from the ceiling and rested on the floor in the center of the Great Hall, next to McGonagall, she backed away very rapidly. Soon a white light began to shine from the hole in the ceiling and then it started to descend the stairs. Every set of eyes was fixed on the light as it descended and became corporeal.

By the time the light reached the ground it had the figure of a woman and was completely solid and only glowed slightly. The figure was of a beautiful woman with hair down to her butt and the colors of the four houses streaked throughout it. The Headmaster finally seemed to snap out of whatever trance he had been in and began to rise from his chair.

"Greetings Harry, my name is Hogwarts." Said the ethereal woman.

"Greetings Lady." Harry said, bowing slightly.

"Who are you, and what are you doing in my castle?" bellowed Dumbledore.

"Your castle?" questioned Hogwarts. "No no Albus. This is not your castle; it never was and never will be."

"I am not mistaken, woman. Hogwarts is mine, for eternity."

A melodius laugh filled the Great Hall.

"Oh, Albus. I do not belong to you. I have been asleep, but now I have awakened since the True One has come."

Albus glared at the woman in shock.

"You? Are Hogwarts? How?"

"The four founders' magic made me." Hogwarts said.

The whole hall was on its feet by now watching the exchange with interest.

"Now Harry, since you are the only one in Sur Kaitia I will teach you personally, transfiguration, potions, charms, runes, history, astronomy, and some others. You will go to classes with the other students for 2 months before we start."

"Okay."

Hogwarts, followed by Harry, walked to an empty spot of floor and a table pushed up out of the floor, they sat, with their backs to the wall. Dumbledore, sputtering, made his way back to the Head Table and sat. Professor McGonagall, after the staircase had ascended, continued with the Sorting.

Once the Sorting finished and Albus was talking, Hogwarts gave almost an imperceptible nod toward McGonagall, who held the Sorting Hat, scroll, and stool. Harry nodded back and, quickly and silently, slipped from the table and padded toward McGonagall. She walked toward a shadowy corner of the Great Hall and set everything down, Harry followed and hid in a shadow until she was again seated. Harry crept toward the hat and picked it up, then returned to the table and placed the hat on it.

"Good to see you again Artemis." Said Hogwarts.

"Quite good to see you as well Hogwarts." Replied the hat.

Harry sat quietly, observing everything around him, namely the exits, potential threats, hiding places, allies and enemies.

"What are you looking for Harry?" questioned Hogwarts.

"Observing."

Just then plates and food appeared on their table, they began to eat and conversation ceased. After a few minutes Harry began to feel eyes on him. As he looked out of the corners of his eyes he saw half the hall looking at him. He growled lowly under his breath.

"Mr. Potter, Harry. You must come with me to my office." Albus said after dinner.

Harry looked up at Hogwarts.

"Mr. Dumbledore, you do not have an office here." Said Hogwarts.

"On the contrary madam, but I do. It is behind the stone gargoyle." Replied Albus smugly.

"If you insist." Hogwarts giggled.

"Follow me." Albus said.

Harry stood and gently picked up the Sorting Hat.

"Thank you Harry." Said Artemis.

"You're welcome."

The three followed Albus to his office.

"Gummy Bears." Albus stated firmly to the statue.

Hogwarts looked on in amusement as the gargoyle didn't move. Albus looked puzzled.

"No matter, follow me."

A few minutes later they arrived at a portrait, the Fat Lady.

"This will be your new house Harry." Albus said.

Hogwarts went from amused to angry in seconds. The Sorting Hat started squirming.

"ALBUS DUMBLEDORE! What in the world are you doing?" the Sorting Hat screeched.

Dumbledore looked down at the Sorting Hat in Harry's hands surprised.

"When did you get there?"

"Don't try to change the subject. I sorted that boy and he's where he belongs, and that is not in Griffindor!"

"But Harry would be all by himself." Albus pushed.

"I don't mind, sir."

"Very well." Albus said stiffly.

"Come Harry, let's get you settled in." Hogwarts led Harry away.