Hey! So basically, this story will cover the sortings of Teddy, Victoire, Lucy, Alice Longbottom, Molly, Fred II, James II, Frankie Longbottom, Dominique, Rose, Albus, Scorpious, Eleanor Longbottom, Louis, Roxanne, Hugo, Lily and Lorcan and Lysander Scamander. In that order!
"No more than four to a boat. I repeat four to a boat" Professor Belle stated, eyeing each of us surrounded by the lake.
I climbed into a particularly long and rusted boat alongside the three boys that I met on the Hogwarts express.
Let me introduce myself to you. Teddy Lupin's the name, eleven's the age. Woah, that rhymed, maybe I should skip Hogwarts and just become a muggle poet?
"Teddy, want a left over chocolate frog?" a voice asked me. I turned away from the water to see the only person that I had actually befriended so far holding a chocolate in his hand.
"Yeah, thanks, Cedric" I answered, taking the chocolate and devouring it into my mouth. Cedric was a half-blood wizard. His Mum was someone that my Uncle Harry had become quite close to in his fifth year, if y'know what I mean. Cedric's Mum was a very pretty witch called Cho Chang. Now called Cho Camrat since her marriage. I had seen her at platform nine and three quarters recently and was absolutely taken away with her simple and natural beauty.
Uncle Harry had told me to not ask Cedric about his Dad. His father had been a muggle police officer who had fallen love with Cho at a young age. Cho was only eighteen when she had Cedric. Unfortunately, Cedric's Dad had died of a muggle disease called Cancer a couple years back. As to Cedric's name, apparently, according to Aunt Ginny, he was named after an old boyfriend of Cho's who died by you-know-who when he was seventeen. Aunt Cho's still in love with him, according to Aunt Ginny.
"Umm, Teddy..." Cedric told me, pointing to my hair "You might want to change your hair back to a natural colour before the sorting.
"Oh, I nearly forgot!" I chuckled, smiling "Thanks Cedric"
I concentrated on my hair and the colour brown and my hair became a normal and natural looking brown. You see, I was a metamorphous. I had the ability to change anything about my appearance that I wished to. A trait that I had inherited from my Mother.
Thinking about my Mum made me immediately sad. The stories pretty complicated, but my Mother and Father, named Nympandora Tonks and Remus Lupin, died battling the evil guys at the Second Wizard War. It happened right here at this school. I was upset, but relieved at the same time to know that I was going to be living in the place that they had lived in for so long.
I never got really that upset over my parent's deaths often, as I had never known them. Although, when they get a mention in a conversation or I see a picture of them at my Nannas, I tend to get moody and often disappear into my room for hours at a time.
"Look! Look! I can see it!" shouted a girl in the same boat as me, pointing her hand north.
"Woah" Cedric and I whispered simultaneously, staring up and craning our necks to get a glimpse of the Hogwarts castle. It simply was magnificent. It was massive! Plenty of towers loomed over head and the castle seemed to glisten in the full moon.
Oh man. It was a full moon. Another thing that I had inherited from one of my parents was my wolfish instincts. Well, my Father was a werewolf. That's not really something I like to share with very many people. Thankfully, I got my Mum's half of the traits. However, I did happen to get a bit moody during the full moon. Not to mention that I had an unusual craving for steak right now.
"Everyone off" Professor Belle shouted at us, her booming voice echoing all over the boat house, causing a few of the wimpy girls to appear momentarily terrified.
We all climbed off the boats and stumbled up to the castle, Cedric and I conversing the whole way.
"Which house d'you wanna be in" I asked Cedric, turning my head towards him.
"I don't know. I don't really care, as long as it's not Slytherin!" he told me, as we both laughed. "I guess I do feel kind of pressured though. My Mum's side of my family really want me to be in Ravenclaw...what about you?"
I looked down at the ground. "Well, my Dad was Gryffindor and my Mum was a Hufflepuff, so I don't really mind"
We smiled at each other. We both knew what the other was thinking. We definitely wanted to be sorted into the same house.
"And we're here" Professor Belle announced, holding her arm back to stop some blonde-haired girls from walking into the door of the Great Hall.
She pulled the door of the Great Hall open, as we were greeted by a very old and extremely irritable looking woman. Ah, I think this is Professor McGonagall. Uncle Harry told me all about her. Apparently, she appears a bit cold and strict, but in reality, she's actually quite soft. She also fought on my Uncle's side during the Second Wizard War.
"Follow me" she told us, turning on her heels and leading us through a huge hall. Seriously, you could fit so much in here.
We all continued walking until she stopped behind another, single door, and turned to face us.
"Welcome to Hogwarts. The start of term banquet will begin shortly but before you take your seat in the great hall, you will be sorted into houses" Professor McGonagall explains to us, before continuing on.
I didn't listen much to what she said next, I was daydreaming about life at Hogwarts. It was going to be fantastic!
"Now, if you will all follow me" she said, turning to open the creaky door and stepped inside.
Amazing was the first thought that came to my head when I saw the Great Hall. This was absolutely amazing.
All of the first years, including myself, assembled around the foot of the front of the room. Everyone was eyeing the Sorting Hat with curiosity. This was the part that I was dreading.
"Smith, Anna"
A short girl with cropped brunette hair and overly large robes stumbled up to the stool, took a seat, and before eyeing everyone nervously, placed the sorting hat on her head.
The hat waited a moment before yelling out-
"GRYFFINDOR"
Anna Smith wandered over to the table on the right side of the room, grinning happily.
The hat placed a few more people before Professor McGonagall called out-
"Camrat, Cedric"
Cedric walked boldly up to the stage, trying hard to appear confident. The hat waited with him for nearly a whole minute before calling out-
"HUFFLEPUFF"
Cedric placed the hat on the stool and jumped up, grinning broadly at me. He was clearly ecstatic that he wasn't placed in Slytherin.
More and more people got sorted until McGonagall stepped forward and announced-
"Lupin, Ted"
I blinked nervously as my hands started sweating like mad. I walked up to the stool and caught the eye of McGonagall, who had clearly connected my last name to my parents. She gave me a nod and something that closely resembled a smile.
After I was seated, the hat was placed on my head and the Great Hall covered from my view, I heard a voice that I knew belonged to the hat.
Hmm, what have we got here? Oh, a Lupin. Well I remember where I sorted your parents. Yes, yes, you've got quite a brain, an even bigger heart, courage, yes, but where should you go? Oh, yes, I know, just like your Mum-HUFFLEPUFF
The last word I heard him shout aloud and I placed the hat down and raced over the Hufflepuff table to take a seat next to Ced.
I was excited at the prospect of this year at Hogwarts. I had a good feeling about it. Although I was most definitely going to miss my family like crazy. I lived with my Nanna Andromeda, though a couple days a week I spent with Uncle Harry and Aunt Ginny. Not to mention their kids, James, Al and Lily, who were currently four, three and one years old. Oh, I almost forgot all of the Weaselys. They were like my actual extended family. I was so close to them. Every Monday night, I would go with the Potters to Nanna Molly's house. I love it there. The cousins are all so fun and energetic, although the only one who was even close to my age was Victoire, and she's nine.
Victoire Weasely and I are the best of friends. She's my best friend for life and will be forever and ever. We've been very close for as long as I can remember. She was basically my only friend before Hogwarts, because Nanna Andromeda wanted to home school me, like she did to my Mum. Victoire has two younger siblings. Dominique and Louis. Aged four and three. Dom was constantly annoying, she always wanted to join in on whatever game me and Victoire were playing.
"Chicken leg, Teddy?" asked Cedric, smirking and holding up a delicious looking chicken leg.
It seemed that I must have been daydreaming again, and had missed the rest of the ceremony.
"Yeah, thanks" I accepted, taking the piece of chicken and chewing it.
Hmm, it tasted good. Not even close to Nanna Molly's chicken legs. I was going to miss them all so much.
So, what'd you guys think? Please review! I hate to beg, I sound like my Mum.