"Potter, Lily!" called Professor McGonagall from beside the stool where the Sorting Hat sat.
Lily walked up to the stool, still nervous that she wouldn't get into Gryffindor, where her cousin Hugo already was, along with the rest of her family. Lily walked up to the stool, practically shaking, as the hat got placed on her head. She looked at the Gryffindor table, where her family were grinning at her, waiting for her to join them. Lily glanced at every table, definitely hoping to be in any house but Slytherin. Hmm... said the hat to Lily, there's plenty of courage, but is it enough to prove yourself? Smart as well, but you don't seem like the cunning type. It seems you'd do anything for your friends and family, just like you saved your brother from a fire when you were younger. That shows bravery... But also loyalty. Which is stronger? I see. This is no contest... HUFFLEPUFF!
Lily was shocked. Utterly shocked. Everyone in the hall was staring at her, and her cousins and siblings looks were enough to make her feel worse than before. It must have shown on her face, because after 30 seconds, the hall burst into applause as she walked to the Hufflepuff table. At the Hufflepuff table, she sat down as some students congratulated her. I was almost put in Gryffindor, she thought. Meanwhile, she heard McGonagall call, "Silver, Bellflower!". Lily met her on the train and thought she was the sweetest person she ever met. She was born a metamorphagus and had usually had light blue hair with darker highlights of the blue colour. She seemed shy but warmed up to Lily quickly. She listened for her new friend to be sorted into her house. The Sorting Hat didn't take as long, about 3 minutes. After, with seemingly tough deliberation, the hat opened at the brim and shouted to the hall, RAVENCLAW! Lily smiled as her friend walked to her table, blushing and looking at the floor as the Ravenclaw table burst into applause. The food appeared as soon as Headmistress McGonagall was finished with her speech. After eating, Lily not talking to anyone, she followed the prefects to her dormitory, enjoying the plants in her common room. These years at Hogwarts are going to be interesting, she thought, drifting off into her slumber.
