The Marauder's Knights: The Sorting
Written by: Adventure-Seeking-Juliet
When: Listening to music, and hoping for reviews, hint hint.
Disclaimer: As I've said before, I obviously don't have J.K.R's prodigal skill, so I don't own anything.
A/N Thanks to XxHiddenxX, AutumBreeze, and my buddy Celestial Starlet for reviewing, all of your comments were great! I'm glad you're enjoying the story, and I hope you continue to read and review. :)
Part 2-
The first years stood motionless, staring up at the huge figure of Rubeus Hagrid in awe.
Hagrid, however, didn't seem to notice their gawking, as he was busy trying to prepare the boats to take them across the Black Lake.
Vio, Krys, Mat, and Leigh were some of the first, first year students to exit the train, and already Vio, Mat, and evenKrys, who had grown up in the wizarding world, were gaping up at him.
Hagrid, meanwhile, beamed down at Leigh through his thick beard," 'Ello there Vic-" upon seeing Leigh's foul expression, he quickly amended his wording," er-Leigh, I mean."
Leigh's sour expression was gone as quickly as it had appeared, and was replaced with a radiant smile," Hi Hagrid. How have you been?"
Krys was observing her friend's exchange with the utmost intrigue, and Vio was staring at Leigh like she'd said they had to fight off a dragon in order to be sorted.
On the other side of Krys and Vio, Mat had gotten caught up with another first year talking about the giant squid conspiracy. ( Apparently some people believed the squid was really Godric Gryffindor in animagus form...)
Hagrid, despite the fact they were already behind schedule, continued to speak with Leigh in his booming voice," So who're yer friends here, Leigh?"
Leigh turned to where her friends were standing, all of whom were still trying to keep the dumbfounded expressions off their faces," This," she gestured at Krys, who was smiling innocently (though according to Vio she was far from it..)," is my friend, Krys Kingsman."
Hagrid smiled heartily, and offered Krys his hand.
Krys, though still smiling, hesitated upon seeing how large his hand was, it easily was as large as a trash can lid, but after a couple seconds she grabbed his hand and...attempted to shake.
Unfortunately, Krys was rather thin and small for her age, so when Hagrid shook her hand, her entire body flew up and down.
She'd probably have ended up well acquainted with the ground, if Vio hadn't managed to pull her up at last second.
Hagrid and Leigh didn't seem to notice Krys's near collision, however.
Leigh then pointed Vio out to Hagrid," And this is Violet Sparks."
Vio appeared unable to keep the expression of veneration off her pale face, before Hagrid could so much as move to greet her, she had all but shouted the first thing that came to mind," You're incredibly tall!"
Both Krys and Leigh shook their heads sadly. Put nicely, Vio didn't always think before she spoke.
Hagrid laughed heartily," I can thank me mum for tha, bein' a giantess an' all-"
Vio's green eyes widened to the point that Leigh and Krys were sure they would pop right out of her head," That is.. so cool!"
Hagrid chuckled once again, and opened his mouth to speak, but Leigh cut across him," Hagrid, I think you might need to get us in the boats-"
Hagrid looked blank for a moment, but then he hurriedly checked his pocket watch," Oh, righ yeh are Leigh, Firs years-firs years, over here!"
The many first years once again huddled together and trudged on a bit further, until they were directly in front of the the little boats they were to cross the lake in.
To everyone's surprise, including Hagrid's, four first years were already standing next to the boats, looking bored.
" Boys, what're yeh doin over here so early?"
James just shrugged, grinning happily at Hagrid," We were just bored and wanted the first boat."
Hagrid smiled warmly at the four boys, he'd known them most of their life, he had no reason to suspect them of mischief.
Or, rather, he did, but chose to ignore it.
"In yeh go then."
The four boys scrambled into their little boat, and Hagrid pushed them off, easily, from the bank.
As soon as the boys had drifted off slightly, Vio leaned into Krys, Leigh, and Mat, who had just rejoined them, and muttered," They looked far too happy with themselves, if you ask me."
Leigh rolled her eyes," No one asked you, Vio."
Krys shook her head though," I dunno, I think Vio's right, they seemed suspicious to me."
"Yeah," Mat piped up," I saw them fidling with one of the boats a couple minutes ago-"
All three of Mat's friends spun around to face her.
"Which boat were they messing with?" Leigh demanded.
Mat just shrugged, dramatically," I don't know!"
"But," Vio pressed her further," You had to have noticed which boat!"
"Well, I didn't," Mat retorted, adamantly.
Vio studied her friend's slightly annoyed expression, then declared," I think you did!"
Both Leigh and Krys groaned," Not again!"
"You did this the entire way here!" Krys said, exasperated.
Vio crossed her arms," No we didn't! Don't be ridiculous."
"Yes, you did," Leigh explained, calmly," Remember? Mat started dancing around, and you accused her of dancing because she was nervous."
"- then she said she wasn't-" Krys continued on, when Leigh stopped.
"- and you said that you knew she was, because you know her well enough to know when she's nervous."
All three of Vio's friends gave her looks of triumph when they finished.
"Well-I," Vio paused mid-sentence, knowing she should just shut up, seeing as they were about to board a boat, but not liking the idea of her friends winning the argument.
Finally, she just closed her mouth, and climbed into the back of the little boat Hagrid had moved in front of them. Krys climbed in second, followed by Mat, and then Leigh carefully settled in the back, looking at the dark lake with distaste.
"What if the boat breaks and we-"
" The boat won't break," Vio huffed," It's an enchanted boat, how could it break?"
"Well," Leigh replied testily," In Hogwarts, A History, there's an entire section on the Black Lake and its inhabitants-"
Before Leigh could elaborate on the Black Lake's so very interesting magical history, their boat let out a creak, the noise loudly reverberated through the otherwise fairly quiet lake, causing many other students to grow silent and stare at their boat with interest.
As the background noise from the other boats slowly evaporated, the creaks and groans became more prominent.
Inside the whining little boat, Vio, Leigh, Krys, and Mat had become impeccably motionless.
Despite how inert they had all become, the back side of the boat, ever so slowly, began to dip down, into the dark waters.
At first, the boat's drooping went unnoticed, the only thing the young witches and wizards noticed was that the boat's creaking was increasing substantially...
And then, a girl with very sleek dark hair in the boat on their right said, rather tentatively," I think your boat is..."
"SINKING!" Leigh finished, her voice flying up an octave.
Mat, seeing that her and Leigh's side of the boat would soon be well below the surface of the water, grabbed Leigh's arm and attempted to scramble to the other side of the boat, but Leigh stopped her by shrilly yelling," No! The boat will capsize!"
Mat released Leigh's arm then, but her mad dash to get to the other side of the boat had caused it to teeter, and Mat, not being the most poised person, lost her balance and fell off the left side of the tiny boat, straight into the cold waters of the Black Lake.
Leigh was fumbling with her wand, when several planks of wood popped, sending water spraying up into her face.
Krys, even though she was holding onto the edges of the boat so tightly her knuckles had visibly whitened, slid forward with such speed, she nearly sent both herself and Leigh spiraling into the lake.
Vio had somehow managed to keep a cool head, and had whipped out her wand, but as the planks of wood continued ripping apart, and her side of the boat continued to climb into the air, she was still racking her brain to think of a spell.
When her side of the boat had reached the point that she was struggling to stay up she absentmindedly shouted, "Why didn't I study that ruddy charm book!"
A sudden realization caused a hopeful expression to dawn on her face," I think I know one!"
"Great," Krys grunted, as cold water overtook her and Leigh's side of the boat," Hurry up with it then!"
Vio took a steadying deep breath, hoping that she had the pronunciation correct, she'd only seen the word once when she'd read it over Leigh's shoulder on the train...
She pointed her wand at the center of the boat," R-reparo!"
A bluish-white light shot out from her wand, and for a second, Vio and her friend's thought she'd done it, but when the charm hit the already splintered wood, it merely blasted the rest of the wood apart, causing Leigh and Krys's side of the boat to slide into the waters, and Vio to be thrown into the air several feet before slamming into the frigid water herself.
Several snickers bubbled up from the surrounding boats, and a couple, kinder people, just watched on in silence as Hagrid made his way over to the four girls in the lake.
But, one boat in particular, had erupted in uncontrollable laughter.
The four boys from the train, James, Alan, Teddy, and Jason were the occupants of said boat, and even if James, Alan, and Jason's manic laughter hadn't have given them away, Teddy's then- bright- pink hair certainly did...
Hagrid fixed the mischief makers with a look of disbelief," Boys, why would yeh do tha'?"
All of the boy's laughter dispersed at Hagrid's expression.
" It was just a joke?" Alan offered, though it sounded more like he was asking a question than making a statement.
Hagrid shook his head, sadly," I'm 'fraid, McGonagoll will have to deal with yeh later...now girls, I think it'd be bes' if each of yeh climbed into a different boat, as quick as possible, we're way behin' schedule-"
Leigh was the quickest with it, she simply climbed up into Hagrid's boat.
" Thank you, Hagrid."
Her voice was quiet, but he understood her," Don' mention it, Leigh."
Meanwhile, Mat had crawled into a boat on their left, and Krys had pulled herself into a boat on the right, and an apparently talented first year boy had conjured her a blanket.
Vio, however, was still swimming toward her destination, the boy's boat.
"Vio! What are you doing!" All three of the other girls voices rang out, each one sounding as though she'd just decided to sit with a bunch of ex-Death Eaters.
She pulled herself, rather shakily, into the guy's boat, and called back," You'll see."
Leigh put her head in her hands, Krys merely rolled her eyes, but Mat had clapped happily," I think I'm going to like this!"
The boys, of course, didn't look like they thought they were going to be enjoying anything.
Teddy bowed his head, possibly thinking that this couldn't be nearly as bad as the ashamed look on his dad's face when he found out, Jason scooted as far back as he could in the boat, a fearful expression on his face, and even James had the sense to shift to the side opposite her.
Alan, however, did not.
As usual.
He grinned at her," C'mon, it was just a joke-"
She didn't respond- she just scuffled closer to him...
and punched him in the face.
A/N Sorry if the errors are too awful! My dad keeps telling me to get off the computer, and I don't really have time to seriously edit. Please leave nice reviews. :)
