Disclaimer: I wonder what it would be like to be J.K…
Chapter 2
The Sorting
There was a silence where all that could be heard was the echoes of the knocks, and then the door swung open to reveal a large entrance hall that could easily fit a couple hundred. Now however, there were only 40 or so students in a crowd, terrified of what was to happen next. The giant man led them to an old woman with completely grey hair, although stern looking.
"You will line up in the hall, and I shall call you forward. You shall each sit on the stool and the sorting hat will chose what house you should be in. While you are here, your house is like your family. You will earn them points for being good, and lose them for being irresponsible, or for breaking school rules." On the word "irresponsible", she looked at Lily as if warning her not to follow in her brothers' footsteps. "Follow me." She walked through a large double door, then led all the first years between two of four long tables filled with older children. The room appeared to have no roof, just high walls leading further than can be seen. All the first years walked up to the front, in front of a fifth table, for the staff. From the front, Luna could see all the tables properly. It was obvious which table she didn't want to go to. The table to the far left were sneering at all the first years unpleasantly. It wasn't long before a few noticed Luna's eyes and ears, and soon enough, the whole hall was murmuring and pointing at Luna. Luna just glared at the whole hall. Suddenly, a rather worn and ragged hat Luna hadn't noticed before burst into song. It sang something about each of the houses, and Luna learnt that Gryffindor was the brave one, Ravenclaw was the clever one, Hufflepuff was the hardworking one and Slitherin was the cunning one. Luna didn't think she belonged to any house, as she wasn't cunning, hardworking, clever or particularly brave. She just had a bit of an attitude, and some manners drilled in from the Orphanage.
"Hufflepuff!" The hat shouted. She looked up to see a mousey haired girl wander over to the table she'd been indicated to. The sorting went on for a few minutes that felt like hours, then finally it came to "Potter, Lily" and the hall hushed up, and Luna remembered that her dad was apparently famous. "Gryffindor!" The hat shouted as soon as it touched her fiery red hair. The Gryffindor table screamed their happiness at having another famous person. The next person to be called was "Rosewood, Luna"
Luna walked forward, and the hall was silent again. She couldn't help but think it was more negative this time, as nobody wanted to have a freak, but in reality they were assessing her. Would she be interesting to know, or somebody to avoid? Would she be popular or unpopular? Was she as strange as her looks? She sat on the stool. "Hmmmm…" A voice in her head murmured. "Interesting. You don't realise, but you are incredibly easy to place. Your head simply screams Gryffindor!" The last word was shouted for the whole hall to hear. Luna walked to the table Lily was sat at, then sat down next to her. She was glad to have someone to sit next to who wouldn't be staring at her like she was some alien from another planet.
The sorting finally got to the Ws, which was apparently what Lily (and a lot of other people on the table) was waiting for, as she perked up at the name "Weasley, Hugo". Luna remembered him from the train, he was Lily's cousin. He walked forward on very shaky legs, and he looked like he'd faint. He managed to get to the stool alright however, and the hat had barely sat on his frizzy brown hair when it shouted "Gryffindor!"
Next was "Weasley, Lucy" And she was sorted into Hufflepuff. Lily seemed a bit put off by this, and waved at Lucy as she sat down. After Lucy, was "Weasley, Roxanne" And a dark skinned girl walked forward, and Luna was silently wondering how many Weasleys there were. She assumed that it was a common wizarding surname, like Smith in the muggle world. Roxanne was placed in Gryffindor, and next was "Zabini, Sarah", who thankfully ended the Weasley chain. Luna was shocked, three Weasleys? How many more? If this is just first years, she dreaded to think how many in the years above.
"They're all my cousins. Trust my Grandma Molly to have seven kids." Luna looked at Lily incredulously.
"Seven? Seven? Why would anyone have seven kids?"
"Don't ask me!"
Sarah Zabini was placed in Slitherin, and then the sorting hat was taken away. Professor Thorn, the headmistress, said a few words. The Forbidden Forest was, well, forbidden, and banned objects include fanged Frisbees, Screaming Yo-yos and anything from Weasley's Wizard Wheezes. She then told everyone to enjoy the feast, and the golden plates and goblets before them filled with every food imaginable, and more.
Luna had to try everything within reach, but couldn't as there was just so much, and it was all so delicious that she couldn't stop herself eating more than a mouthful each. Before she was too full, however, Lily told her dessert would be just as delicious, or even more so. Luna wished she'd saved more room, because she found it hard to eat as much as she wanted to. By the end of the feast, Luna was dropping off and just wanted to go to whatever kind of bed they had, and sleep for days. Headmistress Thorn said something undistinguishable to Luna in her drowsiness, and then she followed a prefect up many stairs, surely up to a tower, until they came across a portrait of a very fat woman in a pink silk dress.
"Password?" The portrait asked, and Luna was too tired to register that the portraits moved or talked.
"Diricawl" The prefect replied, and the portrait swung open to reveal a large and beautiful room.
"Welcome to the Gryffindor common room." The prefect announced dramatically after she and the first years had climbed in.
It was a wide, circular room, with armchairs and sofas dotted around it. There was a blazing fire, which a number of armchairs were crowded around, and a door which lead to places unknown.
"Through that doorway you'll find two staircases. Boys, staircase on the left, girls, to the right." The prefect told them.
Luna and Lily went through the door, up the staircase to the right and reached a corridor with many doors branching off it. One door had a gold sign that said "First years". Luna went through and Lily followed. Five four-posters sat, looking far comfier and warmer than any other bed Luna had seen in her life, which wasn't hard as she'd only seen the rock hard bed at the Orphanage. Luna dragged her trunk from the end of one of the beds, and swapped it so she was right next to Lily. It took every ounce of Luna's self-restraint not to fall asleep while getting changed, but she managed it. She got in bed, pulled up the covers and was asleep before her head touched the pillow.
A/N
Aha, the next chapter is up! I'm pretty sure you realise that towards the end I'm just trying to finish this, but whatever. Thanks to Ameliaaaaaaaaaa and Cassia4u for reviewing, you really made my day!
Anyway, I should get to bed, because it's school in the morning D=
Edit: I removed Sierra. Yes, I've decided it would be better to stay canon. I get annoyed when people add/change family members randomly, so I shouldn't be a hypocrite. But don't worry, I love Sierra, Ellasombre and Damien far too much to get rid of them! They're just not Weasleys anymore. *sigh*, and Charlie is all alone with no wife or kids… Eh, he has those dragons. TTFN, until next chapter!
Please R&R!
~Lil-Lioness-Cub
