Ch 2

In the Great Hall, as the students filed in, the headmaster was setting something on the table, It was-the sorting hat! Why on earth was the sorting hat here, it was nearly four months into the term! When Professor Dumbledore took the stand, the Great Hall quieted almost immediately.

"Welcome one and all! Now I'm sure you are all wondering why you are here, well let me explain. As you all know, there is to be a ball for Christmas, and as Professor McGonagall and I were discussing it, we thought that it might be a rather fun idea to make the ball a bit…well, different. As you all know, the sorting hat puts where you in which house you belong, but it also can tell to which heart you belong and who you are most resemblant of. " as the headmaster said these last few words, the Great hall was flooded with murmurs and whispers of what the headmaster was going to tell them next. "So not to reveal who your date is, you will be transformed into the character you are given, then at the dance, you will find your match, and try to guess who it is. If you tell anyone, however, you will have no memory of this night. Your partner must guess, and you may not, under any circumstances, tell anyone which character you are given. With that being said, let the pairing begin!"

As the students lined up, each student was pondering what character they would like to be. Some were thinking of who they would like to be paired up with. While others, dreaded the thought of the whole idea. What if they got paired with someone other than their boyfriend or girlfriend? What if they actually managed to have a really spectacular time?

As James approached the sorting hat, he suddenly got a feeling of worry. "What if i end up with someone i don't like? What if i end up with someone dreadful?" and he thought, "What if I don't end up with Lily?" But no sooner had he thought that, the sorting hat was on his head, and had heard everything he had just thought. So only James could hear, it said, "So, it's Miss Evans that we fancy, is it? Well, you shall be…Prince Derek from The Swan Princess!" as James thought, he couldn't exactly put a finger on who that was. He knew that he had heard that name before, but where? As he passed Lily coming out of the Great Hall, he smiled weakly at her, but then it hit him like a ton of bricks! Lily had that book! She had been reading it last year when he took it from her and wouldn't give it back until she agreed to go out with him. Lily, however, being ever so good at charms, had just summoned her book back, but not before James had a chance to see what kind of books Lily was reading. He did, after all, have to be involved in every aspect of Lily's life. How else would she grow to love him?

Once in the common room, he found Sirius, Remus, and Pet- wait, no, Peter wasn't there, which was definitely odd, but it only crossed James' mind for a second. He strode over to their usual table and sat down in between Remus and Sirius.

"What up, mate?" Sirius asked.

"Huh, oh just thinkin'" James said in a board voice.

"You, think? Man, I didn't know you could do that." Sirius said jokingly.

"Not now Pad-"but before he could finish, a gorgeous, beaming Lily walked into the room, leaving him breathless, and saying, "Nooo, you do know who it is, I have the book, I read it last year!"

Her friend Ariana said, "You read like 100 books last year, and I'm supposed to pick out one? Come on can't you tell me anything more?"

"No, that would practically be giving it away!" I've already told you, I'm a princess, I have blonde hair…"But before James could hear anymore, they were already up the stairs and in the dorms.

"Padfoot!" James shouted as Sirius closed James' mouth.

"If I hadn't closed it, you'd have flooded the place!" Sirius said laughing at his friend.

"Whatever, don't tell me that you've never-wait you haven't ever loved anyone!" he said now smirking.

"Don't be ridiculous, I LOVE hating Snape! In fact, I love torturing him, too!" He said smiling.

Remus just sat back, shaking his head and smiling with them. "Well, it's gettin' late, I'm gonna call it a night. Are you guys comin'?" he said with a yawn.

"Yeah, I think I will, you comin', Prongs?"

" Naw, I gotta go do rounds with Lily, then go back to the heads' room to finish Defense Against the Dark Arts essay."

"Alright, well, see ya." Sirius said. He and Remus went to bed.

"Lily!" James called up the girls' staircase.

After a minute or so, she came out and asked, "Yeah, James, what is it?"

He replied, "It's gettin' late, we should go do rounds."

"Oh, ok. I'll be right down." After about three or four minutes, she came down the stairs, met James, and walked out into the halls to do their rounds…