The students shuffled through the halls and into the Great Hall. It was huge. There were four groups of tables, one for each house. The headmistress of Hogwarts stood up and began to sort the students into their houses.

"Abbot, Starr." Star confidently walked down the aisle-way, sat on the stool and put the new wizard's hat on her head.

"Yes, you are smart, but cunning too. Ambitious. Hmmmm…RAVENCLAW!" the sorting hat exclaimed.

"Anderson, James," the headmistress announced. A boy walked up to the hat and put it on.

"Clever…but witty, ooh, sarcastic, a good quality. RAVENCLAW!" James quietly walked over to the Ravenclaw table and sat down.

"Cole, Susan." One of the girls who had been behind Andrew stepped forward.

"You are very, very mean. You have an obsession about something or someone…SLYTHERIN!" the sorting hat shouted. The Slytherins all cheered.

"Cooke, Brittney," the mistress said. Brittney strode out boldly towards the sorting hat.

"Smart, eager to learn, shy but not too shy. You are afraid of something. Aaah…yes, being a Slytherin. Better be…RAVENCLAW!" Brittney was visibly relieved. She walked over to the table.

"Fones, Edward." Ed slowly walked up to the stool and sat down.

"Well, you are very smart. Eager to learn, always a good quality…RAVENCLAW!" Edward ran to the table and sat down across from Starr.

"Garcia, Helen." Helen quietly walked over to the sorting hat.

"Well, Helen, you are quiet and humble. You would be a good RAVENCLAW!" Helen walked over to the table and sat next to James.

"Gomes, Jessica." One of Andrew's friends got up and quickly walked to the sorting hat and put it on her head.

"SLYTHERIN!" The hat shouted. She walked over and joined Susan at the Slytherin table.

"Henderson, Sam." Sam walked up and tried on the hat.

"Hmm. You are very intelligent. RAVENCLAW!"

"Yes!" Sam said, and he ran up to sit next to Starr and diagonal to Ed.

"O'Brian, David." David walked to up to the sorting hat.

"David, you would be a very good Ravenclaw. You are very smart. Better be, RAVENCLAW!" David was delighted. He ran over to the Ravenclaw table and sat next to Ed.

"Roberts, Andrew." The boy who had been with the two girls at the door of Sam's compartment on the train stood up and walked to the hat.

"SLYTHERIN!" it said immediately. Andrew walked over to the Slytherin table and took a seat between Jessica and Susan.

"Slytherin, Malus." A tall, strong-looking eleven-year-old walked out, and he had just reached the stool where the sorting hat lay when the hat yelled out, "SLYTHERIN!!" The boy smirked and calmly walked to the table marked with a big serpent. After his name was called, a great amount of panicked voices erupted from the crowd.

"Slytherin! He's back!"

"Silence!" yelled a man from behind the staff table. "Yes, to all of those who are concerned about young Slytherin, he is not like his father."

"Holy crap!" Ed and Starr exclaimed at the same time.

"Who's Slytherin?" asked Sam. Ed explained the significance of Salazar Slytherin.

"Wow!" replied Sam and David, who also didn't know about Slytherin. After that, a tall muscular boy was sorted into Ravenclaw. His name was Conner. After the Sorting was finished, the feast started. Hundreds of varieties of food suddenly appeared on their plates. Once the feast was done, they all headed up towards the dormitories. Sam, Ed, David, Conner, James, Starr, Brittney, and Helen headed up the stairs to the Ravenclaw common room. Starr, Brittney, and Helen head off to the girls dorm and Ed, David, Sam, Conner, and James climbed the stairs to their dorm. There were five bunks in the room. The boys were all really tired and quickly climbed into their beds and slept.