So yup it's me again... and i have nothing to say...so on with Sorting!
"Welcome first years to Hogwarts. I am Professor Longbottom head of Gryffindor and I teach Herbology." He smiled down at everyone lingering a little longer on Albus and Rose. "Now I'm sure you're all excited and nervous about the sorting. There's no need to be nervous. I'm sure if any of you have older siblings here they've attempted to scare you." He grinned looking at Albus. "Why I remember a certain famous wizard when he was sorted. He was a nervous wreck as was I." He smiled remembering the old days. "Well yes shall we proceed?" Neville...Professor Longbottom turned and the 1st years followed in anticipation.
They stopped in front of some extremely large oak doors which slowly opened of their own free will. The sound in the hall stopped abruptly as the doors revealed the 1st years to the rest of the students. Slowly they shuffled into the great hall between the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff tables. Professor long bottom placed an old battered looking hat on a stool. The whole school was staring at the hat for some reason the first years knew nothing about. Just as the first years were getting bored, it twitched.
Then the brim of the hat separated and the...hat burst into...song?
Gryffindor a brave young man
Slytherin sly and cunning
Ravenclaw had a ready mind
And Hufflepuff true and loyal
These four founders sort to teach
The young of wizards many
They shared this dream
And so began Hogwarts School for plenty
As we all know
It did not last
Their friendship broke
And they did part.
Never since the founders split
Have the four houses found,
Friendship in each other
No they've always stood their ground.
But now it seems
It could all change
For I can sense a boy
One whose heart is made for plenty
Which may unite us all
He'll sit upon this chair and wait
As I will search his mind
He shall be difficult to place
And so he'll sit for a while.
But where he'll go
Well I do not know.
But wherever he may be
He was born for this particular task
As was his father, who once sat beneath me.
And so my song
Has come to an end
So slip me on your head
I'll take a look inside your mind
And place you where you're meant
Professor Longbottom pulled out a fairly long piece of parchment before speaking. "When I call your name, come forward and sit on this stool. I will then place the sorting hat on your head and he will place you in your house. Then move along to the correct table and wait patiently whilst the others are sorted. So first up is Finnegan Dan."
A nervous boy approached Professor Longbottom. He slowly sat down and scrunched his eyes close waiting for the hat to be placed on his head. It contemplated for a moment before "Gryffindor!" It bellowed out to everyone. Dan breathed a sigh of relief and set off to the Gryffindor table.
"Finch-Flectchley, Felix" A proud dirty blonde haired boy sat down. The hat yelled "Hufflepuff!"
"Next Flint Bobby." A rather confident boy approached the stool. The hat had barely reached his head before yelling "Slytherin!" He held his chin up high as he sat down at the table with the applauding Slytherins.
Albus didn't even notice as the flood of 1st years grew smaller and smaller. He was in a daze thinking of where he wanted to be placed. Gryffindor like his father would be easy, obvious place for him to be put. But something in his head just yelled Slytherin. This scared him.
Another girl was sorted into Slytherin. Two girls went to Gryffindor. A girl was sorted into Ravenclaw and a boy was sorted into Ravenclaw.
Malfoy Scorpius." Professor Longbottom called. Albus was snapped out of his thoughts as he watched his new friend approach the chair.
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"Ahhhh another Malfoy I see. Well well well..." Scorpius could almost feel the hat smirking. "Not like your father I see. How peculiar. Well we wouldn't want to break the tradition now would we? I'm sure Slytherin will teach you the pure blood way." The hat was about to call out when Scorpius stopped him. "No! I'm not like my father!" He spat in his head. "I don't want to be turn into an obsessed Slytherin! I am who am I and I'm not my father." Scorpius sat sulking.
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Whispers spread across the room. This was the longest time the hat had spent yet. The Slytherins looked appalled. Surely Malfoy was a Slytherin?
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"Hmmm feisty, brave. Gryffindor would bring out your own personality. Ahhh but I'm sure you father wouldn't be pleased. So maybe Ravenclaw? You're certainly smart enough to be. Yes I'm sure Ravenclaw would appreciate your talents much more wouldn't they."
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"Ravenclaw!" The hat bellowed. The whispers grew louder. "The hat must be wrong?" "He's a Slytherin no matter where he is." Others said. Scorpius sat down at the Ravenclaw table which had forgot to clap. He made sure he wasn't too close to anyone and promptly slammed his head against the table. "Father will still kill me."
Professor Longbottom called for silence before continuing "Parkinson Poppy." A confident girl with a smug look on her face sat down. There was no chance to get comfy as she was soon skipping over to the Slytherin table.
"Smith Belle." A nervous girl sat down. "Hufflepuff!"
"Potter Albus." Neville smiled as Albus trudged slowly to the stool. The murmurs about Malfoy had died instantly. You could hair a pin drop. Rose offered a smile as he sat and faced her. Before his sight was covered by fabric.
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"Ahhhh it's nice to see another Potter I wonder if your mother is on the same track as her mother. No only 3 children. I suppose Molly has enough grandchildren." "Ermmm am I being sorted or interrogated?" Albus thought. "Ahh yes. Oooooh yes of cause it had to be a Potter or a Weasley. Yes you will be difficult just like your father brave but I sense a fear of loneliness. In such a large family? Hufflepuff could bring you friendship. You're smart Albus yes your father was smart. Ravenclaw could bring that out."
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Albus had been sat on the stool for 3 minutes now and people were getting restless. Especially his brother James who was sure no matter how much he teased he'd be in Gryffindor still. "What's taking so long? Potters and Weasleys belong in Gryffindor." James whispered to Fred. "I don't know he's your brother." He laughed. "But from the look on Al's face he's having a row with the hat. Bet it brings back memories huh James." Fred and Louis laughed but James did not. His mind was cast into the past where he did not want to be.
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"For the last time I'm not my father! I'm Albus Severus Potter. A name is nothing but just that. I am me and me alone." I thought to the hat. "Yes...yes defiantly! A strong ambition to prove yourself, to achieve greatness! Yes, of cause they would help you. It would take time, that's for sure but were else would be better than-"
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"SLYTHERIN!"
"No!" James thought. "No h-he can't have lost the hat's fight. I thought all that teasing would help him choose Gryffindor. No he's not a Slytherin, he can't go down the path dad has fought against for so long." His mouth was wide open as like many other students. "Erm James?" Louis tried to fetch James back to the living by hitting his back. James simply slammed his head on the table and didn't move.
"W-well erm yes." Professor Longbottom stuttered startled. "Finally Weasley Rose."
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"Another Weasley!" The hat bellowed into Rose's thoughts. "Err...Hi?" "Ahhhh a Granger too. Yes well Ravenclaw? I tried to put your mother there. Strange how she resisted isn't it. Well no not after what she's done of cause. But certainly it was strange back then." The hat seemed to be talking to itself. "Well I don't really mind." Rose smiled on the seat she was most confident of the first years. "Mother said it's not the house that dictates the person. We should treat everyone equally human or not. Quite frankly I think it would be rather funny if I was placed into Ravenclaw. After all father did say he would disown me if I wasn't in Gryffindor." Little rose giggled aloud to everyone's surprise. "Certainly."
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"Did the hat just smile?" Louis asked Fred. "Certainly looks like it. Wow never thought Rose was a joker." Fred grinned.
"RAVENCLAW!" Instantly the Ravenclaw's clapped and Rose skipped to the table with the blue ties.
"So!" The headmaster bellowed. The room fell into silence. "It is that time again. A new term. I welcome you all back, an of cause all first years here. There are a few rules I must go over. Filch tells me Weasley Wizard Wheezes are still as they always have been, banned.
"You had better not stop fetching me Georges amazing creations!" bellowed a ghostly head which appeared through the Gryffindor table, in front of Fred. "No way." He grinned and the ghost disappeared.
"Well as I was saying. The Forbidden forest notice the emphasis on FORBIDDEN is out of bounds to everyone. Including second years." The headmaster looked directly at Fred and James who both smiled and shrugged at each other. "So now I wish you a happy feast." Smiling he sat down and boom food appeared.
ok Melanmel10 dont be mad i put Albus in Slytherin, of cause he's like his father, after all the sorting hat WANTED to place Harry in Slytherin. Here are a few reasons i chose that house
#1 i have PLANNED and THOUGHT alot about it.
#2 i dont think Albus is a bad person, nor am i planning to make him a bad person
#3 The sorting hat had difficulty placeing him in any house as he has traits of them all.
#4 there is a LARGE plot which Albus is involved in and as the 'sorting hat' said it "Yes, of cause they would help you. It would take time, that's for sure but were else would be better than Slytherin" This is the best house for him to be in to accomplish this...plot. If i say any more it will give it away. i really did think where is best for this plot of mine to work and it is in slytherin for reasons i cant because it will give the WHOLE STORY AWAY!
#5 There are hints as to what my main plot is about if you can read between the lines.
I sincerly hope others dont have such ... strong feelings as to where i've placed the characters. Reasons why they are there will be revealed when i get to the MAIN part of the story.