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Chapter 2-the talking hat

"Sorry, but have any of you seen a toad about this big, a boy named Neville has lost one" she asked indicating with her hands before stopping to look at harry.

"I'm Hermione Granger she said with a pompous attitude.

'Me and her would get along quite well' he thought with a smile.

"By the way, who are you" she questioned looking at the boys.

"Once again I'm being ignored" I mutter under my breath.

"Oh I'm Harry, Harry Potter" Harry said putting on a smile.

"Ron, Ron Weasley" Ron said in a grumpy voice obviously annoyed by Hermione.

"Really are you REALLY the Harry Potter? I hear it's legendary" she said in awe.

"Yer he is" I said getting sick of being ignored

This drew the attention of Hermione, as she looked down embarrassed.

"Sorry I didn't see you there" she said smiling

"Obviously" Ron said under his breath making Harry snicker.

"What's your name" Hermione said not hearing or ignoring Ron's comment.

"Penelope Phostar but you can call me penny" I say smiling widely at her thinking that this would be my first friend that was a girl, at this school.

"Well it was nice meeting you Penny, Harry… Ron" she muttered Ron's name as she left.

"So now that she's gone which house do you want to be in, I want to be in Gryffindor, but Ravenclaw doesn't sound so bad" Ron said while looking between Harry and me.

"I don't really know what house I would be in" Harry said looking down at his feet.

"I would like to be in Ravenclaw like my mum but then again I could be in Gryffindor like my dad" I said looking at Harry

"But I have a feeling that if any house you won't be in is Slytherin" I say confidently

While patting his head and standing up.

"Where are you going" Ron asked worried that they had said something wrong.

"I'm going to get into my robes. I assume we'll be at Hogsmeade soon" I say while pulling out the black uniform and sliding the door open.

I walk down the hall not really paying attention to where I was going and walking into a wall. Looking up from where I had fell I saw two boys that looked identical, blinking and rubbing my eyes I looked up again but they were still there.

"No love you're not seeing things there are two of us" the one on the left said helping me up while the one on the right chuckled.

"So you're the annoying idiots that Ron talks so fondly about" I say grinning.

"Ronald has been talking about us behind our back Fred" the one on the right said to the one on the left, basically talking over my small form that stood between.

"Yes George I think he has, should we get him back?" said the one called Fred to this so called George.

"Maybe a dungbom in his bed" George said to Fred with a mischievous grin.

"Ok "I said loudly getting the twins attention.

"I'll be going now, have fun pulling a prank on Ron" I say picking up my robe and staring off down the hall again.

"Not so fast" said Fred.

"You can't tell Ron, ok?" George whispered.

"Yer sure that's why it's called a prank" I put my hands up as a sign of surrender then rushed to the girls bathroom to get away from the troublesome two before I got dragged into something I would get in trouble for.

At Hogsmeade village platform:

"Where are you?" I mutter worriedly. It seems I had misplaced Harry and Ron because everyone was pushing and pulling at each other and they were swallowed up by the crowd. Next thing I hear a loud voice bellow …

"Firs'- years, firs'-years, over here" so when I heard the voice I used my commonsense and followed it. When I arrived I saw Harry and Ron talking to a giant with a scruffy black beard, his face lit by a yellow lantern.

"Hay Harry, Ron who's this?" I say coming up behind them.

"Oh Penny this is Hagrid, Hagrid this is Penny a friend I made on the train" Harry said introducing me to the big man.

"Hi, it's nice to meet you Hagrid" I said smiling up at him, and then looking around the group of people that had gathered, that's when Hagrid decided to speak up.

"C'mon, follow me, Mind Yer step, only four to a boat" Hagrid said as everyone got into a boat, I sat between Harry and Ron in front of Neville. We talked among ourselves excitedly until we came to duck under a bridge. When we looked up we were met with a beautiful and wondrous sight to behold. It was a castle, a beautiful castle lit up by candles and you could see the light pouring out of the stain glass windows, and when the colours hit the water it was stunning and really hard to describe. When we stopped and the boys helped me out of the little boat we arrived at two great wooden doors.

"Wait 'ere" Hagrid said to all of the first years.

"Is it true?" a rude voice sounded behind me.

Is it true that Harry Potter is finally at Hogwarts" he said while pushing the people to get to the front of the crowd.

"What's it to you?" I say matching the rudeness and authority.

"Yer its true" Harry said looking at the two brute looking boys behind him, before looking back at Blondey.

"So it's you, is it? Well this is Crabbe and Goyel, and I am Malfoy, Draco Malfoy" he said. Ron had to stifle a snort of laughter and disgust, while I just smirked.

"Think my names funny do you? Can't guess who you are? Let me see, red hair and hand-me-down robes… must be a Weasley!" he said using an awful, rude pureblood voice.

"Well who am I then" I questioned with authority to the ferret looking boy.

"What are you? Pureblood or Mudblood?" he said looking me up and down.

"I'm a pureblood but could you please not use THAT word while I'm around" I say putting on my best poker face.

"I know who you are you're the Phoster child" he said shocked out of his wits.

I grin at him nodding slightly before grabbing Harry and Ron's wrists and dragging them away from the white, blonde git. We looked up as the sound of the huge wooden door opened and an elderly witch with a deep emerald robe and a pointy green hat.

"May I have your attention please" " she said with a sharp tone. "My name is Professor McGonagall, head of Gryffindor house" then she went on.

"Welcome to Hogwarts, the start of term banquet will begin shortly, but before you all take your seats in the great hall, you will be sorted into your houses. The sorting is very important because, while you are here your houses will be like your family, you'll have classes together, sleep in your houses dormitory and spend most to all of your spare time in the common room. The houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Each house has been named after a Nobel and fascinating witches and wizards. While you are attending Hogwarts, your triumphs will win you points and rule breaking will lose you points at the end of the year the house with the most points will win the house cup. I hope you enjoy your house whichever It may be" she said finishing the long and bland speech which made me yawn silently and look at the boys with an 'are you serious look'.

"I will come and collect you when we are ready" she said before disappearing behind the hall doors again.

"Well that was boring" I say in a low and tired voice. Then Ronald decided to speak up.

"Aren't you just a little nervous?"

"Yer I mean how can you act so…so calm and collected" Harry said looking at me like I had grown four eyes and six arms.

"I'll be fine as long as I'm not in Slytherin" I say grinning from ear to ear.

"Ok we're ready for you now" said the strict voice of Professor McGonagall, making me jump slightly.

We got into two perfect lines and walked into the magnificent hall. The hall was lit by floating candles and the sparkling stars.

"I read in 'A Hogwarts a History' that the ceiling is bewitched to look like the sky outside" I heard Hermione say to Susan Bones, a plump blonde girl that walked next to her, I just smiled. When we arrived at the steps that lead up to the teachers table, there was a lonely old wooden stool and torn battered hat. Everyone was staring at it as if the hat was about to get up and do a musical, but then it started to sing:

Oh you may not think I'm pretty, But don't judge on what you see, I'll eat myself if you can find, A smarter hat than me. You can keep your bowlers black, your top hats sleek and tall, for I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat and I can cap them all. There's nothing hidden in your head The Sorting Hat can't see, so try me on and I will tell you, Where you ought to be. You might belong in Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave at heart, Their daring, nerve, and chivalry, Set Gryffindor's apart, You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuff's are true, And unafraid of toil; Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind; Or perhaps in Slytherin You'll make your real friends, Those cunning folks use any means To achieve their ends. So put me on! Don't be afraid! And don't get in a flap! You're in safe hands (though I have none) for I'm a Thinking Cap!

We all clapped I whooped and Harry whistled. Then Professor McGonagall stood at the top, looking down at us, and said

"When I call your name, come and sit on the stool" she said and started down the list.

"SUMMERS, BREE" she yelled and a short girl with shoulder length blond hair and bright glasses went and sat on the stool.

"RAVENCLAW" the hat yelled then I didn't pay much attention until.

"MALFOY, DRACO"

"SLYTHERIN"

Then more names, and then.

"BONES, SUSAN"

"HUFFLEPUFF"

This continued till I heard a familiar name being called out.

"GRANGER, HERMIONE"

"GRYIFFINDOR"

I cheered and smiled more than ever, I just couldn't wait to see what houses the boys were in.

More names were called then

"POTTER, HARRY"

The whole hall went quiet, then I saw Harrys lips moving and the look on his face was determined and then

"GRYFFINDOR"

"Yes" I yelled, hoping that he would get in the red and gold house, I knew he would get looked out for in that house.

Then in my surprise

"WEASLEY, RONALD"

"GRYFFINDOR"

'I KNEW IT' was all I thought of that.

Then it was my turn

"PHOSTAR, PENELOPE"

"I know exactly where to put you" the hat said

Then it shouted

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