3rd POV
"Alright there, first years, this way please, come on now, first years don't be shy, come on now hurry up," Says a huge man with a scruffy beard and weathered voice, "Who left the old giant in charge?" Cora sasses. "Why do you always have such bad impressions of everybody? Give people a chance!" "Said no Slytherin ever." "Anyway, we should head over that way" "Alright then, this way to the boats, come on then, follow me," Says the giant as he walks off.
"How did I end up in a boat with two Malfoy's and a beautiful girl," Blaise says smirking at Cora. This causes Kat to tap Cora's shoulder. Cora looks at her as she pretends to stick her finger down her throat in a gagging motion. Cora sends a glare that says shut your mouth or you'll regret it, while she is turned around she notices' Draco glaring daggers at Blaise shrugging it off she turns her attention back to Blaise.
"Welcome to Hogwarts, now in a few moments, you will walk through these doors and join your classmates," says who I can only assume is Professor McGonagall, "But before you can take your seats, you must be sorted into your houses. Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin." As she says this Cora whispers to Kat "That's where we'll be." Kat smiles and nods nervously. "Now while you're here, your house will be like your family, your triumphs will earn you points, any rule breaking and you will lose points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the house cup..." "Trevor!" a random kid interrupts, running after his toad. "Sorting ceremony will begin temporarily" finishes McGonagall as she walks off. "So is it true then, what they were saying on the train, Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts. This is Crabbe and Goyle, and I'm Malfoy, Draco Malfoy." "Your brother has always been a tryhard," Cora whispers to Kat. "Malfoy, like Kat?" Harry asks and Kat winces waiting to be yelled at by Cora. She looks at Cora to see a look that says "You, me, talk, later" then Ron snickers, "Think my name is funny, do you? No need to ask yours, red hair, and a hand-me-down robe, You must be Weasley, You'll soon find out that some wizarding families are better than others, potter, you don't want to go making friends with the wrong sort, I can help you there." Draco says sticking out his hand for Potter to shake. "I think I can tell the wrong sort for myself thanks," Says Harry refusing Draco's handshake. "Don't worry Drake, you've already got friends better than Potter." Cora snarks sending a glare Potter's way. Professor McGonagall then taps Draco's shoulder causing him to turn around. The students then turn and enter the Great hall.
"Alright, will you wait along here, please? Now before we begin, Professor Dumbledore would like to say a few words he would like to say" Says McGonagall stepping aside for Dumbledore "I have a few starts of term notices I wish to announce, the first years please note, the dark forest is strictly forbidden to all students, also, our caretaker, Mr. Flitch, has asked me to remind you that the third floor corridor on the right-hand side, is out of bounds to everyone who does not wish to die a most painful death, thank you." He finishes and sits down. Suddenly the hat bursts into a song.
"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 Gryffindors apart;
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs 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!"
"When I call your name, you will come forth, I shall place the sorting hat onto your head, and you shall be sorted into your houses. Hermione Granger" Said Hermione steps up and sits on the stool. The hat talks for a few seconds before yelling "Gryffindor!" "Draco Malfoy" he walks up and sits down before the hat even graces his head, it shouts "Slytherin!" Causing the whole Slytherin table to cheer.
Kat realizes she is next and waits nervously to be called, "Katherine Malfoy" "You got this!" Cora says, Kat nods slightly.
Kat's POV
I cautiously walk up to the stool and sit on it. McGonagall places the hat on my head, I automatically hear the hat speaking to me. "Hm, you sure your a Malfoy, you seem very kind and giving, you do have Slytherin tendencies, but not quite enough to fit in there. You seem more like a Hufflepuff." I am sure at this point I am sweating raindrops, "Hufflepuff!" It says. I look up in shock. I look at Cora, then to Draco. They both look shocked and slightly betrayed. I get up off the stool and walk over to my new house table, remembering what Cora had said not a week ago. "If you were to become a Hufflepuff we could not be friends." I shiver, knowing full well, I may have lost my one best friend and family with one single word from a dumb talking hat.
3rd POV
"Susan Bones," McGonagall says as the girl walks up to the front and sits down she looks nervous until she gets placed in Hufflepuff. "Ronald Weasley." He stalks up to the chair with a worrisome look on his face "Ha another Weasley, I know just what to do with you Gryffindor!" "Harry Potter." he slowly walks to the stage and takes a seat after a while of conversing with the hat it shouts "Better be...Gryffindor" the whole Great Hall cheered for him "Coralee Riddle." The second her name was called there was a large silence and some gasps. She confidently struts her way to the front and quite like Draco before the hat can touch her head it yells "Slytherin!" The Slytherin table erupted into cheers.