Chapter 2

As the door opened a displeased looking woman was revealed. Gildarts walked towards her saying "Here are the first years, they're all yours Professor Porlyusica.". " Yes yes, I can see that, thank you. I can take them from here" she replied stiffly. Turning to face the students she said "Follow me and don't wander, the sorting ceremony awaits." With questions filling their heads the students followed the stern woman struggling to follow her brisk pace. No one dared to ask her anything, it was clear that she was finished discussing it with them. So they followed her through the castle until they reached the end of a hallway with its door closed. She stopped them there saying, "Through this door is the great hall filled with the school. That is where you will be sorted into your respective houses. There are four houses Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, and Hufflepuff, each of the founders valued certain characteristics more than others, and that is what they represent, and how you will sorted. Once sorted you will live with you housemates and how you behave will affect your house; positive behaviour will result in house points, and obviously rule breaking will result in the lose of house points. At the end of the year a winner will be awarded the house cup, which is a very high honor in itself. I will leave you here for a moment to check if they are ready for you, I suggest preparing yourself, the rest of the school will be watching." and with that, she left.

Levy felt a frantic tapping on her shoulder and turned to see Lucy; who still had Natsu leaning on her, but not as much as earlier. "Do you think it's a test? Because I don't really know A lot of magic yet, and I haven't studied or anything! Can you fail? Are you expelled if you fail?" Lucys voice getting higher and higher until she finished with a panicked squeak. "I'm not really sure… I doubt they would expect a lot from us since we did just get here… I hope it's nothing too complicated…" Levy getting more nervous as she spoke each word. "Well… even if it is a test and I flop, I hope we end up in the same house!" Smiling Levy agreed.

"Come along now. The sorting ceremony is about to begin." Professor Porlyusica said, startling some students with her quiet entrance. "Form a line and follow." she said and turned to walk away. Once they walked into the Great hall all of the first years were amazed by this strange place they had entered. It was amazing, with floating candles, and long tables full of students. At the end of the hall sat the teachers; Porlyusica went ahead of the students and pulled out a stool, placing it in front of them. On top of this stool sat a worn looking wizards hat. Levy looked around wildly to see if maybe there was something they were supposed to do; but it looked like everyone in the room was looking at this battered hat. Then a strange noise drew her attention back to the hat… it was.. Singing? The hat had opened its mouth and began to sing 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!

The hall broke into a loud applause once it finished. Okay… Just putting on a hat? That doesn't sound Too hard… Levy thought. "Okay okay. Now when I call your name you will go up, sit on the stool, and put the hat on, to be sorted." Porlyusica said sternly. She started calling out names in alphabetical order. There were so many students that only a few caught Levy's eye. "NATSU DRAGNEEL!"

Natsu stumbled away from Lucy and strolled over to the hat, plopping down on the stool and dropping the hat on his head. After what seemed like a few minutes of consideration the hat yelled; "GRYFFINDOR!" Natsu walked over to the now cheering group of students, where he was given an harsh looking pat the the back from a intense looking red haired lady. After a few names it was the boy we were in the boat with, whose name was apparently Gray Fullbuster. He was sorted into Slytherin rather quickly. Eventually it was Lucys turn, she looked so pale when she walked up to the hat, as if it might bite her. When it screamed RAVENCLAW she looked relieved to get away from the prying eyes. Then a peculiar girl was called. She was dressed in a full blue jacket, a black cap, and a pink parasol, her name was Juvia, and she was put into Hufflepuff, but she didn't seem very happy. Especially since she started yelling about Gray, and needing to be with her "love", and how she wanted to be in Slytherin. Porlyusica went up and sorted it out quickly enough; sending Juvia to Hufflepuffs a tall beautiful woman with white hair immediately started talking to her. Well that was odd… Levy thought. Then it happened. Her name was called. "LEVY MCGARDEN" Levy quickly walked up to the hat; feeling everyones eyes on her. She had to jump slightly to sit on the stool, and as she dropped the hat on her head she thought she heard someone laughing. "Hmmm.." A tiny voice whispered. "Well…. This is rather obvious… not hard at all, the thirst for knowledge is overwhelming… but there's also a deep sense of loyalty… hmmm" I want to be with Lucy Is was what Levy was thinking, so the hat said " Ah, that other girl who was… Ravenclaw? I'd say that you would grow and expand your knowledge nicely there.. I hope you're sure because… RAVENCLAW"

She heard the hat yell out to the hall, so she quickly took off the hat, laying it gently back onto the stool, and strolled over the the cheering students of Ravenclaw. Where she was tackled by Lucy who was squealing saying "This is so great!" She sat down next to Lucy and looked up at the beautiful starry sky. She clapped along with everyone else while the rest of the first years were sorted. After a while she heard the name "Gajeel Redfox" and saw that it was the rude boy from earlier. He sauntered up to the hat, lazily plopping it onto his head; like he didn't care where he was sorted. Almost as soon as the hat touched his head it yelled "SLYTHERIN" and he went over to the cheering tables wearing green. Where he shook the hand of a incredibly tall blond boy who had a scar on his eye.

Once the sorting was done, the headmaster stood up on his stool(needing it since he was so short) saying " Welcome to Hogwarts! Before we begin the much anticipated banquet, I would like to introduce myself, Makarov Dreyar- But you can call me Master Makarov! Enjoy and thank you for listening!". As she prepared to eat a older boy with long green hair walked over to her and Lucy, smiling as he said "Welcome to Ravenclaw, I'm Freed Justine your prefect, if you have any questions for need help just ask." Both girls said thank you, shaking his hand. When he left Lucy turned to Levy saying "Well he was friendly, I'm so happy we didn't get put into that Slytherin group, they all look pretty rough around the edges." "Yeah that rude guy from the train was placed there, I guess I shouldn't be surprised, he didn't seem particularly interested in scholarly things." Levy replied. They stuffed their faces; hungry from the long trip and intensely anxious moments before.

After the feast the headmaster stood again and addressed the students, talking about the rules; no entering the forbidden forest, no magic in corridors, and to avoid the third floor corridor on the right hand side unless they wanted a painful brutal death. After this each of the houses were lead their own ways. Lucy and Levy were led by Freed who brought them to a tower on the west side of the castle up to a door with only a eagle door knocker, no keyhole, or door knob at all. Once they arrived there the a voice came from the door; " Greetings and welcome. As the Guardian of Ravenclaw Tower, I must ask you a riddle before you enter."

"You struggle to regain me,

When I'm lost, you struggle to obtain me,

I pass no matter your will

But I'm your slave to kill.

What am I?"

To this Freed quickly and effortlessly responded "Time". The door said correct and swung open for them to enter. It was a wide circular room and a blue carpet and arched windows; it was too dark to see out them at the were bookcases lining the walls, Freed led them to a statue of a woman made of white marble and stopped. "This is Rowena Ravenclaw, the founder of this house, she valued intelligence and wisdom. These hallways she stands in between are the dormitories" he said, " To my left are the boys and the right are the girls. You may not enter the opposite genders dormitory. Once inside you will choose the bed you will have for the rest of your time here, so choose wisely. With that said; goodnight to you all". Freed turned and went back towards the common rooms. Lucy and Levy followed the other girls to the right, choosing the beds next to one another. Levy was so tired she barely had the energy to whisper "Night…" to Lucy.

That's that, I hope so far you are enjoying it, and I know it is probably fairly rough. I hope to continue this for a while longer. Please review and comment or whatever, I want to know your thoughts on how im probably butchering this xD. Sorry. See you next time!