Disclaimer: I am NOT J.K. Rowling, or Megan…Or Liz.. I've made up a few characters and those are probably the ones you don't recognize.
Please give me constructive criticism NO FLAMES.
Thanks!
-Bethany
I'm so happy I'm here,
everything is going fine
nothing like home
makes me think about the time
when we said we would run away for good
now I'm here without you
Here I go – Megan and Liz
Chapter 2: The Sorting, Feast, and Realization
As Rose stood in line in the Great Hall waiting to be sorted, she took a depth breath to calm herself down. Her father would have her in no other house then Gryffindor, Rose couldn't imagine what he would do if she wound up in Slytherin. Only one other Weasley had been sorted into a different house, Victoire, who had been sorted into Ravenclaw. This wouldn't be so bad except Torie was a seventh year, she would be leaving Hogwarts after this year and had her own friends.
The sorting wasn't as bad as Fred and James had told her and Albus it would be, they only had to try on a hat. The boys had said it was some kind of test, but all it really seemed to do was sit on someone's head and call out what house they would be in.
Rose sighed again and looked around the Great Hall, once again she caught a glimpse of Malfoy. She took a moment to study his features. He had pale skin, white blonde hair, grey eyes and a smirk that seemed to be on his face permanently. Scorpius noticed Rose looking at him again and glowered at her. Quickly turning away she heard Professor Longbottom called out a name she recognized. Well I guess I should probably pay attention, the sorting is halfway through and I haven't really noticed anyone being sorted yet.
"Longbottom, Amelia?"
Professor Longbottom smiled as his small daughter walked up to the sorting hat. The hat slipped down over Amelia's eyes when the hat called out "Gryffindor!" Amelia's face instantly showed relief as she slipped of the stool. The Gryffindor table cheered while she sat herself down at the end of the table, her father was looking at her with pride.
The sorting continued until Rose heard another name that she knew.
"Macmillion, Levonne?"
The hat had barely touched Levonne's blonde head when it shouted "Hufflepuff!" And Levonne strutted over to the Hufflepuff table, flipping her hair on the way.
Next up was Malfoy, the hat didn't even need to touch his head before it shouted "Slytherin!" Smirking once again Malfoy walked over and placed himself at the Slytherin table. Rose rolled her eyes, just one more reason for us to not get along, of course he'd be Slytherin.
Finally it was Albus' turn, there was no doubt in Rose's mind where he would end up. Apparently the hat didn't have any doubts either because the hat instantly decided what house he should be sorted into.
"Gryffindor!"
Grinning from ear to ear he went to sit down by Amelia as Rose walked up to the hat.
Slipping it onto her head she heard a voice.
"So, another Weasley? They breed like bloody rabbits. But wait, I can see you're different, where to put you? Hm. You'd do well in Slytherin, you're very cunning and you know what you want. You could do great things there, but I see you don't want to be placed there, just like your uncle I suppose. You have a great deal of courage, but you have more of your mother's brains then of courage. It'd better be…RAVENCLAW!"
The hat shouted the last part and Rose slipped of the stool, not being able to face her family just yet she quietly walked to the Ravenclaw table. The only person cheering was Victoire and her friends. Rose settled herself down by a brown haired boy at the end of the table.
The boy stuck out his hand to Rose. "Hi! I'm Lysander Scamander, and this is Lorcan my twin." Pointing to his brother, they looked almost identical, both with brown hair and dreamy blue eyes, the only difference was that Lorcan had a light dusting of freckles on his face.
"I'm Rose Weasley, are you two first years too?"
Lorcan laughed in a dreamy sort of way, "Yes we are, we saw you on the train but you were too busy reading. Or maybe there were just too many wrackspurts."
"Wrackspurts? What are those?"
Lorcan began to babble about how they were invisible creatures while everyone else began eating. Rose began to realize it sounded very much like a story her uncle had once told her. Absent mindedly she looked over at the Gryffindor table for the first time she saw Al laughing and joking. He was already making new friends, without her. Rose's face fell with the realization that she and Albus would never be as close as they used to be.
Before long Rose was following Rachel Clearwater, the Ravenclaw prefect, with the other first years. They came upon the entrance to the common, a door with an eagle door knocker. A musical voice came from the door. Rachel explained that instead of a password to get into the common room, Ravenclaw's had a riddle they needed to answer.
Give me food, and I will live; give me water, and I will die. What am I?
A girl in the back of the group with black hair and green eyes raised her hand. "Is the answer fire?" she asked in a trembling voice.
Correct, you may enter, and welcome to Ravenclaw. Remember, wit beyond measure is a man's greatest treasure.
The door swung open and Rachel directed the first years to their dormitories. Girls were on the left up the spiraling staircase, and the boys were on the right, up another spiraling staircase.
Soon after that Rose was settled into her bed, awaiting the morning, she'd learn the four other girls names when she got up tomorrow. As she drifted off to sleep she thought again of Albus and how he had seemed so happy without her. She wondered if he would forget about her before the week was over.
AN: Thank you so much for reading! I'm still really bad at writing but this is my project to work on it!
-Bethany
