Chapter 3
A/N: thanks to those of you who reviewed I'm writing this for you guys now.
Disclaimer: If you think I own the original Characters than you might want to get off the drugs your taking
Parting and Reuniting
"First years over here! Please gather over here in front of me" An elderly witch in emerald robes gathered all of the first years in an ante-chamber off what the students could only assume to be the great hall.
" Now before I take you into the Great Hall I want to put emphasis on the fact that here at Hogwarts it does not matter what house you are sorted into, we are all a family. In the past rivalry has gotten the better of previous students, but this is a new time, and I expect that there will be no rivalries."
"Sure and I'm a hippogriff " Ellie whispered in Dawns ear.
"Ms. Corner I would keep your thoughts inside your head"
Riley and Dawn both laughed as Ellie's already rosy cheeks turned a brighter shade of red.
"Okay it is time, Follow me please" the group of first years followed the witch into the great hall and were lined up in alphabetical order and there on a Stoll in front of them was a ratty old pointed wizards hat. A rip at the brim of the hat opened and a voice rang through the hall in song
'Many many years ago, when I came to be
The Four founders found a need for me.
They needed me to do a job,
for when they were dead and gone.
They needed me to sort the students,
To know from right and wrong.
On this day you sit beneath me,
And now I decided.
To which house you shall hence fourth reside.
In Gryffindor the brave and loyal shall come.
In Ravenclaw the students are far from dumb.
The Slytherin are of the purest of Blood.
And The Huffelpuff's are over all good.
Sit beneath me now,As I look into your heart
For it is my job to sort you and then we shall part.
But keep in mind these final words.
Times of trouble can come and go.
Times of which we do not know.
Together we stand, Together we fall.
It is up to you to show us all
That Good will always conquer over the evil after all.
The Hat fell silent and a mass of whispers broke out among the students. The witch in emerald was now holding a piece of parchment. She began calling names, starting with A, and one by one the first years sat on the stool and were sorted into their respective houses.
"Bently, Kelly!" a small blonde sat nervously on the stool.
"Huffelpuff!" the hat shouted after a moment.
The witch continued down her list. She was now half way through the C's
"Corner, Ellendra!" Elllie looked down the line to Dawn her gave her a smile and she stepped forward and sat on the stool.
"Ah Ms. Corner, or should I say Ms. Smith, im a bit confused on which it is" the hat said to her in a sly tone.
"Its Corner" Ellie whispered
"Ah yes of course. You have brains my dear, but can you apply them? You are brave my dear but are you Loyal?"
"I can do both" she whispered again.
"I have faith in your ability better be…" he said in her ear"…Ravenclaw!" the hat shouted to the whole Hall.
The Ravenclaws clapped and made room for Ellie to sit down. She watched the rest of the sorting. The witch was slowly making her way down the list of names. She was now on the D's
"Derives, Foster!"
The hat took a moment to consider the boy
"Ravenclaw!" Ellie groaned to herself as Foster hurried along the table and took the seat next to her. Ellie made eye contact with both Dawn and Riley and they gave her looks of pity.
The witch was now only one the H's
"Harper, Leigh!"
"Gryffindor!" More applause
Finally the witch reached the M's
"Malfoy, Dawn!'
The blonde took her seat on the stool
" please don't disappoint my father" dawn whispered.
" A Malfoy eh? You are loyal to your family, you have brains, you have wit. There is no question my dear as to what house I shall place you." The hat said so only dawn could hear. " Slytherin!" he yelled to the hall.
Dawn silently thanked the hat and took her seat at her house table which was next to the Ravenclaw table.
"Your dad will be happy" Ellie said to dawn
"Yea but I know my mother secretly wanted me in Gryffindor."
"Oh well what's done is done, ugh its going to take forever to get to Riley" Ellie complained
"Tell me about it"
"Meade, Cassandra!" A Dark haired girl with piercing green eyes sat on the stool.
"Ellie, I don't like this girl, I ran into her on the train when I went to the Lu."
"Why what did she do"
"Its just a vibe."
"Slytherin!" the hat yelled
"Bugger!" Dawn cursed to herself.
Cassandra took a seat next to Dawn. The sorting continued.
"Cassandra Meade, I believe we met briefly on the train."
"We exchanged, well I wouldn't call them pleasantries." Dawn said shortly.
" Well" sneered Cassandra " I could either help you on your way to greatness as we Slytherin's are destined to do, or I could make these seven years a hell on earth for you. You choose"
" I like a challenge"
"Well get ready to lose."
"Doubt it" Ellie who had been listening to the two girls conversation added in.
"And who are you?"
"Ellie Corner" Ellie said coldly
"Right your Michael Corners daughter right? I don't see the resemblance, lets just hope your better at quidditch than your father."
"Riley Weasley!" the witch had finally reached the W's
"Ah another Weasley. There's is no question to where you belong."
"Gryffindor!" Riley gave a sigh of relief and went to join her brother and sister.
The Witch took her seat at the staff table. Before she sat she said a few words.
"Eat now, announcements later"
The food appeared in the golden dishes and the three girls dug in. at the Slytherin table Cassandra had moved her seat to sit with a group of smug looking first years while Dawn remained in her original seat. As she ate she listened to the conversation taking places around her. The Boy to her left was talking to his buddies about Quidditch. The girls to her right and across the table we talking about the latest articles in Witch Weekly.
"Oi, first year?"
Dawn snapped her head up, she hadn't realized that she was being addressed.
"I have a name"
"yea and what is it?" The boy to her left asked
"Malfoy, Dawn Malfoy. And you are?"
"Tristan Sid, captain of the Slytherin quidditch team. They are allowing First years to tryout this year. Are you any good?"
The truth was she had some talent. Her Father and Ellie's dad had taught the girls how to play quidditch. All three of them proved to have some talent. But as far as she knew neither of her friends had said anything about trying out.
"I play, but I wasn't thinking about trying out"
"Why not, we have a lot of spots to fill, most of our team left last year."
"I don't have a broom"
"Write your parents I'm sure they could help you out."
"Alright" Dawn continued eating. "hey Tristan, what year are you?"
" Fourth, I'm the youngest Quidditch Captain Hogwarts has ever had"
"You must have talent." Dawn had just noticed how cute Tristan really was.
"You could say that." Tristan turned back to his friends and Dawn looked around the Hall. She saw Riley talking with a few Gryffindor first years.
"I'm a muggle born, my parents were almost not going to let me come to Hogwarts, but than Professor McGonagall cam to my house and talked my parents into it, and bloody hell am I glad she did." Leigh Harper was talking animatedly to Riley.
"I'm a pureblood. So there was no doubt that I would come to Hogwarts." Riley was admittedly upset that she wasn't in the same house with either of her best friends. She had hoped that they would all be in the same house but she knew that was too much to ask. She looked across the hall and saw Dawn talking to a very good looking boy.
"of course" she thought to herself "Dawn would find the cutest boy"
She looked to the Ravenclaw table where Ellie was playing with her food as Foster chatted away. She laughed to herself. She knew Foster would drive Ellie up a wall
"So like I was saying," Foster was talking but no one was really listening. " I over heard my mom and dad talking the other day, and they said that they had read in the prophet that Harry Potter has gone into hiding."
Ellie's head shot up at the mention of Harry Potter. She knew her mother had had a thing for him when they were in school. She knew that he had broken her mothers heart when he left to fight Voldemort. "Why has he gone into hiding?" she asked
"Well that's what everyone wants to know isn't it" Foster answered
"I bet he's just sick of everyone oo-ing over his scar" piped up a second year
I don't think so" added a seventh year "were you listening to the Hats song? It said times of trouble of which we do not know."
"It's just a hat, what could It possible know?" asked Ellie
"My dad was at school in the years you-know-who was regaining power, he told me that the hat had given warnings and advice when it felt it was needed. Maybe hard times are coming again"
"Yes, Dawson because there are just so many evil dark wizards out there who want to completely take over the wizarding world." It was another seventh year " I'm Katrina, Headgirl, Captain of the Ravenclaw quidditch team."
"wow you got a lot going on don't you?" Ellie said bemused
The three girls continued to talk with the new housemates as they continued to eat. They had finished dinner and desert when the elderly witch stood up at the Staff table. It was only now that the three girls noticed that she had been sitting in a large golden, throne-like, chair in the middle of the table.
"Quiet please, everyone quiet!" a hush fell over the students. "for those first years my name is Professor Mcgonagall, Headmistress of Hogwarts." There was some applause
"For all students new and returning, this term we will be doing classes a bit differently. Instead of just sharing a class with one other house we will be mixing all houses into one class. Sorted by year of course. A reminder to all students wishing to tryout for their house quidditch team, Tryouts begin next week, Broomsticks required. First-years may tryout if the wish. The Forbidden Forest is off-limits to all students. Mr. Filch the caretaker has an extensive list of banned items, please peruse at your own time. Schedules will be handed out tomorrow morning at breakfast. That is all."
Everyone started to get up and the Perfects let out their calls of "First-years follow us, this was to the dormitories. The girls followed their respective prefects after agreeing to meet in the great hall before breakfast. The split as Dawn went to the Dungeons and Riley and Ellie went up the marble stair case.
A/N: Ahh I know its still moving slow but give it time. Pay attention to the sorting hats song, remember what happened of the visit to Diagon Alley, it will all tie in.
Xx Abby Leigh