Disclaimer: The only person I own is Michelle. JK Rowling is the greatest, we are only her pawns. Okay, for some idiotic reason the Fanfiction site is making some of the italics go away, so if some parts seem a little off, not my fault. IMPORTANT: Kailey Macauley belongs to numbah 1 hp fan! I asked permission to use her character. This is not a crossover, so you don't have to go read her stories to understand. But you should read them anyway, 'cause they're amazing.
Chapter Four: Of Sorting and SortsProfessor McGonagall returned moments later,
"We're ready for you now, follow me," she motioned to them and opened the doors to the biggest room Michelle had ever seen. They walked between two of the four tables that ran the entire length of the hall. Already sitting, there were at least two hundred witches and wizards turning to watch them pass. At the other end of the hall was a three-legged stool with a ragged looking hat perched on top of it. Michelle felt someone tugging on her robes and looked around to see Remus pointing at the ceiling with his mouth open.
Michelle too, looked up and saw black, billowing, swirling clouds instead of the roof.
"Bloody hell, that's cool!" she stared in wonder as they approached the front of the hall. "How do you think they do that?"
Lily answered, slightly in awe, "It's magic,"
Suddenly, they had reached the front, and all too soon for some of the first years. Their nerves were in danger of giving out by now. They all stood, staring at the hat sitting on that stool. Without any warning, it ripped open and burst into song.
(I haven't enough imagination to make up my own song, wow me.)
"Now when I call your names, you will come up here and sit, I will place the hat on your head and you will be sorted into you houses. Casey Abbot,"
A short girl with strawberry blonde hair and blue eyes pushed her way past Sirius, who was standing stock-still in fear. "Why did my name have to be at the beginning of the alphabet? Oh God, I could be next, who knows if there are even any more "a's" He mumbled. His face paled as Casey was sorted into Hufflepuff with a huge smile on her face.
"Nathaniel Adams"
Michelle looked at him in pity; he would probably give anything to have her last name, but in truth, she would rather get it over with quickly. She turned back to where Nathan was, yet as she did, he went to Ravenclaw.
"Sirius Black"
For a minute she thought that he must have frozen, for James had to give him a push to get him up there. He walked abnormally slowly, like he was trying to postpone his fate. The hat was on his head. Seconds lengthened, he appeared to be having a fight with the hat inside his head because his face was screwed up from something that was going on up there. Finally after at least two or three minutes the hat cried out,
"Griffindor!"
Sirius jumped off the stool in joy and looked like he was trying not to yell with happiness, the Slytherins were dumbstruck. James, Peter, Michelle, Lily and Remus cheered more loudly than anyone else in the hall. Besides Sirius, only his cousin, Andromeda, had succeeded in not getting into Slytherin. She was a third year Ravenclaw now. By the time Sirius had reached the Griffindor table Professor McGonagall was calling another name.
"Amelia Bones" then a wavy haired boy, "Jackson Cains," both went to Hufflepuff.
"Lily Evans"
Lily gave a little start beside Michelle, "I wasn't expecting it to come up so fast," she whispered, more to herself than to Michelle. Yet she needn't have worried for the hat was only on her head for a couple seconds before she was announced a Griffindor to the delight of herself and her new friends.
A few more names went by including a very pompous looking blonde boy named "Kevin Garners" who was sorted into Ravenclaw.
Remus was starting to shake again, Michelle squeezed his hand reassuringly, but deep down she doubted that it would help much. There was something a little weird about Remus Lupin.
They had gotten to the "Js".
A shy looking boy with shaggy, dark brown hair and brown eyes hurried towards the hat when "Riley Jacobs" was called. Michelle stared at him until Remus nudged her in the ribs.
"What's the matter? Are you okay?" he asked looking at her face as if she might be ill.
"Hmm? Oh, yeah I'm fine," she murmured, uncomfortably aware of the fact that she was blushing.
"Remus Lupin"
Remus lost whatever color his face had left and walked stiffly to the stool. It felt just as bad to stand and watch as Remus began to look panicky for a moment under the hat that slipped down to his eyes. But just when Michelle began to worry, he was sorted into Griffindor. Now all she had to do was get into Griffindor too, that couldn't be so hard, could it?
"Kailey Macauley" A blue eyed girl with shoulder length, black hair was sorted into Griffindor. Cool, she and Lily will be my roommates if I get into Griffindor, Kailey looks nice enough.
"Peter Pettegrew"
The blonde boy who was friends with Sirius and James was under the hat for nearly as long as Sirius had been himself finally came out a Griffindor.
If he can do it then so can I, and by the way, where did James go? Suddenly there was a cold breeze on the back of her neck and she spun around only to be face to face with James whatever-his-last-name-is."Boo." He whispered.
There he is.
"James Potter"
"I hate you. And by the way, you're up." Michelle whispered back, giving him a glare that plainly wished great physical harm upon his sorry being.
"Well look at that, I am," he said, and practically skipped up to the hat.
Please don't be Griffindor please don't be Griffindor please don't be Griffindor!But the hat barely touched his nasty messy hair.
"GRIFFINDOR!"
The world just hates me, doesn't it?She was almost alone; there were only seven other students around her. "Elisa Rammond" was sorted into Griffindor, a tall girl with short, wavy, mouse-colored hair.
"Eric Sanders" went to Hufflepuff,
"Serverus Snape" was sorted into Slytherin. It was the same greasy haired boy who had made fun of them earlier.
"Dominic Tarins"
What? Oh yeah, I completely forgot that Dominic is the same age as me. Hahahaha I shouldn't tell him that. I've always thought of him as so much younger than me, I guess it is almost a year actually. Wow, way to go me. I forgot about my cousin. Families usually get into the same house right.
"Hufflepuff!"
"That's not good."
"Michelle Tarins"
Michelle felt like she was in a trance or maybe a dream and she was only vaguely aware that she was getting closer to he hat. All of a sudden everything went black, she began to get a bit frightened until she realized that the hat was on her head and had simply fallen down to her nose. She would have laughed at her own stupidity, but a voice interrupted her.
Hello, we seem to be an animagus? Am I not correct?
Um… yes? Was that your…My cousin.
What?
Dominic. He's my cousin.
Oh, I see. Well anyway lets take a look at you. Hmmm… good mind, could be a Ravenclaw, but you are brave, so there's a possible Griffindor there… But maybe a Slytherin, you like to get your way-
No. I won't be a Slytherin. Period.
Fine. Be that way.
"GRIFFINDOR!"
Michelle ran off and sat down in between Remus and Lily as they sorted through "Michael Vigars" (Slytherin) and "Ingrid Williams" (Ravenclaw). The sorting ended with "Camille Yazinka" being added to the Griffindor girls.
Hmm, me, Lily, Elisa and Camille, that sounds like it could be fun. Now let's eat!!!
