I re-edited the sorting part in chapter 3, so please take a look at it again.
Chapter 4: Confusions
The whole Great Hall falls into deafening silence. The entire student population is staring at Ron as he slowly made his way towards Gryffindor table. The Gryffindor students are so stunned that no one applause his welcome. The Slytherin students are too shocked as well especially Weasleys brothers. Longbottom was glaring at him with hatred. Potter was giving him a hard glare and, Hermione was looking surprised. He attempted a glanced at Head table and all the professors were looking too shocked. Professor Snape narrowed his eyes at him slightly before masking it to indifference. Professor McGonagall is staring at him in utter surprise and forget that the last student still waiting to be sorted.
"That is bullocks," yelled someone. Ron knew he was Fred.
"He can't be a Gryffindor," yelled George after recovering from the shock. "There is a mistake,"
"Enough," said a calm voice of headmaster Albus Dumbledore. "Minerva," he indicated at her to continue.
Ron made his way towards the Gryffindor table. He chose to sit at the end of the table keeping a distance from everyone. No one at the table dared to invite him. He doesn't care about it either. He was still too shocked by his discussion with the Sorting Hat. He is a Gryffindor. How well his family will take this. Will they disown him? He hopes not.
He watches as the last boy Blaise Zabini was sorted into Slytherin. The Headmaster Albus Dumbledore made his way towards the podium.
"I have only two words to say. Tuck in," and the food appeared.
His brothers always told him that Hogwarts food is marvelous and he was looking forward to relishing the feast. But now he did not feel hungry. He was still replaying his discussion with Sorting Hat in his mind. He felt like there is a lot of weight on his shoulders. Why was he born with this gifts? He wants to enjoy his time at Hogwarts. But now he has to deal with evils and, deal with the hatred of Gryffindor's every day.
He pushed all this thought from his mind for a while and sighed. He will decide later how to manage his life at Gryffindor. Now he must eat. He takes the little of everything and forces himself to eat something. At one point, the Gryffindor ghost Nearly Headless Nick introduced himself to the first years and then pointed out that this was the first time he had seen a Weasley at this table.
After dinner, the Headmaster made his way to the podium to make some announcements. He listens half-heartedly as Headmaster state the few school's rules as well as the ever-expanding banned products on caretaker Filch's list.
"And finally, I must tell you that this year, the third-floor corridor on the right-hand side is out is bounds to everyone who does not wish to die a very painful death."
Now the first year students are called by the prefects of their houses to escort them in the respective common rooms. He follows Gryffindor prefects through the corridors where portrait are whispering among themselves. Hermione is in front listening very carefully to every instruction given by the Prefects. Potter and Longbottom are in the middle talking among themselves. They climbed the stairs what seems like forever up to the seventh floor and then all of a sudden the prefects stopped.
A bundle of walking sticks was floating in the midair ahead of them.
"Peeves," whispered the male Prefect to the first years. "A poltergeist," He raised his voice, "Peeves! Show yourself!"
A loud, rude sound, like the air being let out of the balloon, answered.
"Do you want me to go to the Bloody Baron?"
There occurred a pop and a little man with dark eyes and, a wide mouth appeared, floating cross-legged in the air, clutching the walking sticks.
"Ooooh!" he said with an evil chuckle. "Ickle Firsties! What fun!"
"Go away, Peeves or the Bloody Baron will hear about this. I mean it." barked the male Prefect.
Peeves struck out his tongue and vanished.
"You want to watch out for Peeves," said the female Prefect, as they set off again. "The Bloody Baron is the only one who can control him, he won't even listen to us Prefects."
They all reach the very end of the corridor towards the portrait of a very fat lady in the pink silk dress.
"Password?" she asked.
"Caput Draconis," said the female Prefect, and the portrait swung forward to reveal the round hole in the wall. They all scrambled to it and found themselves in the Gryffindor common room, a cozy, round room full of squashy armchairs.
The Prefects guide us to the dorms, girls towards the left and boys towards the right. Now as he thought about it, he got the sickening feeling in his stomach. He has to share the dormitory with Longbottom for the next seven years. Their first interaction ended up with a lot of punches. He was going to be murdered on his first day at Hogwarts. He swore under his breath. 'I can defend myself,' he thought. With this thought, he climbed the stairs towards first years dormitory.
The room was about the size of his, Ginny's and twin's put together. There were five four-poster beds with velvet red curtain hanging from them. There trunks already been brought up and were in front of each bed. He made his way towards his bed when he heard a voice behind him.
"What are you playing at Weasley?" asked none other than Neville Longbottom.
He turned back and, notice that Longbottom is glaring at him beside Potter. The other two boys were also stood behind them. He knows that he can't defend himself with four boys at the same time. So he decided to play smooth.
"Good evening," he greeted everybody with a fake smile. "I am Ronald Bilius Weasley."
He waited for a moment to see the reaction of the others. Longbottom still glaring at him as he had not said anything. Potter narrowed his eyes, while the other two boys behind them were staring him in confusion. He knows it is not a good idea but he pushes his luck further.
"Well, I can see we will off to a bad start," he added.
This was enough for other boys to recover from the initial shock.
"Shut it, Weasley," said Potter.
"I do not know how you are able to end up in Gryffindor, but you can't fool us." seethed Longbottom.
"I thought you were there, Longbottom," he replied. "I put the Sorting Hat and here we are."
"You are not a Gryffindor material. The son of a death eater and bigot person like you does not belong to this great house." Longbottom sneered.
"Well, the Sorting Hat has a different opinion."
It seems like Longbottom starts turning red and advanced towards him. But this time he was ready. Before Longbottom can do anything, he kicked him hard in the stomach knocking all the air out of the other boy. This starts the fight and, Potter who was before trying to hold Longbottom was now launched at him.
Both Longbottom and Potter together get the better of him and pinned him down on the floor. He receives several punched in his stomach and face. He was also able to strike hard on Potter's nose and Longbottom's lips. After some time, he was able to get himself free from them and back out. He immediately drew his wand and quickly fired two Impediment Jinx on them, randomly remembering one of the spells his brothers used to practice back at home. A flash of blue light shot from his wand, knocking the two boys back with such force that they were now lying unconscious on the other end of the room.
He pointed his wand at other two boys who were still rooted at the same spot staring at him with a shocked expression. Sensing there was no threat by this two he spend some time examine himself. He received several blows on his stomach and he tastes blood in his mouth. His nose is also bleeding and, from the pain, he was sure that it was broken too.
When he was about to make his way towards his bed then suddenly the door of the dormitory burst open revealing the very upset male Prefect. He monitors the condition of the dormitory and, watches that the two boys lying unconscious on the floor.
"EXPLAIN!" the Prefect shouted.
He does not care to explain and continue his way towards his bed. Sensing he was not talking, the other two boys quickly explain everything to the Prefect.
He turned towards Ron. "Now, I am taking you all three to the infirmary. But I will report this incident to the Head of the House later."
The Prefect revives the other two boys and leads them out of the portrait hole towards the infirmary. He was glad that Madam Pomfrey did not ask them any questions and quickly mend his nose and jaw. After a quick checkup, Longbottom and Potter are also treated. But she insists that all the three boys have to spend the night at the infirmary.
After drinking the last pain revealing potion, he was left alone. He dropped on the bed and close his eyes. He was both mentally and physically exhausted. He was involved in the fight two times in the same day with Longbottom. How can he manage to live seven years in the same dormitory with him? 'The path is difficult but it is the right path my boy.' shouted the Sorting Hat in the back of his mind. Cursing the Sorting Hat he drifted into the sleep.
Hermione is lying peacefully on her bed in the first year's girls dormitory. Her dormmate Lavender Brown and Parvati Patil are already asleep. She was very happy with her first day at Hogwarts. She was hoping to be sorted into Gryffindor and, now she was a Gryffindor. She missed her parents terribly. She has to wait till Christmas to meet them is the first time she was separated from them for so long period of time. She always felt left out in the muggle world. She knew that she was different but unable to explain it. When she receives her Hogwarts letter then everything makes sense to her.
She was not able to make any real friends in the muggle world. She is a very smart child and, because of it her classmates called her a 'Teacher's pet'. She just wished that things will be different at Hogwarts. She desperately wanted to make a good impression, so she decided to help Neville with his lost toad. He seems like a good boy to her with a lack of confidence in himself. She also has a brief conversation with, Harry Potter and she can not believe that he does not know how much famous he is? She thinks that Neville and Harry are already good friends.
She also meets with Ron Weasley for the second time on the train. She remembered him from the Diagon Alley. She was having a nice conversation with him. She considered him nice and funny before his encounter with Neville. At first, she can not believe that his father was a death eater. After hearing Neville story, she was very angry. Neville does not deserve this. Neville and Harry both grew up without parents and she thinks that's why they became quick friends. Neville tells them that the Weasleys are bigot peoples who hate muggles and muggleborns. But Ron did not seem like a spoiled bigot person to her, unlike Malfoy who is definitely a spoiled bigot. At that time, she was very confused about what to think of Ron.
She plays a lot of attention on the sorting of her schoolmates. Especially Harry Potter and Ron Weasley. The sorting of both boys takes the tremendous amount of time. She was glad that Harry was sorted into Gryffindor with Neville. But she was very surprised when Ron Weasley was also sorted into Gryffindor. She notices the stunned expression of all the professors. All the Great Hall was silent. Every student and professor were too shocked by the decision of the Sorting Hat including Ron Weasley himself.
Now she was more confused than before. He is the first Weasley sorted into Gryffindor as stated by Gryffindor's ghost Nearly Headless Nick. She doesn't know what to think about Ron anymore. She remembers the first encounter between Neville and Ron that end up very badly. She hopes that they are not fighting again in their dormitory. She just wished that Ron Weasley was not the same person as Neville claims he is.
For her, Ron Weasley is a mysterious guy.
She pushed all thoughts of Ron Weasley in the back of her mind. She was very excited to start her first day at Hogwarts. She drifted into the sleep thinking about different lessons she will learn tomorrow.
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