We all entered Hogwarts and the castle was so stunning that nobody could stop looking at it. I forgot for a while that I was with a whole bunch of kids who were gaping at the castle in an awestruck manner. As I trailed my eyes up to the high ceiling of the castle, my jaw dropped even more. This was literally insane!
The lights flickered around every here and there. Everything was so in alignment in this castle. Soon we approached the end of the corridor and there was this massive gate which was closed and all the kids started making noise and all of a sudden the gates opened and everybody watched in astonishment. The inside was even more beautiful. The huge tables and the vintage chairs kept in line along the table. We all started moving forward and looked at everything that was in the way. The squeaky clean floor, the ceiling which seemed to diminish at some point which almost felt and looked like a miracle. Then I looked forward and on a huge stage, there were people sitting. One of them was standing. And we got closer and closer until I discovered that the person with the beard was Albus Dumbledore. I had heard a lot of good stuff about him. He was considered to be the most powerful wizard of all time. Then my eyes drifted off to another person standing over there. This person also seemed like some professor to me. He looked way more young than professor Dumbledore. He seemed to be in his early thirties. I didn't know his name. Then as we all approached towards the stage, professor Dumbledore also started pacing towards a table which was kept in the center of the stage. On the table was a hat. Dark brownish hat that was having a lot of wrinkles and like all the other things in the castle, this also looked vintage. We all finally came to a halt. "Fowllowing the heritage of Hogwarts since the centuries, we sort all the students into houses. There are four houses in all. Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff." Professor Dumbledore spoke. "I would like to call the students one by one here on the stage and the students will then be sorted into one of the four houses." He continued.
I turned my head sideways in order to get the reaction of anybody but everybody was busy with their own friends. Soon, I remembered lily and where she was?
I turned my head in order to find her and she was giggling among her friends. I smiled.
I looked at the stage was and at the vintage hat which just sat there on the low table.
"What's your name?" Albus Dumbledore asked me.
"Severus Snape." I replied hesitantly.
I was in shock that out of all these people he asked me.
"Severus, I would like you to come up and sit on the table." Professor Dumbledore said.
"Yes, professor." I tried to be as obedient and good mannered as possible.
In amatter of seconds, I was up there, on the stage and walking towards the table. Professor picked up the hat from the top and I sat on the table. Then he kept the hat on top of my head. Everybody was looking at me…even Lily.
I could feel their stare and just couldn't bear this much attention. I felt nervous and stupid for apprantly no reason at all.
I would be much more embarrassed if they knew that I was up here feeling so shy and nervous.
"Severus…I want you to stay calm and let the sorting hat do it's work." Professor Dumbledore said.
I nodded slightly trying not to use much movement.
"So…Severus. Is that your name?" The sorting hat spoke.
Everybody gasped and me too.
I was UTTERLY SHOCKED.
"The sorting hat asked you something, Severus." Albus Dumbledore said "Yes, that is my name." I spoke instantly.
I couldn't look anywhere but straight. "Firstly, I would like you to calm down because you seem nervous and baffled to me." The sorting hat spoke. I was amazed at how accurately it read my mind. I was more terrified now. I automatically thought of all the things which the sorting hat will know in a while if I stayed here for a while longer. Instead, I took really deep breaths. "Yes…that will help. Take more and more deep breaths." The hat asserted I tried not to feel shocked although it seemed like the floor was slipping beneath my feet and the whole world was falling apart. Once again…i took deep breaths….
"Tell me, what is your aim for coming in this school." The hat asked.
"I…uh…" I couldn't really think of anything except for magic. I was just so fascinated by those magical spells.
"Magic…yeah…I see." The hat said.
"What is your taste in magic? Creatures, transformations, potions, or dark magic?" The hat asked "Creatures…i think." I was very much fascinated by the creatures and all the things hat stated. The dark magic was something I knew nothing about and I really felt a strong urge to explore it deeply to the roots and I didn't know why.
"Dark magic...that's great. You will do wonders in it." The hat said. "But he said…creatures." Some students spoke down the stage.
"How's Slytherin? I think according to your abilities and interest, Slytherin is the perfect house for you to shine." The hat spoke out loud.
"If you think…." I was about to say something but the hat interrupted.
"And here you go in Slytherin." The hat said.
Everybody cheered and clamored and Albus Dumbledore took the hat from the top of my head and I headed down.
I went to the table which had a large s shaped snake engraved on top of it. The chairs also had the same logo behind them. I sat on one of the chairs assuming that this was the Slytherin section.
The students went after me. The chairs started getting filled up and everybody started talking. There were some people sitting beside me also by now.
I was looking at Lily who seemed stressed. I knew that the sorting hat will always send us in the best house. Lily was now sitting on the table and I looked at her and for once our eyes met. I gave her a calming expression letting her know that everything was going to be fine and that the hat knew better than us.
Her mouth curved in a smile. As we saw each other, everything else blacked out. I couldn't hear or see anything anymore. And suddenly, the shouts and creams started and I was shook back to reality.
She stood up and went to…no…that was the worst thing. She went to another table with G engraved on it. We were both in different houses. This seemed like a disaster.
I looked at Lily who was laughing and giggling among her friends and for once I thought that probably she just forgot about me.
The lights flickered around every here and there. Everything was so in alignment in this castle. Soon we approached the end of the corridor and there was this massive gate which was closed and all the kids started making noise and all of a sudden the gates opened and everybody watched in astonishment. The inside was even more beautiful. The huge tables and the vintage chairs kept in line along the table. We all started moving forward and looked at everything that was in the way. The squeaky clean floor, the ceiling which seemed to diminish at some point which almost felt and looked like a miracle. Then I looked forward and on a huge stage, there were people sitting. One of them was standing. And we got closer and closer until I discovered that the person with the beard was Albus Dumbledore. I had heard a lot of good stuff about him. He was considered to be the most powerful wizard of all time. Then my eyes drifted off to another person standing over there. This person also seemed like some professor to me. He looked way more young than professor Dumbledore. He seemed to be in his early thirties. I didn't know his name. Then as we all approached towards the stage, professor Dumbledore also started pacing towards a table which was kept in the center of the stage. On the table was a hat. Dark brownish hat that was having a lot of wrinkles and like all the other things in the castle, this also looked vintage. We all finally came to a halt. "Fowllowing the heritage of Hogwarts since the centuries, we sort all the students into houses. There are four houses in all. Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff." Professor Dumbledore spoke. "I would like to call the students one by one here on the stage and the students will then be sorted into one of the four houses." He continued.
I turned my head sideways in order to get the reaction of anybody but everybody was busy with their own friends. Soon, I remembered lily and where she was?
I turned my head in order to find her and she was giggling among her friends. I smiled.
I looked at the stage was and at the vintage hat which just sat there on the low table.
"What's your name?" Albus Dumbledore asked me.
"Severus Snape." I replied hesitantly.
I was in shock that out of all these people he asked me.
"Severus, I would like you to come up and sit on the table." Professor Dumbledore said.
"Yes, professor." I tried to be as obedient and good mannered as possible.
In amatter of seconds, I was up there, on the stage and walking towards the table. Professor picked up the hat from the top and I sat on the table. Then he kept the hat on top of my head. Everybody was looking at me…even Lily.
I could feel their stare and just couldn't bear this much attention. I felt nervous and stupid for apprantly no reason at all.
I would be much more embarrassed if they knew that I was up here feeling so shy and nervous.
"Severus…I want you to stay calm and let the sorting hat do it's work." Professor Dumbledore said.
I nodded slightly trying not to use much movement.
"So…Severus. Is that your name?" The sorting hat spoke.
Everybody gasped and me too.
I was UTTERLY SHOCKED.
"The sorting hat asked you something, Severus." Albus Dumbledore said "Yes, that is my name." I spoke instantly.
I couldn't look anywhere but straight. "Firstly, I would like you to calm down because you seem nervous and baffled to me." The sorting hat spoke. I was amazed at how accurately it read my mind. I was more terrified now. I automatically thought of all the things which the sorting hat will know in a while if I stayed here for a while longer. Instead, I took really deep breaths. "Yes…that will help. Take more and more deep breaths." The hat asserted I tried not to feel shocked although it seemed like the floor was slipping beneath my feet and the whole world was falling apart. Once again…i took deep breaths….
"Tell me, what is your aim for coming in this school." The hat asked.
"I…uh…" I couldn't really think of anything except for magic. I was just so fascinated by those magical spells.
"Magic…yeah…I see." The hat said.
"What is your taste in magic? Creatures, transformations, potions, or dark magic?" The hat asked "Creatures…i think." I was very much fascinated by the creatures and all the things hat stated. The dark magic was something I knew nothing about and I really felt a strong urge to explore it deeply to the roots and I didn't know why.
"Dark magic...that's great. You will do wonders in it." The hat said. "But he said…creatures." Some students spoke down the stage.
"How's Slytherin? I think according to your abilities and interest, Slytherin is the perfect house for you to shine." The hat spoke out loud.
"If you think…." I was about to say something but the hat interrupted.
"And here you go in Slytherin." The hat said.
Everybody cheered and clamored and Albus Dumbledore took the hat from the top of my head and I headed down.
I went to the table which had a large s shaped snake engraved on top of it. The chairs also had the same logo behind them. I sat on one of the chairs assuming that this was the Slytherin section.
The students went after me. The chairs started getting filled up and everybody started talking. There were some people sitting beside me also by now.
I was looking at Lily who seemed stressed. I knew that the sorting hat will always send us in the best house. Lily was now sitting on the table and I looked at her and for once our eyes met. I gave her a calming expression letting her know that everything was going to be fine and that the hat knew better than us.
Her mouth curved in a smile. As we saw each other, everything else blacked out. I couldn't hear or see anything anymore. And suddenly, the shouts and creams started and I was shook back to reality.
She stood up and went to…no…that was the worst thing. She went to another table with G engraved on it. We were both in different houses. This seemed like a disaster.
I looked at Lily who was laughing and giggling among her friends and for once I thought that probably she just forgot about me.