Sadly, today we will not be starting with any character introductions.
~Every Potterhead's Dream ~
~#4: The Sorting~
The train ride to Hogwarts went smoothly, and Cordelia, Alice, Rusk and Daisy arrived at Hogwarts. As usual, the first years rode the boats to the castle, blah blah blah, lots of "oohs" and "ahhs", blah blah blah, and then came the roll call.
The Deputy Headmaster and Potions teacher, Professor Green, checked name after name off his list of new students right behind the door to the Great Hall.
After that, they all lined up, single file, and entered the Great Hall.
Which is one of the places I want to stand in so badly.
Anyway.
Lighted candles floated above students' heads; the ceiling was bewitched to look like the sky outside; golden plates and goblets were laid across four long tables; and at the opposite end of the Hall was the staff table, and the center had a throne-like chair with a middle-aged woman sitting on it. In front of that place on the table was a podium with a beautifully carved owl on it. Cordelia spotted Professor Wellington at the table, between the woman in the throne-like chair and a nice, pretty lady with a smile on her face.
In front of the staff table was a stool, and on the stool was the Sorting Hat.
You could say that it was exactly what Cordelia had imagined it to be.
The Sorting Hat sang its song, and since I am terrible at making songs I will not write down what it had sang about. More or less it was about the four Houses.
And the Sorting began.
Professor Green stood beside the stool, with his list in his hand, he said in a loud voice, "Abelson, Katherine!"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Abraham, William!"
"Slytherin!"
"Acton, Susan!"
"Gryffindor!"
More names were called. "Aster, Rusk!"
Rusk walked to the stool without confidence at all, and Professor Green put the Hat on his head as he sat down. If her lip-reading was correct, Cordelia swore she saw Rusk muttering, "Don't be Slytherin," over and over again.
"Ravenclaw!"
"Yes!" said Rusk quietly, and he walked to the Ravenclaw table.
Since I am a lazy person, only the names of our main characters will be written down next.
"Stark, Cordelia!"
Since she was in public, Cordelia walked to the stool with her chin up and perfect posture. The Hat was placed on her head.
The way you think belongs to all the Houses except Hufflepuff, the Hat told her in her mind.
How rude, replied Cordelia.
Yes, but you are smart . . .creative, open-minded, and smart . . . ,said the Hat.
Idid get a lot of academic rewards in school,Cordelia answered.
You have pride, I see . . .I know where just to put you,The Hat said.
"Ravenclaw!"
Cordelia walked to the Ravenclaw table. Maybe Pottermore did Sort you correctly. A prefect shook her hand and said, "Welcome to Ravenclaw." she sat down beside Rusk and began to chat with the other students.
"Weatherby, Daisy!"
Daisy skipped quite happily to the stool. Professor Green put the Sorting Hat on her head.
She was definitely a hatstall. The Hat remained on her head for a full six minutes, thinking. Then, it finally said:
"Ravenclaw!"
"Oh, yay!" Daisy said, and she skipped merrily to the Ravenclaw table.
"Wellington, Alice!"
Alice walked to the stool, and before she sat down, she looked at her uncle and muttered something.
The Sorting Hat had just barely touched her head when it said, "Ravenclaw!" kind of like how Draco Malfoy had been sorted into Slytherin.
When all the students had been sorted, the woman seated on the throne-like chair went to the podium in front of her and spoke.
"Greetings to all students, teachers, and ghouls!" she said. "I am the Headmistress of Hogwarts, Professor Saige. Now, I don't want to keep you children waiting, so let the feast begin!"
