The Secret Life of
Luna Lovegood
Chapter 6- The Sorting
"Firs' years over 'ere!" yelled a gruff voice. Luna looked over to see a large man, perhaps a giant. She walked over to the giant and stood and waited for other students while observing the dark ground's scenery. It was hard to dee, but it looked like there was a lake, a large, majestic forest behind the lake, and a large field across from the two. She couldn't see, but were there some large, tall hoops on the field? Maybe the staff would let her explore some day.
After unconsciously walking, still taking in the school's beauty, Luna noticed that they had arrived at a flock of boats tethered to a dock at the shore of the lake.
"Alrigh', climb in a boat and don't fall out. Trust me: you don't want to know what live in these waters." The giant said. Luna climbed into a boat with a girl with flaming red hair who claimed to be Ginny Weasley. After all of the new pupils had gotten seats, the boats had started to glide across the lake by themselves. Luna couldn't help but marvel at the magic.
Ginny said that her brother had stated last year and that she was the youngest in her family. She also said that she knew Harry Potter and that he had even stayed at her house because her brother and Harry were best mates. They wondered what house they would be in and if they would be together.
"I want to be in Gryffindor!" Ginny said proudly.
"How come?" Luna asked.
"Because all of my family was in Gryffindor. Where do you want to be?"
"I honestly don't know."
Soon the large grouped had docked at the other side and as they were getting out, a tall woman walked up and asked them to follow her into the great hall.
"I am Professor McGonagall. Soon I will take you into the dining hall to be sorted and eat dinner. All we ask of you is that you are silent and that you come up when we call your names. Agreed? Good, now follow me." And she walked out of the entrance hall into the dining hall.
The dining hall was very large with 4 long tables running thought it and another facing the others where the teachers sat. The tables going vertical each had a different color runner on it. One had gold and red, one had green and silver, one had blue and black, and the last one had black and yellow. The room was very noisy until the first years walked in, and then it got very quiet.
"Aright, first years, when I call your name come up to the front, sit down on the stool and place the hat on your head." Professor McGonagall said, indicating to the large, old, dusty hat sitting on a stool. She called many names and many different people went up until she cried: "LUNA LOVEGOOD!" Luna walked calmly up to the hat, but was very nervous inside. She picked up the hat, sat on the stool, and placed the cap on her head. After a few moments, the hat cried out "RAVENCLAW!" and the people on the black and blue table cheered and Luna went to join them. Looking back on the crowd of undetermined first years, she saw Ginny looking sadly her way- they wanted to be in the same house.
Several minutes and cries of "GRYFFINDOR!", "HUFFLEPUFF!", "RAVENCLAW!", and "SLYTHERIN!" later, she finally saw Ginny walk up to the front and place the crumpled hat on her head. It contemplated for a few seconds and then called out "GRYFINDOR!" and a cheer erupted from the gold and red table. Ginny looked even sadder than before, but soon found somebody to talk to. And then the door burst open and a tall, pale man with long, black hair walked in pushing two boys in front of him.