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Chapter 7 - Here's Harry

Early that morning Harry Potter was brought to the Great Hall of Hogwarts and his adventure was finally beginning. He and another child, waited in a side room until they would be called. The girl named Luna Lovegood, was very nice, in fact, she was much nicer than any student he had met so far. He asked her questions and she answered them to the best of her ability.

Breakfast had been a mandatory assembly and once everyone was seated and before the meal was served, Professor Flitwick made an announcement.

"As you know this year's sorting ceremony was…unique. There are reasons for this which I will tell you after we have finished our breakfast as important news is better received on a full stomach especially when growing children are involved. However, before we are served, there will be two sortings done."

"The first sorting will be of Miss Luna Lovegood who received a late notice to attend Hogwarts. The second sorting will be that of Mr. Harry Potter whose sorting was interrupted due to reasons of health and…other things."

The Hat was brought out by Professor Sprout (an obvious slight to McGonagall) and Luna Lovegood exited the side room and walked over to the stool and sat down but just as Lars was being placed on her head, a very rude and impatient Ronald Weasley yelled out, "That's Looney Lovegood and she's the same age as my sister and doesn't belong here this year."

"Be quiet Mr. Weasley," snapped Flitwick. "Ms. Lovegood will be attending Hogwarts this year despite your interruption."

Although she was not scheduled to attend Hogwarts until next year, Luna Lovegood had received an invitation to attend this year as for some reason known only to Lady Hogwarts, Xeno Lovegood, the girl's father, had been summoned by the Lady and told to bring his daughter as she would be starting school this year.

Since the summons had been personally delivered to him by Lord Falmouth, Head of the Board of Governors on behalf of Lady Hogwarts, and that gentleman had been accompanied by two Aurors, Xeno had no choice but to obey. It had taken him a day to make arrangements for his magazine The Quibbler to be covered until his return and one of his freelance contributors had been kind enough to take his Luna to Diagon Alley to get her school things.

The school was still in lockdown and Fudge was still siding with Dumbledore so Lord Falmouth was present to witness this historic event and would be reporting back to the Board. Despite all his influence, and his demands, the Lady had refused to allow Lucius Malfoy into the school.

Lars was placed on Luna's head and after a moment he called out "RAVENCLAW" and that house began to politely clap as did Hufflepuff. The Slytherins were unconcerned and only wanted to hear Potter being placed in Gryffindor so that they could begin their taunts and vendetta against the Boy-Who-Lived. The Gryffindor table merely grumbled and jokes were cracked and Ron started mumbling loudly about breakfast being delayed and him starving to death due to gits.

Then it was Harry Potter's turn, once again, and he sat on the stool while Professor Sprout placed the Hat on his head. Then there was silence for several long minutes until Lars shouted out "HUFFLEPUFF" and then a smiling Pomona Sprout took the hat off of Harry Potter's and directed him to the table that was loudly cheering and applauding their newest member.

Ravenclaw was politely applauding while the Slytherins were laughing and jeering. Gryffindor was in shock until a few people like Ron Weasley, started joining the Slytherins in laughing.

It was then the castle once again shook violently and the laughter turned into cries of fear. Then a ghostly apparition appeared over the head table. It was Lady Hogwarts herself and she was about to give the sternest lecture any in that hall had ever or would ever receive in their lives.

She started out by introducing herself and then proved her identity and power by a few undeniably powerful feats of magic. Then she got down to business.

"There has always been a friendly rivalry between the four Houses in the spirit of competition and to promote a sense of striving to do one's best. However, in the last 100 years things have escalated from a spirit of healthy competition to one of derision, spitefulness and unscrupulous grabs for power. The Houses have become rivals in the worse way and all due to the manipulations of a few truly dark and power grasping Headmasters."

"It has been said that Phineas Nigellus Black was the worse Headmaster in the history of this school. He was an indifferent and incompetent administrator, a Pureblood bigot, a social snob and was involved in a few personal vendettas and took his vengeance out on the children of his enemies who were under his care as Headmaster of Hogwarts."

"Yes Headmaster Black was an inept Headmaster but he was not the worse. There have been several Headmasters and one Headmistress who were more unscrupulous than Phineas Black, but since memory is short and the last vile Headmaster served in the early 18th Century, Phineas Black was given that title by his enemies."

"However, the former Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore, is in my opinion as well as Lars - the Sorting Hat - the school ghosts and portraits, the new holder of the title of Worst Headmaster of All."

There were many gasps and even a few very foolish people started shouting out their disagreement with this statement until Lady Hogwarts gave another demonstration of her power. That shut most of Dumbledore's followers up – or at least the one's with a brain and/or an ounce of common sense.

That said, breakfast was served and the day started.