Chapter Seven; The Sorting Hat

Lilly, Lucy, and Brianna followed Hagrid over to the boats without another sound. Lilly hoped that the owls would be alright until they were brought up to their rooms, while Lucy wondered how all three of them could be laughing and getting along with each other one moment, and not speaking to one another the next. She didn't care who Brianna's father was, she liked her.

Lilly seemed to notice this and wondered whether or not her sister liked her for who she was, or if it was because she was a Slytherin. For she had given Lilly several hints that she actually wanted to be in Slytherin, that way she would be able to get away with causing a little bit of trouble and mischief. Of course Lilly didn't tell their parents this.

The girls stepped onto the boat and excited and astonished gasps and whispers escaped them and the other students as they rode the boat a crossed the lake with the other first years. As soon as they had made it a crossed, Hermione was waiting for them inside the castle. She smiled warmly and greeted her two twin nieces along with the rest of the students.

"Good evening," she began as she welcomed them in a very friendly manner. "welcome to Hogwarts. My name is Professor Weasley, I am Headmistress at Hogwarts and also head of Gryffindor house. While you're here your house is like your family. Your triumphs will earn you points, and any rule breaking and you will lose points. At the end of the year, whoever earns the most points will win the house cup. In a moment you'll either be sorted into Gryffindor, Huffelpuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin." She told them as whispers suddenly broke out between them.

"As soon as you walk through these doors I will start reading off names, when I call yours I will place the sorting hat on your head and then the sorting will begin. Single file line, and follow me please." She told them before she led them inside the double doors. She smiled at nodded at her son and daughter that were already standing up at the Gryffindor table while they walked inside. Lucy looked up at the ceiling and looked at all of the candles that were lit over their heads.

However Lilly was more excited to see her two cousins and uncle who sat in the headmaster's chair and grinning at them while his wife led them to a halt in front of the stool. Then she removed the sorting hat out of his box and it started to sing. "Oh you may not think I'm pretty, but don't judge on what you see, for put me on and I will tell you where you ought to be." He sung out as he sung a bunch of other verses before Hermione read out the first name.

"Alice Adams." She read out as a young girl with shoulder length dark hair climbed up onto the stage and sat down onto the stool.

"Right let me see, it seems like you're a chip off the old block so better be,.. Gryffindor!" the hat exclaimed as all the other Gryffindors (including Sheela and Chase) applauded and cheered for her.

"Lauren Brody!" Hermione cried as they watched another ginger haired little girl get sorted into Hufflepuff. Then it seemed to drag on forever until they reached the M's. Then Hermione looked down on her list and called the next name. "Brianna Malfoy!" she exclaimed as Lilly and Lucy turned to look at each other while Brianna walked over to the stool and sat down upon it.

She took a deep breath as Hermione placed the hat upon her head. "Now this is very interesting, I've never been in the mind of a girl so unsure of herself, but yet there is also a sense of bravery and leadership, so better be Slytherin!" he told her before she let out a sigh of relief and then walked down to join the other screaming and applauding Slytherins while Hermione removed the hat from her head.

Lilly had guessed that the Malfoy's had expected her to be in Slytherin like them from the look on her face. Then Hermione called another little girl named Chloe Mayberry and they watched her get sorted into Ravenclaw before it was finally Lilly's turn. "Lilly Potter!" her aunt called.

"Good luck." Her sister whispered while she crossed her fingers as she walked over to the stool and sat down. Hermione smiled as she placed the hat on top of her head and Lilly waited anxiously for a moment.

"Ah, I see another Potter has finally come to Hogwarts. Well for once I know exactly where to put you my dear,.. Gryffindor!" he cried out as Lilly grew a wide grin onto her face as everyone cheered loudly for her, Sheela and Chase cheered the loudest for her as the hat was removed from her head and she rushed down to the Gryffindor table to join them.

"Lucy Potter!" Hermione called as Lilly quickly turned to see her twin sister get sorted. She eagerly and impatiently watched as Lucy sat down and the sorting hat was placed on her head. Although Lilly had had her suspicions where her sister would be placed, neither one of them really expected what had happened next. The hat had barely touched her head before he called out that she was in Slytherin.

The whole entire room gasped that a Potter was actually in Slytherin for the first time. Even Lucy hadn't expected that it would be over that quick. As she slowly stepped down from the stool she wondered whether or not she really had been too hasty for wanting Slytherin as her house. Was she really that evil? What would her parents say when they found out that she was in the same house as their arch enemy.

At least she would be in the same house as Brianna, but this was the first time that she was separated from her sister. She watched as Lilly, Sheela, and Chase stared at her with complete shock and astonishment, but yet at the same time intimidation as she walked over to the Slytherin table to join Brianna.