Talktalk = thoughts between Harry, Hermione and Ron
Talktalk = letters of spells
~talktalk~ = harry is speaking with a animal
Talk talk= conversations
{ talk{talk talk } = parseltongue
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Hello Everyone,
Sorry for the late update. Real life is being very difficult right now. I have some great news, I have found myself a BETA and this is the first chapter from the story which she has looked over. I hope that you can concentrate better now on the story and that the grammar mistakes which were almost every chapter there, now are gone and you can all enjoy the chapter.
Here are some changes, I have kept the sorting the same as the last time, some people had asked for another sorting placement, but for my story this sorting is the best.
Enough rambling, here is the new chapter! I hope you have enjoy it.
Chapter 8: The Sorting Hat and the Prince.
Harry was surprised, his eyebrows almost hidden by his hair. He could have sworn that he had just heard Hogwarts talking to him, but that wasn't possible.
"It is not impossible, Master. I can talk to you. You are the heir of the four founders, the ones who have made me the way I am. You are the heir, my heir, my master. You are the master over everything in this castle, the wards, the ghosts, every portrait and of course the house elves. Everyone will listen to you. You have to give the new orders, master."
Harry thought about this, he thought to Hogwarts to wait for a moment to talk about it with his friends. He said to Hermione and Ron what Hogwarts said to him in his mind.
What should we do? Thought Harry
We will go on with the plan. We will get sorted in Slytherin, but it will be easier this way. Hogwarts can help us if we need help. We need to tell her the truth about us. Thought Hermione
Harry told to Hogwarts his story, about the war and Voldemort. About his life. About meeting Death, Fate and Time and about the plans which he, Ron and Hermione had made. Hogwarts agreed with his reasoning and said she would support him with all his decisions. He was after all the master. Harry said
"Please don't call me that. I just want to be your friend. I am not a master for anyone. I don't want slaves or subordinates which are afraid of me or be with me out of fear or duty. I just want friends whom are with me because of me. I would like that everything just continues like it was before. I will have to think about it, but if I need help I know where I can get it. Can you tell everyone in the castle that needs to know that?"
"Of course, friend. I will tell my inhabitants that these are your wishes." and with that Hogwarts closed the connection between him and her for the time being.
While Harry had his talk with Hogwarts, the boats had arrived at the castle and they were led to the castle by Hagrid. He knocked with his big hand at the enormous door and shouted
"Professor, the firsties for yeh"
"Thanks Hagrid" answered professor McGonagall.
She led the first years to a small hall and told them the same speech they had heard in their first year and told them to wait. After a few minutes somebody screamed. The ghosts were having their conversation about Peeves again. Harry, Ron and Hermione could be found together whispering about their plans, after all of the ghosts had winked to their new young master, Harry having winked back to the group of ghosts. The ghosts left the group to go to the Great Hall and a few minutes after the ghosts had left, Professor McGonagall came back and she said
"We are ready for you now."
She led the eleven-years-olds to the Great Hall and made them stand in front of a stool with an old hat on it. The sorting hat opened at the trim and began his song.
Oh, you may not think I'm pretty,
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
You can keep your bowlers black,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to me.
You might belong in Gryffindor
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and chivalry,
Set Gryffindors apart;
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil;
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
If you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;
Or perhaps in Slytherin,
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folks use any means,
To achieve their ends.
So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You are in safe hands (though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!
After the song, the whole Hall burst into applause. The Sorting Hat bowed to each of the four tables and then became still again.
Professor McGonagall stepped forward holding a long roll of parchment.
"When I call your name, you will put the hat on and sit on the stool to be sorted," she said. "Abbott, Hannah"
A pink-faced girl with blonde pigtails stumbled out of the line, put on the hat, which fell down over her eyes, and sat down. A moment's pause.
"Hufflepuff" shouted the hat.
The table on the right cheered and clapped as Hannah went to sit down at the Hufflepuff table. Harry saw the ghost of the Fat Friar waving merrily at her.
"Bones, Susan!"
"Hufflepuff" shouted the hat again, and Susan scuttled off to sit next to Hannah.
"Boot, Terry!"
"Ravenclaw!"
The table second from the left clapped; several Ravenclaws stood up to shake hands with Terry as he joined them. "Brocklehurst, Mandy" went to Ravenclaw too, but "Brown, Lavender" became the first Gryffindor, and the table on the far left exploded with cheers; Harry could see Ron's brothers sitting there and he hoped in his heart he wouldn't lose the friendship with the twins if he would go to Slytherin, but that was a problem for another day.
The rest of the sorting Harry tuned out, not able to forget the faces of all the people who died in the war. He tuned in when he was elbowed by Ron and he looked up in time to see Hermione walking confidently to the stool, where she placed the sorting hat on her head.
Their plan was starting.
Hermione's P.O.V
"So, Miss Granger, I see that we have already met in another time."
"That is true and this time I want to be placed in Slytherin, please."
"Why, Miss Granger, Gryffindor is much better suited for you, like the last time we were in this position"
"Harry needs all the help he can get to defeat Voldemort and prevent the second war. We want to be placed in Slytherin, because then we can hopefully prevent some of the children to becoming Death Eaters, to give them another option than Voldemort or Dumbledore and I will prove to the world that blood doesn't matter by becoming the smartest witch ever born and I will use every means to help me prove it"
"So, you can be cunning and ambitious. Ok, it better be Slytherin" which he shouted aloud. Hermione gave the hat to Professor McGonagall and walked proudly to the Slytherin table where they were shocked that a muggleborn was in Slytherin. The only Slytherin which clapped softly was Professor Snape and soon after that the other Slytherin began clapping very softly.
Hermione watched the sorting and waited for Harry's and Ron's turn.
Harry's P.O.V
I was waiting for the time that my name was called and finally it was there. I walked to the stool and I heard some gasps in the hall. Nobody expected me to be me. I felt the hat be placed on my head and I heard the sorting hat in my head.
"So, Mister Potter, also a time traveler, I see."
"Yes, and I want to be placed in Slytherin. I will follow the advice you gave me the first time we were in this position. I need to be in Slytherin to try to give those children another option and give them a way out of the war. I will save the world and this time nobody from the good side will die. I will defeat Voldemort." Said Harry confidently
"Ok, good luck in SLYTHERIN" shouted the hat. Harry took the hat off and walked to the Slytherin table. He went to sit next to Hermione and watched the Great Hall. Everyone was so shocked that the Golden Boy was placed in Slytherin that the people didn't even clapped for him, but then he never wanted applause the first time.
It was after a while that Professor McGonagall turned to the next name on the list and the sorting went on. It was a while later when the name Ron Weasley was called and Ron walked to the stool with the sorting hat. The hat was placed on his head and…
Ron P.O.V
"Hello, I see we have another time traveler in our midst. So you also want to be placed in Slytherin. Are you sure? You are much more suited for Gryffindor or maybe even Hufflepuff with your loyalty"
"Yes, I will stand by Harry and use everything in my power to help him defeat Voldemort and protect my family. We will win and the best place for us to do, that is in Slytherin. Us three together, so we can protect each other."
"Ok, good luck in SLYTHERIN" shouted the hat. There was silence, until there were three thumps. Percy, Fred and George had fainted when they heard their little brother was placed in Slytherin. He gave the hat to Professor McGonagall and walked to Harry and Hermione on the Slytherin table. He sat right next to Harry, because Hermione was sitting on his left. They were a trio and nobody would be able to tear them apart.
Normal
Everyone was shocked. Not only was the Boy-who-lived a Slytherin, there was also a Muggleborn and a Weasley in Slytherin for the first time in history. Dumbledore recovered and stood up. He said
"I have just a few words to say before we eat. Twit, Grass, Blubber. Dig in" and he sat down.
Everyone began eating and talking about the sorting. Harry, Hermione and Ron took a plate and began eating. Harry heard people talking about him and how he must be the next Dark lord. Hermione and Ron were sending comforting thoughts through their bond. Harry just ignored the whispers and kept eating his dinner. After a while the food disappeared and the desserts came. Harry took a large piece of treacle tart, boy, he just loved this. After a while the desserts disappeared again and Dumbledore stood up to give his speech.
"Welcome back or welcome to this school students. I hope that everyone had a good summer. A few things now we all are fed and watered. Mister Filch has asked me to remind you that magic in the hallways is forbidden, also the forbidden forest is forbidden for the students and that also is for the older students. At last the corridor on the third floor is forbidden, if you don't want to die a horrible death. Thank you and sleep well.
The prefects on each table stood up and led the students to their respective dormitory. Harry, Hermione and Ron followed Marcus Flint, the Slytherin Prefect, to the dungeons. After a lot of corridors they stood in front of a portrait of a huge snake with a man in the background making potions. Flint said the password 'Black Seth' and the portrait opened revealing a cozy room in green and brown tints. Flint said
"Firsties wait a second, our head of house wants a word with you, the rest of you go to bed."
After that the Professor came inside, his robes billowing behind him.
"Hallo, I am Professor Severus Snape and welcome to Slytherin. We are a house which stand together. The other parts of the school are against us, we only protect ourselves. Outside we don't have fights, outside are we as 1 man, 1 front against the school. If you need any help, just come to my office and we will talk. Here in Slytherin we have some rules.
We always stand together.
When a snake is in trouble, we always help them.
No fighting outside this room.
I will not show weakness outside.
The bedtime for years 1, 2 and 3 is 10 o' clock. For years 4 and 5 is it 11 o' clock and for the years 6 and 7 is it midnight. We have study groups and if you need something come to me or the prefects. You have the first years rooms, girls on the right and boys on the left. Sleep tight."
Harry, Hermione and Ron walked with the others to the room, but when Harry was about to walk in to the room, he was blasted back. A white snake came to him slithering, exposing his poisons teeth. Harry heard the snake hissing.
{You must not enter those rooms, my prince}
This was the end of the eighth chapter. I hope you have enjoyed it. Not much changes in this chapter, but except for the sorting and the white snake there was nothing important in this chapter. I hope you all had a great Father's day, which was today here in the Netherlands, maybe for my lovely readers it was another day, but I still wish you a happy Father's day. I hope that everyone had fun reading the chapter and I hope you will review telling me what you think about the chapter or the story so far. I also would like to know if you like the original or this version better and why, pretty please.
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