The Sorting
A/N: Original everything belongs to J.K. (characters, themes, locations etc.)
10 minutes later, the first years found themselves in a large hall. In front of them was a long table seating a group of teachers, or at least, they were assumed to be teachers because they were much older than the people seated at the four stretches of tables. Ron whispered to the twins that each of the four tables belonged to each of the four houses. Abby starred at the tables and was able to see which table was which. The Hufflepuff table had a yellow banner hanging above it with a badger on it, the Ravenclaw table had a blue banner above it featuring an eagle, the Gryffindor table had a red banner above it with a lion on it and the Slytherin table had a green banner above it with a serpent.
A tall, stern looking woman stood at the front of the room with a grubby, pointed hat in her hand. She was speaking to the hall of students and talking about how wonderful it was to have a new batch of students before her about to be sorted. She explained that each student would have to put the hat on their head and they would be sorted based on where the hat decided they should go. The woman pulled out a long piece of parchment and began to read of names. Sometimes the hat would take ages to sort the student, and sometimes it would shout out the house almost before the student had a chance to wear it.
Abbot, Hannah became the first Hufflepuff, Boot, Terry was sorted into Slytherin, Crabbe, Vincent became a Slytherin and Granger, Hermione became the first Gryffindor. The sorting went on fir ages. Abby recognized the boy from Madam Malkins walk up when the woman called out Malfoy, Draco. Draco was sorted into Slytherin and Abby couldn't help but remember him talking about how much he had wanted to be in that house.
Finally, Potter, Abigail was called and she stepped forward to wear the hat. A teacher by the name of Severus Snape looked up when he heard the name. He watched as the petit, black haired girl walked up to the front. He froze when he noted the color of her eyes, they were a stunning green. She looked, except for her hair, exactly as Severus remembered her mother looking. He starred at her, just like the rest of the school, while the hat tried to decide where to put her.
Once Abby put the hat on, the noise from the hall disappeared and all she could hear was a voice in her head. "Ah," The hat said to only Abby, "A Potter. I had been wondering when I would be seeing you. Of course, even hats hear the gossip. Hmm, but where to put you? Not in Hufflepuff, that is for sure, and Ravenclaw isn't right either. But whether to put you in Gryffindor or Slytherin. You are brave, that much I can see, and loyal too. But I can also see doubt. You have heard negative things about Slytherin? Perhaps it will surprise you. After all, patterns can be broken…
SLYTHERIN!" The hat shouted the last word aloud. Abby took the hat of her head, her hands were shaking. She looked over to her brother. Harry starred at her wide-eyed. Abby's eyes darted around the hall. Her eyes glanced over to the Gryffindor table. She saw the two ginger boys who had been with Ron at King's Cross. They were looking at her with their mouths open. Abby looked towards the Slytherin table. They were cheering, but it seemed forced. Abby's eyes swept the table and she made eye-contact with Draco. He was looking at her in awe. A small smile played on his lips. Abby looked over her shoulder at the teachers table, Dumbledore was staring at her, his eyes narrowed, Abby noted that he looked as if something was wrong. Abby didn't like the attention. She jumped down from the stool, put on a brave face and walked over to the Slytherin table. Draco smirked at her and slapped her shoulder,
"Looks like we got one of the great Potter twins." Abby smiled and sat beside him, turning her attention back to the front, she clued in just in time to see her brother being sorted to Gryffindor. Harry looked over to him sister with questions in his eyes before he made his way over to where the Gryffindor's sat.
Abby looked over to the teachers table and locked eyes with a dark haired teacher. He was watching her with his eyes narrowed in thought. Abby looked away quickly and sat with her head down for the rest of the sorting.
A/N: So, I uploaded this chapter before and I wrote this awesome (haha) A/N for you guys, but then I deleted it by accident *rage* so this one is going to be less awesome. Oh! While I'm boring you all with point-less talk, I'm going to tell you something interesting, or at least, I think it's interesting. I have a friend from Thailand and she was telling me about how in Thailand, instead of writing 'LOL', the write 5's. This is because they pronounce 5 like 'Ha', so writing a whole bunch of 5's is the equivalent to writing hahahaha.
Okay~ I'm sorry, that was totally pointless. Anyways.
I really appreciate all the favoring, following, reviewing and messaging you guys are doing. It's really encouraging and I love hearing what you have to say :)
In answer to bobbobberman123456789, I'm so glad you like the story :D That's really great to hear :) But, I totally agree with you about Abby's character. She IS hard to understand. This is because I'm trying to portray the typical pre-teen girl who doesn't know where she fits into the world. Abby is going to figure out who she is with time, I just beg you to bear with her. I think that it's hard for us all to remember that first years are only 11.
I want to apologize for my lack of proof-reading, I admit, I really don't proof read anything. As soon as I'm done a chapter, I upload before I have a chance to re-read what I've written, so I'm sorry for the random auto-corrected stuff (Diagonal from Diagon), grammar mistakes and spelling mistakes (barley from barely), oh and, in the second or third chapter I believe, I switch from third person to first. My friend pointed this out to me and I kicked myself for making the mistake.
Anywho, I forgot the last point I wanted to point out (lucky you, authors note is finally almost done ;)) so I am off to continue writing. The next chapter is interesting, or at least I think it is (authors glory here) so stick around!
