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3'rd-POV
First year students are led off the Hogwarts Express Train to boats and then off into the Great Hall located right off the Entrance Hall of the Hogwarts Castle. Deputy Head of Hogwarts Professor Minerva McGonagall places the sorting hat on a stool in front of the High Table also known as the staff table. Soon the Sorting Hat sings a song of its own composition about the four founders and the qualities that each House represents. Once the sing is done the Deputy Head calls out first years in alphabetical last name individually to come up to the stool and have the Hat sort them.
3'rd-POV
Professor Minerva McGonagall calls out the names:
Apollo –Ravenclaw
Athena –Ravenclaw
Artemis –Gryffindor
Bem –Gryffindor
Demeter –Hufflepuff
Hera –Ravenclaw
Hestia –Hufflepuff
Kellah –Gryffindor
Leanne –Hufflepuff
Leo –Gryffindor…
Hannah Abbott –Hufflepuff
Susan Bones –Hufflepuff
Terry Boot –Ravenclaw
Many Brocklehurst –Ravenclaw
Lavender Brown –Gryffindor
Millicent Bulstrode –Slytherin …
Vincent Crabbe –Slytherin
Micheal Corner –Ravenclaw
Tracy Davis –Slytherin
Fay Dunbar –Gryffindor
Justin Finch-Fletchley Hufflepuff,
Seamus Finnigan –Gryffindor
Anthony Goldstein –Ravenclaw
Gregory Goyle –Slytherin…
Daphne Greengrass sat on the stool for 3 minutes at most till the Sorting Hat declared her Slytherin. Daphne was considered for Ravenclaw but the Hat ultimately thought Slytherin would suit her better. Professor McGonagall continued with calling out the names:
Wayne Hopkins –Hufflepuff
Megan Jones –Hufflepuff
Sue Li –Ravenclaw…
Neville Longbottom sorting took 4.5 minutes making him a near Hatstall. The Sorting Hat was insistent on placing Neville in Gryffindor, but Neville argued for Huffelpuff citing that he was intimidated by Gryffindor's reputation. The sorting hat got its way and proclaimed Neville Longbottom a Gryffindor. Proffesor McGonagall continued with the list of names calling out:
Isobel MacDougal –Ravenclaw
Ernest Macmillan –Hufflepuff
Draco Malfoy –Slytherin
Roger Malone –Hufflepuff…
3'rd-POV
Professor McGonagall called out for Algol Mortem to come to the front. Once Algol put the Sorting Hat on her head it started talking to her in her head.
Sorting Hat's-POV
Lets see brave against adversity, loyal to those who earn your respect, wise beyond your own years, and the ambition to prove others wrong. Well you Miss Mortem are quite a head scratcher. I think that you could be placed in any of the houses and do extremely well. So give me your thoughts on the houses please.
Algol retorts with "The House system is clever and also flawed. Humans can be all the mentioned attributes that the houses represent. Humans are not one-dimensional they have flaws. Not all Ravenclaws will have flying colors in classes, just like a Hufflepuff can be disloyal, a Slytherin can be ambitionless and a Gryffindor cowardly. Part of what makes a person an individual is the experiences they face, the way they were brought up, and how they deal with situations thrown their way."
The Hat replies with "All true statements Miss Mortem, but that still does not answer my question as to what your personal option is on if you have a preference in House. So if you would could you please? Another thing it has already been 4 minutes since we started, so I would suggest thinking quick."
Algol answered with "I do appreciate the courage to stand for what one believes to be right. Although I know that courage can often lead one to blindly act without true thought. I also see loyalty as an often-underestimated strength. Blind loyalty however has lead to many individuals to suffer without true reasoning. They say knowledge is power, and I don't completely disagree with that statement. Knowledge is great but having it can also be dangerous to ones self or others. Ambition however is practically the energy source to fuel one who wants to obtain knowledge. The downfall to ambition is ego, because if one is to over confidant and does not know their own limitations they can be overturned. If I have to chose on one out of the four I would have to guess that my ambition far out ways any of the other traits that I hold."
The Sorting Hat responded with "Mm in that case I think we have a verdict. Don't you think Miss Mortem or should I call your Mister Mortem seeing that you do look quite androgynies more leaning to the masculine side. Algol replied with "Call me what you would like so long as it does not put the female or male gender in a negative light. I find both genders have their flaws and good things as well. I have lived most of my life as a boy so I do find it odd to be called a female, but I can not deny my birth gender just like you can not deny that you are a magical hat. The Sorting Hat said "Well you are definitely and individual to keep an eye out for. Should I tell them the good news? Slytherin has been in dyer need of a revamp in image and you definitely have the ambition to see it through. I wish you luck Miss Mortem in SLYTHERIN!"
3'rd-POV
While the sorting hat and Algol talked out the logistics of where she would end up, the hall was filled with whispers and speculation. If Algol Mortem wanted a low profile being under the sorting hat for more then 5 minutes was not helping her cause. After the 5-minute mark Algol was now considered a true Hatstall and a person to keep an eye on.
The last Hatstall was Peter Pettigrew and he was sorted into Gryffindor the same year as Harry's parents. The other known Hatstall was Professor Minerva McGollagall she was sorted into Gryffindor, but many speculate that she might have easily been able to handle Ravenclaw.
At the 7-minute mark the Sorting Hat finally called out Slytherin as Algol new home for the next seven years. Once Algol left the stool Professor McGonagall continued her roll call.
Theodore Nott –Slytherin
Pansy Parkinson –Slytherin
Padma Patil –Ravenclaw
Parvati Patil –Gryffindor…
Harry Potter spent a good 4.5 minutes debating with the Sorting Hat if Gryffindor or Slytherin was better. Harry ultimately cited that his friend Algol was is Slytherin and he wanted to be in the same house as his best friend. Harry also said with his fame he could help rebuild the reputation of Slytherin. The Sorting Hat declared Harry a Slytherin to the shock of the Head master Dumbledore and most if not all the other Professors at the High table.
Oliver Rivers –Hufflepuff
Dean Thomas –Gryffindor
Lisa Turpin –Ravenclaw
Ronald Weasley –Gryffindor
Blaise Zabini –Slytherin
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