Hi everyone, I'm back with a new chapter for digisoul. Since school started I've never really did take it seriously, so now I'm going to slow down my stories for me school work; I'll still write but I won't do as much. I don't own anything; now that's done let's start.
MD CH8
After knocking on the door, Hagrid stepped back, opened revealing a tall black haired witch. The expression on her face told everyone not to mess with her.
Hagrid told her, "The firs' years, Professor McGonagall."
"Thank you, Hagrid I'll take things from here."
Opening the door further, they all saw that the entrance hall was huge the stone walls had torches similar to that of Gringotts. The new students couldn't see the design of the ceiling because of how high it was and the staircase, that were made of marble, facing them lead towards the upper floor.
Signaling them to follow, McGonagall lead them across the stone floor. On the right side, they heard thousands of voices, "That must be the rest of the school," Koji whispered receiving nods. Letting them enter the room, the students squished together, everyone looked nervous glancing at each other.
When everybody was inside McGonagall told them, "Welcome to Hogwarts, The start-of-term banquet will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be sorted into your houses. The Sorting is a very important ceremony because, while you are here, your house will be something like your family within Hogwarts. You will have classes with the rest of your house, sleep in your house dormitory, and spend free time in your house common room."
She then said, "The four houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each house has its own noble history and each has produced outstanding witches and wizards. While you are at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn your house points, while any rulebreaking will lose house points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the house cup, a great honor. I hope each of you will be a credit to whichever house becomes yours."
"The Sorting Ceremony will begin momentarily in front of the whole school. I suggest you straighten yourselves for the ceremony."
She said looking at a few people.
"I will return when we're ready," McGonagall said walking out the door, "Please wait quietly."
"H-how are they going to choose where we're placed?" one of the first years asked.
They heard Ron's voice, "I don't know, my brother said it was a test and that it will hurt a lot. But I wouldn't believe him because he's a prankster and probably was joking about it."
This didn't calm the nerves of the crowd; it only enhanced their worries about what's to come.
In the back corner of the room Koji, Draco, Andrei, and Neville were group together. Turning to the only British-born in the group, Koji asked, "Did your parents tell you how we're going to be sorted?"
"No, neither mother nor father would tell me," Draco told them, "But even then I'm going where ever you're going."
Glancing at the rest of the room Andrei said, "But there is a chance that we won't be in the same house, though."
They all nodded know that there is a chance that'll happen. Koji, himself, looked around the room seeing that the only person talking was that bushy haired girl.
Hearing screams, they turned to where they were heard; only to find about twenty ghosts faze through the back wall near their position. Pearly-white and slightly transparent, they talked amongst each other not seeing the first years.
"My parents told me that they did the same thing in their first year," Draco told them with Neville agreeing since his grandmother told him about what to expect.
"So this is planned," Koji said with Andrei saying, "It's probably for the mundane."
During their conversation they didn't hear what the ghosts said, but turned their attention to the door seeing McGonagall step forward, "Move along now, the Sorting Ceremony is about to begin." And one by one all the ghost left the room faxing through the wall.
"Now form a line and follow me," McGonagall ordered as the children followed.
Entering a room, that was bigger than the entrance hall, there were candles, flying around, lit all over the place. Four rows of tables where the rest of the students were placed, watching them, on the far end of the room there was a long table being used by the teachers also watching them. On the tables were littered with gold plates and cups.
Leading the first McGonagall made them face the rest of the room. Looking up Koji saw the roof of the room was that of the night sky with little white dots, "Probably some sort of rune that let you see the outside of the room," Koji said out loud.
Feeling someone nudge him, he turned to Andrei who pointed his eyes towards the front. Turning to the front, Koji saw McGonagall place a three stool chair in front of the head table; on top of that was a big wizard's hat.
Glancing around, Koji saw that everybody was also staring like they were anticipating that something was about to happen. In the silence, the hat twitched and the brim started to part ways similar to when someone was talking. And taking a deep breath it began to sing.
Just hearing the first few lines Koji imminently turned his thoughts to his favorite song 'Into The Night' to block out the sound, "Can't these people hold a tune?" he thought.
Seeing that it was going to end he stopped mentally singing.
McGonagall, stepping forward, held a piece of parchment in her hand, "When I call our name please sit on the stool and place the hat on your head to be sorted."
Turning to the others Koji handed them a device. "What's this for?" Draco questioned.
"If we're ever placed in different houses we can use this to communicate. They're powered by the magic in the environment so that it will always work," Koji informed them receiving nods from each one of them.
"What house are you going to pick, Draco?" Neville questioned.
"I won't follow my parents that's for sure," he said, "I want to make my own path. I know it won't be easy but with my friends backing my I won't give up." Hearing this they smiled.
"Ivanov, Andrei!" hearing his name being called the Russian sat down on the stool, but that was only for a few minutes for the hat to yell, "Hufflepuff!" smiling he walked past to his friends sitting down at the table with a badger in the front.
"Longbottom, Neville!" stepping forward he sat on the stool with the hat placed on his head; after around five minutes the hat yelled, "Hufflepuff!" smiling he passed McGonagall, who had a shocked face, thinking that he would follow his parents.
"Malfoy, Draco!" confident he walked up sitting on the stool then placed the hat on his head. As the seconds passed most were confused, the hat should have said Slytherin by the second the hat was on his head. They heard him say, "I don't want to follow my family. I'll separate myself from them and to change to become a better person," then pulling out his wand Draco said, "I swear on my magic that I will change and I will not act like my father!"
They weren't sure what they both heard and saw, here was the son of a death eater who promised to change his ways by swearing on his magic!? "Like the fall and rise of a phoenix leave the path of darkness and into the light," the hat called out," by the powers given to me by the founders I dub you to the of Loyalty, Hufflepuff!"
The result was complete and utter silence Draco didn't even mind the fact that only Andrei let him sit next to him.
Getting out of her shock, McGonagall continued. As she was continuing Draco whispered, "You three know that by associating yourselves with me that you'll be isolated, right?"
"Do you honestly think we'll let the words of others dictate what we think," Andrei whispered back.
"Potter, Harry!" sighing he walked forward not paying attention to the others trying to get a better look, "I wish to be called Koji Fujieda," he said before sitting, "Where do you want me to place you," a voice told him in his head.
Closing his eyes Koji was dragged into his mindscape. Opening his eyes Koji looked around starting to walk to the temple he met Lobomon all those years ago; arriving into the center room Koji saw that Lobomon had one of his sabers on the neck of an adult wizard.
"So you hold the warrior of Light," he said shocking the others.
"You saw the warrior of Wood, Earth, and Steel," Koji realized.
"Yes, and the holder of Flames was the founder of Gryffindor," the man added once more shocking them.
"Do you know where he is?" Lobomon asked receiving a shake.
"Will Dumbles know about anything that happens here?" Koji asked, "No the founders placed a spell that prevents me from telling anyone that happens during the sorting."
"Place you hand on the symbol to look through my memories."
Nodding he did just that and after a few seconds the man retracted his hand, "That was informative, let's return to the outside."
Opening his eyes Koji saw that everyone was still staring at him. "So you know where to place me?"
"Yes I do, like the animal you represent I place you in," "Hufflepuff!"
If Draco's sorting didn't surprise them Koji's surely did. They were all expecting him to be in the house of the brave like his parents before him, so hearing and seeing that he was in the house of the loyalty silenced the room.
Once more McGonagall closed her mouth from shock but continued. At the head table both Dumbledore and a person garbed in a black robe had shocked looks on their faces; they both thought he would be like his parents but they were wrong.
Snapping out of his thoughts, Dumbledore stood up when McGonagall turned to him, "Welcome, welcome to a new Hogwarts year! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are Nitwit, Blubber, Oddment, Tweak!" then sat down.
As Koji was about to grab some food a random person asked, "Why are you sitting next to a son of a death eater?" and someone else yelled, "Why aren't you in Gryffindor like your parents?"
Everyone silenced themselves wanting to hear his answer to that, "To answer the second question I say why should you be in a house just because your parents were in that house? We all have the same traits, the hat chooses the trait that stands out the most. We may look and at times act like them but we aren't them," they were silence because nobody thought of it like that.
"And as for the first question," Koji took a deep breath, "the only reason their parents are death eater's in because of how they were treated during their school days. The only thing to prevent that is to accept the children so that in the future there won't be any more discrimination that will lead them following the next dark lord," once again nobody thought of it like that because of what their parents told them.
The black robe man thought, "Looks like he's more Lily than James."
Getting over their shock the room slowly returned back to its noise filled state. Everybody helping themselves to dessert when it appeared in front of them.
Getting over his surprise, Dumbledore stood up grabbing people's attention, "just a few more words now that we are all fed and watered. I have a few start-of-term notices to give you.
"First years should note that the forest on the grounds is forbidden to all pupils. And a few of our older students would do well to remember that as well."
Dumbledore's twinkling eyes flashed in the direction of the Weasley twins.
"I have also been asked by Mr. Filch, the caretaker, to remind you all that no magic should be used between classes in the corridors."
"Quidditch trials will be held in the second week of the term. Anyone interested in playing for their house teams should contact Madam Hooch. And finally, I must tell you that this year, the third-floor corridor on the right-hand side is out of bounds to everyone who does not wish to die a very painful death."
"Is he nuts?" Koji whispered go the others, "Now most of the school will be curious about what's on that floor."
"Mostly the lions," Draco added.
"And now, before we go to bed, let us sing the school song!" cried Dumbledore Koji and the others noticed that the other teachers' smiles had become rather fixed.
"Why do I have a bad feeling about this," Andrei wondered Neville responding, "You and me both."
And as they started singing, only Koji and Andrei, who lived in the mundane world, were able to block out the singing with their favorite songs, Gundam Wing White Reflection for Koji and FFH Undone for Andrei, while their magical raised friends weren't able to block it out.
As it ended Koji and Andrei stopped mentally singing their chosen songs noticing that they ended at different times.
"Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you trot!"
Getting up from their house tables, they followed two older students to different parts of the school, smelling food they realized that they were heading to the kitchen, stopping on the right side of the kitchen corridor. Stopping in front of a stack of barrels the older female tapped on one of the barrels and did a rhyme which resulted into the lid swing open, exposing a passageway that will lead to the basement when crawled through.
Stepping into the common room the first years looked around; basement itself is round, earthy, low-ceilinged, welcoming, warm, and sunny. There are lots of yellow hangings, burnished copper, and overstuffed sofas and armchairs upholstered in yellow and black and circular windows that provide a vista of "rippling grass and dandelions. There is also a large, honey-colored, wooden mantelpiece with carvings of badgers on it and over that is a portrait of Helga Hufflepuff.
Tabitha, the female perfect, instructed them to their rooms, "Now the rooms are for both genders. Don't worry about the opposite gender stepping into the bathrooms because it will automatically luck if you forget to lock it," John, the male perfect, added, "You can bunk with three people max. So chose your members, people that you know you're sure you can bunk with for seven years, and get settled in for lights off at nine."
They all nodded towards each other knowing that it would be better to bunk together with their secrets. "Koji you know why that pink haired female is glancing at you?" Andrei asked.
He shook his head, "You know why Lobomon?" he mentally asked his spirit since he was there for his entire life, "No I was mostly in slumber for most of you beginning life until Voldemort attacked, sorry," Lobomon apologized.
Grabbing one of the older years he asked, "Do you know who that girl is?" Koji asked pointing to the pink haired girl.
"That is Tonks, she doesn't like it when people say her first name including the fact that she won't tell anyone her first name," he said getting thanks from Koji.
"Do you think that's she knew you when you were Harry Potter?" Neville asked.
"Do you think that she'll want you to stay here?" Draco asked himself getting Koji to snort saying, "I may have been born British but I was raised Japanese so if you asked me to choose I'll say Japanese."
They nodded knowing they would do the same. "But you were born here why would you chose that place instead of your birth country?" was heard from behind them as the four walked to a floor.
They blinked Andrei asking, "Did we talk about it out loud?" they nodded. Turning to who said it they saw that it was the pink haired girl.
"I may have been born here," Koji began thinking about all the people he met in Japan, "But as the saying goes 'Home is where the heart is' and my heart is in Japan."
"And even if he chooses Japan we'll back him either way," Andrei added with the others nodding in agreement.
She nodded, with tears in her eyes, knowing that he would choose the people who raised him instead of people he doesn't even know. Watching them walk up she thought, "I will get you to remember me your favorite Tonton."
This the end of Chapter 8 of Digisoul. If you were wondering about why Koji didn't remember Tonks is because was a baby when he was teleported to Japan and I already explained why Lobomon couldn't remember, go to the chapter where Relena met Ranamon, the next update will be Magical Tamer Prisoner of Darkness.