Hello there! I won't be having a set update schedual like I did before due to a combination of work, school, and writers block. Hope you enjoy this chapter though. :)

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"How do you get sorted?" Harmony whispered to Al who was beside her.

"You put on this hat and it says which house you should be in." he whispered back to her.

Harmony thought about how that worked. Sure it was a magical world, but a talking hat that would place her in the house she belonged in? That seemed a little far fetched. "Al, are you su-"

Before she could finish her sentence the front doors opened and a very stout and plump looking woman greeted them warmly. "Welcome to Hogwarts everyone." She beamed at them as if she was absolutely happy to see them. From past experiences Harmony was a little skeptical. No one could be happy to see total and complete strangers. "My name is Professor Sprout. Soon you'll be taken into the Great Hall. There you will be sorted into one of the four houses. Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, Slytherin, and Hufflepuff." At the mention of Hufflepuff her smile grew even wider. "While you're here at Hogwarts your house will be like your family. If you do good things you will be rewarded with house points, but if you break the school rules points will be deducted. Understand?" Everyone gave uncertain nods. "Good, now follow me."

As soon as they entered into the Great Hall Harmony's jaw dropped straight to the floor. "It's amazing." She whispered in awe.

The ceiling, was there even a ceiling? It was the night sky literally. The deep blues and purples of the night sky were glowing above her and stars twinkled merrily. It seemed so close that she would be able to touch it. In fact, she did start to reach out her hand towards the sky before Scorpius stopped her.

"It's not really the night sky Harmony." Scorpius whispered in her ear. "It's bewitched to look like it."

"That doesn't make it any less amazing. I love the night sky." When Harmony was still at the orphanage, looking at the night sky was one of the only moments that could bring her peace, besides when she was with Harold and no one judged her. She would gaze dreamily at it and tell Harold all that she knew about the sky. As if remembering this himself, Harold slithered along her arm, his cool and scaly skin reminding her of rain. No one noticed that a snake was around her arm. The school uniform, robes, had such roomy sleeves that Harold could slither along her arm and no one noticed. Harold didn't really slither along her arm all that often though, normally he just sat there content.

Harmony was snapped out of her staring as Professor Sprout brought out a four legged stool and placed a very patched and frayed hat on it. She wondered if that was the sorting hat that Al had told her about.

It had to be because all of a sudden it sprung to life and started to sing.

Listen youngsters and take heed,

I am the Sorting hat,

And I see your hearts desires,

Whether they be this or that,

I see them all,

And with that knowledge you give me,

I will sort you,

Into the house that suits thee,

Whether it be Gryffindor,

Whose brave heart,

And courageous acts,

Set them apart,

Or to Ravenclaw,

Where those who take delight,

In the puzzles of the world,

Stretch their wings to take flight,

Hufflepuff is where you may go,

Where loyalty is what matters most,

Where honesty is cherished,

Those are of what they boast,

Then there is dear Slytherin,

Why they are ambitious and cunning,

They will constantly surprise you,

With resourcefulness that is quite stunning,

So show me your hearts desires,

So that I may place you where you belong,

And so it ends,

The sorting hat song.

Applause broke out through the hall and Harmony was stunned. The hat had sung, it had sung a song to them. From what it sang though, she wasn't sure where she would end up. Definitely not Gryffindor, she wasn't nearly brave enough. She didn't seem to have an ounce of cunning, ambition, or resourcefulness in her. Probably not Ravenclaw, she wasn't nearly smart enough for that. Hufflepuff maybe, she had been pretty loyal to those that she'd met so far, such as Scorpius. She barely knew him, but she was loyal and stood up to Al and Rose when they bullied him.

I'll probably end up in Hufflepuff then. She thought in her head.

Rose was fuming beside her. "Dad, Uncle George, and James told me that I would have to fight a troll! All that preparation for nothing! I even learned advanced spells in case!"

Harmony was perplexed at how Rose didn't see through that lie. She was the smartest person that she had ever met, and she believed what they had said? She barely knew James and their Uncle George, but they were obviously pranksters and shouldn't be trusted. Why would they also make first years face a troll? How would that determine which house they should get in anyways? Sure they could see if you were brave and charged straight at the troll that would mean you'd be in Gryffindor, you could think of a strategy which would place you in Ravenclaw, or you could use your resources to show resourcefulness, but how would it determine if you were in Hufflepuff? Would you just get in there if you didn't show any of the qualities of the other houses?

Harmony was brought out of her pondering as Professor Sprout started calling out names. "Allan, Brady!"

A boy stepped up to the stool and the hat was placed on his head. He had a nervous expression as the hat rifled through his mind. Finally it gave a loud shout of, "RAVENCLAW!" A cheer erupted from the table in blue as he ran over.

Harmony watched as one by one more children were sorted. Demule, Cassie because the first Hufflepuff. Grosse, Matthew became the first Gryffindor, and so far no Slytherins had been sorted.

"The Slytherins aren't looking to happy." Al whispered to her.

She glanced at them and noticed that a lot of them had sullen looks on their faces since no one had been sorted. Indeed, all the other houses had gotten a lot of students, Gryffindor the most, but not a single one was in Slytherin.

That changed though when Kael, Mark was sorted, he became the first Slytherin of the year and a grand cheer erupted from them.

All too quickly Professor Sprout called out in her cheery voice, "Lee, Harmony!"

Palms sweating she went up the stool and before the hat was placed on her head she saw Scorpius, Al, and Rose give her a thumbs up and a smile.

Hmm. Interesting.

Harmony jumped as she heard the voice in her head and the flap fell overtop of her eyes.

Ah yes, a difficult life. Abandoned by those who should have loved you, bullied all your life for being different. My, my, how sad that your only friend was your pet snake until a month ago. And you have a yearning to be accepted. To prove yourself. Oh yes, it's more than that. It's a thirst for acknowledgement, for people to see who you really are. To be desired.

"Get out of my head." Harmony whispered ever so quietly and desperately. She didn't want to have to relive any of those painful memories that were her life, and she for sure didn't want to hat to bring up any more.

Hmmm, definitely not Gryffindor. You lack courage which is no surprise considering your upbringing. Your mind, it's so raw. Raw talent just waiting to be developed. Yes, yes, you would do well in Ravenclaw. But your loyalty is superb! By far you are one of the most loyal people I have ever met. A person who you have just met mere hours ago, and yet you would do almost anything that he would ask of you. Yes, most definitely loyal. Better be…

"Huff-" The sorting hat started to shout, but then stopped itself mid-way. Harmony felt her breath catch in her throat. Was the sorting hat deciding that she didn't belong in any of the houses? That she shouldn't be in Hogwarts? That she was just…a freak…yet again and couldn't be sorted?

No, no. I don't mean any of that by stopping myself mid-way. I just saw deeper into you. A part that you yourself haven't even begun to realize. Oh yes, being there you'll achieve greatness. And prove yourself far more than you'll ever imagine. Better be…

"SLYTHERIN!"

Hope that you enjoyed this chapter, especially the poem. I came up with that myself. :) So anyways, hope that you review my story since I really appreciate it. :)

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