Here is the Sorting Chapter! After this get some points below!
Rosabelle Garpotil's POV
Brisk, cold air nips at my ankles, swirling around my feet. My hair slaps my face from the wind, gusting around each of the students. Technically, we are all first years, so we will all take rackety canoes and drag them into the stagnant water.
"EVERYBODY GRAB A PARTNER ER TWO AND HEAD TE HOGWARTS! I'LL CATCH UP WITH YERSELVES!" A tall man with a long beard echoes through the night. I know who he is before he introduces himself- Hagrid.
"Tay, Eliza!" I call to the friends I have already made. The make their way through the cold, damp grass and over to me. "Let's go together," I smile at them. No one disagrees. We all stare in awe up at Hogwarts, a warm glow from the windows excites me. We're almost there!
Eliza grabs the canoe and pulls it into the water. She shivers from it touching her frigid hands. I help her by pushing the canoe in from the other end. We all plop on. I feel bad that we couldn't get Clair in with us, but when I turn around I see her laughing with Brennan Cabrera. There's something weird about her. Not weird like bad weird, just… weird, the way she hides her teeth when she talks.
"Rosie? Get in!" Taylor calls out to me. I must have zoned out.
I step into the canoe and we drift off across the lake, almost ready to ice over. I take some mittens from my pockets and put them on and start to row.
Hagrid stays on shore, watching us first, then getting in a canoe with a boy named Liam and a girl named Shay. Personally I think he might be a little heavy with the two of them, but they look okay. Hagrid paddles up to the front of the pack to lead us, through a twisting tunnel and onto the shore. I can taste the pure excitement.
I almost squeal with happiness! I can't wait! I look around to Hagrid. His face is ragged and old, but kind. He smiles at us, with a tear in his eyes. Liam and Shay get off of his canoe. I look around at the friendships already forming. Dexter, Tabytha, and Sam all look happy together. Same with Clair and Brennan, Colby and Beckie, and Kalli, Mimi, and Matthew. Other students mingle with each other too. Hagrid steps forward to the door. He hesitates a second, then knocks on it. The noise is loud and probably is heard throughout Hogwarts. I grin as a frail, old woman with silver hair opens the door. She nods to Hagrid and lets us in. My heart begins to race. We are finally here, entering Hogwarts.
Shay Evan's POV
My eyes drift up and down from Hogwarts high ceilings to the old floors. Laughing and cheering erupts from portraits. I watch the muggle-born students look in awe. Hagrid leads us around the mystifying school. Ghosts emerge through the walls, portraits talk to us, I swear I can see suits of armor moving in the corner of my eye. A shudder erupts through my body, I shiver. I feel myself go cold with ice. I turn to see a line of ghosts on horses shooting through me. I giggle as I watch some of the other students' faces as they experience it. When the ghosts are gone again I feel warm and happy. My heart pounds when we walk to the Great Hall, the tables are empty, but I can tell what house belongs to each one- Slytherin on the far left, next to Ravenclaw, which is next to Hufflepuff and Gryffindor on the far right. The High Table for the professors is facing the others. House crests hang above each table with a Hogwarts Seal behind the professors. My eyes linger upwards, to where most of the others are pointing. I see a sky, so clear it looks as if I'm outside in the frigid wind. Candles hang just below the sky ceiling and are the only light source in the room. My heart's pounding grows faster as Hagrid shows us how to line up, in alphabetical order by years. Seventh years will go first since everyone is new this year. Then us. We will go second. With my last name as "Evans" I will be before most, unlike Maxine Zyrus, who will go last in our group. We stand in line. In front of us awaits a small old hat on a stool. I've heard from my father that it's a special hat.
"Oh you may not think me pretty, but judge not on what you see, for I will eat myself if you find a hat any smarter than me…"
Everyone applauses with bewilderment. The first group starts. The seventh years go by too quickly and soon Liam Bonafaire is the first student in line. The other students evened out well.
"Bonafaire, Liam!" Liam slowly walks up to the stool and puts the talking hat on his head. Moments go by until "RAVENCLAW!" The table next to the Slytherin applauds and claps their new member on the back.
"Cabrera, Brennan!" Is immediately placed into Ravenclaw too along with "Caulder, Kalli!"
"Donovan, Dexter!" Is the first Gryffindor to be placed followed by, "Elliot, Mimi!" Who is the first Slytherin.
I am next. My palms are sweaty, but a genuine grin is placed on my face.
"Evans, Shay!" That's me! I smile and walk up to the Sorting Hat, praying that I don't trip and fall on my face.
I tentatively lift the hat over my face and on my head. I hear a tiny voice near my ear.
Fun, adventurous, and clever. Not a Slytherin or Hufflepuff… maybe a
"GRIFFINDOR!" Erupts from the hat as cheers come from the Gryffindor table. I smile and join them, running from the stool.
Arthur "Artie" Jones' POV
"Flint, Clair!" The Sorting Hat's face is made from the ancient folds in its fabric. My hands fumble around in my pockets, anxiously trying to keep my mind off of the hat. My eyes dart around the room, finding the tables, the new students sit around and talk about anything. Some seem unhappy with their house, sitting quietly and staring at another table.
"SLYTHERIN!" Clair bounces over to the Slytherin table and is greeted by high-fives and wide grins. My hands come out of my pockets and I twiddle my thumbs.
"Garpotil, Rosabelle!" A small and kind looking girl steps in front of the crowd. Her eyes travel to a girl named Eliza Ponce and another named Taylor Retay. I saw them all talking together. The must be friends. I wonder how that'll work out. The moment the hat touches Rosie's head, it shouts,
"HUFFLEPUFF!" The table smiles and shakes hands and hugs their newest member. I'm not sure which house I will be in. I'm next. I smile when my name is called,
"Jones, Arthur!" I slowly walk up to the hat, making sure I don't damage it. When it's on it's like nothing else exists. The hat's thoughts seem to whiz by,
Friendly, kind, funny, cunning, smart. You would be a great Hufflepuff, but it must be
"SLYTHERIN!" A smile is plastered onto my face like always. My heartbeat fills my ears along with the cheers and yells. I walk over to the Slytherin table. Mimi Elliot taps a spot next to herself. I sit down by her and find myself across from Clair Flint, who went two places before me. I watch the next student,
"Knapp, Colby!" A boy with dark blue hair walks up. He's skinny. He puts on the hat and it calls out,
"HUFFLEPUFF!" The boy smiles and walks over to the table with the yellow badges above and beside them. They pound their fists and accept him.
"LaMette, Matthew!" A boy comes on stage with his nose high. His eyes stay forward. I know before the hat can shout,
"SLYTHERIN!" Matthew walks over to the table. Mimi hugs him and smiles, making room next to herself by scooting closer to me.
"Too bad Kalli isn't Slytherin," she grumbles.
"Yeah, it's okay though. She's a brat," He smiles at her. Mimi's face lights up, but I can tell by her eyes that she likes Kalli, and wouldn't call her a brat herself. They continue to laugh and babble on together while I watch the sorting continue.
"Liddell, Rebecca!" Another girl walks up. She smiles too. For some reason I find myself wanting her to be a Slytherin. When the hat flops over her face it calls,
"HUFFLEPUFF!" I frown a little, and then smile again before anyone can notice.
Tabytha Malfoy's POV
"Malfoy, Tabytha!" I feel eyes following me to the hat. They already know my name, or my last name. My grandfather, Lucius Malfoy was thought of as a traitor and a coward to some. To others he was accepted. He was a death eater nonetheless. So was my grandmother, great aunt, and father. I'm not like them though. I don't think I'll even be in Slytherin. I hope the other students realize that, although my father and I are close, don't always have the same beliefs. I lift the hat over my head, it covers my eyes so I can only hear the chatting from the tables.
Smart, cunning, funny, brave. It must be…
"GRYFFINDOR!" A smile takes over my face. I run over to my fellow house-mates. Dexter is already there. I high-five him and my grin grows.
"Congrats," he makes room for me to sit next to him.
"Thanks, you too!" I sit on the bench. We stay silent with our eyes on a small girl called Eliza. She was called for the sorting moments after I sat down.
"I bet she's a Hufflepuff," Dexter whispers. I nod. Sure enough,
"RAVENCLAW!" I sigh sadly- we were wrong. The girl looks happy as she makes her way to the table.
"Retay, Taylor!" walks anxiously and puts the hat over her head.
"Gryffindor probably," I nudge Dexter, who agrees with me.
"GRYFFINDOR!" Taylor comes over and sits by us. Her dark hair covers most of her face.
"Reyes, Samuel!" I hope he's in with us. Please!
"He better be Gryffindor," Dexter says with his eyes never leaving him.
"HUFFLEPUFF!" explodes from the hat, making my heart skip a beat. A soft huff of a sigh escapes my lips. At lease I have Dexter.
"Zyrus, Maxine!" is the last student, who is placed in Ravenclaw.
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Dexter Donovan, Taylor Retay, Shay Evens, and I are cramped and shoved into the common room. A cry falls from my mouth when someone steps on my foot. I grab it and rub my big toe. It's absolute chaos in here!
"QUIET!" A tall and lanky girl with firey hair calls out. Her face is kind, but her voice is now harsh. When everyone obeys she continues, "My word! I guess I should have been expecting this, but you are all way too loud and wild. Calm down, everyone. Then you can arrange your dorms and go to bed. Feel free to talk in the morning! Please stop all the ruckus," Ginny Potter bows her head and walks out. Silence hangs in the air. We move quickly and quietly. I go to the dorm I was assigned. Shay Evans and Taylor Retay are my only roommates. I take the bed next to Taylor and across from Shay, who's eyes seem to dart to every corner of the room with curiosity. My luggage is already settled on the foot of my bed. I open it up to retrieve my sleeping gown. I pull the curtains on my bed and change. When I open them again Taylor is already asleep with her robes on. I smile and climb under my warm covers.
Maxine Zyrus is made up! She isn't really going to participate in this story, just one of the backup characters:) Also, the complete sorting song was on her, but Fanfic took it off, so I re-wrote some of the beginning.
FIVE POINTS- Tell me the relationships you want your character to have with the others in a review or PM!
FACT: My brother is now trying to beat Harry Potter 7 on the wii for the fifth time on expert.
POINTS! I'm not going to put the points up, but I can tell you that Kalli Caulder and Mimi Elliot each won their house five points for being the most popular students! Don't worry though! Every student got at least a few votes:)
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