Seamus Finnigan and the Sorcerers stone
(Part deux)
Authors note: This is the second part of my Seamus Finnigan series. I don't know what else to say...what else is there to say. I have been writing the name Seamus so many times in the last week.... Oh well...Read on...also on a totally different note...you are all probably wondering what happened to my name...I changed it...mainly because I wrote a story in the original section of this site ....(All in one night- go and read it *couldn't help that bit of self promotion there*) and my original name sounded a little too bit egocentrical...It sounded ok for Harry Potter fanfic because we are all like that, and no-one here thinks a bit about it, but I didn't think so in that section....and another thing I think I need to cover. Some people are complaining that this is kinda boring because its a re-telling of the first book..DUH. I know that...I don't want to sound rude and not get people to read my fanfics...but I'm not demanding that you read it. I made it that way. We do all know what is going to happen to Harry, but not Seamus...now I will get off my soap box and on with the show
Disclaimer: I suppose since I did copy a dialogue or two out of the Sorcerers stone book I should give the credit for these dialogues to their correct authors J.K. Rowlings and all the publishers and so on and so forth. Please...please don't give me any more of those posts that I am plagiarizing...because I'm not. I know I could go write the publisher's...but it would just take up my time and theirs as well. I worked hard on this fanfic and I don't need to be threatened. Anyone who does this, you try writing a fanfic about the first book without using one or two dialogues from J.K. Rowling. It's stet in stone. Ok, I'll quit rambling on now.... If I haven't scared you away yet...here is my story
It didn't take them as long as they expected to reach the London station and they were there thirty minutes before the train was scheduled to leave. His father pulled up in the front of the station, then getting out, helped put the trunk on top of a trolley that was waiting there. "Well Seamus, I guess this is it. I'll see you in December then. Do your best" His father said, giving him a hug and then standing by the car. Turning and waving to his dad, he then followed his mother into the train station and by the wall between platforms nine and ten. She stopped, then straightening out his shirt, said,
"Now, you remember how I told you to get through the wall?"
"Yes mum, you just walk though"
"That's my boy. Now I have to leave because your father needs to get to work. I want you to promise to send me an owl as soon as you get there. Don't forget to tell me what house your in. Be good, and don't you dare not think about coming home on Christmas." She gave him a hug. Saying on last goodbye to him mom, he turned the cart and closing him eyes her started walking towards the wall. He opened his eyes right as he was about to hit it, but instead of hitting it, he went right on through to another part of the train station. It was a large platform with a train in front of him labeled Hogwarts. There were people everywhere, some in regular clothes like Seamus had on, and some in robes. Not knowing what else to do, he placed his trunk on board the train, then got on himself and went to look for an empty compartment. About halfway through the train he found one, and sat down. He stared out the window at the train platform and just tried to relax. It was only ten thirty and he was already stressed out. He didn't know if he was going to be able to make it through the day. Just being able to comprehend the idea of being able to go through a wall was hard enough for him. Luckily there was a long train ride ahead of him. He wondered if he was going to have the compartment to himself, or was someone else going to come join him, and if so, would they be first years, or upper class man. After a while he looked at his watch and noticed that it was only ten minutes till the train left. Right as he was about to worry if anyone was going to come sit with him, two boys knocked on the compartment door and stuck their head in. One had dusty brown hair, and they other was darker looking.
"Can we come sit in here?"
"Sure" Seamus said, scooting over.
"Thanks" they both said, sitting down opposite from him.
"Are both of you first-years?" Seamus asked, once they were settled.
"Yes, My name is Justin" the brown haired boy said.
"And I'm Dean" said the other one.
"I'm Seamus," he said, finishing up the introductions.
"Are you a wizard?" Dean asked looking like he wasn't sure he should be asking this question or not.
"Not really, I'm not full blood, if that's what you are asking. My mam was a wizard and dad a muggle. What about you?"
"We are both full-blooded muggle...we actually went to the same school, but didn't realize till we met at the train station" Dean said. "Its amazing...This whole place is amazing."
The three boys hit it off instantly. They talked throughout the whole train ride, all about different things such as their old schools, and what they thought Hogwarts would be like. Seamus was the only one who had any idea about the wizarding world, and he didn't know much. They also talked about the houses. Seamus's mother had been in Ravenclaw, and he was pretty sure that's where he would be, he didn't really mind. Justin and Dean had no idea where they would be, since neither of them had parents or relatives they went there, but of course everyone wanted to be in Gryffindor, and no one wanted to be in Slytherin. Seamus had heard some bad stories about Slytherin, like how you-know-who was in Slytherin, and how most of the evil dark wizards come out of Slytherin. It didn't seem like long till they heard the conductor's voice saying that there was only ten minutes till the train was arriving at Hogwarts. Seamus found his trunk and got out a robe and his wand and then hurried back to the compartment. By the time he returned both Dean and Justin were already dressed. He slipped his robe over his head and sat down shaking. "You guys excited?" He said, trying to keep his voice calm. This was the most exciting moment of him whole life. He prayed he would like it, but deep down inside him, he didn't want to because he really did want to go to the same school as Horatio. The train stopped and everyone started hurrying into the hallways and off the train. Waiting till it was safe to go out, the three of them stepped off the train into the cold afternoon air. They made their way to another group of students who looked like they were first years by the way they were staring at everything in amazement and confusion. They didn't have to wait long till they heard a voice behind them call out
"Firs'-years! Firs'-years over here! C'mon, follow me- any more firs'-years? Mind you step now! Firs'-years follow me." Turning around, Seamus saw one of the largest men he had ever seen in his life. They walked towards him in their group. He was standing in front of a lake that was covered with mist from the cool afternoon air. On the lake were boats that floated aimlessly. "No more'n four to a boat" he called out. Seamus stepped into one of the boats, followed by Justin and Dean. A scared looking girl filled the other seat in the boat. "Right then-FORWARD!" then man cried out and the boats started to move. . He could see right about him the view of Hogwarts, a large castle with many turrets and towers standing on top of a mountain. The boats followed a certain path, as being pulled by an unknown force towards the castle. They went under it, and stopped in what seemed like a large harbor underneath the castle. All the first years got out of boats and stood in a huddled mass by a large oak door. The large man walked up to the door and knocked three times. The door opened and standing in the doorway was a tall black-haired witch "The firs'-years Professor McGonagall."
"Thank you Hagrid, I will take them from here." She stepped away from the doorway, and they all entered a dark hall lit only by torches, then followed her into a small chamber. "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 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 continued talking, but Seamus didn't really pay much attention because he was too busy looking around the room. " I shall return when we are ready for you, Please wait quietly." She then turned and left. The sorting ceremony, that can't be that bad. Wasn't it just a hat? Seamus thought to himself. That's what his mother had told him. He heard someone behind him whispering about it being some kind of painful test, and someone else said she heard that you had to perform some magic of some sort. All of a sudden Seamus felt a brush of cold air, and looking up saw a ghost right behind him. Seamus then heard someone scream behind him. Looking around the room he saw two ghosts, or what he thought we ghosts above him. They were arguing about something, but he couldn't tell what. Then all of a sudden one of them noticed the first years.
"New Students? About to be sorted, I suppose." One of the ghosts said, smiling down on them. Seamus was too startled to do anything. "Hope to see you in Hufflepuff! My old house, you know."
"Move along then," Prof. McGonagall said as she came back into the chamber. "Now form a line and follow me." Seamus quickly got in line behind Justin and Dean and slowly followed her out across a hall and into a hall that was bigger then he could have ever imagined any room could be. It was lit by thousand and thousands of candles, floating above the tables where the rest of the student body was sitting. Seamus looked up and down the line of first years and three people down he saw the girl he met in the wand shop. Beside her was a boy with bright red hair and beside him, which was also beside Seamus was another boy who looked like, if anyone provoked him, he might burst into tears, or scream, Seamus didn't know which.
"I wonder what's going to happen?" He whispered to Justin.
"I don't know" Justin whispered back. Right then, as to answer his question Prof. McGonagall placed a stool in the center of where they were standing, and then placed a torn and tattered hat upon it. 'I was right, it was a hat' thought Seamus. Everyone in the hall stared at the hall, till it started to twitch then, surprising Seamus, started to sing. (A/N: I don't have any desire to rewrite the whole song for you...if you have read the Harry Potter books, which I hope you have, you should know it...please please say yes)
When it was done with its song the whole hall burst into applause then quieted down as Prof. McGonagall stood up and pulled out a piece of parchment.
"When I call your name you will come up and put on the hat. Abbott, Hannah" A small girl that Seamus recognized as the girl in the boat with them came up and put on the hat.
"HUFFLEPUFF" it cried out as soon as she put the hat on her head. Prof. McGonagall called out some more names, and then she called out Justin's name. He slowly got out of line and went and sat down on the stool. It didn't take more then a second for the hate to call out "HUFFLEPUFF" Seamus suddenly had the real urge to be put in Hufflepuff just so he could be with Justin. He didn't have to wait long to find out what would happen because his name was called out right after Justin's. He quickly looked over at Dean, then slowly stepped to the stool and slid the hat over his head. He sat in silence for what seemed like forever till amazingly to him, the hat spoke. "Humm...this is going to be a tough one. Your mother was in Ravenclaw and for some reason you want to be in hufflepuff. Both of those won't work for you though." Not slytherin...please not slytherin Seamus begged in his head. "No, of course not, I would never put you in Slytherin, that wouldn't work...so that leaves GRYFFINDOR" He took the hat off his head and walked slowly over to the Gryffindor table and sat down. He was happy that he was in Gryffindor. That's the most desired house after all, but he really wished he could have been with Justin. Oh well, maybe Dean will be put in this house as well, one can only hope. He turned in his chair and watched the rest of the sorting ceremony take place. A couple more names went by then he heard the name of Hermione Granger. Seamus looked up and saw the girl from the wand shop step out of line and confidently walk up to the stool and pull the hat over her head. "GRYFFINDOR" It quickly cried out and She jumped off the stool and came running down and sat down next to Seamus.
"Seamus, right?" she whispered.
"Right, we met in the wand shop at Dragon Alley" Seamus replied.
"Right, Who else do you think will be in Gryffindor?"
"I don't know" Seamus said, looking up at the rest of the first years up in line. There was Hermione, another girl, and himself at this time who were Gryffindor, so he didn't rightfully know whom else. "I'm guessing him" He pointed to the boy with red hair who had been standing two people beside him in the line. He had seen three other people at the Gryffindor table who looked related to him.
"That's Ron, I met him on the train" Hermione responded to that. It was then that they found another member to their Gryffindor group because a clumsy boy had just been called Gryffindor, and came down and sat next to Hermione. "Hey Neville" Hermione said when he sat down. "This is Seamus"
"Hey" the boy said stuttering and looking over at Seamus. They didn't get to talk any more because right then Prof. McGonagall said a name that caused a hush silence to fall over the entire student body. Seamus looked up and saw the small boy who had been standing next to him in the line go up and put on the hat.
"Who was that?" Seamus whispered to Hermione.
"That was Harry Potter" She whispered back.
"Who's that?" He replied confused.
"He was the one who defeated You-know-who," she said. "I read it in one of my history books." Seamus wished, at this time that he had kept up with his wizard history more. A couple seconds later the hat cried out "GRYFFINDOR" and Harry quickly got up and walked shakily over the Gryffindor's table. He finally sat down in the vacant seat next to Seamus, after having his hand shook numerous times, and patted on the back till he looked like he was about to fall over from all the Gryffinors. Seamus looked back up at the line and noticed that there weren't that many people left to be sorted. Dean was one of them, as was the red haired boy. Dean stepped up to the stool and as soon as the hat touched his head it cried out "GRYFFINDOR" Dean ran down to the table and plopped down next to Neville, letting out a loud sigh. Seamus gave him a thumb's up sign when he sat down. After two more people the name Ron Weasly was read off, and the boy stepped up the stool. Seamus could hear Harry beside him hold his breath, and as soon as the hat shouted out "GRYFFINDOR" he let it go in a loud sigh. Ron ran down and sat next to Harry. When the last girl was placed in Slytherin. Prof. McGonagall rolled up the scroll and took the sorting hat away. Seamus looked over to the Slytherin table and was glad he wasn't placed there. The whole table looked like it was out to get you. He looked around my table and saw a bunch of cheery people. Everyone was smiling and having fun. Then a man, who looked like he might be the headmaster, stood up and everyone was silent. He was an old looking man, but one that demanded respect. He started to speak
"Welcome, Welcome to a New Year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! Thank you" Then he sat down and on our plates that before were empty were filled with food. Seamus quickly ate as much food as he could because he was starving, and the breakfast that he had at home seems so long ago.
I know...I know ... I should at least get through the end of the day on this one, but I just don't have the time and the courage to go that far at this point in my life...ok, erase that...I just don't have the time and I want to get this part up before I go home from school for Christmas and lose contact with a computer till January. Just you wait, I'll finish his first day sooner or later