Chapter 5
James:
"Uh-oh," Lily muttered.
"What?" I asked.
"I've always been chosen last for things. In school, you know? What if…" she trailed off. She looked like she could slap herself. "Don't Lily, don't!" she whispered to herself.
"What's the matter?" I asked.
"You wouldn't understand," said Lily.
"Abscissa, Lucy!" A short pudgy girl ran forward and the hat had barely touched her head when the hat shouted:
"RAVENCLAW!"
Lily:
I closed my eyes, trying not to look at the hat. I listened as the kids' names were shouted and as the hat sorted them.
"Black, Sirius!"
"GRYFFINDOR!" I opened my eyes for this one and clapped with the rest of the hall. I felt a wave of sickness come over me again and shut my eyes tightly.
"Brown, Mary-Anne!"
"RAVENCLAW!"
"Buckley, Caitlin!"
"GRYFFINDOR!"
"Carey, Grace!"
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
"Coles, Sally!"
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
"Collier, William!"
"RAVENCLAW!"
"Crabbe, Charles!"
"SLYTHERIN!"
"Evans, Lily!" I opened my eyes, turned to James and gave him a pleading look. He gave me a little push towards the hat.
"Good luck Lily," he whispered. I walked unsteadily to the hat. I sat down and put the hat on.
"Hmmm. You're a tricky one you are. This will be my hardest descision tonight. You weren't listening to the song I see. Well, let's have a looksy. Loyal beyond belief, not much confidence. What's this? A wall? I don't know Miss Evans. You'll have to break it down someday. It'll save a friendship. I'll put you with him, you'll end up together even if I don't. So, I was going to put him in GRYFFINDOR!" The last word was shouted to the hall. I took off the hat and, still shaking, walked and sat next to Sirius.
"Nice work, Lily," he whispered and "Figg, Arabella" came to join us at "GRYFFINDOR".
"Fletcher, Mundungus!"
"GRYFFINDOR!"
"Greene, Graham!"
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
"Gorgon, Narcissa!"
"SLYTHERIN!"
"Goyle, Matthew!"
"SLYTHERIN!"
"Herrin, Sage!"
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
(A/N: Skip a bit if you don't want to know every kid in their year. But pay attention @ the end, a big surprise. Damn, I've said too much already! Oh well. If you're smart you know what it is already. If you don't know, don't feel bad. You're probably not as stupid as I think you are. J/K, J/K! That was way too long…)
"Jones, Sally!"
"RAVENCLAW!"
"Lewine, Annie!"
"RAVENCLAW!"
"Lupin, Remus!"
"GRYFFINDOR!"
"Lynch, Adian!"
"RAVENCLAW!"
"Macnair, Walden!"
"SLYTHERIN!"
"Malfoy, Lucius!"
"SLYTHERIN!"
"Mifflin, Alex!"
"RAVENCLAW!"
"Miniver, Scarlet!"
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
"Nott, Henry!" (a/n: is that his name? I didn't know. See GoF for reference.)
"SLYTHERIN!"
"Pettigrew, Peter!" (a/n: You belong in hell 'Wormtail' you don't deserve friends like these! Hate him, sorry…)
"GRYFFINDOR!"
James:
There were now very few of us left. I clapped for Lily when she made it to Gryffindor, as I did with Sirius, Remus and Peter. I was nervous. There was only one spot in Gryffindor left. I had counted thirty two and figured eight to each house. There were seven in Gryffindor now.
"Potter, James!" The professor called my name. I stood frozen for a second, then I stumbled towards the Sorting hat. I sat on the stool and jammed the hat onto my head.
"I know right where you're going to be. I remember your father, took much longer for him. I see a lot of him in you, though much more courage. You even know where your going to be. I suggest Divination in your third year, but I know she won't want to take it. Oh well, another Seer lost. It happens to the best of them. You know where I'm going to put you. GRYFFINDOR!" I walked shakily to the table and sat down on Peter's left side, next to Lily. Lily had put her head down on the table, and I strongly suspected she had fallen asleep.
"Sinclair, John!"
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
"Smith, Catherine!"
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
"Snape, Serverus!"
"SLYTHERIN!"
"Swanson, Michelle!"
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
(A/N: Pay attention now!!! Surprise is now!)
"Turnbull, Saria!"
"SLYTHERIN!" I looked up and stared at her as she walked smugly er to the Slytherin table and sit next to the only other girl in their year. There was only one girl left. I had calculated where she was going to be.
"Turpin, Emily!"
"Ravenclaw," I whispered to Lily. She looked at me in disbelief as the hat called:
"RAVENCLAW!"
A/N: See if you can figure out who the people are. Yeah, James is a Seer, how weird. I surprise myself sometimes. I'll post a lot over the weekend, I've got nothing better to do. If you recognize it, I don't own it. PG for those two little outbursts. My apologies to people who like Peter, though why you would…
Coming in Part 4: First classes, some taunting and the beginning of a triangle…