First Year
Chapter Two:Arrival
"Are you sure you'll be all right?" "Yes mom, I'll be fine." "Here's some money for chocolate frogs." "Thanks dad." "John, she has enough money for sweets as it is." "But she might make a friend that she can share it with." "*sigh* I'll never win." "Hey, It's the Weasleys and Harry!" As soon as she spotted them Zelan ran towards them."Hi guys!" "Hey Zelan!" "I can't believe that I'm gonna be going to Hogwarts. It's unreal." "Yeah, I remember my first time, it was so weird." Once all of their stuff had been taken care of and everyone had said goodbye they got on the train. Harry,Hermione,Ron,and Zelan were in a cabin.The twins,Ginny,and another kid that the twins knew from last year were in another cabin. Once the train had started moving Zelan asked Harry something."Whose she?" "That's Hermione. If you ever need help with your homework just ask her." "If I'm in your house anyway." "You still could even if you're not. She's in the library a lot and she's always happy to show off." "Hey! That's not very kind." "Sorry Hermione, but it is true." "Leave her alone Harry." "Sorry Ron." "It's ok." After a couple minutes Zelan asked another question. "Hey Hermione?" "Yeah?" "What do you think of Professor Snape? Ron seems to hate him and Hary isn't excactly fond of him but I don't think he's really all that bad." "Well I guess it kind of depends on what you view as good or bad. He Definitely favors Slytherin, which is the house that he's head of, and always acts like he hates Harry's guts but he's saved his life at least once. So I guess that it really just depends on what you think." "Oh, ok." "So just how do you know Snape anyway?" This time it was Hermione who was asking the questions."Well just a little bit after I had bumped into Harry I was buying some of my other stuff and I bumped into him." "Oh. You seem to have a bit of a problem with that don't you?" "Yeah, I know. I wonder what house I'll be put in."
After a bit of thought Ron said "Well you definitely won't be in Slytherin, you're too nice." Zelan glared at him and said "Well how do you know that some of those Slytherins aren't actually nice? It certainly sounds like you don't give them much of a chance. As soon as they get put in Slytherin you just go "Well they're in Slytherin so they MUST be evil and nasty". That's just ridiculous. You judge them before you so much as know their name." "No I don't! I do not do that! I give them a chance." "Well it certainly doesn't sound like it, but then again, what do I know? I'm just a lowly first year while you are a high and mighty fifth year." "Alright you two, that is enough. We're almost there anyway." Harry finally spoke up. Zelan and Ron just glared at each other for the rest of the trip.Hermione whispered to Harry "I almost hope that she doesn't get put in Gryffindor. If she is then we'll have to constantly pull them off of each other's throats." "Actually I think that they might keep each other in line." "True. Well we'll just have to see how things play out."
When the train arrived everyone walked off and Zelan and Ron were still glaring at each other and they kept glaring at each other until the first years were seperated from everyone else to ride the boats across to get to Hogwarts. When they got to the other side the others were already in their places. Professor McGonagall gave her little lecture and then they went in to be sorted. Zelan was one of the first couple of kids called up. When the hat was put on her head it just sort of sat there for awhile. Finally it spoke to her "Well well, you certainly are an interesting one. A mixture of traits that could put you in just about any of the houses. You are good with formulas and the like, You will often use any means possible to acheive your end, but you do have a limit on how far you will go, You're quite loyal and would make a good friend to anyone, and you are quite brave. It's really up to you. What would you like?" "I don't know, I would like to be with my friends in Gryffindor but I'd also like to prove Ron wrong by getting into Slytherin. The other two don't really matter to me." "Well you certainly have a good head for potions and the current potions teacher rather favors the Slytherins. That's about all I can help with." "Well I think I'll go with Gryffindor because it would do even better to befriend a Slytherin while in Gryffindor. Yes, I choose Gryffindor." "Well have fun in potions, I know you'll be good at it.GRYFFINDOR!" When Zelan got off of the stool she noticed that everyone was looking at her sort of strangely. *I guess I was up there a pretty long time* As she headed to the Gryffindor table she looked at the teachers table. She saw Professor Snape staring at her with a strange look on his face. She couldn't quite tell what it was but she thought that she could see surprise and curiosity in that jumble of emotions.
Dumbledore, noticing the look on Snape's face, asked him "Are you all right?" "Yes, yes, I'm fine" "Well you certainly don't look it. Just what did the sorting hat say that has you so upset?" "Nothing" "Well it obviously said something." "It is not important." "*sigh* If you say so Severus." As more first years were sorted McGonagall asked Dumbledore "What's wrong with Snape?" "I'm not sure, he wouldn't tell me. It was something to do with what the sorting hat said to that girl." "What do you mean what the sorting hat said?" "Well after she had been sitting up there for awhile it was pretty obvious that they were haveing a conversation so I allowed Snape to listen in and see, I mean hear, what was going on." "Oh. I wonder what the hat said?" "So do I Minerva, so do I."
Why did what the hat say affect Snape so much? Well hopefully I'll be able to get to that in the next chapter.And as always, Please Review! >^.^
