Disclaimer:Okay,I have a lot to put in here :-) First of all, I don't own Harry Potter or anything related to it. I DO own my characters, Alexis, and one other person.Now, the next order of buisness, I do NOT own the names Mark, Heather, Tommy, Justin, Charles, Brian, Amy, Eric, James or Curtis.They all belong to my friends from school and I thought it'd be fun to include them in the Sorting.

Chapter 7

The door slid open with a bang making them all gasp and jump.

"Well done, you seemed to have fooled them all," came a drawling voice.Then someone snickered.Draco Malfoy was standing in the doorway flanked by Crabbe and Goyle.Hermione, Ron, and Harry spun around to look at the other three.Alexis looked at Draco, disgruntled."I could've pulled the whole thing off if you hadn't barged in like that." she said. At this, Harry, Hermione, and Ron all looked at her sternly.She smiled sweetly, "It made for an interesting ride, didn't it?"

Hermione was the first to speak up. "Alexis, that is NOT a thing to lie or joke about," she said in a soft yet stern voice.

"Oh, come on, it was a good story wasn't it?I mean, admit it, I had you lot fooled."

Hermione sighed,"Yes, I'm sure you had us fooled, but we were truly concerned for you.You took advantage of our caring and you should be very ashamed of yourself," she said in a very mother-like way.She curled up with a book to read.Harry and Ron engaged in a very interesting conversation about the upcoming Quidditch tournament this year.Draco and his cronies left and Alexis took a small rat out of her pocket that she had found in Diagon Alley.

The trip went on uneventfully and soon, after they had changed into their robes,Hermione pinning a Prefect badge to the front of hers(A/N:no surprise there), they were at Hogsmeade station.Everyone swarmed out and Hagrid's voice came booming out above all the others.

"Firs' years follow me!Over here firs' years!" he looked down at Hermione, Harry, and Ron, waved, and said, "You lo' alrigh'?" and lumbered off toward the lake.Among the crowd was Alexis looking a bit small in the midst of rain and other children.

Hermione, Ron, and Harry got a carriage to themselves, that is if you don't count the tall, pale looking girl with shoulde-length blonde hair.She did not look happy at all about being stuck in a carriage with the three.She gave them a sharp look as she stepped in then looked out the window.

After a few moments, everyone was either in the Entrance or Great Hall.The first years stood around nervously.Harry, Hermione, and Ron took their spots at the Gryffindor table next to the one of the Weasley twins.As usual, Ron was rushing the Sorting Ceremony along grumbling about being hungry.Everyone in the Great Hall waited for Proffessor McGonagall to bring in the first years, and then place the Sorting Hat on the three-legged stool.She did this after about 10 minutes and a hush fell over the hall.

A seam opened near the brim of the hat and he began his song:

"Oh you may not think I'm pretty,

but don't judge on what you see

I'll eat myself if you can find

a smarter hat than me

You can keep your bowlers black

Your top hats sleek and tall

For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat

And I can cap them all

There's nothing hidden in your head,

The Sorting Hat can't see,

So try me on and I will tell you,

where you ought to be

You may belong in Gryffindor

where dwell the brave at heart

Their daring nerve and chivalry,

set Gryffindors apart....

And he went on through the whole song, with all the first years watching nervously.

"Now, once your name is called, I want you to come up and place the Sorting Hat on your head." said the Proffessor.There were looks of relief and some confusion on the first years standing at the front of the hall.

"Sutton, Heather," called McGonagall.A tall girl with short brown hair and just a tiny bit of freckles walked up to the Sorting Hat fearlessly.You can tell by the looks of her, that she must be pureblood.The hat took less then a moment to decide before shouting out,"SLYTHERIN!" She smiled triumphantly and walked to the Slytherin table to a tumult of applause.

"Wolff,Amy" was called and a little blonde girl who looked a bit nervous but was smiling nevertheless, walked up to the stool.It only took a few seconds before the hat shouted out the word,"GRYFFINDOR!" The girl looked extremely excited as she ran to the Gryffindor table.She sat by Hermione who was looking rather happy for her.

"Stadler,James," was called next and a short black haired boy stepped up to the hat.After what seemed like five minutes, he was sorted in Ravenclaw.

"Tabor, Mark" was sorted into Gryffindor.He looked shy and quiet as he sat next to a girl named Chrissy who had previously been sorted into the same house.

"Wiegand,Curtis," a tall, rather mean looking boy was sorted into Hufflepuff.He seemed very displeased at his luck and jammed the hat back onto his head to try to make it re-sort him.Everyone in the hall laughed and Proffessor McGonagall took the hat from him saying to go sit at the Hufflepuff table.He did this draggin his feet.

"Conyers,Brian" was called next and was sorted into Slytherin.The whole Slytherin table clapped and that's when Harry noticed that the tall blonde haired girl they had seen at the carriage was sitting across from Draco.They were both facing the front of the hall and Harry was amazed at how alike they looked. He was drawn back to the Sorting when "Hendon, Charles," a tall boy with red hair that was styled in a sort of mohawk was sorted also into Hufflepuff.He, too seemed disappointed and went to sit next to Curtis.

"Tobin,Eric" was called and a tall blonde boy with glasses walked up.The hat wasn't on his head for more then 10 seconds before it shouted "RAVENCLAW!"

"Gillman,Thomas," was called to try on the hat.A tall brown-haired boy with a pair of jeans and a shirt with flames and a blue dragon emerging from them stepped up.He had a cool and calm look on his face as if he already knew what house he was going to be in.The hat barely touched his head before shouting, "SLYTHERIN!" The Slytherin table applauded and Heather clapped harder then anyone else.He walked to the Slytherin table.

"George,Justin," was next and a clumsy looking boy with brown hair walked up to the hat nervously.he nearly tripped along the way making some people snicker.He put the hat on his head and sat there for what seemed like an hour.Everyone was nearly asleep when it finally shouted "GRYFFINDOR!" waking everyone.There was scattered applause as everyone stretched out.

Proffessor McGonagall stopped as she came to the next name.Finally, she cleared her throat and read out,"Alexis Potter..."

(A/N: I didn't go in alphabetical order for the Sorting, btw, because I wanted to get in all my friends before Alexis :-) )