Chapter 3-The Missing Hat
When they reached the castle of Hogwarts, everything seemed very different. There were so many more people than usual. And, Hagrid was not there to take the first years by boat to the castle, they all had to walk. (Hagrid was the gamekeeper at the castle, and he was last years Care of Magical Creatures Teacher)
Harry saw how disappointed that all of the first years were because they couldn't sail across the giant lake. Harry remembered his first year. He was so nervous, he knew close to nothing about the wizarding world. Back then he wished he wasn't told he was a wizard, because he was so scared that he would be killed by Voldemort.
While they were walking Hermione leaned over to Harry and said, "I never knew what it was like to lose someone before. Now I've lost someone who was killed by the evilest 'man' in the world. I now think I feel how you feel, but just not as bad. I still have my mom, you have no one."
Harry's eye's welled up. Harry never realized how bad Hermione was hurting, he never knew her dad, and he didn't like muggles too much. Again, Harry leaned over and gave Hermione a deep hug. He had someone who finally felt close to as he did. He finally had someone he could share his deepest feelings with because of this one thing. It was wonderful.
As they entered the entrance hall, the wonderful smell of the food that was being prepared wafted through all of their nostrils.
"FIRST YEARS THIS WAY!" screamed Professor McGonagall, head of the Griffyndor house.
All of the first years then followed Professor McGonnagall into the great hall.
The wizarding school of Hogwarts is divided into four different houses. These houses are; Griffyndor, Hufflepuff, Slytherin, and Ravenclaw and each house has its own students. The students are picked into their houses according to their personalities. The Griffyndor house was know for bravness, and this Harry Potter had. Him, Hermione, and Ron were all part of the Griffyndor house.
As the students waited in the entrance hall, Peeves, the school's poltergeist, was seen flying round sulking.
"What's wrong, Peeves?" shouted Lee Jordan, one of Fred and Georges friends.
"Dumbledore told me to lea-ve." Peeves started to cry into his long robes.
"HAHA-HA-HA! I fooled you! Hehehehe." At that Peeves spat at Lee, and then ran off very happily.
Fred and George were Ron's older brothers. Along with these two and Bill, Ron had another older brother named Charlie and a younger sister (a year younger, actually) named Ginny. Since there were so many people in Ron's family, he was often given hand-me-downs from his older brothers. One time Fred gave him a robe that totally disapeared if you didn't shower the night before.
"That," as Ron tells his friends almost never, "was the most embarassing moment of my life. I was just sitting and class and all the sudden all I had left was my underwear"
Just then Professor McGonagall stormed out of the Great Hall. She seemed a mixture of angry and sad. She was rushing toward Professor Dumbledore's office. A lot of murmurs started going through the croud.
Draco Malfoy stepped up to where Harry was standing.
"I know what she's all angry about," he said. "Someone took the Sorting Hat!"
The sorting hat is a magical hat that all of the first years put on. The hat determines which house the students will go to. It does this by somehow reading the students minds.
Harry felt so angry. He didn't quite know why, but a surge of pure hat for Malfoy rushed through him. It was probably because the sorting hat had let him stay out of Slytherin in his first year. You see, all of the students that go into Slytherin normally come out as Dark and bad wizards.
Professor McGonagall stepped out of Dumbledore office. She told everyone to enter the great hall immediately. Everyone sat down and looked up at the stool where the Sorting Hat normally stood.
Professor McGonagall put her wand up to her throat and muttered, "Sonorous."
This spell, as Harry had found out the year before, makes peoples voices much louder.
"I have just received some disturbing information," boomed the Headmistress. "It seems there has been a theft." Everyone in the Great Hall gasped. "Our beloved Sorting Hat has been stolen. I am asking for every Prefect to go to their houses and search. You will also be accompanied by our school bodyguards." The Professor smiled sweetly and sat down.
Hermione stood up. "Uh-I forgot to tell you guys but I got a letter from an owl this year." She pulled a shiny object from her Cloak pocket. "I'M A PREFECT!" She sounded very excited when she said this.
Only about ten of the bodyguards stayed. All of the others were leaving to help with the search. It seemed like hours before some people started coming back into the Great Hall, and everyone who was waiting was very hungry.
The first Party to come back was Hufflepuff. They walked into the Great Hall and shook their heads. Then the Slytherin Group came back in, and also looked very sad, and they shook their heads too.
About 15 minutes later their were many footsteps heard outside the Great Hall, and walked in the Ravenclaw and Griffyndor groups holding and old battered hat that was yelling at them.
When they reached the castle of Hogwarts, everything seemed very different. There were so many more people than usual. And, Hagrid was not there to take the first years by boat to the castle, they all had to walk. (Hagrid was the gamekeeper at the castle, and he was last years Care of Magical Creatures Teacher)
Harry saw how disappointed that all of the first years were because they couldn't sail across the giant lake. Harry remembered his first year. He was so nervous, he knew close to nothing about the wizarding world. Back then he wished he wasn't told he was a wizard, because he was so scared that he would be killed by Voldemort.
While they were walking Hermione leaned over to Harry and said, "I never knew what it was like to lose someone before. Now I've lost someone who was killed by the evilest 'man' in the world. I now think I feel how you feel, but just not as bad. I still have my mom, you have no one."
Harry's eye's welled up. Harry never realized how bad Hermione was hurting, he never knew her dad, and he didn't like muggles too much. Again, Harry leaned over and gave Hermione a deep hug. He had someone who finally felt close to as he did. He finally had someone he could share his deepest feelings with because of this one thing. It was wonderful.
As they entered the entrance hall, the wonderful smell of the food that was being prepared wafted through all of their nostrils.
"FIRST YEARS THIS WAY!" screamed Professor McGonagall, head of the Griffyndor house.
All of the first years then followed Professor McGonnagall into the great hall.
The wizarding school of Hogwarts is divided into four different houses. These houses are; Griffyndor, Hufflepuff, Slytherin, and Ravenclaw and each house has its own students. The students are picked into their houses according to their personalities. The Griffyndor house was know for bravness, and this Harry Potter had. Him, Hermione, and Ron were all part of the Griffyndor house.
As the students waited in the entrance hall, Peeves, the school's poltergeist, was seen flying round sulking.
"What's wrong, Peeves?" shouted Lee Jordan, one of Fred and Georges friends.
"Dumbledore told me to lea-ve." Peeves started to cry into his long robes.
"HAHA-HA-HA! I fooled you! Hehehehe." At that Peeves spat at Lee, and then ran off very happily.
Fred and George were Ron's older brothers. Along with these two and Bill, Ron had another older brother named Charlie and a younger sister (a year younger, actually) named Ginny. Since there were so many people in Ron's family, he was often given hand-me-downs from his older brothers. One time Fred gave him a robe that totally disapeared if you didn't shower the night before.
"That," as Ron tells his friends almost never, "was the most embarassing moment of my life. I was just sitting and class and all the sudden all I had left was my underwear"
Just then Professor McGonagall stormed out of the Great Hall. She seemed a mixture of angry and sad. She was rushing toward Professor Dumbledore's office. A lot of murmurs started going through the croud.
Draco Malfoy stepped up to where Harry was standing.
"I know what she's all angry about," he said. "Someone took the Sorting Hat!"
The sorting hat is a magical hat that all of the first years put on. The hat determines which house the students will go to. It does this by somehow reading the students minds.
Harry felt so angry. He didn't quite know why, but a surge of pure hat for Malfoy rushed through him. It was probably because the sorting hat had let him stay out of Slytherin in his first year. You see, all of the students that go into Slytherin normally come out as Dark and bad wizards.
Professor McGonagall stepped out of Dumbledore office. She told everyone to enter the great hall immediately. Everyone sat down and looked up at the stool where the Sorting Hat normally stood.
Professor McGonagall put her wand up to her throat and muttered, "Sonorous."
This spell, as Harry had found out the year before, makes peoples voices much louder.
"I have just received some disturbing information," boomed the Headmistress. "It seems there has been a theft." Everyone in the Great Hall gasped. "Our beloved Sorting Hat has been stolen. I am asking for every Prefect to go to their houses and search. You will also be accompanied by our school bodyguards." The Professor smiled sweetly and sat down.
Hermione stood up. "Uh-I forgot to tell you guys but I got a letter from an owl this year." She pulled a shiny object from her Cloak pocket. "I'M A PREFECT!" She sounded very excited when she said this.
Only about ten of the bodyguards stayed. All of the others were leaving to help with the search. It seemed like hours before some people started coming back into the Great Hall, and everyone who was waiting was very hungry.
The first Party to come back was Hufflepuff. They walked into the Great Hall and shook their heads. Then the Slytherin Group came back in, and also looked very sad, and they shook their heads too.
About 15 minutes later their were many footsteps heard outside the Great Hall, and walked in the Ravenclaw and Griffyndor groups holding and old battered hat that was yelling at them.
