~*~ © Kitty ~*~
Author: Kitty
Disclaimer: I own the plot and some characters (i.e., the twins and Gemini). Most of the other characters belong to J K Rowling.
A/N: I know, I know, it's fairly long right now, but it will get shorter, I promise.
The Sorting
"Firs' years! Firs' years, over 'ere! Four to a boat!"
A rather large man, possibly twice the size of any normal human, was calling the first years over. As tradition, the first year students rowed in boats, across the lake, to get to the Hogwarts castle.
Gem hopped in a boat with Lily, James and Sirius.
As soon as everyone was inside, Gem felt nerves. How were they to be sorted, and was it really painful? At home, Penny had been winding up her children, saying that it had been very difficult for her to be sorted. And Gemini never doubted her mother.
Bringing herself to the present, Gemini got incredibly bored, nothing to do, nothing to do.
Gem looked at the wall, there were a lot of small niches in the brick, and it looked easy to climb.
"Hey, James, Sirius," she called over, pointing to the wall, "Race?"
"Okay," the boys seemed pretty confident, and guessed the glittering green eyes that their friend wore were of excitement, not of the devious trick she was setting for them.
Gemini put one foot on a brick and rested her hand in to a small hole in the wall.
"Set . Go!"
Gem stood still as the boys climbed, not noticing that one of their competitors was still on the ground.
"What on Earth?"
Gemini snorted, in an attempt to fight back giggles. A teacher, hopefully an important one, had walked into the Entrance Hall, to see two first-years climbing a wall.
"Come back down, instantly! We do not except behaviour like this at Hogwarts! Detentions, and before the sorting!" the woman had muttered the last sentence to herself: Gemini's acute hearing had still picked it up.
Gemini definitely did not like this teacher, she looked strict; her glasses were perched and very carefully balanced, onto the tip of her nose and her brown hair was tied in a tight bun on the top of head. All ears were given to her as she gave her supposed welcome speech.
"Welcome to Hogwarts. My name is Professor McGonagall, I am head of Gryffindor house and I teach transfiguration. You will now be sorted into your houses: Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff or Slytherin. Mr. Potter, Mr. Black, you will see me after the sorting, along with Mr. Lupin and Miss Potter."
Everyone talked quietly to each other, wondering what "Mr. Lupin and Miss Potter" had done wrong.
As the first-year students walked into the Great Hall, Gemini was only vaguely aware of a crowded hall staring straight at them. Looking up, she saw the crystal clear, night sky overhead, the ceiling being a reflection of outdoors. A ragged hat stood on a three-legged stool in front of the staff table. Gem's gaze froze on the hat, wondering what magical properties it had. She found out: the hat's seam tore open as it burst into song. 'How can anyone listen to a damned hat singing!' was what Gemini wanted to furiously scream at the teachers. She didn't listen, just stared gob smacked at everyone else. The hat stopped its cheery show and the Great Hall filled with applause.
"As your name is called you will put on the hat and sit on the stool," as Professor McGonagall began to call out names, Gemini realised it would probably be the easiest thing she'd done in her life.
"Aitkin, Tina"
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
Applaud from the Hufflepuff table.
'I'm waiting, I'm waiting!' Gemini realised how impatient she was truly being and silenced her own thoughts.
"Black, Sirius"
The hat had barely touched his head when it yelled,
"GRYFFINDOR!"
-Applause-
After a wait that seemed eternity to Gemini, Remus was called up. Gem had only paid attention to the sorting of Embers and Cinders, Lily and Sirius, and Crabbe and Goyle, friends, acquaintances and enemies. Now she was paying the most attention ever, desperately using her skills to find out what was going on in Remus' brain . nothing. Gemini realised he had been sitting with the hat on his head for a while.
Then, finally.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
There was uproar and applause from the Gryffindor table.
"Malfoy, Lucius"
A few tittered and the staff looked disapprovingly at Malfoy, his hair still hot pink, but fading slightly by now.
"SLYTHERIN!"
Lots of sorting. finally.
"Potter, Gemini"
'Oh Gods!' -sigh-
Gem walked up to the stool and sat down, the hat on her head.
-Interesting-
'Great,' Gem thought to herself, 'Now I'm insane! A talking hat!'
-You would be great in Slytherin, you know-
Gem did not mean to yell aloud, but she did all the same.
"If you put me in there, I swear, I will-!" she was cut short by Professor McGonagall, who was holding her by the shoulders. Gem hadn't realised her hand was posed over the hat, which she had thrown on the floor, ready to curse it and to tear it to shreds. It was quite a relief to be restrained; the Professor had probably just saved her from a detention. Gemini was suddenly wary of the faces staring at her, a few giggling behind hands. 'Nice one, Gem! You've just shoved your popularity back down to zero!' her mind taunted.
-Well, obviously not Slytherin, - "GRYFFINDOR!"-Then-
"Gods!" Gem sat down by Sirius and tried to avert her attention to James' sorting.
"Nice one, Gem! I'm sure I'll be glad to have Miss Temper in my house!"
"Shut up, Sirius!"
"What were you planning to do to the poor hat anyway?"
"Tear it's seams apart," Gem stopped to applaud her brother into Gryffindor, "and, see Malfoy's hair." her now green eyes glittered mischievously.
~*~
After the feast, and a speech from the headmaster, Professor Dumbledore, everyone was dismissed to his or her houserooms, apart from, James, Gemini, Sirius and Remus.
Author: Kitty
Disclaimer: I own the plot and some characters (i.e., the twins and Gemini). Most of the other characters belong to J K Rowling.
A/N: I know, I know, it's fairly long right now, but it will get shorter, I promise.
The Sorting
"Firs' years! Firs' years, over 'ere! Four to a boat!"
A rather large man, possibly twice the size of any normal human, was calling the first years over. As tradition, the first year students rowed in boats, across the lake, to get to the Hogwarts castle.
Gem hopped in a boat with Lily, James and Sirius.
As soon as everyone was inside, Gem felt nerves. How were they to be sorted, and was it really painful? At home, Penny had been winding up her children, saying that it had been very difficult for her to be sorted. And Gemini never doubted her mother.
Bringing herself to the present, Gemini got incredibly bored, nothing to do, nothing to do.
Gem looked at the wall, there were a lot of small niches in the brick, and it looked easy to climb.
"Hey, James, Sirius," she called over, pointing to the wall, "Race?"
"Okay," the boys seemed pretty confident, and guessed the glittering green eyes that their friend wore were of excitement, not of the devious trick she was setting for them.
Gemini put one foot on a brick and rested her hand in to a small hole in the wall.
"Set . Go!"
Gem stood still as the boys climbed, not noticing that one of their competitors was still on the ground.
"What on Earth?"
Gemini snorted, in an attempt to fight back giggles. A teacher, hopefully an important one, had walked into the Entrance Hall, to see two first-years climbing a wall.
"Come back down, instantly! We do not except behaviour like this at Hogwarts! Detentions, and before the sorting!" the woman had muttered the last sentence to herself: Gemini's acute hearing had still picked it up.
Gemini definitely did not like this teacher, she looked strict; her glasses were perched and very carefully balanced, onto the tip of her nose and her brown hair was tied in a tight bun on the top of head. All ears were given to her as she gave her supposed welcome speech.
"Welcome to Hogwarts. My name is Professor McGonagall, I am head of Gryffindor house and I teach transfiguration. You will now be sorted into your houses: Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff or Slytherin. Mr. Potter, Mr. Black, you will see me after the sorting, along with Mr. Lupin and Miss Potter."
Everyone talked quietly to each other, wondering what "Mr. Lupin and Miss Potter" had done wrong.
As the first-year students walked into the Great Hall, Gemini was only vaguely aware of a crowded hall staring straight at them. Looking up, she saw the crystal clear, night sky overhead, the ceiling being a reflection of outdoors. A ragged hat stood on a three-legged stool in front of the staff table. Gem's gaze froze on the hat, wondering what magical properties it had. She found out: the hat's seam tore open as it burst into song. 'How can anyone listen to a damned hat singing!' was what Gemini wanted to furiously scream at the teachers. She didn't listen, just stared gob smacked at everyone else. The hat stopped its cheery show and the Great Hall filled with applause.
"As your name is called you will put on the hat and sit on the stool," as Professor McGonagall began to call out names, Gemini realised it would probably be the easiest thing she'd done in her life.
"Aitkin, Tina"
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
Applaud from the Hufflepuff table.
'I'm waiting, I'm waiting!' Gemini realised how impatient she was truly being and silenced her own thoughts.
"Black, Sirius"
The hat had barely touched his head when it yelled,
"GRYFFINDOR!"
-Applause-
After a wait that seemed eternity to Gemini, Remus was called up. Gem had only paid attention to the sorting of Embers and Cinders, Lily and Sirius, and Crabbe and Goyle, friends, acquaintances and enemies. Now she was paying the most attention ever, desperately using her skills to find out what was going on in Remus' brain . nothing. Gemini realised he had been sitting with the hat on his head for a while.
Then, finally.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
There was uproar and applause from the Gryffindor table.
"Malfoy, Lucius"
A few tittered and the staff looked disapprovingly at Malfoy, his hair still hot pink, but fading slightly by now.
"SLYTHERIN!"
Lots of sorting. finally.
"Potter, Gemini"
'Oh Gods!' -sigh-
Gem walked up to the stool and sat down, the hat on her head.
-Interesting-
'Great,' Gem thought to herself, 'Now I'm insane! A talking hat!'
-You would be great in Slytherin, you know-
Gem did not mean to yell aloud, but she did all the same.
"If you put me in there, I swear, I will-!" she was cut short by Professor McGonagall, who was holding her by the shoulders. Gem hadn't realised her hand was posed over the hat, which she had thrown on the floor, ready to curse it and to tear it to shreds. It was quite a relief to be restrained; the Professor had probably just saved her from a detention. Gemini was suddenly wary of the faces staring at her, a few giggling behind hands. 'Nice one, Gem! You've just shoved your popularity back down to zero!' her mind taunted.
-Well, obviously not Slytherin, - "GRYFFINDOR!"-Then-
"Gods!" Gem sat down by Sirius and tried to avert her attention to James' sorting.
"Nice one, Gem! I'm sure I'll be glad to have Miss Temper in my house!"
"Shut up, Sirius!"
"What were you planning to do to the poor hat anyway?"
"Tear it's seams apart," Gem stopped to applaud her brother into Gryffindor, "and, see Malfoy's hair." her now green eyes glittered mischievously.
~*~
After the feast, and a speech from the headmaster, Professor Dumbledore, everyone was dismissed to his or her houserooms, apart from, James, Gemini, Sirius and Remus.