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Alexandra and Jacqueline are named and resemble these girls at my school but the girls I know aren't half as evil as these two will be throughout the story)
The Flower Chronicles: Chapter 4: Jacqueline, Alexandra, and --- Rhiannon?
Clearly heard, over the chatter of students and the drip of the rain, was a voice that seemed to make the ground tremble and the train to fall over. Lily looked up to see a man, larger than she had ever seen. Face hidden by masses of wild black hair and beard, he stood, tiny black eyes looking for the current first years. The giant man took a step forward make Lily feel like she was standing in the center of an earthquake. He came close and spoke to her.
(A/N: ok forgive me, making Hagrid talk isn't going to be easy for me, so sometimes I might not even make him talk funny, ok everyone? Thanks.)
"Yeh a'righ' there?"
All Lily could do was nod.
Lily could barely see his mouth curve into what was unmistakably a smile.
"Foller me then."
He turned, once again shaking the ground beneath him. Lily turned to her friends and they all had their mouths wide open. Lily laughed. Moments ago she had been just as shocked. Now she didn't feel that way at all.
They all followed the tall man, over to the edge of a lake where everyone climbed into a boat.
Once again, over the conversations of the new students the large man's voice erupted.
"Four ter a boat!"
James, Sirius, Remus and Peter, all climbed into a boat together, of course. While Lily and Rhiannon climbed into their own, looking for a couple friendly faces in the mass of students, to join them.
What they saw was not what you would call exactly friendly. Two very snooty-like girls pranced around, wrinkling their noses at everyone they saw (that didn't fit their criteria) and then telling each other how much they shouldn't do that as it didn't flatter their complexion, or something of the sort. It made Lily and Rhiannon laugh. They couldn't see much, and couldn't see who had fallen into their boat, when two girls stumbled into the boat, huddling together, almost knocking the floating object over, and sending the four of them into the lake, but just barely not. Lily would have asked their names, as she was sure they would have asked hers and Rhiannon's but it seemed that nobody could speak. They had set off across the lake and mounted high before them was the great beauty of Hogwarts. It took their breath away.
When finally they had crossed the lake (after the other two girls almost knocking them over three times --- Lily and Rhi didn't mind though --- they found it funny) the moderately large amount of first years made their way up the front steps and before anyone could open the front doors they had been swung open by a witch that appeared to be in her thirties. Her long (or so Lily assumed it might be) black hair was twisted up tightly in a bun and, though she was smiling she appeared that she wasn't one to cross. Lily began to wonder (and worry) if all of the Hogwarts teachers were as strict-like as her. She hoped not.
"Thank you, Hagrid. It is much appreciated."
"Why, sure, Perfessor McGonergall, just doin' meh job."
(A/N: Yes, yes I KNOW that its not how you spell Professor McGonagall --- this is my attempt at Hagrid talking ya know.)
She smiled tightly and turned swiftly back towards the doors.
"Come along, now, don't want to leave the entire school waiting."
The first years followed the witch into the school and they gasped at the beauty of the entrance hall. She told them to wait there and walked briskly alone through another door.
As soon as she was gone, the chatter arose.
"What house do you think your going to be in?"
"Isn't it beautiful here?"
"Look, the suits of armor move!" "I wonder where she went."
"My brother told me we have to perform some spells, that's not good, I only know the levitation charm.probably Hufflepuff."
When Professor McGonagall returned the talking seized as quickly as it had begun.
She motioned for them to follow her through a door, and they did. What they saw was amazing. There were candles floating everywhere in mid- air, five huge tables, a ceiling that impersonated the sky outside, and much more, including the students.oh the students. What if they embarrassed themselves? Would everyone laugh? Well there was no use standing here wondering, Lily figured, so it was best to just follow the Professor to.a stool? With an old battered hat perched upon it? Well that didn't make any sense.after all that she had heard. Her thinking was interrupted when the torn hat began to sing:
(A/N: this is not going to be a very good song so just live with it)
"This is no ordinary cap
Not one like me, on any map
Some hats are blue; some hats are red
But this hat looks inside your head
No thoughts in there that may reside
I will find them; they cannot hide
I put in your house, your group
Together you can learn, will snoop
I put the brave in Gryffindor
Barely ever afraid
That's just how Gryffindors are made
I have placed the wise in Ravenclaw
So smart and always learning
Overstuffed minds, they are always yearning
Slytherins are cunning, I tell you
Always getting what they want to
Letting nothing stand in their way
All kind and loyal fellows
Come join Hufflepuff
Soft and gentle, they are rarely rough
So place this old hat upon your head
I can't kill you; you won't be dead
It's all right; don't get in a fluff
Be brave like Gryffindor (even if you're a Hufflepuff)
When you try me on, acting like a mouse
I won't hurt you, just place you in your house!"
Applause burst out all around the Great Hall, from first years and teachers alike.
Immediately after the clapping had faded Professor McGonagall began to call out names of the first years as they stepped up to the hat.
(A/N: Ok I am doing everyone that Lily has met so far, what the sorting hat says to them, and I am not making up creative names for other students that have not importance in the story, I am just too lazy---oh yeah, and the people thoughts back to the sorting hat, are going to be in ~ and ~, the sorting hat will be in ` and ` )
"Black, Sirius"
Sirius strutted over to the stool where the hat was sitting and pretended to be brave (Like Gryffindor) even though he was nervous as hell. What if he got in Slytherin? Or Hufflepuff? There was no chance that he was going to be in Ravenclaw, or so he thought, he wasn't that smart.
Once he was standing right before the hat he turned around and looked at the many faces filling the Great Hall. Gulping, Sirius lifted the hat, sat on the stool and placed the hat on his head.
`Ahhh.what do we have here?`
~Uhhh.Sirius Black, Sir, Ma'am, Hat.~
`Ha, ha, very funny, now what do you think you belong in?`
~Uh well, I was HOPING Gryffindor, but I am kind of worried that that isn't where I belong~
`Oh do not think that way, my child. Now, why don't we use the process of elimination.Shall we?'
~Um, sure~
`Alrighty then, you were correct before, you mustn't be a Ravenclaw`
~Well I suppose that's uh.nice.to hear~
`Yes, yes, now Slytherin.hmmm.`
~Uh, sorry to interrupt your hmmming, but may I ask what you are hmmming about?~
`Oh yes, well you see, you are not necessarily Slytherin material, but.`
~BUT?! BUT WHAT?! I AM NOT A SLYTHERIN! ~
`Calm down, boy, let me finish. BUT, it may make your future a lot easier, though you will not be in the same house as the other.err.Marauders, as you call them`
~ I wont? How can that possibly be? ~
`Oh, Sirius, child, that is for me to know and you to wonder about, Anyways I suppose that rules out Slytherin, then`
~Yes, very much so~
`Alright then, Hufflepuff, well you seem to be very loyal.`
~Oh, no, this can't be good~
`Really, child, let me finish once in a while`
~Okay~
`Now like I was saying, you are loyal to the Marauders but you don't seem to have any other traits of a Hufflepuff, such as being hardworking`
~Hufflepuffs are hardworking? That's not me. Besides you never said that in the song~
`Yes I know it's not you. And as for the song, I don't say a lot of things in the song. Such as Slytherins are all nasty slime balls, that like to turn you green over Christmas break.anyways Hufflepuff is not for you`
~YES! And that leaves Gryffindor correct~
`Correct, you are a` "GRYFFINDOR!!!"
The sorting hat yelled "GRYFFINDOR!!!" to the rest of the hall as Sirius stood up, pulling it off of his head and walking over to the Gryffindor table.
Lily stood waiting anxiously, lost in her thoughts. Causing her to jump when she heard her name being called.
"Evans, Lily"
Lily timidly made her way up to the hat that was sitting upon the stool, very conscious of the many eyes watching her.
Sitting down, Lily pulled the battered hat over her head and soon the walls of the sorting hat blocked her vision.
`Ahhh, not a Slytherin, I can tell you that right now, they aren't.uh.too particularly fond of muggle-borns like yourself. Hufflepuff, no, you are much too complicated a mind for them. Then, maybe.Ravenclaw? No, no, no.`
~So that leaves me in Gryffindor, am I correct?~
`Well.not necessarily.`
~WHAT do you mean?!~
`Well, uh.we could always send you back to the muggle world.`
~NO!!!~
`Okay then, no need to get worked up, I suppose that you are in "GRYFFINDOR!!!" then.`
Lily started to stand up as the hat screamed "GRYFFINDOR!!!" out to the hall, and as she pulled that hat off of her head she barely heard the hat whisper `then`. It wasn't a very important word in the conversation, but she heard it nonetheless.
She made her way over to the table and plopped down next to Sirius, her auburn curls bouncing all around her.
"Remus, Lupin"
Remus tried to act like he wasn't nervous; he tried to act like Sirius. No such luck.
Before he knew it, Remus was debating with the hat.
`No you are a total Ravenclaw, look at yourself, aren't you the smart one? Trying to genius your way out of this one, well that just proves my point even more.`
~NO, because if I WAS a super smart Ravenclaw, we wouldn't be having this conversation and I would have already tricked you into this.~
`No, no you don't Mr. Lupin. YOU may be a Ravenclaw, BUT the SORTING HAT, has some of Ms. Ravenclaw's actual mind herself. You only fit her criteria.`
~Right I only fit her criteria; I am not worthy of the Ravenclaw house. I must have to go in the, oh no, Gryffindor house. ~
`You know I'm right, boy. But there is no sense in wasting my time arguing with a smart Ravenclaw like you, there are other children to be sorted.oh well "GRYFFINDOR!!!"`
As Remus pulled the hat off of his head, as he smiled, he could here the disgruntled sorting hat mumbling under its breath. Setting the sorting hat back on the stool, Remus strode over to the table, grinning as he sat next to Sirius, on the other side of Sirius as Lily was sitting.
"Pettigrew, Peter" The slightly chubby blond boy slowly made his way up to the hat and put it on.
`You are scum, boy. Slytherin scum, I tell you`
~Hey! Don't call me that! What is your problem?!~
`Nothing, just that I know the scum inside yourself better than you do.`
~Well whatever, I AM a GRYFFINDOR. And that is where I plan for you to put me. ~
`Well aren't you stubborn? But I know I can't argue with a child that's being sorted, Dumbledore will fire me. Last time I got put on probation. Shit. Fine, I guess you are a "GRYFFINDOR!!!"`
Peter walked over to join his 'friends', as he called them and they called him, as James was called to the stool.
"Potter, James"
`Oh, Mr. Potter, you will bring many things to this school. Excitement, fun, friendships, heartbreaks, and so much more, including love`
~Ha, yeah right. Where did you come up with this B.S.? This is seriously pathetic. Do you say this to everyone? Probably. Anyways, just put me in Gryffindor, I know there isn't much else you can do. ~
`Well Mr. James Harold Potter, could you BE any more arrogant? Probably not, either way, you are now in "GRYFFINDOR!!!"`
James got up, pleased with himself, and walked over to his new house table, feeling right at home.
Lily sighed, all the boys were sorted and they were great and all but all the new Gryffindor girls weren't talking to her, as they were much too involved in their own worlds, and Rhia hadn't been sorted yet and what if she wasn't even in Gryffindor? Oh well, all Lily could do was wait and see.
"Sinistra, Rhiannon"
Soon Rhiannon Sinistra was speaking with the sorting hat, discussing how the house she was sorted into effected her future.
~I am telling you, I don't want to do it to her, but what house I'm in is not going to stop me, and you know I'm a Gryffindor. Nobody from another house would have the courage to do it. I really like her I just can't let them down~
`Whatever you say Rhiannon, I don't have time to argue about this now, maybe later in Albus's office.deal? `
~Deal~
`Alright then, "GRYFFINDOR!!!"`
Soon everyone Lily had met that day was seated around her at the Gryffindor table. They talked and talked until Dumbledore stood to make an announcement.
"Well, there are a few start of term announcements. There is a new list of items that are not allowed on school campus, and they are hanging in Mr. Filch's office. I remind you that the Forbidden Forest is, as strange as it may be, forbidden. And this year the 6th floor corridor is off-limits to anyone who does not wish to be expelled and arrested, if not already dead. Well, if you have anymore questions please see a member of the staff. Until then, I shall use a phrase I have grown quite fond of from the muggle movie, Cinderella, bippity boppity boop! AND.EAT!"
After Dumbledore was done with his relatively short speech the feast began, many muggle-borns and even a few half-bloods or pure-bloods were surprised at the way the food appeared on their plates and the delicious taste of the food before them.
The first years' first dinner at Hogwarts was spent full of chatting, laughter, and food but it was over sooner than expected. The prefects led the first years up to the common rooms directing them to their dorms. Sirius had a pretty.uh.interesting argument with the Pink Lady when they arrived at the Gryffindor common room, that made everyone laugh.
"No, really, just tell me! Why does your dress have to be pink?"
"Because I like pink, Mr. Black and this is not very respectful of you, if I may say so myself."
"First of all what if you mayn't say so yourself? And second, it does not matter what YOU like. WE are the ones living in this common room, with you as our only entry, may I add, and you do not do a very good job of portraying the Gryffindor spirit and personality. And what would Godric do if he saw you himself, huh? Answer that, now."
"One, Mr. Black, do not tell me what I may and mayn't do. Two, I am the painting and while you may live inside the common room that I provide entry for, I live inside this painting, and I AM the painting. Three, do you want it to be THAT obvious that this is the Gryffindor common room? You are practically suggesting that I wear a red and gold gown reading: Entry to Gryffindor; Password: Twiddle Your Thumbs. I suggest not. And four, Godric Gryffindor DID see me and was very proud of the entry way that he picked HIMSELF."
Sirius just blushed and said, "Um, Prefect Lady, can we go in now, I'm getting very tired, I had a long day." That just made everyone laugh more, including the Pink Lady, when the first years all filed into the common room.
Once in the common room, the prefects simply directed the first years to their dorm rooms, and as it was late at night, everyone headed straight up to bed, including the older students.
Once in her dorm room Lily looked around at her roommates. Even though she had never seen the two other girls from the boat's faces, she recognized them right away.
One of them was very tall and had long brown hair with a few blonde highlights. Her eyes were bluish grey and very beautiful. She said her name was Laurie White, but to just call her Lorre. She definitely could be crazy, but that was definitely not a problem.
The other girl that had been previously in the boat's name was Sarah Simard. Her baby blue eyes shone with laughter and whenever she turned her head her blonde hair spun about her. Her fair skin glowed with excitement and she could be very hyper. Right away, Lily knew what to get Sarah for a present. Chocolate and sugar. Anything sweet.
One of the other girls, that Lily really liked, was Ashes Burn. She was really fun but she hadn't been in the boat with them. She had blood red hair that fell mid-shoulder length. Her eyes were hazel at the time but Lily was informed that they changed color according to the weather. She made it clear that she loved to play pranks and everyone knew right away that she would fit right in.
There were a few girls that weren't so friendly though. Lily figured that they might have been the girls that she and Rhia had laughed at earlier that night, when the two snooty girls had gone around inspecting their fellow students.
One of them was a brunette, she was petite and her long straight brown hair fell softly around her. She was very manipulative, Lily could already tell, as the girl's dark brown eyes watched everyone intently.
The other girl had dark blonde hair in layers that went about to her mid-back. The ends were curled in and done very softly, yet perfectly and you could tell that it was the way she always did her hair. She too had brown eyes like the other girl but they were lighter.
Either way, Lily could tell that they were both very stuck-up, rich, and beautiful. They would make a great pair.
The brunette that had been watching the rest of her roommates, most likely trying to decide who was worthy of her time, turned to have her gaze fall upon Rhiannon sitting with Lily. Not before glaring at Lily, the brunette fixed her eyes upon Rhia and softened her gaze, giving her a questioning look. Lily could see Rhiannon's eyes bug out and motion with her eyes to stop and leave her alone. Lily didn't understand how someone like Rhia would ever be on civil terms with someone.like that.
The girl with the dark blonde hair laughed though. She made her way over to the side of the brunette and her eyes were smiling as she looked at Rhiannon.
"Well, well, Ms. Rhiannon Sinistra. I never thought that you, of all people, would be befriending her, of all people. What happened to the Rhia we used to know?"
At first Rhiannon furrowed her brow in confusion but then receiving, a glare from the blonde, seemed to catch on, "I don't know whatever you are talking about, Alexandra, dearest," purposely saying the girl's name with disgust, "And how did you two get into Gryffindor? Daddy paid your way in?"
The other two girls scowled and then the brunette spoke up for the first time that night in the dorm room, "Maybe, you never know. But even if it is true there isn't anything you can do about it Rhia, dear. And I suppose you are just in Gryffindor to support you image YOUR daddy has cooked up so nicely."
Rhia turned her attention to the brunette, "I suppose you're right, Jacqueline. Congratulations, the first thing you were ever right about. And I suppose YOU are just in Gryffindor to manipulate those, 'poor, adorable, sweet, funny, ect.' Marauders?"
Jacqueline laughed, "Oh, you know me so well Rhiannon, darling."
"Yes, I know."
The blonde had begun to get fed up with not being the center of attention for so long, "Hmph."
Rhiannon smiled, "Aw, not in the spotlight, Alie, baby?"
Alie glared back in her direction, "It's Miss Alexandra Elizabeth, to you, Rhiannon Laurel Sinistra."
Jacqueline spoke up once again, "And I prefer you stay with Jacqueline," Then she turned to Alie, "Come on Alie, let's go to bed."
Alie turned to glare one last time at Rhia, and she did, but Rhiannon could see the laughter hiding in her eyes, "Sure Jackie."
After Alexandra and Jacqueline went to bed in the beds on the far side of the room, with Alexandra closest to the wall, with Jacqueline in the bed beside her.
After the two girls were in bed everyone else followed suit. Ashes closest to the window, then Sarah next to her, Lorre next to her, and Lily next to Lorre, with Rhiannon on Lily's other side, 'coincidentally' next to Jacqueline.
Lily fell asleep slowly; going over the conversation Rhiannon had just had with Alexandra and Jacqueline and why it confused her so much. Before Lily could come to a conclusion she was fast asleep; Only to wake in the morning, and forget all about her last thoughts of the night.
Alexandra and Jacqueline are named and resemble these girls at my school but the girls I know aren't half as evil as these two will be throughout the story)
The Flower Chronicles: Chapter 4: Jacqueline, Alexandra, and --- Rhiannon?
Clearly heard, over the chatter of students and the drip of the rain, was a voice that seemed to make the ground tremble and the train to fall over. Lily looked up to see a man, larger than she had ever seen. Face hidden by masses of wild black hair and beard, he stood, tiny black eyes looking for the current first years. The giant man took a step forward make Lily feel like she was standing in the center of an earthquake. He came close and spoke to her.
(A/N: ok forgive me, making Hagrid talk isn't going to be easy for me, so sometimes I might not even make him talk funny, ok everyone? Thanks.)
"Yeh a'righ' there?"
All Lily could do was nod.
Lily could barely see his mouth curve into what was unmistakably a smile.
"Foller me then."
He turned, once again shaking the ground beneath him. Lily turned to her friends and they all had their mouths wide open. Lily laughed. Moments ago she had been just as shocked. Now she didn't feel that way at all.
They all followed the tall man, over to the edge of a lake where everyone climbed into a boat.
Once again, over the conversations of the new students the large man's voice erupted.
"Four ter a boat!"
James, Sirius, Remus and Peter, all climbed into a boat together, of course. While Lily and Rhiannon climbed into their own, looking for a couple friendly faces in the mass of students, to join them.
What they saw was not what you would call exactly friendly. Two very snooty-like girls pranced around, wrinkling their noses at everyone they saw (that didn't fit their criteria) and then telling each other how much they shouldn't do that as it didn't flatter their complexion, or something of the sort. It made Lily and Rhiannon laugh. They couldn't see much, and couldn't see who had fallen into their boat, when two girls stumbled into the boat, huddling together, almost knocking the floating object over, and sending the four of them into the lake, but just barely not. Lily would have asked their names, as she was sure they would have asked hers and Rhiannon's but it seemed that nobody could speak. They had set off across the lake and mounted high before them was the great beauty of Hogwarts. It took their breath away.
When finally they had crossed the lake (after the other two girls almost knocking them over three times --- Lily and Rhi didn't mind though --- they found it funny) the moderately large amount of first years made their way up the front steps and before anyone could open the front doors they had been swung open by a witch that appeared to be in her thirties. Her long (or so Lily assumed it might be) black hair was twisted up tightly in a bun and, though she was smiling she appeared that she wasn't one to cross. Lily began to wonder (and worry) if all of the Hogwarts teachers were as strict-like as her. She hoped not.
"Thank you, Hagrid. It is much appreciated."
"Why, sure, Perfessor McGonergall, just doin' meh job."
(A/N: Yes, yes I KNOW that its not how you spell Professor McGonagall --- this is my attempt at Hagrid talking ya know.)
She smiled tightly and turned swiftly back towards the doors.
"Come along, now, don't want to leave the entire school waiting."
The first years followed the witch into the school and they gasped at the beauty of the entrance hall. She told them to wait there and walked briskly alone through another door.
As soon as she was gone, the chatter arose.
"What house do you think your going to be in?"
"Isn't it beautiful here?"
"Look, the suits of armor move!" "I wonder where she went."
"My brother told me we have to perform some spells, that's not good, I only know the levitation charm.probably Hufflepuff."
When Professor McGonagall returned the talking seized as quickly as it had begun.
She motioned for them to follow her through a door, and they did. What they saw was amazing. There were candles floating everywhere in mid- air, five huge tables, a ceiling that impersonated the sky outside, and much more, including the students.oh the students. What if they embarrassed themselves? Would everyone laugh? Well there was no use standing here wondering, Lily figured, so it was best to just follow the Professor to.a stool? With an old battered hat perched upon it? Well that didn't make any sense.after all that she had heard. Her thinking was interrupted when the torn hat began to sing:
(A/N: this is not going to be a very good song so just live with it)
"This is no ordinary cap
Not one like me, on any map
Some hats are blue; some hats are red
But this hat looks inside your head
No thoughts in there that may reside
I will find them; they cannot hide
I put in your house, your group
Together you can learn, will snoop
I put the brave in Gryffindor
Barely ever afraid
That's just how Gryffindors are made
I have placed the wise in Ravenclaw
So smart and always learning
Overstuffed minds, they are always yearning
Slytherins are cunning, I tell you
Always getting what they want to
Letting nothing stand in their way
All kind and loyal fellows
Come join Hufflepuff
Soft and gentle, they are rarely rough
So place this old hat upon your head
I can't kill you; you won't be dead
It's all right; don't get in a fluff
Be brave like Gryffindor (even if you're a Hufflepuff)
When you try me on, acting like a mouse
I won't hurt you, just place you in your house!"
Applause burst out all around the Great Hall, from first years and teachers alike.
Immediately after the clapping had faded Professor McGonagall began to call out names of the first years as they stepped up to the hat.
(A/N: Ok I am doing everyone that Lily has met so far, what the sorting hat says to them, and I am not making up creative names for other students that have not importance in the story, I am just too lazy---oh yeah, and the people thoughts back to the sorting hat, are going to be in ~ and ~, the sorting hat will be in ` and ` )
"Black, Sirius"
Sirius strutted over to the stool where the hat was sitting and pretended to be brave (Like Gryffindor) even though he was nervous as hell. What if he got in Slytherin? Or Hufflepuff? There was no chance that he was going to be in Ravenclaw, or so he thought, he wasn't that smart.
Once he was standing right before the hat he turned around and looked at the many faces filling the Great Hall. Gulping, Sirius lifted the hat, sat on the stool and placed the hat on his head.
`Ahhh.what do we have here?`
~Uhhh.Sirius Black, Sir, Ma'am, Hat.~
`Ha, ha, very funny, now what do you think you belong in?`
~Uh well, I was HOPING Gryffindor, but I am kind of worried that that isn't where I belong~
`Oh do not think that way, my child. Now, why don't we use the process of elimination.Shall we?'
~Um, sure~
`Alrighty then, you were correct before, you mustn't be a Ravenclaw`
~Well I suppose that's uh.nice.to hear~
`Yes, yes, now Slytherin.hmmm.`
~Uh, sorry to interrupt your hmmming, but may I ask what you are hmmming about?~
`Oh yes, well you see, you are not necessarily Slytherin material, but.`
~BUT?! BUT WHAT?! I AM NOT A SLYTHERIN! ~
`Calm down, boy, let me finish. BUT, it may make your future a lot easier, though you will not be in the same house as the other.err.Marauders, as you call them`
~ I wont? How can that possibly be? ~
`Oh, Sirius, child, that is for me to know and you to wonder about, Anyways I suppose that rules out Slytherin, then`
~Yes, very much so~
`Alright then, Hufflepuff, well you seem to be very loyal.`
~Oh, no, this can't be good~
`Really, child, let me finish once in a while`
~Okay~
`Now like I was saying, you are loyal to the Marauders but you don't seem to have any other traits of a Hufflepuff, such as being hardworking`
~Hufflepuffs are hardworking? That's not me. Besides you never said that in the song~
`Yes I know it's not you. And as for the song, I don't say a lot of things in the song. Such as Slytherins are all nasty slime balls, that like to turn you green over Christmas break.anyways Hufflepuff is not for you`
~YES! And that leaves Gryffindor correct~
`Correct, you are a` "GRYFFINDOR!!!"
The sorting hat yelled "GRYFFINDOR!!!" to the rest of the hall as Sirius stood up, pulling it off of his head and walking over to the Gryffindor table.
Lily stood waiting anxiously, lost in her thoughts. Causing her to jump when she heard her name being called.
"Evans, Lily"
Lily timidly made her way up to the hat that was sitting upon the stool, very conscious of the many eyes watching her.
Sitting down, Lily pulled the battered hat over her head and soon the walls of the sorting hat blocked her vision.
`Ahhh, not a Slytherin, I can tell you that right now, they aren't.uh.too particularly fond of muggle-borns like yourself. Hufflepuff, no, you are much too complicated a mind for them. Then, maybe.Ravenclaw? No, no, no.`
~So that leaves me in Gryffindor, am I correct?~
`Well.not necessarily.`
~WHAT do you mean?!~
`Well, uh.we could always send you back to the muggle world.`
~NO!!!~
`Okay then, no need to get worked up, I suppose that you are in "GRYFFINDOR!!!" then.`
Lily started to stand up as the hat screamed "GRYFFINDOR!!!" out to the hall, and as she pulled that hat off of her head she barely heard the hat whisper `then`. It wasn't a very important word in the conversation, but she heard it nonetheless.
She made her way over to the table and plopped down next to Sirius, her auburn curls bouncing all around her.
"Remus, Lupin"
Remus tried to act like he wasn't nervous; he tried to act like Sirius. No such luck.
Before he knew it, Remus was debating with the hat.
`No you are a total Ravenclaw, look at yourself, aren't you the smart one? Trying to genius your way out of this one, well that just proves my point even more.`
~NO, because if I WAS a super smart Ravenclaw, we wouldn't be having this conversation and I would have already tricked you into this.~
`No, no you don't Mr. Lupin. YOU may be a Ravenclaw, BUT the SORTING HAT, has some of Ms. Ravenclaw's actual mind herself. You only fit her criteria.`
~Right I only fit her criteria; I am not worthy of the Ravenclaw house. I must have to go in the, oh no, Gryffindor house. ~
`You know I'm right, boy. But there is no sense in wasting my time arguing with a smart Ravenclaw like you, there are other children to be sorted.oh well "GRYFFINDOR!!!"`
As Remus pulled the hat off of his head, as he smiled, he could here the disgruntled sorting hat mumbling under its breath. Setting the sorting hat back on the stool, Remus strode over to the table, grinning as he sat next to Sirius, on the other side of Sirius as Lily was sitting.
"Pettigrew, Peter" The slightly chubby blond boy slowly made his way up to the hat and put it on.
`You are scum, boy. Slytherin scum, I tell you`
~Hey! Don't call me that! What is your problem?!~
`Nothing, just that I know the scum inside yourself better than you do.`
~Well whatever, I AM a GRYFFINDOR. And that is where I plan for you to put me. ~
`Well aren't you stubborn? But I know I can't argue with a child that's being sorted, Dumbledore will fire me. Last time I got put on probation. Shit. Fine, I guess you are a "GRYFFINDOR!!!"`
Peter walked over to join his 'friends', as he called them and they called him, as James was called to the stool.
"Potter, James"
`Oh, Mr. Potter, you will bring many things to this school. Excitement, fun, friendships, heartbreaks, and so much more, including love`
~Ha, yeah right. Where did you come up with this B.S.? This is seriously pathetic. Do you say this to everyone? Probably. Anyways, just put me in Gryffindor, I know there isn't much else you can do. ~
`Well Mr. James Harold Potter, could you BE any more arrogant? Probably not, either way, you are now in "GRYFFINDOR!!!"`
James got up, pleased with himself, and walked over to his new house table, feeling right at home.
Lily sighed, all the boys were sorted and they were great and all but all the new Gryffindor girls weren't talking to her, as they were much too involved in their own worlds, and Rhia hadn't been sorted yet and what if she wasn't even in Gryffindor? Oh well, all Lily could do was wait and see.
"Sinistra, Rhiannon"
Soon Rhiannon Sinistra was speaking with the sorting hat, discussing how the house she was sorted into effected her future.
~I am telling you, I don't want to do it to her, but what house I'm in is not going to stop me, and you know I'm a Gryffindor. Nobody from another house would have the courage to do it. I really like her I just can't let them down~
`Whatever you say Rhiannon, I don't have time to argue about this now, maybe later in Albus's office.deal? `
~Deal~
`Alright then, "GRYFFINDOR!!!"`
Soon everyone Lily had met that day was seated around her at the Gryffindor table. They talked and talked until Dumbledore stood to make an announcement.
"Well, there are a few start of term announcements. There is a new list of items that are not allowed on school campus, and they are hanging in Mr. Filch's office. I remind you that the Forbidden Forest is, as strange as it may be, forbidden. And this year the 6th floor corridor is off-limits to anyone who does not wish to be expelled and arrested, if not already dead. Well, if you have anymore questions please see a member of the staff. Until then, I shall use a phrase I have grown quite fond of from the muggle movie, Cinderella, bippity boppity boop! AND.EAT!"
After Dumbledore was done with his relatively short speech the feast began, many muggle-borns and even a few half-bloods or pure-bloods were surprised at the way the food appeared on their plates and the delicious taste of the food before them.
The first years' first dinner at Hogwarts was spent full of chatting, laughter, and food but it was over sooner than expected. The prefects led the first years up to the common rooms directing them to their dorms. Sirius had a pretty.uh.interesting argument with the Pink Lady when they arrived at the Gryffindor common room, that made everyone laugh.
"No, really, just tell me! Why does your dress have to be pink?"
"Because I like pink, Mr. Black and this is not very respectful of you, if I may say so myself."
"First of all what if you mayn't say so yourself? And second, it does not matter what YOU like. WE are the ones living in this common room, with you as our only entry, may I add, and you do not do a very good job of portraying the Gryffindor spirit and personality. And what would Godric do if he saw you himself, huh? Answer that, now."
"One, Mr. Black, do not tell me what I may and mayn't do. Two, I am the painting and while you may live inside the common room that I provide entry for, I live inside this painting, and I AM the painting. Three, do you want it to be THAT obvious that this is the Gryffindor common room? You are practically suggesting that I wear a red and gold gown reading: Entry to Gryffindor; Password: Twiddle Your Thumbs. I suggest not. And four, Godric Gryffindor DID see me and was very proud of the entry way that he picked HIMSELF."
Sirius just blushed and said, "Um, Prefect Lady, can we go in now, I'm getting very tired, I had a long day." That just made everyone laugh more, including the Pink Lady, when the first years all filed into the common room.
Once in the common room, the prefects simply directed the first years to their dorm rooms, and as it was late at night, everyone headed straight up to bed, including the older students.
Once in her dorm room Lily looked around at her roommates. Even though she had never seen the two other girls from the boat's faces, she recognized them right away.
One of them was very tall and had long brown hair with a few blonde highlights. Her eyes were bluish grey and very beautiful. She said her name was Laurie White, but to just call her Lorre. She definitely could be crazy, but that was definitely not a problem.
The other girl that had been previously in the boat's name was Sarah Simard. Her baby blue eyes shone with laughter and whenever she turned her head her blonde hair spun about her. Her fair skin glowed with excitement and she could be very hyper. Right away, Lily knew what to get Sarah for a present. Chocolate and sugar. Anything sweet.
One of the other girls, that Lily really liked, was Ashes Burn. She was really fun but she hadn't been in the boat with them. She had blood red hair that fell mid-shoulder length. Her eyes were hazel at the time but Lily was informed that they changed color according to the weather. She made it clear that she loved to play pranks and everyone knew right away that she would fit right in.
There were a few girls that weren't so friendly though. Lily figured that they might have been the girls that she and Rhia had laughed at earlier that night, when the two snooty girls had gone around inspecting their fellow students.
One of them was a brunette, she was petite and her long straight brown hair fell softly around her. She was very manipulative, Lily could already tell, as the girl's dark brown eyes watched everyone intently.
The other girl had dark blonde hair in layers that went about to her mid-back. The ends were curled in and done very softly, yet perfectly and you could tell that it was the way she always did her hair. She too had brown eyes like the other girl but they were lighter.
Either way, Lily could tell that they were both very stuck-up, rich, and beautiful. They would make a great pair.
The brunette that had been watching the rest of her roommates, most likely trying to decide who was worthy of her time, turned to have her gaze fall upon Rhiannon sitting with Lily. Not before glaring at Lily, the brunette fixed her eyes upon Rhia and softened her gaze, giving her a questioning look. Lily could see Rhiannon's eyes bug out and motion with her eyes to stop and leave her alone. Lily didn't understand how someone like Rhia would ever be on civil terms with someone.like that.
The girl with the dark blonde hair laughed though. She made her way over to the side of the brunette and her eyes were smiling as she looked at Rhiannon.
"Well, well, Ms. Rhiannon Sinistra. I never thought that you, of all people, would be befriending her, of all people. What happened to the Rhia we used to know?"
At first Rhiannon furrowed her brow in confusion but then receiving, a glare from the blonde, seemed to catch on, "I don't know whatever you are talking about, Alexandra, dearest," purposely saying the girl's name with disgust, "And how did you two get into Gryffindor? Daddy paid your way in?"
The other two girls scowled and then the brunette spoke up for the first time that night in the dorm room, "Maybe, you never know. But even if it is true there isn't anything you can do about it Rhia, dear. And I suppose you are just in Gryffindor to support you image YOUR daddy has cooked up so nicely."
Rhia turned her attention to the brunette, "I suppose you're right, Jacqueline. Congratulations, the first thing you were ever right about. And I suppose YOU are just in Gryffindor to manipulate those, 'poor, adorable, sweet, funny, ect.' Marauders?"
Jacqueline laughed, "Oh, you know me so well Rhiannon, darling."
"Yes, I know."
The blonde had begun to get fed up with not being the center of attention for so long, "Hmph."
Rhiannon smiled, "Aw, not in the spotlight, Alie, baby?"
Alie glared back in her direction, "It's Miss Alexandra Elizabeth, to you, Rhiannon Laurel Sinistra."
Jacqueline spoke up once again, "And I prefer you stay with Jacqueline," Then she turned to Alie, "Come on Alie, let's go to bed."
Alie turned to glare one last time at Rhia, and she did, but Rhiannon could see the laughter hiding in her eyes, "Sure Jackie."
After Alexandra and Jacqueline went to bed in the beds on the far side of the room, with Alexandra closest to the wall, with Jacqueline in the bed beside her.
After the two girls were in bed everyone else followed suit. Ashes closest to the window, then Sarah next to her, Lorre next to her, and Lily next to Lorre, with Rhiannon on Lily's other side, 'coincidentally' next to Jacqueline.
Lily fell asleep slowly; going over the conversation Rhiannon had just had with Alexandra and Jacqueline and why it confused her so much. Before Lily could come to a conclusion she was fast asleep; Only to wake in the morning, and forget all about her last thoughts of the night.