A/N: like I said before I know everybody has their own version of how this
happened this is just how I see it. Only J.K.R knows how it really
happened. Amy is based on my friend Aimee that I met when I started private
school when I was 10 but she is actually a canon character. Hope you like
it. Please review.
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Lily walked into the Great Hall with the other first years. She looked up at the enchanted ceiling. Of course she had read all about it but reading about it and seeing it were two entirely different things as was everything here at the castle.
The sorting was about to begin. Lily had read about that also, and about the four houses. She really didn't care which house the put her in. She only hoped that she would be able to make some friends.
"Black, Sirius." The name brought her back to the present. He was sitting on the stool looking very silly with the hat down over his eyes.
"GRYFFINDOR!" yelled the hat.
'Gryffindor wouldn't be bad,' thought Lily. At least then she would know someone, even if it was Sirius Black.
When her own name was called Lily gulped and took a step forward. She nearly tripped on her robe. Some one laughed and she turned as red as her hair. Carefully she continued on her way up to the stool and put the hat on her head.
"Bookworm eh?" said the hat said in her ear.
Did everyone have to call her that?
"a good candidate for Ravenclaw, but wait there's something else here. You haven't had much call for it yet but you have an extraordinary amount of courage."
She didn't feel very courageous at the moment.
"and loyalty. Yes, that too. GRYFFINDOR."
Lily sighed. It was over. She took off the hat and went to sit at the Gryffindor table. Sirius grabbed her hand and shook it heartily. "Welcome to Gryffindor," he said as if he'd been there all the time.
Lily extracted her hand from his and looked back up at the front. Another girl had just been sorted into Gryffindor.
She looked as if she couldn't be over 55lbs. She had short brown hair and a quick smile.
"I'm Amelia Hooch," she plopped down next to Lily, "You can call me Amy."
"Hello," Lily smiled and then jerked her dead back up when she heard the name
"Lupin, Remus,"
"I hope he's in Gryffindor," Lily was saying just as the hat said it for her.
Remus slid into the seat across from Lily. "Well, wha-da-ya know. Lily, Sirius," he nodded at them in turn, "and you're Amelia?"
"Amy," she corrected him.
"Right," he nodded.
Another girl was skipping towards them now. She had blond hair and very big brown eyes.
"'Ello I'm Liza," she smiled around the table.
"Look it's Pete," Sirius jerked his thumb at the front of the room, where sure enough little Peter Pettigrew was sitting with the sorting had pulled down around his ears. The hat actually looked confused. Peter started to fidget. Then the hat finally yelled, "GRYFFINDOR."
The Gryffindors cheered and patted him on the back.
"Potter, James," was the next name called. The hat took no time at all to call out, "GRYFFINDOR," once again. James slid down the bench right into Peter who promptly fell off it. They all laughed.
A few other names were called until there was only one girl remaining up at the front.
"Zimmerman, Tara."
James poked Sirius in the ribs and pointed at her.
"Oh yeah," Sirius sniggered behind his hand.
The girl walked slowly over, sat on the stool, and put the hat on her head. She was slightly plump with brown hair and dull gray eyes.
"What's wrong with her teeth?" Amy gasped.
Lily saw it too. The poor girl was chewing on something and when she opened her mouth her teeth were a very shocking shade of green.
"GRYFFINDOR." The hat shouted.
Tara grinned broadly as she ran over to the table. Sirius was laughing so hard he nearly fell out of his seat.
Tara sat down, "Hi everyone, I'm Tara."
"Tara," Lily began slowly, "what are you chewing on?"
"Oh it's only gum. They gave it to me." She pointed at James and Sirius who were both shaking with laughter. She suddenly had a look of panic picked up a spoon and got a look at her teeth. She screamed.
"Don't worry it'll come off as soon as you eat something," James assured her still sniggering.
"That was mean, James Potter," Lily glared at him.
"I'm sorry," he shrank back in his seat.
"and you," Lily tuned on Sirius.
He straitened up immediately.
"Well what do you say?"
He didn't take his eyes off Lily as he said, "S-sorry, Tara."
"That's better," Lily turned back to Tara and put an arm around her, "Are you okay?"
"Um-hm." Tara kept her mouth tightly shut.
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Lily walked into the Great Hall with the other first years. She looked up at the enchanted ceiling. Of course she had read all about it but reading about it and seeing it were two entirely different things as was everything here at the castle.
The sorting was about to begin. Lily had read about that also, and about the four houses. She really didn't care which house the put her in. She only hoped that she would be able to make some friends.
"Black, Sirius." The name brought her back to the present. He was sitting on the stool looking very silly with the hat down over his eyes.
"GRYFFINDOR!" yelled the hat.
'Gryffindor wouldn't be bad,' thought Lily. At least then she would know someone, even if it was Sirius Black.
When her own name was called Lily gulped and took a step forward. She nearly tripped on her robe. Some one laughed and she turned as red as her hair. Carefully she continued on her way up to the stool and put the hat on her head.
"Bookworm eh?" said the hat said in her ear.
Did everyone have to call her that?
"a good candidate for Ravenclaw, but wait there's something else here. You haven't had much call for it yet but you have an extraordinary amount of courage."
She didn't feel very courageous at the moment.
"and loyalty. Yes, that too. GRYFFINDOR."
Lily sighed. It was over. She took off the hat and went to sit at the Gryffindor table. Sirius grabbed her hand and shook it heartily. "Welcome to Gryffindor," he said as if he'd been there all the time.
Lily extracted her hand from his and looked back up at the front. Another girl had just been sorted into Gryffindor.
She looked as if she couldn't be over 55lbs. She had short brown hair and a quick smile.
"I'm Amelia Hooch," she plopped down next to Lily, "You can call me Amy."
"Hello," Lily smiled and then jerked her dead back up when she heard the name
"Lupin, Remus,"
"I hope he's in Gryffindor," Lily was saying just as the hat said it for her.
Remus slid into the seat across from Lily. "Well, wha-da-ya know. Lily, Sirius," he nodded at them in turn, "and you're Amelia?"
"Amy," she corrected him.
"Right," he nodded.
Another girl was skipping towards them now. She had blond hair and very big brown eyes.
"'Ello I'm Liza," she smiled around the table.
"Look it's Pete," Sirius jerked his thumb at the front of the room, where sure enough little Peter Pettigrew was sitting with the sorting had pulled down around his ears. The hat actually looked confused. Peter started to fidget. Then the hat finally yelled, "GRYFFINDOR."
The Gryffindors cheered and patted him on the back.
"Potter, James," was the next name called. The hat took no time at all to call out, "GRYFFINDOR," once again. James slid down the bench right into Peter who promptly fell off it. They all laughed.
A few other names were called until there was only one girl remaining up at the front.
"Zimmerman, Tara."
James poked Sirius in the ribs and pointed at her.
"Oh yeah," Sirius sniggered behind his hand.
The girl walked slowly over, sat on the stool, and put the hat on her head. She was slightly plump with brown hair and dull gray eyes.
"What's wrong with her teeth?" Amy gasped.
Lily saw it too. The poor girl was chewing on something and when she opened her mouth her teeth were a very shocking shade of green.
"GRYFFINDOR." The hat shouted.
Tara grinned broadly as she ran over to the table. Sirius was laughing so hard he nearly fell out of his seat.
Tara sat down, "Hi everyone, I'm Tara."
"Tara," Lily began slowly, "what are you chewing on?"
"Oh it's only gum. They gave it to me." She pointed at James and Sirius who were both shaking with laughter. She suddenly had a look of panic picked up a spoon and got a look at her teeth. She screamed.
"Don't worry it'll come off as soon as you eat something," James assured her still sniggering.
"That was mean, James Potter," Lily glared at him.
"I'm sorry," he shrank back in his seat.
"and you," Lily tuned on Sirius.
He straitened up immediately.
"Well what do you say?"
He didn't take his eyes off Lily as he said, "S-sorry, Tara."
"That's better," Lily turned back to Tara and put an arm around her, "Are you okay?"
"Um-hm." Tara kept her mouth tightly shut.