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Note: Athena's owl, Bubo, belongs to creators of the movie "Clash of the Titans" (I think)
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Chapter 6: The Sorting
Athena looked at the giant, confused. "Excuse me but do I know you?" She asked politely.
The giant looked as confused as Athena now. "Who..I got it, yer mom never tells yeh about Hogwarts, right? I understand." He smiled. "The name is Rubeus Hagrid. Keeper of Keys at Hogwarts."
"How do you know that I'm Athena?" Athena asked again.
"Easy, yeh look exactly like your mom. Jus' tha' yeh got your eyes and hair colour from yer dad."
"You know my dad?" Athena asked excitedly. Maybe she could ask something from Hagrid about her father.
Hagrid smiled proudly. "O' course I know, great man, Dum...." He stopped himself quickly and cleared his throat. "Well, there's no time ter waste, follow me." He lifted his lamp higher and led the first-years to the boats.
"Wow!" Athena exclaimed with the rest of students. She stared in awe at the well-lit, vast castle sitting at the other side of the wide lake. "Is that our school? It looks like a palace for the royals." She asked Hagrid.
"Yep, Hogwarts." Hagrid answered.
"I don't believe this. This is like a dream come true." Athena said happily.
***
When Hagrid led the first-years to the castle's front door, the door swung open before he could knock and Athena saw a man with greasy black hair, a hooked nose and sallow skin in black robes standing in front of Hagrid, frowning.
"What took you so long, Hagrid?" The man asked in a chilly tone that made Athena shivered.
"Sorry." Hagrid mumbled.
"You may go now, I will take them from here." The man said and Hagrid left. The man led them across the flagged stone floor and showed them into a small empty chamber.
"Welcome to Hogwarts. I am Professor Severus Snape, the Deputy Headmaster. Now in a few moments the start-of-term banquet will begin but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be sorted into your houses. They are," Snape gave a proud smile. "Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and," He sneered, "Gryffindor."
"He doesn't seem to like Gryffindor much." Athena whispered to Lethe.
Snape turned his head sharply to Athena's comments, looked at Athena in a piercing stare and gave a cold smile. "Hello Athena."
Athena's mouth went open. "You know me?" She whispered.
Snape didn't seem to hear her. He turned his attention back to the first- years. "Now when you are here, your house will be like your family. Your triumphs will earn you points and any rule-breaking and you will lose points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points will be awarded the House Cup. The Sorting Ceremony will begin momentarily. Just wait here." He left.
"How does Professor Snape know who I am? I have never seen him before." Athena asked in bewilderment.
***
"We are ready for you now, follow me." Snape said and led them through a pairs of double doors into the Great Hall.
Once they had entered the Great Hall, Athena thought that she was dreaming. The place was splendid. Thousands of candles were floating in mid-air and the Hall didn't even seem to have a ceiling, the stars were clearly visible outside, shining like diamonds. Athena saw James and Elizabeth as they passed the tables and waved.
"Now will you wait along here please?" Snape asked with force politeness as he stopped beside a three-leg stool with a torn, old and dirty witch hat on it.
The first-years crowded in front of him. "Now, before we begin, Professor Sprouts will like to say a few words."
Athena saw a short, plump witch stood up from her seat and smiled. "Welcome to Hogwarts. Now, I want to announce that the Dark Forest is strictly forbidden to all students. And the whole of the third floor corridor is out of bonds. Thank you." She sat down.
Snape waited until the hat had finished its song and that the applause in the Great Hall had died down and he took out a scroll. "Now when I call your name, you will come forth, I will put the Sorting Hat onto your head, and you will be sorted into your houses."
Snape passed through the names quickly and when he read, "Longbottom, Lethe!" He gave an unpleasant smile to Lethe. Lethe swallowed.
"Stay calm, Lethe." Athena whispered.
The hat took quite a while to sort Lethe and when it shouted, "GRYFFINDOR!", Lethe ran off still wearing it and quickly turned back to return it to "Professor Snake".
"Like father, like daughter." Athena heard Snape mumbled.
"Malfoy, Narcissus!" Professor Snape called and Athena saw the nasty, pale looking boy stepped forward.
"SLYTHERIN!" The hat cried in less then a second and Malfoy looked proud as he marched to the Slytherin table.
Snape looked at his scroll and gave a small smile. "McGonagall, Athena!"
When Athena stepped out, she felt that everyone from the teachers' table seem to be staring at her and she noticed that some of the teachers were whispering to each other. She sat down on the stool, and Snape put the hat onto her head.
"Hm, I see plenty of courage, a very good mind and a very, very unusual ability..now where to put you? Hm...well, since your father..."
"Hurry up." Snape growled.
"All right, GRYFFINDOR!" The hat said quickly. Athena smiled; she heard that Gryffindor is the best house and a few famous wizards graduated from that house, such as Harry Potter, Oliver Wood and Katie Bell (James' and Elizabeth's famous parents) and Albus Dumbledore. She could see that James and Elizabeth gave each other a high five and Lethe clapping furiously.
"Very good." Snape said and gave her a small smile. Athena smiled back nervously and went to the Gryffindor table.
"Potter, Eric!" Snape said and a boy with messy brown hair and green eyes stepped out. Snape frowned a little at him and put the hat onto his head.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
Athena clapped along with the rest as the boy came to their table. "Hi!" He said friendly. Athena and the others greeted back.
"Are you related to Harry Potter?" Athena asked politely.
"Yeah, he's my dad." Eric grinned proudly and saw Harry gave him a smile from the teachers' table. Athena thought that Harry Potter looked pretty handsome without his glasses on.
"Hey, don't you dare to push Athena around just because your dad is a famous wizard." Elizabeth warned.
"I won't, my mom gave me a warning on that." Eric said.
Snape went on and arrived to 'W'. "Weasley, Damon."
A boy with red hair and freckles came forward and Snape sneered at him.
"That's my cousin." Lethe pointed out.
"Ha! Another Weasley. I know just what to do with you. GRYFFINDOR!"
"What does the hat mean by "another Weasley" ?" Athena asked as she clapped her hands with the rest of the Gryffindors.
Lethe pointed at the 3 pupils behind her. "These are my cousins too. Athena, this is Peter, Frederick and Philip Weasley, guys, this is Athena."
"Hi." The boys greeted cheerfully.
"I got 3 more cousins, but they had already graduated." Lethe said and smiled at Athena's astonishing look.
"That's a big family." Athena said finally.
"Yeah, it is. And pretty interesting too. Uncle Charlie works with dragons in Romania, Uncle Bill works for Gringotts, Uncle Percy works in the Ministry of Magic...." Lethe as she tipped off her fingers.
"Lethe, don't tell Athena about our family. You will bored her to death." Peter said.
"I don't mind, your uncles sounds interesting." Athena smiled.
"See? She doesn't mind." Lethe said. "Anyway, Uncle Fred and George have this joke shop in Hogsmeade. I always go there, they sell all kinds of funny stuff. And finally Uncle Ron, Damon's Dad, works in the Ministry of Magic too with Uncle Percy."
"All right, meal time!" Athena heard Philip yelling. She looked down and saw all the food piled on the golden dishes. She took some sausages while she heard someone screaming from the end of the table.
"What's going on?" She asked in panic.
"Looks like someone has asked Sir Nicholas how can he be nearly headless again." James grinned when he saw what had happened.
The Weasley boys continued to stuff themselves with food as if nothing has happened.
"Who?" Athena asked blankly.
"Sir Nicholas. But sometimes we called him Nearly Headless Nick. He is the ghost of the Gryffindor house." Elizabeth said after she had swallowed her peas.
Athena dropped her fork with a CLANG.
"Ghost?" She whispered.
"Yep." Elizabeth nodded. "In fact, there are quite a lot here. But don't worry, they are harmless and pretty friendly."
"Yeah right." James snorted. "So are Peeves and the Bloody Baron."
"Who are Peeves and Bloody Baron?"
"Peeves is the school poltergeist. He always plays tricks on people. And the Bloody Baron," Elizabeth pointed at a ghost with blank staring eyes, a gaunt face and bloody robes near the Slytherin table. "Is the Slytherin Ghost."
"He doesn't look nice." Athena observed.
"Of course he doesn't. Slytherin is for bad wizards." Elizabeth said and pointed to a fat ghost. "That's the Fat Friar, the Hufflepuff ghost. And that," She pointed at a female ghost. "Is the Grey Lady of Ravenclaw."
"So why is he called Nearly Headless?" Athena asked.
"You don't want to know." Elizabeth shuddered and cleared her throat. "By the way, do you like the enchanted ceiling?"
"What? There's a ceiling up there?" Athena asked as she looked up at the stars.
"Of course, otherwise we will be drenched wet if it rains. The ceiling is bewitched to look like the night sky outside." James said. "Awesome, isn't it?"
Athena nodded. "It's wonderful."
"I wonder why Mom left this place, it's like a dreamland." She said to herself.
Note: Athena's owl, Bubo, belongs to creators of the movie "Clash of the Titans" (I think)
Thank you for all your reviews!
Chapter 6: The Sorting
Athena looked at the giant, confused. "Excuse me but do I know you?" She asked politely.
The giant looked as confused as Athena now. "Who..I got it, yer mom never tells yeh about Hogwarts, right? I understand." He smiled. "The name is Rubeus Hagrid. Keeper of Keys at Hogwarts."
"How do you know that I'm Athena?" Athena asked again.
"Easy, yeh look exactly like your mom. Jus' tha' yeh got your eyes and hair colour from yer dad."
"You know my dad?" Athena asked excitedly. Maybe she could ask something from Hagrid about her father.
Hagrid smiled proudly. "O' course I know, great man, Dum...." He stopped himself quickly and cleared his throat. "Well, there's no time ter waste, follow me." He lifted his lamp higher and led the first-years to the boats.
"Wow!" Athena exclaimed with the rest of students. She stared in awe at the well-lit, vast castle sitting at the other side of the wide lake. "Is that our school? It looks like a palace for the royals." She asked Hagrid.
"Yep, Hogwarts." Hagrid answered.
"I don't believe this. This is like a dream come true." Athena said happily.
***
When Hagrid led the first-years to the castle's front door, the door swung open before he could knock and Athena saw a man with greasy black hair, a hooked nose and sallow skin in black robes standing in front of Hagrid, frowning.
"What took you so long, Hagrid?" The man asked in a chilly tone that made Athena shivered.
"Sorry." Hagrid mumbled.
"You may go now, I will take them from here." The man said and Hagrid left. The man led them across the flagged stone floor and showed them into a small empty chamber.
"Welcome to Hogwarts. I am Professor Severus Snape, the Deputy Headmaster. Now in a few moments the start-of-term banquet will begin but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be sorted into your houses. They are," Snape gave a proud smile. "Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and," He sneered, "Gryffindor."
"He doesn't seem to like Gryffindor much." Athena whispered to Lethe.
Snape turned his head sharply to Athena's comments, looked at Athena in a piercing stare and gave a cold smile. "Hello Athena."
Athena's mouth went open. "You know me?" She whispered.
Snape didn't seem to hear her. He turned his attention back to the first- years. "Now when you are here, your house will be like your family. Your triumphs will earn you points and any rule-breaking and you will lose points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points will be awarded the House Cup. The Sorting Ceremony will begin momentarily. Just wait here." He left.
"How does Professor Snape know who I am? I have never seen him before." Athena asked in bewilderment.
***
"We are ready for you now, follow me." Snape said and led them through a pairs of double doors into the Great Hall.
Once they had entered the Great Hall, Athena thought that she was dreaming. The place was splendid. Thousands of candles were floating in mid-air and the Hall didn't even seem to have a ceiling, the stars were clearly visible outside, shining like diamonds. Athena saw James and Elizabeth as they passed the tables and waved.
"Now will you wait along here please?" Snape asked with force politeness as he stopped beside a three-leg stool with a torn, old and dirty witch hat on it.
The first-years crowded in front of him. "Now, before we begin, Professor Sprouts will like to say a few words."
Athena saw a short, plump witch stood up from her seat and smiled. "Welcome to Hogwarts. Now, I want to announce that the Dark Forest is strictly forbidden to all students. And the whole of the third floor corridor is out of bonds. Thank you." She sat down.
Snape waited until the hat had finished its song and that the applause in the Great Hall had died down and he took out a scroll. "Now when I call your name, you will come forth, I will put the Sorting Hat onto your head, and you will be sorted into your houses."
Snape passed through the names quickly and when he read, "Longbottom, Lethe!" He gave an unpleasant smile to Lethe. Lethe swallowed.
"Stay calm, Lethe." Athena whispered.
The hat took quite a while to sort Lethe and when it shouted, "GRYFFINDOR!", Lethe ran off still wearing it and quickly turned back to return it to "Professor Snake".
"Like father, like daughter." Athena heard Snape mumbled.
"Malfoy, Narcissus!" Professor Snape called and Athena saw the nasty, pale looking boy stepped forward.
"SLYTHERIN!" The hat cried in less then a second and Malfoy looked proud as he marched to the Slytherin table.
Snape looked at his scroll and gave a small smile. "McGonagall, Athena!"
When Athena stepped out, she felt that everyone from the teachers' table seem to be staring at her and she noticed that some of the teachers were whispering to each other. She sat down on the stool, and Snape put the hat onto her head.
"Hm, I see plenty of courage, a very good mind and a very, very unusual ability..now where to put you? Hm...well, since your father..."
"Hurry up." Snape growled.
"All right, GRYFFINDOR!" The hat said quickly. Athena smiled; she heard that Gryffindor is the best house and a few famous wizards graduated from that house, such as Harry Potter, Oliver Wood and Katie Bell (James' and Elizabeth's famous parents) and Albus Dumbledore. She could see that James and Elizabeth gave each other a high five and Lethe clapping furiously.
"Very good." Snape said and gave her a small smile. Athena smiled back nervously and went to the Gryffindor table.
"Potter, Eric!" Snape said and a boy with messy brown hair and green eyes stepped out. Snape frowned a little at him and put the hat onto his head.
"GRYFFINDOR!"
Athena clapped along with the rest as the boy came to their table. "Hi!" He said friendly. Athena and the others greeted back.
"Are you related to Harry Potter?" Athena asked politely.
"Yeah, he's my dad." Eric grinned proudly and saw Harry gave him a smile from the teachers' table. Athena thought that Harry Potter looked pretty handsome without his glasses on.
"Hey, don't you dare to push Athena around just because your dad is a famous wizard." Elizabeth warned.
"I won't, my mom gave me a warning on that." Eric said.
Snape went on and arrived to 'W'. "Weasley, Damon."
A boy with red hair and freckles came forward and Snape sneered at him.
"That's my cousin." Lethe pointed out.
"Ha! Another Weasley. I know just what to do with you. GRYFFINDOR!"
"What does the hat mean by "another Weasley" ?" Athena asked as she clapped her hands with the rest of the Gryffindors.
Lethe pointed at the 3 pupils behind her. "These are my cousins too. Athena, this is Peter, Frederick and Philip Weasley, guys, this is Athena."
"Hi." The boys greeted cheerfully.
"I got 3 more cousins, but they had already graduated." Lethe said and smiled at Athena's astonishing look.
"That's a big family." Athena said finally.
"Yeah, it is. And pretty interesting too. Uncle Charlie works with dragons in Romania, Uncle Bill works for Gringotts, Uncle Percy works in the Ministry of Magic...." Lethe as she tipped off her fingers.
"Lethe, don't tell Athena about our family. You will bored her to death." Peter said.
"I don't mind, your uncles sounds interesting." Athena smiled.
"See? She doesn't mind." Lethe said. "Anyway, Uncle Fred and George have this joke shop in Hogsmeade. I always go there, they sell all kinds of funny stuff. And finally Uncle Ron, Damon's Dad, works in the Ministry of Magic too with Uncle Percy."
"All right, meal time!" Athena heard Philip yelling. She looked down and saw all the food piled on the golden dishes. She took some sausages while she heard someone screaming from the end of the table.
"What's going on?" She asked in panic.
"Looks like someone has asked Sir Nicholas how can he be nearly headless again." James grinned when he saw what had happened.
The Weasley boys continued to stuff themselves with food as if nothing has happened.
"Who?" Athena asked blankly.
"Sir Nicholas. But sometimes we called him Nearly Headless Nick. He is the ghost of the Gryffindor house." Elizabeth said after she had swallowed her peas.
Athena dropped her fork with a CLANG.
"Ghost?" She whispered.
"Yep." Elizabeth nodded. "In fact, there are quite a lot here. But don't worry, they are harmless and pretty friendly."
"Yeah right." James snorted. "So are Peeves and the Bloody Baron."
"Who are Peeves and Bloody Baron?"
"Peeves is the school poltergeist. He always plays tricks on people. And the Bloody Baron," Elizabeth pointed at a ghost with blank staring eyes, a gaunt face and bloody robes near the Slytherin table. "Is the Slytherin Ghost."
"He doesn't look nice." Athena observed.
"Of course he doesn't. Slytherin is for bad wizards." Elizabeth said and pointed to a fat ghost. "That's the Fat Friar, the Hufflepuff ghost. And that," She pointed at a female ghost. "Is the Grey Lady of Ravenclaw."
"So why is he called Nearly Headless?" Athena asked.
"You don't want to know." Elizabeth shuddered and cleared her throat. "By the way, do you like the enchanted ceiling?"
"What? There's a ceiling up there?" Athena asked as she looked up at the stars.
"Of course, otherwise we will be drenched wet if it rains. The ceiling is bewitched to look like the night sky outside." James said. "Awesome, isn't it?"
Athena nodded. "It's wonderful."
"I wonder why Mom left this place, it's like a dreamland." She said to herself.
