Tricks, Not Treats
This chapter is dedicated to Tropical Fishy, my favorite author on ff.n who REVIEWED my story! Thanks again!!!!!!
"Who pushed you in," Bella asked Sarah. "They are going to be sorry that they even saw you when I'm through with them."
"I didn't see who it was," said Sarah slowly. "I wasn't facing them." They heard Hagrid call. "Is everyone alrigh'?"
"Yes, we're fine," Bella shouted back. "But someone won't be if I find out who did that," she whispered to herself. Bella picked up a blanket and wrapped it around Sarah and herself. They sat down with their backs to the others.
When they reached the shore, Bella and Sarah walked over to where Lily, Molly, and Severus were standing.
"What happened?" I asked Bella.
"Someone, I'm guessing one of the guys in her boat, pushed her into the water. She can't swim."
Lily asked Sarah about what happened. "Who was in the boat with you? What did they look like? Did they know that you couldn't swim?"
"Woah, slow down," she told Lily. "First I was in a boat with two boys. Their names are Arthur Weasley and Pat Patill. They are both very sweet, especially Pat! And he is cute too! Second, they don't know that I can't swim. Plus, I know that it wasn't either of them."
"Suuuuuure," Lily and Severus said together.
"No, it wasn't any of them. I was facing them. It couldn't have been. Neither of them moved. And plus their wands were still packed away in their bags. But I think that I know who it was."
"Who?" Bella asked her. "I promise that I won't do anything drastic. Just tell us."
"I'll tell you later," Sarah said quietly, swiftly glancing over her shoulder.
"Looking for someone?" asked a nasty voice next to Molly. Sarah and Bella just shivered in response.
"What do you want Rosalyn?" Molly asked.
"Nothing Molly, dear," replied Rosalyn in a sickly sweet voice. "What would make you think that I wanted anything, darling neighbor." Before anyone could answer she swept away to torment someone else.
"C'mon. Let's go see what's going on," Bella suggested. However, before they could go anywhere they heard a voice asking for everyone who had gotten wet to please come up front. The voice was soft and sweet, but its tone got the attention of every student.
Bella and Sarah pushed their way to the front. There stood a very pretty, young lady.
'"Hello. My name is Professor McGonagall," she spoke kindly to them. "I am just going to perform a simple drying spell. Please stand still." She waved her wand and muttered 'Dryario" (a/n said Dry-air-e-o) twice.
Bella suddenly found herself dry and warm. Sarah stopped shivering and took a better look at the teacher who had dried her off. She had dark brown hair in a ponytail that hung in waves all the way down her back. Her warm brown eyes were smiling at Sarah in a way that made Sarah glad to be at Hogwarts.
"Well come along students," she told the first years. Lily, Molly, and Severus pushed their way to the front to join Bella and Sarah. They followed the professor silently. The doors to the castle swung open noiselessly and they walked inside. The first years listened nervously as Professor McGonagall told them about Hogwarts.
"Each of you has been brought here because of a special talent, the ability to perform magic. Some of you have already shown your ability to do this and others of you have yet to perform your first magic. You are about to see a little magic. Do not be surprised by what you see. You will get used to this quickly. The most important thing that will happen to you is that you will be sorted into one of our four houses. Each house possesses unique qualities, and, according to your qualities, you will be put in the house that is meant for you. You need to wait here for a while, but soon I will be back to take you to in to be sorted." With that she turned and left the first years by themselves in the big entrance hall.
Quite hissing whispers broke out all over. Kids were whispering frantically to their friends about which house they wanted to be in and what the test was and that they hoped they would be put with their friends. Lily was silent, as were her friends. Finally Severus broke the silence.
"I don't know about you guys, but I am so nervous I am sweating."
"Same," they all agreed in unison.
They stood quietly for a few minutes until the door swung open and McGonagall told them to follow her. Lily looked over at Severus who looked back and, silently, they agreed that this was the single most frightening moment of their lives. They took their first steps into the hall and then forgot about how scared they were. They stared around at all the faces that were peering at the new students. Lily caught the eye of one of the students sitting at the table farthest away from her. The eyes belonged to a girl who looked about a year older than Lily. She was tall and blonde with hazel eyes that stood out compared to the rest of the students. She smiled and Lily felt that this was someone to trust.
Finally after what seemed like so long (but was actually only one minute), the first years were up at the front. They stood looking nervous while an old man brought out a stood and a battered hat. He sat the hat on the stool and then backed up to the edge of the stage. Everyone stared at the hat so Lily stared at it too. A rip near the bottom of the brim opened at it began to sing.
"Oh my goodness! I will never get used to magic!" Lily thought as she was listening to the hat. When the hat finished singing, McGonagall stared to call out a list of names.
"Albertson, Andrew" A little chubby boy walked up to the stool and put the hat on his head. (A/N now do the kids put the hat on themselves or does McGonagall put it on them? In the movie they do it one way and the book the other!) The hat almost instantly shouted "Hufflepuff" The boy was greeted with much applause as he raced over to the table that was cheering for him after placing the hat on the stool again. Then McGonagall called up the next person, "Aptergray, Christopher" who was sorted in to Ravenclaw. Now "Black, Sirius" was called up. Lily rolled her eyes as he was sorted into Gryffindor. He walked over to the table and sat down by himself. Next "Crouch, Bartemius" was called up and sorted into Slytherin.
The list went on for a few minutes until "Evans, Lily" was called. She started towards the stool, but tripped on her robes as she went up the steps to the platform. She fell on her face and had to stifle a scream. She rose to her feet and continued to the hat, her face bright red. She jammed the hat over her head as quickly as she could. Again she was surprised as it started talking to her.
"Hello my dear," it said pleasantly in her ear. "Hello," she thought, "How are you?"
"Not very often that I hear someone say that to me. I am doing a lot better since you asked. Usually people just think things like 'Put me here or there' or things along those lines."
"You must be so bored, only coming out to sort the students," Lily thought.
"Yes I usually am. But then again, I have all year to make up a new song."
"That would still get boring," Lily almost said out loud. "I would want to get up and do something." They continued talking for a while about this and that and really anything that came to mind. The hat, as Lily noticed, had very strong opinions about many things. "So, what is your favorite house?"
"Well, I am not supposed to tell students this, but because you are going there I don't suppose that it matters. I really prefer Gryffindor to the others."
"I am going to Gryffindor?" Lily asked, shocked.
"But please, don't go yet. We are having such a wonderful conversation."
"Oh, I have to. However, I will come and visit you and we can have many more conversations."
"Ok. But only if you promise to come back," the hat said is a forlorn voice.
"I promise. Don't worry!" she told it. The hat shouted out "Gryffindor" and so she took it off and ran towards the Gryffindor table. She noticed that not many people were clapping. Many were yawning. She plopped down in a seat and saw everyone staring at her.
"What?" she asked them.
"That took long enough," a boy complained. Lily looked at him and saw that it was Sirius Black, another first year who was just sorted.
"You were up there for about an hour," a kid said.
"I was?" Lily asked. "Yup," said all the other kids sitting around her. Lily sat there and wondered why this was such a big deal. The uncomfortable silence was broken quickly by the next name being called to be sorted.
"Figg, Arabella." Lily watched as Bella walked up to the stool. "She doesn't look half as nervous as I was," Lily thought to herself.
Lily sat nervously whispering to herself "Gryffindor, Gryffindor" over and over again.
"Shush!" someone whispered harshly at her. She glanced at them and said, "Shush yourself!"
She continued with her chanting until the sorting hat called out, "Gryffindor!" Lily screamed, "YES!" as Bella ran and sat next to her.
"Good, Veronica," she walked towards the stool and when she turned to the students she had a look on her face that was daring them to continue laughing about her name. She sat there for a minute until the hat called out, "Gryffindor!" She ran to the Gryffindor table. She sat by herself a little ways down the table from Lily and Bella.
Rosalyn, who was next, was sorted into Slytherin, which was no surprise to Lily, who judged her by the way she had acted to Molly.
The next person that they recognized was Lupin, Remus. He was put in Gryffindor after a wait, though it had not been as long as Lily's.
Molly was up next and Lily paid attention very carefully. She was sorted into Gryffindor, and she walked calmly to her seat near Lily.
Patill, Pat was sorted into Hufflepuff, and then went Pettigrew, Peter. He was sorted into Gryffindor. He was the boy, Lily recognized, who had been standing with Remus and James on the train.
Remus and Peter sat a little ways down the table near Veronica. When Potter, James became a Gryffindor, they all shouted and clapped.
When Snape, Severus was called up to the platform, it became quiet. Lily and Bella were crossing their fingers, but they didn't know if they wanted him to be in Gryffindor, with them, or Slytherin, where he wanted to be.
He became a Slytherin after a very short time with the hat. Lily and Bella cheered for him loudly, even though they were receiving some weird looks from their housemates. They were getting a little bored, but then Sarah was called up.
"Ravenclaw!" the hat shouted. The girls clapped loudly, and then started talking to their neighbors.
"Thomas, Elizabeth," called the hat. Liz walked up the platform and placed the hat on her head. When she became a Gryffindor, she walked to the part of the table where Veronica, James, Remus, and Peter were sitting. Everyone began to loose interest and start fidgeting. They were interrupted when the last person, "Weasley, Arthur," was called. Everyone was surprised when it seemed like the hat started laughing, but there wasn't time to think about it because Arthur was almost immediately named a Gryffindor.
The old man stood and silence fell.
"I am Professor Dumbledore and I am your new headmaster. I just would like to tell you that I hope we will have a fun year and to enjoy the feast." As he finished speaking, food sprang up all over the tables. Food of all kind adorned the dishes and the older students started talking and eating while the first years just stared. They soon got over the shock and dug in. The food was wonderful and the students ate as much as they could. Everyone was very full by the time the plates were cleared.
When the announcements had all been made, the prefects made their way upstairs with all the first years trailing behind.
Lily went into her room to find that she, Bella, Molly and two other girls were roommates. The room was set up with three beds on one wall and two on the other. There was a window opposite the door.
Lily went to a bed near the window because it looked like her stuff was there. "I'll just take this bed then," she said, motioning to the bed.
"No you won't," Veronica told her, "That's my bed." Bella and Molly looked surprised and disgusted, while Liz just rolled her eyes.
"Fine, I'll take this one. I don't really care," Lily replied as she started lugging her bag over to the bed closest to the door.
"I just changed my mind," Veronica told her in a forceful voice, "I like that bed better." She pointed to the bed that Lily was going towards.
Lily started to get mad. "Now wait a minute. I don't really care which bed I have, but I don't want to lug this bag everywhere. So you go first. Choose your bed." Lily was trying hard not to loose her temper like she had with James and Remus. Veronica started laughing.
"I don't care which bed I have. I was just trying to see how long you would put up with that before you got really mad. I like to know what kind of people I'll be spending a lot of time with," she gasped between gales of laughter. The laughter was contagious. Lily started to laugh with her. Once Molly and Bella saw that Lily wasn't mad, they joined in too.
"Wow you're lucky that I kept my temper. You should see what happened to the last people that crossed me." Lily told her, remembering James and Remus.
"What did you do?" Veronica was never one to let a good prank story go by.
"But why didn't they have blonde curly hair?" Veronica wondered, after Lily finished.
"Oh, It's on delay. It should take effect around breakfast tomorrow!" Lily started giggling. The girls stayed up late telling prank stories and just talking. They got along just fine. So far, the only thing they disagreed on was James and Remus. Liz and Veronica couldn't see what was wrong with them, while Bella and Molly took Lily's point of view. They decided to wait till the next day to make up final decisions though. Exhausted, they fell asleep content and excited for the next day.
Well, hope you all liked it! I had forgotten about this story, but I just got really excited about working on it again. So, I have school off tomorrow and I'll try to get a chapter up then. My weeks have been really busy and we have exams coming up soon, so I can't promise anything. Remember, the more you review, the faster I'll write.
I just saw a note from another author that I really liked. It said that the author wasn't going to wait for any number of reviews, because that would punish the people who wanted to read the story and had already reviewed! I like that, so I'm going to try to follow that, but I don't know how fast I can turn out chapters. I'll try my hardest though.
Love to all my readers,
sneef22
Oh, and a note.I just wanted to thank Tropical Fishy again for reading and reviewing my story! Thank you thank you thank you! I love all my other reviewers too!
This chapter is dedicated to Tropical Fishy, my favorite author on ff.n who REVIEWED my story! Thanks again!!!!!!
"Who pushed you in," Bella asked Sarah. "They are going to be sorry that they even saw you when I'm through with them."
"I didn't see who it was," said Sarah slowly. "I wasn't facing them." They heard Hagrid call. "Is everyone alrigh'?"
"Yes, we're fine," Bella shouted back. "But someone won't be if I find out who did that," she whispered to herself. Bella picked up a blanket and wrapped it around Sarah and herself. They sat down with their backs to the others.
When they reached the shore, Bella and Sarah walked over to where Lily, Molly, and Severus were standing.
"What happened?" I asked Bella.
"Someone, I'm guessing one of the guys in her boat, pushed her into the water. She can't swim."
Lily asked Sarah about what happened. "Who was in the boat with you? What did they look like? Did they know that you couldn't swim?"
"Woah, slow down," she told Lily. "First I was in a boat with two boys. Their names are Arthur Weasley and Pat Patill. They are both very sweet, especially Pat! And he is cute too! Second, they don't know that I can't swim. Plus, I know that it wasn't either of them."
"Suuuuuure," Lily and Severus said together.
"No, it wasn't any of them. I was facing them. It couldn't have been. Neither of them moved. And plus their wands were still packed away in their bags. But I think that I know who it was."
"Who?" Bella asked her. "I promise that I won't do anything drastic. Just tell us."
"I'll tell you later," Sarah said quietly, swiftly glancing over her shoulder.
"Looking for someone?" asked a nasty voice next to Molly. Sarah and Bella just shivered in response.
"What do you want Rosalyn?" Molly asked.
"Nothing Molly, dear," replied Rosalyn in a sickly sweet voice. "What would make you think that I wanted anything, darling neighbor." Before anyone could answer she swept away to torment someone else.
"C'mon. Let's go see what's going on," Bella suggested. However, before they could go anywhere they heard a voice asking for everyone who had gotten wet to please come up front. The voice was soft and sweet, but its tone got the attention of every student.
Bella and Sarah pushed their way to the front. There stood a very pretty, young lady.
'"Hello. My name is Professor McGonagall," she spoke kindly to them. "I am just going to perform a simple drying spell. Please stand still." She waved her wand and muttered 'Dryario" (a/n said Dry-air-e-o) twice.
Bella suddenly found herself dry and warm. Sarah stopped shivering and took a better look at the teacher who had dried her off. She had dark brown hair in a ponytail that hung in waves all the way down her back. Her warm brown eyes were smiling at Sarah in a way that made Sarah glad to be at Hogwarts.
"Well come along students," she told the first years. Lily, Molly, and Severus pushed their way to the front to join Bella and Sarah. They followed the professor silently. The doors to the castle swung open noiselessly and they walked inside. The first years listened nervously as Professor McGonagall told them about Hogwarts.
"Each of you has been brought here because of a special talent, the ability to perform magic. Some of you have already shown your ability to do this and others of you have yet to perform your first magic. You are about to see a little magic. Do not be surprised by what you see. You will get used to this quickly. The most important thing that will happen to you is that you will be sorted into one of our four houses. Each house possesses unique qualities, and, according to your qualities, you will be put in the house that is meant for you. You need to wait here for a while, but soon I will be back to take you to in to be sorted." With that she turned and left the first years by themselves in the big entrance hall.
Quite hissing whispers broke out all over. Kids were whispering frantically to their friends about which house they wanted to be in and what the test was and that they hoped they would be put with their friends. Lily was silent, as were her friends. Finally Severus broke the silence.
"I don't know about you guys, but I am so nervous I am sweating."
"Same," they all agreed in unison.
They stood quietly for a few minutes until the door swung open and McGonagall told them to follow her. Lily looked over at Severus who looked back and, silently, they agreed that this was the single most frightening moment of their lives. They took their first steps into the hall and then forgot about how scared they were. They stared around at all the faces that were peering at the new students. Lily caught the eye of one of the students sitting at the table farthest away from her. The eyes belonged to a girl who looked about a year older than Lily. She was tall and blonde with hazel eyes that stood out compared to the rest of the students. She smiled and Lily felt that this was someone to trust.
Finally after what seemed like so long (but was actually only one minute), the first years were up at the front. They stood looking nervous while an old man brought out a stood and a battered hat. He sat the hat on the stool and then backed up to the edge of the stage. Everyone stared at the hat so Lily stared at it too. A rip near the bottom of the brim opened at it began to sing.
"Oh my goodness! I will never get used to magic!" Lily thought as she was listening to the hat. When the hat finished singing, McGonagall stared to call out a list of names.
"Albertson, Andrew" A little chubby boy walked up to the stool and put the hat on his head. (A/N now do the kids put the hat on themselves or does McGonagall put it on them? In the movie they do it one way and the book the other!) The hat almost instantly shouted "Hufflepuff" The boy was greeted with much applause as he raced over to the table that was cheering for him after placing the hat on the stool again. Then McGonagall called up the next person, "Aptergray, Christopher" who was sorted in to Ravenclaw. Now "Black, Sirius" was called up. Lily rolled her eyes as he was sorted into Gryffindor. He walked over to the table and sat down by himself. Next "Crouch, Bartemius" was called up and sorted into Slytherin.
The list went on for a few minutes until "Evans, Lily" was called. She started towards the stool, but tripped on her robes as she went up the steps to the platform. She fell on her face and had to stifle a scream. She rose to her feet and continued to the hat, her face bright red. She jammed the hat over her head as quickly as she could. Again she was surprised as it started talking to her.
"Hello my dear," it said pleasantly in her ear. "Hello," she thought, "How are you?"
"Not very often that I hear someone say that to me. I am doing a lot better since you asked. Usually people just think things like 'Put me here or there' or things along those lines."
"You must be so bored, only coming out to sort the students," Lily thought.
"Yes I usually am. But then again, I have all year to make up a new song."
"That would still get boring," Lily almost said out loud. "I would want to get up and do something." They continued talking for a while about this and that and really anything that came to mind. The hat, as Lily noticed, had very strong opinions about many things. "So, what is your favorite house?"
"Well, I am not supposed to tell students this, but because you are going there I don't suppose that it matters. I really prefer Gryffindor to the others."
"I am going to Gryffindor?" Lily asked, shocked.
"But please, don't go yet. We are having such a wonderful conversation."
"Oh, I have to. However, I will come and visit you and we can have many more conversations."
"Ok. But only if you promise to come back," the hat said is a forlorn voice.
"I promise. Don't worry!" she told it. The hat shouted out "Gryffindor" and so she took it off and ran towards the Gryffindor table. She noticed that not many people were clapping. Many were yawning. She plopped down in a seat and saw everyone staring at her.
"What?" she asked them.
"That took long enough," a boy complained. Lily looked at him and saw that it was Sirius Black, another first year who was just sorted.
"You were up there for about an hour," a kid said.
"I was?" Lily asked. "Yup," said all the other kids sitting around her. Lily sat there and wondered why this was such a big deal. The uncomfortable silence was broken quickly by the next name being called to be sorted.
"Figg, Arabella." Lily watched as Bella walked up to the stool. "She doesn't look half as nervous as I was," Lily thought to herself.
Lily sat nervously whispering to herself "Gryffindor, Gryffindor" over and over again.
"Shush!" someone whispered harshly at her. She glanced at them and said, "Shush yourself!"
She continued with her chanting until the sorting hat called out, "Gryffindor!" Lily screamed, "YES!" as Bella ran and sat next to her.
"Good, Veronica," she walked towards the stool and when she turned to the students she had a look on her face that was daring them to continue laughing about her name. She sat there for a minute until the hat called out, "Gryffindor!" She ran to the Gryffindor table. She sat by herself a little ways down the table from Lily and Bella.
Rosalyn, who was next, was sorted into Slytherin, which was no surprise to Lily, who judged her by the way she had acted to Molly.
The next person that they recognized was Lupin, Remus. He was put in Gryffindor after a wait, though it had not been as long as Lily's.
Molly was up next and Lily paid attention very carefully. She was sorted into Gryffindor, and she walked calmly to her seat near Lily.
Patill, Pat was sorted into Hufflepuff, and then went Pettigrew, Peter. He was sorted into Gryffindor. He was the boy, Lily recognized, who had been standing with Remus and James on the train.
Remus and Peter sat a little ways down the table near Veronica. When Potter, James became a Gryffindor, they all shouted and clapped.
When Snape, Severus was called up to the platform, it became quiet. Lily and Bella were crossing their fingers, but they didn't know if they wanted him to be in Gryffindor, with them, or Slytherin, where he wanted to be.
He became a Slytherin after a very short time with the hat. Lily and Bella cheered for him loudly, even though they were receiving some weird looks from their housemates. They were getting a little bored, but then Sarah was called up.
"Ravenclaw!" the hat shouted. The girls clapped loudly, and then started talking to their neighbors.
"Thomas, Elizabeth," called the hat. Liz walked up the platform and placed the hat on her head. When she became a Gryffindor, she walked to the part of the table where Veronica, James, Remus, and Peter were sitting. Everyone began to loose interest and start fidgeting. They were interrupted when the last person, "Weasley, Arthur," was called. Everyone was surprised when it seemed like the hat started laughing, but there wasn't time to think about it because Arthur was almost immediately named a Gryffindor.
The old man stood and silence fell.
"I am Professor Dumbledore and I am your new headmaster. I just would like to tell you that I hope we will have a fun year and to enjoy the feast." As he finished speaking, food sprang up all over the tables. Food of all kind adorned the dishes and the older students started talking and eating while the first years just stared. They soon got over the shock and dug in. The food was wonderful and the students ate as much as they could. Everyone was very full by the time the plates were cleared.
When the announcements had all been made, the prefects made their way upstairs with all the first years trailing behind.
Lily went into her room to find that she, Bella, Molly and two other girls were roommates. The room was set up with three beds on one wall and two on the other. There was a window opposite the door.
Lily went to a bed near the window because it looked like her stuff was there. "I'll just take this bed then," she said, motioning to the bed.
"No you won't," Veronica told her, "That's my bed." Bella and Molly looked surprised and disgusted, while Liz just rolled her eyes.
"Fine, I'll take this one. I don't really care," Lily replied as she started lugging her bag over to the bed closest to the door.
"I just changed my mind," Veronica told her in a forceful voice, "I like that bed better." She pointed to the bed that Lily was going towards.
Lily started to get mad. "Now wait a minute. I don't really care which bed I have, but I don't want to lug this bag everywhere. So you go first. Choose your bed." Lily was trying hard not to loose her temper like she had with James and Remus. Veronica started laughing.
"I don't care which bed I have. I was just trying to see how long you would put up with that before you got really mad. I like to know what kind of people I'll be spending a lot of time with," she gasped between gales of laughter. The laughter was contagious. Lily started to laugh with her. Once Molly and Bella saw that Lily wasn't mad, they joined in too.
"Wow you're lucky that I kept my temper. You should see what happened to the last people that crossed me." Lily told her, remembering James and Remus.
"What did you do?" Veronica was never one to let a good prank story go by.
"But why didn't they have blonde curly hair?" Veronica wondered, after Lily finished.
"Oh, It's on delay. It should take effect around breakfast tomorrow!" Lily started giggling. The girls stayed up late telling prank stories and just talking. They got along just fine. So far, the only thing they disagreed on was James and Remus. Liz and Veronica couldn't see what was wrong with them, while Bella and Molly took Lily's point of view. They decided to wait till the next day to make up final decisions though. Exhausted, they fell asleep content and excited for the next day.
Well, hope you all liked it! I had forgotten about this story, but I just got really excited about working on it again. So, I have school off tomorrow and I'll try to get a chapter up then. My weeks have been really busy and we have exams coming up soon, so I can't promise anything. Remember, the more you review, the faster I'll write.
I just saw a note from another author that I really liked. It said that the author wasn't going to wait for any number of reviews, because that would punish the people who wanted to read the story and had already reviewed! I like that, so I'm going to try to follow that, but I don't know how fast I can turn out chapters. I'll try my hardest though.
Love to all my readers,
sneef22
Oh, and a note.I just wanted to thank Tropical Fishy again for reading and reviewing my story! Thank you thank you thank you! I love all my other reviewers too!