Chapter 7.
The sorting Hat.
Blah = the sorting hat.
A/N: I am really sorry for taking so long to get the last two chapters out… My dog, the one I had my whole life was put to sleep this year, and I haven't really gotten over it yet. I am trying to get it together but please deal with me.
Jamie.
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Harry didn't know what to think anymore… After the train had stopped they all got off and there was Hagrid telling the first years to follow him. Harry gave him a huge hug, as they found their way together. They were loaded into tiny boats and the blond angelic girl and two boys joined Harry and Ron. They all started their ride together and they gasped together… Harriet was so dazed that when Ron pushed her she nearly fell into the water. Her look alone promised the horrors he would soon see.
When they got to the castle there was a woman standing waiting for them. She looked really cross and mean. Harry was making mental notes. 'Maybe her bun is too tight… or maybe some student really hurt her and she couldn't trust them… or maybe she was just stern.' She really didn't pay attention to what she was saying. The older woman left and that's when the problems started.
"So it is true then." She knew that voice… She turned around to see the boy from the robe shop. For the life of her she couldn't remember his name. Then she remembered… they hadn't exchanged names. "Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts." There was a flash of whispers and people trying to get a good look at her. "It's you. Isn't it?"
"And what of it?" She asked in a cold manner.
"Your soon figure out that some wizarding families are better than others." He held out his hand. "I could help there."
She looked him over again before looking him straight in the eye. "I can manage on my own."
"You're only saying that because you don't know who I am." He raised his chin. "I'm a Malfoy. Draco Malfoy." Ron chortled and Draco turned on him. "I already know you. Read hair, a face full of freckles, and hand-me-down robes. You're a Weasley."
"Draco Malfoy…" Harriet seemed to be thinking over the name and he turned to smile at her. "Serpent of Bad Faith… No thank you, I can pick my own friends… and I don't see you as one of them."
The witch with the tight bun came back before Draco could say anything else. "The school is ready for you now." They followed her into the main hall; the first thing that caught Harriet's eye was the ceiling, then the candles, and then the people. There were four long tables filled with students, they were all watching the coming first years. Ron stood next to her the entire time and he brushed his hand against hers a few times.
While they were standing in line before the whole school she noticed Ron's older brothers. They waved and Ron nodded back. Her eyes swept the room. There were so many people, she felt sick. 'Now what have you gone and done?' She screamed at herself.
"Now when I call your name, you will come forward and place the sorting hat on your head." She cleared her throat, but Harriet thought she was going to cry. Could she have been hurt really badly before?
"Abbott, Hannah. Hufflepuff. Bones, Susan. Hufflepuff. Boot, Terry. Ravenclaw. Broclehurst, Mandy. Ravenclaw. Brown, Lavender. Gryffindor. Bulstrode, Millicent. Slytherin. Crabbe, Vincent. Slytherin. Finch-Fletchley, Justin. Hufflepuff. Finnigan, Seamus. Gryffindor. Granger Hermione. Gryffindor. Goyle, Gregory. Slytherin. Kyle, Allison. Ravenclaw. Longbottom, Neville. Gryffindor. MacDougal Morag. Slytherin. Malfoy, Draco. Slytherin. Malfoy, Elissa. Gryffindor. Moon, Leigh. Ravenclaw. Nott, Nicola. Hufflepuff. Parkinson, Pansy. Slytherin. Perks, Sally-Anne. Hufflepuff. Potter, Harriet."
Everyone in the hall became quiet when she took her first step. "Did she say Potter?" A girl with blond hair said. Harriet remembered her name from when she was called up. Elissa Malfoy, she was also the girl who had spoken to her on the train.
"She's a girl!" A few boys said at different tables.
Finally she sat down and the hat was placed over her eyes. That's when she heard it, a voice inside her head. "Ah, this is a pleasure. I couldn't wait to see you, Ms. Potter. Let me see, where to put you. This is difficult. Your brave, smart, hard working, and very cunning…I think Slytherin is the best house for you."
'Please anything but there. Anywhere else. I'd dies there!' She screamed inside her head.
"You will do great things Ms. Potter. Slytherin will lead you to that greatness. You shouldn't fight with me. I am placing you in the same house as your mother. Slytherin." She stopped breathing.
The table to her farthest right was clapping and Draco and a few other first years were standing waiting to accept her. She wanted to rip the hats to shreds. "I knew you couldn't stay away Potter." Malfoy said. She didn't look up the rest of the night.
"Thomas, Dean. Gryffindor. Turpin, Lisa. Ravenclaw. Weasley, Ronald. Gryffindor. Zabini, Blaise. Slytherin." That's how the sorting ended. The newest Slytherin sat next to Harry.
"Hi." Was the only word she said, because no one said anything back.
After dinner they were hustled off by a fifth year Slytherin girl. "Listen up all of you. The door way to the common room is for Slytherins only. No visitors from other houses. The password is 'Salazar's Glory.'." She seemed very full of her self.
As soon as Harriet entered she walked over to the windows. She peered outside but couldn't see the stars she always loved. "What is that above us?" She asked the girl.
"That is the lake." She answered in a hubris manner. "So nobody opens the windows, got it?" They all said fine, or ok.
tbc
