What the Sorting Hat Thinks
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A/N: So it begins..what will the sorting hat say to each of them? And then what 'bout the ending?? MWAHAHA..lol yeah, please read and review! Thanks for those who reviewed last chappie!
Btw, Sorry for not updating sooner!!! SO sorry!
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The Hogwarts train came to a complete hault after only a few hours. By then, the sky was darkened, but the train station they were at was bright with all the lanterns and streetlights. Remus, James, Sirius, and Peter were the last to leave the train, being in the back and all. They followed all the other 1st years to a huge lake with a lot of small boats.
"Yeh each get in a boat, now. No more 'en five 'n one," a voice came out, but James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter were too busy laughing and joking around to notice a half giant standing near them. Though, they did hear what he had said and they got in a boat.
"There's a squid in the lake, you know," James said, putting his hand in the water. "I don't think it'll kill you though."
"Too bad, cause I was hoping for just that," a voice said from behind. Since it was dark, James, Remus, Sirius and Peter couldn't see who it was. The person got on the boat, almost tipping in into the lake, and since there was a lantern in their boat, they could see who it was. To everyone's annoyence, it was Snape.
"What do you want?" Sirius asked, glaring at him, but that only made Snape smirk more.
"Why should you care?" he said, sitting down on the far end of the boat. "Though if I had a chance, I'd be sitting someone better then here. Everywhere else is full." The boats then started to move forward towards the castle, so they had no choice but to let him stay on.
It wasn't the best boat ride ever. Remus could feel the tension between everyone, and some of them couldn't hold the looks on their faces. James was glaring out onto the lake, and Sirius looked like he was going to spit. Peter was playing around at his robe sleeve, and Snape was looking very bored and annoyed. Remus sighed and looked at the castle again, but he didn't focus on it and everything went blurry.
'Great, I'm having my space out moment,' Remus thought. He had those only when everything was quiet and boring..and mixed up with tension and stress. Of course it was like that. Quiet on the boats, boring because everyone was quiet, tension between his new friends and Snape, and stress at what will come. As these spaced out moment came, Remus couldn't get himself out of it, no matter what. They just had to go on their own.
Suddenly, Remus felt something cold, wet, and slimy go down his robes, and he jumped up and tried to get it out. A huge frog fell from his robes and jumped back into the lake while Snape was laughing uncontrollably. James and Sirius quickly stood up, both with their fists clenched.
"What, he looked dead!" Snape said, still laughing. James and Sirius cracked their knuckles and grabbed Snape by the arms.
"Hope you can swim," James said.
"And if you don't..hope you have your will set," Sirius said, and they threw Snape head first into the freezing cold lake. Everyone around them pointed and laughed at him as he tried to not shiver. He tried to get back in the boat but James, Sirius, and Peter blocked him from getting on. Unable to speak cause of the cold, Snape gave them a glare and swam to the boat with Malfoy and the others.
"Guess he can swim," James said, whiping his hands. Both he and Sirius sat down again.
"Stupid git. Hope HE has a frog go down his own robes. If we're lucky, he'll turn into a slimy nasty one," Sirius said.
"Thanks guys," Remus said, smiling.
"No problem," James said. "He really deserved it." The rest of the boat trip, which wasn't long, went totally uneventful. Not that Remus was upset for that, of course.
Soon enough, the boats reached the shore and everyone got out. The castle was even bigger when you were close up. All the lights were on, and by then it was pouring rain so it looked a little freaky. As soon as everyone scrambled in the castle doors, they went up to these two huge doors by some huge stairs that could be seen from the entrance area. Standing just at the top of them was a woman with narrow glasses in dark green robes and a wizarding hat. From the looks of it, she had her hair in a tight bun.
"Welcome to Hogwarts, 1st years. I am Professor McGonagall, your Transfiguration teacher. Now, soon enough, you will be lead through these two doors and be sorted into your houses," McGonagall said. She didn't smile, but she didn't look evil, either. After a few minutes, the doors opened without any assistance.
"Follow me," McGonagall said, and went inside the room, and, of course, eveyone followed. As they entered, they all froze up inside. Every single student at Hogwarts was there, all sitting at four long tables. In the front was also a long table, which had the whole staff sitting. McGonagall stopped at a stool with a battered hat on top of it. She picked that hat up and took out a roll of parchment.
"When I call your name, please come forward, place the sorting hat on your head, and join the house it picks for you," McGonagall said, and cleared her throat. "Black, Sirius." Sirius instantly turned pale, but walked up to where the hat was and put it on.
"Hmm, a Black, I see. The family who favors the Dark Lord," the hat said in his head. "But you..you are not evil like the rest. You're brave, loyal, and a tad bit smart as well. You shall be put in. . .GRYFFINDOR!" Sirius grinned widely and practically ran to the Gryffindor table.
"Evans, Lily," McGonagall said. A girl with long red hair and bright green eyes went up to the stool and put the hat on her head. James couldn't help but stare at her the whole time without blinking.
"GRYFFINDOR!" the hat shouted, and Lily jumped off the stool and joined the other Gryffindors.
Remus was starting to get a little nervous. He didn't really want to sit in front of the whole school waiting to be sorted. What if he got into Slytherin? That didn't bother him much, however. He was a pureblood and every single family member had been in Gryffindor. Then again, no one else in his family was ever a werewolf..would that change his chances? Remus suddenly felt someone poke him in the shoulder; it was James.
"Huh?" Remus asked.
"Your name was called!" James answered, and Remus quickly went up to the front, forgetting everyone was watching. He sat on the stool and felt the sorting hat rest on his head. Luckily, the hat covered his eyes so he felt as if no one was watching him at all.
"Ah, a Lupin. I remember your parents. Kind and bright, if I remember correctly. You seem to have that, as well. Good, good," the hat said. "I see you are also brave and loyal. And, not to mention, you are different from the rest of your family. You've been bitten by a werewolf as a young child, am I correct?" Remus was shocked. How had the hat known he was a werewolf? He knew the hat could see, if you can call it that, inside of you, but that's a little deep.
"Yes," Remus thought, feeling a bit silly to answer a hat.
"Well, not to worry, that won't effect anything," the hat said. "But I do say so myself, you are hard to place. However, I do think I have found the correct house. You shall be in.. GRYFFINDOR!" Remus let out a sigh of huge relief and sat down at the Gryffindor table next to Sirius.
"Oh, I wish I wasn't here," Peter muttered, looking around.
"What's wrong?" James asked.
"Sorting," Peter said. "What if I become a Slytherin?"
"Trust me, you won't," James said, grinning. "That's the house for greasy little slimballs, if you ask me. You know, slimballs like Snape."
"What's that Potter?" Snape said, glaring at him. He was right behind Peter and him. "You better shut your filthy little mouth."
"Oh, yeah?" James said. "What if I don't? You going to squeeze all the grease out of your hair and drown me in it?" Peter let out a laugh, along with some of the other kids around them who had heard.
Before Snape could reply, however, James's name was called. Not at all nervous, he went up and sat down. The hat covered his view of everyone, and a voice began to talk.
"Ah, James Potter. There's no need to think about what house to put you in. Brave, loyal, great with a wand, and very smart indeed. Many adventures await you, Mr. Potter. You shall be in GRYFFINDOR!" James smiled widely and went to join Remus and Sirius at the Gryffindor table.
Peter was now alone and very nervous. Slytherin wasn't a house he wanted to be in, but something was telling him it was the house he'd be chosen to go in.
Someone then pushed passed Peter and went to sit on the stool; it was Snape. A second after the hat was placed on his head, it shouted Slytherin and he smirked as he sat at their table. Peter looked up and down at the table and gulped. They were all stronger looking then he was, and more evil looking, as well.
"Pettigrew, Peter," McGonagall said, knocking Peter put from his thoughts. He gulped and slowly went up to the stool. The hat was placed on his head and he gulped yet again.
"Peter Pettigrew, hmm," the hat said. "Not much on bravery, but more then enough of loyalty, however. Not too bright, as well. Slytherin or Gryffindor would be the houses, but which? Hmm..I'll have to say, GRYFFINDOR!" Peter's eyes grew large of shock, yet he was happier then ever. He hurried over to the Gryffindor table and sat next to James, Remus, and Sirius, as they all congradulated him.
"See what I mean, Peter?" James said, smiling. "I told you that you wouldn't get in Slytherin!" A few minutes later, the Headmaster, Dumbledore, stood up and everyone got quiet.
"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts," he said, looking around, smiling. "I have a few rules. The Whomping Willow has been planted on the grounds, and I do say it wouldn't be the smartest thing to go and climb on it." Remus looked around as if someone would figure out he was a werewolf just by that little statement.
"On another note," Dumbledore continued. "The Forbidden Forest is still off limits, as it has been since the beginning. Now, I won't keep you from waiting from the food. I daresay you all are very starving."
"You got that right," James said, rubbing his stomach as it gurgled.
"Dig in," Dumbledore said, and seconds later, food appeared on the tablesm along with goblets, silverware and plates. James, Remus, Sirius and Peter stared at it with huge eyes, and grabbed handfulls of food.
'Maybe Hogwarts won't be all too bad,' Remus thought as he ate with everyone. 'I think it'll be quite exciting." . . . .
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A/N: Man, I was determined to finish this before I went to bed cause I kept you guys waiting for a while! Oh, and HAPPY VALENTINES DAY (though I hate it and it's been over for 10 minutes).
Hoped you liked this chappie! PLEASE REVIEW! Thx to all my reviewers, by the way!
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A/N: So it begins..what will the sorting hat say to each of them? And then what 'bout the ending?? MWAHAHA..lol yeah, please read and review! Thanks for those who reviewed last chappie!
Btw, Sorry for not updating sooner!!! SO sorry!
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The Hogwarts train came to a complete hault after only a few hours. By then, the sky was darkened, but the train station they were at was bright with all the lanterns and streetlights. Remus, James, Sirius, and Peter were the last to leave the train, being in the back and all. They followed all the other 1st years to a huge lake with a lot of small boats.
"Yeh each get in a boat, now. No more 'en five 'n one," a voice came out, but James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter were too busy laughing and joking around to notice a half giant standing near them. Though, they did hear what he had said and they got in a boat.
"There's a squid in the lake, you know," James said, putting his hand in the water. "I don't think it'll kill you though."
"Too bad, cause I was hoping for just that," a voice said from behind. Since it was dark, James, Remus, Sirius and Peter couldn't see who it was. The person got on the boat, almost tipping in into the lake, and since there was a lantern in their boat, they could see who it was. To everyone's annoyence, it was Snape.
"What do you want?" Sirius asked, glaring at him, but that only made Snape smirk more.
"Why should you care?" he said, sitting down on the far end of the boat. "Though if I had a chance, I'd be sitting someone better then here. Everywhere else is full." The boats then started to move forward towards the castle, so they had no choice but to let him stay on.
It wasn't the best boat ride ever. Remus could feel the tension between everyone, and some of them couldn't hold the looks on their faces. James was glaring out onto the lake, and Sirius looked like he was going to spit. Peter was playing around at his robe sleeve, and Snape was looking very bored and annoyed. Remus sighed and looked at the castle again, but he didn't focus on it and everything went blurry.
'Great, I'm having my space out moment,' Remus thought. He had those only when everything was quiet and boring..and mixed up with tension and stress. Of course it was like that. Quiet on the boats, boring because everyone was quiet, tension between his new friends and Snape, and stress at what will come. As these spaced out moment came, Remus couldn't get himself out of it, no matter what. They just had to go on their own.
Suddenly, Remus felt something cold, wet, and slimy go down his robes, and he jumped up and tried to get it out. A huge frog fell from his robes and jumped back into the lake while Snape was laughing uncontrollably. James and Sirius quickly stood up, both with their fists clenched.
"What, he looked dead!" Snape said, still laughing. James and Sirius cracked their knuckles and grabbed Snape by the arms.
"Hope you can swim," James said.
"And if you don't..hope you have your will set," Sirius said, and they threw Snape head first into the freezing cold lake. Everyone around them pointed and laughed at him as he tried to not shiver. He tried to get back in the boat but James, Sirius, and Peter blocked him from getting on. Unable to speak cause of the cold, Snape gave them a glare and swam to the boat with Malfoy and the others.
"Guess he can swim," James said, whiping his hands. Both he and Sirius sat down again.
"Stupid git. Hope HE has a frog go down his own robes. If we're lucky, he'll turn into a slimy nasty one," Sirius said.
"Thanks guys," Remus said, smiling.
"No problem," James said. "He really deserved it." The rest of the boat trip, which wasn't long, went totally uneventful. Not that Remus was upset for that, of course.
Soon enough, the boats reached the shore and everyone got out. The castle was even bigger when you were close up. All the lights were on, and by then it was pouring rain so it looked a little freaky. As soon as everyone scrambled in the castle doors, they went up to these two huge doors by some huge stairs that could be seen from the entrance area. Standing just at the top of them was a woman with narrow glasses in dark green robes and a wizarding hat. From the looks of it, she had her hair in a tight bun.
"Welcome to Hogwarts, 1st years. I am Professor McGonagall, your Transfiguration teacher. Now, soon enough, you will be lead through these two doors and be sorted into your houses," McGonagall said. She didn't smile, but she didn't look evil, either. After a few minutes, the doors opened without any assistance.
"Follow me," McGonagall said, and went inside the room, and, of course, eveyone followed. As they entered, they all froze up inside. Every single student at Hogwarts was there, all sitting at four long tables. In the front was also a long table, which had the whole staff sitting. McGonagall stopped at a stool with a battered hat on top of it. She picked that hat up and took out a roll of parchment.
"When I call your name, please come forward, place the sorting hat on your head, and join the house it picks for you," McGonagall said, and cleared her throat. "Black, Sirius." Sirius instantly turned pale, but walked up to where the hat was and put it on.
"Hmm, a Black, I see. The family who favors the Dark Lord," the hat said in his head. "But you..you are not evil like the rest. You're brave, loyal, and a tad bit smart as well. You shall be put in. . .GRYFFINDOR!" Sirius grinned widely and practically ran to the Gryffindor table.
"Evans, Lily," McGonagall said. A girl with long red hair and bright green eyes went up to the stool and put the hat on her head. James couldn't help but stare at her the whole time without blinking.
"GRYFFINDOR!" the hat shouted, and Lily jumped off the stool and joined the other Gryffindors.
Remus was starting to get a little nervous. He didn't really want to sit in front of the whole school waiting to be sorted. What if he got into Slytherin? That didn't bother him much, however. He was a pureblood and every single family member had been in Gryffindor. Then again, no one else in his family was ever a werewolf..would that change his chances? Remus suddenly felt someone poke him in the shoulder; it was James.
"Huh?" Remus asked.
"Your name was called!" James answered, and Remus quickly went up to the front, forgetting everyone was watching. He sat on the stool and felt the sorting hat rest on his head. Luckily, the hat covered his eyes so he felt as if no one was watching him at all.
"Ah, a Lupin. I remember your parents. Kind and bright, if I remember correctly. You seem to have that, as well. Good, good," the hat said. "I see you are also brave and loyal. And, not to mention, you are different from the rest of your family. You've been bitten by a werewolf as a young child, am I correct?" Remus was shocked. How had the hat known he was a werewolf? He knew the hat could see, if you can call it that, inside of you, but that's a little deep.
"Yes," Remus thought, feeling a bit silly to answer a hat.
"Well, not to worry, that won't effect anything," the hat said. "But I do say so myself, you are hard to place. However, I do think I have found the correct house. You shall be in.. GRYFFINDOR!" Remus let out a sigh of huge relief and sat down at the Gryffindor table next to Sirius.
"Oh, I wish I wasn't here," Peter muttered, looking around.
"What's wrong?" James asked.
"Sorting," Peter said. "What if I become a Slytherin?"
"Trust me, you won't," James said, grinning. "That's the house for greasy little slimballs, if you ask me. You know, slimballs like Snape."
"What's that Potter?" Snape said, glaring at him. He was right behind Peter and him. "You better shut your filthy little mouth."
"Oh, yeah?" James said. "What if I don't? You going to squeeze all the grease out of your hair and drown me in it?" Peter let out a laugh, along with some of the other kids around them who had heard.
Before Snape could reply, however, James's name was called. Not at all nervous, he went up and sat down. The hat covered his view of everyone, and a voice began to talk.
"Ah, James Potter. There's no need to think about what house to put you in. Brave, loyal, great with a wand, and very smart indeed. Many adventures await you, Mr. Potter. You shall be in GRYFFINDOR!" James smiled widely and went to join Remus and Sirius at the Gryffindor table.
Peter was now alone and very nervous. Slytherin wasn't a house he wanted to be in, but something was telling him it was the house he'd be chosen to go in.
Someone then pushed passed Peter and went to sit on the stool; it was Snape. A second after the hat was placed on his head, it shouted Slytherin and he smirked as he sat at their table. Peter looked up and down at the table and gulped. They were all stronger looking then he was, and more evil looking, as well.
"Pettigrew, Peter," McGonagall said, knocking Peter put from his thoughts. He gulped and slowly went up to the stool. The hat was placed on his head and he gulped yet again.
"Peter Pettigrew, hmm," the hat said. "Not much on bravery, but more then enough of loyalty, however. Not too bright, as well. Slytherin or Gryffindor would be the houses, but which? Hmm..I'll have to say, GRYFFINDOR!" Peter's eyes grew large of shock, yet he was happier then ever. He hurried over to the Gryffindor table and sat next to James, Remus, and Sirius, as they all congradulated him.
"See what I mean, Peter?" James said, smiling. "I told you that you wouldn't get in Slytherin!" A few minutes later, the Headmaster, Dumbledore, stood up and everyone got quiet.
"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts," he said, looking around, smiling. "I have a few rules. The Whomping Willow has been planted on the grounds, and I do say it wouldn't be the smartest thing to go and climb on it." Remus looked around as if someone would figure out he was a werewolf just by that little statement.
"On another note," Dumbledore continued. "The Forbidden Forest is still off limits, as it has been since the beginning. Now, I won't keep you from waiting from the food. I daresay you all are very starving."
"You got that right," James said, rubbing his stomach as it gurgled.
"Dig in," Dumbledore said, and seconds later, food appeared on the tablesm along with goblets, silverware and plates. James, Remus, Sirius and Peter stared at it with huge eyes, and grabbed handfulls of food.
'Maybe Hogwarts won't be all too bad,' Remus thought as he ate with everyone. 'I think it'll be quite exciting." . . . .
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A/N: Man, I was determined to finish this before I went to bed cause I kept you guys waiting for a while! Oh, and HAPPY VALENTINES DAY (though I hate it and it's been over for 10 minutes).
Hoped you liked this chappie! PLEASE REVIEW! Thx to all my reviewers, by the way!
