Chapter 4: The Sorting Ceremony
At last they got out of the train. Harry, Ron and Hermione went towards to take the carriage, but Anna went with those grade one students, they followed Hagrid to go to Hogwarts by boat.
'Gee! I don't know she's just grade one!' Ron said.
'That means she knew Malfoy before coming to school.' Hermione said unfriendly.
'Seems to me Malfoy fears her!' Harry said.
'That's good!' Ron laughed.
Soon the Sorting Ceremony began. Professor McGonagall called the student's name one by one. 'Williams Alex!' 'HUFFLEPUFF!'
'Jones Kate!' 'RAVENCLAW!'
'Lusiam Anna!' then the hall became silence at once, deadly silence. It was just like when the students first heard the name 'Harry Potter'.
'What's wrong?' Harry asked, he was puzzled.
'She's a Lusiam! That's why Malfoy knows her! That's why Malfoy fears her!' Ron said.
'What's a Lusiam?' Harry asked.
'A family name,' Hermione said while looking at the girl who was then sitting on the chair with the sorting hat, 'no doubt she'll be sorted into Slytherin.' But she was wrong. 'GRYFFINDOR!' the hat called. Instead of cheering was being heard, there was only whisper; echo of 'Dor…' Or people from Gryffindor whispering, 'It can't be!' Even Ron said, 'What!? Gryffindor? That smelly old hat should eat itself!'
There was no cheering until Professor Dumbledore stood up from the teacher's table and clapped his hands aloud. Then slowly a few people clapped their hands.
Anna walked towards to the Gryffindor table with a smile on her face, but she was not happy at all. She sat at the very corner of the table, no one said a word to welcome her, or to show they welcomed her.