Harry Potter
Fears & Friends
Chapter 3
By: Sirius Padfoot
June 14, 2004
James, Remus, Sirius, Cathy, Lily and Peter stood together as they walked up to the grand school of Hogwarts with the rest of the new first year students.
"Come along hurry up. Every one is waiting for you." Professor McGonagall said as she watched the first year students gather together on the stairs in front of her.
"Now quiet." McGonagall said strictly. "Now while you are here. Your houses are your family. Every good deed done is rewarded with points. Any rule breaking will lose points. The house with the most points wins at the end of the year. There are four houses. Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin you must be sorted before you can be seated. Now come a long keep up." McGonagall explained then turned and started into the Great hall.
All the first year students walked into the Great Hall after McGonagall and looked around.
"Great place isn't it!" James said excitedly as he looked around at every thing then back at Remus and Sirius.
"Yeah great!" Remus said in aw as he looked around.
"Muggle's are just dumb not to see this castle standing with a students running around all the time during the school year." Cathy said amazed as she looked at all the other students that were all ready seated.
"That's the thing Cathy, Muggle's can't there is a spell that make it seem as just an old ruin." Sirius said excitedly with James nodding in agreement.
"Now quiet down you lot!" McGonagall said as she picked up a long role of parchment. "Now when I call your name come up and sit down. This hat will sort you into your houses." She said then looked down at the hat as if waiting on something.
Suddenly the hat started to sing a song loud enough for the whole Great Hall to hear.
In times of old when I was new
And Hogwarts was barely started
The founders of this noble school
Thought to never be parted:
Like students today shall think
United by a common goal,
United by the friendships all ready made,
They had the same yearning
To make the worlds best magic School
Now they yearn to make the best magic student
And pass along the learning.
"Together we will build and teach!"
The four good friends decided
And never did they dream that they Might some day be divided, Like so many here today For were there no such friends anywhere This year is different Students make their friendships to such a degree As Slytherin and Gryffindor?
Unless it was the second pair
Of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw?
So how could it have gone so wrong?
How could such friendships fail?
Why, I was there and so can tell
As I'll be there for other friendships to flourish or fail
Said Slytherin, "Well teach just those
Whose ancestry is purest."
Said Ravenclaw, "Well teach those whose
Intelligence is surest."
Said Gryffindor, "We'll teach all those
With brave deeds to their name,"
Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach all those
And treat them just the same."
There came the four houses you see today
Slytherin taking only pure-blood wizards
Of great cunning, just like him,
And only those of sharpest mind
Were taught by Ravenclaw
While the bravest and the boldest
Went to daring Gryffindor.
Good Hufflepuff, she took the rest,
And taught them all she knew,
Thus the houses and their founder
Retained friendships firm and true.
So Hogwarts worked in harmony
For several years,
But then discord crept among us
Feeding on our faults and fears.
The houses that, like pillars four,
Had once held up our school,
Now turned upon each other and
Divided, sought to rule.
And for a while it seemed the school
Must meet an early end,
What with dueling and with fighting.
And the clash of friend on friend
And at last there came a morning
When old Slytherin departed
And though the fighting died out
He left us quite downhearted.
And never since the founders four
Were whittled down to three
Have the houses been united
As they once were ment to be.
And now the Sorting Hat is here
And you all know the score:
I sort you into houses
Because that is what I'm for,
But this year I'll go further,
Listen closely to my song:
Though condemned I am to split you
Sill I worry that it's wrong,
Though I must fulfill my duty
And mus quarter every year
Sill I wonder whether sorting
May not bring the end I fear.
Oh, know the perils, read the signs,
The warning history shows
For our Hogwarts is in danger
From both external and internal deadly foes
And we must unite inside her
Or we'll crumble from within
I have told you, I have warned you...
Let the sorting now begin.
A very long silence came to pass after the sorting hat's song. Every one exchanged worried glances. "What does it mean Hogwarts is in danger from inside but we have to unite?" James asked worriedly as he looked at Remus and Sirius.
"I don't know. Maybe the hat's lost it's mind or some thing." Remus said casting worried glances around. Stupid hat Professor Dumbledore trust's me... He thought knowing the hat was speaking of him.
"Right, Lillian Evens," McGonagall called out and smiled when a red haired green eyed girl walked up and sat down on the stool.
"Gryffindor!" The hat yelled and every one started to yell happily at one of the tables.
"Well that's the Gryffindor table..." James said and laughed lightly.
"Severus Snape," McGonagall said as every one saw a young man going up to the stool his long greasy looking hair falling over his shoulders.
"Slytherin!" The hat yelled and another table cheered.
"James Potter," McGonagall said.
"Well here we go..." James said worriedly as he glanced over at Sirius and Remus.
"Gryffindor!" The hat yelled again. "Lucius Malfoy." McGonagall said and every one saw a blond boy walk up to the stool.
"Slytherin!" the hat yelled. "Sirius Black." McGonagall said.
"He'll be over here with us!" Several Slytherin's said and smiled as they watched Sirius walk up to the Stool.
"Over my dead body I will..." Sirius said annoyed as he sat down on the Stool.
"Gryffindor!" The hat yelled louder then ever before. Sirius jumped off of the stool cheering for himself. McGonagall laughed lightly as she watched the boy walk over to the Gryffindor table happily. "I think I'll like him...Remus Lupin." She said still laughing.
Remus walked up to the stool and sat down. Stupid hat...It's not my fault Dumbledore trusts me... He thought annoyed by the hat.
Well young werewolf you did understand that meaning. Just stay with your friends and cause no trouble and nothing will happen. The friends I spoke of also revolve around you...The Sorting Hat said so that only Remus could hear. "Gryffindor!" The hat yelled.
Oy that means my friends will fall around me too... I was going to tell them... I can't they'd leave then every one would know... And I'd have to leave... Remus thought sadly as he stood up and walked over to the Gryffindor table smiling so no one would ask anything.
"Way to go Remus!" James and Sirius said happily as they jumped up and shook his hand.
"Gryffindor to the rescue..." Remus said and laughed as they sat down. I hope Cathy gets in Gryffindor. He thought then smiled at her and turned slightly red when she smiled back and winked at him.
Most of the names had been called and Cathy was still standing there looking slightly terrified. What if my name isn't on the list she's reading off of? Cathy thought frantically. She glanced over at her new friends worried as she looked back at the first year students still standing and there were only 4 and her self.
Remus smiled encouragingly over at Cathy, cause he was ignoring the conversation between Sirius and the others. Peter had went up halfway through and had been put with them in Gryffindor. ((How I will never know he's a cowered...))
Three more had been called then McGonagall looked up to see only 2 people left. "Cathy Burk," She said and smiled when Cathy let out a sigh of relief. Cathy walked up to the stool and sat down.
"Gryffindor!" The sorting hat yelled right after it had been put on her head.
"Yes!" Cathy said triumphantly as she jumped up and ran down to the Gryffindor table happily. She sat down beside Remus and smiled. "I was worrying that my name wasn't on the list..." She said and sighed lightly then heard the last person be put into Hufflepuff and they had reacted the same way she had.
"Gryffindor saves all." Remus said and laughed lightly "From what I've heard there was only one more spot in Gryffindor after Peter." He said then smiled at her.
"Oh my gosh..." Cathy said and sighed again. "I would have died if I was put in Slytherin..." She said then smiled over at Remus again. "I can get along with almost anyone except them..." She said and laughed a little.
"What about a werewolf Cat?" Lily asked curiously as she looked over at her friend.
Remus tensed slightly but now that the question had been asked he wanted to know the answer. Yeah what about me? He thought curiously.
"Why of course. They're just normal people like us. Only to be avoided once a month they just have to have a nice personality." Cathy said and smiled over at her friends.
"Yeah right they're not like that. They're vicious monsters." An older Gryffindor said.
"You're wrong. That's just a steriotypical remark. They are just like normal people good then bad. Like Gryffindor and Slytherin." Cathy said and rolled her eyes which made Remus even smiled.
She's defending me and don't even know it... Remus thought and smiled brightly.
"Why defend them so much? You one?" An older Gryffindor asked curiously as he looked at Cathy like she was a nutter.
"I'm a Muggle Born and if I was a werewolf it would be none of your business. But I'm not." Cathy said then looked away from him annoyed back over to Remus.
"You know it's not wise to make such remarks as 'if I was' cause most people will take it as you are." Remus said and frowned lightly.
"I know they want to think that it's their stupidity not mine cause I said no such thing. Believe in what you see and here, not what you think you know." Cathy said and smiled then looked at James and Sirius who were laughing at something.
"You know it's funny to see how long it takes a Slytherin to figure out his hair's changed color..." Sirius said in a low voice while laughing.
"Oh no..." Remus said then turned an looked to see a Slytherin boy with bright pink hair. The boy was called Severus Snape or at least that's what McGonagall had called him.
"Oy you two that's good..." Cathy said laughing also as she glanced over at the bright pink haired Snape.
"No it's not..." Lily said sternly.
"Come now Lily you sound like that Professor lady that sorted us." Cathy said and laughed lightly. "He's just that Slytherin that was picking on us." She said then glanced between the boys while laughing.
Authors Note: Hey I hope you like this chapter... Sorry if it's sort of like Deja-vu for every one who's read HP OTP... But oh well...I got the chapter up and I think it's all right, even with the sort of deja-vu. Please leave a review telling me what you think.
Fears & Friends
Chapter 3
By: Sirius Padfoot
June 14, 2004
James, Remus, Sirius, Cathy, Lily and Peter stood together as they walked up to the grand school of Hogwarts with the rest of the new first year students.
"Come along hurry up. Every one is waiting for you." Professor McGonagall said as she watched the first year students gather together on the stairs in front of her.
"Now quiet." McGonagall said strictly. "Now while you are here. Your houses are your family. Every good deed done is rewarded with points. Any rule breaking will lose points. The house with the most points wins at the end of the year. There are four houses. Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin you must be sorted before you can be seated. Now come a long keep up." McGonagall explained then turned and started into the Great hall.
All the first year students walked into the Great Hall after McGonagall and looked around.
"Great place isn't it!" James said excitedly as he looked around at every thing then back at Remus and Sirius.
"Yeah great!" Remus said in aw as he looked around.
"Muggle's are just dumb not to see this castle standing with a students running around all the time during the school year." Cathy said amazed as she looked at all the other students that were all ready seated.
"That's the thing Cathy, Muggle's can't there is a spell that make it seem as just an old ruin." Sirius said excitedly with James nodding in agreement.
"Now quiet down you lot!" McGonagall said as she picked up a long role of parchment. "Now when I call your name come up and sit down. This hat will sort you into your houses." She said then looked down at the hat as if waiting on something.
Suddenly the hat started to sing a song loud enough for the whole Great Hall to hear.
In times of old when I was new
And Hogwarts was barely started
The founders of this noble school
Thought to never be parted:
Like students today shall think
United by a common goal,
United by the friendships all ready made,
They had the same yearning
To make the worlds best magic School
Now they yearn to make the best magic student
And pass along the learning.
"Together we will build and teach!"
The four good friends decided
And never did they dream that they Might some day be divided, Like so many here today For were there no such friends anywhere This year is different Students make their friendships to such a degree As Slytherin and Gryffindor?
Unless it was the second pair
Of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw?
So how could it have gone so wrong?
How could such friendships fail?
Why, I was there and so can tell
As I'll be there for other friendships to flourish or fail
Said Slytherin, "Well teach just those
Whose ancestry is purest."
Said Ravenclaw, "Well teach those whose
Intelligence is surest."
Said Gryffindor, "We'll teach all those
With brave deeds to their name,"
Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach all those
And treat them just the same."
There came the four houses you see today
Slytherin taking only pure-blood wizards
Of great cunning, just like him,
And only those of sharpest mind
Were taught by Ravenclaw
While the bravest and the boldest
Went to daring Gryffindor.
Good Hufflepuff, she took the rest,
And taught them all she knew,
Thus the houses and their founder
Retained friendships firm and true.
So Hogwarts worked in harmony
For several years,
But then discord crept among us
Feeding on our faults and fears.
The houses that, like pillars four,
Had once held up our school,
Now turned upon each other and
Divided, sought to rule.
And for a while it seemed the school
Must meet an early end,
What with dueling and with fighting.
And the clash of friend on friend
And at last there came a morning
When old Slytherin departed
And though the fighting died out
He left us quite downhearted.
And never since the founders four
Were whittled down to three
Have the houses been united
As they once were ment to be.
And now the Sorting Hat is here
And you all know the score:
I sort you into houses
Because that is what I'm for,
But this year I'll go further,
Listen closely to my song:
Though condemned I am to split you
Sill I worry that it's wrong,
Though I must fulfill my duty
And mus quarter every year
Sill I wonder whether sorting
May not bring the end I fear.
Oh, know the perils, read the signs,
The warning history shows
For our Hogwarts is in danger
From both external and internal deadly foes
And we must unite inside her
Or we'll crumble from within
I have told you, I have warned you...
Let the sorting now begin.
A very long silence came to pass after the sorting hat's song. Every one exchanged worried glances. "What does it mean Hogwarts is in danger from inside but we have to unite?" James asked worriedly as he looked at Remus and Sirius.
"I don't know. Maybe the hat's lost it's mind or some thing." Remus said casting worried glances around. Stupid hat Professor Dumbledore trust's me... He thought knowing the hat was speaking of him.
"Right, Lillian Evens," McGonagall called out and smiled when a red haired green eyed girl walked up and sat down on the stool.
"Gryffindor!" The hat yelled and every one started to yell happily at one of the tables.
"Well that's the Gryffindor table..." James said and laughed lightly.
"Severus Snape," McGonagall said as every one saw a young man going up to the stool his long greasy looking hair falling over his shoulders.
"Slytherin!" The hat yelled and another table cheered.
"James Potter," McGonagall said.
"Well here we go..." James said worriedly as he glanced over at Sirius and Remus.
"Gryffindor!" The hat yelled again. "Lucius Malfoy." McGonagall said and every one saw a blond boy walk up to the stool.
"Slytherin!" the hat yelled. "Sirius Black." McGonagall said.
"He'll be over here with us!" Several Slytherin's said and smiled as they watched Sirius walk up to the Stool.
"Over my dead body I will..." Sirius said annoyed as he sat down on the Stool.
"Gryffindor!" The hat yelled louder then ever before. Sirius jumped off of the stool cheering for himself. McGonagall laughed lightly as she watched the boy walk over to the Gryffindor table happily. "I think I'll like him...Remus Lupin." She said still laughing.
Remus walked up to the stool and sat down. Stupid hat...It's not my fault Dumbledore trusts me... He thought annoyed by the hat.
Well young werewolf you did understand that meaning. Just stay with your friends and cause no trouble and nothing will happen. The friends I spoke of also revolve around you...The Sorting Hat said so that only Remus could hear. "Gryffindor!" The hat yelled.
Oy that means my friends will fall around me too... I was going to tell them... I can't they'd leave then every one would know... And I'd have to leave... Remus thought sadly as he stood up and walked over to the Gryffindor table smiling so no one would ask anything.
"Way to go Remus!" James and Sirius said happily as they jumped up and shook his hand.
"Gryffindor to the rescue..." Remus said and laughed as they sat down. I hope Cathy gets in Gryffindor. He thought then smiled at her and turned slightly red when she smiled back and winked at him.
Most of the names had been called and Cathy was still standing there looking slightly terrified. What if my name isn't on the list she's reading off of? Cathy thought frantically. She glanced over at her new friends worried as she looked back at the first year students still standing and there were only 4 and her self.
Remus smiled encouragingly over at Cathy, cause he was ignoring the conversation between Sirius and the others. Peter had went up halfway through and had been put with them in Gryffindor. ((How I will never know he's a cowered...))
Three more had been called then McGonagall looked up to see only 2 people left. "Cathy Burk," She said and smiled when Cathy let out a sigh of relief. Cathy walked up to the stool and sat down.
"Gryffindor!" The sorting hat yelled right after it had been put on her head.
"Yes!" Cathy said triumphantly as she jumped up and ran down to the Gryffindor table happily. She sat down beside Remus and smiled. "I was worrying that my name wasn't on the list..." She said and sighed lightly then heard the last person be put into Hufflepuff and they had reacted the same way she had.
"Gryffindor saves all." Remus said and laughed lightly "From what I've heard there was only one more spot in Gryffindor after Peter." He said then smiled at her.
"Oh my gosh..." Cathy said and sighed again. "I would have died if I was put in Slytherin..." She said then smiled over at Remus again. "I can get along with almost anyone except them..." She said and laughed a little.
"What about a werewolf Cat?" Lily asked curiously as she looked over at her friend.
Remus tensed slightly but now that the question had been asked he wanted to know the answer. Yeah what about me? He thought curiously.
"Why of course. They're just normal people like us. Only to be avoided once a month they just have to have a nice personality." Cathy said and smiled over at her friends.
"Yeah right they're not like that. They're vicious monsters." An older Gryffindor said.
"You're wrong. That's just a steriotypical remark. They are just like normal people good then bad. Like Gryffindor and Slytherin." Cathy said and rolled her eyes which made Remus even smiled.
She's defending me and don't even know it... Remus thought and smiled brightly.
"Why defend them so much? You one?" An older Gryffindor asked curiously as he looked at Cathy like she was a nutter.
"I'm a Muggle Born and if I was a werewolf it would be none of your business. But I'm not." Cathy said then looked away from him annoyed back over to Remus.
"You know it's not wise to make such remarks as 'if I was' cause most people will take it as you are." Remus said and frowned lightly.
"I know they want to think that it's their stupidity not mine cause I said no such thing. Believe in what you see and here, not what you think you know." Cathy said and smiled then looked at James and Sirius who were laughing at something.
"You know it's funny to see how long it takes a Slytherin to figure out his hair's changed color..." Sirius said in a low voice while laughing.
"Oh no..." Remus said then turned an looked to see a Slytherin boy with bright pink hair. The boy was called Severus Snape or at least that's what McGonagall had called him.
"Oy you two that's good..." Cathy said laughing also as she glanced over at the bright pink haired Snape.
"No it's not..." Lily said sternly.
"Come now Lily you sound like that Professor lady that sorted us." Cathy said and laughed lightly. "He's just that Slytherin that was picking on us." She said then glanced between the boys while laughing.
Authors Note: Hey I hope you like this chapter... Sorry if it's sort of like Deja-vu for every one who's read HP OTP... But oh well...I got the chapter up and I think it's all right, even with the sort of deja-vu. Please leave a review telling me what you think.