By: Lina Gabriev
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Disclaimer: I don't own Slayers and I don't own Harry Potter or it's characters.
Couples: L/G, A/Z, F/X and M/Z
Time: After TRY
The 8 Who United Hogwarts Chapter 5 The Sorting Hat's Latest Song
"Perhaps it's best if you don't wake her up…" Amelia replied nervously.
"She'll miss the food cart if you don't," Ginny said persistently, not knowing the reason why everyone was being so scared.
At the mention of the magic word, food, Lina jerked up, "Food?"
"Ginny let me explain to you. Lina is like a dog, she eats, sleeps, and does nothing but whine," Zelgadis explained frankly, not noticing she was awake.
"What was that Zel?" Lina said, an evil look apparent in her eye. She knocked him up the side of his head, and realized something. "Victory," she said, putting up her famous "V" sign, "Looks like I'm going to be able to do that a lot more often, now that you can feel it," a wicked grin spreading across her face. Zel visibly gulped, seeing as they weren't supposed to use their powers he couldn't defend himself, except with that repulsive stick they call a wand. Once Zel noticed the spells they learned were not as nearly as powerful as sorcery, like his grandfather with bombs, he gave up his interest.
"Well yeah. It would hurt if you hit someone like that," Ginny said, angry that she hit Zelgadis.
"Oh don't worry about that. That's like getting a pat on the back from Lina. She usually hits a lot harder," Gourry said frankly.
"ANYway, what was that about food?" Lina asked. Immediately, the trolley pulled up, asking if anyone would like anything.
"Oh Zeeeellll," Lina said, sweetly.
"No."
"Come on! Are you seriously going to leave a poor young girl to starve while you hold all the money," she added, a bit peeved that HE was the one with all of this world's currency.
"That was the plan," Zel curtly replied.
Turning her death glare on him, she positioned her hands in front of her, a flame flickering in her hands, waiting to materialize fully…
"Um, if you're really that hungry, I'm sure I can buy some for you," Harry offered, not quite sure what damage to Zel he had just averted.
"Thanks! All right I'll just take ten of everything," she told the person selling the food.
Harry's eyes bugged out when she said that, so he added, "You know that we have a banquet as soon as we get there, it's pretty much all-you-can-eat."
"Oh yeah I know, that's why I'm not getting so much food," Lina said, Harry's eyes bugging out again.
A smirk appeared on Zel's lips as he watched everyone's reactions to Lina appetite, and temper as Gourry took food from her plate. It was always interesting to see people's first reactions to the spunky, short-tempered sorceress.
"Heya Harry!" Ron said as he stepped into the compartment, followed by Hermione. Harry smiled in greeting.
Neville moved to the window seat to allow Ron to sit in his seat. Hermione ended up sitting in front of Ron.
Lina, always someone to get straight to the point, immediately asked them who they were. Harry introduced Hermione and Ron to Lina and the gang as well as visa versa.
"Well, well if it isn't the famous Harry Potter and his lackeys," Malfoy drawled, drawing out the word "lackeys" for Ron's discomfort, with the knowledge that some only knew him as Harry's friend, not as Ron Weasly, a person.
"You're one to talk Malfoy," Hermione said, his eyes narrowing. Had Crab and Goyle understood that she had just called them lackeys, they might just have acted offended.
"Better these two," Malfoy said motioning at his friends, "then a Weasly and a Mudblood."
"Take that back right now Malfoy!" Ron yelled indignantly.
Lina was at a loss of words for once, mostly due to the fact that Dumbledore hadn't told them about Malfoy and his "gang", nor did he happen to mention what a "Mudblood" is.
Ron rose his wand in the air, in an attacking position, instead of widening his eyes in fear, he just put on a smirk.
"What? Oh, don't tell me we're going to go through this again," Malfoy said, rolling his eyes, "if you're stupid enough to make the same mistake twice, Weasly, I suppose you really liked the taste of slug."
At this, Ron went a deep shade of red, as he remembered the last time he tried to stand up for Hermione. Instead of actually throwing the spell at Malfoy, due to his broken wand, the spell hit Ron instead, leaving him to throw up slugs for the rest of the night.
Malfoy smirk just widened at the sight of the tomato that was Ron. He looked around the room, almost laughing as he saw all the "losers" that hung around with Harry. He looked over with interest at Lina and the gang. He, like Harry and Ginny, noticed that they were not young enough to be first years, but had definitely not been to Hogwarts before. Anyone with eyes would notice a group like this.
"Hi, I'm Draco Malfoy. I'm sure that you all could do better then hang out with this group of misfits," Malfoy invited, extending his hand out to Lina, seeing her as the "head" of her group.
Lina looked distrustfully at Malfoy, due to the fact that she had grown respect for Harry Potter, and this boy in front of her was obviously an enemy of Harry's.
"Actually, I'd rather hang out with these misfits, as you call them, then hang out with some snobby nose, brat, who seriously needs to rethink a hair color that won't blind someone. Not to mention someone who's IQ is so low, that they need a pair of stupid lackeys just to make themselves feel smart. Of course you don't realize that fact, 'cause your head is so far up your ass, not seeing that no one cares what would happen to you. Especially after I beat the shit out of you if you don't get out of my sight," Lina finished, with one of her famous death glares fixed on him.
Certainly scared shitless, not even making a point to tell her the power he held as a prefect, ran like lightening out of the room.
"Too bad, such a nice young boy too," Xelloss replied, not at all sincere, but still received a few raised eyebrows as well as a smack in the head from Filia.
Lina turning her death glare from him, fixed her gaze on Crab and Goyle, who were still processing what she had said to Malfoy, and the fact that they "leader" left without them. Taking the same exit, Crab and Goyle ran as fast as two dumb oafs can run.
Lina turned around, her entire demeanor changing as she announces, "Well now. Does this place serve desert?"
The train, finally reached it's destination. Led by Harry and his friends the Slayers, left the train.
"First years this way!" Hagrid announced.
"Are you guys supposed to go with Hagrid?" Ron asked Lina and the others.
"Well…" Lina began, all eyes on her, "not too sure about that.",
"I guess you could just come with us for now," Harry offered.
"Sure why not?" Lina said.
"What are those things?" Filia asked pointed at the winged horses, attached to the carriages in which they were to ride to get to the school.
"Thestrals," Harry said. He noticed that the rest of Filia's friends appeared to be able to see them, which surprised him quite a bit. Except Xelloss, yes, Harry felt no surprise that Xelloss would be able to see the threstrals.
"Only people who have seen death may see them," Hermione informed.
"All of you can see them?" Ron said, somewhat nervously.
"Apparently so," Zelgadis said, in awe of these magnificent creatures. They were probably created through crimeric ways, and evolved since then. For that reason, he felt an attachment, he didn't need to explain to these creatures.
"If you don't mind me asking, but who did you all see die?" Neville asked.
The Group looked at each other nervously, wondering if they should tell them the truth.
"Actually, Mr. Neville, I do mind," Amelia said, in a cold manner. Looking down in shame, Neville admonished himself for asking.
Nobody had anything to say after that, and in groups of fours they all went in one of the coaches.
"So why exactly did you guys switch schools?" Ron asked.
"Amelia's dad, Phil, as well as Gourry's, and Martina's parents, requested a transfer. We known each other for so long, that it didn't seem right if we split up soooo, here we are," Lina told him.
"So you're parents didn't put a request in?" Hermione asked.
"Can't speak for all of us, but my parents are dead. My big sis has pretty much 'taken care' of me my whole life. And let's just say she wouldn't care way where I went, as long as I didn't cause her trouble," Lina said, indifferently.
"You never told me your parents were dead," Gourry said, worry clouding his eyes.
"You never asked," Lina said, shrugging. Seeing the worried look he was giving her, she added, "Gourry it really doesn't matter. I was too little to remember anyway."
No matter what she said, it did matter to Gourry, seeing as he had grown up with a Mom and Dad and eleven brothers and sisters.
"So when do we get that banquet?" Lina said, lightening the mood with her favorite topic next to money and magic.
"Right after we get in, Professor Dumbledore will tell us the new announcements, and then we eat," Hermione said with a little contempt.
"What's wrong with that?" Lina asked.
"They use poor overworked elves to cook that banquet. They should be free!" Hermione said, Amelia-like, which throughly scared Lina and Gourry. Hermione, not missing a beat, showed off her badge.
"Oh no. Not spew again," Ron groaned.
Indignantly, Hermione started preaching to Ron her insistence of the elves being free.
In one of the other coaches, where Amelia, Zel, Ginny, and Neville resided, an uneasy silence was perpetrated throughout the area.
It was Neville who broke the silence first as he meekly said, "I'm really sorry about before."
Amelia sighed, "No, I should apologize, what I did was very unjust since you had asked politely a question that I shouldn't have unjustly replied to."
Another pause occurred, until Amelia whispered, "It was my mother."
"Sorry?" Neville said, not hearing her correctly, but somehow afraid that she'd get angry again. He might not learn as diligently in Potions with Snape, but he was learning quickly not to piss off his newfound "girl friends".
"I saw my mother die. I was too little to remember...too much. I watched from the closet, along with my sister Gracia, as she was torn to shreds. Gracia, unfortunately remembers the experience in full detail. Not a long time from right now, I watched my Uncle Alfred die from these evil…people who murdered him. Miss Lina, and the others were there too, except for Mr. Xelloss, Ms. Filia, Mr. Zangulus, and Ms. Martina." Amelia finished.
"I'm sorry, if it makes you feel any better, you're not alone. I saw my grandad die, and…Harry had had a few…bad experiences too."
Cheering up a bit, she gave him a reassuring smile. She looked over at her other new friend hoping she hadn't made too bad of a first impression on the people she was going to be spending the year with, when she saw Ginny looking at Zelgadis, sighing in adoration.
She felt heat rise to her face in anger, suddenly, hating Ginny for liking Zelgadis. I doubt she would feel the same way if she saw him as a chimera. she thought irritably. It didn't really effect Amelia seeing Zelgadis so handsome. He was just like she had always seen him, perfect.
"Ugh you actually pray to that thing?" Filia asked disgustingly.
"Of course! Zoamelgustar is simply wonderful," Martina said, stars in her eyes.
"I think we are forgetting someone else who is wonderful here," Zangulus said, a sweat-drop forming.
"If it wasn't to help someone else, I wouldn't lower myself to work with two people who worship MONSTERS," Filia said with a slight huff, indicating Xelloss and Martina.
"Well if it wasn't for the fact that I might get my revenge on Lina Inverse, I wouldn't lower myself to work with such commoners!" Martina said hotly.
"Commoners!" Filia said, her right eye twitching.
"I would have especially not have come had I known what a snob of peasants I was working with!" Martina said, indicating Filia.
"ME! You're calling me the snob!" Filia asked unbelievingly.
Ron gulped nervously, overhearing the heated battle from the coach that held Lina's other friends.
"Are they always like this?" Ron asked.
"Who Filia and Martina? Well actually they just met. Usually it's either Filia and Xelloss, or Xelloss with just about everyone else, or Lina with at least one of us," Gourry said truthfully, before getting smacked on the head courtesy to Lina.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione shared a disbelieving look mixed with a little of a frightened look.
In no time the carriages made it to their destination. Leading the way, Harry and his friends made it to the Great Hall.
They all took their seats at the Gryffindor table. Hermione seemed slightly skeptical for the fact they seemed familiar of the place. She shared her skepticism with Harry and Ron who waved it off saying they were probably there at Hogwarts during the time of putting their name in the Goblet of Fire.
"So when do we eat," Lina said, eager since the food from before hardly made a dent in her appetite. Gourry was beside her with the same eagerness.
"Not for awhile. The sorting of the different people in the houses need to take place and then Dumbledore makes some of the new announcements. THEN we can eat," Hermione said, not paying much attention to the dishearten faces of Lina and Gourry.
"I wonder who the Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher is this year. It's not like it's the most popular job anymore," Ron said, as a matter of factly.
"Except for Professor Snape," Hemione interjected.
"Whoever it is, hasn't arrived yet," Harry said, seeing no new teachers on the table, which they occupied.
"So how did all of you become friends," Hermione asked, more out of suspicion then actual interest.
Chuckling nervously, Lina said, "How come you want to know so much about us? What about yourselves? Anything interesting happen here in Hogwarts?"
They spoke of several adventures, which Lina and the others had already heard about from the teachers. For this reason, although it was inevitable, Gourry promptly fell asleep. The others were that far behind.
Being shaken awake by Lina, or in this case, hit over the head, Gourry woke up, and all eyes turned toward the line of first years. Hagrid sat down at the staff table winking at Harry and his friends as well as his new companions.
Professor McGonagall had already sat the sorting hat on a stool, and was backing away as the sorting hat started to sing.
Last year, I hoped you would heed my warning,
But it was all for naught.
So I bring eight heroes in hope,
For the union I had for so long sought.
The union that had once been,
That had created our noble school,
To build and teach,
But they found only themselves to be the fool.
Four Friends in a friendship so tight,
That no one would think,
That it would all end in a fight.
They created me, to separate instead of bringing together.
Children, across the land,
I separate into four houses
Friends stay, hand in hand,
As I fulfill my purpose,
That never should have started.
For Griffindor only the bravest shall be excepted,
But as for Slytherin only the purest are parted,
To these two houses.
But let us not forget the ones with gifts of a sharp mind,
That are accepted into Ravenclaw.
Hufflepuff took the rest that she could find,
These other two houses, of equal importance,
Will also separate all or you.
But do not fear,
I bring a word of hope, for it is the least I can do,
The eight heroes I bring today,
By name I call them up to me.
There will be nine shown,
But I promise that one, no less then the others will be
Helpful and will help fight
The house's enemies
The hat was still until a few moments passes, straightening itself again, bellowing a name.
"LINA INVERSE!"
All eyes looked around in confusion, never before hearing the name spoken. The first years, who had been looking nervous before, looked even more so. They had been hoping to get this all over with, but it seemed the hat had a mind of it's own…
Harry and his friends looked at Lina in surprise. Lina's face was no less surprised, as she wondered what to do.
"I do believe Lina, that you should probably go up there," Xelloss said, leaning to close for comfort.
"And do what?" Lina said, fighting the urge not to yell and bring attention to herself.
Giving Lina a shove, Lina got up unwillingly, sending death glares to Xelloss.
She walked up, noticing everyone slinking away from her, as she made her way to the staff table, and to the stool, with a hat that called her up to it. She smirked, when she saw Malfoy's scared gulp. She finally reached the hat, slightly wondering what to do.
McGonagall, picked up the hat gesturing for her to sit down. When Lina sat down she felt the hat being put on her head. Lina pushed it back a little, seeing as the hat was a bit big for her.
In-ter-es-ting the hat said, pronouncing each syllable.
"What's so in-ter-es-ting, pal?" Lina said, mocking him, after getting tired of his pause
"Is Miss Lina going ballistic, Mr Zelgadis?" Amelia asked, wondering why Lina was talking to herself.
"Wouldn't surprise me…"
You know, you really don't have to go speaking out loud. Just think it, I'll hear you the sorting hat told her in a friendly manner.
Look pal, if I find out you are invading my mind or something like that, I'll fireball you. Got that? Or is that too hard for you to understand? Lina told him.
No, I quite understand. But can we get down to business here. If you can tell, I have quite a long line of people waiting to be sorted. it told her as a matter of factly.
I thought you didn't want people to be separated, why don't you just quit and everything'll be just peachy Lina said.
I also said, my purpose was to sort. cutting her off from starting to talk again he began Well you definitely aren't right for Hufflepuff. Smart, academically, but harsh actions overrule sense of thought. I see..
HEY! BETTER WATCH WHAT YOU SAY…THINK…OH WHATEVER!
Brave when it comes to protecting friends, but looking for monetary reward when saving people. Cunning, bad attitude…
"That's it!" Lina said throwing the hat down.
as well as violent
"DEFINTELY SLYTHERIN!"
"What are you all looking at!" Lina yelled back at them.
Professor McGonagall, trying hard not to laugh, put the hat back on the stool. Not even seconds later, the sorting hat called the next name.
Hearing the name, Lina shrugged knowing that eventually the whole gang would be where she was. So she stood off to the side, waiting to see the results.
"SYLPHIEL NELS RADA!"
Sylphiel, who had been too preoccupied staring at her Gourry-dear, missed most of Lina's performance, except for the end.
Getting up, she stepped walked to the sorting hat a bit shyly, as everyone whispered among themselves, about this girl.
Right away, she sat down, crossing her legs, after picking up the sorting hat. The hat straighten again when it reached her head, as if to reach it's former glory, before being unceremoniously thrown on the floor.
Let's get started shall we, the sorting hat told her, not giving her a chance to interrupt, in case she was anything like her friend he began. Hmm…not to brave, but very kind and gentle. Not to bright, or cruel…
"HUFFLEPUFF!" the sorting hat shouted. It hadn't taken Sylphiel's sorting very long much to her relief. Immediately after it was put down, the sorting hat called up the next name.
"AMELIA WIL TESLA SEYRUUN!"
Amelia, unlike the others, came up quite enthusiastically, seeing as the sorting hat had called them heroes and damn it all if she wasn't going to act like one.
Well…hmm…not very cunning, quite clumsy actually, physically and mentally, but a brave leader for her people. Very kind, I see. Hmm…by chance are you and that Sylphiel-girl related?
Not really. None of us are. Amelia thought sweat-dropping. The sorting hat had moved from quality to quality before she even had a chance to defend herself.
Very hard decision. Shall it be Hufflepuff or Griffindor? the sorting hat thought more to itself then her.
Amelia started to think to herself that she really didn't want to share a house with Ginny and Hermione.
Catching her thoughts, the sorting hat made it's decision.
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
Amelia was quite happy, but she didn't realize the fact that the sorting hat had listened to her plea.
"MARTINA XOANA MEL NAVRACHOA!"
Martina flipped her nose in the air, and walked up to the stool until someone put their foot out to trip her. Had her nose not been in the air like that so that she would belittle herself to look at such "commoners" she probably wouldn't have tripped and fallen on her face. She took a full body blush, as everyone laughed, Lina being the loudest. She hurried to the stool and slammed the hat on her head, to get this embarrassing ordeal over with.
Let's see now…again not to bright. Is anyone in you little group smart? the sorting hat sighed.
"They're not my group, but a bunch of commoners," Martina snipped at the hat.
"COMMONERS!" Lina enraged, getting tired of Martina's snobbyness, especially after the hat's comments. Thankfully Filia was there to restrain her, but oh what bliss would have been found, had Filia just let loose Lina on Martina…
I wouldn't talk so loudly if I were you. the sorting hat advised.
Why? Cause Lina Inverse might beat me up?
Noooo. Cause she might blow up your recently rebuilt kingdom…
Oh. Then just put me somewhere where I don't have to see that dreadful peasant.
Not Slytherin? Are you sure? Alright then, I'll put you somewhere that will be the only other place that'll take you.
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
Lina let out a breath of relief. She thought for sure, Martina would come to Syltherin.
"FILIA UL COPT!"
Filia who had taken out her tea, getting bored waiting, quickly put it away and made her way to the front, paying no attention to those around her, just wanting to get working with Xelloss done as soon as possible.
How many more of you are there? Four. Oh good. Then I can get started on my first years. All right then, you are very determined, but lacking in leadership, and rely more on bribery. Not smart, but not stupid, kind, and very polite but with occasional burst of yelling.
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
"XELLOSS METALLIUM!"
Xelloss, almost by habit tried to dematerialize, but remember he couldn't, striding over to the stool, he heard a couple of girls whispering about him. He opened his eyes, which in itself, shocked them.
Very interesting. Very smart, caculating, blunt. Hmm. You'd be perfect almost anywhere. Let's see…
"SLYTHERIN!"
Not wasting a moment, the sorting hat bellowed out the next name.
"GOURRY GABRIEV!"
The surprised look of someone so cute in their school, caused a couple of flirtatious smiles toward him. Gourry, oblivious, just smile kindly, making his way to the stool. McGonagall picked the hat up, seeing as he failed to do so, and he sat down as the hat was put on his head.
Very kind I see, but definitely not very bright. Very brave.
Uh, who are you exactly? My conscience?
Uh no the sorting hat sweat-dropped, I'm putting you into houses.
Oh, but I don't need a house. You see I travel a lot with my friend Lina.
Yes her and I met. I need to sort you into houses, to see where you are going to be staying and it will decide what time you have classes and other things.
Oh so, if I'm in one of the houses, and my friends are in the other, we might not see each other?
Precisely
Ok then…Can you put me with Lina then. I can't protect her if I'm not with her.
How can you protect her without a sword?
I don't know actually
I'm sorry but I've made my decision
"GRYFFINDOR!"
Gourry got up, shoulders slumped as hoped that they had a lot of classes together. He had thought for sure that he'd be put with Lina…
"ZELGADIS GRAYWORDS"
Zel, out of habit, was about to put on his mask to avoid a chaotic situation, but instead, his fingers touched flesh, not to mention he wasn't wearing his hood with his mask anyway.
If the girls had swooned for Gourry though, they did it double time for Zel, which instead of making him more confident, it quite unnerved him.
Ah, yes. Very smart indeed. the sorting hat said, pleased, but very arrogant, preferring solitude. VERY angst, but brave. Hmm…
"RAVENCLAW!"
Making his way over to the others, he noticed with a slight pang of sadness, that no one else was in his house. He overruled that thought by remembering that he liked being by himself. It would make this all go by a lot smoother.
"ZANGULUS"
Quite hesitant about taking off his own hat for the sorting hat, he moved with lightening quickness, before anyone noticed. It didn't take long for the sorting hat to decide "GRIFFINDOR!" for the mere fact that Zangulus had been wishing to be with Gourry, to have a rematch.
The sorting hat, now back on the stool alone, straightened and began to sing again.
Now the prophesy is starting to unfold
It is starting to begin
With the nine I separated into houses
Let the Sorting now begin
Author's Notes:
I don't have Zangulus' last name. Never seen it before. Even though Martina and Zangulus are married and he probably took her name, I don't want everyone knowing he is married. Does anyone know his real name?
Yes I realize that Four girls are in Hufflepuff. No one has brains except Zel, Xelloss and Lina. But Lina and Xelloss needed to be in Slytherin.
After doing Lina's, Amelia's , Martina's and Sylphiel's I realized I should have done it in alphabetical order. Seeing as that'll mess too much up at this point. I randomly did the girls and then the guys.
Also a thank you to Setsunafangirl and Southpaw for their help in naming the last chapter. I decided to go with Setsunafangirl's The Gathering. But much thanks to Southpaw as well. The name for the last chapter is now: Chapter 5: The Gathering of the Heroes. Not very original I know, but I like it.
Some of you might be noticing that Amelia's been acting strange. Why, you ask? Well both times was when she was confronted with a loved one. First Martina called Zel a freak, and then Amelia may be feeling attacked if she saw Ginny's reaction to Zel. And finally Neville reminds her of her mother's death (Yes I know Amelia has seen other's die, but that's first and foremost in her mind).
Also, here is the revised seating chart:
Martina Zangulus Row Hermione
Filia Xelloss Row Ron Neville
Luna Ginny Row Lina Gourry
Syphiel Harry Row Zel Amelia
The coaches carrying them to Hogwarts went like this:
Coach #1, in front
Lina Gourry
Harry Hermione Ron (they are all scrunched up)
Coach #2
Neville Amelia
Ginny Zel
Coach #3
Martina Zangulus
Filia (as far away from Xelloss as possible) Xelloss