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Chapter Three: Sorting and a... Dinner?
The five friends looked eagerly at the door as it swung open. A witch that looked to be in her mid-twenties stood before them. She looked very strict, but at the same time, fair.
She stepped back from the door and allowed the first years to enter.
"Follow me please," the witch requested.
She led the way to a pair of tall, golden colored doors. She stopped quickly, and gestured to a room off of it. She pulled out her wand and gave it a wave. The doors quietly creaked open, and the first years entered the room, looking quite nervous.
The teacher entered the room and, closing the door behind her, she stood in front of them.
"Welcome," she began, "to Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I am Professor McGonagall, transfiguration teacher. In a few moments you will pass through these doors, and into the great hall to be sorted. There are four houses, Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw. Each house has its own noble history. While you are here, your house is like your family. Your triumphs will earn you points for the house cup, but any rule breaking will lose you points, and you will receive a detention. Please wait here, I will come and fetch you when it is time."
James and Storm exchanged glances.
"That was odd," Storm muttered, and James nodded.
Sirius grinned and walked up behind Lily. "Hey, Evans, you like Potter don't you?"
Lily whipped around and snorted. "Yeah, about as much as I like Dementors, now go relay that message to Potter before he decides to come over to see what's going on. That's the last thing I want." Lily turned on her heel, her red hair hitting Sirius in the face.
Sirius smirked and walked back over to James. "Sorry mate," he said sadly, "She's got a crush on a Dementor."
"What!?" James hollered, "She said that!?"
Sirius' smirk deepened. "Well, something like that."
James scowled. "Tell me exactly what she said Sirius, word for word."
Sirius frowned slightly. "Fine then, ruin my fun. She said she likes Dementors more than she likes you," he replied shortly. Sirius turned and stomped away from James and over to Storm and Remus.
Storm and Remus looked at Sirius and grinned.
"Puppy love," Remus muttered, causing Sirius and Storm to laugh.
Suddenly the doors to the room opened and Professor McGonagall walked in. "We're ready for you." She turned and walked in to the Great Hall, the first years trailing nervously behind her.
As they walked through the Great Hall, Storm and Lily were walking next to each other, staring at the ceiling.
"It's amazing!" Lily gasped.
Storm nodded her agreement, and James stepped forward to whisper quietly, "It's bewitched to look like the sky and mimic the weather; I read it in Hogwarts: a History."
Lily raised an eyebrow. "Did you actually read the book? Or did your Da tell you that?"
"You leave my Da out of this!" James hissed, stepping back, and next to Sirius.
Storm winced slightly. "That was rather... harsh, Lily. Not saying he didn't deserve it, but it was still... rather... impetuous."
Lily sighed. "Yeah, you're right. But really, it's honestly too bad."
Professor McGonagall stopped at the front of the room. "Gather round, gather round."
The first years stared at a dirty, rather old looking hat, placed upon a stool. A rip near the brim opened wide and it began to sing.
The first years looked at it with surprise, too startled to hear what the hat was saying.
As the hat finished the song, the Great Hall burst into applause, which the first years quickly echoed.
Professor McGonagall stepped forward once again. "When I call your name, step forward, sit down on the stool, and I will place the sorting hat on your head. Anderson, Marco."
Lily's friend Marco walked up, nervously, to the stool and sat down. The Sorting Hat took a moment, before shouting, "Ravenclaw!"
Marco smiled lightly, but Lily looked slightly disappointed.
"He's my best friend... was hoping we'd be in Gryffindor together," Lily whispered to Storm.
Storm nodded sadly.
"Black, Sirius," McGonagall called.
Sirius walked confidently up to McGonagall.
James suddenly looked very interested as Sirius sat down and McGonagall placed the hat on his head.
The hat took a moment longer to sort him that it had taken to sort Lily's friend. The rip opened and the hat shouted, "GRYFFINDOR!"
James, Remus, Sirius, Peter, and Storm started cheering, along with all of the Gryffindors.
"Evans, Lily."
"Good luck Lil!" Storm hissed.
Lily grinned and walked up to the front. James never took his eyes off of her as she walked.
The hat had barely touched her head before it yelled, "GRYFFINDOR!"
The Gryffindors cheered loudly, and James was yelling himself hoarse.
"Filish, Dormer," was sorted into Hufflepuff, and "Io, Maria," was sorted into Slytherin.
"Longbottom, Frank," became and Gryffindor, and "Lupin, Remus," was called.
"Good luck, Remus!" Storm and James called.
Remus turned around and smiled at Storm. He continued up to the stool and sat down.
Professor McGonagall dropped the hat on his head, and it sat there for a fair few moments, before suddenly perking up. "GRYFFINDOR!" it hollered.
Sirius stood up and cheered, along with the other Gryffindors. Storm, whistled, and Lily and James shouted their approval.
"Malfoy, Lucius."
As Lucius hurried up to the front, the James, Storm, and Sirius hissed.
He sat down on the stool, and McGonagall made to place the Sorting hat on his head. The hat hadn't even touched Malfoy's head, when it shouted, "SLYTHERIN!"
"O' Malley, Storm."
Storm smiled at James and hurried up to the front. Professor McGonagall dropped the hat on her head, and Storm sat in excited anticipation.
After what seemed like ages, the hat perked up, with a little muttering in Storm's ear, and hollered, "GRYFFINDOR!"
Sirius stood up and started bellowing at the top of his lungs, and Lily was cheering. James was cat calling, and Remus was grinning widely.
Storm hurried down the isle to the Gryffindor table, and "Nero, Mel," was called. Storm hurried down to the table and sat next to between Remus and Sirius.
As Remus and Lily congratulated Storm, "Nero, Mel" was sorted into Ravenclaw. "Patil, Patia" was sorted into Ravenclaw, and her twin, "Patil, Panyin" was sorted into Gryffindor.
Then "Pettigrew, Peter" was called.
The group turned their heads up to the front to watch Peter get sorted into Gryffindor, and "Potter, James" get called.
Sirius sat up straight and looked attentively at the front as James was sorted into Gryffindor.
Storm, Sirius, Remus, and Peter cheered so loudly, even Lily had to grin. Even though this meant she'd have to put up with James.
James strutted down the isle and sat down between Peter and Lily. "That was intense," he said, grinning broadly.
Lily groaned. "You're incorrigible, James Potter," she muttered, causing Remus to laugh loudly.
Storm smirked at the look on James' face. "It means 'hopeless' James," she said to him.
"I know what it means!" he hissed.
Sirius and Storm smirked. "Sure you did, James," Sirius said, "We believe you... not."
"Umbridge, Dolores," was sorted into Hufflepuff.
"Snape, Severus" was called and sorted into Slytherin, and the last few first years were quickly sorted.
At last, when "Zabini, Mauve" was sorted into Slytherin, Dumbledore stood up. "Welcome!" he called, "To another year at Hogwarts. I am your new Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore. I have been told I am an eccentric old bat, but I feel I may possibly be worthy of this wondrous, and trying task. Trying to bestow order upon this school."
The students and teachers laughed lightly.
Dumbledore smiled, and twinkle in his eyes. "So now, without further ado, dig in!" Dumbledore clapped his hands, and the food appeared on the tables in front of them.
As Dumbledore sat down, the students began to fill their plates.
Storm winced and leaned over at Remus to whisper something in his ear.
Remus smirked and nodded.
Lily looked at Storm, a curious expression on her face.
Storm grinned and leaned over to the table. "I told Remus," she hissed in Lily's ear, "That it's going to be a pain eating meals with James and Sirius. They're the biggest pigs I've ever seen. If I never see someone as piggish as them, it'll be all too soon."
Lily laughed loudly. "That's great, Storm."
Storm grinned and returned to her meal, trying desperately to ignore James and Sirius, who were acting, par usual, like overly fat pigs.
Remus and Peter were eating silently, and Lily was chatting animatedly with Panyin Patil. Lily was interested in the twins' unusual, but original, names. She was told Patia meant Intellectual Superiority, and Panyin meant Older Twin.
Meanwhile, James and Sirius were two seats down, having a chugging contest, to see who could down an entire pitcher of Pumpkin Juice faster. Storm was looking highly unimpressed, and she was blatantly, out right ignoring them. Peter was grinning, an amused look on his face. And Remus was studying Storm's look of slight disgust, rather than studying what was receiving the look.
By the time the puddings, tarts, and blocks of ice cream appeared on the tables, Sirius and James were moaning.
Storm, Lily, and Remus smirked. "Serves you right, you pigs," Lily muttered, causing Remus and Storm to laugh.
While Storm, Peter, Remus, and Lily helped themselves to medium portions of treacle tart, James and Sirius whispered back and forth about a stomach ache cure. Suddenly the doors to the Great Hall burst open, and in flew the most outrageously dressed ghost Storm had ever seen.
The ghost zipped over to the Slytherin table and flipped it over, then stole two bowls of puddings from the Ravenclaw table and dumped them on the heads of the Hufflepuffs. Shouts and screams were echoing through the Great Hall as the ghost headed to the Gryffindor table, an impish smirk on his face. The Gryffindor first years looked on in fearful anticipation.
Suddenly Dumbledore stood up. "PEEVES! GET OUT OF THE HALL OR I WILL HAVE YOU EXPELLED!"
The ghost cast a nasty glare in the Headmasters direction, before blowing a loud raspberry, and floating nonchalantly out of the hall.
Dumbledore pulled out his wand and gave it a wave, immediately clearing up the mess. "That, for those who don't know, was Peeves, Hogwarts Poltergeist. Now, since we've been so rudely interrupted, I have a few start of term announcements to make."
Storm and Remus exchanged glances of disbelief.
Dumbledore quickly went over the announcements, and sighed after the last notice, 'Stay away from the Forbidden Forest, it's forbidden for a reason!'
By this time, the students were yawning with sleep.
"Hurry up..." James muttered as he yawned, yet again.
The rest of the group was far too tired to reply to James.
At last Dumbledore dismissed them, telling the Prefects to lead the way, and they headed out of the Great Hall.
The first years trailed along behind their Prefects, and after five minutes or so, they arrived at a portrait of a fat lady, wearing a pink dress.
The fat lady looked at them all. "Password?" she asked pleasantly.
The Prefect stood up straight and said, "Kneazle."
The portrait swung open and the Prefects led the way into the Gryffindor Common Room. "This is the Gryffindor Common Room, the boys dormitories are up the stairs and on your right, the girls, same thing, but on the left."
The Prefects dispersed, and the first years tiredly made their way up to the dorms. Peter, James, Sirius, and Remus said goodnight to Storm and Lily, who continued on up the stairs to their dorm.
Frank Longbottom, Peter, James, Sirius, and Remus entered their dorm, and were surprised to see their stuff already neatly placed next to their beds. The boys changed into their pajamas and climbed into bed.
"Is it awesome here or what?" Peter asked excitedly.
"Yeah," Sirius and James muttered.
"So, do you like it here Remus?" James said his voice thick with sleep.
Remus yawned, "Uh huh," he said in a muffled tone.
"That's good," Sirius said as he closed his eyes, "Storm told you that you would."
A calm silence filled dormitory as the boys slowly dropped off into a peaceful sleep.
Upstairs, in the girls' dormitory, Lily and Storm were chatting quietly as they sat on Lily's bed, trying not to disturb the other three girls with whom they shared a dorm. Panyin, and two other girls, whose names Storm and Lily hadn't caught.
As Lily gave a yawn, Storm smiled. "We should head for bed, after all, we do have to get up tomorrow, and I'm more than a little tired. It's great here, don't you think?"
Lily nodded as Storm clambered off her bed and into her own.
"Lily?" Storm murmured a second later.
"Mmhmm?" Lily replied.
"You like Potter, don't you?" Storm said with a grin.
"Yup. Night Storm," Lily said, rolling over, a grin plastered across her sleepy face.
Storm grinned and crawled into bed. It was good to be here. Away from her stuck up pureblood parents, away from the pressures they put on her. It was good to get away.
Chapter Three: Sorting and a... Dinner?
The five friends looked eagerly at the door as it swung open. A witch that looked to be in her mid-twenties stood before them. She looked very strict, but at the same time, fair.
She stepped back from the door and allowed the first years to enter.
"Follow me please," the witch requested.
She led the way to a pair of tall, golden colored doors. She stopped quickly, and gestured to a room off of it. She pulled out her wand and gave it a wave. The doors quietly creaked open, and the first years entered the room, looking quite nervous.
The teacher entered the room and, closing the door behind her, she stood in front of them.
"Welcome," she began, "to Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I am Professor McGonagall, transfiguration teacher. In a few moments you will pass through these doors, and into the great hall to be sorted. There are four houses, Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw. Each house has its own noble history. While you are here, your house is like your family. Your triumphs will earn you points for the house cup, but any rule breaking will lose you points, and you will receive a detention. Please wait here, I will come and fetch you when it is time."
James and Storm exchanged glances.
"That was odd," Storm muttered, and James nodded.
Sirius grinned and walked up behind Lily. "Hey, Evans, you like Potter don't you?"
Lily whipped around and snorted. "Yeah, about as much as I like Dementors, now go relay that message to Potter before he decides to come over to see what's going on. That's the last thing I want." Lily turned on her heel, her red hair hitting Sirius in the face.
Sirius smirked and walked back over to James. "Sorry mate," he said sadly, "She's got a crush on a Dementor."
"What!?" James hollered, "She said that!?"
Sirius' smirk deepened. "Well, something like that."
James scowled. "Tell me exactly what she said Sirius, word for word."
Sirius frowned slightly. "Fine then, ruin my fun. She said she likes Dementors more than she likes you," he replied shortly. Sirius turned and stomped away from James and over to Storm and Remus.
Storm and Remus looked at Sirius and grinned.
"Puppy love," Remus muttered, causing Sirius and Storm to laugh.
Suddenly the doors to the room opened and Professor McGonagall walked in. "We're ready for you." She turned and walked in to the Great Hall, the first years trailing nervously behind her.
As they walked through the Great Hall, Storm and Lily were walking next to each other, staring at the ceiling.
"It's amazing!" Lily gasped.
Storm nodded her agreement, and James stepped forward to whisper quietly, "It's bewitched to look like the sky and mimic the weather; I read it in Hogwarts: a History."
Lily raised an eyebrow. "Did you actually read the book? Or did your Da tell you that?"
"You leave my Da out of this!" James hissed, stepping back, and next to Sirius.
Storm winced slightly. "That was rather... harsh, Lily. Not saying he didn't deserve it, but it was still... rather... impetuous."
Lily sighed. "Yeah, you're right. But really, it's honestly too bad."
Professor McGonagall stopped at the front of the room. "Gather round, gather round."
The first years stared at a dirty, rather old looking hat, placed upon a stool. A rip near the brim opened wide and it began to sing.
The first years looked at it with surprise, too startled to hear what the hat was saying.
As the hat finished the song, the Great Hall burst into applause, which the first years quickly echoed.
Professor McGonagall stepped forward once again. "When I call your name, step forward, sit down on the stool, and I will place the sorting hat on your head. Anderson, Marco."
Lily's friend Marco walked up, nervously, to the stool and sat down. The Sorting Hat took a moment, before shouting, "Ravenclaw!"
Marco smiled lightly, but Lily looked slightly disappointed.
"He's my best friend... was hoping we'd be in Gryffindor together," Lily whispered to Storm.
Storm nodded sadly.
"Black, Sirius," McGonagall called.
Sirius walked confidently up to McGonagall.
James suddenly looked very interested as Sirius sat down and McGonagall placed the hat on his head.
The hat took a moment longer to sort him that it had taken to sort Lily's friend. The rip opened and the hat shouted, "GRYFFINDOR!"
James, Remus, Sirius, Peter, and Storm started cheering, along with all of the Gryffindors.
"Evans, Lily."
"Good luck Lil!" Storm hissed.
Lily grinned and walked up to the front. James never took his eyes off of her as she walked.
The hat had barely touched her head before it yelled, "GRYFFINDOR!"
The Gryffindors cheered loudly, and James was yelling himself hoarse.
"Filish, Dormer," was sorted into Hufflepuff, and "Io, Maria," was sorted into Slytherin.
"Longbottom, Frank," became and Gryffindor, and "Lupin, Remus," was called.
"Good luck, Remus!" Storm and James called.
Remus turned around and smiled at Storm. He continued up to the stool and sat down.
Professor McGonagall dropped the hat on his head, and it sat there for a fair few moments, before suddenly perking up. "GRYFFINDOR!" it hollered.
Sirius stood up and cheered, along with the other Gryffindors. Storm, whistled, and Lily and James shouted their approval.
"Malfoy, Lucius."
As Lucius hurried up to the front, the James, Storm, and Sirius hissed.
He sat down on the stool, and McGonagall made to place the Sorting hat on his head. The hat hadn't even touched Malfoy's head, when it shouted, "SLYTHERIN!"
"O' Malley, Storm."
Storm smiled at James and hurried up to the front. Professor McGonagall dropped the hat on her head, and Storm sat in excited anticipation.
After what seemed like ages, the hat perked up, with a little muttering in Storm's ear, and hollered, "GRYFFINDOR!"
Sirius stood up and started bellowing at the top of his lungs, and Lily was cheering. James was cat calling, and Remus was grinning widely.
Storm hurried down the isle to the Gryffindor table, and "Nero, Mel," was called. Storm hurried down to the table and sat next to between Remus and Sirius.
As Remus and Lily congratulated Storm, "Nero, Mel" was sorted into Ravenclaw. "Patil, Patia" was sorted into Ravenclaw, and her twin, "Patil, Panyin" was sorted into Gryffindor.
Then "Pettigrew, Peter" was called.
The group turned their heads up to the front to watch Peter get sorted into Gryffindor, and "Potter, James" get called.
Sirius sat up straight and looked attentively at the front as James was sorted into Gryffindor.
Storm, Sirius, Remus, and Peter cheered so loudly, even Lily had to grin. Even though this meant she'd have to put up with James.
James strutted down the isle and sat down between Peter and Lily. "That was intense," he said, grinning broadly.
Lily groaned. "You're incorrigible, James Potter," she muttered, causing Remus to laugh loudly.
Storm smirked at the look on James' face. "It means 'hopeless' James," she said to him.
"I know what it means!" he hissed.
Sirius and Storm smirked. "Sure you did, James," Sirius said, "We believe you... not."
"Umbridge, Dolores," was sorted into Hufflepuff.
"Snape, Severus" was called and sorted into Slytherin, and the last few first years were quickly sorted.
At last, when "Zabini, Mauve" was sorted into Slytherin, Dumbledore stood up. "Welcome!" he called, "To another year at Hogwarts. I am your new Headmaster, Albus Dumbledore. I have been told I am an eccentric old bat, but I feel I may possibly be worthy of this wondrous, and trying task. Trying to bestow order upon this school."
The students and teachers laughed lightly.
Dumbledore smiled, and twinkle in his eyes. "So now, without further ado, dig in!" Dumbledore clapped his hands, and the food appeared on the tables in front of them.
As Dumbledore sat down, the students began to fill their plates.
Storm winced and leaned over at Remus to whisper something in his ear.
Remus smirked and nodded.
Lily looked at Storm, a curious expression on her face.
Storm grinned and leaned over to the table. "I told Remus," she hissed in Lily's ear, "That it's going to be a pain eating meals with James and Sirius. They're the biggest pigs I've ever seen. If I never see someone as piggish as them, it'll be all too soon."
Lily laughed loudly. "That's great, Storm."
Storm grinned and returned to her meal, trying desperately to ignore James and Sirius, who were acting, par usual, like overly fat pigs.
Remus and Peter were eating silently, and Lily was chatting animatedly with Panyin Patil. Lily was interested in the twins' unusual, but original, names. She was told Patia meant Intellectual Superiority, and Panyin meant Older Twin.
Meanwhile, James and Sirius were two seats down, having a chugging contest, to see who could down an entire pitcher of Pumpkin Juice faster. Storm was looking highly unimpressed, and she was blatantly, out right ignoring them. Peter was grinning, an amused look on his face. And Remus was studying Storm's look of slight disgust, rather than studying what was receiving the look.
By the time the puddings, tarts, and blocks of ice cream appeared on the tables, Sirius and James were moaning.
Storm, Lily, and Remus smirked. "Serves you right, you pigs," Lily muttered, causing Remus and Storm to laugh.
While Storm, Peter, Remus, and Lily helped themselves to medium portions of treacle tart, James and Sirius whispered back and forth about a stomach ache cure. Suddenly the doors to the Great Hall burst open, and in flew the most outrageously dressed ghost Storm had ever seen.
The ghost zipped over to the Slytherin table and flipped it over, then stole two bowls of puddings from the Ravenclaw table and dumped them on the heads of the Hufflepuffs. Shouts and screams were echoing through the Great Hall as the ghost headed to the Gryffindor table, an impish smirk on his face. The Gryffindor first years looked on in fearful anticipation.
Suddenly Dumbledore stood up. "PEEVES! GET OUT OF THE HALL OR I WILL HAVE YOU EXPELLED!"
The ghost cast a nasty glare in the Headmasters direction, before blowing a loud raspberry, and floating nonchalantly out of the hall.
Dumbledore pulled out his wand and gave it a wave, immediately clearing up the mess. "That, for those who don't know, was Peeves, Hogwarts Poltergeist. Now, since we've been so rudely interrupted, I have a few start of term announcements to make."
Storm and Remus exchanged glances of disbelief.
Dumbledore quickly went over the announcements, and sighed after the last notice, 'Stay away from the Forbidden Forest, it's forbidden for a reason!'
By this time, the students were yawning with sleep.
"Hurry up..." James muttered as he yawned, yet again.
The rest of the group was far too tired to reply to James.
At last Dumbledore dismissed them, telling the Prefects to lead the way, and they headed out of the Great Hall.
The first years trailed along behind their Prefects, and after five minutes or so, they arrived at a portrait of a fat lady, wearing a pink dress.
The fat lady looked at them all. "Password?" she asked pleasantly.
The Prefect stood up straight and said, "Kneazle."
The portrait swung open and the Prefects led the way into the Gryffindor Common Room. "This is the Gryffindor Common Room, the boys dormitories are up the stairs and on your right, the girls, same thing, but on the left."
The Prefects dispersed, and the first years tiredly made their way up to the dorms. Peter, James, Sirius, and Remus said goodnight to Storm and Lily, who continued on up the stairs to their dorm.
Frank Longbottom, Peter, James, Sirius, and Remus entered their dorm, and were surprised to see their stuff already neatly placed next to their beds. The boys changed into their pajamas and climbed into bed.
"Is it awesome here or what?" Peter asked excitedly.
"Yeah," Sirius and James muttered.
"So, do you like it here Remus?" James said his voice thick with sleep.
Remus yawned, "Uh huh," he said in a muffled tone.
"That's good," Sirius said as he closed his eyes, "Storm told you that you would."
A calm silence filled dormitory as the boys slowly dropped off into a peaceful sleep.
Upstairs, in the girls' dormitory, Lily and Storm were chatting quietly as they sat on Lily's bed, trying not to disturb the other three girls with whom they shared a dorm. Panyin, and two other girls, whose names Storm and Lily hadn't caught.
As Lily gave a yawn, Storm smiled. "We should head for bed, after all, we do have to get up tomorrow, and I'm more than a little tired. It's great here, don't you think?"
Lily nodded as Storm clambered off her bed and into her own.
"Lily?" Storm murmured a second later.
"Mmhmm?" Lily replied.
"You like Potter, don't you?" Storm said with a grin.
"Yup. Night Storm," Lily said, rolling over, a grin plastered across her sleepy face.
Storm grinned and crawled into bed. It was good to be here. Away from her stuck up pureblood parents, away from the pressures they put on her. It was good to get away.