Chapter 12: The Sorting and News
A/N to BubbleBabe89: So no! He's just a person I made up. Jared means 'down
to earth' and I like that name. And good for you on the test
"Hey Hermione, who's your friend?" Seamus asked as he sat next to Harry
"Oh, this is Nina. Nina, this is Seamus, Dean, Neville, Lavender, and
Parvati" Hermione said. Everyone pleasantly exchanged greetings as the
double doors opened.
In walked twenty-six terrified eleven-year-olds.
The sorting hat sang his new song and Professor McGonagal read their names.
"Adrienne" (A/N I'm not good at last names so there's a new tradition, only
their first name is announced)
A girl with flowing black hair sat on the stool.
"Slytherin!"
"Balin"
"Gryffindor!"
"Caden"
"Gryffindor!"
"Damon"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Emlyn"
Nina leaned to Hermione. "That's my cousin" she whispered as the beautiful
pre-teen walked to the stool.
The hat said "Slythe" as fast as it had with Malfoy in their first year.
Hermione and Nina were dumbstruck (A/N I LOVE THAT WORD), but as he was
about to finish, he said "No, I think, yea, GRYFFINDOR!" Hermione and Nina
were so happy. Emlyn gracefully walked over to her cousin, receiving a few
looks from the guys.
"Farica"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Ganesa"
"Ravenclaw!"
"Hart"
"Gryffindor!"
"Irving"
"Slytherin!"
"Jett"
"Slytherin!"
"Kasim"
"Hufflerpuff!"
"Lara"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Mabel"
"Ravenclaw!"
"Nadine"
"Ravenclaw!"
"Ormand"
"Gryffindor!" The by walked toward the table, looking disappointed.
Hermione made a note to talk to him as soon as the sorting was over. (A/N
Ormand means 'serpent'. Most of these names have a meaning relating to
either their house or the personality that I'm gonna give them)
"Prentice"
"Ravenclaw!"
"Ranee"
"Slytherin!"
"Sadie"
"Slytherin!"
"Takoda"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Ursala"
"Gryffindor!"
"Varen"
"Slytherin!"
"Winfred"
"Ravenclaw!"
"Xander"
"Hufflepuff"
"Yasuo"
"Hufflepuff"
"Zuzana"
"Gryffindor!"
Everyone applauded as the students were sorted (individually). As soon as
Zuzana sat down next to Ursala, Dumbledore stood up to make his
announcements.
"Welcome, old and new. I would like to announce that the Forbidden Forest
is called forbidden for a good reason. You may here rumors, and some of
them are true. Mr. Filch has, once again, reminded me to tell you that
magic in the halls is forbidden and he has just added most of Weasley's
Wizarding Wheezes products are on his list of items un-allowed in the
school, you may go to his office to read the list, but I am sure that we
may post one up in each common room. I would, lastly, like to announce
another new student in our midst. Please welcome Nina, who has joined us
from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons. Nina, would you come up here to be
sorted?"
Nina stood up from the Gryffindor table and walked to the platform where
the sorting hat was 'sitting' on a stool. All eyes were on her. She sat
down, confident that she would be put in Gryffindor (A/N but we know that
that isn't going to happen *evil smirk*) and placed the hat on her head.
'Ah, I see a good friend, but a lot of brains. You are very brave, and
loyal! You are very cunning though, and will do anything to get what you
want, but what you want is freedom, and Gryffindor stuff, along with some
Slytherin fun. You are very trustworthy, but secretive. Where should I put
you?'
'As long as it's Gryffindor, I'm happy' she thought with a smirk. Everyone
was watching her. They had never seen anyone other than a first year
sorted.
'Hmm, I see trickery in your mind, and a want, but not knowing what it is.
You have had much heartbreak in yo-'
'Are you here to predict my future or put me in Gryffindor?' she asked,
getting a bit irritated
'I was going to say that you wish for revenge, but nothing has been able to
fill the void. Yoh ha-'
'Excuse me, but you're talking more than my older sister!'
'I have made my decision' "SLYTHERIN!"
Most of the hall was silent. Hermione was (A/N I love this word!)
dumbstruck. Nina was ready to scream! The rest of the school, seeing her
sit with Hermione and act like best friends, would never have expected her
to be sorted into Slytherin, even the Slytherins thought that.
She gathered herself, stood up, and walked over to the Slytherin table,
ditting in the only available seat, the one next to Draco Malfoy.
"Now, Tuck In." Dumbledore said.
Food appeared on the table and everyone began to eat (including Hermione
and Nina.)
"So, looks like we're gonna be house-mates" Draco said, leaning towards
Nina.
"Yeah, and I thought that this year would suck" Nina answered
sarcastically.
Draco snapped back. Nobody was ever sarcastic with him, or turn him down
when he was flirting with them (actually her), except for Potter and his
friends.
"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to" he paused and looked at her "erm,
go out sometime" he moved closer to her "maybe we can get back to what we
were doing on the train?"
"Hmm, maybe" she cooed. She looked at Hermione, who was looking at her and
gave her a signal to meet her outside the room. Hermione got up and walked
toward the Slytherin table. Nina got up as Hermione was passing the
Hufflepuff table.
They walked out of the Great Hall together, linking their arms.
"Oh my f-in' god!" Nina started as they turned the corner.
"I know! You are so not one of them" Hermoine said, stressing on the so and
them.
"UGH! I could scream! How could that...RAG...think that I was one of those,
those, AAAAHHHHHH!!!!" she pretended to sob.
"Well, maybe it won't be so bad. I mean, you can hang out with me and the
Gryffindors whenever you want, except after curfew, and we can sit next to
each other in class. Now, about you and Malfoy"
"OK, so he not only asked me out, but he asked me if I wanted to 'continue
what we started on the train'" the two screeched and then began to crack
up.
"Well then, we're gonna have to get you ready then. HA! I can't wait to see
Malfoy when you're done with him!" They laughed some more.
"Well, since you're my best friend, I'll let you come. You can help out
with the finishing."
"Yes, I hear you did a good job with the pig" a voice said from behind
them. They turned around to see none other than Malfoy, who else would hear
a conversation about revenge against him?
"Yeah, but I only did it so we could be together" Hermione said as she did
a slow catwalk towards him in a seducing voice.
"But 'Mione dear, I already called him" Nina said, copying Hermione.
"Well, there isn't enough for us to share, so back off" Hermione said as
she 'gazed' into Draco's eyes.
"Ladies, there' enough of me for everyone" Draco said with a large smirk
"Nah!" Hermione said, pushing Malfoy away from her.
"Yeah, I mean, it isn't like you're worth fighting over, or even sharing"
Nina said.
The girls linked arms and walked into the Great Hall, leaving a confused
Malfoy.
~After Dessert~
"Now students, I have a few more announcements to make" Dumbledore said
after (duh) dessert. "First off, I would like the sixth year prefects, Head
Girl and Boy, and Nina to stay after dinner. Prefects, you know the
passwords, so please take the first years to the dormitories (the new
students and fifth year prefects left the hall). Quidditch tryouts will be
posted in the common rooms, and the new captains know who they are, but
please stand up so everyone else will too. (Harry, Draco, Cho, and another
student stood up). You may sit (they sat, duh). Now, I believe that there
are no more announceme- (Professor McGonagall cleared her throat), ah yes.
As all of you know, Voldemort is at large, as I told you two years ago.
Now, there shall be precautions and new rules, which your professors shall
be telling you tomorrow during your first class. You may leave and the
people who I asked to come up please do so."
Most people left, but Harry stayed to wait for Ron and Hermione.
"Now, I presume that you, Nina, already know Mr. Weasley and Mr. Malfoy,
seeing how you are, what, best friends with Miss Granger. I would like to
introduce you to Pansy Parkinson, she is also in your house. This is Ernie
MacMallin (A/N I don't know how to spell!) and Hannah Abbot, the Hufflepuff
prefects and Padma Patil and (I forgot the male Ravenclaw prefect's names,
but I'll put them in as soon as I find my Harry Potter 5), the Ravenclaw
prefects. I would like you two to stay afterwards. Now, because of the
threat of Voldemort and to bring unity throughout the houses, there shall
be a change in the living assignments." Everyone looked at him, confused
"Now, you shall all share a common room, but there will also be another,
smaller common room with things other than a fireplace and what you usually
see in a common room. Hufflepuff, you and Ravenclaw shall be sharing one of
those rooms. And because the greater call for unity is between Gryffindor
and Slytherin, you four shall be sharing the other one of these common
rooms. Now, if you will all follow your heads of houses, they shall lead
you all to your entrances. ("huh?") Oh yes, there shall also be two
different entrances, one for each common room. Now all please go except for
Nina and Pansy."
Everyone walked away, including Harry who was told by his friends to go
without them.
"Now, Miss Parkinson, if I understand correctly, you misused you position
fourty-three times last year, breaking thirty-seven rules, and have not
done your homework since a few weeks before Professor Umbridge was
headmaster last year. Is that correct?"
"How would I know? I don't spend my life counting how many whatevers I do"
Pansy answered in a snobby voice.
"Well, you shall be sharing your position with Nina now. According to her
transcripts and my interviews with her former headmasters, if she was here
before or during last year she would have your position instead of you"
Pansy's jaw was hanging. "Of course, I do not know her well enough, though
we have met on a few occasions" Dumbledore smiled, remembering first
meeting her at one of her trials
~Flashback~ (Dumbledore's POV)
I sat in my chair, waiting for the accused girl who was on trial. According
to what I had found out, she had a history for going to rallies ,magic and
muggle. She was now going to be tried for her first time, though. The doors
opened and in walked a girl, no older than eleven. She was scared, but
covered her fear with a courageous face. The man sat her down in the chair.
"Nina (whatever her last name is), you are charged with the accusation of
chaining yourself to the front door of a building, striking a muggle
officer, striking a ministry official, using the 'unbreakable spell' out of
school, even though you are underage" Fudge continued to read the list of
actions that she did at the rally she was arrested at. I was surprised that
w girl her age was being tried, and for doing so many actions to be tried
for. All of the striking was in self-defense. The spell was for the chains
and I was trying to stop them from destroying a monumental building! You
cannot try me for commuting the actions that I am accused of. I plead
guilty for fighting for what I believe in! Many other people do so and I
don't see any of them being tried!" the girl screamed in her defense.
"But this is not the first time that this has happened. The only reason why
you have not been tried before is because you were, and are still too
young, but we are taking action now to make sure that it does not happen
again. Now please be quiet until you are allowed to speak."
"Listen! What I did was-"
"What you did was break at least thirteen rules at this rally alone!"
The trial continued in this fashion. In the end, though, she could not be
punished because she was only eleven. I knew that this was not the last we
were going to hear from the spirited girl
~End Flashback~
"Now, I expect you to show her the Slytherin common room and everything
else she will need. I shall personally take you to your new dorms. And here
is your badge Nina" He handed her a shiny badge which she pinned on her
robe and they were off.
A/N to BubbleBabe89: So no! He's just a person I made up. Jared means 'down
to earth' and I like that name. And good for you on the test
"Hey Hermione, who's your friend?" Seamus asked as he sat next to Harry
"Oh, this is Nina. Nina, this is Seamus, Dean, Neville, Lavender, and
Parvati" Hermione said. Everyone pleasantly exchanged greetings as the
double doors opened.
In walked twenty-six terrified eleven-year-olds.
The sorting hat sang his new song and Professor McGonagal read their names.
"Adrienne" (A/N I'm not good at last names so there's a new tradition, only
their first name is announced)
A girl with flowing black hair sat on the stool.
"Slytherin!"
"Balin"
"Gryffindor!"
"Caden"
"Gryffindor!"
"Damon"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Emlyn"
Nina leaned to Hermione. "That's my cousin" she whispered as the beautiful
pre-teen walked to the stool.
The hat said "Slythe" as fast as it had with Malfoy in their first year.
Hermione and Nina were dumbstruck (A/N I LOVE THAT WORD), but as he was
about to finish, he said "No, I think, yea, GRYFFINDOR!" Hermione and Nina
were so happy. Emlyn gracefully walked over to her cousin, receiving a few
looks from the guys.
"Farica"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Ganesa"
"Ravenclaw!"
"Hart"
"Gryffindor!"
"Irving"
"Slytherin!"
"Jett"
"Slytherin!"
"Kasim"
"Hufflerpuff!"
"Lara"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Mabel"
"Ravenclaw!"
"Nadine"
"Ravenclaw!"
"Ormand"
"Gryffindor!" The by walked toward the table, looking disappointed.
Hermione made a note to talk to him as soon as the sorting was over. (A/N
Ormand means 'serpent'. Most of these names have a meaning relating to
either their house or the personality that I'm gonna give them)
"Prentice"
"Ravenclaw!"
"Ranee"
"Slytherin!"
"Sadie"
"Slytherin!"
"Takoda"
"Hufflepuff!"
"Ursala"
"Gryffindor!"
"Varen"
"Slytherin!"
"Winfred"
"Ravenclaw!"
"Xander"
"Hufflepuff"
"Yasuo"
"Hufflepuff"
"Zuzana"
"Gryffindor!"
Everyone applauded as the students were sorted (individually). As soon as
Zuzana sat down next to Ursala, Dumbledore stood up to make his
announcements.
"Welcome, old and new. I would like to announce that the Forbidden Forest
is called forbidden for a good reason. You may here rumors, and some of
them are true. Mr. Filch has, once again, reminded me to tell you that
magic in the halls is forbidden and he has just added most of Weasley's
Wizarding Wheezes products are on his list of items un-allowed in the
school, you may go to his office to read the list, but I am sure that we
may post one up in each common room. I would, lastly, like to announce
another new student in our midst. Please welcome Nina, who has joined us
from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons. Nina, would you come up here to be
sorted?"
Nina stood up from the Gryffindor table and walked to the platform where
the sorting hat was 'sitting' on a stool. All eyes were on her. She sat
down, confident that she would be put in Gryffindor (A/N but we know that
that isn't going to happen *evil smirk*) and placed the hat on her head.
'Ah, I see a good friend, but a lot of brains. You are very brave, and
loyal! You are very cunning though, and will do anything to get what you
want, but what you want is freedom, and Gryffindor stuff, along with some
Slytherin fun. You are very trustworthy, but secretive. Where should I put
you?'
'As long as it's Gryffindor, I'm happy' she thought with a smirk. Everyone
was watching her. They had never seen anyone other than a first year
sorted.
'Hmm, I see trickery in your mind, and a want, but not knowing what it is.
You have had much heartbreak in yo-'
'Are you here to predict my future or put me in Gryffindor?' she asked,
getting a bit irritated
'I was going to say that you wish for revenge, but nothing has been able to
fill the void. Yoh ha-'
'Excuse me, but you're talking more than my older sister!'
'I have made my decision' "SLYTHERIN!"
Most of the hall was silent. Hermione was (A/N I love this word!)
dumbstruck. Nina was ready to scream! The rest of the school, seeing her
sit with Hermione and act like best friends, would never have expected her
to be sorted into Slytherin, even the Slytherins thought that.
She gathered herself, stood up, and walked over to the Slytherin table,
ditting in the only available seat, the one next to Draco Malfoy.
"Now, Tuck In." Dumbledore said.
Food appeared on the table and everyone began to eat (including Hermione
and Nina.)
"So, looks like we're gonna be house-mates" Draco said, leaning towards
Nina.
"Yeah, and I thought that this year would suck" Nina answered
sarcastically.
Draco snapped back. Nobody was ever sarcastic with him, or turn him down
when he was flirting with them (actually her), except for Potter and his
friends.
"Well, I was wondering if you wanted to" he paused and looked at her "erm,
go out sometime" he moved closer to her "maybe we can get back to what we
were doing on the train?"
"Hmm, maybe" she cooed. She looked at Hermione, who was looking at her and
gave her a signal to meet her outside the room. Hermione got up and walked
toward the Slytherin table. Nina got up as Hermione was passing the
Hufflepuff table.
They walked out of the Great Hall together, linking their arms.
"Oh my f-in' god!" Nina started as they turned the corner.
"I know! You are so not one of them" Hermoine said, stressing on the so and
them.
"UGH! I could scream! How could that...RAG...think that I was one of those,
those, AAAAHHHHHH!!!!" she pretended to sob.
"Well, maybe it won't be so bad. I mean, you can hang out with me and the
Gryffindors whenever you want, except after curfew, and we can sit next to
each other in class. Now, about you and Malfoy"
"OK, so he not only asked me out, but he asked me if I wanted to 'continue
what we started on the train'" the two screeched and then began to crack
up.
"Well then, we're gonna have to get you ready then. HA! I can't wait to see
Malfoy when you're done with him!" They laughed some more.
"Well, since you're my best friend, I'll let you come. You can help out
with the finishing."
"Yes, I hear you did a good job with the pig" a voice said from behind
them. They turned around to see none other than Malfoy, who else would hear
a conversation about revenge against him?
"Yeah, but I only did it so we could be together" Hermione said as she did
a slow catwalk towards him in a seducing voice.
"But 'Mione dear, I already called him" Nina said, copying Hermione.
"Well, there isn't enough for us to share, so back off" Hermione said as
she 'gazed' into Draco's eyes.
"Ladies, there' enough of me for everyone" Draco said with a large smirk
"Nah!" Hermione said, pushing Malfoy away from her.
"Yeah, I mean, it isn't like you're worth fighting over, or even sharing"
Nina said.
The girls linked arms and walked into the Great Hall, leaving a confused
Malfoy.
~After Dessert~
"Now students, I have a few more announcements to make" Dumbledore said
after (duh) dessert. "First off, I would like the sixth year prefects, Head
Girl and Boy, and Nina to stay after dinner. Prefects, you know the
passwords, so please take the first years to the dormitories (the new
students and fifth year prefects left the hall). Quidditch tryouts will be
posted in the common rooms, and the new captains know who they are, but
please stand up so everyone else will too. (Harry, Draco, Cho, and another
student stood up). You may sit (they sat, duh). Now, I believe that there
are no more announceme- (Professor McGonagall cleared her throat), ah yes.
As all of you know, Voldemort is at large, as I told you two years ago.
Now, there shall be precautions and new rules, which your professors shall
be telling you tomorrow during your first class. You may leave and the
people who I asked to come up please do so."
Most people left, but Harry stayed to wait for Ron and Hermione.
"Now, I presume that you, Nina, already know Mr. Weasley and Mr. Malfoy,
seeing how you are, what, best friends with Miss Granger. I would like to
introduce you to Pansy Parkinson, she is also in your house. This is Ernie
MacMallin (A/N I don't know how to spell!) and Hannah Abbot, the Hufflepuff
prefects and Padma Patil and (I forgot the male Ravenclaw prefect's names,
but I'll put them in as soon as I find my Harry Potter 5), the Ravenclaw
prefects. I would like you two to stay afterwards. Now, because of the
threat of Voldemort and to bring unity throughout the houses, there shall
be a change in the living assignments." Everyone looked at him, confused
"Now, you shall all share a common room, but there will also be another,
smaller common room with things other than a fireplace and what you usually
see in a common room. Hufflepuff, you and Ravenclaw shall be sharing one of
those rooms. And because the greater call for unity is between Gryffindor
and Slytherin, you four shall be sharing the other one of these common
rooms. Now, if you will all follow your heads of houses, they shall lead
you all to your entrances. ("huh?") Oh yes, there shall also be two
different entrances, one for each common room. Now all please go except for
Nina and Pansy."
Everyone walked away, including Harry who was told by his friends to go
without them.
"Now, Miss Parkinson, if I understand correctly, you misused you position
fourty-three times last year, breaking thirty-seven rules, and have not
done your homework since a few weeks before Professor Umbridge was
headmaster last year. Is that correct?"
"How would I know? I don't spend my life counting how many whatevers I do"
Pansy answered in a snobby voice.
"Well, you shall be sharing your position with Nina now. According to her
transcripts and my interviews with her former headmasters, if she was here
before or during last year she would have your position instead of you"
Pansy's jaw was hanging. "Of course, I do not know her well enough, though
we have met on a few occasions" Dumbledore smiled, remembering first
meeting her at one of her trials
~Flashback~ (Dumbledore's POV)
I sat in my chair, waiting for the accused girl who was on trial. According
to what I had found out, she had a history for going to rallies ,magic and
muggle. She was now going to be tried for her first time, though. The doors
opened and in walked a girl, no older than eleven. She was scared, but
covered her fear with a courageous face. The man sat her down in the chair.
"Nina (whatever her last name is), you are charged with the accusation of
chaining yourself to the front door of a building, striking a muggle
officer, striking a ministry official, using the 'unbreakable spell' out of
school, even though you are underage" Fudge continued to read the list of
actions that she did at the rally she was arrested at. I was surprised that
w girl her age was being tried, and for doing so many actions to be tried
for. All of the striking was in self-defense. The spell was for the chains
and I was trying to stop them from destroying a monumental building! You
cannot try me for commuting the actions that I am accused of. I plead
guilty for fighting for what I believe in! Many other people do so and I
don't see any of them being tried!" the girl screamed in her defense.
"But this is not the first time that this has happened. The only reason why
you have not been tried before is because you were, and are still too
young, but we are taking action now to make sure that it does not happen
again. Now please be quiet until you are allowed to speak."
"Listen! What I did was-"
"What you did was break at least thirteen rules at this rally alone!"
The trial continued in this fashion. In the end, though, she could not be
punished because she was only eleven. I knew that this was not the last we
were going to hear from the spirited girl
~End Flashback~
"Now, I expect you to show her the Slytherin common room and everything
else she will need. I shall personally take you to your new dorms. And here
is your badge Nina" He handed her a shiny badge which she pinned on her
robe and they were off.