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Here is the next long awaited chapter! Oh, and I know that you can't Apparate in Hogwarts, I just wanted them to this time. I mean, it's Dumbledore! He made the rules, can't he like make some exceptions for himself.........?

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Harry Potter is 'Charmed'

Chapter 7: The Sorting Hat's Song

Dumbledore and the girls appeared right in front of their seats, Dumbledore in the middle, the sisters on the right of him, with different teachers between. The last of the students were trickling in. In the center of the room was a stool with an old hat seated on it, and soon an old woman led a group of small children, all in robes, in to the hall. They stopped just in front of it. Opening the rip in the seam like a mouth, the hat began to speak,

"Very long ago, back when I was new,

And Hogwarts School of Wizardry was something no one knew.

The world was ruled over by an evil Lord, whose heart was cold as ice,

He sent the world into a frenzy, no one knowing what to do with this vice.

He punished the innocent and set the guilty free,

He punished those who he didn't like with a feeling of great glee.

He hated those unpure, of Muggle-born consent,

He killed them all with a laugh and no feelings of remorse.

No one knew how to stop him; no one even dared, for he killed all who opposed him; anyone who stared.

There was no safe ground, no place to hide, until four friends of old decided to abide.

They met together and plotted and planned

To make a school of learning where safety was close at hand.

They named the school Hogwarts, the very place where you now stand.

They each made their own separate House,

That they would preside,

Gryffindor with only the brave and true, Ravenclaw with the wise,

Slytherin with the crafty and clever and kindhearted Hufflepuff with the rest.

Hogwarts was safe for a time, giving safety to those who needed it and teaching all who came.

Until one day the evil Lord figured out this plan, and set out many men to destroy this noble school.

The four old friends united, preparing only to fall, for one of them was not true and suddenly kicked the ball.

Clever and crafty Slytherin slipped out in the night to join the Lord in this never-ending fight.

Now that the four friends were only down to three, they realized that they were going to need help and begged on bended knee

No one wanted to help them, no one seemed to care, and no one wanted his black rage to come upon their lair.

So the three friends turned their faces to a more powerful source,

A very strong power of one that was three.

It was then, a long time ago, that Hogwarts School was helped by a very strong trio.

They all worked together, with brains, wit and power, each House working as if one and none were ready to cower.

United the Houses and the Three were powerful enough to rid the world of the evil Lord.

Let all of you hear me clearly now, for this is a message for thee,

Divided we shall fall and United we shall be.

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."

No one said anything right away. The Sorting Hat's song shocked everyone and only when Dumbledore began clapping, did everyone clap. The little first years seemed confused and even more nervous than normal. The three sisters were shocked and didn't clap.

"Did you hear what that hat said?" Piper said turning to Phoebe.

"I know! That hat spoke!" Paige said turning to Piper, very serious and shocked. Phoebe turned to Paige with a "Are you serious" face. Paige shrugged.

"Yes, I did! It spoke of a 'strong power of one that was three' " Phoebe said wide-eyed imitating the Sorting Hat. "We're the Power of Three and all our powers are sorta intertwined."

"I thought we were the only Charmed---" Piper began. She lowered her voice, "Let's finish this conversation later in private." Phoebe and Paige nodded understanding what she meant.

After the Sorting, Dumbledore stood up and cleared his throat, immediately stopping all murmuring that was going on.

"Thank you Professor McGonagall. I would like to welcome our first years to a wonderful and exciting year at Hogwarts." Dumbledore made all of the usual announcements that he usually did at the Welcoming Feast. "Also, with the welcoming of new students, I would like to introduce to you three new Professors, Professor Piper Halliwell, Professor Phoebe Halliwell, and Professor Paige Matthews." He pointed to each sister in turn as he said her name. "They will be teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts this year. Welcome and hope you enjoy it here." Dumbledore said to the sisters with a twinkle in his eye. "Let the Feast begin!" No sooner did the words leave his mouth, did food appear in front of everybody. Joyous laughter and talk filled the air as everyone dug in, friends discussing everything that they did over the summer holiday. At first, the sisters were a little nervous when Dumbledore had introduced them to everyone, but now, with everyone's eyes off of them, they felt more relaxed. Piper struck up a conversation with Professor Flitwick on the different wand movements and the importance of them, Paige was talking to Professor McGonagall about various things and Phoebe was trying to pry anything out of Snape.

"Oh come on. Don't you have any interests other than Potions? What do you do when you're not teaching? Do you speak English?" Phoebe asked Snape, who just kept poking at his food, pretending that he didn't hear Phoebe. "I know you hear me." Phoebe looked at him for awhile longer before turning to look at her own food, sighing and thinking, 'I will figure out what this guys' problem is...'

Snape quickly risked a quick glance at Phoebe. He scowled at her and continued to pick at his plate.

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"Ah, Professors, there you are! I suspect that you enjoyed dinner?" Dumbledore found the sisters waiting in one of the corridors, hopelessly lost. They had tried to follow one of the students' directions to Dumbledore's office, but they took a few wrong turns along the way. When Dumbledore found them, they weren't that far from his office and he himself was on his way there to meet them.

"Yes we did, Professor." The sisters answered together relieved to have been found by him.

"We were on our way to your office, but got.... detoured along the way." Phoebe added. Dumbledore laughed.

"Well then. Come with me. After we talk, I'll show you to your rooms. And don't worry about your things...they're already in your rooms." He said casting a smiling glance at Piper, who looked at him wide-eyed and open-mouthed as if she were just going to ask that. With a glance from Piper to Dumbledore, Phoebe and Paige followed Dumbledore, with Piper not far behind.

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There you all go! I've finally updated and I'm deeply, terribly, horribly, sincerely sorry about the extreme lateness of this chapter!! I hope that I still have some faithful readers who will read my stories even though I am kind of slow in updating right now. Again, I'm SORRY about the lateness. Darn school and its blasted homework! Shakes fist

OK, I've added my own little things into this story, as the Sorting Hat explains. So don't leave reviews about that. Well, I think that's all.... Oh! READ & REVIEW!