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Chapter 3- The Sorting

After a few minutes of anxiety, Prof. McGonagall came back. She told them to form a single line, which they did, although rather clumsily, and she led them into the Great Hall. The Great Hall's name had been very well chosen, for it was indeed a great hall. The ceiling had been bewitched to show the sky and candles floated all around them. Four huge tables were aligned by each other, and there was another one across them. Prof. McGonagall drew a three legged chair and set it between the four tables and the one across it. She then took out a very battered wizard hat and set it on top of the stool.

Suddenly, it ripped open and started singing. The song talked about all of the four houses characteristics. When it finished singing, Prof. McGonagall told them that whenever she called their names, they were to sit on the stool and put the hat on. She took out a list, and began:

"Abbot, Thomas!" A blonde haired boy clumsily sat on the stool and put the hat on. A second later it announced:

"Hufflepuff!"

"Alton, Adelle!"

"Ravenclaw!"

"Avery, Tristan!"

"Slytherin!"

"Black, Bellatrix!"

"Slytherin!"

"Black, Narcissa!"

"Slytherin!"

"Black, Sirius!" The black-haired boy Lily'd seen before grinned and went to the stool. After a momentary pause, the hat shouted:

"Gryffindor!"

"Bones, Victor!"

"Hufflepuff!"

"Bradley, Eileen!"

"Ravenclaw!"

"Brooklynn, Ella!"

"Slytherin!"

"Bulstrode, Edmund!"

"Slytherin!"

"Dawson, Delilah!"

"Hufflepuff!"

"Evans, Lily!" Lily's heart stopped for a second and she immeadiately thought, What if I'm not sorted anywhere? And proceeded, very nervous. She put the hat on and a tiny voice spoke to her, "Ah, a great mind, excellent for a Ravenclaw, but there's a good deal of loyalty and bravery. Very well, I shall put you in:"

"Gryffindor!" Lily took off the hat and ran to the Gryffindor table, grinning.

"Flint, Heather!"

"Slytherin!"

"Harrison, Pandora!"

"Slytherin!"

"Hewitt, Ingrid!"

"Ravenclaw!"

"Hollis, Gretta!"

"Ravenclaw!"

"Lankston, Kiersten!"

"Ravenclaw!"

"Locke, Cameron!"

"Ravenclaw!"

"Lupin, Remus!" The brown-haired boy that looked like he needed to sleep put the hat on, shaking a great deal.

"Gryffindor!"

"Madison, Faye!"

"Hufflepuff!"

"McKinnon, Robert!"

"Hufflepuff!"

"Medici, Federico!"

"Ravenclaw!"

"Nott, Theodore!"

"Slytherin!"

"Nowles, Selene!"

"Hufflepuff!"

"Oswin, Miles!"

"Ravenclaw!"

"Owens, Alexandra!"

"Gryffindor!" Alex removed the hat and sat beside her, smiling.

"Parkinson, Jack!"

"Slytherin!"

"Perry, Jake!"

"Ravenclaw!"

"Pettigrew, Peter!"

"Gryffindor!"

"Potter, James!" A pink haired James went up, and put the hat on, hiding his hair because everyone was laughing at him.

"Gryffindor!"

"Reynolds, Bonnie!"

"Hufflepuff!"

"Rylan, Jared!"

"Rookwood, Augustus!"

"Slytherin!"

"Schlotsky, Ellen!"

"Gryffindor!"

"Schlotsky, Esther!"

"Gryffindor!" The twins sat across from Lily and Alex, both with huge smiles.

"Sherman, Peyton!"

"Hufflepuff!"

"Snape, Severus

"Slytherin!"

"Thatcher, Lucas!"

"Hufflepuff!"

"Williams, Carrie!"

"Gryffindor!"

Finally, the Sorting Ceremony finished. The girls were all happy they'd managed to all stay in the same house. Alexandra, however, was not so happy, because once again, she'd managed to be with Potter and his friends. Just as James was going to throw an insult at Alex, a tall, old man with a very long white bear stood up, and everyone went quiet. The man, which was the headmaster, began:

"To the older students, welcome back, to the new ones, welcome to Hogwarts. Firstly, I'd like to announce that the Dark Forest is strictly forbidden, secondly, Mr. Filch will be posting lists of objects that are forbidden here in Hogwarts. Thirdly, the recently planted Whomping Willow is off limits to everyone.And fourthly, tuck in!"

Suddenly, food appeared on the golden platters on front of them. Everyone around Lily were busy either eating or talking. She heard Sirius, James, and Alexandra making the rules for the food eating contest they were about to have. The twins were both filling their plates with a bit of everything and Lily decided to follow their example. Carrie was deep in conversation with Remus, both apparently discussing stupid muggle customs. Lily noticed Peter was cheering on James, who was loosing to Sirius, who was loosing to Alexandra.

After a while, both Sirius and James gave up on the food contest and were forced to hear Alex's gloating throughout the night, both of them with a look of disgust. Lily started talking to the twins about which class would be more interisting, and didn't even notice the time pass. When they were all full of the desserts, Dumbledore stood up again to tell them that it was time to sleep, the students all stood up, and the Gryffindor prefects, Molly Prewett and Arthur Weasley, led them to the Gryffindor tower and told everyone the password was Pumpkin Tarts.

The Gryffindor common room was a circular room with red couches and armchairs. Molly showed the girls their dormitories while Arthur showed the boys their dormitories. The girls dormitories was a big room with huge bed and they all that found their things were already there.

The girls all chatted a little bit more, Alex making sure of telling them how she beat the boys on the food eating contest, which really disgusted the other girls, even though it was quite funny. Finally they went to sleep, Lily thinking she was probably the luckiest girl in the world.