American Arrival
Disclaimer: Anything you recognize from the Harry Potter books does not belong to me. Everything else does.
Chapter 2: The Sorting
Everyone climbed out of the boats and followed Hagrid up to the great oak doors that led into the castle. Hagrid walked up and knocked three times with his huge fist. The first years could hear the knocks echoing throughout the building.
The doors were then opened by a young, stern looking woman. She had her brown hair pulled into a tight bun on top of her head, and small silver- rimmed glasses.
"Welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I am Professor Minerva McGonagall. I am the current transfigurations teacher, head of Gryffindor, and deputy headmistress. Please follow me."
She led the students into a small room and turned to look at them.
"In a moment, you shall be presented to the rest of the school. You will be sorted into one of the four houses. There are Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, and Hufflepuff. Your house will be like your family for the next seven years. You will eat with your house at your house table. You will go to classes with these people, spend your free time in your common rooms with these people, and sleep in the dormitories with these people. Before we enter, please try to make yourselves look presentable." She said this last part while looking distastefully at James Potter's messy head of hair.
She disappeared behind a door, and returned a few moments later.
"Follow me."
Professor McGonagall led them through the door that she had disappeared behind moments later. What the first years saw, made most of them gasp and look around in awe.
The room that they were in was enormous. Four long tables stretched from one end of the hall to the other, before stopping in front of another table at the front of the room, which held the faculty.
The four long tables held hundreds of students, all talking amongst themselves. Suddenly, the room fell silent as Professor McGonagall walked up to the front of the room carrying a stool and an old beat up hat. She placed the hat and the stool down, and turned to look intently at it. Emily noticed that the students at the four long tables also were gazing at the hat, so she turned to look to. To her immense surprise, a hole near the brim of the hat opened, and the hat began to sing.
"I am the Hogwarts sorting hat, Though patched and frayed describe me, Just put me on your head, There's nothing I can't see. So just go ahead and try me on, And I'll tell you where you belong.
Maybe you belong in Gryffindor, Where the courageous reside. Brave, daring, and chivalrous, Gryffindors will not hide.
Perhaps you're more suited for Hufflepuff, Where they are patient, true, and loyal. Those Hufflepuffs, such a friendly bunch, And they're not afraid to toil.
Or maybe you're a Ravenclaw, If you're not afraid of learning, Intelligent and witty, Ravenclaw is the house you're yearning.
Last but not least is Slytherin, Very cunning folk indeed, They'll stop at no means, To get what they need.
So don't be afraid to try me on, Don't worry I won't bite. I'll tell you where you ought to be, And maybe you'll see things in a new light!"
After the hat had finished its song, the hall erupted in applause. Once the applause subsided, Professor McGonagall cleared her throat, and began to read the names of the first years in alphabetical order. "Anston, Charles," read McGonagall. A short brunette boy stumbled up to the stool, and sat down, placing the hat on his head. After a moment of silence, the hat shouted "HUFFLEPUFF!"
"Black, Bellatrix" was the next name called. A girl with straight, shiny black hair strode up to the stool. She had bright blue eyes, and she would have been very pretty, if it weren't for the ugly sneer on her face. She put on the hat and it called out, "SLYTHERIN!"
Emily wondered if she was related to Sirius.
"Black, Sirius" was sorted into Gryffindor.
Before she knew it, "Ciccone, Emily" was called. Lily squeezed her hand, and gave her an encouraging smile as she walked to the stool. She placed the hat on her head, and to her surprise, a little voice began to whisper in her ear.
"Well now, let's see. You have a very good mind. You can also be quite cunning and witty, although I don't think Slytherin is the house for you. Maybe Ravenclaw, but no, you have a very nice sense of humor. It will have to be GRYFFINDOR!" the hat shouted the last bit aloud.
Emily took off the hat and placed it on the stool before walking to the table that was cheering, and sitting beside Sirius who was grinning broadly at her.
Emily smiled back, before turning her attention back to the sorting. A few more people were called before "Evans, Lily." Emily watched as Lily walked nervously up to the stool and put the hat on. It was silent for a moment before it shouted GRYFFINDOR.
Lily came and sat across from Emily who grinned happily at the fact that her new friend was also in Gryffindor.
Lily and Emily watched the sorting for a while before "Lupin, Remus" was called. A slightly pale boy with sandy brown hair walked up to the hat. There was a pause before GRYFFINDOR was heard. The girls clapped as the boy came and sat down next to Lily.
Lily and Emily both smiled at the boy, which he returned, before looking back to the front of the hall.
The sorting went on before "Pettigrew, Peter" was called. A slightly plump boy with blonde hair and beady blue eyes walked up to the stool, but before he got there, he tripped and fell flat on his face. Most of the hall began roaring with laughter as Peter stood and walked the rest of the way to the stool, blushing profusely. A bit later, GRYFFINDOR was called, and the boy came and sat next to Remus.
Emily looked back up as "Potter, James" was called. GRYFFINDOR was shouted out almost immediately, and he came and sat by Sirius. A few minutes later, "Turpin, Reuven" was sorted into Gryffindor. He sat next to Emily. She turned to smile at him, which he returned. Reuven had light brown hair, and bright green eyes. He was tan, and had a terrific smile.
After a few more people were sorted, Professor Dumbledore stood and said, "I have a few announcements to make before the feast begins. To all of you new students, and some of the old, the forbidden forest is just that, forbidden. There is also a list of items that are posted on the door of Mr. McKnight, the caretaker's, door. He would also like me to remind you that there is to be no magic done in the corridors between classes. Now, let's eat!"
As he said this, mounds of food appeared in the middle of the tables, and the students began to fill their plates and eat.
Emily noticed that Sirius and James seemed to have hit it off pretty well with Remus and Peter. They were all laughing at something Sirius had said, though Peter's laughter seemed more nervous than jovial.
Emily turned to look at the boy next to her and said, "Hi, I'm Emily Ciccone."
The boy turned to look at her and said, "It's nice to meet you Emily. I'm Reuven Turpin."
Emily grinned at the boy and he smiled back. She began to strike up a conversation, "So, do you have any hobbies?"
"Well, I love to play quidditch," he answered.
"What's quidditch?" she asked.
"I'm guessing that you must be muggle-born if you've never heard of quidditch," he said, and after she nodded, he continued to explain the rules of quidditch.
"It sounds like a lot of fun," Emily said.
"Yeah, it is," Reuven replied.
Emily spent the rest of the feast talking happily to Lily, Reuven, James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter, happy that she had made some new friends on her first day.
After everyone finished, Dumbledore stood up and said, "Now that we are ale watered and fed, it is time to go to bed and rest. Remember that we have classes bright and early tomorrow. Will the prefects please lead the first years to the common rooms."
They followed the prefects and stopped at a portrait of a fat lady wearing a pink dress. To Emily's surprise, the lady spoke. She said, "Password?"
The prefect replied, "Griphook," and the portrait swung open, to reveal the common room. The prefects began, "Griphook is our password. The password will change every month, so look at the notice board where we will update them. You must remember the password, or else you will not be able to get into the common room. Also, do not tell anyone from another house the password as no one from other houses are supposed to be in our common room. Girls dormitories are upstairs, first door on your right, and boys are upstairs, first door on your left. We will be waiting in the common room at eight o'clock tomorrow morning to lead you to breakfast. You will need to learn your way around here. Goodnight everyone."
The tired first years made there way upstairs and to their rooms. Emily and Lily walked into the room labeled first years' and walked over to the beds that had their trunks. They were pleased to note that they were next to each other. Emily noticed their other two roommates.
"Hi, I'm Emily Ciccone, and this is Lily Evans."
"Hi, I'm Sandra Taylor, and this is Amanda Saunders," one of the girls said. Sandra was tall with black hair that just reached her chin, and clear blue eyes. Amanda had curly, blonde hair that flowed halfway down her back, and bright lavender eyes. They were both very pretty.
The girls all got along very well, and were talking for a while, before Emily turned to Lily and asked, "What did you think of those boys we sat with?"
Lily replied, "They seemed nice enough. James and Sirius seemed kind of like pranksters or something. Remus seemed quieter, and Peter was kind of nervous looking."
Emily said, "Yeah, they did seem nice. What did you think of Reuven?"
Lily replied, "Well, you talked to him more than I did, but he seemed nice, and he is really cute."
"Yeah, he is. I want to get to know him better. He was really interesting to talk to, and he was very nice."
The conversation turned to other things as the girls changed into their pajamas and went to bed.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX Author's Note XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Well I hope you liked this chapter. Let me know what you think. Review me!!!
Thanks, Swizzle Stick XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Disclaimer: Anything you recognize from the Harry Potter books does not belong to me. Everything else does.
Chapter 2: The Sorting
Everyone climbed out of the boats and followed Hagrid up to the great oak doors that led into the castle. Hagrid walked up and knocked three times with his huge fist. The first years could hear the knocks echoing throughout the building.
The doors were then opened by a young, stern looking woman. She had her brown hair pulled into a tight bun on top of her head, and small silver- rimmed glasses.
"Welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. I am Professor Minerva McGonagall. I am the current transfigurations teacher, head of Gryffindor, and deputy headmistress. Please follow me."
She led the students into a small room and turned to look at them.
"In a moment, you shall be presented to the rest of the school. You will be sorted into one of the four houses. There are Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, and Hufflepuff. Your house will be like your family for the next seven years. You will eat with your house at your house table. You will go to classes with these people, spend your free time in your common rooms with these people, and sleep in the dormitories with these people. Before we enter, please try to make yourselves look presentable." She said this last part while looking distastefully at James Potter's messy head of hair.
She disappeared behind a door, and returned a few moments later.
"Follow me."
Professor McGonagall led them through the door that she had disappeared behind moments later. What the first years saw, made most of them gasp and look around in awe.
The room that they were in was enormous. Four long tables stretched from one end of the hall to the other, before stopping in front of another table at the front of the room, which held the faculty.
The four long tables held hundreds of students, all talking amongst themselves. Suddenly, the room fell silent as Professor McGonagall walked up to the front of the room carrying a stool and an old beat up hat. She placed the hat and the stool down, and turned to look intently at it. Emily noticed that the students at the four long tables also were gazing at the hat, so she turned to look to. To her immense surprise, a hole near the brim of the hat opened, and the hat began to sing.
"I am the Hogwarts sorting hat, Though patched and frayed describe me, Just put me on your head, There's nothing I can't see. So just go ahead and try me on, And I'll tell you where you belong.
Maybe you belong in Gryffindor, Where the courageous reside. Brave, daring, and chivalrous, Gryffindors will not hide.
Perhaps you're more suited for Hufflepuff, Where they are patient, true, and loyal. Those Hufflepuffs, such a friendly bunch, And they're not afraid to toil.
Or maybe you're a Ravenclaw, If you're not afraid of learning, Intelligent and witty, Ravenclaw is the house you're yearning.
Last but not least is Slytherin, Very cunning folk indeed, They'll stop at no means, To get what they need.
So don't be afraid to try me on, Don't worry I won't bite. I'll tell you where you ought to be, And maybe you'll see things in a new light!"
After the hat had finished its song, the hall erupted in applause. Once the applause subsided, Professor McGonagall cleared her throat, and began to read the names of the first years in alphabetical order. "Anston, Charles," read McGonagall. A short brunette boy stumbled up to the stool, and sat down, placing the hat on his head. After a moment of silence, the hat shouted "HUFFLEPUFF!"
"Black, Bellatrix" was the next name called. A girl with straight, shiny black hair strode up to the stool. She had bright blue eyes, and she would have been very pretty, if it weren't for the ugly sneer on her face. She put on the hat and it called out, "SLYTHERIN!"
Emily wondered if she was related to Sirius.
"Black, Sirius" was sorted into Gryffindor.
Before she knew it, "Ciccone, Emily" was called. Lily squeezed her hand, and gave her an encouraging smile as she walked to the stool. She placed the hat on her head, and to her surprise, a little voice began to whisper in her ear.
"Well now, let's see. You have a very good mind. You can also be quite cunning and witty, although I don't think Slytherin is the house for you. Maybe Ravenclaw, but no, you have a very nice sense of humor. It will have to be GRYFFINDOR!" the hat shouted the last bit aloud.
Emily took off the hat and placed it on the stool before walking to the table that was cheering, and sitting beside Sirius who was grinning broadly at her.
Emily smiled back, before turning her attention back to the sorting. A few more people were called before "Evans, Lily." Emily watched as Lily walked nervously up to the stool and put the hat on. It was silent for a moment before it shouted GRYFFINDOR.
Lily came and sat across from Emily who grinned happily at the fact that her new friend was also in Gryffindor.
Lily and Emily watched the sorting for a while before "Lupin, Remus" was called. A slightly pale boy with sandy brown hair walked up to the hat. There was a pause before GRYFFINDOR was heard. The girls clapped as the boy came and sat down next to Lily.
Lily and Emily both smiled at the boy, which he returned, before looking back to the front of the hall.
The sorting went on before "Pettigrew, Peter" was called. A slightly plump boy with blonde hair and beady blue eyes walked up to the stool, but before he got there, he tripped and fell flat on his face. Most of the hall began roaring with laughter as Peter stood and walked the rest of the way to the stool, blushing profusely. A bit later, GRYFFINDOR was called, and the boy came and sat next to Remus.
Emily looked back up as "Potter, James" was called. GRYFFINDOR was shouted out almost immediately, and he came and sat by Sirius. A few minutes later, "Turpin, Reuven" was sorted into Gryffindor. He sat next to Emily. She turned to smile at him, which he returned. Reuven had light brown hair, and bright green eyes. He was tan, and had a terrific smile.
After a few more people were sorted, Professor Dumbledore stood and said, "I have a few announcements to make before the feast begins. To all of you new students, and some of the old, the forbidden forest is just that, forbidden. There is also a list of items that are posted on the door of Mr. McKnight, the caretaker's, door. He would also like me to remind you that there is to be no magic done in the corridors between classes. Now, let's eat!"
As he said this, mounds of food appeared in the middle of the tables, and the students began to fill their plates and eat.
Emily noticed that Sirius and James seemed to have hit it off pretty well with Remus and Peter. They were all laughing at something Sirius had said, though Peter's laughter seemed more nervous than jovial.
Emily turned to look at the boy next to her and said, "Hi, I'm Emily Ciccone."
The boy turned to look at her and said, "It's nice to meet you Emily. I'm Reuven Turpin."
Emily grinned at the boy and he smiled back. She began to strike up a conversation, "So, do you have any hobbies?"
"Well, I love to play quidditch," he answered.
"What's quidditch?" she asked.
"I'm guessing that you must be muggle-born if you've never heard of quidditch," he said, and after she nodded, he continued to explain the rules of quidditch.
"It sounds like a lot of fun," Emily said.
"Yeah, it is," Reuven replied.
Emily spent the rest of the feast talking happily to Lily, Reuven, James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter, happy that she had made some new friends on her first day.
After everyone finished, Dumbledore stood up and said, "Now that we are ale watered and fed, it is time to go to bed and rest. Remember that we have classes bright and early tomorrow. Will the prefects please lead the first years to the common rooms."
They followed the prefects and stopped at a portrait of a fat lady wearing a pink dress. To Emily's surprise, the lady spoke. She said, "Password?"
The prefect replied, "Griphook," and the portrait swung open, to reveal the common room. The prefects began, "Griphook is our password. The password will change every month, so look at the notice board where we will update them. You must remember the password, or else you will not be able to get into the common room. Also, do not tell anyone from another house the password as no one from other houses are supposed to be in our common room. Girls dormitories are upstairs, first door on your right, and boys are upstairs, first door on your left. We will be waiting in the common room at eight o'clock tomorrow morning to lead you to breakfast. You will need to learn your way around here. Goodnight everyone."
The tired first years made there way upstairs and to their rooms. Emily and Lily walked into the room labeled first years' and walked over to the beds that had their trunks. They were pleased to note that they were next to each other. Emily noticed their other two roommates.
"Hi, I'm Emily Ciccone, and this is Lily Evans."
"Hi, I'm Sandra Taylor, and this is Amanda Saunders," one of the girls said. Sandra was tall with black hair that just reached her chin, and clear blue eyes. Amanda had curly, blonde hair that flowed halfway down her back, and bright lavender eyes. They were both very pretty.
The girls all got along very well, and were talking for a while, before Emily turned to Lily and asked, "What did you think of those boys we sat with?"
Lily replied, "They seemed nice enough. James and Sirius seemed kind of like pranksters or something. Remus seemed quieter, and Peter was kind of nervous looking."
Emily said, "Yeah, they did seem nice. What did you think of Reuven?"
Lily replied, "Well, you talked to him more than I did, but he seemed nice, and he is really cute."
"Yeah, he is. I want to get to know him better. He was really interesting to talk to, and he was very nice."
The conversation turned to other things as the girls changed into their pajamas and went to bed.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX Author's Note XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Well I hope you liked this chapter. Let me know what you think. Review me!!!
Thanks, Swizzle Stick XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX