Took me AGES! Don't know why, it's not very long... oh well Enjoy! 33
I don't own Harry Potter!The Sorting
The train came to a screeching halt and all the students filed out of the train, shoving and calling their friends' names. Tonks, Cloud and Dally bounced joyfully off the train, followed closely by Sirius, James, Lupin, Peter and a very scared Jet. They followed the rest of the first years to the lake and the girls paused, looking at their reflections in the glassy surface of the lake.
"My hair looks horrible!" Tonks said (or at least they thought it was Tonks). She scrunched up her nose.
Dally looked at her reflection and made an ugly face before scrunching up her nose in a look of deep concentration. Cloud did the same, muttering something about pink hair. A moment later all the girls had completely changed their hair and eyes. Tonks had layered black hair that flipped at the ends with purple tips. Dally's hair was honey blonde with soft curls that fell just below her shoulders, her eyes were bright blue. Cloud had completely topped the "eccentric" scale. Her hair was bubble-gum pink and ramrod straight. Her eyes were the same shade of pink. All three girls surveyed themselves in the lake and turned to find five very shocked boys.
"Wow! howdidya do that?" Peter cried awestruck.
"We're Metamorphmagus." Dally said proudly.
"What?" James asked running his hands through his hair.
"We can change our appearance. Although right now we're just now learning so it will take sometime before we can change or physical features" Tonks explained.
"And even longer to be able to change other people's appearances," Cloud added.
The five boys stared. "Ok" Sirius said, nodding, still looking very confused. Jet looked as if he had seen someone launch themselves out of a plane without a parachute.
"Shall we go than?" Lupin asked motioning to the boats lined up on the shore. They all climbed into one boat, much to the dismay of Professor Ketleburn, who was shouting at them that only five people at a time could ride in a boat. He was forced to shut-up as the boats started rowing of their own accord toward the school.
The first years stumbled out of the boats and up a long flight of stairs, and into a small warm room. Peter was shivering and wiping his wet hair out of his face, explaining to professor Kettleburn that he truly had just fallen over, which of coarse was a lie. James had chucked him over board after listening to him rattle on about the brilliance of rats for half the length of the pond. Luckily for Peter, the Giant squid had tossed him back into the boat. After convincing the professor of the 'truth' he came over to stand with the other compartment buddies. James and Sirius were glaring at each other, while Dally and Lupin discussed whether or not they should allow the students to have pet hippogriffs at the school. Cloud and Tonks were trying to convince Jet that he would have to go through a test that caused intense pain and suffering and that the students weren't allowed to tell anyone else what they had to do. Their attempts seemed to be working.
Jet eyes widened when Cloud said that their sister, Minuet had had to come home after her test because it almost killed her. And that their brother, Samson still woke up screaming at night and he was almost 19. "And he always screams the same thing." Tonks elaborated. "NO…no… don't hurt me! I swear I wont go into slytherin I swear just don't hurt me. No! not the three headed dog!" Cloud nodded fervently.
Jet's eyes were as wide as saucers by the end of Tonks' story.
"Tonks, Cloud, just what have you been doing to this poor boy?" Dally asked coming up behind him.
"Nothing, just telling him about the sorting ordeal," She put a strong emphasis on 'ordeal' raising her eyebrows.
'OHHH!" Dally said, nodding ever so slightly.
"And for MUGGLES, they have an even harder test!" Tonks said conspiratorially.
"But, no one knows just what the test is." Dally added. Jet was absorbing this information like a sponge, and the triplets couldn't help themselves, they collapsed into laughter, leaning on each other for support. "This is rich! Oh my God! Samson was NOT kidding when he said muggles would believe anything." Sirius, James and Lupin, drawn by the girls contagious laughter, came up to the small group, James and Sirius standing on opposite sides of the girls, ignoring each other.
Jet stared at the group. "you mean I don't have to go through some sort of test?"
Cloud shook her head. "No silly, a hat decides where to put you. It just sort of looks at you brain then says 'RAVENSCAW!'"
"Ravenclaw, love" Dally corrected.
"or 'GRYFFINDOR!" or "HUFFLEPUFFLES!'"
"Hufflepuff."
"whatever, or if you're really unlucky, 'SLITHER-IN!'"
"Slytherin"
"They know what I mean Dally, sheesh." Cloud said, scrunching up her nose.
Tonks rolled her eyes, and James and Sirius stifled laughter.
Just then a tall stately woman with black hair pulled into a severe bun swept into the room. "Students!" she called. "Please line up in fron of me! Single file! That's it!" The students lined up in front of the slightly formidable looking teacher. "I am Professor McGonagall, head of house for Gryffindor. I expect to be seeing a lot of you through the year, as I am also the transfiguration professor. Now, please follow me."
"I can already tell she won't like me." Tonks whispered.
"Silence!" McGonagall barked. Tonks gave a long suffering sigh.
The first year students walked into he Great Hall and Lupin stopped dead. The night sky was reflected on the ceiling, and a crescent moon hung low in the sky. Sirius ran head on into his back, followed by Cloud, Tonks, Dally, and James. "Oww!" Sirius said, rubbing his nose. "What was that all about?"
Lupin seemed to shake himself, "Nothing… just wasn't expecting the Great Hall to be so… big."
"Ahhh! Got it!" Tonks said happily. "But, I'm hungry, and the sooner we get into place the sooner the sorting starts, and the sooner we eat!" she pushed Cloud and there for Sirius and Lupin foreword. "WALK!" she commanded.
The first of the names was being called when they finally arrived at the dais. "Black, Sirius!" was the second name. Sirius walked up to the stool nervously. The hat had barely been placed on his head when it screamed "Gryffindor!" loudly. Sirius stood, his face glowing with happiness, and relief.
James snorted. He seemed unable to understand how a Black got into Gryffindor.
The next few names were called, and then a name that caught James' attention was shouted through the hall: Evans, Lily. The name Lily had always sounded so pretty to him, so soft. He watched as the prettiest girl he had ever seen walked slowly, and skittishly up to the sorting hat. Her amber hair fell softly to her shoulders and her green eyes were wide and alert. A faint blush was glowing on her porcelain white skin, and she was smiling goofily. She sat down on the stool and the hat fell passed her eyes. "Gryffindor!" it cried, and the girl walked happily toward the appointed table.
The list slowly started to move toward the L's and Lupin's face was becoming increasingly paler. What if the hat saw it fit to tell the school about his… condition? "Lupin, Remus!" McGonagall called. He stepped up to the stool and waited as the hat sifted through his thoughts, finally: "Gryffindor!" Lupin sighed and walked off towards the Gryffindor table, when Sirius smiled at him and shook his hand in congratulations.
Peter was called next, and was placed in Gryffindor.
James prepared himself, and walked arrogantly up to the stool, flashing Lily his most dazzling smile; she didn't seem to care. He sat on the bench and felt the hat barely graze his head when it called out "GRYFFINDOR" He strutted toward the table, sitting next to Lily.
The group slowly dwindled until there were only three girls left: the Tonks triplets. "Tonks, Claudia!" none of them moved. "Claudia?" Tonks and Dally looked sidelong at Cloud.
"That's you love!" Tonks whispered, in her ear.
"Nuhuh! My name's Cloud…"
"Dally rolled her eyes and shoved Cloud forward. Cloud staggered up to the hat and sat down with a thump. The hat was placed one her head, and she blinked in surprise as it screamed Gryffindor.
"Tonks, Dallithia!" Dally scrunched up her nose but walked to the professor, who had barely placed the hat on her head when it sorted her into Gryffindor.
"Tonks, Nymphadora!" a wave of laughter echoed through the hall.
"It's Tonks! Just Tonks!" tonks corrected, sitting on the stool. The hat didn't even bother waiting to be picked up before telling her to go to Gryffindor.
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