Title: That Kid Who Blew Up the Food Cart
Author: lets-sing-it
Disclaimer: It's all JKR
Chapter Two
"Seamus…that…was… incredible!" Dean said through fits of laughter. Seamus' face seemed to be a permanent shade of red, after the food cart incident he had soon found out that it was Dean who opened the door incidentally causing him to fall into the cart.
"Yeah… incredible" Seamus said with a hint of sarcasm as he and Dean departed from the train. "Oh no…" He had caught site of the Weasley twins.
"Brilliant distraction!" One said clapping Seamus on the shoulder.
"Absolutely wonderful! Couldn't have done better myself…" added the other. Seamus just smiled weakly.
"Er… it was nothing," he said.
"Nothing? Ha. Hope you get into Gryffindor- we could really use you!" and they walked away.
"Firs' years over here…. Firs' years!" A voice yelled over the tumult.
"We may want to go over there," Dean suggested. They short search for the voice ended when they found a giant of a man talking to a short dark-haired boy with glasses and a red head that very much so resembled the twins. Seamus and Dean walked over towards him and when the two other boys left, Dean asked what they were supposed to do.
"Firs' years?" The man asked. With a nod from the boys he continued, "then yer be going into the boats."
"That doesn't seem like a magical way to get there does it?" Dean asked eying the boats.
The man shrugged. "It's tradition," he said, "Any more firs' years?"
Once everyone was gathered together Hagrid lead them to the boats. It was a long slippery process and when the first years finally reached the boats Seamus and Dean boarded a boat with two twin Indian girls.
There wasn't much talking, Seamus felt like he was going to be sick. The boat ride seemed to go on forever and Seamus got steadily more nauseas. His mother had failed to explain to him the sorting process, saying that it would ruin the fun for him to know ahead of time. Seamus was looking around at the dark tunnel as he stepped onto the wet rocks.
"Everyone here? You there still got your toad?" He heard the man, Hagrid called. He knocked trice on the large door in front of them. Seamus stood beside Dean as all of the first years gathered in front of strict looking Professor McGonagall. Seamus allowed his mind to wander as the Professor gave her speech on the houses. Which house would he end up in? Hufflepuff probably… of course Seamus should end up in the house with the weirdest name. He wasn't sure if he could stand being a badger…
"…I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you're waiting." Professor McGonagall concluded.
Seamus couldn't help but listen to the two boys in front of him's conversation. "How exactly do they sort us into houses?" The messy dark haired boy asked. Seamus couldn't quite hear what the red heads reply was but he caught"Fred says it hurts a lot"
Seamus bit his lip. What's going to happen? Is he going to have to walk in front of the entire school and all start summoning him at one time and whichever table he finally is swept to would be his house? That would be horrible… what if no one summoned him and he just stood there looking like an idiot. Seamus doubt that that would happen… but right now a whole heck load of crazy ideas were coming into his mind,
"Holy-" Seamus yelled as a ghost dive-bombed him. He was used to ghosts… his great-great-great-great grandmother was a ghost. She lived upstairs in the attic, her and Seamus didn't get along. But, anyway, Seamus wasn't expecting one to try to take off his head like that.
Seamus listened to the woes of the many ghosts that were floating above them… oh joy. There's a poltergeist here as well. This day just keeps getting better.
"The Sorting Ceremony's about to start," came Professor McGonagall's sharp voice. "Form a line and follow me." Seamus stood behind Dean… the messy haired kid was behind him. Seamus could tell that everyone was as nervous as he. Well most people anyway, there were a few who seemed to be quite at ease with the whole situation. Seamus looked in awe as he entered the Great Hall. Every body in the hall's eyes were on them, Seamus suddenly felt miniscule in a room this big.
Instead of meeting anybody in the halls eyes he looked up at the ceiling. Seamus smiled at this, it remind him of home. When Seamus was very young his Mother had tried to recreate this ceiling in their living room. She only managed to get it to be stuck at a clear night's sky, and Seamus knew even that was difficult. Seamus watched Professor McGonagall as she placed a stool in front of the line of first years. On top of it was a frayed wizard's hat. Well there goes his summoning theory.
Seamus gasped as the hat in front of him started singing through a rip near the brim. It sang a song of Hogwart's houses and founders… it was like the songs his mum used to sing to him when he was little. Well he knew where she got them from now. Professor McGonagall unrolled a scroll and started to read of names… the owners of the names would then walk up and put the hat on.
"Finnegan, Seamus" He heard. Dean wished him luck and Seamus looked to see the Weasley twins wink at him.
Seamus stumbled to the stool and put the hat on his head it covered his eyes and nose completely. Seamus gasped again as the hat spoke to him.
" well.. it's obvious what house you should be in.. but it seems you don't want to be in it. The Weasley twins aren't that bad. Either stay out of their line of vision or team up with them is my best advise… now what's this about being scared of Badgers? Fine, fine, I'll get on with it. GRYFFINDOR!"
Seamus once again stumbled to the table and sat down to watch the rest of the sorting. "Couldn't get enough of us, eh Finnegan?" Seamus turned to see Fred Weasley winking at him as "Granger, Hermione" was being sorted. Seamus turned to see who he was sitting next to and saw a ghost that he saw earlier in the hall. Seamus turned once more to the sorting and saw the twin Indian girls (Patil, Padma & Parvati) he had shared a boat with. Parvati was sorted into Gryffindor. She smiled at Seamus before she took the seat on the other side of the ghost.
Seamus' attention was once more on the sorting when he heard "Potter, Harry" Seamus had forgotten that Harry Potter was his age. Seamus' eyes widened as he noticed that it was the messy haired boy who was standing behind him. He was standing next to Harry Potter! Seamus clapped with the rest of his table as Harry was sorted into Gryffindor, he sat on the other side of the table across from the ghost.
Seamus looked at the line again to watch Dean… Seamus really hoped he was sorted into Gryffindor. Seamus gave a reassuring smile to him before Dean was plunged under that hat. "GRYFFINDOR!" Dean grinned as he walked off to join Seamus at the Gryffindor table.
Seamus looked up as redheaded Ron sat next to Harry. Dean eyed Harry before whispering to Seamus, "What's the big deal about him?"
"It's a long story, but basically a baby Potter here saved the world from an impeding doom incidentally losing his parents in the process and was forced to grow up a muggle." Seamus whispered back.
"oh well that sure cleared that up," Dean said sarcastically, "Oh look.. food!"
Seamus grinned as he quickly dug into the newly appeared food. He joined in occasionally to the conversation. Inquiring once how exactly some one can become nearly headless.. well apparently is pretty darn easy. Then he and Parvati got into a conversation.
"My sister was place in Ravenclaw… do you think that means that she's smarter than me? Sortings can really give some one a complex!" She said worriedly.
"At least you weren't made a badger…" Seamus said as he noticed him and Parvati were talking through Nearly Headless Nick. "I could've sworn I was going to be placed in Hufflepuff."
"I thinking being in Hufflepuff might be fun. It seems like such a…cuddly name." Parvati said grinning. The food soon was gone and Professor Dumbledore finished making the end of the feast speech. Seamus allowed himself to be herded along with the rest of the first years. He was very much so worn out.
The walk up was uneventful except for a slight run in with the poltergeist Seamus was worried about before. Once they reached the Gryffindor common room Seamus didn't even stop to examine its contents he went right up and collapsed in his assigned bed. Besides the whole foot cart incident the day went pretty well. Seamus forced himself to get back up and change in to proper bedclothes. As Seamus was pulling his shirt of his head Neville Longbottom, Harry Potter, and Ron Weasley entered the dorm.
"Hey! You're the kid that blew up the food cart for my brothers!"
Well maybe it didn't go that well.
xoxoxox
Author's Note: Well there's a second chapter… sorry it took so long, I wasn't sure if I was going to continue it or not. Well I just noticed something… is Seamus' dad still around during the books or did he leave his mother? I knew that it was a "nasty shock" about the whole witch thing but did he leave her over it? Eh, either way he's going to be around in my story XD
Thanks to be 3 lovely reviewers (Danielle, Stella, and Monica McWintorg) you guys made my day xD
P L E A S E-R E V I E W… please?
