Claimer and Disclaimer: Ditto to my ditto (ha ha)
Ch 3- Sorting Surprises
Half an hour later they were all shoving their trunks into the two nearest carriages.
"Firs' years o'er 'ere," called Hagrid, after enthusiastically greeting Harry and the rest.
"Cool horse thingy mabobers," remarked Taurus.
"You can see them?" asked Harry.
"Obviously," said Jewels.
"Who did you see die?"
Everyone got really quiet and Jewels looked as if she was on the verge of tears. Blaze gave Harry the really nasty look that Harry was beginning to assume was his trademark.
" Well," said Chris in a really quiet voice, "Jewels had a..."
"I can t-ell him my-self," said Jewels who was actually crying now. Blaze continued to glare at Harry while he tried to comfort her.
"My b-brother, Troy, who w-was a y-ear older than us, was r-really, well, brave and pretty daring. S-so one d-ay, when this group of muggle g-guys tried to-to grab Eve and me, he c-came t-to the rescue and one of them pulled out a gun...."
"They rest of us were down the street when Blaze heard the shot. We couldn't help Troy and no one else made it in time. He was just lying there, bleeding to death," added Chris.
Harry felt really bad. He knew what it felt like to lose someone close to you. Ron just stared at Jewels, apparently at a loss for words. Hermione and Ginny looked as if they were about to start crying. Neville was staring at his shoes.
"You know," said Luna quietly, "You'll still see him again, he isn't gone forever."
"I know."
"We have to go now," said Hermione in a small voice.
"Yeah," said Ginny, "we'll see you guys inside."
Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, and Ginny did not speak until they got inside.
"Wow, that has to be pretty tough," said Ron.
"No? Ya think?" said Ginny sarcastically.
"Quiet, you guys, the first years are about to be sorted," said Hermione.
"Hermione, where do you think those transfer students are from," questioned Ron.
"America, obviously. You can tell by the way they talk. Although. Jewels looks as if she is of Hispanic descent, Eve of Asian, Blaze appears to be a combination..."
"Quiet, Hermione, the hat's about to sing."
"I am the Sorting Hat
And though I may look old
I sort you into your rightful house
With out being told...."
Harry did not pay attention to this year's song. He was too busy looking at Jewels, who had finally stopped crying. She and the others stood behind the first years, who all looked rather small next to them. The next thing Harry knew, McGonagall was calling out the first name. Marie Abbot was sorted into Hufflepuff. Harry lost focus again, only applauding when someone was put into Gryffindor. Harry's stomach growled and he was relieved when the last first year, Gregory Zander, was put into Ravenclaw.
Dumbledore stood up and the whole Great Hall was quiet. He smiled and Harry could have sworn he winked in his direction.
"I would like to welcome all of our new students and those who are returning. Now, as I am sure most of you have noticed, we have six transfer students coming for their seventh year, so I ask all of you to hold tight while they are sorted and the feast will start immediately after they take their seats."
"Gemini Jane Evans."
Gemini sat down and the hat was placed on her head. After a few moments the Sorting hat yelled "Gryffindor!"
Harry and the others cheered enthusiastically as Gemini came and sat by them.
"Taurus K. Evans."
This time it was about thirty seconds before the hat yelled out "Gryffindor!" Taurus grinned as he sat down next to Gemini.
"Jewel S. Isadar."
Jewels looked slightly nervous as she took her seat. The hat appeared to frown and began arguing with itself.
"Hmm...very smart I see. Yes, very smart. Not quite the Ravenclaw type though. Brave too, aren't you. Yes, you would do well in Gryffindor, but you are rather ambitious. Going places, this one. Hmm... you might do better in Slytherin than Gryffindor. This is a problem. Haven't had this much trouble since Potter. Hmm... very, very ambitious...Slytherin!"
The whole Slytherin table burst into applause. Gemini looked very disappointed but then told Ginny that had a feeling that Jewels would be put into a different house.
"Eve Ngoasi."
It was a matter of a second before the hat yelled "Slytherin!" There was another outburst of applause as Eve sat down next to Jewels.
"Christina Oppenlander."
Chris was also, to Gemini's dismay, put into Slytherin.
"Anthony 'Blaze' Porter."
"I guarantee that he is going to get put into Slytherin," said Taurus. Sure enough, Blaze took his seat next to Jewels a few seconds later.
"Well this really stinks," pouted Gemini.
"Yeah, I was kinda hoping that Blaze would be in the same house as me," frowned Taurus. "Anyway, Harry, you're the Head Boy, and Hermione is the Head Girl, think you two could tweak a few rules? Or, not," he said at Hermione's frown.
"Do you guys play Quidditch?" asked Ron.
"Yeah, me, Jewels and Chris all play chasers, Taurus and Blaze play beaters, and Eve plays keeper," Gemini told him.
"Going to try out?" asked Ginny. "I'm a chaser, Harry is seeker, and Ron is keeper. All of our other teammates either finished their seventh year or couldn't keep playing because they got horrible grades last year."
"Sure, why not? Although, I'd hate to play against Jewels and Blaze. They're both really, really good," said Taurus. "One time Jewels scored five times in five minutes and Blaze knocked two guys off of their brooms at once."
"Hope they don't try out for the team," said Harry, "or else we might have a problem."
"I promise you, they will try out."
"Come on Harry, we have to show everyone where to go. See you all in the common room," said Hermione as she dragged Harry away from his steak and towards some lost first years.