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Chapter 13

Once inside the Great Hall the incoherent ramblings of the first years shifted into a jumble of unanimous 'Ooohs' and 'Aahhs'. Given its introduction the Sorting Hat Began its song. The song lasted only one minute; it gave a brief history of the houses then grew eerily still.

"Well then . . . let the Sorting begin." Albus Dumbledore said. "If you would Professor McGonagall.

"Of course Headmaster." McGonagall said lifting the Sorting Hat off the stool. "Andrews, Hayden"

'Slytherin'

"Andrews, Hunter"

'Gryffindor'

"Fairview, Anir"

'Slytherin'

"Greshmore, Lucian"

'Hufflepuff'

"Martin, Josiah"

'Ravenclaw'

"Mathews, Sierra"

'Ravenclaw'

"Medifield, Kaitrian"

'Hufflepuff'

"Mitchell, Sean"

'Slytherin'

"Morphaline, Justin"

'Hufflepuff'

"Morphaline, Zara"

'Hufflepuff'

"Newheart, Morgana"

'Ravenclaw'

"Postmeir, Alana"

'Hufflepuff'

"Reed, Jacob"

'Ravenclaw'

"Rein, Autumn"

'Gryffindor'

"Rein, Summer"

'Gryffindor'

"VonDruten, Lillyana"

'Gryffindor'

"Finally Chloe Walker." Professor McGonagall said motion for Chloe to be seated on the stool.

Once placed on her head the Sorting Hat began to speak. "Ah another Snape. Its been awhile since we had one of your kind, but there's something more . . . something different. That difference clearly puts you in HUFFLEPUFF!" The instant the Hat said it there was a choking sound coming from the Slytherin table.

"You may take a seat with your house." Professor McGonagall said with a wave of her hand towards the Hufflepuff table.

"Hello!" A girl with purple hair eagerly said from across the table. "I'm Ashley Ann!"

"Chloe."

"Yeah . . . I just heard giggle how is it you know Malfoy?"

"Oh hm . . . well we met over the summer."

"I've never seen that kind of a blatant shock on him. He normally mocks people. It's usually Harry Potter!"

"Really? I knew he had quite a reputation but I didn't know exactly how bad he was."

"There's really no proof but it's obvious his family is a big supporter of you-know-who. I mean Gods know he's got the body and the looks but the personality, uh lets just say it's scary!"

"So . . . would you mind showing me around the castle?" Chloe asked trying to change the subject.

"I'd love to!"

"Great."

"I'm not normally like this. I'm usually quiet. The hair tends to throw people off."

"I like it." Chloe said digging into her plate of food.

"The feast proceeded in the usual fashion. The only difference was the pair of identical glares on the faces of the Potions Master and Draco Malfoy.