Every wolf needs a moon
By Talia-Rose
Disclaimer: I don't own anything to do with Harry Potter so don't sue me. This story is set during the Marauders time at Hogwarts.
Chapter Two: The Hogwarts Sorting Hat.
"Now Rybe, I want you to fly to Hogwarts and find a man named Hagrid. Apparently, he lives in a hut beside the forest. He'll look after you until I can sort something out." Sonya sat beside the window of her room in the Leaky Cauldron and secured a letter to the hawk's leg.
Rybe snapped her sharp beak at her owner before blinking her large yellow eyes at the grey owl, which was sitting on the back of a chair on the other side of the room. Stretching out her wings, she hopped along the windowsill before taking off in a blur of fawn and grey. Teran hooted again, sounding pleased that the large hawk had flown off and left him in peace.
After carefully asking her uncle about who looked after the grounds, she had sat down and written a letter to this Hagrid person concerning her beloved hawk. That was the letter that Rybe had taken off with towards the school. But any minute now, Sonya expected her uncle to knock on the door to tell her that it was time to go to the train station to catch the Hogwarts Express.
Once she had quickly making sure that she had everything packed and ready to go, Sonya pulled on a pair of jeans and a white silk blouse. Gathering the last few of her things, she waited patiently for her uncle to come and tell her that it was time to go. When he did, she nodded sadly and followed him out, carrying her broom and the cage with Teran in it while her uncle brought her trunk along.
Making their way to the station, neither said anything – really, there wasn't anything to be said and what important things that had been required, had already been gone over. Sonya knew she wasn't to let people know about her gift and she knew that she had to try and behave herself. Her aunt and uncle didn't need to hear that she had been playing up in an attempt to get herself sent back to Saint Luthors.
"And how exactly am I meant to get to the train?" She stared at the wall in confusion.
Marcus ruffled her hair, "Just follow those other kids. Now Sonya, I know we've been over everything already and you don't need me to act like the dottering parent since I'm your uncle but try to be good this year. Your aunt and I understand completely that this is a hard move for you, changing schools, but you're a smart girl and you always adjust to anything new."
Sonya smiled faintly and nodded, "Don't worry uncle Marcus, I would never do anything to put a bad mark on the Delcot name. You can rest assured that I will behave like the perfect young lady I can be… when I'm in the mood. Now, I had best catch this train to Hogwarts otherwise, you'll be in trouble with aunt Hillary."
Kissing his niece gently on the cheek, Marcus watched her take her things and follow the example of the small group of people who had gone through before. When she had disappeared through the wall and he was certain she would not be coming back through, the aging man turned and walked away, glad that his niece was trying to adjust already without making to much of a fuss. Really, he couldn't understand why his wife and Alexander were so distrustful of the girl, she was an angel when she wanted to be and when she knew that it was expected of her. Yes, she could be a stubborn little shit of a girl but she tried her hardest.
Walking down the carriage of the train, Sonya kept looking into every compartment trying to find one that wasn't full. Finally, she found one that only had a red haired girl with piercing green eyes and a mousy brown haired girl with hazel eyes.
"Do you mind awfully if I share this compartment with you? This is the only one I can find that isn't full." She looked at the red haired girl pleadingly.
Nodding, the girl indicated the seat; "Of course you can share the compartment with us. My name is Lily Evans and I'm in Gryffindor and that is Janie Brown, she's also in Gryffindor."
"Sonya Delcot and I don't know what house I'm in yet." Sonya put her trunk up with the others and made sure Teran's cage was secure. "How do they decide which house to put you in? At Saint Luthors you have to draw the name of your house out of an enchanted bowl that reveals the true house you should be in."
"So you're a transfer student?" Janie looked up from her book and smiled.
Sonya nodded, "Yup. I'm sixth year."
Lily Evans studied her for a moment before choosing her words carefully, "You're the daughter of Bethany and William Delcot aren't you? They're the ones who died in that horrible attack on the convention for Muggle protection from Dark Magic."
"Yes, I'm the daughter of Bethany and William Delcot and yes, they are the ones who were killed in that atrocious attack." She responded softly, looking away.
The other two girls fell silent, not completely sure of how they should act around the stranger now that they knew what had happened to her parents. Sonya hated it, she hated the way that people suddenly shut up and were all nice to her when they found out that her parents had been killed recently. She didn't need it from these two girls who she would probably see around Hogwarts.
"You don't have to say anything. I'm over grieving now and it's not like they were the best parents. Sometimes they were but most of the time, they weren't around and tried to give me everything in the world to compensate for that fact." Her voice was steady though inside Sonya was a boiling cauldron of emotion.
Janie tried to smile, "Well I hope you're in Gryffindor because that's were we are and every new girl needs friends in her year to show her who and who not to associate with."
"Ha! As if you and Evans would be the best people to do that, Brown." A familiar voice laughed from the doorway to the compartment.
Turning her head, Sonya was greeted by the grinning face of the boy James. Beside him with mixed expressions on their faces stood Sirius Black, that strangely silent boy Remus and the tagging-on boy, Peter. Sirius looked bored while Remus was staring at Sonya in confusion… Peter was standing there looking like the rat that Sonya assumed him to be.
Evans stood up with her hands on her hips and faced James, "Get out Potter, you and your gang aren't wanted here."
"Really Evans? Well Sirius here happens to know Sonya Delcot." He replied, turning his gaze towards Sirius.
Sirius smiled at Sonya, "We've met. How's Lucius Malfoy been lately? Still running for his life from your pet dog?"
"Dog! It wasn't a dog, it was a wolf. And besides, I haven't got a pet dog." Sonya growled, her blue eyes narrowed angrily.
The young Remus looked even more startled than he had before and Sonya was sure that he had gotten paler at the word wolf. Studying him closer, she detected a few telltale signs that she recognized from her friends back at Saint Luthors. Peter turned his ratty eyes towards her and Sonya swiveled her gaze away from Remus in time to notice that Peter's nose twitched in a very rat like way.
Suppressing a snort of laughter, Sonya was scandalized when Sirius said, "Well you were going to Saint Luthors and from what I've heard, every student has a weird pet, so it's to be understood if you had a pet wolf."
"You have a pet wolf?" Remus choked.
"No, I don't have a pet wolf and I don't know where Master Black got that idea from." She snapped.
He recoiled and stared at her with wide eyes making Sonya feel sorry for him. "I was just asking. But if you don't have a pet wolf or dog, what is Sirius talking about?"
James Potter held his hand out to her again, "My name is James Potter, and he's Sirius Black as you know. That's Remus Lupin and the other boy is Peter Pettigrew. Thought we might warn you that you should stay away from Evans, seeing how she's an awfully mean person."
"Just because I won't go out with you James Potter, doesn't mean that I'm a mean person." Lily spat out angrily, looking like she was ready to claw his eyes out.
Sonya fluttered her eyelids, "No, that just means she's a smart person. I don't know why anyone would want to go out with someone who hangs around with Sirius Black."
Sirius glared at her, "And I don't know why anyone would want to be friends with someone who hangs around with people like Lucius Malfoy."
"For your information Black, I don't hang around with Malfoy. Like you, he was just a fortuitous acquaintance I made at uncle Terrance's dinner party. I don't take satisfaction in knowing either of you." She replied sharply, despising the idea that she was a friend of Lucius Malfoy.
Janie spoke up, "And even if she was a friend of Malfoy, we'd rather her company than yours because at least she isn't an arrogant, stuck up boy like you are James Potter."
Grinning, Sonya muttered loudly, "Don't forget to add that Sirius Black is a stupid prick and a pompous fool."
"At least I'm not a conceited girl like you are Sonya Delcot."
Remus and Peter were slowly backing out of the compartment and Lily was shooting daggers at James while Sonya slowly rose from her seat to walk over to Sirius. She smiled and wrapped her arms around him so that she could lean in and whisper in his ear.
"Oh don't worry Black, I will get you back for what you did at that accursed dinner party. No Delcot ever forgets a grudge."
He replied, "Not before I get you back for pushing me off that balcony into a freezing cold lake."
"Unfortunately, you're still alive so my intentions where not achieved." She stepped away, lifting her hand to slap his face. "And that was for calling me conceited."
Lily and Janie cheered while James booed. "Hey, that was not fair! He didn't do anything to deserve a slap."
Giving him a cold look, Sonya spun on her heels and shrugged, "You obviously don't know him very well Mr Potter. Believe me, he's done plenty of things to deserve a slap… if not more than one."
Admitting defeat for the time, the four boys left the compartment but not before Remus and Sonya had managed to exchange another set of looks. When they were gone, she slumped back down in the seat and stared out of the window in shock. She never acted like she had just then even though she gave off the attitude that she did. But something had snapped in her mind and she had wanted to either kill Sirius or kiss him.
Staring at her in glee, Lily sat down beside her and gave her a hug, "That was great! So very few girls at Hogwarts are willing to stand up to Potter and Black about their ways and I hope that you'll join us. We seem to be the only ones who can see past their dashing good looks and sometimes charming ways."
"Dashing good looks?" Sonya murmured, "I think I missed that."
"What was with that look you and Remus Lupin exchanged before they left? He looked like he was in awe of you." Janie asked loudly, in a way that struck Sonya as obnoxious.
Shaking her head, Sonya smiled, "Now he's the one who I might say was good looking in a dashing kind of way… if he wasn't so pale."
"He gets sick a lot… generally at least once a month. If I didn't know better, I'd be willing to say he was a female in disguise." Evans chuckled. "But he hangs around with Potter and Black so he's got to be a male."
'So that was what it was? He's got the same problem as Nathan.' She thought to herself and smiled. "Well, I still think he's good looking and that's all I'm going to say."
For them, the rest of the trip was uneventful. But when they reached the Hogwarts end of their train trip, Sonya was called to go with the first years with a large man who reminded her of the half-giants back at Saint Luthors. When she found out that he was Hagrid, she made sure she got close enough to talk to him.
Giving her a knowing look, Hagrid smiled. "Don't worry missy, your bird is safe with me. She'll be looked after well for you. Haven't had to care for such a lovely hawk in some time, reminded me of my youth. When you get the time, you'll have to come and see her."
"Thank you so very much! You can't understand how much this means to me that you'll look after my Rybe. When uncle Marcus told me that I'd have to get an owl because I wouldn't be allowed to use her, I was heartbroken." Sonya would have hugged him if it had been seemly.
"You're welcome Miss Delcot. But don't let anyone know about it all right? Can't have it getting out that one of the students has a hawk. It's not allowed you know but I'll just tell people that she's mine." He chuckled, flashing a grin at her.
When they reached the castle, a stern woman was waiting for them. Professor McGonagall was the head of Gryffindor house and the transfiguration teacher – a subject that Sonya was very, very good at. It was her best subject in fact. Leading them through the castle, she told them about the sorting ceremony and explained that the houses they were sorted into would be like a family for their entire time at Hogwarts.
"Miss Delcot, since you are an unusual exception to the usual way of things, could you please go first?" Professor McGonagall spoke after the hat had sung its very unusual song.
Walking over to the stool and hat, Sonya lifted it and placed it on her head gently. Almost immediately, she wanted to pull it off again when she heard it's raspy voice in her head.
'Now you are an unusual one. Even more unusual than your father was. You have the intelligence to fit in well with Ravenclaw but you have the bravery and strength to go well in Gryffindor. But most people in your family have ever ended up in Slytherin or Hufflepuff. What house am I to put you in?'
She frowned and thought, 'Anywhere that Lucius Malfoy is not and where my gift will fit in well. You probably know what house I was in back at Saint Luthors.'
"GRYFFINDOR!" The hat shouted and Sonya lifted it from her head in a daze.
Walking over to the long table where she could see Lily and Janie and sat down beside Lily. Unfortunately, just further down the long table James, Sirius, Remus and Peter were seated and they were watching Sonya intently.
"I'm glad you were sorted into Gryffindor, you'll fit in well. However, the bad thing is that our friends from the train this morning are also in Gryffindor." Lily smiled at her, ignoring the rest of the sorting ceremony.
Shooting a look down the table, Sonya shrugged, "I'll live. So, does each house have a Quidditch team?"
Janie rolled her eyes and inclined her head towards James and Sirius, "They are the seeker and a chaser on the Gryffindor team."
"Great. Just great. He's even going to manage to keep me off the Quidditch team." She growled, glaring at Sirius.
"You can still try out for the team and maybe you'll be the brilliant person who happens to be better than Sirius and James at Quidditch? They deserve to have someone show them up."
She sighed, sneaking a look at Remus. "Yes, perhaps I can do that."