Chapter Five- Sorting Into Houses
"Oh, well, welcome to Hogwarts, Kim," Dumbledore said, sounding a little taken aback but with excitement in his voice.
"Thanks," Kim replied.
"Well now, my students know now they need to get to know the newer students. Houses, these students are from Exceptional Witches and Wizards Academy in America, and from Talomha School of Magic. Please make them feel comfortable, for they are staying the entire year," Dumbledore informed his students. "I will be taking a other Headmasters for a talk. We will be sorting the new students into houses before dinner. Show them around the castle, but be careful. If you do wander off, be back here at 5pm."
And with that, Dumbledore walked off with the other Headmasters, into a room to the side of the staff table.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione started walking towards the group of new students. The girl, who had hugged Snape earlier, had joined three other people.
"Hi. I'm Hermione," Hermione jumped in.
The group looked at her and smiled.
"And this is Ron Weasley and Harry—"
"Harry Potter," Kim said.
"You know me? I didn't think anyone out of Britain knew who I was," Harry said.
"Oh yeah, we all know who you are. And what you did," a different girl said.
"Who are you guys?" Hermione asked.
The girl who answered Harry spoke first. "I'm Wend Fi. And this is Manda Linderfin. And this handsome guy, is my boyfriend Aar Hri (air ree)."
"Hello," Manda Linderfin said.
"Hey guys," Aar said.
"Listen, would you guys like to hang out with us for a bit?" Harry asked the group.
Manda, Aar, and Wend all agreed. Kim stepped back a step.
"I'm actually going to catch up with my uncle. It's been a couple months since I've seen him last," she said.
"We'll see you at dinner then, right?" Manda said.
"Of course. Have fun guys!" Kim replied.
She waved to her friends as they walked out of the Great Hall and walked back over to her uncle.
"My sister never told me you were coming with this lot," Snape said.
"Mum wanted it to be a surprise," Kim informed her uncle.
"It certainly was. Come now, I want to introduce you to my students," Snape said, walking his niece over to the Slytherin table.
Meanwhile, out on the lawn, Harry and his friends showed their new friends around. "That's the lake over there. Filled with a giant squid and merpeople. Ask Harry, he's dealt with them all," Hermione said, as she talked a mile a minute.
"Hermione, slow down, will you?" Ron asked, shaking his head at her.
"Oh come off it Ron, there's a lot to say and show them before 5!" Hermione said back.
Hermione was right. By the time 4:50 had arrived, Manda, Wend, and Aar had seen the Charms, Divination, Transfiguration, Herbology, Defense Against the Dark Arts, and Arithmancy classrooms.
"I don't get how you can remember where everything is. This place is a maze!" Manda said, still looking around with shock.
"It's quite easy, really," Ron said with a smile.
"Oh, we had better get back to the Great Hall now," Hermione said, leading the way.
The hall was already packed with students. Manda, Aar, and Wend walked in to see Kim sitting with the Slytherins.
"That's not a very good place to be sitting," Ron informed the group.
"The Slytherins. Darkest House here at Hogwarts," Hermione said.
"Come on then," Harry began, "you can sit with us."
Harry and his friends informed the new students about the Slytherin house. They all seemed rather shocked once they were done talking.
"I hope she doesn't get picked for that house. All four of us are real good friends," Wend said, looking worried.
Before the feast started, the newer Headmasters came around and found their students.
"It's time to be sorted," one of them said.
Once again, the wooden stool and old sorting hat were placed in front of everyone. The students all lined up and waited for their name to be called.
"Fi, Wend," Professor McGonagall said.
Wend walked over to the stool and sat down. The Sorting Hat was placed on her head.
"Hmm, quite brave with a lot of courage. Quite responsible, yes…..GRYFFINDOR!" the sorting hat screamed.
Wend got up and walked back over to the Gryffindor table. Hermione, Ron, and Harry congratulated her.
"Lamora, Kim," McGonagall said.
Manda Linderfin and Aar Hri looked at each other. There was no telling what was going to happen.
"Hmm, quite another difficult one here. You don't seem to follow rules too much and have quite an attitude. I say…SLYTHERIN!" the sorting hat yelled.
As Kim got up and walked past her friends, they gave her a nervous look. Draco Malfoy looked rather happy to see her get into Slytherin.
During the rest of the sorting, Manda and Aar both got into Gryffindor. Most of the Canadian students ended up in Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff.
Manda wished she could talk with her friend, but according to her new friends story, she figured that would be quite impossible.