A Turbulent Time
Chapter Two: The Sorting's Debut
Rowena Looked around at this year's small class of first year students. She saw that each one of them was afraid and yet excited to be starting their magical education at Hogwarts.
"Welcome" Rowena said with a smile to the first years outside the front gate of Hogwarts. "In a few minutes the gate will be opened, and you will be allowed inside the castle for the beginning feast. This year we are trying something new with how you are educated. You will be sorted into four different groups based on your personality and the way you learn. This is to hopefully improve the magical ability of all students. All I ask of you is that you try your hardest to get out of your education what you need, and more."
When Rowena completed her speech, the gates magically opened, and she lead the new students to their new home until Christmas. When they reached the great hall which had been charmed three years ago to show the sky above it, the doors magically opened to welcome the new arrivals to Hogwarts. There was a great stage in which each of the new eight students would sit on a stool and put on Gordric's old hat after the first sorting song:
Welcome students, the magic is waiting
To move through your bodies trembling
But do not fear for its not that bad
There are four choices to be had
There's Gryffindor brave at heart
Slytherin for those who want a cunning start
There is also sweet hard working Hufflefuff
And wise Ravenclaw for those who never learn enough
But beware of the splitting of the school
For weaker you shall be apart than with friendship as a tool
Everyone was quiet for a moment before Professor Gryffindor cut in saying "Now it is time to sort everyone. Since the first years are already on stage, they will be first followed by second year and so on. Now Professor Slytherin will begin saying the names of the first years." So all 60 students were then sorted into their houses. Before the students were sorted, there was one long table, but now they were separated into four tables that fit fifteen students and their head professor as each professor happened to have the exact same number of students. Rowena began to feel that this may not be the best choice for the students.
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In a meeting later that night, after all students were sent to their private rooms, Rowena and the other founding four were discussing the new sorting.
"I just don't think this is the right choice for these students!" Helga exclaimed. "They will never learn everything from just one person. That's why we began this school, to allow them to learn subjects from professors with strengths in that area. I cannot completely teach transfiguration because that is my weakest subject."
"I agree, they won't learn from their full potential!" Gordric said with a slight frown, and an absence of the normal twinkle in his bright blue eyes.
"Well, they'll have to deal with it!" Salazar argued. "I refuse to stay with this school if you do not allow me my own students without you to brainwash them."
"It seems that you are the one that wants to brainwash them. We only want to teach them so that they may be stronger in their magic. You are quite selfish to want your own students and not allow them to learn what else is out there." Rowena said quietly.
"Well the students are here, and we have no choice but to go on with our experiment. This discussion is finished!" Salazar said as he stormed out of the central office that they used to meet with other students and them selves.
After a minute of silence, Helga finally said' "We have to do something about him before he is forever gone from us. The hat spoke truth tonight. He is trying to weaken the school while probably training his students to cleanse the magical world"
"What are our choices Helga? The school year has started, and we have had discussions like this every night this summer without going anywhere. That is why we created the hat, to stop these arguments. Why don't we try this until Christmas. If it does not work, we could hire a new teacher and stop Salazar before he turns his students against us." Rowena responded. It was then they decided to go to bed so that they could be ready for their students in the morning. Rowena laid in bed for hours that night knowing that she needed to find a way to reunite the school before students were forced to go back to a education at home like she had.
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