(disclaimer: not my characters or my stuations but they do belong to JKR and she is brilliant)

Hopefully Griffindor

The student anxiously waited to be sorted.

"My cousin told me you had to wrestle the giant squid in order to be sorted," Sirius said nervously.

"Dad told me that you had to eat 80 pounds of dragon dung," James replied equally as nervous.

"You can't eat dragon dung?" Sirius said confused.

"You have to transfigure it into something good."

"Oooh!" Sirius said worriedly.

A strict looking middle aged women with her hair in a tight bun walked in. "Hello" she said stiffly. "In a few moments you will be sorted into your houses. While you are here your houses will be like your family you will eat with your house, Sleep in your house's dorm rooms have classes with your house and spend your free time in your house common room."

Sirius Gulped; his entire family had been in Slitheryn for centuries. Remus seemed like a Ravenclaw, Peter like a Hufflepuff and James like a griffindor. What If they were all in different houses? From what the strict women said he would never see any of them.

As Sirius was wondering if he would really be in Slitheryn everyone started walking and everyone nervously followed. She led them into the biggest most beautiful room he had ever seen. He looked up and was surprised to see that the high ceiling looked like a window to the heavens a rich blue sky with big beautiful stars shined down on him. He saw the Dog Star (Sirius) and smiled, then scowled as he saw Regulus (his brother).

His attention turned to the front as an ugly hat on a stool started singing. He didn't pay attention to the long song but looked around the hall. He saw 5 tables one had a lion on it another had a Raven another had a badger and the other had a snake. The one in the front had some odd looking adults. He saw a guy from a chocolate frog card he remembered was named Dumbledore. And there was Also the huge man who spoke oddly.

The hat stopped singing. He turned his attention back to the strict lady. She took a long piece of parchment and said "When I call your name you will come and place the sorting hat on your head, Abott, Ben," a scared looking boy walked up to the stool and put the singing hat on his head. After a while the hat yelled Ravenclaw.

"Alexander, Herbert," another boy who was a little taller sat down and soon joined the Hufflepuffs.

"Black, Sirius"

Sirius gulped he heard sniggers from his many relatives at the Slitheryn table. He nervously walked foreward and gingerly put the hat on his head. "hmm," a voice said he looked around worried. "No boy right hear I am the one speaking. Where to put you. Your family has always been in Slitheryn. No? Not Slitheryn? Why your family can't be that bad? No well then no choice but Griffindor!" he realized that the hat had shouted these words. He took off the hat then looked around. No cheering? They cheered for everyone else. They all looked stunned except for the Slitheryns they looked like they had swallowed dragon dung. He walked to the Griffindor table. Then he heard clapping he looked to the front table Dumbledor was applauding him. Soon the rest of the staff joined him then the Griffindors and finally the Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs joined in he grinned broadly the sat down.

He didn't listen to the rest of the sorting until he heard Lupin, Remus" he turned his head to see the book boy sit on the stool. The hat sat there for about a minute then said Griffindor. He clapped along with everyone else and allowed Remus to sit down he said "Good job," happy that he wouldn't be alone.

Sirius zoned out until Pettigrew, Peter and Potter, James joined him as well. He clapped especially loud for James.

When the sorting was over out of nothingness came a huge feast with everyone's favorite food. The four boys ate about four pounds of food each and then took some of everything for dessert.

When they were done Dumbledore stood up and said "Now that we're all fed and watered I have a few start of term notices. First years please note that the forest on the grounds is forbidden to all students and all students be aware that that anything purchased at the store "Zonkos" is now forbidden. Also be warned that a new tree has been planted on the grounds; this tree is a rare womping willow. As its name would suggest if you come too close it will hit you. Please follow prefects to your house common rooms. Good Night."