Chapter 3~The Sorting Hat's story
Titania had her ear up on the door listening intently. She heard the footsteps of the first years...the murmuring from the crowds, the silence. She heard Professor McGonagall walk off, and return with the stool and Sorting Hat. There was a moment of silence, then the hat began his song. She had trouble hearing it though, because she had removed her ear from the door and was flattening her robes, and fixing her hat so it was laying in the right direction. She got a comb from her pocket and quickly went through her waist-length hair. It was in quite a jumble from her fiddling with her hat, but after a short while she fixed it. She put her ear back up to the door.
McGonagall then cleared her throat, which was her cue.
Titania opened the door wide with triumph. Every eye in the large room turned to look at her. She lowered her head and gave a mischievous smile. A soft wind blew her hair to the right, and she walked inside. Murmurs were heard throughout, getting louder as she walked closer to the first years.
"Why, Titania, you're late," Professor McGonagall said. "Please hurry to the back of the line. The sorting was about to begin."
She took her spot at the back and smiled at the person in front of her. "Hello!"
The girl looked at her with her mouth open. Now, Titania had grown about 3 inches since her birthday (centaurs grow quickly between the ages of 9 and 12) towered over Dumbledore, never mind the first years. She was quite tall for a young centaur actually, and was probably a little alarming to the eye.
"Hi." she squeaked, turning around to face the front of the line. McGonagall was about halfway through the list now, at Jenki, Brad.
Titania looked around at her fellow piers. Some were looking at her, and some at the ones sorted. Brad Jenki went to Hufflepuff, and a roar of applause came from them.
Titania waited for a bit, watching people get sorted. For most the hat slipped right over their heads. Then a very tall girl went up, whose name was Tina Thomas. Before she slipped the hat on the two gained a short eye contact and Tina winked. Titania stood up taller. Tina was put in Gryffindor. She had a feeling the two of them were going to be fast friends.
Finally, the girl in front of Titania went. Titania was alone. The girl in front was white as a sheet and shaking like crazy. Right before she got up to the stool, she passed out. Titania ran over to her, as well as other teachers.
"Titania, this is no work for a 1st year," McGonagall said. "Take her to the hospital wing, someone."
Professor Flitwick quickly brought her to the hospital.
"Please, don't fret! She'll be sorted tomorrow at breakfast," McGonagall continued. "Now, let's continue on. Titania."
Titania leaped up the steps, at the top in one leap. McGonagall couldn't quite reach her head, so she got down onto her front knees. McGonagall placed the hat on her head.
"Well, well, our first centaur," the hat said. "Very interesting. VERY interesting. Obviously wise, yes, but brave as well. Comes straight from the forest. Can be quick in the mind, and doubtlessly hard work. Yes, very interesting."
The hat paused for a long period of time. He was obviously contemplating in his head. He opened his mouth, and finally said;
"Gryffindor!"
Titania gave a cheer and ran over to the table of cheering Gryffindors. The Slytherins were sulking, but everyone else was cheering loudly. She walked over to a boy whom she recognized as Harry Potter. She approached him and bent down her front knees in a bow.
"Hello. You must be Harry Potter. I'm Titania. How do you do?" she grinned.
"Hello Titania. I'm just fine," Harry replied.
"Hi." the red-headed boy sitting next to him mumbled.
"Hello," the dirty-haired girl sitting next to him said. "I'm Hermione, and that's Ron."
"Hello Hermione and Ron. Is this seat taken?" she asked, pointing to a seat nest to Harry.
"No," Harry replied. "But..." he was going to ask her how she sits down, but Titania took out her wand and vanished the chair. She stood in the spot where it was, and waited for the food. The three were stunned. "Where did you learn that?" Hermione asked.
"My dad."
"Who's your dad?"
"Firenze."
The three looked at her. "He's a great teacher!" Ron said.
"Don't lie I know he's not. I've been told." The four of them laughed.
Dumbledore cleared his throat and a silence went through the room.
"Good evening, students. Now, I know we are all quite impatient now, so dinner is served!"
Suddenly, food magically appeared on the plates. Some of the first years gasped. Most just began to serve themselves.
Over food (and very full, hungry mouths) Harry, Hermione, Ron and Titania chatted. They found out all about Titania, and she found out about them. She was so glad some people had actually accepted her so quickly.
Tina came and sat beside Titania. "Hello!" Tina said brightly. "You must be Titania! Hi I'm Tina Thomas! I've heard ALL about you!"
Titania grinned. "Nice to meet you."
"Tell me about yourself!" Tina said.
Titania and Tina got into a conversation, with a few add-ons by Ron, Harry, and Hermione.
When everyone was finished with their food, Dumbledore spoke again. "I realize you are all now probably very tired, so rest your eyes in bed. Goodnight."
There was a slight clamor as everybody got up out of their tables and followed the prefects. The Head Boy and Head Girl were Ron and Hermione, so Harry, Tina and Titania walked together. The loud sound of Titania's hooves against the soft platter of shoes made Titania really hard to not notice.
As they walked through the hallways Tina asked all about them to Harry.
"Are we almost in there?"she asked Harry.
"Yes." Titania replied.
"How do you know?" Harry asked.
"Well, as you know, the reason I'm here is my dad got executed from the herd, right? So I couldn't live with the herd with my dad's record, so I lived in the empty classroom 'out of bounds', classroom 306. I'd prowl through the hallways at night sometimes. Now I know this place like the back of my hand."
"That would explain it," Harry said. "But why at night? Why not in the day?"
"Well, I'm not quite sure, my dad just said it would cause trouble. Well, I understand. I guess it would bring quite a bit of confusion among the students, you know."
"Candy apples." Ron said to the Fat Lady portrait, and she opened wide.
Everybody walked in, and with much trouble Titania did. "They'll have to make that thing a teeny bit bigger if they think I can walk through it every day." She said. Tina laughed at her comment.
As they entered the Common Room, the two looked around. It was quite roomy, actually. Titania and Tina began chatting to some 3rd years. They wondered much about Titania. About her past and present. She told them a bit, but she hadn't built a real trust line with anyone yet. She was a little trustworthy with Tina, and maybe Harry and Hermione and Ron, but she wasn't sure about her choices. She might be hanging with the wrong type. She didn't know how to judge the humans. Her wisdom was far greater than theirs, true, but she wasn't a mind-reader. That was her fathers job.
After a short while, people began flocking into the dorms. Harry, Hermione, and Ron went; so Tina and Titania decided to go too.
"Goodnight." they said to each other, and Tina and Titania went to the 1st year dorms.
Titania wasn't super tired, so she decided to unpack. Tina followed suit.
"What do you think of Hogwarts so far?" Titania asked.
"It's great," Tina said. "I'm just worried I'll get lost. And that I won't make any friends. And that I won't get a boyfriend and stay unmarried for my whole life!"
"You'll be fine. You won't get lost with me, I know this school well. And you will make friends, you've got me, and the other 3 will become better friends soon, don't worry."
Tina smiled. "Thanks."
"And don't worry, you'll get a boyfriend. You're pretty. It's me that won't. Lots of people think I'm odd because I'm a centaur. It sucks."
"You are gorgeous! Don't you worry! You'll get one within this year! I promise! Even if I have to ask every boy in the school out for you!" Tina hugged Titania. "Now good night!"
Titania slowly got into the bed and looked up. She smiled. She had a good feeling about this year. And Tina.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* A/N: Sorry this one took a while, it's a long one and took me forever to think of new ideas. And now that the good ends, the bad is starting. Stay tuned....
Titania had her ear up on the door listening intently. She heard the footsteps of the first years...the murmuring from the crowds, the silence. She heard Professor McGonagall walk off, and return with the stool and Sorting Hat. There was a moment of silence, then the hat began his song. She had trouble hearing it though, because she had removed her ear from the door and was flattening her robes, and fixing her hat so it was laying in the right direction. She got a comb from her pocket and quickly went through her waist-length hair. It was in quite a jumble from her fiddling with her hat, but after a short while she fixed it. She put her ear back up to the door.
McGonagall then cleared her throat, which was her cue.
Titania opened the door wide with triumph. Every eye in the large room turned to look at her. She lowered her head and gave a mischievous smile. A soft wind blew her hair to the right, and she walked inside. Murmurs were heard throughout, getting louder as she walked closer to the first years.
"Why, Titania, you're late," Professor McGonagall said. "Please hurry to the back of the line. The sorting was about to begin."
She took her spot at the back and smiled at the person in front of her. "Hello!"
The girl looked at her with her mouth open. Now, Titania had grown about 3 inches since her birthday (centaurs grow quickly between the ages of 9 and 12) towered over Dumbledore, never mind the first years. She was quite tall for a young centaur actually, and was probably a little alarming to the eye.
"Hi." she squeaked, turning around to face the front of the line. McGonagall was about halfway through the list now, at Jenki, Brad.
Titania looked around at her fellow piers. Some were looking at her, and some at the ones sorted. Brad Jenki went to Hufflepuff, and a roar of applause came from them.
Titania waited for a bit, watching people get sorted. For most the hat slipped right over their heads. Then a very tall girl went up, whose name was Tina Thomas. Before she slipped the hat on the two gained a short eye contact and Tina winked. Titania stood up taller. Tina was put in Gryffindor. She had a feeling the two of them were going to be fast friends.
Finally, the girl in front of Titania went. Titania was alone. The girl in front was white as a sheet and shaking like crazy. Right before she got up to the stool, she passed out. Titania ran over to her, as well as other teachers.
"Titania, this is no work for a 1st year," McGonagall said. "Take her to the hospital wing, someone."
Professor Flitwick quickly brought her to the hospital.
"Please, don't fret! She'll be sorted tomorrow at breakfast," McGonagall continued. "Now, let's continue on. Titania."
Titania leaped up the steps, at the top in one leap. McGonagall couldn't quite reach her head, so she got down onto her front knees. McGonagall placed the hat on her head.
"Well, well, our first centaur," the hat said. "Very interesting. VERY interesting. Obviously wise, yes, but brave as well. Comes straight from the forest. Can be quick in the mind, and doubtlessly hard work. Yes, very interesting."
The hat paused for a long period of time. He was obviously contemplating in his head. He opened his mouth, and finally said;
"Gryffindor!"
Titania gave a cheer and ran over to the table of cheering Gryffindors. The Slytherins were sulking, but everyone else was cheering loudly. She walked over to a boy whom she recognized as Harry Potter. She approached him and bent down her front knees in a bow.
"Hello. You must be Harry Potter. I'm Titania. How do you do?" she grinned.
"Hello Titania. I'm just fine," Harry replied.
"Hi." the red-headed boy sitting next to him mumbled.
"Hello," the dirty-haired girl sitting next to him said. "I'm Hermione, and that's Ron."
"Hello Hermione and Ron. Is this seat taken?" she asked, pointing to a seat nest to Harry.
"No," Harry replied. "But..." he was going to ask her how she sits down, but Titania took out her wand and vanished the chair. She stood in the spot where it was, and waited for the food. The three were stunned. "Where did you learn that?" Hermione asked.
"My dad."
"Who's your dad?"
"Firenze."
The three looked at her. "He's a great teacher!" Ron said.
"Don't lie I know he's not. I've been told." The four of them laughed.
Dumbledore cleared his throat and a silence went through the room.
"Good evening, students. Now, I know we are all quite impatient now, so dinner is served!"
Suddenly, food magically appeared on the plates. Some of the first years gasped. Most just began to serve themselves.
Over food (and very full, hungry mouths) Harry, Hermione, Ron and Titania chatted. They found out all about Titania, and she found out about them. She was so glad some people had actually accepted her so quickly.
Tina came and sat beside Titania. "Hello!" Tina said brightly. "You must be Titania! Hi I'm Tina Thomas! I've heard ALL about you!"
Titania grinned. "Nice to meet you."
"Tell me about yourself!" Tina said.
Titania and Tina got into a conversation, with a few add-ons by Ron, Harry, and Hermione.
When everyone was finished with their food, Dumbledore spoke again. "I realize you are all now probably very tired, so rest your eyes in bed. Goodnight."
There was a slight clamor as everybody got up out of their tables and followed the prefects. The Head Boy and Head Girl were Ron and Hermione, so Harry, Tina and Titania walked together. The loud sound of Titania's hooves against the soft platter of shoes made Titania really hard to not notice.
As they walked through the hallways Tina asked all about them to Harry.
"Are we almost in there?"she asked Harry.
"Yes." Titania replied.
"How do you know?" Harry asked.
"Well, as you know, the reason I'm here is my dad got executed from the herd, right? So I couldn't live with the herd with my dad's record, so I lived in the empty classroom 'out of bounds', classroom 306. I'd prowl through the hallways at night sometimes. Now I know this place like the back of my hand."
"That would explain it," Harry said. "But why at night? Why not in the day?"
"Well, I'm not quite sure, my dad just said it would cause trouble. Well, I understand. I guess it would bring quite a bit of confusion among the students, you know."
"Candy apples." Ron said to the Fat Lady portrait, and she opened wide.
Everybody walked in, and with much trouble Titania did. "They'll have to make that thing a teeny bit bigger if they think I can walk through it every day." She said. Tina laughed at her comment.
As they entered the Common Room, the two looked around. It was quite roomy, actually. Titania and Tina began chatting to some 3rd years. They wondered much about Titania. About her past and present. She told them a bit, but she hadn't built a real trust line with anyone yet. She was a little trustworthy with Tina, and maybe Harry and Hermione and Ron, but she wasn't sure about her choices. She might be hanging with the wrong type. She didn't know how to judge the humans. Her wisdom was far greater than theirs, true, but she wasn't a mind-reader. That was her fathers job.
After a short while, people began flocking into the dorms. Harry, Hermione, and Ron went; so Tina and Titania decided to go too.
"Goodnight." they said to each other, and Tina and Titania went to the 1st year dorms.
Titania wasn't super tired, so she decided to unpack. Tina followed suit.
"What do you think of Hogwarts so far?" Titania asked.
"It's great," Tina said. "I'm just worried I'll get lost. And that I won't make any friends. And that I won't get a boyfriend and stay unmarried for my whole life!"
"You'll be fine. You won't get lost with me, I know this school well. And you will make friends, you've got me, and the other 3 will become better friends soon, don't worry."
Tina smiled. "Thanks."
"And don't worry, you'll get a boyfriend. You're pretty. It's me that won't. Lots of people think I'm odd because I'm a centaur. It sucks."
"You are gorgeous! Don't you worry! You'll get one within this year! I promise! Even if I have to ask every boy in the school out for you!" Tina hugged Titania. "Now good night!"
Titania slowly got into the bed and looked up. She smiled. She had a good feeling about this year. And Tina.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* A/N: Sorry this one took a while, it's a long one and took me forever to think of new ideas. And now that the good ends, the bad is starting. Stay tuned....