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The Sorting- Part two..
There were three houses at Baudilaire. Ceres, Styx, and Rhine. The selection process was painless and easy. A glass bauble was passed around the nine new students (Three from each of the schools) and depending on what color it turned, was where each student went. The bauble started with a Durmstrangs girl. After a second the bauble turned black, indicating Ceres House. Liz Follett, Caon Carey and Reach Patterson were sorted into Rhine while Diane Anders and Lex Conrad joined Brooklyn Jones (the Durmstrang girl) in Ceres. Ginny gently took the bauble. It had been known for more than the customary three to go into a house. One year eight students had gone into Ceres and only one had gone into Styx.
The bauble hesitated, as the sorting hat had, all those years ago. a second later it turned bright red, the color of Styx. Ginny let out the breath she had been unconsciously holding. She hadn't really liked the looks Brooklyn had been giving her. Definately not the kind of looks she wanted to be getting from a girl.
The next student, a Durmstrang alumni, Paks Twist, was also sorted into Styx and the the bauble was passed to Draco Malfoy. Ginny had a brief moment of hope that Draco wouldn't go to her house, but it seemed the bauble liked to keep things even.