Sort of Surprising
They were waiting in a long line and were suddenly going in and surprised by the many students watching with curiosity. Valentine was jumping up and down when they got to the front and trying to see what was going on. Lily snickered at her attempts as the boys were out right laughing at the display of attempts. Then they quieted as a hat started to sing.
"I'm the sorting hat
Your houses are like creative bats
Ravenclaw is a bit overly knowing
Griffindor always has great pride
Hufflepuffs always exalting true loyalty
While Slytherin is a but on the cunning side
So try me on
It won't take long
You might be new
But I can always sort you
So try me on
Tis the end of my song."
They cheered with everyone else as McGonagall appeared with a roll of parchment. She waited as the cheers died down. Then she looked sternly over the first years and then started calling out names. Two girls were quickly placed in Slytherin and two others in Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw minutes later. 'Black, Bellatrix' was called making Sirius growl darkly as a girl with a girl with long black hair and dark eyes went up and placed the hat on. Within seconds she was placed into 'SLYTHERIN!' and loud cheers greeted her. 'Black, Sirius' was called after that. He placed on the hat, looking warily at Slytherin and was shocked as the hat called 'GRIFFINDOR!' He then broke into a Cheshire cat smile while he made his way to the cheering table.
"His family has always been in Slytherin!" James gasped in surprise as Valentine was called up after a girl was placed in Ravenclaw.
She put on the hat looking braver than ever and was surprised to find she was in Griffindor too. 'Danvers, Clayton' was put into Hufflepuff as well as 'Evans, Charles' in Ravenclaw. Lily had been then sorted into Griffindor and she skipped there with a smile. Two boys in Ravenclaw and another three in Slytherin and Matti and another four were sorted into Hufflepuff. One more placed in Ravenclaw as a girl was placed into Griffindor with Remus following closely behind then James and a boy named Peter followed. Two went to Slytherin with one more to Ravenclaw and the sorting was finished.
"Now for those to start the feast," the Headmaster Dumbledore announced. "Tick tock little clocks."
Food appeared in front of them as laughter broke out at the estrange man's words. Lily and Valentine were discussing various topics and landed onto prejudice and werewolves. The boys were enjoying their food and listening to the two talk. Annabel, the new girl, had fallen into the conversation without saying much and was also listening. Every now and then Sirius growled at the described ways that people treated werewolves.
"I mean they're literally shunned," she ended with a dark look. "It isn't their fault that they got bitten and people just treat them so filth fully. It's a shame to be related to those kinds of people also, except Vlad always said they were a bit dangerous if they were in wolf form, but otherwise they're great people. They are great detectives in the muggle world if they go for that job."
"I see what you mean," Lily agreed. "It's like the prejudice against muggle born that you explained earlier. They're different, but we're all the same in the end. We all have different skills and ways, but our heritage is humanity no matter how much we hate to admit it. Some of these prejudices should just die or drop it because it's absolutely stupid. What's the point, it's not like it's going to hurt to be even near them. Some people are just so stupid. My sister is also prejudice. Hates the idea of magic, hates me, and hates everything. She is so idiotic to not see that if she has a child she might get a magical one. It's absolute rubbish."
"She probably is too stubborn to believe in the impossible actually happening," Annabel laughed. "It happens every once in awhile to muggle families. It usually tears them apart, but your sister will just have to come to terms in the future or she's just screwed." Lily smiled sadly, but brightened as the food disappeared when everyone was finished and Dumbledore announced the rules and they were finished.
Being led to the Griffindor, Sirius and Valentine was arm in arm, skipping and singing loudly together as they went. The others watched them with exasperation as they crawled through the portrait hole and were told where their dormitories were. The perfects were laughing at the duo as they started dancing around with laughter. Lily went up to the girl's dorms with Annabel who was yawning and laughing at the same time somehow. Valentine chased after them seconds later as the boys went to their dorms yawning also. Matti had ignored everything as he made his own way to bed. He changed and fell asleep immediately when he entered his dorms. All seemed to want nothing, but sleep and therefore they went to bed immediately.
