A/N: I had to put this chapter up again because the lines didn't come in the first time so yeah. I didn't change any of the words or anything.

Disclaimer: If I were J. K. Rowling, I would be sitting in a huge mansion in England eating pizza and ice cream. As it is, I am not J. K. Rowling, I'm not sitting in a huge mansion, I'm not in England, and I'm not eating pizza or ice cream. Sadly, I am sitting at my computer, typing this up because it's raining and I have nothing better to do.

Chappie Three

The Full Story

Or

In the Forest

"Gryiffindor!" the Hat shouted.

Lily sat there. She had hoped for Gryffindor, but now that the Hat had finally decided, and shut up, she didn't know what to do.

"Well, Miss Evans," the voice of Dumbledore said, "I was beginning to wonder if that old hat would ever decide."

Lily took of the hat and began to set it on Dumbledore's desk when she noticed it was covered with paper bags, Styrofoam containers and every kind of take-out you could imagine. She decided better of it and placed the hat on her lap instead.

"We had a very interesting conversation, Headmaster," Lily stated, eying the food piled on his desk.

"I'm sure you did. You were under there for nigh on seven hours. I hope you don't mind. I got a little peckish." Here he motioned to the food strewn across his desk. "Moo Shu Shrimp?" he asked as he held out one of the many containers from his desk.

"Umm, sure, Headmaster, if you don't mind. The last thing I had to eat was that ice cream cone from Diagon Alley."

"No, of course I don't mind. Here." He handed her the box. "If you don't mind me asking, Miss Evans, what did you talk about?"

"Oh you wouldn't believe it, Headmaster," she told him, "the hat told me everything it knew about the founders and their houses and everything really!" She proceeded to tell him, in short of course, all of the fascinating tales that the hat had told her. She told him how the founders had built the school with secret passage ways and hidden rooms, some of them even magical. She told him how the founders, although each totally different, lived and worked together harmoniously. She also told him how each student is selected by the hat.

"All very interesting, Miss Evans. Very interesting. You should be proud, the Sorting hat does not normally converse with students."

"It told me it was because it couldn't decide which house to put me in; it said I would fit in each one."

"I had a thought that the Sorting Hat might have a hard time with you. That's why I called you up here today. I didn't want you to be sorted with the rest of the new students at the banquet, just in case it took as long as it did."

"Thank you, Headmaster. You don't know how embarrassing it would have been to sit with that hat on my head for seven hours." The Sorting Hat coughed loudly. "Umm, no offense or anything."

"Yes, well, besides, our food would have gotten cold. So, Miss Evans, if there is nothing else..."

"There is one thing, Headmaster."

"Yes?"

"Well, before it chose my house, the hat said something about a person in Gryffindor that would change my life forever."

Dumbledore sat back in his chair and stared out his window. He sat this way for a long time; making Lily unsure of what to do. Should she leave? She thought better of it.

"Uh, Headmaster? What do you think it means?"

Dumbledore looked up, as if just remembering she was there. "Oh, Miss Evans. Yes, well you can never be too certain with these types of things. The hat might have meant for the good or for the better, I suppose we won't know until it happens. Then again, we will probably never know. I mean, how could you tell if your life is changed from what it would have been? I guess we'll just have to deal with that if it happens. All the same, I wouldn't mention your conversation with anyone in Gryffindor."

"Why should it matter?"

"Well, we wouldn't want to mess with the fates of others now would we? My goodness, it seems we have thoroughly used up this day. I assume you would like to return to Miss Mangrich and tell her the good news. Your belongings have all been moved to your dorm. Tomorrow, feel free to explore the grounds."

"Thank you, Headmaster. Good night." Lily set the Hat on her chair, walked out of Dumbledore's office and down the spiral staircase. In the hallway, she lingered at a window.

'The full moon is out,' she thought to herself. 'I wonder if he's looking up at the same moon right now?' She touched her locket and gazed across the lawns into the dark forest. Somewhere, deep inside it, a wolf howled. 'To be free like that wolf. How fun to have no cares, to roam the wilderness with no worries.' She stepped away from the window, 'Maggie will be waiting,' she thought as she walked back to the common room.

A silver grey wolf ran with gigantic strides and, with a huge leap, landed on a rock in the middle of a clearing. A majestic stag and a gigantic dog bounded in after it. The wolf sat, calling time in their after dark chase. The stag sighed and put down its head to rummage for the last stalks of summer grass. The dog, with a huge groan, fell to the ground and lay there panting.

'Oh, come on now, Padfoot,' the stag thought to the dog, 'how can you be tired already? We just started!'

'Easy for you to say, Prongs,' the dog replied huffily, 'You've been chasing him around all summer. And me, poor old me, I just got here yesterday after you picked me up on the Hogwarts Express.'

The stag rolled its eyes, 'Jeez, Padfoot, I would have thought more of you. Besides, you came willingly.'

''Come along' you said, 'it'll be fun,' you told me! Yeah, right, I'm so sure.'

'Fine, if you're so tired, you can stay here and I'll go with Moony.'

'Nu uh! I don't think so! Who would want to miss out on the first full moon of the school year! I'm going and don't ever suggest that I should stay behind again. I am the great and powerful Padfoot, and no one can stop me! Come on, let's go!' The dog sprang to its feet only to trip over itself in the process. The dog righted itself, dusted itself off, and glared at the sniggering stag. 'Not one word, Prongs, not one word.'

'Who, me?' the stag asked innocently. 'Never.'

The wolf gave a long howl, sprang to its feet, jumped of the rock, and bounded away into the woods. The black dog followed at its heels, but the stag was hesitant. It stopped and looked up at the moon.

'I wonder if she's looking up at the same moon right now? That girl on the train looked so much like her. Maybe it's a sign! Maybe I'll see her soon!' The stag shook its head. 'I've got to stop thinking like that,' it thought to itself, 'she's in Spain, as happy as can be, and she's never coming back. I'm never going to see her again, so as of today,' it vowed, 'I'm going to stop thinking about her,' and with that thought the stag leapt away into the forest.

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