All right, now that I have (under force) put together a list of all my friends who want to be in this story, I think I can finally continue with it. Just you wait and see what happens…

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter, Hogwarts, or anything else associated with this story except the characters that my friends have told me to add which are completely fictional but they are my inventions, and too few for me to list here.

Chapter 2: The Re-Sorting

"Hey, Harry?" asked a clearly puzzled Ron Weasley.

"Yeah, what is it?" asked his best friend, Harry Potter.

"What the hell is that?" asked Ron, pointing to a purple banner that had suddenly appeared beside the other, familiar four.

"I have no idea."

At that same moment, the owlery came close to emptying, having been given many Hogwarts acceptance letters to the worthy few who were required for the Re-Sorting.

"Staff, I have called this meeting in regards to an urgent situation. Some of you may have noticed that an unfamiliar banner has appeared beside the others. I believe it is time for me to tell you the true story of Hogwarts…"

One hour later…

"Hey Harry, Dumbledore's just called for an emergency assembly", said Ron.

"Maybe it's about that banner", said Harry.

"Yeah, it probably is"

"Well, we better get going", said their friend Hermione Granger. "Whatever it's about, I bet we'll get in trouble if we're late."

When they reached the Great Hall, they saw that another table had been added, as well.

"Alright, guys. The banner's weird enough, but what's with the table?" By now, Ron was getting really worried.

"And the counter", said Hermione. "Look at the Points counter."

Sure enough, another counter had been added to the House Points register. Clearly, this was no mistake.

As the trio sat down, they could see a few people who they had never seen before in the Entrance Hall.

"Forgive me if this sounds stupid", said Hermione, "but perhaps we haven't been told the whole story about Hogwarts."

Harry and Ron were in too much shock to come up with any other explanation for it, so they both nodded.

"Don't worry; I'm sure Dumbledore will tell us what happened."

At that moment, Dumbledore stood up and called for silence. "Students, you may have noticed when you walked in that another House has been added. This is no mistake, and in fact, this has been a long time coming. You see, there were, in fact, five founding wizards and witches. The one which you will not know was called Loretta Leoparda."

At this revelation, many gasps were heard throughout the Great Hall. Once everyone had settled, Dumbledore began to recount the tale of the five Founders, but as it has already been told here, it will not be repeated.

Once Dumbledore had finished, he waited for silence before continuing. "As Leoparda has returned to her rightful place, we must undertake something which has never been done at Hogwarts before – we must hold a Re-Sorting, to determine which of you truly belong to your current houses. Also, we have called for new students, who now have the possibility to join a house, because we have another House worth of people to accommodate. Of course, not all of these people will be sent into Year 1, as they are not all of the appropriate age. Instead, they will be given special tutoring in order to get them up to date with whatever it is that they have missed throughout the necessary years of schooling. The Re-Sorting will take place later this evening, at different times in your House Common Rooms. After all, there is only one Sorting Hat! Now, after revelations such as these, you will all need a fine meal. However, while you eat, I ask you only to pay attention to the Sorting that will take place now, for those students who have just arrived at our great School. I also ask that you congratulate all those who are welcomed into your own Houses. Now, I believe that dinner is served."

The new students emerged from the Entrance Hall and lined up near the teacher's table. Sure enough, the Sorting Hat sat on a stool in the middle of the platform. One by one, McGonagall called on the new students to be sorted.

"Appletree, April". She walked over, sat on the stool, and put the hat on her head. It wasn't long until the hat yelled, "Leoparda!" April walked over to the empty Leoparda table.

"Bell, Delia". She too was sorted into Leoparda. The Leoparda table was slowly filling up.

"Johns, Natalie".

"Leoparda!"

"Marche, Sophie."

"Gryffindor!" Finally, someone other than a Leoparda had been sorted. Loud cheers erupted from the Gryffindor table.

"Nightingale, Amber."

"Leoparda!"

"Nightingale, Hilary."

"Gryffindor!"

"Peterson, Melanie."

"Leoparda!"

"Smith, Agatha"

"Slytherin!" It was Slytherin's turn to cheer for its new member.

"Summers, Rachel."

"Ravenclaw!"

"Tasker, Matthew."

"Ravenclaw!"

"Thomas, Josh."

"Leoparda!"

At last, the Sorting was over. The Leoparda table was no longer empty, though it still left much to be desired. All the Houses except for Leoparda trudged out of the Hall after being dismissed – all dreaded the Re-Sorting, and the thought of losing their friends to another house.

Later that night, in the Gryffindor Common Room…

McGonagall walked into the Common Room with the Sorting Hat and the stool. The time had come for Gryffindor's Re-Sorting. Slouched, the Gryffindor students trudged into the Common Room.

"Alright students, we are going to do this according to your year. We will begin with the First years and move up. Hat, try to be quick, you have to go around to the other houses still."

"Don't rush me, woman. I'll take as long as I damn well please!" retorted the Hat.

Shocked by the Hat's response, McGonagall opened her mouth to say something, and then quickly shut it. How could she possibly argue with a talking hat?

(A/N: This is set in Seventh year… Harry didn't leave Hogwarts. What was J.K Rowling thinking when she took Harry away from Hogwarts? It's his home!)

When it came to the Sixth Years' turn, Ron looked on worriedly. Would his little sister be taken away? By the time Ginny's name was called (which is, of course, near the end) Ron was sweating a bit.

"Weasley, Ginny."

"Hmmm… a difficult one to place. A bit like Mr Potter over there… But I'm afraid it's going to have to be… LEOPARDA!"

Ron fainted.

All right, that's all I'll put in this chapter. You'll just have to see what happens to Harry and friends. Haha to all my friends who want to know what happens, 'cos you just have to wait like everyone else! I know, some of you want to read another story but before you leave this page… REVIEW!

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