Chapter 14

They walked in a group to the big and beautiful doors that separated them from the other students but the moment they were in front of them they made a straight line.

The doors opened and their jaws literally touched the floor at the beauty in front of them.

The Great Hall was a large hall with four long tables where students of each House sat.

The staff table was at the front, where the entire Hogwarts staff sat.

"That's the headmistress Professor Minerva McGonagall," said Alice pointing towards a throne-like chair in the center of the table where the Headmistress sat.

The Headmistress was a tall, rather severe-looking, and 'sprightly' ninety-year-old woman through she didn't look it. She had black hair which was combed back into a tight bun. She also had a very prim expression. The Professor wore emerald green robes she also wore square spectacles and a pointed hat cocked to one side.

The ceiling of the Great Hall or at least what they thought was the celling as what they saw what the sky outside was covered with candles.

There were small windows around the side of the hall and a large window behind the staff table where the light shined through, and a podium carved with an owl was put right in front of the Headteacher's chair.

"It's enchanted to look like the sky above," said Lucy when she saw them eyes focused at the ceiling above

"Huh." was the only thing they could say

"The ceiling it's enchanted to look like the sky above. " Lily explained

"Really?" they couldn't help but ask though they didn't know why they were surprised by it.

From the staff table, the House tables Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Slytherin, and the only reason they could tell which was which because of the colors on their robes and hats.

Professor Longbottom put a chair close to the teachers' table and put an extremely old hat on top of it.

Those form the Muggle world, were all surprised which turned into shock when the hat started singing.

(The song is taken from the first Harry Potter book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 7 (The Sorting Hat) so it belongs to J. K. Rowling, not me.)

"Oh, you may not think I'm pretty,
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.

You can keep your bowlers black,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.

There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.

You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart;

You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil;

Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
if you have a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;

Or perhaps in Slytherin
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folks use any means
To achieve their ends.

So, put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands (though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!"

After the hat had stopped singing the Professor took a piece of parchment that held their names and started reading them one by one.

Before he said one name Lili turned towards them and said "After the dinner wait at the door for my brother, he is going to introduce you to your Prefects who will take you to your specific rooms." everyone nodded

"Michael Adams-Philips," said the teacher, and the young Muggleborn walked nervously towards the chair sitting and having the hat put on his head a few seconds later the hat yelled his house" HUFFERPUFF." and the house of the bagger stood up applauding.

The younger boy went towards the table smiling he felt so accepted even after five seconds and he knew he was going to love it here.

The teacher called another name" Tatiana Boot." the half-blooded witch was less nervous and more excited.

The hat took even less time to yell her house" RAVENCLAW." she went towards her table who was cheering for her skipping showing how excited she was.

"Mike Connor" he was more nervous than his friend but he still kept his head high as he walked towards his destiny" RAVENCLAW," said the hat shortly after it was put on his head

"Violet Dursley," said the professor his eyes narrowing slightly but she was too nervous to notice that or how the professors stopped to look at her or how a number of students focused on her and her only.

The young witch walked towards the chair breathing heavily and nervous she didn't know how she was going to be able to do this after what seemed like days but was in fact just a couple of seconds she sat on the chair and had the hat put over her head

'An Evans?" asked a voice in her head shocking the young witch

'Who is there?' asked the redhaired girl but she seemed to realize shortly after' It's you, hat.'

'Yes, I am. And you are not an Evans.' said the old hat

'No.' said the young girl remembering something' But my grandmother's maiden name was Evans you may have met my great-aunt, Lily.'

'Aha,' answered the hat' A great girl, very brilliant too. You are a lot like her you know' the hat didn't wait for the little girl to answer it continued' I think you would do great in the same house she was.'

Violet didn't know how to respond to that and the hat didn't wait for her to answer just yelled" GRYFFINDOR."

The red and gold house exploded in cheers when the hat said that and Violet saw James Sirius and his friends there too including a number of other redhaired children close to them.

She found a place close enough to them but far enough for her new friends who she was extremely sure would be in the same house as them to sit close to their family.

"Hi Violet." said a voice close to her" My name is Annie Cole." the older girl was smiling and Violet couldn't help but smile too

"Nice meeting you."

During the discussion, Violet had missed the sorting of Mateo Flint and Antonia Goldstein both of them who had been in 'SLYTHERIN.'

"Well that's shocking." said one of Annie's friends looking at the green and Sliver house

"Why?" asked Violet

"Well Mateo's father was a Slytherin so he wasn't shocking but Anthony Goldstein Antonia's father was a Ravenclaw."

"Yeah but her mother was a Slytherin so we shouldn't be so shocked." said another

The calling of " Andy Goldstein" took her attention from the discussion to the sorting he apparently wasn't so surprising as he ended up in" RAVENCLAW" like every other time, this time to the table exploded in cheers

Violet also saw the twins smiling at each other from the different tables like they had expected to be separated from each other.

"Zoey Hill," said the professor, and Violet was excited too as she was a fellow Muggleborn.

It took a while and she wondered if it had taken her so long for the hat to yell " RAVENCLAW." the house again exploded in cheers welcoming her with open arms

"Tracy Higgs," said the professor when the noise died down it took less time for the hat to yell" SLYTHERN." this time

"Ellie Hughes" was next and the hat yelled" RAVENCLAW" soon after

Violet was getting worried she would be the only one in her house for this year when "Noah Jones" got the hat to yell" HUFFLEPUFF."

"Alice Longbottom," said the man smiling at his daughter and everyone stopped what they were doing, and to Violet, it looked like the Gryffindor and Hufflepuff houses were holding their breaths

Violet remembered that Alice told her those were the houses she had the most chances of going and she was very curious as to where was she going to go.

"Do you think we will get her too?" asked someone" I mean her war hero grandparents and war hero father all were Gryffindors."

"Yeah but her mother is a Hufflepuff so we can't be sure." said another" Just because her brother is a Gryffindor too doesn't mean anything either."

Their questions were soon answered when the hat yelled" GRYFFINDOR."

The red and gold house exploded in cheers more than the other houses before combined and Alice smiled at her brother and their friends walking confidently towards her new house.

"Isn't it great," said Alice the moment she sat down looking at her brother smiling

"Of course, I never doubted you, Allie," answered her brother making his little sister smile

To anyone else, she may have looked confidante in her placement but her closes friends knew she was worried as to where she was going to end up.

"We are going to be roommates Violet isn't it great." said the other redhaired girl and Violet smiled yes it was amazing she had become close to the other girl and her family didn't want to be separated from them.

Benjamin Miller and Isabella Perry both ended up in Hufflepuff as did Sebastian Parker all of them got cheers and a warm welcome from the yellow and Black table.

"Elijah Patterson," said the professor, and Violet noticed that her new friends got more and more focused on the names being called" RAVENCALW." called the Hat and while the house in question cheered as the professor smiled as he said the other name

"Lily Potter" the moment her name left the professor's lips everyone froze and no one dared to speak as they had done with Alice all four houses held their breaths to see the hat's decision.

'So, James Sirius' last name is Potter.' thought the redhaired

"What's going on? " Violet couldn't help but ask

Annie who was closer to her and the only one who had heard her make an action with her hand meaning that she would speak later.

The hat took about two minutes to decide where Lily belonged but it soon yelled" GRYFFINDOR."

Her house started cheering and she heard someone else yell" THAT'S MY LITTLE SISTER." who she was sure wasn't James Sirius and turned to look at a boy slightly older than her who looked almost identical with James Sirius except that he had green eyes.

"Lils." said Alice excited "We are both in the same house." the brown-eyed girl smiled at her friend and turned the same look at Violet before she was put in a hug by her brother.

She put that at the back of her head and asked" What was that for?"

Annie looked shocked that she didn't know but then appeared to remember that she was a Muggleborn and said" Lily's dad is a war hero. He was the one who killed the Dark Wizard who terrorized the world more than twenty years ago it's because of him we are safe and he and his family are like celebrities in our World."

"Really?"

"Yeah, the Potters, the Weasleys, the Longbottoms are all war heroes and the pride of the Gryffindor House. You have no idea how shock we all were when James Sirius' little brother Albus ended up in Slytherin."

Violet looked at the Slytherin table remembering the boy she had seen before 'Well that makes sense.' She thought

The young Muggleborn wanted to ask something else but then she realized that she had missed the sorting of Francis Rosier who ended up in Slytherin" No surprise there." said someone and Nora Scott who ended up in Hufflepuff.

Then the professor said "Hugo Weasley" and Violet remembered what Annie had said about the Weasley family

'they are war heroes.' she wanted to know more about them and was so wrapped in her mind that she almost missed when the hat yelled" GRYFFINDOR." a second later

"Lucy Weasley" when her name was called Violet noticed one of the teachers looked more interested than she had been for anyone else and she smiled extremely big when the hat yelled" GRYFFINDOR."

The last one Barbra Zabini ended up in Slytherin without much wait.

Violet turned towards were her new friends were and saw how all of them were being suffocated by a number of other redheads a number of them having different house colors.

She turned to Annie wanting to leave them some space and wanted to know a little bit more before she got involved with more with them, after all, she didn't want to embrace herself more" Can you tell me more?"