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Chapter Five
The Sorting Hat
When they entered the Great Hall, there stood four tables filled with students. Lily saw James, Sirius, Remus and Peter. She knew she looked nervous and by the thumbs up and the smile James threw here.
James is cute, when he smiles, she thought to herself and immediately snapped out of it, Ugh, Lily stop thinking that.
Lily looked over at her friends. Emerald looked kind of calm. Sapphire looked scared. Grace looked like she was going to lose it. There where so many first years, they couldn't all be attending Hogwarts this year..
What if they made a mistake, what if I get sent home? she thought to herself as she let her mind run free.
The old woman led them down the long aisle way in-between two tables. Lily thought for sure that the aisle would stretch on forever. When they reached its end and huddled around the podium she noticed a stool, with an old battered hat on it. Suddenly the room became very quiet and she thought to herself, what happened?
Before she knew it, the old hat before her opened it's seam up and began to sing:
"A thousand years of more ago,
When I was newly sewn,
There lived for wizards of renown,
Whose names are still well known.
Bold Gryffindor, from wild moor,
Fair Ravenclaw, from glen,
Sweet Hufflepuff, from valley broad,
Shrewd Slytherin, from fen.
They shared a wish, a hope, a dream
The hatched a daring plan
To educate young sorcerers
Thus Hogwarts School began.
Now each of these four founders
Formed their own house, for each
Did value different virtues
In the ones they had to teach.
By Gryffindor, the bravest were
Prized far beyond the rest;
For Ravenclaw, the cleverest
Would always be the best;
For Hufflepuff, had workers were
Most worthy of admission;
And power-hungry Slytherin
Loved those of great ambition.
While still live they did divide
Their favorites far from the throng,
Yet how to pick the worthy ones
When they were dead and gone?
'Twas Gryffindor who found the way,
He whipped me off his head
The founders put some brains in me
So I could choose instead!
Now slip me snug about your ears,
I've never yet been wrong,
I'll have a look insider your mind,
And tell where you belong!"
After the lovely song, which had the girls dazed Professor McGonagall said, "I will call you up by name"
"Alane, Andrew"
"Hufflepuff"
"Ane, Alex"
"Ravenclaw"
Lily hadn't bothered to pay attention after the second name. She didn't know these people and couldn't find a reason to watch them be sorted, not to mention she was terrified for when Professor McGonagal called–
"Evans, Lily."
Lily slowly walked up to the stool and put on the hat in her ear she heard a voice saying, "Hm, very difficult you have a smart brain there, some cunning, but a lot of courage, where would you like to go? Where do you think you're best suited?"
Lily thought, I want to go with my friends.
"Hm, alright better be Gryffindor!" the hat had yelled, Lily hopped off the stool and walked towards her table which had two screaming boys already awaiting her; James and Sirius.
Lily sat next to James who said to her, "I knew you had it in you." Lily clapped for everyone there until she heard,
"Walker, Sapphire."
Lily held her breath for several seconds and Sapphire took a minute to compose herself before she walked up and tossed the hat on her head. The moment it touched her hair it screamed, "Gryffindor!" Sapphire ran to her table and sat next to Lily.
"Walker, Emerald."
Emerald looked confident as she put the hat on it screamed "Gryffindor!"
Lily and Sapphire jumped up in happiness and threw their arms around their fellow Gryffindor, and best friend. Lily was happy, she had her friends, all of them, and she was in a respectable house that she could already tell she was going to like. They hadn't made a mistake, she did belong here, and that was all she could hope for