Once inside the other professor, as I thought of her, lead me through the halls and to what seemed to be a back stage area.
"Stay here, please," she said in her polite yet stern voice again. I nodded in reply.
I looked out on the stage that she stepped out on and saw a large table that had what appeared to be all the teachers, because there sat Dumbledore in all his mysterious glory. I looked out further and saw what I believed everyone had described to me as the Great Hall. The four tables were all lined up neatly and when I looked close enough at one of the end tables I saw several people with bright red hair and realized that's where they all must be sitting.
Professor McGonagall then walked back in the Great Hall with a bunch of young wizards and witches that all looked no younger than 11 or 12. They all grouped together in front of the stage and right at the front was a stool and a hat. I then remembered that this was the Sorting Hat. I then also remembered how detailed everyone was in describing this place to me…hmmm…
After each of the kids was sorted McGonagall came backstage with me.
"Now, the Headmaster will say a few words and then will motion you to come on stage," she said with more of a kinder tone of her voice.
"Y-yes 'mam," I said with a shaky voice. Great the butterflies had kicked in.
She walked back out on stage and sat at the large table and the stool and the Sorting hat remained. Dumbledore then stood up and proceeded to say his few words.
"Welcome to the new students," he began with his arms open, "and to the old students, welcome back. I would like to announce with great pleasure that this year we have a very special visitor." He then looked at me and nodded his head.
"Ah, snap. That must be the motion," I said to myself. I took a deep breath and walked as calmly as I could out on stage. I stood next to Dumbledore and he introduced me.
"This is Rhea Tigner. She will be joining us this year. She is not a witch so she won't have many of your classes, but she is here to learn and stay here safely. She is a sorceress," the majority of those present gasped, "And since she is staying here I decided she might as well be sorted properly.
Dumbledore then lead me over to the stool. He picked up the hat and I sat down. He placed the hat on top of my head and suddenly someone or something was talking to my…inside my head. It was the hat!
"Ahh…so you are the sorceress Dumbledore was talking about," the Sorting Hat said, "Hmmm…you seem vaguely familiar."
"Do you know that's the third time in two days I've heard that about me," I said back to it in my head.
"Ah, yes and with good reason," he said slyly.
"Care to divulge that information to me, huh?" I replied back just as sly.
"So about the house you'll be sorted into…"
"Stupid hat…"
"What was that?"
"Nothing."
"Well there is Slytherin…," he began. I glanced over to the Slytherin table and there sat that Malfoy guy.
"Uh…let's say NO!" I yelled in my head. The second choice was Hufflepuff and I recognized no one there. Then Ravenclaw, all I saw there was Luna "Loony" Lovegood.
"Then there is Gryffindor," he said. I looked over and there sat all my friends watching me intently probably hoping I'd end up there.
"Ding, ding, ding!" I screamed joyfully inside, "We've got a winner!"
"Are you sure?"
"Final answer, Regis."
"Gryffindor!" I heard yelled outside of my head for once. The red and gold clad table rejoiced. The hat was removed from my head and when I looked at it the Sorting hat winked at me.
"We got the Sorceress!" yelled one of the boys during the celebration whose name I learned later was Seamus. I ran down and met up once again with my friends.
A/N: Yeah it's short I know but this was about as much as I could get and I really wanted to post something. Sorry! There will be more next time. Please review! It makes me happy!