Chapter Four: Frankie's Sorting

It was close to pitch black by he time the train had arrived at the station. Frankie was rudely shaken awake by Ron and she bolted upright and yawned.

"What?" She asked lazily.

"We're here." Ron said as he followed Harry out of their compartment. Frankie jumped off of the bench (or whatever it's called in the UK) and followed after the boys.

The first year students were led off of the train by the prefects and onto the platform.

"First years! First years, over this way!" A gruff voice called in the distance. Frankie craned her neck to get a glimpse of it's speaker, although her streching was unnecessary since the speaker was very very large. He had a wild mane of shaggy hair and a tangled beard and was swinging a lantern.

"Firs' years! Over this way!" Frankie continued to follow the two boys to avoid be crushed by the crowd around her.

"Hey, Harry." The giant said.

"Hello Hagrid." replied Harry.

"Right then." Hagrid said. "This way to the boats. Come on now, follow me!"

Hagrid led the group of first years to a lake, on which it's coast sat multiple wooden boats.

"No more than four to a boat!" Hagrid instructed. Harry, Ron and Frankie shared a boat together. A round faced boy took the other place on the boat. The boats began to magically float across the water. Soon, a large shape came into the distance. As the group got closer, the shape became a castle with a vast amount of turrets and towers.

"Wow." Frankie breathed as she stared out at Hogwarts school. She looked around her and saw everyone smiling around her as well.

The boats pushed their way through an ivy curtain and through a underground passage. The boats lurched as they hit the rocky coast and Frankie almost fell out into the water. Harry and Ron both caught her arms just as her hair grazed the water.

"Thanks! " Frankie whispered to the boys as the first years were led through a rocky passageway, onto the damp grass underneath the school's ginormous shadow and finally, through a pair of large oak doors and into a hall. Hagrid left them there, and a very stern woman took his place at the top of a staircase.

"Welcome to Hogwarts." The woman said. "I am Professor McGonagall. Now, in a few moments you will pass through these doors and join your classmates. But, before you take your seats, you must be sorted into your houses. They are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Now, while you're here your house will be like your family. Your triumphs will earn you house points. Any rule breaking and you will lose points. The house with the most points at the end of the year will win the House Cup. The Sorting Ceramony will begin momentarily."

A pale faced boy with platinum blonde hair pushed his way through the crowd with two behind him. Hepushed his way up to Harry, Ron and Frankie.

"So it's true then, what they're saying on the trian." The boy said. "Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts." Several students around them began to whisper Harry' s name.

"This is Crabbe and Goyle." The boy said, gesturing to the boys behind him. "And I'm Malfoy. Draco Malfoy." RRon laughed at the name.

"Think my name's funny, do you?" Malfoy said, glaring at Ron. "No need to ask yours. Red hair and a hand-me-down robe? You must be a Weasley."-Malfoy turned to Harry- "You'll soon find out that some Wizarding families are better than others. Don't want to go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there." Draco extended his hand to Harry.

"I think I can tell the wrong sort for myself, thanks." Harry told him. Draco glared at him as Professor McGonagall came back with a roll of parchment in her hands and rapped Draco on the shoulder.

"We're ready for you now."

Professor McGonagall led the first year students through about three hallways until they came upon the pair of double doors that led into the Great Hall. The doors opened. The Hall was magnificent. It was lit by thousands of floating candles over four long tables, each ladened with golden plates and goblets, where the rest of the students sat. At the front of the hall was another table where the teachers were sitting. McGonagall led them up there so they came to a stop in front of the rest of the tables and students. Frankie looked up at the ceiling nervously. The ceiling was enchanted to look like the sky, ane the stars felt like a thousand more eyes on her. This did not help.

Frankie looked down to see Professor McGonagall place a stool in front of the first years. On top of it was a ragged old hat, that was patched & frayed.

"When I call your name, you will put the hat on your heads and be sorted into your houses." McGonagall said, unrolling the parchment she had in her hands. "Abbott, Hannah!" A blonde pigtailed girl pushed her way through the crowd and up to the stool. After a moment the hat opened up a tear for a mouth and shouted out, "HUFFLEPUFF!"

"Bominable, Abbie!" A tall, icy girl with pale blue skin and white hair with blue, pink & purple streaks walked past Frankie and had the hat placed on her head. "GRYFFINDOR!" The girl joined the Gryffindors.

"Bones, Susan!"

"HUFFLEPUFF!" The hat shouted out again. Susan scuttled off towards Hannah.

"Boot, Terry!"

"RAVENCLAW!" The students on the second table on the left cheered.

Another girl went into Ravenclaw too, but Lavender Brown became the first human Gryffindor. The table on the left cheered.

"Bulstrode, Milliecent," became a Slytherin and Frankie watched as more monsters and humans went up there. A petite vampire girl with black & pink pigtails became a Hufflepuff, and a fierce left looking mummy became a Slytherin.

"Finch-Fletchley, Justin!" went into Hufflepuff. A sandy haired boy named Seamus Finnigan became a Gryffindir.

After a Gorgon boy became a Slytherin, McGonagall called out, "Granger, Hermione! "

Hermione ran up eagerly and placed that hat on her head.

"GRYFFINDOR!" The hat shouted and Hermione joined the other Gryffindors.

The hat took took a while to decide on most people, like Neville instance, whom shared a boat with Ron, Harry and Frankie. But finally, the hat shouted "GRYFFINDOR!"

Soon, Draco Malfoy was called up. The hat barely touched his head before shouting "SLYTHERIN!"

The names soon rattled on, until they came upon "Potter, Harry." Harry stepped forward and the hat was placed on his head. It took a while with him, but finally decided on "GRYFFINDOR!" Frankie smiled as Harry joined the Gryffindors. The names went on again before stopping on, "Stein, Frankie."

Frankie hopped up and the hat was placed on her head. She gripped the sides of the stool tightly.

"You're a difficult one girl." A voice whispered into Frankie's ear. Frankie soon realized it was the hat talking to her. "You're smart

and brave, as well as loyal and ambitious. But where shall I put you? ...I know. You should be in..."

"GRYFFINDOR!" A bright smile lit across Frankie's face as she sat at the Gryffindor table. Not long after, Ron was called. The hat took a second to sort him into "GRYFFINDOR!" Three redheaded boys cheered the loudest. They must have been Ron's brothers.

Once everyone had been sorted into their houses, a old man with slivery hair and beard, to whom Frankie recognized as Professor Dumbledore, from what her parents told her. Professor Dumbledore was headmaster of Hogwarts. He stood up.

"Let the feast begin." Dumbledore said. He waved his hands and a large feast appeared in front of them.

As they ate, Harry had leaned over and began talking to Percy, one of Ron's older brothers. Ron however, was reaching for a chicken leg on a plate full of them. He suddenly gasped and almost dropped the leg he had picked up. white head had phased through the plate!

"Hello!" said the head, "Welcome to Gryffindor!" The head's body pulled itself our of the reveal an entire ghost.. (And no, these ghosts were not like the ones who were students, like Spectra Vondergeist *Ravenclaw*) Then, multiple ghosts began to fly around the hall and the students smiled.

"Hello, Sir Nicholas," Percy said, "Have a nice summer?"

"Dismal." said the ghost who had just come up from the table. "Once again my request to join the Headless Hunt has been denied." He turned to leave but Ron called out to him.

"I know you!" Ron called, "You're Nearly Headless Nick!"

"I perfer Sir Nicholas if you don't mind."

"Nearly Headless?" Hermione asked. "How can you be Nearly Headless?" Nearly Headless Nick sighed.

"Like this." Nick grabbed his ear and pulled. Nearly his entire head came off. Only a small patch of skin kept it from falling on the floor. Frankie gagged at the sight of it. Nick flipped his head back onto his neck and floated away.

After everyone had finished eating, Professor Dumbledore stood up to speak once more.

"Before you head off to bed, there are some few start-of-term notices I wish to announce." He said. "The first years should note that the dark forest is strictly forbidden to all students. Our caretaker, Mr. Flich has asked me to remind you that the third floor corridor on the right hand side is out of bounds to everyone who does not wish to die a most painful death. You are dismissed."

Percy Weasley led the first year Gryffindors out of the hall and to a large winding staircase.

"This is the most direct path to the dormatories." Percy said, "Oh, and keep an eye on the staircases. They like to change." Confused, Frankie looked over the railing at the closest staircase. To her amazement it had begun to move! She looked at the walls as well. She gasped. The paintings were alive!

The group stopped in front of a painting of a large woman in a pink dress.

"Password?" She asked.

"Caput Draconis." Percy replied. The woman smiled and her portrait opened up to reveal a large room. "Follow me, everyone. Keep up, quickly come on."

The first years climbed through the portrait hole. Frankie had trouble getting through, and a first year blood-werewolf girl helped her through.

"Thanks." Frankie said.

"No problem." The wolf girl said.

Percy stopped the group for the last time in front of two staircases. "Welcome to the Gryffindor common Room." Percy said. "Boys' dormitories are upstairs to the left. For the girls', to the same on your right. You will find that your belongings have already been brought up for you."

Frankie waved goodbye to Ron and Harry as they went up the left staircase. Frankie almost ran up the stairs to find doors with several girls' names on them. It took her a while to find her own, and she opened the door.

Wazit was already curled up onto Frankie's four-poster (?) bed. Frankie opened her trunk and pulled out two things. The first was a picture of her and her family at the beach. The second was a magical metallic sphere that ran on both static electricity and lightning. Two long wires were attached to it. This would keep Frankie charged while she was at Hogwarts. She placed both of these on her bedside table as the door opened again. It was the werewolf girl that helped Frankie through the portrait hole.

"So it looks like we're roommates." She said, walking over to another bed with a dark purple cat sleeping on a pillow. "My name's Clawdeen Wolf." Clawdeen extended her hand Frankie shook it happily.

"Nice to meet you, Clawdeen."Frankie said. "I'm Frankie Stein." The two girls chatted a while and Frankie found out she had an older brother, who was in his second year and a Gryffindor as well.

The door opened a second timen and the person who walked in was Hermione Granger.

"Hi, Hermione!" Frankie said cheerfully as Hermione crossed the room to one of the only beds without an animal on it. "This is Clawdeen, she's one of our roommates." Clawdeen waved to Hermione.

"Nice to meet you." Hermione said. "I hope you girls don't mind if I go to bed early, but I want to get up bright and early for classes tomorrow."

"The human girl is right." said a third girl, whom Frankie recognized as Abbie Bominable, as she entered the room. "Ve do not vant to miss class."

"At least someone sees my point." Hermione said. She looked around the room as Abbie walked over to the fourth bed next to Clawdeen and Frankien, where a small wooly mammoth laid. "Aren't we supposed to have a fifth girl?"

"That would be me." Another girl said as she entered the room. She had black hair and dark eyes with dark tanned skin. Frankie recognized her as Parvati Patil. "I see you all are my roommates." She sighed "I just wish my sister was with me as well. But she got sorted into Ravenclaw."

"Ravenclaw is not bad, Parvati." Frankie said, "My mom was in Ravenclaw and she and my dad are both science professors at a Muggle university."

"That's interesting." Hermoine said. "How is that possible?"

"My family is really good with scientific stuff. My grandfather's house is full of science books. Mom told me she would read them when she was younger. Dad even got into it after he had read a science book to impress my mother."

"Your family sounds very cool." Clawdeen said. "My parents run an inn and my oldest sister is a writer in London. I can't wait to see her for Christmas."

"Well," Hermione said, "I'm muggleborn, so my parents are both dentists. I have to admit it was amusing to see their faces when the found out what I could do was magic." Hermione made this weird ssurprised face and the girls burst out laughing. In fact their laughter was so loud, the female Gryffindor prefect had to come in to get them quiet again.

"Ve vill be quiet." Abbie said, recovering from her own laughter fit. "Sorry for being so loud."

The prefect nodded and shut the door. Hermione let out a yawn.

"We should be getting to bed." Hermione said.

"You're right." Parvati said. "We all have classes in the morning. We can talk more later."

The girls changed out of their robes and into their pyjamas as the lights went out and they fell asleep.

Author's Note:

And with that another chapter comes to a close. Gryffindor won the contest. Truth was that I was going to put Frankie in Gryffindor anyway. It fits her personality, especially after what happened in Ghoul's Rule and 13 Wishes. Here are the total scores:

Slytherin- 0 (Which is pretty obvious)

Gryffindor-3 (And no, you counted right. My sister reads this as well, and she voted before she left for camp. This chapter is deadicated to her)

Ravenclaw-1

Hufflepuff-1

I also managed to fit in some other MH characters into the story, like Cleo, Deuce and Draculaura, as well as Clawdeen and Abbie. I will be adding whatever MH characters you request. Like Spectra or Robecca. Please remember to review and tell me what you think! I would love to hear what your opinion is,good or bad. Also I made up the term "blood werewolf" because of a plot/character problem. In other words, Lupin. The term basically means they are born a werewolf and look like Clawdia, Clawd, Clawdeen, Howleen and their parents. A made werewolf, like Lupin will transform during a full moon.

NEXT CHAPTER: FIRST DAY OF CLASSES

TTFN!

-Blackkitten13

P.S: I think Draco was acting like James Bond.