Chapter two: The Sorting
Draco Malfoy was trembling with excited, this was the moment he was going to disobey his father and start a new chapter towards his future, and then he could go back to his own time and see what his life had become. A stern looking Professor McGonagall greeted the first years at the doors to the castle, it was a cold night and she ushered them inside quickly.
"Hello first years, as you know here at Hogwarts we have four houses that every new student is sorted into, these houses will be like your family as you will remain in them for the next several years. These houses are Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor and Slytherin, now each of these four houses have noble histories and distinct values on which a student is selected," McGonagall said matter-of-factly, it was if she had rehearsed this introduction. "Now follow me," and she led them into the dining hall.
The children gasped at the sight before them, floating candles and the ceiling showed the Milky Way, Draco was amazed last time he was seething at Potter's rejection to notice the beauty that surrounded him.
"When you hear your name, you will come up and put on the sorting hat and be sorted into your house," McGonagall spoke loudly so that all the first years could hear, "Let the sorting begin!"
The tattered old hat opened the rip in its fabric just above the brim and sung the sorting song for the year, Draco could have sworn it was different to the original song.
"Abbot, Hannah"
The hat deliberated for a minute or two... "HUFFLEPUFF" it cried and applause from the Hufflepuff table was deafening.
"Biggot, Brian"
A thin, sullen looking boy with his hair plastered down with gel or grease, Draco couldn't tell, made his way up to the stool, "Slytherin!" the hat yelled and the Slytherin table politely clapped as he made his way over.
"Bones, Susan
As soon as the hat touched her head it cried "HUFFLEPUFF," the deafening applause one again made its presence as Susan raced over to little Hannah Abbot.
"Boot, Terry"
An eager boy ran up to the stool and grabbed the hat and rammed it onto his head, "RAVENCLAW!" boomed the sorting hat.
"Bullstrode, Millicent"
A curvaceous girl who was nowhere near fat made her way up to the stool with the hat resting upon it, Millicent was not what Draco would call pretty but she had a unique quality about her, her jet black hair and chocolate brown eyes were her most redeeming features. She placed the hat on her head... Slytherin Draco thought and not long after the hat yelled out "Slytherin!"
"Crabbe, Vincent"
Crabbe waddled his way up to the stool and put the hat on, "Slytherin!" the hat yelled.
"Davis, Tracee"
A tall thin girl with long blonde hair made her way up to the hat, Draco could see every boy eyeing her, knowing that in a few years she would be ripe for the picking, she was breathtakingly beautiful, she put the hat on her head and flashed a huge smile, "HUFFLEPUFF!" the hat cried.
On and on it went...
"Granger, Hermione"
A nervous looking Hermione walked up to the hat and put it on her head, her sorting took a while, Draco guessed it was tied over two houses, "Ravenclaw!" the hat finally yelled, and Hermione practically flew off the chair. Hmm that was strange Draco thought, she was in Gryffindor last time... wasn't she?
"Hathaway, Isabella"
A girl with wavy blonde hair walked slowly up to the stool, she looked a little apprehensive about putting the old battered hat on her beautiful shiny hair, finally she did and the hat took its sweet time deciding where to put her. Finally the hat called out Ravenclaw and she raced off to sit next to a bewildered looking Hermione who was shocked to see someone move that fast.
"Longbottom, Neville"
Neville took terrified, actually more petrified he could barely move, slowly he made it to the stool and put the sorting hat on... "Hufflepuff!" the hat bellowed. Again that was strange Draco thought surely Longbottom was in Gryffindor last time?
"Parkinson, Pansy"
A pretty and petite innocent looking girl with a mop of luscious mahogany hair bounded forwards to put the hat on her head, "SLYTHERIN!" the hat yelled soon after it was placed upon her.
"Potter, Harry"
The hissing of whispers were sounding as soon as Potter's name was read and the whispers followed him until he made it to the sorting hat, almost everyone was holding their breath that Potter would be in their house. The sorting hat deliberated for a while and the anticipation of the school was growing, "GRYFFINDOR!" yelled the sorting hat, the cheers were thunderous and echoed the dining hall well after the applause had stopped.
"Malfoy, Draco"
At last it was his turn, he practically ran to the battered hat on the stool, he picked it up fervently and placed it on his white blonde head.
"Another Malfoy at last," the hat spoke in Draco's ear, "but you're a different type of Malfoy, eager to prove yourself is the only quality that resembles the norm of the Malfoy family, hmm you're certainly smart and definitely courageous and very loyal, but where to put you?" Please, please, please not Slytherin Draco begged in his head. "Not Slytherin, eh? Are you sure about that? Slytherin will help you prove yourself it will help you on the path to greatness." Please no, I don't want to be in Slytherin. "It is your decision, after all I am only a hat, then it better be RAVENCLAW!"
Draco felt a rush of relief, he was not in Slytherin like his sadistic father, he made his way over to the Ravenclaw table and Hermione beamed at him as he sat next to her.
"Stone, Haidee"
A smug little girl with delicate blonde hair with ringlets and an emerald bow headband walked arrogantly up to the stool and carelessly put the hat on her head, she barely put it on before it cried out, "SLYTHERIN!"
"Weasley, Ronald."
Ron marched up to the hat with a slight green tinge on his freckled face and put the hat on, it had barely touched his head and it yelled, "Gryffindor!" Ron fell off the chair in shock, the dining hall began to chuckle as Ron ran to the Gryffindor table.
"Last but not least, Zabini, Blaise."
Zabini haughtily made his way up to the old hat and placed it on his head, "Ravenclaw!" the hat feebly yelled. Draco clapped hard, he liked Zabini, he always felt that Zabini was not a true Slytherin and was glad he also got a chance at redemption too.
The feast was grand, and soon Draco became very full and was led to Ravenclaw tower with all the other tired first years by an eager pimpled Percy Weasley and a graceful Penelope Clearwater. Draco climbed numerous stairs, he would have to get used to this now that he was in Ravenclaw, he thought about Slytherin briefly and how he would go down to common room that was cold and polluted with green... now where was the Slytherin common room? Draco thought. At long last he along with the other first years finally arrived at the Ravenclaw doorway to the common room.
"Now here in Ravenclaw tower, we do not have a password like every other house, but a question that challenges you to think, after all 'Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure' and if you don't get the question right then you can give the password which is Athena, but only if you get the question wrong more than 10times," Percy Weasley said enthusiastically with a gleaming prefect badge rest on the left side of his chest.
"What occurs once in minute, twice in a moment and never in a thousand years?" A silver raven door knocker asked.
"The letter M," a confident Percy Weasley answered and he pushed his horn rimmed glassed further up on the brim of his long thin nose.
"Nicely answered," the knocker replied and the door swung open to let everyone in.
The common room was picturesque, it had panoramic views of the Hogwarts grounds, Draco could see for miles, he was not the only one admiring their common room, most of the first years mouths were dragging on the floor.
"Ooooh it is so pretty!" a sweet voice chimed, it came from the Hathaway girl whose azure eyes were wide with rapture.
"It certainly is a sight to be held," Draco barely heard the words escape Hermione's mouth.
"All right, you have tomorrow to see it, now get to bed, your dormitories are just up the stairs, girls to the left and boys to the right," as he pointed out the middle right stair well leading upwards.
Draco collapsed on his bed and shut his industrious grey eyes, barely containing himself, the ecstasy of the prospect of a new beginning was overwhelming and he started to let out a small laugh.
"What's so funny Mate?" an annoying mosquito sounding voice ringed in his ear, he opened his pale rose pink eyelids slowly to see the eager face of Terry Boot right in his face.
"ARRRRGGGHH!" Draco recoiled backwards, the damn Aussie almost gave him a heart attack.
"Sorry mate, ye just looked so happy and I wanted te know why ye were so happy."
"Oh, no reason really, just glad to be away from home and start my journey in life," Draco smirked.
A/N: Yes I know I switched the house placements up... a lot but it is all for good reason for future plot development. I did however seriously consider placing Harry in Hufflepuff because Harry is so loyal to the people he loves and Ron in Slytherin because he's quite a selfish person in my opinion... but I just couldn't bring myself to do it. The new characters I made are important too :3 I cannot wait to switch P. it'll probably be told more in 1st person now and through different characters, so tell me if I confuse you in the future. Also Draco's 'forgetfulness' is important so pay attention to it, you'll see soon enough why it is happening. Private message me if you think you know what it is. And yes this is another filler chapter, tiring I know, but necessary. Please Review it would really help me improve and give me some ideas or what you want in the next chapter for example Draco on a pogo stick, something whacky but something I can incorporate into my writing. And with Terry's accent, imagine a mosquito that can talk it is a very EXTREME aussie accent, so Australia don't hate on this kiwi.