HERE is Chapter 6, Enjoy!
Chapter 6
Professor McGonagall stood in front of the lot of first years and beckoned them into the Dining hall. "Come on children, this way. Hurry, we are behind schedule."
Sarah looked towards Scorpius, and Albus, and Rose. Scorpius, and Rose looked confident, but Albus, on the other hand, looked quite nervous. Sarah whispered harshly, "Albus? Are you okay?"
Albus looked at Sarah and nodded. "I am just wondering what house I will be sorted into. I want to be sorted into Gryffindor, like my father was."
"I want to be sorted into Slytherin, like my father was, but Gryffindor would be nice." Scorpius had enunciated every word.
"I definitely want to be in the same house as you, Sarah!" Rose said excitedly.
"I am not very sure as to what house I want to be sorted into, I want to be sorted into the house that one of you is in. Then I will have friends already." Sarah sounded very hopeful.
"You three!" Professor McGonagall's voice rang through the atrium, startling the four. "Hurry up; we cannot very well start the sorting without you three."
Sarah, Albus, Scorpius, and Rose scampered into the Dining Hall just as the headmaster was finishing a speech. "Let us make this a wonderful year at Hogwarts, now let the sorting begin." Every person in the hall, except for the first years, who were too busy worrying, burst into cheers.
Suddenly, all became quiet, and everyone looked at a small stool, Professor McGonagall had just sat down. On that stool sat the, ugliest hat Sarah had ever seen in her life.
Everything was oddly silent. It seemed as if every person in the hall was waiting for something, though Sarah was not sure, what.
A rip on the hat, became wide, and started to look like a mouth. The hat twitched. Out of nowhere, the hat began to sing:
"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 Gryffindor 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 Ravenclaw,
If you've 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 folk 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!
With that the Sorting Hat finished his song. Everyone in the hall burst into loud applause. "This seems quite painless," Sarah said to Scorius, and Albus. "We have just got to try on the hat?"
Scorpius, and Albus looked at Sarah, Rose was tuned into the ceremony. Only Scorpius piped up. "It isn't as easy as that, there is a little more stress."
Sarah sighed deeply. "Like what?" Sarah was starting to worry deeply.
"It isn't that bad, just watch a couple people and you will see." Scorpius, suddenly became quiet.
"Armenia, Serena." Professor McGonagall said, quite loudly. A girl walked up onto the stage. She sat down on the stool, and Professor McGonagall sat the sorting hat down onto her head.
"Oh my." The hat exclaimed, excitedly. "This girl is daring. She cares for her friends. Hm, I say GRYFFINDOR!" Serena scampered off the stage to the Gryffindor table, to the avail of cheers.
Sarah, was listening to the cheers when, "Blackwell, Sarah." Sarah had not heard her name being called. Albus had to nudge her in the rib.
"Sarah, you name was called." Albus said.
"Oh." Sarah scurried quickly, up to the stage. When she sat on the stool, everyone was looking at her. It was only seconds later, when the stairs disappeared. The hat was on her head.
"Hmm… This may be hard. She has an aura around her, a bright aura that is making it hard for me to know which house to sort her in." Sarah began to panic. Her heart began to beat slower. What if I get sent home? What if it was all just a silly mistake? Sarah thought. She took a deep breath.
It seemed as if everyone in the hall lay in wait to see what would happen to her. The hat was thinking out loud. "Hmm... This cannot be right. I can feel her thoughts just beneath the surface, but I cannot tell which house to put her in."
Sarah began to panic. She was going to be sent home. Professor McGonagall was going to pull the hat off any second, and say something like, "Looks as if there was a mistake." But that didn't happen.
Chatter began to pepper the dining hall. Apparently this had not happened before. Professor McGonagall's voice rang through the hall. "Shut your traps." Everyone shut up.
"Hmm… I am finally getting something. This girl is…quite intelligent, strong, and courageous. Why I believe I have come to a conclusion." The hat stopped talking. He froze. Everyone in the hall held their breath. The hat began talking once again. "I have chosen to put this girl in… GRYFFINDOR!" The hat enunciated the word so loud it seemed to bounce off the walls in a dance.
Every person at the Gryffindor table cheered. It was not a regular cheer. It was a cheer of excitement; the Gryffindor kids were excited to have such an anomaly in the Gryffindor house.
Sarah got up from where she sat. She moved off the stage and made way to the Gryffindor table. When Sarah sat down, the guys began asking her questions. None of which Sarah could answer. All the girls at the table looked at Sarah in awe. Sarah did not know what had them all interesting in her.
Sarah tried to answer as many questions as she could until she heard "Malfoy, Scorpius." Professor McGonagall looked at the list again to make sure she had read the name right. "You're related to the Malfoys?" McGonagall said worriedly.
Scorpius nodded and said, "Don't worry Professor McGonagall I won't be a nuisance. I promise." Professor McGonagall, as well as most of the other teachers sighed loudly. Scorpius sat on the stool.
"Oh! I know, Slytherin!" Sarah became disappointed. She would not be in the same house as Scorpius. But they could still hang out, on free time.
"Can Slytherins, and Gryffindor students hang out?" Sarah whispered across the table to a girl who looked to be about a fourth year.
"Yeah. The feud that went on for about ten years is over, Harry Potter ended it, when he defeated Voldemort."
"Who is that?" Sarah said.
Everyone in close proximity gasped. Apparently this Voldemort fellow was widely known. "I saw you hanging out with that Potter boy, Albus. Ask him he'll tell you."
Sarah said, "Okay…" and quieted down. She sat in silence for a long while.
Suddenly, Sarah noticed two people sit beside her. "Hello Sarah." A boy said.
"Hello, Sarah." A girl said. It was Albus and Rose.
"Hello!" Sarah had not noticed any of their names being called. She had been too occupied in her mind to hear.
"Are you ready to enjoy our first meal at Hogwarts?" Rose said. Sarah had not noticed how hungry she was until Rose had said something.
"I am starving, so I cannot wait to eat." When she finished her sentence food appeared on the table, almost as if by magic, which it was.
"I bet our year at Hogwarts will be amazing!" Albus said quite loudly, so everyone could hear.
"You betcha!" All the Potter and Weasly children said at the top of their lungs. Everyone looked at the Gryffindor table; everyone cheered.
Sarah began to pile her plate with food. When she took her first bite, her mouth exploded with pleasure. The food was so magnificent, that she almost got up and did a dance.
Sarah, Albus, and Rose talked for the duration of the dinner. They lost track of time. The only thing they thought about was the fun they were going to have that year.
The Dining hall began to slowly quiet down. Sarah, Albus, and Rose followed the Head boy to their house. When they reached the common room, Sarah and Rose wished Albus a good night and went up to the girl's rooms.