Lily Luna Potter and The Last Hallow
Chapter Three - A Message of Friendship
This chapter is Lily's sorting ceremony; Lily is eleven, Albus is thirteen and James is fifteen. Hayley Wood is the girl who hit James over the head in the last chapter, they have a similar relationship to James Snr and Lily Snr. By the way, the sorting hat song is mine completly so no stealing!!!
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It had been two years since Lily had parted with Albus as he left for Hogwarts for the first time. Now he sat at the Ravenclaw table while Rose, James and Scorpius sat at the Gryffindor table.
Lily, Crawford, Seth and Hugo now stood amongst a crowd of anxious eleven year olds who had been led only moments ago into the Great Hall. Lily had not been nervous on the train journey but now sh saw the seemingly endless array of faces staring at her she could feel her hands begin to shake.
Lily felt as if her heart would give up at any moment when she felt a hand slip into each of hers. She looked up and saw Crawford and Seth standing at either side of her smiling profoundly. "You'll be fine." whispered Crawford as Seth nodded his agreement. It was then that the Sorting Hat began its song.
"A long long time ago
Here sat our founders four.
United by their cause to teach,
They were friends down to their core.
It was a time that hasn't been forgotten
Even with the events that have come to pass.
Their cause was the same
Though they themselves were not.
Ravenclaw whose beauty and intellect
Did surpass the rest;
Sought to teach those
With a thirst for knowledge and give them her crest.
Gryffindor whose courage was widely known
Alone of the four
Did seek those who were brave and true
Who thought cowardice was the final straw.
Sweet Hufflepuff she loved them all
Provided they tried and gave their best,
She fair and kind to them
And to the rest.
Slytherin considered those of high ambition
Worthy of his time.
It was they who were the sharpest
Like a lemon or a lime.
For the first time
Since those days of old
Have the school stood united
Whether smart, sly, fair or bold.
So try me on
And let me look inside your head
Then I'll decided where you should be
In the Founders' stead."
Lily dropped the boys' hands so she could join in the clapping that followed. It was now that the Sorting began. Lily watched on in a rather dazed fashion as her classmates left the crowd to be sorted and then sat down at one of the four tables. Then all of a sudden Professor Slughorn called, "McLaggen, Crawford." and Crawford left her, sat down and had the Sorting Hat placed of his head.
After what seemed like an eternity the Hat shouted, "Gryffindor!" Lily cheered as Crawford ran over to the Gryffindor table where he was met by James, Rose and Scorpius who were also cheering.
Not long after that, "Pendragon, Seth." was called. The Sorting Hat made its decision a lot faster than it had for Crawford.
It then shouted, "Gryffindor!" Seth smiled encouragingly at her as he joined Crawford at the Gryffindor table.
"Potter, Lily." said Slughorn smiling, Lily's father and grandmother had always been his favourites when they were at school. Lily left Hugo and sat down on the stool as the hat was placed on her head.
"Aaah… another Potter. Let's see; a lot like your mother, bold and brave, but there's definitely some Evans' brains in you, just like Albus Which means, RAVENCLAW!" Lily sat surprised for a moment but then she took off the Sorting Hat and ran to the Ravenclaw table where she was met by Albus who engulfed her in a hug.
The rest of the feast went by as a blur of food and jokes but now it was time to be led up to Ravenclaw Tower. "Lily, follow me." said Hayley Wood, who was the fifth year prefect. She led them past the Gryffindor table where James was trying to assemble the first years. Hayley stopped so that Lily could talk to Crawford and Seth but sadly she couldn't find them. Instead she watched as her brother attempted to chat up Hayley.
However Hayley wasn't impressed so she turned her attention back to her first years and led them out of the Great Hall up to Ravenclaw Tower.
Soon Lily found herself lying in the girls' dormitory. It was filled with unusually quiet eleven year old girls who she probably should talk to but all she could think were Crawford and Seth and what they were doing without her.