Author's Note: Ok I'm sooooooo sorry that I haven't updated in months, but as a Christmas present (for those of you who celebrate it.) I have put up this little chapter. Hope you enjoy! =]
The First Years headed up to the castle following the huge man. When they reached a wooden door they stopped. Severus looked around and saw the two boys from the boat at the back of the crowd talking and joking with each other. He sent them a look of dislike and turned back to Lily. She was biting her lip nervously the door opened and a women appeared with her hair back in a bun, her lips were a thin line and you could tell immediately that she was not someone to cross.
She brought them into the castle and told them about the houses. Severus wasn't paying much attention until it was time to be sorted. They entered the Hall and there were many gasps of surprise as the new students saw the Great Hall for the first time.
They walked after the Professor and stopped in a relative line. Everyone in the hall was staring at a hat on a stool. Severus and Lily looked at it too. Suddenly the hat broke out in song. Lily was so surprised she had never seen such a normal looking thing do something so un-normal.
When the hat finished it's song everyone applauded, so the first years joined in. Then the strict-looking Professor started to read names off of a list. The students that were called would sit on the stool and the hat would call out a house. Severus saw the one boy, Sirius walk up and be placed in Gryffindor, so he broke the tradition, good, he didn't want to be in the same house as him. Severus continued to watch and he saw the boy from the train earlier get sorted into Gryffindor as well.
As the Professor got closer and closer to 'Evans' both Lily and Severus were getting nervous. Finally she called out "Evans, Lily" and the redhead walked up to the stool. She sat there for a little while before the hat opened its mouth. Severus watched nervously.
"GRYFFINDOR!" His heart sank. No, no, no. Not Gryffindor. If she couldn't be in Slytherin then at least Ravenclaw, that would be ok, but not Gryffindor. She gave him a sad smile and went to sit with her housemates. Severus didn't pay any attention to the rest of the people until his name was finally called. He saw Lily watching attentively and he sat down on the stool.
Hmmm… Very cunning, I see. Also a sharp mind. But where to put you?
"Slytherin, Slytherin, Slytherin." Severus repeated in his head over and over.
Slytherin eh? Very well.
"SLYTHERIN!" He smiled at Lily one more time, and went to sit with his table. A boy with long blonde hair came up to him and started talking to him. Maybe it won't be that bad, we can still see each other, I guess…