Stepping off of the train onto the ground, a nice autumn breeze blows through his blue hair, messing it up even further than it already was. Teddy looks around, searching for the friendly half-giant that use to babysit himself and the Potter twins, when they were younger. Teddy spots him, a head and shoulders over the 7th years.
"Firs' years over here! Firs' years! C'mon follow me ter the boats" Hagrid bellows turning around and walking towards the dock, the massive lantern in his hanging swinging.
"Let's share a boat"
Teddy turns his head to see the red haired girl from the compartment, walk up to him with James and Remus. He nods his head before turning around to continue to walk to the boats, He would have spoken to her, if it wasn't for the fear of stuttering from the nerves that are racking his body right now.
Teddy had considered not going to Hogwarts. He was scared he was going to be judged for being a werewolves son as well as being a metamorphmagus. He doesn't want to be bullied for being different.
James, as if sensing Teddy's fear, turns around from his conversation with Ecko to whisper "Hey, you'll be fine. You have Remus and I. I Promise" patting Teddy on the back before stepping onto the boat to join Ecko and Remus. Teddy smiles and steps onto the boat as well.
The ride on the boat was quiet, people too anxious to talk. "Yeh'll get yer firs' sight o' Hogwart in a sec" Hagrid called over his shoulder
Just as Hagrid said, a few seconds later a huge wave of gasps and wows were heard as people gazed at the glorious sight in front of them. There stood on a cliff was a magnificent castle. Windows sparkling like stars and towers standing tall, scratching the sky with it's pointed roofs. No clouds were visible in the sky so stars were burning brightly overhead making the scene just more special.
A splash from the right makes Teddy jump in his seat and whip his head to the side seeing a huge black tentacle splash above the water before a squid head the size of the head of an elephant comes splashing out of the water swimming up beside the boat. Teddy reaches his hand out and pats the squid , it's eyes close for a few seconds before they open again and it retreats back into the depth of the dark black water.
Disappointment floods into him as he watches it go only to look forward again to see them entering a small cave at the base of the cliff. The boat slow down and carefully people begin to climb out.
"Follow me" A strange man says standing at the bottom of the stairs, holding a scruffy, old looking cat with intense red eyes. "I'll take you to the Great Hall." The man turns around creeping up the stairs, the cat leaping out of his arms to follow him, shooting a look over it's shoulder.
The patter of footsteps were the only thing heard walking up the stairs, people too scared of the man and the cat to say a word. Teddy was anxious, not wanting to make a noise and bring attention to himself.
The walk up the stairs probably only took a few seconds but with the quietness and tension made it feel like a few hours. At the top of the step stood a tall man with short brown hair and brown eyes, his hands stuffed into the pockets of his brown cloak. He was slouched with an expression of boredom on his face. When he sees first years walking up to him, he quickly straightens himself up dusting himself off. The look of boredom is quickly replaced with a look of pure excitement.
"Hey, Uncle Neville" Remus says with a small smile.
"Nice to see you Remus, James, Teddy" Neville says nodding at the three boys, his smile widening at the sight of them.
"Alright" Neville says loudly so that all the first years can hear him "I'm Professor Longbottom, the herbology professor. The sorting ceremony will start soon in front of the school. Please prepare yourselves."
Whispering breaks out over the students, people trying to guess what the ceremony is. Nerves start to flood through Teddy like a tidal wave. He was never told what the sorting ceremony was, his Grandmother Andromeda wanting it to be a surprise for him. 'In front of the school' he thought 'What would we have to do? Will it be embarrassing?'
Snapping back into reality he watches as Neville pushes the doors wide open leading them into the great hall. A thousand sets of eyes turn towards the scared first years as they march through the doors. At the end of the agonizingly long walk between what looks like the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw tables, stood a three legged stool with an old, torn hat with a rip across front. Teddy's heart start to pound in his chest, confused as to what is happening. Why is there an old hat there?
Teddy jumps as the rip across the front opens up. Two others also open to form two eyes and a mouth. The mouth begin to move and before Teddy's eyes and to his amusement the hat begins 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 Gryffindors 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 old 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 folks 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!"
Shock and relief flooded through Teddy. 'Nothing too embarrassing at least. Now I just have to deal with the stares' He thought, though the anxiety and nerves still ran through him.
"Quiet please. When you're name is called you will come up to the stand. Sit of the stool and I will place the hat upon your head and it will sort you into your house" Neville announced out over the whispering voices of the hall.
"Atchison, Carter" Neville said while a small boy, with dirty blonde hair walks up to the stool shaking as he sits down. After a few seconds of contemplation the mouth of hat opens up a yells out "RAVENCLAW!"
Teddy zones out for the next few names getting trapped by his own thoughts. 'What will they think of me? Will they judge me because of my dad? Of my mum? Of my hair? How will they treat me?'
"Jemstone, Analla" Teddy was snapped out of his thought as a girl pushes past him, quickly apologizing she scurries up to the stool and sits down. Teddy would have gone back to his thoughts, if it wasn't for his eyes catching sight of the girls bright purple hair. Watching her face closely, he notices a flash a light grey cross over her eyes. Fear. Teddy knew what that meant, he has the same thing happen to him when he feels a strong emotion. She is just like him, he is not alone.
'I want to be her friend' Teddy thought, but somewhere in the back of his mind said 'maybe more.' He was shocked by that thought, but now that he looked at her more thoroughly he noticed that she was in fact a very beautiful girl. 'She wouldn't go for someone as me.' He sighs and watches as the girl gets sorted into her house.
"HUFFLEPUFF!" The hat yells. A smile breaks out onto Analla's face as she jumps up to run to the house that had erupted in cheers. Teddy couldn't help but think that her smile was pretty.
"Lupin, Teddy" hushed whispers take over the hall by his name being called. Nerves take over his being as he walks up to the stool. He sits down facing the crowd of curious eyes just before his vision is covered by the brown material of the hat.
'Hmmmm…. Is this a Lupin I see, -ahh with a bit of Tonks. Very much like your parents. Brave and a cunning prankster, something you get from you father, but clumsy too and a metamorphmagus, just like your mother. You're loyal, very loyal, and would fight for those you care about. I guess it's got to be…
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
Teddy jumps up, a massive smile embellishing his face as he runs down the steps towards the Hufflepuff house. He glances over to Remus and James to see them cheering and hollering along with the Hufflepuffs, looks of pride adorning their face.
Sitting down next to Analla, Teddy reaches his hand out to her's "Hi, I'm Teddy" he says happily.
"Analla" she says with a shy smile, shaking his hand.
"Scorpius Malfoy" Neville yells over the crowd after the excitement had calmed down.
Teddy and Analla turn their head towards the front to see the platinum blonde haired boy walk up to the stage. Slytherin already standing up to cheer expecting the hat to choose straight away become confused when after a minute that hat still hadn't decided.
At last "SLYTHERIN!" The hat yelled to the pleasure of the the Slytherin house.
"Of course he gets into Slytherin" Teddy mumbles
"Why do you say that?" Analla asks quietly turning towards Teddy.
Teddy turns to Analla shocked that she would talk to him at all. "His family has been in Slytherin forever, It's not that shocking that he's in Slytherin"
"Oh, it's just on the train he was really nice," she says quietly, turning back to pay attention "That's the girl that was sitting in the cabin with Scorpius"
"Nott, Katerina" Sitting on the stool right now was a girl with blonde hair and a smirk on her face. Neville slowly started to lower the hat onto her head and just as the hat touched her forehead it cried out;
"SLYTHERIN"
"Now that one makes sense" Analla mumbles under her breath. After the look of confusion Teddy sends her she explains "She was really awful to the muggleborn friend I made and she just gave off the Slytherin aura"
"Potter, James" Whispers spread throughout the hall again but this time they were excited ones. 'Everyone wants Harry Potter's kids in their house' Teddy thought with a sigh.
"GRYFFINDOR!" Loud cheers break from the Lion's table as James swaggers over to it.
"Potter, Remus" Dead silence now. Everyone anxious to see if they get the last remaining Potter in their house. Teddy looked around and saw some people not really paying much attention. 'They probably think they're gonna be in the same house' he thought 'They're way too different to be in the same house though'. Turning his attention back to the front, he waits for the verdict.
"RAVENCLAW"
Shock and happiness erupts from the Ravenclaw table. Teddy watched as Remus walked over the table a large smile on his face. Teddy scans the crowd for James to see him clapping for Remus with a proud smile on his face, bringing a smile to Teddy's face.
"Rose, Emilia"
"That's the girl Katerina was mean to" Analla mutters to Teddy. He nods and goes back to paying attention to the sorting.
After a few minutes of hushed whispers and silence, the voice calls over the hall "RAVENCLAW!" Teddy watches as the Ravenclaw table and Analla cheer for her as she walks over to the table.
"Scylla, Ecko" Teddy watches as the redhead walks confidently up the stairs and sits on the stool. After a minute of contemplation the hat finally screams out;
"GRYFFINDOR!"
"I figured" Teddy thought to himself
"Why do you say that?" Analla says softly to him
"I said that out loud didn't I?" Analla nods in response "She sat with my friends and I on the train. Her personality is just very Gryffindor like, if you talk to her you would understand." he said in a hushed tone.
They were both silent as the last few names were called out. After the last name Teddy watched Neville take the stool and the hat to the side of the hall.
An elder lady with emerald green robes and her hair tied back into a slick bun, stands up from the middle seat. Her thin lips stretched into a small smile at the familiar names of the first years. "My name is Professor Mcgonagall and I am the Headmistress. I am here to welcome you, the new comers to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. To the older years, welcome back. I have few announcements but they can wait till we eat. For now, dig in."
She waves her hand through the air and all different types of foods appear in front of them. Teddy smiles brightly and starts to eat some of the delicious food, thinking 'Maybe this year won't be so bad'.