Thank you so much to those of you who read, reviewed, favourited and alerted the previous chapter! You all made me smile :) So, here is the next Sorting, and it may come as a surprise. Enjoy!
Evans, Lily
A talking hat! A talking hat! Oh, how wonderful is this? Can you hear me? Hello, Mr Hat, sir?
"Yes, yes, I can hear you. Muggleborn, I take it?"
Oh, yes. Is that going to be a problem?
"Not at all, my dear, not at all. Now, where to put you..."
What about Slytherin? Severus - you haven't met him yet, his surname's Snape - Severus says that he's going to be a Slytherin, and we're very much alike. We like all the same things. I'm really sorry, I'm rambling, but this is Hogwarts. I still can't believe it.
"Yes, I can see that. However, Miss Evans, I don't think you'll suit Slytherin."
No?
"No, no, definitely not. A Ravenclaw, perhaps, but I get the feeling that that would... bore you, if you will. You need a challenge. Yes, that's what you need. You have a thirst for knowledge, but that's not enough."
It isn't?
"No... now, usually, for a challenge, I would say Slytherin, but you're not proud, Miss Evans, nor are you sly. If I had to say anything, I'd say you were a Hufflepuff."
Severus said that Hufflepuff was the ... dumb house.
"And where is there evidence of that? Hufflepuffs are loyal, hardworking, just - all admirable traits, in my honest opinion. I think you would be proud to be in Hufflepuff. Great people have emerged from all four Houses, Miss Evans, and it would do you good to remember that."
Of course. I'm sorry.
"Not your fault. If this self-proclaimed Slytherin boy has been your only influence, I can see why you'd think that."
Severus isn't a bad person!
"I didn't say he was, my dear, but my issue, at this current moment, is not Mr Snape, but you. Now, let's look a little bit deeper... oh, yes. Look at that bravery! Look at the stubbornness, the chivalry! If you don't want Hufflepuuff, then I think I know just where to put you. Don't worry, Miss Evans; rest assured, you'll get your adventure."
Where-
"GRYFFINDOR!"