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Chapter 3: The Sorting
When the first years made it to the Entrance Hall, there was a man with short wavy brown hair in a set of green and black robes waiting for them. He introduced himself as Professor Vicdelsha.
He led us to a small antechamber off the Great Hall. When we had all taken seats, he explained the house system, points system and general rules of the castle. After he finished his little speech, he lined us up in alphabetical order and led us through the wide doors of the great hall.
As we walked in, I kept my eyes firmly on my feet. As we got closer to the front of the hall where the teachers table was, I overheard Rose Weasley say that her mother had told her all about the magical ceiling of the Great Hall. When we stopped, I looked up in time to see Professor Vicdelsha set a three legged stool on the platform and set a rather old, raggedy looking hat upon it. A small rip formed at the hats seam and it started to sing.
'Oh, Oh, Oh, put me on and we will see where you ought to be.
You might belong in
Ravenclaw where intelligence and creativity and wit shine, "Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure".
You might belong in Gryffindor where courage and bravery abound, "Their daring, nerve and chivalry set Gryffindors apart".
If neither of these houses sound like you, you might belong in Hufflepuff where the hard working, patience and justice, and loyalty. We'll help you make your friends, "Those patient Hufflepuffs are true and unafraid of toil".
Or you might belong in Slytherin where ambition, leadership and cunning abound "Slytherin will help you on your way to greatness".
So put me on an we will see exactly where you ought to be, one more thing before I go, a message for those who have been through hardship don't let your past hold you down because if you do your just letting your demons consume you. Find a light and you will see that you will be happy.'
And with that final word the hat went silent. The professor picked up a scroll and unrolled it and began to call out names.
"RAVEN, REBECCA," a bubbly red head walked forward and sat on the stool. The hat was placed on her head and a moment later the hat shouted out "HUFFLEPUFF!" The table closest to my right let out a small cheer and hand claps The girl ran to a table with a yellow tablecloth and black placemats. I turned back around when the professor called out another name.
"LEE, CHYE," a boy with slightly Asian features walked up and sat down on the stool. The hat was placed over his head and the hat shouted "RAVENCLAW!" The Ravenclaws let out huge cheer for their new house mate. He jumped up from the stool with a big grin on his face and walked over to the Ravenclaw table and sat down.
After the hall quieted down professor Vicdelsha read the next name.
"KAYLEE, FINNING," a girl with long brown hair made her way up to the platform. The hat was placed on her head and let out a shout of "GRYFFINDOR!" She ran to a loud noisy table with a red tablecloths and gold place mats.
The Professor called out the next name.
"MALFOY, SCORPIUS,"
I took a deep breath and shook my head a bit to clear it and made my way up the three small steps. I noticed that my hands were shaking so I balled them into fists. When I sat down on the stool, I got my first look at the Great Hall. Everybody's eyes were fixed on me and I swallowed thickly as the Sorting Hat was placed on my head and covered my eyes.
"Well, well, well, who do we have here? Another Malfoy I presume?" I jumped when I heard the voice in my head.
"W-who are y-you?" I stuttered out and the voice chuckled and answered my question.
"Oh young Mr. Malfoy, I am the Sorting Hat. I can see in your mind the hardships and troubles and torments you've had." The hat paused for a moment and then said, "Yes yes definitely some torment and fear but deep, deep down I can see that you are brave. And I see that you want to be different then the rest of your family. Yes I remember your father when I sat upon his head. My first thought was house of serpents. To this day I regret not looking deeper into his mind and putting him in a different house. Although he probably wouldn't have turned out the way he did if circumstances hadn't been right. He's taught you better, I can see that. I can see that you love books, but learning isn't your life's path. You're creative and loyal but the house of the badger isn't right for you. HMMM your Slytherin traits are very weak. They are pushed into the background so I don't think the house of the snakes is a good fit for you either. What about?... No I don't think so. You're a very hard placement young Mr. Malfoy. You have a few of the traits from all of the house's but I think that you will be perfect in..." "GRYFFINDOR!"
The room went silent as professor Vicdelsha removed the hat from Malfoy's head. No one clapped as Scorpius made his way to the Gryffindor table.
When he sat down the professor called out the next name. Scorpius was still in shock that the hat placed him in Gryffindor, so he didn't hear the hat shout Gryffindor two more times. The next thing Scorpius knew, Rose Weasley and Albus Potter sat down on either side of him, nor did he register the food appearing and the feast beginning.
He came back to reality when someone handed him a bowl of mashed potatoes. He looked up and smiled with a nod of gratitude to Rose who nodded and smiled back. After eating a bit of grilled chicken and some mashed potatoes with corn, Scorpius looked up to the staff table. Sitting at the staff table was the new headmaster, Headmaster Frederick, and sitting to the man's right was Deputy Headmaster Vicdelsha, the professor who called the names for the sorting.
When the feast was through, the headmaster stood up and began to speak.
"Welcome back my students, for another wonderful year. Now, there have been a few changes to the staff this year. As most of you older students would probably know, at the end of last year professor Binns finally realized that he was a ghost and decided to cross over, so we have a new teacher for his position. Please help me to welcome the newest History of Magic Professor, Professor Patil."
She stood up and waved to the students and sat back down. The headmaster chuckled and explained. "you students almost had both Patil sisters as your professors but the other Patil lady has decided to write a book about magical twins." He chuckled again before inhaling and introducing the next staff member. We clapped as a kind of short man with black hair stood up. He was dressed in a set of dark gray robes. I could see a bit of laughter in his strange reddish-pinkish eyes, he smiled at us as he began speaking.
"Hello students, I am Professor Alistair Smith, I am a Medi-Wizard from America."
There were some whispers around the hall. The professor smiled and gazed out amongst the students and spoke again. "I have a special doctorate that certifies me as a mind healer," his gaze traveled around the hall, "so this year, the school governors have asked for assistance for your resident school Medi-Witch and thought it would be a good idea to teach a class all about the mind. That is the class I will be teaching. If anybody here feels like they need to talk about anything, please don't hesitate to approach me or send me an owl." We clapped as he sat down.
The headmaster stood up and excused us for the night. Tomorrow would be Saturday, so we had the weekend to get settled in.
The rest of the Gryffindor first years and I followed the Gryffindor prefect to Gryffindor Tower where we met our head of house.
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Authors note; so that was my sorting, what did you think? Sorry for the lame ass sorting hat song but that was the best I could do. Thank you for reading, Talk to you later
next chapter meeting the head of house
Alden frederick