Disclaimer: Harry Potter belongs to J.K. Rowling
Author's Note: This story takes place during the years that Harry Potter is at Hogwarts, and although Sophie, Anna, and Harry may become close from being it the same house, it will not revolve around Harry. I hope to update at close to once a week, hopefully with longer chapters. I know that these last few chapters have been extremely short, but I hope to elongate them soon.
Special Thanks to Mitchsen and BluAsh54.
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Chapter 3: The Sorting and the Feast
The entire way to Hogwarts, Sophie and Anna had talked, joked, and laughed. They realized that they had much in common, from favorite color to favorite food. When the train ride had ended, and both girls had gotten off at the station, they found a giant man waiting to escort the first years to school by boat. Their first sight of the school had them both in awe.
Sophie's jaw dropped open the moment she saw the school. "A castle! Our school is a castle!" she exclaimed upon seeing it.
"Yeah, I know," Anna responded.
"You knew! It's so…so…big," Sophie said speechless.
"Uh, yeah, it is. Castles usually are big, you know," Anna said, rolling her eyes at how silly her friend was being.
"Well…uh… yeah. I know that. I was just…making sure that you did," Sophie said trying to hide how surprised and excited she was about going to school in a castle. "Hey, look over there," she said, pointing near the lake.
"What is it?" Anna asked looking close to the water.
As she looked down at the water, Sophie splashed some of the freezing lake water at her.
"Hey!" Anna exclaimed upon being splashed with the cold water.
"What? I didn't do anything. I just pointed out the lake," Sophie responded, playing innocent. Anna once again rolled her eyes at Sophie.
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The rest of the ride passed by, and finally the first years were in the castle. They walked up the stairs to see Professor McGonagall waiting for them. She explained the houses and what they meant to the awaiting students, and then left them to think for a few moments. The instant she left, quiet chattering broke out.
"Anna, that teacher was Professor McGonagall. She's a little weird. She can turn into a cat! A cat!" Sophie said.
"That isn't that odd. Plenty of witches and wizards turn into animals. She is an animagus," Anna said, constantly surprised by how little Sophie knew about the wizarding world.
"Oh…well how was I supposed to know? I'm new!" Sophie said, fed up with how little she actually knew.
Finally the professor came back and said that everyone was ready for them. As the new students walked into the Great Hall, Sophie noticed a little nook off on the side of the hall. 'I must remember what a good hiding spot that is,' she thought to herself as they passed by.
Although she thought nothing could be as amazing as the first glimpse of the castle, Sophie was happy to be mistaken. Candles floated above the tables, the ceiling looked like the outside sky, and the whole room was decorated in many different colors. Overall, it was the most magical and amazing thing she had ever seen.
Professor McGonagall told them that their names would be called, then they had to put on a hat which would sort them into their house. She began with Hannah Abbott, who was quickly sorted into Hufflepuff. Before Sophie knew it, her name was being called.
"Balatro, Sophie," the professor called, and Sophie hurried up the steps to be sorted.
When the hat was placed on her head, it began to speak to her.
"Ah, very cunning. You might fare well in Slytherin. Definitely not Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff though. However, you have plenty of courage, definitely daring, maybe a little too much. Yes, you would do well in Gryffindor,' the hat said to Sophie, then aloud declared "Gryffindor" to the school.
The hall was full of happy clapping as the first Gryffindor of the year was sorted. Following Sophie was Susan Bones, who was sorted into Hufflepuff. A few students later, Anna was called up.
"Morgan, Annalisa" the teacher called.
The moment the hat touched her head, Anna was announced as a Gryffindor. Anna immediately came to the Gryffindor table, and sat down next to her new friend.
Before either of them could speak to each other, Harry Potter was called up, to the amazement of almost the whole school. He was sorted into Gryffindor, and the clapping of the Gryffindor house was so loud, it was a surprise that the ceiling didn't collapse from the force of it. Harry walked down and sat near the two girls.
The school clapped as the last few students were sorted. Finally the feast began.
"Anna, you're in Gryffindor too! We're in the same house!" Sophie exclaimed as the feast started.
"Yeah! We're going to have so much fun! I had hoped that I would be in Gryffindor, my parents had been sorted here too," Anna replied happily.
As they started to eat, Harry came to talk to them.
"So, you two got sorted into Gryffindor too. Did the Hat talk to you also?" Harry asked the two girls after introducing himself.
As Anna shook her head no, Sophie nodded vigorously.
"Yeah, it did! I told me that I might be ok in Slytherin, but I definitely wouldn't be in Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff. It thought I would do best here," Sophie said. Then she concluded, "and it also told me that it likes sparkly balloons and meatballs."
Harry nodded politely to the first part, but he became surprised and unbelieving when she said that that the hat liked balloons and meatballs.
A boy sitting next to Sophie looked at her, then asked "Really? The Sorting Hat likes meatballs too! My name is Dean Thomas by the way, "he added quickly. Then he said excitedly "I'm going to bring it a meatball! Maybe it'll eat it!"
Dean quickly forked a meatball, then rushed up to where the Sorting Hat was and tried to feed it. All the teachers and students stopped eating and quietly looked at the boy who was trying to feed a hat. Professor McGonagall got out of her seat and began to walk towards Dean, confused what he was doing.
As the Professor was walking, Anna turned away from the teacher, student, and hat, to face Sophie, who could hardly contain her laughter. "The Sorting Hat didn't actually say that it like sparkly balloons and meatballs, did it?" she asked her friend.
Sophie quickly shook her head no, as she couldn't speak without erupting in laughter. Both girls attention was immediately drawn to the Professor McGonagall as she began screaming at Dean.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN 'SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT THE SORTING HAT LIKES MEATBALLS'! IT IS A HAT, HOW COULD IT EAT SOMETHING!" the irate Professor screamed at the boy.
"Someone told me that it like meatballs, and I thought that if it could talk, it might eat too," the embarrassed and frightened child responded.
"WHAT POSSESSED YOU TO THINK THAT!? IT IS A HAT! MAGIC MADE IT TALK! IT IS NOT ALIVE!" Professor McGonagall screamed at the poor boy. She concluded in a strained calm voice," Mr. Thomas, please go sit down at your House's table."
Dean quickly scampered away from the irate Professor to take his seat.
The Great Hall was filled with chatter following Dean sitting down. He turned toward Sophie, who looked like she was about to explode with laughter, and embarrassed, told her, "That wasn't funny." Before turning way to talk to a boy next to him.
Anna looked to her friend, then said, "That was a little mean you know. He's new just like us."
"It was a little funny," Sophie said as she shrugged. "I didn't think that he would actually believe me. He'll forgive me soon."
Harry moved down to talk to one of his friends after talking with them for a little bit.
The feast slowly ended as everyone ate their fill. The Headmaster gave a few announcements then some warnings, of which Sophie barely listen to, and then ushered them off to their common rooms.
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Any reviews are welcome. Please review and/or favorite. Also, if anyone has any ideas for pranks that Sophie will play, please leave a review with it. I hope that this story will last into all seven years, so if you can think of a prank for another year, it is welcome also.
And Anna's last name-Morgan- isn't translated into anything related to her that I know of, I just chose it randomly.