As It Was and You Were

Chapter Fifteen

Drumroll

The doors opened slowly until they were parallel with the tables. Four people were standing in the doorway. The light immediately shone lighting them up as if they were gods. Which they weren't. Just four students. There were three girls and one boy. All of them were very attractive. As is required of new people.

"I hope you will join me in welcoming them to our school," Dumbledore began clapping enthusiastically, he was the only one. He also let a few whoops. The students gradually began clapping until there was a light smattering of applause around the hall.

The four students had awkwardly walked forward to the staff table, looking around at the faces that now stared at them. Professor McGonagall had already placed a stool and the Sorting Hat in front of the tables. The hat moved and a small rip was moving that appeared to be its mouth. It commenced to sing.

Don't be alarmed
Don't be afraid
Just come on up
Upon my stage
Here you'll sit
Beneath my brain
Have you lice?
Please refrain
The four houses
As you four stand
Here they are
Aren't they grand?
Hufflepuff all
For sincere folks
Gryffindor group
Will brave your jokes
Ravenclaw those
Who like their books
Slytherin though
Aren't strong on looks
Now you've heard
Of our mighty band
Walk on up
Give them a hand

The school erupted into applause. The hat bent at the middle as if it was taking a bow. Then grew still again. The hall waited in anticipation. Professor McGonagall beckoned to the students and they drew closer. She spoke in a low voice so that most of the hall couldn't hear.

Peter, who was bored, was playing with a spoon. He placed a small toffee in the cupped bit and drew it back. He let it go and the toffee went flying through the air and hit Severus Snape on the back of the head. He jerked forward and his face ended up in the cake that was on his plate at that moment. A few people saw this and began laughing. Peter the hardest of all.

Snape cleaned the cake off of his face and picked up a pumpkin. He took out his wand and flicked in a circular motion then toward Peter. The pumpkin went flying through the air and landed on his head. The carved face as a mask in font of his own face. Remus turned around and saw him. He guffawed and nudged James and Sirius and they both could barely contain themselves. They burst out laughing it echoed all around the silent hall.

"Sirius Black and James Potter!" Professor McGonagall looked infuriated.

"Why Professor McGonagall! It's Halloween! Laughing is one of the most common sounds of jollity at this time of year! Surely you can't apprehend us for such a crime!" Sirius stood up and took a bow, "Do you not agree Headmaster?"

Dumbledore, who was at that moment attempting to balance his and Professor Flitwick's cup, looked up confusedly. Comprehension appeared on his face. "Most definitely! Quite right," He gestured his arms widely and the cups went flying onto the ground. "Has anyone seen the bathroom?" he asked loudly. The school was laughing within a matter of seconds.

"Alright settle down!" called Professor McGonagall. She held the scroll of parchment out so she could see. Minerva was finding it difficult to read lately she had recently had cataract surgery and was steadily going blind as a bat. She read the first name aloud.

"Elvira Stephanie Mary-Jane Richards!" One of the girls walked forward, her blonde hair fluttering. She turned and smoothed her skirt before sitting. The hat was placed on her head.

All this time most of the male majority hall had been admiring her beauty. Not a hair out of place, shocking blue eyes and a figure of curvaceous perfection. She waited patiently. The hat finally screamed out "Ravenclaw!" most of the students jumping in surprise for it had been deathly silent while she had been sitting. A few plates clattered to the ground and those who had decided to take a sip in the silence collapsed onto the ground, choking on their beverage.

Elvira stepped down and handed the hat to Professor McGonagall amidst mad applause from the Ravenclaw table. She cleared her throat once more. "Michael Calvin Sebastian Richards!" the boy walked up and repeated the process. He looked very similar to his sister; the eyes, hair colour the figure though was different. What with him being a male. Instead his body was toned and muscly. Although how anybody could tell was impossible. It was hidden beneath the standard black robes.

"Ravenclaw!" the hat shouted. The boy strode to the table, most of the girls cheering wildly. A few of them exchanging appreciative glances.

There were two girls left standing. One of them, a pretty black-haired girl, seemed unable to contain herself and was fidgeting incessantly and somehow seemed to be laughing inwardly. The other was slightly shorter and didn't seem to have moved at all. She was like a statue. One of the first years sitting close to her, poked her back to check if she really was a statue. She turned and frowned at him. The first year gulped and twisted away.

"Cordelia Michelle Luckson," the black-haired girl moved toward the stool.

Within a few moments the hat shouted "Gryffindor!" and the table went up in cheers and applause. She walked up the spaces between the tables and sat next to Lily. She smiled at her and looked to the front where the last girl was about to be called. She didn't notice Sirius Black watching and falling madly in love with her by the minute.

"Claire Elizabeth Flemming," Remus sat up and paid attention. She was the most beautiful girl he had ever actually looked at. He liked her so much he forgot his own name.

The hat then yelled out "Gryffindor!" for the second and last time that night. The table applauded loudly and the hat was taken away.

James turned to Sirius and Remus. "Don't they usually read out the last names first and completely forget about the middle names? And since when have we ever had students who come to the school halfway through term?" Sirius and Remus didn't seem to have noticed anything that James had said. Neither did Peter, he was too busy licking the pumpkin off himself. James looked over to where Lily was sitting. She was currently engaged in conversation with the two new Gryffindor girls who had conveniently sat themselves on either side of her.

"Let's be best friends," said Cordelia smiling like someone had just shoved a pole up her backside and she was smiling in pain and couldn't get her face out of that expression. "We'll have so much fun together! I'm slightly rebellious but also very pretty and I will play up your rebellious side because I'm rebellious!"

"I'd like to be your friend too," said Claire however she said it quietly. So quiet in fact that Lily was tempted to conjour up a hearing aid. "I'm quiet and pretty so people don't take much notice of me so you can confide all your problems in me and I'll console you and always be there,"

Lily didn't quite know what had come over her but for some reason she just said; "Sure."

And that was that.

So what'd you think? I tried very hard to get a good Sorting Hat song. I hope it was good. Please give me a review. Sorry about any mistakes. My computer has been acting up. Cheerio.