As they walked to the front of the Great Hall everyone in the room stopped and looked at all the new first years.
As they reached the end of the hall, McGonagall left them there to await their sorting as she took her place in the headmistress spot. Many of the children were nervously rocking back and forth on their feet as they waited for the scroll to be unravelled and the first name to be read out.
As Professor Longbottom calls the first name "Zoe Allian", a girl with tan skin and long brown hair stepped forward and sat down on the stool in from of everyone, Professor Longbottom placed the old sorting hat onto the girls head, the hat takes about a minute before it yells "HUFFLEPUFF!", Zoe jumps up off the stool and runs to the Hufflepuff table where everyone welcomes her with open arms.
"Daniel Brogad" A skinny boy with square glasses and gel parted hair runs up to the stool and just as he sits on the stool the hat yells "RAVENCLAW!" the boy gets up and walks confidently over to the Ravenclaw table.
After a while the next name called is "Scorpius Malfoy", Scorpius walks confidently up to the stool and sits down when the hat is placed on his head, Scorpius hears a voice saying 'hmm interesting, you are a Malfoy but the odd thing is that you don't seem to possess the usual traits of your previous family member, you have bravery within you, you are also cunning which is a good Slytherin trait but you are also very loyal to those around which is a Hufflepuff trait... hmm which house to put you in?' Scorpius was praying very hard to make sure that he got into Slytherin but really it was up to the hat to make its decision. 'Hmm well I think I have to go with... SLYTHERIN!" Scorpius breathed a great sigh of relief once Slytherin was called as he walks over to the Slytherin table and sits down with his new family.
Next up is "Emma Nott" a young girl with dark skin and dark hair, when she sat down and the hat fell over her eyes it only took about half a minute before the hat yelled "Ravenclaw" as the girl jumped off the stool and went to the next table, Professor Longbottom called the next name "Albus Potter". Albus walked up to the stool nervously and sat down, as he looked around the hall he could see his second year brother James, his cousins Louis, Dominique and Fred II sitting at the Gryffindor table giving him smiles as he sees them, he sees his cousin Victoire at the Ravenclaw table with her head girl badge on giving him a stern look, lastly he looks at the Slytherin table where his cousin Molly is sitting in her third year giving Albus a suspicious look like she knew something and where his new friend Scorpius is sitting waiting for the decision to be made.
Neville put the hat on his head, Albus heard the hat start to talk, 'Well I do see that you inherited you father and mothers bravery and courage which puts you in a good position for Gryffindor, you do have slight tendencies for Hufflepuff with you loyalty to others but not as much as that is a first choice, the last house that I see you in is for the cunning, ambitious student who want to achieve all that they can, Slytherin. Hmm now where to put you?'
Albus, now that he has thought about it, he doesn't really care about what house he is in regarding Syltherin or Gryffindor although the feeling that he doesn't truly belong in Gryffindor always lingered at the back of his mind, all of the thoughts left Albus' head when he heard the hat yell "SLYTHERIN" to the whole hall. Many gasps of shock could be heard about the room at this announcement, the first face he sought out when the hat was removed from his head was Rose, who had an enormous smile on her face which made Albus proud of the hats decision, the next person he sought out in the hall was his older brother James, who when Albus found him looked shocked, but not angry, which is probably due to the fact that Albus isn't the first Weasley/Potter to be sorted into Slytherin. The only thoughts really running through James mind was that at least Albus has family within his house and he isn't alone, he gave his brother a small smile to show that he wasn't angry or upset with him which calmed Albus down enough to sit down at the table with Scorpius, who shook his hand and with his cousin Molly who came and gave him a massive hug when he sat down.
Albus turns his attention back to the front and waits until he hears a very familiar name "Rose Weasley". Rose walks up with pride and certainty to the stool and sits down as Professor Longbottom places the sorting hat on her head. Rose hears the hats voice in her ear 'Well what do we have hear another Weasley eh?, well now where to put you, you have the bravery and courage for Gryffindor as well as the intelligence for Ravenclaw but you do tend not to focus on your study to much because it just comes naturally to you, so I guess the only place for you now is, GRYFFINDOR!'. As soon as the hat is removed from her head she looks quickly over to her best friend Al and gives him an encouraging smile as she walks over to the Gryffindor table with the majority of her family.
Once the sorting has finished and Professor Longbottom rolls up the scroll takes the hat and the stool back to its spot and then takes his seat at the teachers table, Headmistress McGonagall gives the beginning of the year speech, safety rules and other important notices, then as soon as she sits down a enormous feast emerges in front of everyone, all of the first years are so shocked at what they are seeing it takes majority of then about two minutes to start eating.