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Chapter Three: The Moment of Truth
The time had come. Dinner had just finished, and all of the students that were not going to be put under the Hat filed out of the Great Hall. The remaining students sat at their respective tables, either nervous and afraid, seemingly unconcerned and calm, outraged about the coming change, or tense but resigned to whatever would come. Among the tense and resigned was Harry. He sat at the Gryffindor table, staring at the table's centerpiece and ignoring the concerned questions of Ron and Hermione. The Headmaster began to call out names, and the students called walked up to the three-legged stool near the teachers table, put the bedraggled hat on their heads, and waited for the verdict.
There wasn't much change. Crabbe was resorted into Hufflepuff, Terry Boot was put in to Slytherin, and Colin Creevey and Goyle were put into Ravenclaw. Some of the changes were expected (Terry boot), but some of them baffled the mind (Goyle…in Ravenclaw? who knew?). Crabbe being resorted only made sense when you thought about it really hard. After all, had not Crabble followed Malfoy around like a lost puppy for all those years?
More names were called without consequence. Then came the moment that Harry had been waiting with baited breathe for.
"Potter, Harry"
Harry stiffened in his seat, wiped his sweaty hands on his black robes, and composed himself. I might as well go out with a bag, Harry thought.
Harry stood up, walked to the far end of the Slytherin table, and sat down. The badge on his left breast instantly changed from the boisterous colors of red and gold to elegant silver and green.
The students and teachers stared; the Sorting Hat cackled.
"Smart move, old boy", said the Sorting Hat
Harry ignored him. He instead looked up at the Hall's enchanted ceiling as it changed from an optimistic blue to an angry and cloudy gray sky with rolling thunder and flashing lightening
At those words, the Great Hall exploded with sound. No one had expected that. Harry James Potter was the epitome of all things Gryffindor!! Had there been a mistake? Had he fooled them all? Was he one of those slimy snakes?
Harry fought to keep from looking up at his friends, fearing their condemnation. He could practically feel their eyes on him. He could just imagine what they were thinking. Ron, he knew, would be devastated. He reacted badly to all things Slytherin, for in his mind, Slytherin equaled Dark magic, and Dark magic is what Death Eaters used, and Death Eaters were evil. Therefore Slytherins were evil. It was a warped ideology that could only be applied in a world of black and white, but it suited Ron just fine.
Hermione's reaction, however, would be harder to determine. She...she was different. Her intellectual heft was on par with wizards thrice her age, and she was a strong advocate for all things just. There was one fatal flaw with her, however. She hated not knowing things, hated being left out of the loop, hated not being the first to put the clues together to solve the puzzle.. She would probably be furious because she hadn't expected anything. She might even say a mistake had occurred because she had not suspected it; nevertheless, Harry still hoped that they would accept this new development. He would just have to wait and see.
As Harry contemplated his friends' reactions, the student body and faculty went wild. The rest of the sorting was finished without a hitch and with haste. At the head table, Dumbledore briefly frowned to himself before popping a lemon drop in his mouth. His sill grin returned with a vengeance, and he stood up to make a final announcement.
"As many of you have by now noticed, I did not announce the DADA teacher at the welcoming feast. I am afraid that my chosen teacher has still not arrived, but he will be here by the time classes begin. Since I know you are all anxious to know the name of the aforementioned professor, I will tell you he is now……Remus Lupin.
The students rejoiced, all thoughts of Harry Potter banished from their minds(for now, at least).
Read & review. Sorry I took so long to update (school drama).
The people I mentioned being resorted are not the only ones that were put into a new house…they were just the only ones that were of consequence to me.