The four girls rushed from their boat into the great hall. They were all wet and rather cold but they didn't mind because this was the opportunity of a lifetime! Ellie looked around and felt very small inside of the huge castle. How could she ever fit in here? Then she looked at her friends and she was okay.
A witch in green robes named professor Mcgonagall was making the first years line up in alphabetical order, then they went into the dining Hall to be sorted. All of the girls thought of all of the things they might have to do to be sorted. what if they couldn't do them and they were sent home? They exchanged an agonizing glance!
Soon the sorting started, and Veronica had to go first. Because of her last name, Ambrose, she was first in alphabetical lists of their entire year. She was so scared her legs almost gave out. She looked back at her friends and they gave her thumbs ups and beautiful smiles! she tried to be brave. she put the hat on her head. A voice in her ear said "HELLO VERONICA!" "How do you know my name?" she asked, but with her mind, because the hat could understand thoughts.
"I know everything, I'm looking in your brain! Now, lets see what house to put you in! Your kind and loyal so you can't be in Slytherin! You're brave, maybe you should be a gryffindor. your also very smart, you could be a ravenclaw. But most of all, you have a golden heart of kindness and love. You are so loved by all, and would be even if you didn't possess such unnatural beauty." At this Veronica blushed a little. Just because it was true didn't mean the hat had to SAY it! "I think Hufflepuff should be your house." The hat shouted it to the crowd and everyone cheered. Veronica skipped gracefully down to the Hufflepuff table and waited for her friends.
After a while it was Ellie's turn. She put the hat on her head and was plunged into total darkness as the hat obscured her brown locks of hair. 'Hello there, I am the Sorting Hat" "How do you do" Ellie asked. "I'm wonderful, but very old. Now onto your sorting! My, my, so many good features. Like your friend Veronica (yes I know who your friends are haha) you are very beautiful, kind, and just. Yet, you possess a special spark of brilliance, like your mind figures stuff out a mile a minute. Nothing is a challenge to your advanced wit. You shall be (and now the hat was talking out loud) RAVENCLAW!!!"
Ellie was happy to hear this, but heartbroken that she and veronica were separated! They exchanged a look, then Ellie went to her table, hoping Neon and Lucy would be Ravenclaws, too.
As she was thinking this, Neon was called. She scowled at the sound of her given name, Aoife. She too put the hat on her head and listened. "Hello! What house should you be in hmm........" the hat said. You are different from your friends. Though not lacking in beauty, you are ambitious. You could go far, even if it meant betraying your friends." "NO!" Neon screamed in her head. "Ah, then maybe Hufflepuff for you..... ah, but it would be a shame to waste such a personality......" Neon wanted to cry. "Not to worry, you have many other characteristics, like smarts and dancing abilities. But you are a... SLYTHERIN!!!"
The whole hall cheered and Neon went to her seat. The four girls all looked at each other. They were in different houses, and now Lucy was up. Did this mean the end of their friendship? They each felt a dagger of emotion at this thought. Then Lucy was trying on the hat. "You are a special one " it said to her. "I am?" she said. She was too humble to have had this thought before. "Yes, wise beyond your years, soon to be very advanced in school, i think! You care about others, and you're funny and brave. Most of all, you are beautiful. Are you sure you're only eleven??!!" Lucy rolled her eyes. People said this all the time. "Your greatest feature is your bravery. You would stand up to anyone, even Voldemort!" You are a GRYFFINDOR!!!!!
The whole hall cheered. Soon the sorting was over and it was time to eat.