Chapter Eighteen; New Friends
Tobey followed Hagrid and the rest of the crowd over to the boats when suddenly he turned his head to see another little boy walking next to him. He had slicked back curly black hair and chocolate eyes with dark skin. "Hullo." He said with a grin as the boy turned to look at him.
"Oh hullo." He said as he grinned back at him.
"What's your name?" Tobey asked him.
"Carlos Malcom." He replied. "What about you?"
"Tobey. Tobey Snape." He told him when suddenly his eyes widened with astonishment and disbelief.
"Tobey Snape? Aren't you Harry Potter's little brother?" he questioned.
"Yeah, and my father is the potions master here and head of Slytherin house." Tobey replied.
"I heard that the Slytherin is supposed to be the bad house. However I don't know for sure, I only found out that I was a wizard a few weeks ago." The other boy admitted.
"That's alright, my mother is muggleborn and so is one of my brother's friends. And Slytherin isn't really the bad house, it's just that a lot of the time the ones that are sorted into it choose to be bad." He explained as Carlos smiled at him.
"I like you, do you want to be friends?" he asked him as Tobey smiled back.
"Sure. Don't worry Carlos from this moment on you and I will stick together. And hopefully if we're lucky we'll even be sorted into the same house." Tobey told him as they climbed into the boat together where another little girl was already sitting. She had long black hair and dark black eyes with tanned skin. "Hi." Tobey began with a grin. "My name's Tobey and this is my new friend Carlos." He told her but the girl just simply turned her nose up at him and wrinkled it with disgust.
"I don't care." She said as Tobey and Carlos turned to look at each other.
"Somebody needs an attitude adjustment." Tobey said as Carlos nodded silently in response.
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Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville, and Luna stood up with everyone else as Professor McGonagall led the group of first years into the great hall. She had already explained about the different houses and the house cup. Now she was removing the sorting hat from its box and setting it up on top of the stool. Then it opened its mouth and started to sing.
"Oh you may not think I'm pretty but don't judge on what you see, for try me on and I will tell you where you ought to be." It sang.
"Now when I call your name I shall place the sorting hat on top of your head and you will be sorted into your houses." Professor McGonagall explained as she glanced down at her list and called out the first name. "Jeremy Booker!" she called out as a young boy with bright red hair as bright as Ron's and Ginny's ran up to the stool and was sorted into Gryffindor.
Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Neville applauded and cheered loudly as the hat called out their house's name. "Melissa Burger!" Professor McGonagall called as the next young girl was sorted into Hufflepuff. Then another little girl named Crystal Cook was also sorted into Gryffindor, Doris Day (which Harry thought was ironic) was sorted into Ravenclaw along with Lottie Fisher. She read through a few more names before finally getting to the M's.
"Alyssa Madison." She read as Tobey and Carlos turned their heads to see the nasty little girl that they had met on the boat run up to the stool and sat down. Professor placed the sorting hat on her head and she waited a few moments until the hat called out;
"Slytherin!" all of the other Slytherins cheered loudly for her as Professor McGonagall removed the hat from her head and she ran down to join her table.
"Serves her right." Carlos said with a scoff while folding his arms. "She's a right nasty piece of work that one." He said.
"Carlos Malcom!" Professor McGonagall called as Carlos gulped and nervously turned over to look at Tobey.
"Go on, you can do it." He reassured him as he slowly nodded before turning his head back around and walking over to the stool and slowly sat down as the hat was placed on top of his head.
"Right then, okay,.. I know just what to do with you." It began as Tobey crossed his fingers behind his back for good luck. "Gryffindor!" the hat called out as Carlos breathed a sigh of relief and McGonagall smiled while she removed the hat from his head. Carlos went to go join the Gryffindor table as they all cheered and applauded for him. Professor McGonagall called out a few more names before she got to the name that Harry, his father, and all of his friends had been waiting for.
"Tobias Snape!" she exclaimed as the room grew silent and sudden whispers broke throughout. To Harry it seemed like déjà vu. Except this time they were whispering about Tobey being his little brother and questioning the fact if he truly was Snape's son. Tobey took a deep breath as he sat down on the stool and the sorting hat was placed on the top of his head.
"Ah this is interesting, yes,.. I sorted your brother about several years ago. Boy how the time sure does fly. Anyway, luckily for me you're not as difficult to place as he was. Better be,.. Gryffindor!" he called out as Tobey's face lit up with excitement while a huge grin stretched a crossed his face. Not only was he in the same house as his new friend Carlos, but he was also in the same house as Harry. All of the other Gryffindors went wild. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny were whistling and cheering the loudest for Tobey as the hat was removed from his head and he quickly ran over to join them.