Chapter 23
Harry almost yanked the hat right off his head but he simply sat and let the hands continue to ruffle his hair.
'Be not afraid young Harry, i am just the Pokémon that professor Dumbledore put into the hat so that the magic of the hat doesn't deteriorate more then it has.'
Harry process the words for a minute before he address both the hat and the Pokémon currently fondeling his head.
'So your a mixture of Pokémon and magic meant to help the school sort future generations that might one day be able to repair you?'
Two chuckles echo in Harry's mind, one smooth as velvet with a curl of whiskey in it, the other a scratchy and croaky chuckle that sounded like it came from the age of shakespear.
'An astute observation for one so young, he definitely fits the criteria for Raveclaw with a mind like that wouldnt you say old John?'
The hat upon Harry's head shook slightly as if it was holding in a laugh.
'Yes i would say so, but his courage seems to far outstrip his intellect when it comes to doing what is right."
The fingers that played with his hair twirl a lock and after turning it into a curl, moves onto a new lock.
'I also see a feirce protectivness of those he deems as his, almost territorial as a Tyranitar with those he calls friend and family.'
The hat leaned heavily to the left almost moving Harry's head and making him almost topple from the seat as it seemed to ponder on something.
'But I sense ambition, a drive to stretch for the farthest heights this region can offer, a champions will to become the best.'
Harry finally grew tired of the two voices talking about him as if he wasn't there and decided to ask a question that had been bugging him since the hands first touched his head.
'What kind of Pokémon are you? And why are you in the hat? What is your name?'
Again two chuckles ring in his mind, and harry almost wanted to rip the hat of and just leave, but it was necessary to get his house.
'The answer to that second question is rather long and unfortunately we dont have much time to finish this, but to answer you first question, I am a Pokémon known as Yamask, and for your third question, thats a surprise.'
Harry was intrigued about this new Pokemon but they had to finish his sorting, so with reluctance he held back his questions and simple let them continue to read his mind. The hands and hat kept moving, the hands constantly changing Harry's hair to something new and something Harry could never do himself, while the hat almoat made him fall of the chair several times.
'I think we can agree on this old John.'
'Indeed it is the best place for him.'
Finally after almost three minutes, a voice rings throughout the great hall stopping all conversation and movement.
"Gryffindor!"
A silence hung over the great hall for all of a second, then with a sound like a shock wave, the Gryffindor tabel erupted in cheers, students from all years cheered, with a set of twins shouting the loudest with the words "We got Potter, we got Potter!"
Harry took the hat off, and placed it down on the stool, before he left he gave it a rough pat on the brim and walked over to the Gryffindor table heading to where his friends had made room for him. Along the way he recieved back pats and handshakes from everyone he passed before he finally made it to his friends.
Hermione sat to his left while Neville sat across from him, as he sat down Hermione seemed to be vibrating in her seat with unasked questions and once he was properly seated she wasted no time.
"what took so long, what did the voices speak to you about? Did they have a hard time sorting you because you had to many good qualities?"
Harry simply smiled and motioned for Hermione to calm down before he simply motioned towards the stool with the hat and simply told her "later" and with a huff she turned towards the front and watched the remaining students be sorted. Soon enough Ron was also sorted and came to sit to Harry's right as more student swhere sorted, none nearly as long as Harry's had been when the fianl student, someone named Balise was sorted to Slytherin.
As he finally sat down the head master stood up and motion for the students to quiet down before he spoke.
"I will not keep you from you meal much longer, so i will simply say Nitwit, Blubber, Oddment."
With that he simply smiled and sat down, the tables suddenly filled with food and drinks before the students even realized the table was filled, then everyone began fillong their plates to the brim with all the food they could fit. Ron was the main one to do so, stacking his plate high with plenty of fatty and greasy food, not taking a single vegetable or fruit, Hermione meanwhile had a balanced plate of fruits and vegetables equal to lean meat.
Harry of course didn't follow either of their paths, he simply took some bread and a steak with a small amount of multiple different vegetables.
As soon as some students finished filling their plates they released their Pokémon and started feeding them from their plates, soon the entire hall was filled with multiple Pokemon.
As far as Harry could tell, every student and even the facuilty released at most two Pokemon and feed them from their own plate before returning them to their balls and bringing out two more. So following everyone elses example Harry released John and Ria immediately and handed them his plate, at first the two didn't want to but after Harry put his foot down they began to eat as Harry simply just watched over them, reminding him of the old days.
After they finished eating Harry returned them and brought out Ivan and Hedwig, both seemed to have been told about what the other two experinced and simply just took the food and ate it without complaint.
Then it was finally Salazar and Morana, these two didn't even hesitate, of course unlike all the others, Salazar took place upon Harry's neck being fed small bits of meat and vegetables.
Morana just placed her head on Harry's shoulder and let herself be fed as the others all stared at the strangly colored lapras that the first year had, of course Harry didn't care and simply feed Morana some ice cubes. Soon enough all the food had been finished and then the plates had vanished leaving a clear and clean table, many students returned the Pokémon but some left them out so Harry and his friends kept theirs out simply talking and cuddling their Pokémon.
The headmaster stood up once more and the great hall fell silent as the headmaster took the podium and looked out amongst the students.
"Now that our bellies are full i can see a few of you are nodding off so i will not keep you nuch longer. I have a few start of term announcments starting with magic outside of classrooms and other designated areas is prohibited as a reminder by our caretaker mister Filch who also has a list of banned items nailed to his door for you all to read incase any of you have forgotten."
Some students seemed to just shrugg this announcmetn off loke it was the same old rule none of them followed.
"Second since we where revealed to the muggle world they have since asked to help with enhancing our curriculum, and this three new classes will be introduced this year lead by our newest professer, Ranger Holverson."
A man with dark brown hair and slate blue eyes stood up, he wore a dark green and brown vest over a light green and brown shirt, with long camouflage cargo pants and sturdy looking brown boots. He had a pair of thin framed brown glasses with green lenses on the end of his nose, a Pokémon sat atop his head, it was a small pink and green Pokemon with a bulb on the top of its head, its hands looked like white tipped blades of grass.
Professor Holverson took a small bow not displacing the Pokemon that sat upon his head before retaking his seat to the sounds of applause and a lot of talking.
"Thirdly, our school will be receiving a long awaited upgrade to our systems and technology."
Immediately and uproar began at the Slytherin table but Dumbledore simply spoke over them.
"This has been approved by the board of governors unanimously and has been almost completed throught most of the school leaving just the great hall to be renovated."
Thats when the older students around harry began to make comments about some of the odd things they had seen on their way to the hall from the entrance.
"Fourth, the forest and surronding islands are forbidden to all students, and some of our older students are in need of a reminder."
The twins from earlier stood up and took a bow before taking their seats to the laughter of the other students.
"Fifth and finally, the third floor coridor on the right hand side is out of bounds, to anyone who does not wish to die a most gruesome death."