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Chapter 5 by Ragnockae136 Ragnockae136

The Sorting Ceremony and the Sorting Hat?

Yep

"Move along now," said a sharp voice. "The Sorting Ceremony's about to start." Professor McGonagall had returned shooing the ghosts. One by one, the ghosts floated away through the opposite wall. "Now, form two lines so that someone is besides you," Professor McGonagall told the first years, "And follow me." Harry and Ron were in front of you and Hermione was beside you. You walked out of the chamber, back across the hall, and through a pair of double doors into the Great Hall. It was lit by thousands and thousands of candles that were floating in midair over four long tables, where the rest of the students were sitting. These tables were laid with glittering golden plates and goblets. At the top of the hall was another long table where the teachers were sitting. Professor McGonagall led us up to the front you could feel the hundreds of faces staring at you.

You heard Hermione whisper, "Its bewitched to look like the sky outside. I read about it in Hogwarts, A History." It was hard to believe there was a ceiling there at all. Professor McGonagall silently placed a four-legged stool in front of you and the rest of the first years. On top of the stool she put a pointed wizard's hat. This hat was patched and frayed and extremely dirty. The hall was complete silence. Suddenly the hat twitched. A rip near the brim opened wide like a mouth, the hat began to sing about how he was smart and would be able to tell you which house you would be placed in.

'Will you be joined with.......Gryffindor, Where dwell the brave at heart, Their daring, nerve, and chivalry Set Gryffindors apart.' 'Or maybe.....Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffis are true And unafraid of toil.' 'Or will it be Ravenclaw, if you've a ready mind, Where those of wit and learning, Will always find their kind.' 'Or do you wish to join those Goose-Stepping Jerks in Slytherin, You'll make your real friends, Those cunning folk use any means, To achieve their ends.'

These seemed to be a description for each house more than a requirment. The whole hall burst into applause, giving you a shock, as the hat finished its song. It bowed to each of the four tables and then became quite still again.

"So we've just got to try on the hat!" You overheard Ron whisper. "I'll Fucking kill Fred, he was going on about Eight Months Pregnant Sumo Wrestling a troll." Grumbles Ron. This was much better than needing to perform spells to prove your Magical ability. Professor McGonagall now stepped forward holding a long roll of parchment. "When I call your name, you will put on the hat and sit on the stool to be sorted," she said. "Hannah, Abbott!" A pink-faced girl with blonde pigtails stumbled out of line, put on the hat, which fell right down over her eyes, and sat down. A moments pause --

"HUFFLEPUFF!" shouted the hat. The table on the right cheered and clapped as Hannah went to sit down at the Hufflepuff table. Harry saw the ghost of the Fat Friar waving merrily at her.

"Terry, Boot!"

"RAVENCLAW!" The table second from the left clapped this time; several Ravenclaw's stood up to shake hands with Terry as he joined them. "Lavender, Brown" Became the first of the first years to become a new Gryffindor, and the table on the far left exploded with cheers. "Millicent, Bulstrode" then became a Slytherin. Slytherin the traditional House for the Black family your still unsure if you can avoid it, after all you heard about i, it is Practically embedded in your family history and their beliefs.

You noticed, the hat shouted out the house immediately, but at others it took a little while to decide.

"Hermione, Granger!" Hermione brushed past you quickly as she pretty much ran to the stool and jammed the hat eagerly on her head. "GRYFFINDOR!" shouted the hat. You heard Ron's groan, he really didn't like the fact she had joined Gryffindor. "Neville, Longbottom" Was called a few laughs from the tables apeared, the boy who kept losing his toad, fell over on his way to the stool. Again you could hear a few of the students already at the tables laugh, The hat took a long time to decide with Neville. When it finally shouted, "GRYFFINDOR," Neville ran off still wearing it, and had to jog back amid more laughing from even more students.

"Draco, Malfoy!" Professor McGonagall called.You had heard about the Malfoy family that they were also pure-blood supremacist family like yours and also a known Slytherin family. Draco was a slender boy with sleek white-blond hair and a a pale complexion fit the description of the Malfoy's from what you had read, He moved forward when his name was called and it seemed got his wish at once: the hat had barely touched his head when it screamed, "SLYTHERIN!" He went to join his friends that were already sat at the table. 'What a Cock-Head!' You think.

There weren't many people left now. and when it came down to the last two it was You, Ron and Harry. "Harry, Potter!" You noticed people start paying attention Harry stepped forward, you heard whispers suddenly like little hissing fires all over the hall. "Potter, did she say? The Harry Potter?" The hat dropped on his head, people adjusting themselves to get a good look at him. The hat started to think, You saw Harry close his eyes like he was concentrating. "Not Slytherin, eh?" said the small voice. "Are you sure? You could be great, you know, it's all here in your head, and Slytherin will help you on the way to greatness, no doubt about that -- no? Well, if you're sure -- better be GRYFFINDOR!" you noticed how loud the cheer was, It was loudest cheer yet out of everyone. "Ronald, Weasley!" He looked sick when he heard his name, Ron placed the hat on a second later the hat shouted, "GRYFFINDOR!" You could hear his brothers cheer louder than the rest.

You had been left till last somthing you had Dreaded, "Finally Regulus Black!" McGonagall said with a little uncertainty, Just like what happend with Harry you noticed a roar of whispers "Black?" and you watched as faces started to concentrate on you, You stepped up to the stool and sat as the hat was placed upon your head. "Interesting... Your mind is not as plagued with conflit as I had expected it to be," The hat started to analyse you "Very Insightful, Very Brave, Very Loyal and Very Ambitious." The hat just mentioned a trait from each of the four Houses. "A talented young wizard without a Doubt ... You could go far, but where to place you. You will be a key to whatever house I place you in. This is an unusually difficult decision....

Which House? Is it Brave Gryffindor? Witty Ravenclaw? Patient Hufflepuff? Or the Dreaded Slytherin?

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