wild thing

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𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐀 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 that at least this year wouldn't be as bad as last year. But she was wrong.

So damn wrong.

As she and the other students sat at their house table for the start-of-term feast, she noticed a new face at the professors table. A very pink one.

"Why is there a flamingo at the Head Table?" Pavarti whispered as the first years entered the Great Hall.

"She must be the new defense against the dark arts professor." Lavender noted.

"No kidding. Forget defensive spells, were probably going to learn how to hold a teacup this year." Marina whispered.

Suddenly, the sorting hat started to sing its song.

In times of old when I was new
And Hogwarts barely started
The founders of our noble school
Thought never to be parted: United by a common goal,

They had the selfsame yearning,
To make the world's best magic school And pass along their learning.
"Together we will build and teach!"
The four good friends decided
And never did they dream that they
Might someday be divided,
For were there such friends anywhere
As Slytherin and Gryffindor?
Unless it was the second pair
Of Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw?
So how could it have gone so wrong? How could such friendships fail?
Why, I was there and so can tell
The whole sad, sorry tale.
Said Slytherin, "We'll teach just those Whose ancestry is purest."
Said Ravenclaw, "We'll teach those whose Intelligence is surest."
Said Gryffindor, "We'll teach all those With brave deeds to their name."
Said Hufflepuff, "I'll teach the lot, And treat them just the same." These differences caused little strife When first they came to light,

For each of the four founders had A House in which they might Take only those they wanted, so, For instance, Slytherin
Took only pure-blood wizards Of great cunning, just like him, And only those of sharpest mind Were taught by Ravenclaw While the bravest and the boldest Went to daring Gryffindor.
Good Hufflepuff, she took the rest, And taught them all she knew, Thus the Houses and their founders Retained friendships firm and true. So Hogwarts worked in harmony For several happy years,
But then discord crept among us Feeding on our faults and fears. The Houses that, like pillars four, Had once held up our school, Now turned upon each other and, Divided, sought to rule.
And for a while it seemed the school Must meet an early end,
What with dueling and with fighting
And the clash of friend on friend
And at last there came a morning
When old Slytherin departed
And though the fighting then died out
LHe left us quite downhearted.
And never since the founders four
Were whittled down to three
Have the Houses been united
As they once were meant to be.
And now the Sorting Hat is here
And you all know the score:
I sort you into Houses
Because that is what I'm for,
But this year I'll go further,
Listen closely to my song:
Though condemned I am to split you
Still I worry that it's wrong,
Though I must fulfill my duty
And must quarter every year
Still I wonder whether Sorting
May not bring the end I fear.
Oh, know the perils, read the signs, The warning history shows,
For our Hogwarts is in danger
From external, deadly foes
And we must unite inside her
Or we'll crumble from within.
I have told you, I have warned you... Let the Sorting now begin.