The Queen

7; Sorting

HAZEL

"Hannah Abbot"

And so it started, a girl walked forward and Professor McGonagall set a old ragged looking hat on top of her head. She barely even sat there for a second before the hats ripped open and screamed 'Hufflepuff'.

"Are you kidding me Ron, you had me nervous. Thats all that happens." Hermione said to him sounding very annoyed.

The sorting kept going and some people had gotten sorted into Ravenclaw, some more into Hufflepuff, some into Gryffindor, and only a small group into Slytherin. Draco's friends Vincent Crabbe and his friend Lorenzo Berkshire, one of the boys that were sitting with him, got sorted into Gryffindor. 

"Draco Malfoy"

He went up and sat but the hat barely touched his hair before yelling

"Slytherin"

No one cheered for him in any house except for his new house and his friends still waiting to be sorted. It was weird because all the houses clapped and cheered when someone was sorted into any of the other houses except for Slytherin. This caused me to cheer along with them While Draco was still walking to his table causing an angry look from Professor Dumbledore and two intrigued looks from a man with black hair and Professor Quirrell.

"What do you think you're doing" Hermione asked but before I could answer,

"Hermione Granger"

The annoyed girl walked half confidently to the stool and sat down. The hat was on her head for a moment before yelling out something unexpected,

"Gryffindor"

Hermione didn't look too happy walking over to the table and kept glancing at the Ravenclaw table. Pansy got called up and got placed into Slytherin. I cheered for her too but got weird looks from Ron and again from Professor Dumbledore. In my mind I would be fine with Slytherin but I don't think everyone would like that.

"Lilith-Hazel Potter" This caused many whispers to go around the Great Hall. Everyone was sitting very quietly once I started walking and it was kind of unsettling. Once the hat got placed on my head it started talking which gave me quite a fright.

"Oh that fool, how could he do such a thing" the hat said into my head in a whisper

'What are you talking about' 

"Oh nevermind that, what a wild mind you have, I think you would be a great fit to Slytherin... Oh, no objections?"

'Why are you surprised by that?'

"Oh nothing, whatever just know you would be much better in Slytherin,"GRYFFINDOR"" 

And with that the hat was off and everyone was cheering while I walked over to the table but I was still thinking about what the hat was saying. I thought he had to put me into what was right for me? Why was I put into Gryffindor if I would have a better fit in Slytherin?

"Gryffindor"

"And now that the sorting has finished, the feast shall begin"

I missed watching Ron get sorted, whatever. 

The food popped out of nowhere and everyone started eating. Even though people were eating and should be occupied with that I still felt people looking at me, more like intensely staring. I looked around and didn't see many people at the table except for the occasional look my way. But when I looked at the head table I saw three people staring at me with all different looks, Professor Dumbledore, A teacher with black straight hair, and that teacher with the purple turban, Professor Quirrell. 

Looking closely at each of them they were all looking at me in a different way. When I looked at Dumbledore he smiled them I felt something weird in my brain. Once I looked away and at Ron's brother Fred the weird sensation stopped.

"Hey Fred, who is the teacher sitting in between Professor Quirrell and Professor Dumbledore?" I asked him and both twins turned to look at me.

"How'd you know who we were?" George said while smiling.

"I remembered from the platform"

"Huh, odd no one has ever done that-" "Not even our own mother"

"But back to your question, that's Professor Snape, Head of Slytherin house and Potions teacher" Fred answered my original question

"But everyone knows its the Defense Against the Dark Art's job that he want" George added on

I looked back to him at saw he was still watching me, he looked weird almost like he was mad and sad at the same time. I looked at Professor Quirrell and he too was still watching me and it looked like he was talking to someone but I couldn't be to sure. I looked back to my food and I swear I saw his eyes flash red. When I looked back at him they were brown again.

Maybe it was just my imagination?

But it looked real didn't it?

But I know it was just my imagination

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