First year [Percy Weasley × Oliver Wood]

Percy's POV [sorting]

We travelled by boat, honestly it made me sick to my stomach and it didn't help that Oliver insisted on sharing the boat with me. My fingers gripped the edge of the boat and I kept lurching forwards, threatening to throw up. And what was Oliver doing? He was laughing, how obnoxious is that? Finally, we started approaching the castle. It looked magnificent in all its glory.

Hagrid dropped us off, and Professor McGonagall led us into the hall. A dusty old hat was sat on a stool at the front of the hall. Olders were looking expectedly at the hat, as if waiting for something to happen. Suddenly, it burst out into a song.

"One thousand years ago this story starts
There were four sorcerers with strong and kind hearts
Bold Gryffindor from wild moor
Fair Ravenclaw from glen
Sweet Hufflepuff from valley broad
Shrewd Slytherin from fen
They had a dream to teach all that they knew
Witches and wizards came far and it grew
'Til a castle stood tall by the shores of a lake
And a thousand years later the magic remains
Old Hogwarts Sorting Hat sing me a song
Speak in my head tell me where I belong
And when things look bad and there's no where to run
Unite all the houses and we'll fight as one
Brave Godric Gryffindor favoured the strong
Those who had courage and knew right from wrong
And Rowena Ravenclaw taught only the best
So kind Helga Hufflepuff would teach all the rest
But Salazar Slytherin had is own plans
He thought the Muggle-borns didn't understand
The subtleties of magic and so he devised
The Chamber of Secrets with a monster inside
Old Hogwarts Sorting Hat sing me a song
Speak in my head tell me where I belong
And when things look bad and there's no where to run
Unite all the houses and we'll fight as one
Old Hogwarts Sorting Hat sing me a song
Speak in my head tell me where I belong
And when things look bad and there's no where to run
Unite all the houses and we'll fight as one
Unite all the houses and we'll fight as one."

We all clapped in awe, who knew such a hat could be so amazing? Just then, Professor McGonagall pulled out a scroll and started reading out names. One by one, each kid went up and put the hat on their head. For some, it took the hat minutes to decide for others mere seconds. I was a nervous wreck, Oliver behind me seemed like he couldn't care less.

Finally, Professor McGonagall was calling out the W last names and then I heard..

"Weasley, Percival"

A few kids sniggered behind me, but I strutted to the front and sat down on the stool. I rammed down the hat onto my head. I heard a voice coming from the hat.

"Hmm... Another Weasley? I know just what to do with you."

There was silence for a moment then..

"GRYFFINDOR!"

An explosion of cheering came for the table in red. I stumbled to the edge of the table and sat down, my brother's slapped me on my back, congratulating me on getting into Gryffindor. Just then, I heard Professor McGonagall shout out "WOOD", and my head instantly shifted to view and pinpoint Oliver. He walked to the front sat down, put the hat on and...

"GRYFFINDOR!"

Almost instantly, the hat erupted and so did the table. Oliver sat opposite to me on the edge. I really was just to exhausted to engage into any sort of conversation.

***

Our head boy and head girl led us up to common room, our door was a portrait of a fat lady in a pink dress, apparently we had passwords so no one from other houses could get into our common room. Inside was warm and toasty, a roaring fire was burning and armchairs were placed around it. There were 2 stairwells, one for the girls dormitories and one for the boys. The girls got lead by their guide and we got lead by our guide. There were 7 type of levels, the bottom was for the first years.

I went into it with the other lads and chose a bed, I pulled out my duvets and bed spreads and immediately made my bed. I pulled out some clothes and tossed them into drawers, I put up some posters on my wall and took out a candle to put on my bedside table if I ever woke up in the night. As I was pulling my pyjamas on, I heard a crashing sound. I looked behind me to see Oliver's suitcase spilled out on the floor. He was rolling on the floor, crying with laughter. Disgruntled, I picked up his suitcase laid it flat and put his stuff back in. Oliver was staring intently at me and smiled.

"Percy."

"Hmm?"

"Thanks."

God, he was an odd one. I turned away and got into my bed. I waited for the others to be finished before we could switch off the light. Finally, Oliver got into bed and the lights were flickered off.

***

I already know this is going to be severe slow burn, but it'll be worth it. I'll see if I can post a part 4 later tonight.