Split Life Of War DISCONTINUED

47 The Sorting

                  

Chapter 47

                "FIRS' AN' SECOND YEARS!" What?  Hagrid kept calling it over and over again.  I walked up to him with all my friends, and asked him what was going on.  "Second years are getting' resorted."  I turned back to my friends to relay the news.  They all looked greatly confused, and we all just went with it.  Once we got to the boats, I realized that there were twice as many this year.  Caleb, Zach, Kevin and I all piled into one, while Raven, Xavier, Alisa, and Jacob all climbed into another one together. 

                Soon we were off.  When we reached the bend where we could see Hogwarts, my breath was taken away just as it had been last year.  I heard first years gasping, and we went under the cave to where we had met Professor McGonagall last year.  When we reached the stone beach.  Instead of McGonagall, a really ugly woman stood, waiting. When we all were finally off the boats, Xavier found his toad.  The woman started talking with her horrible voice.

                "I am Professor Carrow.  Second years will go first this year.  By order of the ministry, and the headmaster, you must all get resorted.  First years, you will know what to do after these bloody second years get sorted again."  She turned around and swept off into the castle.  We all followed, slowly getting into line so that we were in the same order as last year.  When we entered the Great Hall, everyone was staring at us.  We walked to the front, and spread out to let the first years see better.  It was deadly silent as a new male teacher brought out the sorting hat. 

Every year brings a new change,

Some are good, and some are bad,

But every year gives us a chance

To reunite, and to take a stand

I regret that I must sort this year,

But to sort it what I was made for

Hope for Gryffindor, where all are

Brave and all are true,

Pray for Hufflepuff where all are

Loyal, and all avoid toil,

Desire Ravenclaw where all are

Clever, and all endeavor,

But fear Slytherin where all are

Worshiped, and friends are enemies

The end is near I fear, and all must

Unite, or all will divide

The year is here, and the end is near,

So let the sorting begin.

                Whispers broke out at question of the Sorting Hat's song.  "Brown, Alisa!"  I squeezed Alisa's hand as she slowly walked up the steps.   No sooner had the sorting hat touched her head before, "GRYFFINDOR" was shouted, and echoed around the hall.  Professor Carrow snatched the hat off her head and shoved her down the steps towards the Gryffindor table.  "Black, Raven" I smiled comfortingly from around the people that separated Raven and I.  All was silent as the hat sat on her head.  It seemed like years before the sorting hat shouted, "SLYTHERIN."  I tried for a reassuring smile in Raven's direction as Carrow gently took the hat and let Raven walk to the table herself.  "Bell, Kevin" was called, and Kevin was sorted back into Hufflepuff.  A few names were called, before "Hansen, Caleb" was called.  The hat did not even touch his head before he was sorted back into Gryffindor.  "Higgs, Xavier" was called, and he too was sorted into Gryffindor.  "Catherine Weasley" was called, and I walked slowly up to the stool.

                "Ahh..." The hat was placed on my head. "Why on earth did I sort you into Gryffindor?  I suppose I did it because of your heritage.  You have the traits of a Slytherin, characteristics of a Hufflepuff... But I believe that you belong in... RAVENCLAW!"  I frowned as I was sorted in a house different from my friends.  Thankfully Cody had been sorted into Ravenclaw as well.

                "Weasley, Christian" I watched as the boy from Flourish and Blotts walked up to the stool.  I watched as he was sorted into Ravenclaw, and went to sit by Cody, who was right across from me.  I could see Jacob at the Gryffindor table staring at me with Caleb next to him, and Alisa across from Caleb with her back to me.  I watched quietly as the new first years were sorted into their houses.  The welcoming feast was quiet as the two new professors stared at all of us.  It was not long until we were dismissed, and informed that many new rules will be posted, and our heads of houses will inform us of some of the most important rules in the morning.  We all walked quietly, following the house prefect, Padma Patil.

                "This painting is the entrance to the Ravenclaw common room and dormitories.  In order to enter, you must answer a question.  If you get it incorrect, you will have to wait for someone else to get the question correct.  Please know that this year you must have a pass in order to be in the hall any time except when you are switching from class to class."  She turned to the door, and knocked on it.  The door asked her a question that I did not hear.  "The circle has no end nor beginning."  I turned, to a fellow second year and gave them a questioning glance.  They just shrugged as we all climbed through the portrait hole.   When I entered, I gasped in admiration.  The ceiling was painted with the night sky, and it looked as if it was real, just like the great hall.

                "Boys on the right, and girls on the left.  You are on the landing that corresponds with your year."  I headed up the steps with my fellow second year girls, and flopped on my bed without changing out of my uniform.  Soon enough I had fallen asleep.  Boy was this year going to be different.

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November 7, 2015

Yeah, it's short of 1K.  Did you know that Wattpad says that chapters should be 2K words at the longest?  I would think that would be rather short of what a normal book chapter is...  I really wish I could have a schedule of updating, but that wouldn't work, seeing as my schedule for clubs and stuff is random, and I only have wifi once a month at most lately...  Three more chapters until 50!  This book will for sure end at chapter 64 at the longest.  I just want it to be a multiple of eight... just because SLOM was sixteen chapters... meh, I have to get to homework now...

*BAM* wut

PS anyone know why I wouldn't be able to change my user name?