'Sirius'ly Black

Sorting Hat

Victoria stood in the line of nervous first years. James was behind her whispering things into her ear. Sirius stood in front of her occasionally looking worriedly back at the other two.

\"Hey, look! There\'s the scum who came to our compartment before you did,\" I craned my head to see the boy. The Sorting Hat was placed carefully atop his greasy head. It screamed Slytherin in a few nanoseconds. The Slytherin Table cheered and welcomed their new member eagerly.

\"Yeah I knew it,\" James scoffed. I gave him a look that made him quiet down.

\"Lily Evans\"

James blushed as a red headed girl slowly walked over to the chair. She was trembling terribly and Victoria couldn\'t help but feel a little sorry for her. She was probably Muggle born. Victoria turned and noticed James\'s blushing.

\"You fancy her, eh?\" Victoria nudged James in the ribs playfully.

\"Course not,\" he stammered back. Lily was placed in Gryffindor, much to James\'s pleasure.

\"James Potter,\" The professor shouted. James crossed his fingers and jumped up to the Sorting Hat.

\"Sirius Black.\"

Sirius looked back at Victoria and she gave him a thumbs up. He strutted up and the Sorting Hat was placed on his head. Inside his head, Victoria knew, he was pleading to be in Gryffindor, but secretly she hoped he would be in Slytherin.

 \'Gryffindor!\" Sirius smiled and walked over to where James was sitting across from Lily. James patted him on the back and they both looked eagerly at Victoria.

Oh gawd, she thought. I want to be in Gryffindor with them now, but I guess the Sorting Hat will decide.

\"Victoria Ingots\"

She gulped and walked up to the stool and sat down on it. The Sorting Hat was placed on her head.

\"Let\'s see, I see courage and bravery, but I also see cunning and hunger for power,\" The Sorting Hat\'s deep voice whispered into my mind. \"Where to put you.\" Victoria looked at James and Sirius and secretly wished to be put in Gryffindor.

\"Now, now. Your life will be a difficult path, so I will put you in....\"

\"SLYTHERIN!\"

Victoria stifled back a sob as she saw James and Sirius\'s faces fall. They turned away when she walked past. Why did their houses have to be enemies? The Slytherin Table erupted in cheers as she sat down at the end.

The greasy haired boy leaned over and whispered, \"It happened to you too then didn\'t it?\"

\"What happened?\" She snapped then when she saw the boy\'s caring face added: \"Sorry.\"

\"You got put into a different house then the person or people you befriended on the train,\" As I was about to answer he continued: \"Don\'t deny it. I saw you with that Potter boy.\"

She nodded and put her head in her hands. She felt like an outcast and it wasn\'t even the first day of school.

\"I have a feeling we\'ll be great friends,\" the boy replied. \"By the way, I\'m Severus. Severus Snape.\"