Hermione Gaunt [DraMione] {Wattys 2017}

8: The Resorting

~ Hermione Granger / Briella Gaunt ~

Malfoy, Zabini, Pansy, Scarlett, Brendan, and I rode by carriage, which are indeed pulled by Thestrals, up to the castle. Brendan and Scarlett audibly gasp when they see it for the first time. It is a magnificent sight so I decide to ignore their gasps.

We're then escorted to the Great Hall, which looks almost identical to how it was before the second Wizarding War had arrived at Hogwarts. But the tables are different. There are still four long tables but instead of having house crests on them the Hogwarts school crest is ingraved into the tables.

Headmistress McGonagall is standing at the Owl Podium at the front of the Great Hall.

"Student! Welcome back to Hogwarts! The First Years will be arriving in a little bit so we will commence with the resorting. All students in their Seventh and 'Eighth' year will be resorted due to the war. Other students may take a seat at their house tables" Headmistress McGonagall boomed.

House Banners unraveled and were right above the Hogwarts crest on the tables. Fifth years to Second years slowly find the way to their house tables.

"Let us start with the 'Eighth 'Years' but first we have two new transfer students. Brendan Gaunt is an Eighth Year transferring from Durmstrang and Scarlett Gaunt is a Sixth Year transferring from Beauxbatons. Scarlett please come up here and be sorted. Ah! One more thing! Briella Gaunt is the true identity of Hermione Granger so that is why she is called that" Headmistress McGonagall announced.

I feel all of the attention in the room is on either me or Scarlett. But luckily since Scarlett is moving to the front of the Great Hall, she takes all the attention up there with her. Scarlett makes her way up to the stool and Headmistress McGonagall. She sits down and the Sorting Hat is slowly placed on her head.  It whispers a few things to her and she whispers a few things back before the result comes in.

"RAVENCLAW!"

Everyone in the Great Hall claps but Brendan, Ravenclaw house, and I obviously clap the loudest.

"Now, Susan Bones!"

The sorting goes on and on so I sorta zone out.

"Briella Gaunt!"

I snap out of my thoughts and move up to the podium. I remember my First Year very vividly as of right now. I was so nervous but excited at the same time. I sit down on the podium and Headmistress McGonagall lowers the Sorting Hat onto my head.

"Ah! Isn't it Miss Hermione Granger. But no, I shouldn't call you that since it isn't your real name. As Gryffindor was never your real house. So what should it be, Ravenclaw or Slytherin?" The Sorting Hat raves.

"Whatever you think is best" I whisper back.

"Haha! This is where you belong Briella, not what I think is best" The Sorting Hat replies.

After a few seconds of silence I start to get worried. What if The Sorting Hat can't or won't sort me into a house? What if I'm kicked out?

"SLYTHERIN!"

I sigh a sigh of relief when The Sorting Hat is taken off of my head. I basically skip down to the Slytherin table. I sit down close to the edge of the table so I can sit with whom ever else is sorted into this house.

"Brendan Gaunt!" Headmistress McGonagall calls.

Brendan slowly but surely makes his way up to the stool. He sits down and The Sorting Hat almost instantly sorts him.

"SLYTHERIN!"

Brendan looks at me and smiles before coming and sitting down next to me.

"Daphne Greengrass!"

Daphne, looking a little nervous, walks up to the stool. She sits down and the Sorting Hat is placed on top of her head. It takes her a little longer than Brendan but not as long as it took me to get sorted.

"SLYTHERIN!"

The sorting goes on and soon it's Malfoy's turn to be sorted. I want to know if he's going to stay in Slytherin house or not.

"Draco Malfoy!"

Malfoy saunters up to the stool and sits down for the Sorting Hat to be on his head for approximately ten seconds before he's sorted.

"SLYTHERIN!"

The next person to be sorted that I care about is Theodore Nott. I'm not great friends with him but we're on friendly terms. He's a really nice guy and it's suprising that he's in Slytherin.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

Everyone in the Great Hall gasps at the Sorting. How could Nott go from being in Slytherin to being in Gryffindor? Maybe the war changed him that much.

The next person I'm friends with to be sorted is Pansy. It won't be a suprise if she remains in Slytherin.

"SLYTHERIN!"

Pansy skips with glee over to the Slytherin table, sitting across from Brendan and I.

"Harry Potter!"

Harry looks so nervous that he might vomit as he staggers up to the stool. He nervously sits down and seems to have an in-depth conversation with The Sorting Hat before he's sorted, just like he did way back in First Year.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

Then it's Ron's turn to be sorted. He walks up to the stool and also looks very nervous.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

The last person to be sorted is Zabini. He looks nervous, maybe it's because he's the last 'Eighth Year' to be resorted?

"SLYTHERIN!"

A wide smile forms onto Zabini's face as he basically sprints to the Slytherin table.

Now it's time for the Seventh Years to be resorted. The only Seventh year that I know is Ginny so she's the only sorting I'm going to pay attention to.

When it's Ginny's turn to be resorted, she looks like she's going to be sick.

"GRYFFINDOR!"

Ginny cries out in relief and sprints to the Gryffindor table, sitting down next to Harry and across from Ron.

Part of me yearns to be sitting with them, but a very small part mind you. The rest of me knows that this is where I belong, in Slytherin house with my twin brother and my fiancé.