Huffily Puffily || Golden Trio

The Sorting Hat || v

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Now that her mind was clear, Lucy could appreciate the beauty of the Great Hall, but she thought that watching her peer's reactions was more interesting. Ron's jaw dropped and Harry's emerald eyes were wide, the candlelight reflecting off them in a wonderful way. She felt a warm feeling in the pit of her stomach — for once, she didn't feel like an orphan at all.

Professor McGonagall led the awed first years up a short staircase and to the upper part of the hall, where a lone stool stood in the middle. There were no dragons nor trolls to fight, but Professor McGonagall set a ratty wizard's hat down on the stool. Lucy didn't find it too threatening, but she gaped when a rip at the brim of the hat opened like a makeshift mouth. Then, out of all the things the hat could've done, it began to sing.

"Oh, you may not think I'm pretty,

But don't judge on what you see,

I'll eat myself if you can find,

A smarter hat than me.

You can keep your bowlers black,

your tap hats sleek and tall,

For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat, 

and I can cap them all!

There's nothing hidden in your head

The Sorting Hat can't see,

So try me on and I will tell you

where you ought to be.

You might belong in Gryffindor,

where dwell the brave at heart,

Their daring, nerve, and chivalry

set Gryffindors apart;

You might belong in Hufflepuff 

Where they are just and loyal,

Those patient Hufflepuffs are true

And unafraid of toil;

Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,

If you've a ready mind,

Where those of wit and learning,

Will always find their kind;

Or perhaps in Slytherin

You'll make your real friends,

Those cunning folk use any means

To achieve their ends.

So put me on! Don't be afraid! 

And don't get in a flap!

You're in safe hands (though I have none)

For I'm a thinking cap!"

Lucy was one of the many to clap her hardest as the Sorting Hat finished its song. Ron leaned over to her and Harry and whispered, "So we've just got to try on the hat! I'll kill Fred; he was going on about wrestling a troll!"

"Let's not get our hopes up," Lucy sighed. Though she only just picked up a few spells, she was also a bit disappointed that all they had to do was try on a hat. It'd be a lot more entertaining if they had to fight a troll, that was for sure. "I hope someday I get to meet a troll."