Royalty at Hogwarts

The Sorting

We did as we were told and waited quietly, spreading rumors as to what the sorting ceremony has to offer. Some people were saying it was painful, others saying it was a test and if you failed then they would throw you out in the forbidden forest.

The older witch comes back, "We're ready for you." She opens the door and walks back in. We follow her down the middle isle in between a table with students wearing blue and bronze ties and a table with students wearing yellow and black ties.

At the end of the isle we stop and on top of a stage is a three legged stool and on top of it is an old looking hat. The older witch stands next to the hat with a list of names.

"Ema Bentley." I nervously walk up the stairs and make sure I don't trip on my own shoes. I sit down on the bench and wait patiently. She puts the hat on top of my head.

"Ahhhh a shapeshifter. Very powerful indeed. Your father was in Slytherin and your mother was in Gryffindor. It was a strange couple, usually the two houses resent each other. You have a brave heart, but yet you want to become just as successful as your parents. Your attitude is going to be the deciding factor. GRYFFINDOR!" It shouts the last part to the whole school.

"Draco Malfoy." She places the hat on his head it takes the hat about two seconds before it shouts "SLYTHERIN!" He looks depressed when he heads over to the table with cheering students with green and silver tie.

"Hermione Granger." The hat shouts out "GRYFFINDOR!"

"Harry Potter." The whole place got silent when he started to walk up the stairs. "GRYFFINDOR!" The hat shouts.

"Blaise Zabini." "SLYTHERIN"

"Ron Weasley." "GRYFFINDOR"

"Luna Lovegood." "RAVENCLAW"

"Suzanne Bones." "HUFFELPUFF!"

"Xavier Wright." "SLYTHERIN"

The sorting ceremony goes on for a couple more minutes and then when it is over Dumbledore stands up to make a toast. "The start of term feast will start shortly after a couple of announcements. First off, the third floor corridor is off limits to any one who does not want to die a most painful death. The forbidden forest is forbidden for any students. Let the feast begin!" As he says those last words plates and goblets fill with foods and drinks.

I am sitting next to Ron and Hermione. Ron takes things off the platter, in handfuls while Hermione takes one thing at a time. Obviously two completely different people. I look across the room at Xavier, Draco, and Blaise, they are all watching me. I shrug my shoulders, stand up and head over to their table.

I sit down next to Blaise and another Slytherin girl. She looks at me funny and Blaise just smiles happily. We chat wildly and talk about what we think about each house.

"Who do you think you are Gryffindor? Sitting over here like you own the place." Some older Slytherin snarls in my face. "You should know your place."

I ignore him and go back to my dinner and friends. I see the older Slytherin pick up a goblet of liquid and splash it towards me I put my hands up to block my face but it never comes, I reopen my eyes and the Slitherin was drenched. I see Xavier, Blaise and Draco trying to hold back their laughter, so I quickly recover from my shock. "I'm sorry were you expecting me to take that?" I ask him sarcastically. "I don't think so."

"You...you... I'll get you for this." His face turns pink and he hurries down the isle.

"I'm sure you will." I scold him. I glance over at the teachers and they are all watching me, with what looks like approval. Except for one who looks like he shows no emotion what so ever.

"That was hilarious he was totally not expecting it." Blaise laughs out, along with Draco.

"How did you do that?" Xavier ask with disbelief and a smile.

"I have my ways." I smile mischievously, even though I didn't know how I did that myself.

I look at the other tables and I notice that I have attracted some attention. They nod at me and smile, I blush a small bit and look down at my plate I grab some turkey and mashed potatoes. I eat and listen to the conversations around me. I laugh along, when Draco imitates the Slytherin face when he got hit with the water.

Dumbledore announces that the feast will be ending in five minutes. I say my goodbyes to my friends and head back over to the Gryffindor table. I sit down in between Ron and Hermione, again. "Wow. You're probably the first person to ever get a Slytherin like that. Especially, Parensin we've been trying to prank him for two years!!" Two identical red heads congratulate me.

I smile. "Why did he treat me like that anyway?" I ask them.

One of the twins shoves Ron to the side and the other asks Hermione to move over politely, then they sit down, "Well you see, Gryffindor house and Slytherin house have been mortal enemies for hundreds of years. You just showed them that Gryffindor can be badass."

"I'm Fred by the way." I look to my left.

"And I'm George." I look to my right. Fred has two dimples and George only has one.

"I'm Ema...-"

"Oh we know who you are." They both say at the same time.

"And we..." Fred starts.

"Are going to make you..." George continues.

"Our new best friend." Fred finishes.

I smile and nod. "Are you and Ron related?" I ask.

"Sadly." They both day at the same time.

"HEY!" Ron pouts with food shoved into his mouth.

"Prefects if you would lead the first years to the common rooms." Dumbledore says over everyone.

"This way first years." Another red head shouts over the Gryffindor table.

"That's Percy our rule following older brother." Fred announces just loud enough so Percy could hear him.

"Hey, I heard you Fred don't make me take points away." He warns.

"You can't there are none to take away yet, and if there were you still wouldn't because we are in the same house." George states matter of factly, they walk past Percy, and they both put a reassuring hand on his shoulders.

"Oh cheer up brother, just take some away from Slytherin." They both say at the same time and run up the stairs, pushing each other back and forth playfully.

"Alright first years the common rooms are this way!" He talks loud enough for all of us to here, and then we start to walk up what feels like 100 flights of stairs. Then we reach a picture of a woman sitting in a chair.

"What's the password?" She asks in a dainty voice.

"Luminous Dracarus." Percy says in a strict tone. The painting swings open revealing a dark tunnel with one light in the middle. After we pass through the hallway, it opens up into a spacious common room with eight walls. And two fire places on opposite walls. There are chairs and couches and blankets everywhere, everyone spreads out to examine the rest of the room.

"Wow!" I hear Ron and Harry say at the same time.

"Girls dormitories are upstairs and down to the right, and boy dorms are the same in the left. Find your rooms and get a good nights sleep, classes start tomorrow." He says as he starts up the stairs to the boys dorms.

I follow Hermione up the stairs and notice plaques next to each door. They have four names in them each, Hermione stops at one that has both of our name on them. "Yay! Looks like we are rooming together!" She jumps up and down a little.