Carina Black: Fanfic

Sorting Ceremony

Carina's POV

"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 top 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" the sorting hat finishes singing.

"So we've just got to try on the hat! Ron whispered to Harry. I'll kill Fred, he was going on about wrestling a troll" Ron grumbles. I giggle at that, he's brother sounds like a prankster. I notice Professor McGonagall now holds a long roll of parchment.

"When I call your name, you come forward and sit on the stool to be sorted. I will place the sorting hat on your head and you'll be sorted into your houses" she explains. "Hannah Abbot!" she calls.

A pink-faced girl with blonde pigtails stumbled out of line. She sat on the stool and McGonagall put the hat on her head. It fell right down over her eyes. There is a moments pause nefpre the hat shouts "Hufflepuff!" The Hufflepuffs cheer as the hat is removed from her and Hannah joins their table.

"Carina Black!" McGonagall calls. I take a deep breath and step forward. I sat on the stool and she placed the hat on my head. It was silent for a moment until I hear voice in my ear.

"Hm an unusual Black, more so then Sirius Black. Where to put you?" he muses. "Very smart and talented, as well as brave. But your creativity out ways that, Ravenclaw!" he shouts. The Ravenclaws cheered as I joined their table.

"Welcome to Ravenclaw, I'm Penelope and I am a prefect" a girl tells me. I notice her blue eyes and blonde hair.

"Pleasure to meet you" I tell her. I heard laughter beside me and look at four seventh years. Three laughing at something a red haired girl said.

"No pranks this year Tulip" Penelope tells the girl firmly.

"Oh relax Penny, it won't effect our house points. Besides I want to make the most of my last year here like Tonks did" Tulip tells her.

"You know my cousin?" I ask her interested.

"You must be Carina" another girl says smiling.

"Tonks said you'd start this year. I'm Andre" a dark skinned guy says holding his hand out. I shake it smiling. "That's Badeea and she's an amazing artist" he states pointing to the other girl. "That quite guy is Talbott and you meet Tulip" he states.

"Nymph spoke of you four, you were in her year. Why are you still here?" I ask confused.

"Talbott, Andre and I are taking some advance classes until  Christmas. We all want to be professors, so are studying with them for experience" Badeea explains.

"Tulip, though failed a few subjects and has to repeat a year" Andre adds. Tulip gives him a playful glare.

"My study partner left after my OWL year and she will made me focus on my studies. But still gave me time to prank. With her gone I sort of fell back into bad habits" Tulip explains.

"I could do you a schedule, that way you won't forget to study and can still prank" I tell her.

"Oh thank you Carina, that would be very appreciated" she tells me smiling. I then look back to the front of the hall to see Blaise Zabini sorted into Slytherin. Just then Professor Dumbledore stood up from his chair.

"Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! Thank you" he says and sits down as the feast appeared. I smile and pile food on my plate then look around the hall. I see Hermione at the Gryffindor table and give her a small smile.

When the feast was over Penelope and the other Ravenclaw prefect Robert leads us first year Ravenclaws to Ravenclaw tower. We reached a door with a knocker and Penelope knocked it once. "The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?" a voice asks.

"Do any of you know the answer?" Robert asks us. A girl with dark skin and dark brown hair raised her hand.

"The answer is, footsteps" she states and the door opens. We enter and gather in the amazing common room. ( https://harry-potter-sounds.ambient-mixer.com/images_template/3/f/9/3f99b8ae7a79da1b55178a9ed9b8a834_full.jpg )

"Welcome to the Ravenclaw common room" Penelope tells us. "You'll find your belongings have already arrive and are in you dorm rooms" she states.

"Boys dorms upstairs to your left" Robert says pointing to the left staircase.

"Girls same on your right" Penelope adds. I go upstairs to see two doors with first years on it. One said A to M, so I enter that one. I spot my luggage by the bed near the window, which has a lovely view of the lake. Just then three others girls entered the room.

"I think we should all introduce ourselves" says an Asian girl with brown eyes. "I am Sue Li" she states.

"Mandy Brocklehurst" says the girl with brown hair and blue eyes.

"Isobel Macdougal" says the girl with straight black hair, dark skin and green eyes.

"I'm Carina Black" I tell them. "Do any of you know the other first year girls?" I ask them.

"Amanda Nickleson is my cousin" Isobel states.

"Lisa Turpin was the one with the bob haircut" Sue adds.

"The girl who answered the question was Padma, her twin is in Gryffindor" Mandy states. "We should all go to bed, we don't want to be late for classes tomorrow" she tells us. So we all changed into our pjs and did our teeth. Before calling it a night.

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Picture above of Ron, Hermione and Harry in Gryffindor first year. Picture on the external link of the sorting hat.