Harry Potter x Reader

First Year - Sorting Hat

"Just sort me in quickly."
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Hi! Nice to see you're back! I'm going to be writing short chapters again, so just below about 2100 words. If I feel happy, I'll go over it but depends on my mood. I feel happy today, you get a good chapter, lol! Happy reading!

*throws Snape in the knightbus* byeee!!
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(Y/N)'s POV

The door swung open at once. A tall, black-haired witch in emerald-green robes stood there. She had a very stern face.

"The firs' years, Professor McGonagall," said Hagrid.

"Thank you, Hagrid. I will take them from here."

The entrance hall massive! The stone walls were lit with flaming torches like the ones at Gringotts, the ceiling was too high to make out, and a magnificent marble staircase facing them led to the upper floors.

We followed followed Professor McGonagall across the flagged stone floor. She showed us first years into a small, empty chamber off the hall.

"Welcome to Hogwarts," said Professor McGonagall. "The start-of-term banquet will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be sorted into your houses. The Sorting is a very important ceremony because, while you are here, your house will be something like your family within Hogwarts. You will have classes with the rest of your house, sleep in your house dormitory, and spend free time in your house common room."

"The four houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each house has its own noble history and each has produced outstanding witches and wizards. While you are at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn your house points, while any rulebreaking will lose house points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the house cup, a great honor. I hope each of you will be a credit to whichever house becomes yours."

"The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting."

"I shall return when we are ready for you," said Professor McGonagall. "Please wait quietly."

She left the chamber.

I looked to my left to see a dark skinned boy peering around nervously. I smiled and held my hand out.

"Hi, my name's (Y/N) (L/N)."

He looked at me, not blinking. At this point, I was quite tired of people gaping at me, but I showed no sign of annoyance.

"Dean Thomas." he said, now finally shaking my hand. "What house do you think you'll be in, (Y/N)?"

"Oh I don't kno-"

"Did someone say (Y/N)? As in (Y/N) (L/N)?" another voice came. It had a very strong accent and I'd assumed that they were Irish.

"Yeah. She's here... Oh wait, this is Seamus." Dean said, introducing me to Seamus.

"Oh, hi Seamus." I said, this time he held his hand out, goggling at me.

"Finnigan. Seamus Finnigan." he replied, happily staring into my (e/c) eyes. "Do you have it? I mean, the chain!"

At this, a few people turned and started whispering. This didn't annoy me as much as I'd expected but it definitely wasn't wanted. I ignored them as I'd figured they weren't saying anything mean, so the point in yelling at them was what?