The sorting hat
The woman wore an emerald coloured robe, complimented by a pointed hat. "I am professor McGonagall, in a moment I will lead you to the hall where you will get sorted into your houses" As the crowd began to follow after the professor the hushed whispers of the first years began to get significantly louder. He turned towards Ron who seemed to be beaming with excitement. Houses? He hadn't heard anything about that.
"What house do you think your gonna get in mate?" Ron looked at him as if trying to guess. "I'm basically guaranteed Gryffindor since all of my brothers are there" Chuuya blinked at the boy in confusion, he had absolutely no idea what everyone was talking about. "What are houses?"
Ron cleared his throat ready to dive into to the seemingly long history of Hogwarts. "Well-" Another voice cut him off. "Hogwarts is split into four houses which include: Gryffindor , Hufflepuff , Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Each house is sorted based on the students characteristics as a person" Hermione appeared beside him smiling at Ron's evident sulk. "I read about it in one-hundred facts about hogwarts" That sounded interesting to say the least. Chuuya wondered where he would be put.
The professor stopped in her tracks, she faced the students and begain explaining some announcements that chuuya didn't hear thanks to ron distracting him. However, hermione--clearly not content with being unable to hear the woman, snuck away from them to get closer. A blonde boy walked up to them, his eyes scanned ron with a hint of disgust. "Tattered books and a used cloak..you must be a weasley" Ron scowled at the boy. The blonde merely turned his attention to chuuya. "I'm Draco..Draco Malfoy, I suggest you refrain from tarnishing your name any further by hanging out with people like.." He spared a glance to Ron. "I can help you with that " He held out a hand to chuuya.
Chuuya didn't take the boys hand. "I think I can figure that out for myself"
Draco's eyes widened momentarily before a smile stretched across his face. "We'll see about that when you come to me later after you become a social reject, Nakahara." He began to walk away from them offering him one last glance. "You'll soon come to realise some wizarding families are better than others."
That draco kid seemed sketchy. "What was that about?" Ron questioned. "I have no idea"
"Follow me children!" Professor McGonagall spoke, she then lifted her hand and the double doors blew open revealing a very grand space.
The first years entered the hall, the place stole his attention as chuuya's gaze began to wander. Chandeliers floated above them held up with nothing but magic and he looked up to see the ceiling wasn't even a ceiling--hell it was a starry night sky. Four long expensive tables stretched out across the hall littered with students, in front of them a stool had been placed with a wrinkled old hat sat on top of it..except the hat had a face. That was officially the weirdest thing chuuya had seen so far (he should make a list.)
The professor stopped in front of the creepy hat. "Once your name is called you will come up to the hat and I will place it upon your head. It will then tell you your house and you will sit at the corresponding table" So that's what the four tables were for. "First up Hermione Granger" Hermione walked walked up to the stool and sat down. She re-adjusted her bushy hair as Professor McGonagall carefully placed the hat on her head. Its face further wrinkled in thought. "GRYFFINDOR!!" Her lips formed a smile as she walked up to the cheering table and took a spot, the next student was called up. "Hannah abbott" The girl walked up to the hat, once placed on her head it stirred once again. "HUFFLEPUFF!!"
"Are there any bad houses?" Chuuya questioned ron. "All of the houses are good..well except for slytherin" Ron shuddered at his own words "There isn't a witch or wizard gone bad that wasn't in slytherin, that house is reserved for the worst of the lot" Chuuya hoped he wouldn't be sorted into that house.
"Osamu Dazai" A boy with thick brown hair began to walk up to the hat, as he sat down chuuya noticed the boy was covered in bandages. Professor McGonagall began to place the hat towards him. "SLYTHERIN!!!" The hat shouted immediately, it hadn't even touched his head..that was strange. Mutters around the hall seemed to follow the boy as he walked over to the Slytherin table-- though everyone was careful not to make eye contact. "He must be really evil for the hat to sort him that quickly" ron whispered, Chuuya couldn't help but agree. Osamu Dazai had a certain mysterious aura about him, one that commanded everyone's attention wordlessly. Just who was that boy?
As the names continued to get called chuuya couldn't help fidgeting, after all he was itching to know what house he would house he would be in. Ron--like he had mentioned earlier, was put into Gryffindor, he occasionally gave looks of encouragement to chuuya. "Chuuya Nakahara" It was his turn and he was totally not panicking, with a deep breath chuuya began to walk towards the hat. The hundreds of eyes on him certainly didn't help to ease his nerves. He sat down on the stool and the hat began its assessment. "hmm how interesting....difficult very difficult.." chuuya kept whispering the 'not slytherin' over and over again, He'd be happy with any other house. "not slytherin eh? I see a bright future for you there, one that will certainly lead to you becoming a very powerful wizard.." '"not slytherin, not slytherin" "Oh all right..lets see..you are brave and have strong morals.." "GRYFFINDOR!!" The Gryffindor table began to cheer, chuuya could spot ron with a grin on his face beckoning him over. He began to walk towards the table. "Chuuya! I saved you a seat!!" He sat down next to ron, some prefects shook his hand welcoming him to the house.
Metal clanked loudly. "Your attention please!" Professor McGonagall gestured to the man besides her. The seemed to be another table at the back of the hall for the professors to sit at, in the middle a man he recognised as Albus Dumbledore began to speak. "I have a few start of term notices I wish to announce" His expression turned serious. "The first years please note, that the dark forest is strictly forbidden to all students" He then gestured to a greasy haired man entering the hall. "Also our caretaker Mr.Filch, has asked me to remind you that the third floor corridor on the right hand side is out of bounds to those who do not wish to die a most painful death" Chuuya made eye contact with Ron. "Let the feast begin." Dumbledore sat down.
"Chuuya look!" The once empty table suddenly filled up with a large variety of different foods ranging from savoury dishes to sweet desserts. The silence disappeared completely replaced by laughs and loud conversation. A grin passed through Chuuya and Ron as they began to dig in to the Hogwarts delicacies. As chuuya reached for a drumstick a ghost floated through the table, he narrowly avoided falling off his chair.
The older kids on the table greeted the ghost with waves and smiles. The ghost flew through Rons face. "Welcome to Gryffindor!!"
"Hello sir nicholas" An older boy percy greeted him "have a nice summer?" The ghost turned his attention to the boy. "dismal, once again my request to join the headless hunt has been denied" He made an annoyed expression before moving to fly away, Ron's gaze followed him. "I know you, your nearly headless nick!" The ghost snapped his head towards ron with narrowed eyes.
"I prefer Sir Nicholas if you don't mind."
Hermione suddenly spoke up. "nearly headless? how can you be nearly headless?" She tilted her head in confusion. Nearly headless nick just raised his hand. "like this" He then grabbed his head off his neck, it remained attached by a slither of an organ. He really didn't need to see that.
After the feast was over Percy began to lead the Gryffindor first years through the corridors to the common rooms, Chuuya noticed paintings covering every wall he could see, each one with a freshly polished frame. "Be careful of the stairs, they tend to move" He was made dismally aware of that fact when the staircase they were walking up did a complete 180 swing to the other side. The second it stopped moving chuuya practically leaped to stable ground he wasn't risking getting thrown like a human ragdoll again.
After a short time of walking, Percy stopped in front of a large painting--he turned towards them. "The password to get in is caput draconis, It's in your best interest to remember it or ask a prefect if your unsure" The older boys face took on a sterner expression. "Under no circumstances are you allowed to share the password with anyone from another house, if you are found guilty of breaking this rule the punishment will be severe."
Percy muttered the phrase to the painting of the fat lady who moved (Why chuuya was surprised at this point, he had no idea) they all walked inside the Gryffindor common Room.