The sorting hat
The sorting ceremony.
The door swung open at once. There was Professor McGonagall. Harry smiled. He likes her. She may be strict looking but she's not mean.
"The first year, Professor McGonagall," said the giant man.
"Thank you, Hagrid. I will take them from here."
Ah so that's the giant's name hagrid suits him.
“Thank you harr’.”Hagrid thanked Harry who nodded and replied with a welcome.
Mcgonagall pulled the door open wide. It was so big you could fit the dursleys house in it. The stone walls were lit with flaming torches like the ones at Gringotts and inside the stores in diagon Alley they gave Harry a headache he supposed were lit by magic daily.
“Not usually they get lit by flames but we use magic to keep them burning throughout the day.”
He also could see small imprints on all the bricks; there's four on each: a lion , a raven and badger and a snake. On one side of the hall there was a brick which only had a huge snake in it and it looked like it was covered in those particles too…
Many frowned they’ve noticed every single room in hogwarts as a wall with a giant snake on one of the bricks all the bricks have imprints of the houses on them but one wall just has nothing and only a snake which covered around seven bricks high and four to the side and the ones surrounding it looked slightly pushed outwards compared to the other bricks it’s weird people have tried to figure it out but it always flicks a tongue at them.
Harry nodded he uses those whenever it just gets to much for him like he never really uses the passageways in the walls which are specifically for people who have the power to understand and speak to a snake along with there magic having more power whenever you use parseltongue he uses them with luna whenever they just want to be alone while walking to class he’s taught her how to say Open in parseltongue and the passageways open to only parseltongue but the people who have the power can tell the snakes who timtone it to as long as they can say a word in parseltongue so he taught luna how to along with the people he sudses he calls friends some closer looking at theo knew since first year second year luna found out then last year he showed the others.
Harry must check those out later.
Many raised an eyebrow because they really want to know what they are.
The ceiling was so high he couldn't make out where it was. A magnificent marble staircase led them to the other floors. But at a certain point they start to look slightly dis connected in areas.
“Cause. They like to move around.”
“It gets so annoying.”
“I hate confusion every single day cause they change every once in a while so I get confused if they changed or not.” Harry muttered.
They followed Professor McGonagall across the flagged stone floor.Harry managed to hear hundreds of voices some deeper some higher some sounding like they were tired not many but there were some people who sounded wide awake from a doorway on the right so he knew the rest of the school was here.
“We usually get there around 5-10 minutes before the first year.”
They entered a small empty chamber off the hall.The crowded in they all where pretty close together but not to the point they where brushing arms they have space in between each other.They all peered around nervously.
“I think we all weee nee our I wasn’t though.” Tonks said proudly,
“You weren't, aren't you the guy who threw up?” Charlie said Tonks whacked him on the shoulder.
“Shut up.”
“Yeah no Tonks I’m not doing that.” Charlie snorted many laughed poor Tonks he obviously hates the fact he was caught out by Charlie Weasley about that.
"Welcome to Hogwarts," said Professor McGonagall. "The start-of-term ————house common room you can also of course spend time in the corridors or in spare rooms we can make into a room for your group of friends if you're in a different house.”
“Not going to lie, I forgot those were a thing.”
"The four houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. ———-I hope each of you will be a credit to whichever house becomes yours.”
“I hate the house point thing because it just causes RIVALRY and fights of who is going to win.” Luna muttered they hate the whole point thing to be honest. Harry nodded he also hates them yes it’s cool having your own dormitory’s to others so not everyone it just in a big room and having the points is cool but he thinks that taking them off shouldn’t be a thing because the professors obviously favour their own houses and will try their best not to reward the other points so instead why fill them all up to the top and remove points whenever they do something like talking back he doesn’t know.
—"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."
Her eyes lingered for a moment on Neville's cloak, which was fastened under his left ear,
“How?”
“I- I think I tripped on the way up the steps.”
on Ron's smudged nose then to Harry’s tie and shirt he sighed.
“The uniform is horrible.”
"I shall return when we are ready for you," said Professor McGonagall. "Please wait quietly."When she left Harry unbuttoned his shirt and tightened his tie and glared it felt like it was strangling him .
“ So god damn true I hate ties,’ Harry said glaring at the one he had on which was laid across the pull out tables connected to everyone’s seats they could lull them to the side and in front of them.
“So but for real ties suck ass.”
Oh man he's going to have to wear it again this is horrible he hates how its so tight around his neck or the collar on his shirt A girl next to ron handed him a cloth it was hermione granger ron smiled and took it she whispered he can keep it ron smiled again and started rubbing the dirt smudge off his nose and tucked it inside his robe.
“Hold on, how do they sort us…”Hermione whispered confusedly.
"Some sort of test, I think. Fred said it hurts a lot, but I think he was joking."
“Fred George you didn’t tell him?” Bill said shocked everyone else was told in there family
“I told Fred he had to- you didnt?” George said, staring at his twin.
“No-…”
“FRED Every year we tell the younger children Arthur told bill told Charlie who told Percy who told you and George who were supposed to tell Ron I ended up telling Ginny.” Molly said looking slightly disappointed she only told ginny because harry was over and she wanted to have ron look after him and make sure he eats/
Hermione frowned, everyone looked around worriedly and she suddenly started talking about spells.
“Yeh no it's not that you get sorted by a hat it will look into your head and see what traits to value the most.''Draco explained, many nodded and started to calm down until something made them all jump.
A raised eyebrow from many may be where the ghosts went then.
About twenty ghosts had just streamed through the back wall. Pearly-white and slightly transparent,
“I was wondering where they were.”
“Yeah.. seems like they might have actually forgotten or something.”
“Yeah, no , every once in a while the ghosts do that.”
“Ah.”
They glided across the room talking to one another and hardly glancing at the first years. They seemed to be arguing. What looked like a fat little monk was saying: "Forgive and forget, I say, we ought to give him a second chance--"
"My dear Friar, haven't we given Peeves all the chances he deserves? He gives us all a bad name and you know, he's not really even a ghost -- I say, what are you all doing here?"
“They knew of course.”
“Peeves is awesome and taught him a lot.” Sirius muttered.
A ghost wearing a ruff and tights had suddenly noticed the first years.
Nobody answered, terrified to talk.
"New students!" said the Fat Friar, smiling around at them. "About to be Sorted, I suppose?"
A few people nodded mutely; they half reminded Harry of himself; he tries to speak as little as he can most of the time.
Harry nodded and Draco watched how every single time this book changed chapter Harry’s eyes narrowed the glow in them faded and it’s worrying because Harry’s eyes look prettier with the glow well his eyes are always pretty but the glow makes them even prettier…
"Hope to see you in Hufflepuff!" said Friar. "My old house, you know."
"Move along now," said a sharp voice. "The Sorting Ceremony's about to start."
Professor McGonagall had returned. One by one, the ghosts floated away through the opposite wall.
"Now, form a line," Professor McGonagall told the first years, "and follow me."
Harry had walked behind Ron and in front of Draco he had a weird feeling that this year is gonna be a bit of a mess with chaos, random things and many Bad days. How fun.
“Not fun.” Harry glared he hates bad days cause his speech goes he can’t wear his clothing properly he just wants to be alone and of course he doesn’t get that.
Harry had imagined things like this but he never thought it would come true. It was beautiful. The hall was lit by thousands and thousands of candles that were floating in midair over four long tables, where the rest of the students were sitting. These tables were laid with glittering golden plates and goblets.
“They were silver when I went to school.” Molly muttered. Remus sighed he hates it so much that he’s the reason that the cups had to change. Sirius looked at Remus who looked at him. Sirius just smiled and Remus smiled back.
At the wall where they just came out of theres four banners marking each table on the far left had a lion he supposed it was red and gold next to that was a badger with a supposedly yellow and black then on the other side of the doors is an eagle which was blue and probably bronze then on the right side of the hall was a snake supposedly green and silver. At the top of the hall was another long table where the teachers were sitting behind them and also had a banner. It had a black background and in white was the Hogwarts crest, a lion and badger, an eagle and a snake.
“I love how the hall has those banners.” Tonks said smiling it’s always very nice to walk into the hall to see the banners and on the first day at the top of the hall it’s all the house colours then the other days after it’s a black covered in the hogwart crests then on the last day of term it’s the house which won the house cup.
Professor McGonagall led the first years up here, so that they came to a halt in a line facing the students and teachers behind them… why Harry doesn't know..The hundreds of faces staring at them looked like pale lanterns in the flickering candlelight. Dotted here and there among the students, the ghosts shone misty silver. the staring eyes sparkles in some when they noticed the scar going down the bridge of his nose and eyebrow he didn't like it so he looked up to see a dark sky covered instars and a bright crescent moon up above it was bewitched to look like that he read in hogwarts a history so it shows outside but it had a roof.
“Oh I remember learning about that too.”
“You read that book.”
“You didn’t?”
“No?”
“Weird.”
Harry quickly looked down again as Professor McGonagall silently placed a four-legged stool in front of the first years. On top of the stool she put a pointed wizard's hat. This hat was patched and frayed and extremely dirty harry supposed it couldn't be washed properly cause of the magic by the way it also had thousands of particles like the snakes he saw he can see them in here one near the entrance of the hall and one behind the teachers he saw it when he walked inside and was looking at the banners. Everyone in the hall was now staring at the hat.
“Waiting for it to sing.” Many said
For a few seconds, there was complete silence. Then the hat twitched. A rip near the brim opened wide like a mouth -- and the hat 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 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,
Many eyes widened. Is that why slytherins seem so close and keep their friendships?
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 whole hall burst into applause as the hat finished its song. It bowed to each of the four tables and then became quite still again woah thats cool so its a sentient hat thats fucking awesome he thought.
“Isn’t Hogwarts sentient too?” Hermione voiced
“Not what I know off.” Sirius muttered,
“Oh no she is.” Harry and Luna said instantly before looking at each other shocked.
“She?”
“Yeah lady hogwarts she’s a sentient building the more magic the more powerful she becomes to the point she is now bringing the founders ghosts here making the stairs move unlocking further areas of the forest unlocking areas that weren't here thousands of years ago.”
“The founder's ghosts are here!?” Many shouted in shock.
“Yeah Well rowena doesn’t speak to anyone Salazar only speaks parseltongue so only Harry speaks to him Helga confuses me a lot but she’s funny but I’m pretty sure she’s always high or smth I really don’t know anymore Then there’s Godric he’s too loud for Harry’s liking and eh for me I don’t really mind but some times he does get to loud sometimes but he’s really funny when he tries.” Luna said Harry nodded it’s really fun talking to them about what it was like around when the school was opened and all that how the castle used to only be a castle no passageways no forbidden forest just a castle in the middle of nowhere in scotland how Salazar hid the Chamber but then 70 years ago that was opened once again followed by the passageways being opened by Tom riddle.
“So we can speak to the founders if wanted?”
“I mean yeah just think of it happening and you will not right now though due to the time block nothing moves only us and time .”
Harry did wish he didn't have to try it on with everyone watching…
The hat seemed to be asking rather a lot… he had read into the hogwarts houses and the one he relates to the most of ravenclaw he may not be all witty some times but he knows sometimes he can be intuitive he's also creative from what his art teacher said and science teacher he doesn't know why they said that though.
“What were your grades in primary anyway?”
“That's none of your business.”
Professor McGonagall now stepped forward holding a long roll of parchment.
"When I call your name, you will put on the hat and sit on the stool to be sorted," she said. "Abbott, Hannah!"
A pink-faced girl with blonde pigtails stumbled out of line, put on the hat, which fell right down over her eyes, and sat down. A moment's pause --
"HUFFLEPUFF!" shouted the hat.
Many cheered for their house while Hannah blushed awkwardly.
The table on the right cheered and clapped as Hannah went to sit down at the Hufflepuff table. Harry saw the ghost of the Fat Friar waving merrily at her.
"Bones, Susan!"
"HUFFLEPUFF!" shouted the hat again, and Susan scuttled off to sit next to Hannah.
Many hufflepuffs cheered for Susan.
"Boot, Terry!"
"RAVENCLAW!"
The ravenclaws cheered for him
The table second from the left clapped this time; several Ravenclaws stood up to shake hands with Terry as he joined them.
"Brocklehurst, Mandy" went to Ravenclaw too
Many cheered.
, but "Brown, Lavender" became the first new Gryffindor, and the table on the far left exploded with cheers;
The same copied inside the hall
"Bulstrode, Millicent" then became a Slytherin.
Many cheered once again.
"Finch-Fletchley, Justin!"
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
Once again they cheered.
Sometimes, Harry noticed, the hat shouted out the house at once, but at others it took a little while to decide. "Finnigan, Seamus,"a sandy haired boy, sat on the stool for almost a whole minute before the hat declared him a Gryffindor.
"Granger, Hermione!"
Hermione almost ran to the stool and jammed the hat eagerly on her head.
Almost three minutes later the hat had shouted "GRYFFINDOR!". Ron grinned awesome he better get that house someone to keep reminding him of things
Hermione rolled her eyes while everyone cheered.
When Neville Longbottom, the boy who kept losing his toad, was called, he fell over on his way to the stool. The hat took a long time to decide with Neville. When it finally shouted, "GRYFFINDOR,"
Many cheers.
Neville ran off still wearing it,
“Didn’t you do that too?” Charlie said looking at Tonks he glared at Charlie causing the man to raise his hands in defeat.
“Tonks don’t worry Remus did that too.” Sirius snickered before getting hit around the head by Remus Sirius glared to his right while many snickered Harry didn’t like how Remus just hit Sirius being reminded of vernon..
and had to jog back amid gales of laughter to give it to "MacDougal, Morag."
Why did they laugh though? It's not funny is it? Or does he just not understand emotions well he never figured that out but then again he knows when someone needs space and needs comfort he might not be the one who gives the comfort to the person but he tells someone he would give them comfort but he hates hugs or being too close to a person
Draco swaggered forward when his name was called and got his wish at once: the hat had barely touched his head when it screamed, "SLYTHERIN!"
The slytherin’s cheered.
Draco went to join Crabbe and Goyle, looking pleased
There weren't many people left now. "Moon"..., "Nott"..., "Parkinson"..., then a pair of twin girls, "Patil" and "Patil"..., then "Perks, Sally-Anne"..., and then, at last --
"Potter, Harry!
Harry saw a black haired teacher in the corner look up when he heard Harry's name, so did everyone else so when he went forwards whispers were around the school.
“Look you can see the scar it's bigger than we were told it makes it look cool how it goes down his eyebrow.”
“The actual Harry potter?”
“No other one.” Fred mocked.
“Who else idiot.” that caused laughs in the house it came from.
All Harry could see before the hat was over his eyes was people's faces trying to get a good look at him.
“He’s not an animal at the zoo.”
Hmm," said a small voice in his ear. "Difficult. Very difficult. A thirst to prove yourself a different headset to most students I've had here…”
“What’s THAT supposed to mean..”
“Reminds me of your mother actually..”
Remus raised an eyebrow he’s always known Harry for being like his father but even the hat sees the resemblance?
“excellent creativity, pretty brave… oh right, hm where to put you.”
“Could you hurry up!? Your all itchy and heavy.'' Harry thought in anger he knew the stupid hat could understand him so hurry up word he.
“Stupid fucking hat.” Harry muttered.
“AH yes okay I see mm its either hufflepuff or ravenclaw… blue looks good on you you also value more of your ravenclaw traits to your bravery or loyalness..” he muttered before shouting out “RAVENCLAW!”
“Wait you're a ravenclaw-“ Sirius said in shock Harry turned to him.
“Please tell me you're joking.”
“No?”
“What the actual fuck you mean those times I looked after you when you was a fucking dog you didn’t notice my tie!?”
“… Yes.”
Harry stared at Sirius before going to put his head on the table theo put his hand under Harry’s head and lifted it up. Shaking his head meaning no Harry sighed.
“You need to get that checked.”
Harry heard the hat shout the last word to the whole hall. A gasp turned into hundreds a glass broke mcgongagall took the hat of harry's head and harry walked to the ravenclaw table they were shouting we got potter well not all of them some were though harry sat next to Theodore nott who nodded at him.
Theo smiled he does prefer doing things on his own but Harry and Draco and some of the people he does spend time with doing things he does prefer it more on his own doing things alone but he doesn’t mind the two being around.
He could see the High Table properly now. Harry could see the person who broke a glass was hagrid mcgonagall waving her wand and the glass cleaned up from the table hagrid smiled at her apologetically And there, in the centre of the High Table, in a large gold chair, sat Albus Dumbledore. Harry recognized him at once from the card he'd gotten out of the Chocolate Frog on the train. Dumbledore's silver hair was the only thing in the whole hall that shone as brightly as the ghosts.
“That is very true.”
There was a man with a purple turban next to the black hair man. His hair was greasy, Harry supposed he might be the potions teacher.
“It made the most sense.”
And now there were only three people left to be sorted. "Thomas, Dean," a Black boy even taller than Ron, joined the Gryffindor table.
Many cheered.
"Turpin, Lisa," became a Ravenclaw
Cheers one again.
She sat opposite Harry and then it was Ron's turn. He sat under the hat for like 2 minutes before it shouted “GRYFFINDOR” Ron gasped.
“I was shocked. I was sure I was going to end up in hufflepuff.” Ron said while many cheered.
but made his way to the gryffindor table.
"Zabini, Blaise," was made into a Slytherin.
Cheers for blaise who winked at one of the girls they rolled their eyes at him.
Professor McGonagall rolled up her scroll and took the Sorting Hat away harry saw from where he wat sat draco knew many of the slytherins he uh doesn't remember names again like usual
“I only remember things Important.” Harry shrugged well it's a lie but not a lie he doesn’t ever remember names anything else he remembers.
He remembers the dark skinned boy called Blaise zabini was in that group but he can't remember the others.
Albus Dumbledore had gotten to his feet. He was beaming at the students, his arms opened wide, as if nothing could have pleased him more than to see them all there.
"Welcome," he said. "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 sat back down. Everybody clapped and cheered.
“What?”
“I don't know i really don't anyway Theodore nott many would call me theo for short or heir nott whatever I don’t really care Heir potter.” Theodore said hand out Harry took it and they shook hands before Harry signed.
‘Please call me Harry, it feels weird being called heir potter.’
“Ah right then Harry.” Harry nodded before he looked at the table food covered the tables roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops and lamb chops, sausages, bacon and steak, boiled potatoes, roast potatoes, fries, Yorkshire pudding, peas, carrots, gravy, ketchup, and, for some strange reason, peppermint humbugs.
“Dumbledore, you have a weird obsession with peppermint.”
“Agreed, it's only Dumbledore who I know actually eats them.
Harry soon knew why his senses felt overused. There's so many different foods mixed with magic no wonder his throat feels tight damn he could have been warned of this but he can't say it's not expected.. But he doesn't know how he is going to get through the school year.
“I guess I got used to it in the end but it’s still so annoying.
Harry put roast potatoes and a few sausages on his plate along with peas. He looked at the yorkshire pudding while putting things on his plate but the texture doesn't look enjoyable and it doesn't smell nice he doesn't like his potatoes boiled otherwise he would have had those.
“Harry loves potatoes but he won’t eat boiled ones.”
“They aren’t good.”
“Harry there’s not any difference.”
“Oh yes there is.”
The lamb chops dont look enjoyable. He might try the pork chops another time, not today though and peppermint humbugs… he doesn't like peppermint.
“I mean it’s fine sometimes but at dinner not really.”
While he chewed one of his potatoes he felt a pinching feeling in his head. It hurt for a second but he ignored it while trying to ignore the flash of memories in his head.
Many stared at Severus who immediately shook his head he swears that was not him, must have been Quirell or something he wouldn’t do that to a student especially without their permission or a guardian.
none of the bad ones though mostly the ones where he’s happy like when that stupid show was put on when he was seven and he was actually allowed to watch it or the science fair last year that was fun.
“That seems like something you would find fun.”Hermione said amused with harry's interests completely different to most of the groups but harry's adorable when talking about them so he's brought a few into his interests like his love for potions he helps neville alot and now neville is doing really well in that class.
“So you also not much of a eater at dinner?”Theo questioned Harry, looked over and saw he only had steak and fries. Harry nodded but he soon felt the memories changing and he no longer got that weird feeling.
“Got a reason for it?.”
Why? Harry signed confused well yeah he doesn't like foods he's never had and because he can't eat much do not get meals a lot.
“Yeah like… If you eat too much before bed, well a while before it can make sleeping hard or you just not that hungry?” Theo said Harry could see in his eyes from when he looked it was like Theo saw himself in harry.
“I do.”
Just not hungry. Theo nodded and went back to cutting his steak.
“Oh that looks good.”Said a ghost grimly from where he was floating behind theo.
“Rightttt can you leave now i can't eat when being watched.”Theo said the ghost sighed and left to the gryffindor table.
“I can't eat when being watched too, it doesn't feel right.”
Harry chewed his potatoes while he looked at the slytherin table he was facing. Luckily, he didn't need to turn around. Draco didn't look pleased with the seating arrangements. He sat next to a ghost with silver all over his clothes and face. He guessed it was blood.
“Nobody knows why he's covered in blood.”
“That's the bloody baron.. Nobody knows why he's covered in blood, he the slytherin ghost all the houses have one based on there's nobody knows where the ravenclaw one went to though.”Theo whispered Harry narrowed his eyes before going back to eating.
“I bet you
When everyone had eaten as much as they could. The remains of the food faded from the plates, leaving them sparkling clean as before. A moment later the desserts appeared. Blocks of ice cream in every flavour you could think of, apple pies, treacle tarts,
“All of the above harry has an addiction for especially treacle tarts He's not always a fan of the texture from apple pies but sometimes he loves them ice cream he says when he wants it but he definitely loves treacle tart the most
chocolate eclairs and jam doughnuts, trifle, strawberries, Jell-O, rice pudding...
The talk soon turned to families.
"I'm half-blood, add a wizard and mum is a muggle. She knew about it but she was shocked when she saw him do magic one time.”
“I would be too.”
Harry and theo spoke about potions and transfiguration harry wasn't that much of a talker still but he signed to theo who obviously understood harry had thanked hogwarts for being a sentient and making it possible for languages to be understood and suddenly a strong magic went through the hall along with a strong breeze.
Many stared at the book in shock.
“I still don't understand what that was.''George muttered.
Harry saw how Dumbledore McGonagall and The man next to the guy in the turban looked around the hall confused. Along with George Weasley sat near Harry and a few other ravenclaws as if that’s never happened before.
“What was that?” George whispered as the girl next to him shrugged.
Harry looked up at the High Table again. Hagrid was drinking deeply from his goblet. Professor McGonagall was talking to Professor Dumbledore with a confused expression he suspects it was about the magic thing. The professor in an absurd turban, was talking to the teacher with greasy black hair, a hooked nose, and sallow skin.
The man in the turban turned around and suddenly a burning feeling shot through his scar.
“What!?”
“Why?”
“How can a scar burn from looking at someone.”
specifically the main bolt he did notice when he was 5 his scar was burning and suddenly it grew in size he never knew why but it did that he stared at the turban man it was absurd the purple with black atrocious a dark purple would be nice but bright purple its burning the eyes.
“For real/”
Harry could tell the man with black greasy hair didn't like him much but he had a look in his eyes saying i'll see if that changes.
“That did change. I still don't like the boy but I do watch over him…”
At last, the desserts too disappeared, and Professor Dumbledore got to his feet again. The hall fell silent.
"Ahem -- just a few more words now that we are all fed and watered. I have a few start-of-term notices to give you.
"First years should note that the forest on the grounds is forbidden to all pupils. And a few of our older students would do well to remember that as well."
Dumbledore's twinkling eyes flashed in the direction of the Weasley twins.
“Fred George you didn't.”
“Not inside only to find ingredients for our potions.”
"I have also been asked by Mr. Filch, the caretaker, to remind you all that no magic should be used between classes in the corridors.
“Like that ever happens.”
"Quidditch trials will be held in the second week of the term. Anyone interested in playing for their house teams should contact Madam Hooch.
"And finally, I must tell you that this year, the third-floor corridor on the right-hand side is out of bounds to everyone who does not wish to die a very painful death also a reminder to ask if you would like a place to hang out and talk with friends in a different house we have to many spare classrooms we never use.”
"And now, before we go to bed, let us sing the school song!" cried Dumbledore.The teacher's smiles minus hagrids became quite fixed.
Dumbledore gave his wand a little flick, as if he was trying to get a fly off the end, and a long golden ribbon flew out of it, which rose high above the tables and twisted itself, snakelike, into words.
"Everyone picks their favourite tune," said Dumbledore, "and off we go!"
And the school bellowed:
"Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts,”
Harry clasped his hands over his ears.
“
Teach us something please,
Whether we be old and bald
Or young with scabby knees,
Our heads could do with filling
With some interesting stuff,
For now they're bare and full of air,
Dead flies and bits of fluff,
So teach us things worth knowing,
Bring back what we've forgot, just do your best, we'll do the rest,
And learn until our brains all rot."
Everybody finished the song at different times.
The same as inside the hall the twins singing for the longest Harry had his hands clasped around his ears tightly Remus watched Harry do it a few seconds in and felt a wave of needing to help him make it quiet so he didn’t need to but he knows Harry would do it if he had to he’s watched Harry cast spells accidentally without meaning obviously his magic protects him so if he really needed to make it quiet he would of done it by now but he still felt bad he hates when it’s loud because of his hearing he suspects Harry also has hearing pretty similar to him and his smell from what he’s heard so far from the book and group.
Sirius also saw how Harry had did that and had a similar feeling to Remus and suddenly he was greatly reminded of regulus his little brother… he hated loud noises and would do that in the hall whenever the school song or whenever it was to loud… he does miss regulus not gouging to lie maybe they weren’t as close as they could of been but regulus went through what he did and he knows regulus was apart of the light side not the dark..
Well not any side there’s no sides if you think of it not anymore.. the way people turn on everyone because of something might as well say there’s the protectors the ones who will never betray someone in there side the others and the enemy or whatever you want to call it as there’s many not on the dark side but don’t want to be apart of it so the protectors are the ones who want to fight and be apart of the war which will… most likely to happen again. It’s worrying knowing there’s a second war coming but…. What can they do? It’s life and it’s how it’s going to be until they can manage to defeat Voldemort once and for all.
At last, only the Weasley twins were left singing along to a very slow funeral march. Dumbledore conducted their last few lines with his wand and when they had finished, he was one of those who clapped loudest.
"Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you trot!"
“Are we fucking horses?” Harry hissed in annoyance for the first time in a few hours.
“First things I heard you say and it was swear words and- never mind.” Theo said Draco and Hermione smirked knowing what Theo was going to say. George nodded he thought so.
“No?”
“Well you're damn well treating us like them.” Harry and Luna muttered under their breaths.
“Yes to him we are.”
“Waig what?” Harry signed
“Oh uh never mind.”
The Ravenclaw first years followed a girl called penelope clearwater through the chattering crowds, out of the Great Hall, and up the marble staircase to meet more staircases which went in all different directions harry stared in horror when they moved when the Gryffindors all got onto one staircase upwards it turned left to meet the next corridor a floor up then turned to the right going to the other direction to the Gryffindors.
The portraits along the corridors they went through pointed hand and whispered went they went past muti[la times they went through hidden doors behind sliding panels and hanging tapestries They climbed more staircases,many yawning harry was wide awake he wouldn't be able to get tired until this time comes off he wants to rip it off and burn it.
Harry glared at the spiteful thing in front of him; they are a hate crime.
A bundle of walking sticks was floating in midair ahead of them, and as penelope took a step toward them they started throwing themselves at her
"Peeves," Penelope whispered to the first years. "A poltergeist." sHe raised his voice, "Peeves -- show yourself."
A loud, rude sound, like the air being let out of a balloon, answered.
"Do you want me to go to the Bloody Baron?"
There was a pop, and a little man with wicked, dark eyes and a wide mouth appeared, floating cross-legged in the air, clutching the walking sticks.
"Oooooooh!" he said, with an evil cackle. "Ickle Firsties! What fun!"
He swooped suddenly at them. They all ducked.
"Just leave us alone peeves it's the first day back let the first years get to the dorms one trip please that’s all I ask”The man sighed and in the sound as if popping bubble wrap he vanished
“Ah so you had to have peeves that year on the way to your common room.” Percy muttered he had him the year before.
"You want to watch out for Peeves," said Penolpe, as they set off again. "The Bloody Baron's the only one who can control him. He will listen to students if he likes them too.. It all depends on this way.”
“He likes me.” Harry said many turned to stare at him in shock.
“What.”
“He likes you.” Sirius said in annoyance PEEVES wouldn’t ever talk to him, only target the marauders.
“Yeah as I told him how to set things alight with sticks- shit.”
“THAT WAS YOU!?” Many yelled that explains the fire in the forest.
“In mt defence it was an accident I didn’t expect the sticks to actually light on fire in winter we fucking ran I mean ran I was out and in the castle in under 5 minutes and ended up having a panic attack after.” Harry said with a shrug before realising what he just admitted
“Do you always have panic attacks over things like that?”
Harry shrugged mainly when it involved socialising. He ended up having a panic attack but what can you do? Theo frowned Harry’s always seems panicky whenever they have to go to class as if he’s struggling to breathe sometimes is that what that is.
“Hold on this is going to reveal where our common room is.” A ravenclaw prefect said horrified.
“Shit.”
“Oh no it won’t don’t you worry” the book said
They walked and walked until there was a bronze knocker on a door
Srewot eht eno ni erew yeht deciton yrrah t
“Ravenclaw rewot.”The whispered everyone has an area they know: ravenclaws and Gryffindors are in the top half of the castle but nobody knows where and the slytherins and hufflepuffs are in the other area, most likely the dungeons.
“You have to answer a riddle here Yet teg desuer yreve raey”
“It’s annoying me now.” Many muttered.
“Yeah but the privacy of the ravenclaws even if you won’t be able to get in you will know things you shouldn’t.
obviously not all the time though but sometimes you can find yourself y'know.”
Soon a voice came out of the knocker “Where do vanished objects go.”Said a deepish tone.
“So?” The perfect questioned them obviously showing they will have to harry took a breath and said
“Otni non gnieb that it was erehwyna”
“Backwards…” Remus muttered.
“Good one correct.”The knocker turned a lighter colour and the prefer pulled open the door it was an wide circular airy room the perfectly arched windows the walls hung blue and bronze silks and a midnight blue carpet covered in stars,
“Oo.” Hermione said grinning that it sounds beautiful and it matches Harry’s favourite colours and themes except he likes it dark.
which was reflected onto the domed ceiling. The room was furnished with blue tables, chairs, and a divan. There was a marble statue of rowena ravenclaw next to a staircase
“Oh? We don’t have that.”
“You don’t have staircases on either side of your common room and the one in the middle?” Hermione sounded confused.
“No, it's a second common room above the first where there’s the staircases one furthest right, one furthest left and one in the middle.” Luna explained.
“So there’s two common rooms?”
“Sort of the one with the staircases is studying in groups cause there’s a load of book shelves.”George explained adding “Then the one you go inside when you get to the dormitory is where you get snacks if wanted the fireplace the bookshelves are in a corner but the top one has them covering the free walls the first one also has a weird door nobody can get into.”
“Oh we got into it.” Theo and Luna said plus gesturing to Harry.
“WHAT?“
“It's only a library with more advanced books about the wizarding world.” Harry shrugged.
“Oh.”
Penelope walked up it they followed there was three sets of marble spiral staircases in front of one had a light purple carpet with crescent moons in front of the staircase and another the same with full moons and one with a half moon there was bookshelves all over the walls and it was decorated similar to the bottom floor but without the fireplace and that weird door.
“The full moon carpet is in front of the girls and crescent moon the boys and mixed it if you don't go by she or he off you go first years must be asleep by 9 pm its over that now but it's your first year so it's fine your names will be on your doors.”
Soon the first years ascended up the stairs
They soon found their beds at last: 5 beds, 3 corners and two middle desks were attached to the side of the beds as if it was a nightstand.”
“Ours aren’t connected though.” Gryffindor muttered it would be better having them connected.
“We don’t have nightstands though.” Theo shrugged.
“Ohh.”
and attached to the wall was curtains a railing sounding the whole area desk and bed
“Oh they finally added those?” Sirius questioned.
“Yep.”
“Awesome.”
The male ravenclaw prefect entered the dorm.
“Sorry we forgot to explain every one has these curtains you pull them around your area and it silences the place around you only during times you should be awake when your supposed to be asleep it won’t silence anything along with school hours as during those times you should be awake or asleep now that’s really all I have to say…Have a good sleep see you in the morning.”He left the room.
Harry saw his trunk on one of the corner beds theo had the middle one near his in the area which didn't have the railing had a big book shelf the whole room was like it.
“I love that.”
“OH i love it.” Harry whispered as they all nodded. It's awesome. They pulled the big curtain around all of these areas while putting their things away and to obviously change in privacy.
“Yeah it’s better then having the, around the bed well the beds still have that but just for decoration really cause you don’t get the privacy to change if it’s only around your bed.” Many nodded that it must have sucked when the adults were in school.
Harry saw how the snake imprint was on the wall in his area and narrowed his eyes at it.
“Did you figure it out?”
Harry opened the wardrobe in the corner next to the snake and saw at the bottom multiple sets of pyjamas in his size how do they know his size he shall never find out cause he does not want to but anyway he picked them up and pulled of his tie putting it on his bed for now along with his robe followed by hisshirt he winced while pulling off his under shirt god damn why does vernon have to be so Fucking rough and keave bruises and marks all over his back all over some bacon.
“Harry… has he left scars?” Hermione whispered.
Harry shrugged Hermione sighed she’s worrying about Harry like really bad now she sees him has a little brother yes he might not of known they were friends until their year but he’s a little brother to her and the way he’s being treated makes her want to cause some pain on the dursleys but it’s illegal so she won’t but she really wants to…
He buttoned up the pyjama shirt leaving the top two un done before sliding off his shoes followed by his socks followed by his trousers before pulling on the pyjamas pants and buttoning them up he put his shoes at the end of the bed .
Remus remembered when lilly would get annoyed when anything was out of place in the girls dorms you're able to go up to them without the intent to do anything and when something wasn’t organised she would move it it annoyed Marlene mary and dorcas but they got used to it by fifth year.
“You’ve always done that by organising everything. You even organise the dorm area which isn’t yours which I’m thankful for.” Anthony muttered the other two boys nodded theo shrugged he was already organised anyway.
Put his robe on a hanger, folded up his shirt and laid one of those weird hard cushion things before folding up his trousers too and putting them on top of the shirt. Before he opened his trunk and hanged up his robes first out his gloves in the cabinet his vests which go over the shirts why is the uniform so fucking complicated.
“Why were you cursing in the first year?”
“I grew up with the dursleys. They literally would swear at me.” Harry replied with a shrug many sighed it seems it just gets worse the more they talk about Harry’s childhood.
He folded it up and put it on the bottom of the wardrobe next to the school shirts. He stared at the wardrobe, something was missing… oh right he took out his other pairs of trousers and put them on the other side of the vests he then picked up his wand boxes and put them on his desk….
“I don’t know how we never noticed the two boxes.” Terry muttered annoyance in his tone.
And then he organised all his books on the free areas of the book shelves. He now hung up the winter cloak. Then he got up and opened the curtains at the same time as Theodore.
“So… Potter you don’t like to talk?“ Anthony questioned him.
Harry shrugged, he does but doesn’t.
“No, I just don't right now.” Harry signed and Anthony shrugged.
“Cool, so how long did it take to learn sign language?” Asked michael conner.
Harry put up a five then signed”years.”
“Damn.”
“Five years.. Was it hard then.” a shrug.
“When do you think you'll be able to talk again.”
“Tomorrow is probably just a bad day today.” Harry signed while theo yawned.
Theo blushed because he couldn't sleep the night before so he was really tired.
“Yeah we should get to bed… good night?” Anthony shrugged, they all said/signed goodnight and pulled the curtains around their beds to fall asleep. Harry didn’t not yet he stared at the snake on the wall before choosing to speak to it and he said “”open up.”” And suddenly the bricks pulled apart to lead a thin passageway to fit one person in a line.
“Holy fuck.”
“What.”
“There's a passageway in the school!?”
he raised an eyebrow before walking down it he heard the bricks shut he faced another snake he stared at it before reading 1st year Genderneutrale dorms.
“Holy fuck-.”
“They lead everywhere.’ Luna smiled.
His eyes widened before he turned away and hissed open to the passageway once again and entered his dormitory before climbing into bed wincing when he laid on his back.
Harry also winced in the room as he remembered the pain. Oh wasn't it painful, not fun as he had one on his shoulder too.
Before turning around to lay on his chest unknown to him due to him thanking lady hogwarts he had made the four founders develop ghosts .
“I mean I found out around the end of the year.
They all have a portrait. The more people find out the school is sentient , more things are opened or brought alive like years and years ago the passages were never able to be seen but a slytherin boy who goes by the name Tom marvolo riddle unlocked them.
“Woah…”
and now this ravenclaw boy Harry James Potter has managed to bring their ghost to Hogwarts. They stood in the corner of the room watching the boy sleep for a few minutes.
“Weird as fuck.”
before turning to leave the room if one would like to be able to speak to the founders they will be able to so form this day they will watch over this boy and friends if he’s able to bring them here who knows what he next does to the world and hogwarts the elves also felt the difference in all the magic of hogwarts it’s more powerful not because of a student because of the belief in sentient places and items.
“Holy shit that’s so fucking weird what.”
“For real.”
“The magic..”
Harry’s dream was weird a weird weird dream… he’s never had one before like it. It was about him at first entering a room with three other people.. inside had a sleeping dog and a giant violin stood up playing covered in rainbow particles before it switched to show him standing in front of a mirror.
“Harry, are you a seer?” Sirius questioned.
“No?”
“Hmm.”
“Potter I’m going to say one thing get that checked by the goblins.” Snape said, shocking the hall, they thought he hated him.
“Why?”
“It’s a possibility it’s connected to the you know what along with the possibility of you being a seer.” Harry frowned but nodded he will get it checked when he goes to diagon alley next.
Behind him he saw Theodore not t his body in the mirror picked up a red stone before he sat up fast in horror along with pain in his forehead.
Many frowned that it can't be normal…
He looked around the room incredibly confused. Yes, maybe he’s had something similar but never this vivid he couldn’t sleep for the rest of the night.
“I wouldn’t be able to either.”