Chapter Two
The Hargreeves siblings found themselves following the sea of students to the Great Hall, where next to them was four long-ass tables, one for each house, and in front of them was another long table of teachers, all smiling at the first-years in front of them.
Professor McGonagall stood at the microphone, holding an old-looking hat.
“Witches and wizards, today we welcome our newest students to Hogwarts. I expect all of you to treat them with honour and respect. We have some students joining us from America this year, we will welcome them accordingly and equally. Now, for you to be sorted into your houses! I will read through the list in alphabetical order. When I call your name, sit on the stool,; I will place the sorting Hat on your head, which will sort your into your houses.”
The Sorting Hat began, and while some children were shocked by their first view of magic, the Hargreeves children were no stranger to elements outside of the ordinary.
None of them were really listening, and Allison’s eyes only looked up from the cat in her hands when she saw a ‘Raymond Chestnut’ as McGonagall said, the most stunning, handsome young man, plastered with a smile. “Hmmm,” the Sorting Hat considered. “Ravenclaw!” Ray smiled, jumping up and walking to the fourth table along, where all the other Ravenclaws were sitting. He was welcomed and Allison made a mental note to talk to him later.
Vanya was passing notes to and from Five when she caught a glimpse of the beautiful locks of a blonde girl walking up, with the name of ‘’Sissy Cooper’. She was sorted into Gryffindor house, sitting on the second long table with those wearing red and gold scarves.
Allison’s head shot up when she heard her name called out. She’d hardly realised she was holding Luther’s hand until she was having to let it go. Her hands were shaking as the now-empty one grasped onto the cat, which she had now named Pogo, and she sat on the stool.
McGonagall gave her a reassuring smile as she could see she was nervous. “Ooh, American girl?” the Sorting Hat spoke. “Brave, I can see. Clever, loving. I’ll have to put you in… Ravenclaw!” Allison still wasn’t sure if that was a good or a bad thing, despite being suddenly away she could be split from her brothers and sister. Allison tried not to make a point of sitting next to Raymond Chestnut, but did it still, tucking her hair behind her ear so he could see her face next to him.
Ben heard his name, and made his way to the front. He looked back on Allison, who seemed to be settling nicely into the third row of people, all in Ravenclaw. “Ben… what do I do with you? I know! Hufflepuff!” The name sounded funny, so Ben smiled, but he realised now that him and Allison were already split apart. Who knows who else he was going to be apart from. He made his way to the third table along.
Diego was next to sit under the hat. “Ooh, can sense courage and bravery, massive hero complex. It has to be Gryffindor!” He smiled; from what Five had told him, this was good. The famous Harry Potter was in this house. He glanced back at Klaus on his way to the second table, who had a couple of tears in his eyes, the realisation that they were being split up.
Five was called up next and the hat had hardly touched his head by the time he shouted “Slytherin!” Five smiled and sat with the others of the same house, space jumping into a spare seat. He was in magic school now, he didn’t have to care about doing what his father would call “wasting his powers and energy unnecessarily.”
“Klaus Hargreeves?” McGonagall called from the sheet. Him and Vanya exchanged a nervous hug before he made his way up to the seat. His fingers tapped anxiously on his knees. McGonagall gently placed the hat on his head.
“Ooh, very interesting. It seems you do have attributes from all the houses. Ambition stands out strong, thoughtful. It has to be… Slytherin!” Kluas instantly looked over to where he saw Ben was looking back at him, a sad look on his face. He does smile, eventually, and walks over to the table furthest on the left.
Luther went up next, and was half expecting to be in Gryffindor, so when he was sorted into Hufflepuff, he had shock to his face, and he swore he could hear Diego snort on his way to sit down.
Vanya was the last of the siblings to be sorted into a house, and it almost wasn’t a surprise when she was put in Hufflepuff, considering her kindness and generosity.
Klaus talked with the people around him, and when he looked back up to the sorting, he heard the professor call the name of a ‘Dave Katz’. He was beautiful, buff for an eleven-year-old, blonde hair which shone when he moved. Klaus cheered inside when he also was sorted into Slytherin and was even happier when he sat next to him, and they talked for the rest of dinner.
When Diego next paid attention, a ‘Eudora Patch’ was sorted into Ravenclaw her glowing face lighting up and he could swear she brought light with her.
Lila Pitts was sorted soon after, into Gryffindor, and by the time the food appeared on the tables, everyone was sorted into their houses, and it was apparent that they were not going ot be sleeping on the same corridor anymore. Allison and Vanya couldn’t sneak into each other’s rooms to paint their nails, Klaus couldn’t run into Ben’s room when he had a nightmare, Five realised he would have to put up with Klaus. Overall, while they were happy where they were, they weren’t happy with being apart. Of course, they would be with each other all the time, but the sleeping situation was not something they could see themselves becoming used to anytime soon.