9 Chapter 8 (1/2)

Once McGonagall had led us through the doors of the great hall, I had to pause to take in the sight.

Floating in mid-air over the four tables that the rest of the students were sitting at, we're thousands and thousands of candles.

The four tables had all Goblets and Golden plates laid out for us. at the top of the hall stood a table where the professors were seated behind the four hourglasses that served to count each of the house's points.

we reached the head of the hall where hundreds of heads stared at us.

I was nervous I admit, but since I was buried in the crowed my nervousness was not as worse as it would be.

Their faces shone like candles on a... while the ghost glowed a misty silver.

I checked on the rose to see if she was okay she stuck to me like glue and looked like she was about to die.

I found ruby against her chest as she was hugging her as her life depended on it.

Finally for what had seemed to be an eternity we had reached the head of the hall where we found the sorting hat on the stool waiting for us.

He hat twitched and the rip on the brim stretched and opened wide. Before long the Hat had begun to sing.

Sorting hat-”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 have 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!