Sorting Ceremony (cont.)
Author: Minerva McGonagall
Date: 12-07-01 02:24

"All right, that's enough out of all of you!!" McGonagall yelled over the students. "SILENCE!!"

The room full of students fell silent, and stared at the their strict professor. They didn't think she could yell that loud. Without a blink, she took five point from, and continued with the ceremony.

"Forest, Aradia"

Miss Forest came up to the three-legged stool and took a seat, then McGonagall set the hat upon her head.

Hmmm, what a good heart you have, my dear . . . mysterious, of course, that's what makes you, you. RAVENCLAW!!

Miss Forest jumped up as the Ravenclaw table started to cheer and applaud their new member.

McGonagall's eyes followed the names on down the list.

"Allen, Peter."

SLYTHERIN!!

"Baker, Vicentio."

HUFFLEPUFF!

"Beck, Ariella."

HUFFLEPUFF!!

"Bennett, Titania."

RAVENCLAW!

"Davis, Juliet"

GRYFFINDOR!!!

"Douglas, Charity."

SLYTHERIN!!!

"Fairchild, Jude."

HUFFLEPUFF!

"Fort, Mindy."

GRYFFINDOR!!!

Minerva loved to hear the students cheering and whistling for their new house members. She was glad that they all knew the feeling of Team Spirit.

"Henderson, Lee."

GRYFFINDOR!!

"King, Anastasia."

RAVENCLAW!!

"Newton, Lucretia."

SLYTHERIN!!

"Patterson, Amerah."

The young girl came up to the three-legged stool. McGonagall placed the Sorting Hat upon her head, and if fell over her eyes.

HUFFLEPUFF!!

She hopped up and ran to her new house table, while her fellow housemembers cheered and welcomed her, excitedly.

"Ross, Elizabeth."

GRYFFINDOR!

"Stewart, Lawrence."

SLYTHERIN!!

"Terbeek, Douglas."

RAVENCLAW!!

"Torres, Leonora."

HUFFLEPUFF!!

"Wooten, Robert."

SLYTHERIN!!

Finally, the Sorting Ceremony was over. Minerva rolled up the piece of long parchement and took her seat near Dumbledore. It was his turn to say a few words to start the term feast.

Ravenclaw...Yay!
Author: Aradia Forest
Date: 12-07-01 07:24

"Forest, Aradia," Prof. McGonagall calls out. Somwhere between nervousness and excitment, I half-walk, half-skip to the to the small three-legged stool and put on the Sorting Hat.

Hmm... quite a challenge, Miss Forest... wh -
I won't go to Slytherin! I won't!
Keep your hat on, Miss Forest. Let's see...what a good heart you have.
Yes! Yes! Good!
and quite...mysterious too..So that is why you belong in....
RAVENCLAW

YES!!! I jump up! My father's side were predominately Ravenclaws. YES YES YES!!! I take the hat off and place it back on the stool. I walk quicky over to the cheering Ravenclaws.

Hufflepuff...Alright!
Author: Amerah Patterson
Date: 12-07-01 19:20

"Patterson, Amerah."

I walk over nervously to the stool. OK, just relax I tell myself. I put the hat on my head and it falls over my eyes.

Another Patterson, eh? says the hat. I know what to do with you.
"Uh-oh," I think.
No question, says the hat. A typical Patterson.
*gulp*
Friendly, hardworking, fair and loyal, says the hat. An easy choice. No question that you are. . .HUFFLEPUFF!

I take the hat off my head and grinning ear to ear, I run towards the Hufflepuff. "I did it," I thought. The tradition in our family continues, Hufflepuff. . .ALL RIGHT

A Few Words
Author: Prof. Dumbledore
Date: 12-07-01 03:03

Dumbledore stood once again.

"Now, before we start the feast I'd like to say a few words. Here they are: Rumbledunk, starticus, hashmash! Now let the feast begin!" He clapped his hands together and the tables instantly filled with lavish food and everyone dug right in...

Peeves
Author: Peeves
Date: 12-06-01 06:39

......*sitting, invisibly under the Gryffindor table, Peeves take prime advantage of Hermione looking aside to talk to Harry and reaches up, over the edge of the table and swaps the sausage on her plate for a slimy grubberworm.*......

Time to Eat!!
Author: George Weasley
Date: 12-07-01 03:05

George elbowed his brother in the arm.

"Look wot ya did! We're already five points in the 'ole! Will ya keep ya ruddy mouth shut?!" George hissed at his twin, eyes narrowed.

"Leave me alone!" Fred stuck his tongue out.

George was about to burst out laughing, "Wan' me ta tell Samantha yer bein' gross?"

Fred sat there, ignoring George's comment and eating his food, staring down the table at Samantha Thatcher.

An evil grin spread across George's face and he started humming, then burst into song:

"Yer jus' too good ta be true! Can' take me eyes offa you! Ya'd be like 'eaven ta touch! I wanna hold ya so much! At long las' love has arrived, an' I thank God I s'vived. Yer jus' too good ta be true! Can' take me eyes offa you!"

He took a deep breath, "Oh, pretty baaaaab -- Ooooofph!"

Fred socked George in the stomach.

"Stuffa sock in it!!"

Yay Food!
Author: Samantha Thatcher
Date: 12-07-01 03:16

Samantha rose a brow toward George, then went back to her plate. "Wow, I've nevar seen this much food at one time!" She said with a mouth full. "O' course..." She swallowed, "I be'er stop eatin' or I'm gunna end up lookin' like ol' Saint Nick!" Ron and his friends laghed at her joke.

"'Ay Sammi...You play Quidditch at all?" Ron waved his drumstick at her (now) startled face.

"Do...I...play Quidditch?" She laughed. "Wha' kind o' a dumb question is tha' eh?" She rose a brow.

"Umm.." He dropped the meat on his plate. "You don't then?"

Samantha gave him a surprised look. "Yeh doe brain!" she whacked her hand against his head (softly). "O' course I play Quidditch! How could yeh think o'er wise!" Shaking her head she snatched a roll from his plate. Ron didn't notice but obviously George did cause he snickered at her and she winked at him.

Mmm..Yummy, Yummy, in my Tummy
Author: Cho Chang
Date: 12-07-01 04:02

She waves a Alicia as the Gryffindor Chaser takes her seat, then averts dark eyes back to the food in front of her, snatching some before anyone else can move it from in front of her, she takes a long swallow from her cup and grins, muttering so as not to be caught by McGonagall, "Hurray for food!"

Sykra agrees with her and they barely talk through dinner, stuffing themselves full of the delicious tasties.

Flying Grubberworm
Author: Hermione Granger
Date: 12-07-01 04:46

"And you thought I was worse than Fred and George," Ron said to Hermione, laughing.

Hermione frowned, "This isn't a laughing matter, Ron! We're already down 5 points! What a way to start the school year!" She folded her arms, not noticing the present Peeves had left on her plate. "Besides, you did participate in the chanting."

Ron shook his head and muttered under his breath, "I never win with you."

"What was that, Ron?" Hermione asked, narrowing her eyes.

Samantha took the opportunity to pipe in, "'E said-" But before she could complete her sentence, Ron elbowed her as a signal not to repeat his words.

Hermione took no notice and instead welcomed Samantha to Gryffindor House. "You'll like it here. I'm Hermione by the way, and this is Harry," she said, indicating across the table.

Harry extended his hand, "Nice to meet you, Samantha."

The four Gryffindors stopped their chatter as they focused their attentions back on the sorting ceremony, which had long since resumed. They cheered for each new Gryffindor enthusiastically, and grew more and more eager for the meal to arrive. Finally, Prof. Dumblefore made his short speech, and the tables became lavishly covered with all sorts of food.

Hermione began to spoon mashed potatoes onto her plate, when suddenly she noticed the grubberworm. "Peeves!!" she squealed, picking up the plate with two hands. She flipped the contents backwards over her head with so great a force, that the worm landed on the Slytherin table.

Ron, Samantha, and Harry started laughing so hard.

"It's not funny!" Hermione stated flatly, exchanging plates with Ron.

Ron rolled his eyes, "Great. Now I'm getting slime with my meal."

"Don't you know slime is high in protein, Ron?" Harry said, matter-of-factly.

"Oh yes, of course!" Ron agreed, using his napkin to clean his plate.

Just then, George broke out into song.

Hermione almost expected him to rise from his seat and start dancing on the table, he was so into the song. Harry grinned, "Ron, do you have that Weasley charm too?"

"I don't know what you're talking about," Ron replied, his ears burning.

Samantha and Ron then began conversing about Quidditch and the like. Her mannerisms were almost flirtsy, which alarmed Hermione slightly. She never really imagined other girls homing in on her best friends. Well, she knew plenty of girls were interested in Harry. Ginny Weasley was a prime example. But that never bothered Hermione. She didn't like Harry like that anyway. As for Ron, well, she just never pictured him with anyone. Period. And this Samantha Thatcher was definitely not his type.

Hermione snapped out of it, realizing she had lapsed into lala land.

"Hermione, you want another chicken leg?" Ron asked, offering her one.

She nodded, "Yes please."

Re: Mmm..Yummy Yummy in My Tummy
Author: Amerah Patterson
Date: 12-07-01 05:01

After the speech is done, I fill my plate up with food and pour myself a nice glass of pumpkin juice. I didn't eat much on the train and didn't have much of a lunch at my home so I am starving. Not long after, the table bursts into excited and happy chatter. The conversation turns to our families

"I'm a pure-blood," says Ariella Beck. "My family is an old wizarding family. My parents were killed by You-Know-Who and we were raised by our grandmother."

"What about you, Jude?" I ask.

"I'm a pureblood," says Jude. "My mom was Hufflepuff, but my dad was Ravenclaw. And you?"

"I'm a half-blood," I reply. "My mom's a witch. Her entire family were in Hufflepuff so it's an honour to carry on the tradition. My dad's a Muggle."

"I'm a Muggle-born," said Leonora Torres. "My parents wanted to send me to a private girls' school. They were so shocked and somewhat disappointed when I got my letter."

I take in my surrounding. I'm finally here. In Hogwarts and staying in Hufflepuff like all of my mother's side of the family. Everyone here seems really friendly. Maybe the Slytherins don't look too pleasant, but everyone in Hufflepuff seems great. I already feel at home.

An Introduction
Author: Majandra
Date: 12-07-01 06:29

Everyone starts helping themselves to the many dishes spread before them when a few seats down from Majandra, Hermione yells Peeves' name and suddenly flings the contents of her plate. Majandra nearly falls off her chair laughing when she watches the grubberworm and some of the mashed potatoes smack Pyrrhus right in his open mouth. "Some slime for a snot," she thinks to herself, wiping tears from her eyes.

Turning her attention back to Gryffindor table, Majandra waves at Fred Weasley when he looks down the table at Ron and the new girl. That's when Majandra realizes she's sitting close enough to Samantha Thatcher to introduce herself. Talking loudly enough for Samantha to hear her, Majandra welcomes Samantha to Gryffindor. "Hi, Samantha! I'm Majandra Fine. How's it feel to be one of the chosen few to be in the best house at Hogwarts?"

Mmmm!
Author: Sykra Sawyer
Date: 12-07-01 07:56

Sykra grinned as Aradia joined her and Cho. "Welcome ta Ravenclaw, Aradia!"

Aradia smiled back. "Thank you!" The three girls grinned as food appeared.

"Oh I'm starved!!" Cho said as they began to eat. No one talked much during the feast, they were too busy eating.

Ravenclaw! Ravenclaw! Ravenclaw!
Author: Lostark The Rude
Date: 12-07-01 08:14

Titania Bennett, Anastasia King, Douglas Terbeek, Aradia Forest and myself were welcomed among the other Ravenclaws. Doug was the size as any other boy, and wondered if I was truly a Ravenclaw and not a Slythern. "So how are you Goliath?" said Doug.

Personaly I hated it when Muggles called me that. "Great, David, and my name is Lostark," I said.

"Doug, pardon me," he said going to the main table and whispered to the teachers.

"Why not humor the boy? He's a first year. He should know know the sorting hat is never wrong," Dr. Endikut said.

Doug returned with the sorting hat and placed it on my head. "Oh Chris, still confused about your sort?" The hat started saying to me.

"Someone is," I said.

"Well you will develop more as a Ravenclaw. I stand by my decision, RAVENCLAW!" the hat said. Doug removed the hat and placed it back on my head. "RAVENCLAW!" the hat said louder than ever. Doug, confused, removed the hat and placed it back on my head again. "I STAND BY THIS SORT! THIS ONE IS A RAVENCLAW!" the hat said before what sounded like a rasberry.

"I think that is enough playing with the sorting hat," Professor McGonagall said taking the hat from Doug's hands who was going for a fourth time.

"Thanks, some kids just can't trust an old hat these days!" said the hat.