#sortingceremony

[piffcreations]

The Great Hall was nothing like Serena had imagined. There she stood in the doorway with eyes wide at the magical spectacle that was before her. There were four long rows of tables, one for each house. As Serena looked up she saw banners above each table representing each house at Hogwarts. There were candles lit and were floating in the air, dancing around the banners. Where the ceiling should have been, was what looked like a starry night sky. Serena was in so much awe she almost didn't notice that other students started to file into the hall. She quickly scurried to the other end of the hall and stood along the wall, hoping to stay out of sight until it was time to be sorted.

Once all 4 row of tables were full of students, a professor at Hogwarts who had introduced herself as Prof. McGonagall earlier that day to Serena, ushered in the first year students. Serena could see the look on all the new students' faces’ were just as amazed at the Great Hall as she was just moments ago. As the reach the end of the hall, Prof. McGonagall explained to the first years that once she announced your name, to step forward and take a seat. She would then place the Sorting Hat upon their head and they would then be sorted to one of the 4 houses.

With each first year being called and the group standing grew smaller, Serena grew more nervous. Ever since her 10th birthday, she had never been one to want to be the center of attention. She took some deep breaths and told herself all she had to do was sit down then get up and sit at the table with her house, nothing too difficult.

The last first year was heading to their table and Serena knew it was her turn. Just as she went to walk forward, Serena saw Prof. Dumbledore stepped from his chair and spoke. He welcomed the first years and returning students to Hogwarts. He gave updates to the staff including the new Defense Against the Arts professor, Prof. Lockhart. A fairly well dressed and swoopy hair stood up with a large smile. Serena wasn’t sure what to think of this one. He didn't really seem to be someone who knew how to fight evil but you never know. Prof. Dumbledore continued with his speech, discussing other changes, announcing the Prefects, and the Head boy and girl.

As he was finishing up, Prof. Dumbledore turned and gave Serena a nod and spoke. “ Last but not least, I would like everyone to give a warm welcome to a new student to Hogwarts, she will be joining the second year all the way from New York City in America. Serenity Pearl, will you please step forward to be placed into your house.”

Suddenly the whole room had turned to look at Serena. Never had there been so many eyes on her before. The butterflies in her stomach felt as if they were on fire at this point, but she took a deep breath, and told herself it will be over before you know it. Not making eye contact with anyone on her way up, Serena sat down facing all the students, then she felt the hat be placed on her head.

“Ahh what an interesting head on this one”, said the hat, “Lots of history in Slytherin, many generations in fact.” Serena was shocked that an old hat could know something like that, could it know who her parents are? She wanted to ask but her nerves were getting the best of her. “Power too! So much potential! Slytherin would be a good fit, however…”

Serena thought she could hear someone whispering her name. Looking over to her left slightly, Serena saw the girl from the book shop, Hermione, waving at her from the Gryffindor table. A small smile grew on Serena’s face, making her feel a bit at ease.

“Though this mind shows signs of bravery! You might just be a great bet for Gryfi…” The Sorting Hat seemed to have made up his mind but then froze, not that Serena had noticed. Her attention had been taken by a blonde boy sitting on the far right of the room at the Slytherin table. There was Draco talking to his friends and raising his eyebrows up and down at Serena. She thought he was talking about her to his friends but he was just a bit too far away to hear clearly. Serena could feel her face getting warm and quickly looked down at her feet.

“Malfoy ehh?” The hat started to speak again. “Yes… yes… well in that case…better be… SLYTHERIN!!!”

[steph1229]

Sorting hat thinks I belong in Gryfindor hehe

[love4ali]

𝙎𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙮

[acciotonystank]

Unsortable Student

So we know that magical children can be born with a natural talent for Legilimency (e.g. Queenie), but what if there are children who are born with a natural talent for Occlumency? Imagine a child born with the capability to block out Legilimens, but of course they wouldn’t know because it’s never been brought to their attention by a legilimens. This child grows up believing they’re just a normal kid, however, come the day of their sorting, something very peculiar and completely unheard of occurs. They place the Sorting Hat on their head and the hat goes to delve into their mind in order to sort them, but it’s unable to do so. So the hat is really confused because it’s like this kid’s head is empty? But then it realises and it politely asks if the child could open his mind but they’re confused and don’t know how to, so the hat’s just like ‘okay, kiddo, just pick a house.” But the child is EXTREMELY indecisive and can’t make up their mind and the hat is just getting shitter and shittier until eventually it goes way beyond a hatstall and the Great Hall is slowly spiraling into chaos.

[acourtofcandles]

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[raimskie]

A week ago, I tried the Sorting Ceremony to see if I’ll be assigned to a new house. To my surprise, I was sorted to Ravenclaw, but I chose to stay in Hufflepuff. . A few minutes ago, I tried putting on the Sorting Hat again (yes, for the third time) and I was thrilled to know that I was sorted to Hufflepuff. . *phew!* . 🍁🇨🇦 🤗 🧙‍♀️✨🧙‍♂️ 🤗 🇨🇦🍁 . #TheSortingCeremony #SortingCeremony #TheSortingHat #SortingHat #Hufflepuff #Ravenclaw #ProudHufflepuff #Pottermore #WizardingWorld #HarryPotter #HarryPotterFanatic #HPFanatic #HarryPotterFan #HPFan #HarryPotterAddict #HPAddict #NoFilter #NaturalBeauty #PotterHead #RaNtsOfAQueerGuy https://www.instagram.com/p/B3dxlxynICF/?igshid=15uohfk4kb393

[honorsocietyfanforever]

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[jvlad26-blog]

I'm a Wampus at Ilvermorny school #harrypotter #pottermore #potterhead #sortingceremony (at Takapuna, New Zealand)

[joannessketches]

My Pottermore results 😊💙💚💛❤️ . . . #harrypotter #pottermore #jkrowling #sortingceremony #hogwarts #hogwartshouses #ravenclaw #ravenclawpride #ilvermorny #ilvermorneyhouses #wampus #patronus #pinemartin #pinemartinpatronus #wand #englishoakwoodwand# #phoenixfeather

[piffcreations]

The whole hall applauded as Serena rose from her chair and made her way to the Slytherin table, most notably, Slytherin clapping the loudest. As she stood, the strips on her cloak and her tie turned green as did the Slytherin emblem appear on her cloak. Serena felt like she could breathe again, the hard part was over for the night.

Serena went to sit at the front of the table with the first years but in the corner of her eye she saw someone stand up and wave her over, it was Draco. He gave her a smirk and nodded for her to come over. Serena smiled, blushed more than she had blushed before, and with her head down, trying to hide her blush, walked over to Draco. She could hear him demand people in the row to move down and make room for her. “It’s nice to finally have a name to a face” said Draco smiling. Serena looked to her left where Draco sat back down, making her giggle, “You can just call me Serena.” Draco gave a lite nod, “Serena it is then.”

After they got settled, Prof. Dumbledore had a few more things to address at the school before the feast would begin. Once he had concluded, the tables became covered in delicious platters of food. Serena had never seen anything like it before. Everyone started to eat and Serena wondered what to start with, it all looked so good. “Aren’t you hungry? They do eat food in America, right?” Draco asked Serena overflowing with a teasing tone. Serena laughed a little, “Yeah we do! It just all looks so good, I’m not sure what to try first.” Draco picked up a plate and suggested she try some of it, it was his favorite. Serena gleefully accepted.

Over at the Gryffindor table, sat a disappointed Hermione Granger. She could perfectly see Serena talking and giggling with Malfoy. Hermione had such high hopes that Serena would be a Gryffindor like herself. It was a shame to lose someone so nice to someone like him. With Ron and Harry missing, Hermione was starting to feel more alone than ever.

After the feast, Draco showed Serena the way to the Slytherin’s common in the dungeon. Serena was not stoked about being underground but Draco assured her there was plenty of light. The door to the common room was wrapped up by a large snake, the 6 year Prefect gave the password “Pure-blood” and the snake uncoiled itself and slithered into the ground. Serena watched the snake disappear as Draco gently pushed her forward saying “ladies first.”

Serena made her way through the door and down a long turning staircase. At the bottom Serena found herself stunned by the beauty of the space. There was a large fireplace surrounded by comfy looking couches. Some small desks lined the walls. To the left and up some stairs were places to sit and chat with some privacy. To the right was a much larger room. Serena lost count of the amount of sitting area and the bookshelves along the walls. The most impressive was the large windows that showed the depths of the Black Lake. They were from the ceiling right down to the floor and Serena felt so small just looking up at them.

Walking over to the windows, there was not much to see as it was night time and the lake just looked like a black abyss. “Quite the view isn’t it?” Draco walked up behind Serena, spooking her in the process. “We usually tease first years that if they wait long enough mermaids will come up to the window.” Serena turned to look at Draco and said with a smile, “Well… did you fall for it last year?” Draco stammered “ahh… well of course not! I was smart enough to know that there are no mermaids in the lake.” Serena giggled at Draco’s quick retort.

As Draco was about to show Serena where the dormitory rooms were, the Prefects call over all the students to meet with the Head of House. Serena followed behind Draco and to her surprise the Head of House of the man that helped her with her tie before the Sorting Ceremony. The man introduced himself as Prof. Snape and explain some ground rules and his expectation of Slytherin House. Draco whispered to Serena “Prof. Snape and my Father go way back to when they were in Slytherin together.” “QUIET!!!” came from Prof. Snape, Draco immediately stood straight and never said a word for the rest of the speech. At the end Prof. Snape found Serena in the crowd and told her that Prof. Dumbledore wanted a quick word before bed. Snape nodded in the direction of the stairs as if to follow him. Serena stammered behind, worried of what she had done on her first day to get herself in trouble with the Headmaster. Snape told the rest of the students to go to bed and Serena followed him out of the common room.

Serena had to walk fast to keep up with Snape. Once she caught up to him, Serena said “I never got to thank you Prof. Snape for helping me with my tie earlier. I would have never figured it out myself.” Snape gave Serena the side eye and said “Don’t mention it, and I mean that.” Serena gulped and didn’t say a word until they made it to Prof. Dumbledore’s office.

They stood in front of a Griffin statue and Serena was confused where the door was to Dumbledore’s office. “Lemon Drop” came out of Snape and suddenly the Griffin started to rotate and stairs revealed themselves. Snape started walking up the stairs and Serena quickly followed behind.

At the top of the stairs Serena took a moment to take everything in. There were portraits adorning the walls, they moved, and talked just like the Grand Staircase Portraits. There were more books than in the Slytherin Common Room. Then Serena spotted a bird across the room. It had red, orange, and yellow feathers. They reminded Serena of fire, maybe this bird is a Phoenix, thought Serena.

“You wanted to see us Headmast…” Before Snape could finish, Serena sped past him to see the Phoenix. “Sir sir sir, is that a Phoenix????” asked Serena full of excitement. Dumbledore let out an old man chuck and replied yes and that his name is Fawkes. Serena stared in awe at the colorful bird, Faux gave a coo as if to say hello to the young witch.

With even more annoyance in his voice Snape again asked Dumbledore why he called for them. “Ah yes Severus, I have something to ask of you and it requires you to keep a secret about our new student here.” Serena’s attention shifted away from Fawkes and to the conversation at hand. Dumbledore rose from this throne-like-chair and made his way over to his bookshelf. “You see Serena is different from the average witch here at Hogwarts” , said Dumbledore. Snape signed heavily and replied “Please don’t say we have another werewolf at Hogwarts Sir.” “No no not like that,” Dumbledore assured him. Turning back to look at Serena, Dumbledore continued “She is a Veela, a cursed Veela.”

Snape snapped his attention from Serena back to Dumbledore, you could see the cogs turning in his mind trying to decipher what Dumbledore was asking. “The curse makes Serena have a thirst for blood, similar to a vampire.” Serena saw Dumbledore hand Snape a parchment and continued saying “I ask that you make Serena this synthetic blood for her to consume in the morning and at night. I know I can trust you with this.” Snape looked to the parchment for a moment then looked up to Serena. “You better be at my office at 6 am and pm and don’t be late.” Serena nodded her head, agreed to those terms, then Dumbledore dismissed her for the night. Serena returned to the common room.

Once Serena was gone, Snape asked Dumbledore why he bought her here all the way from America, couldn’t Ilvermony deal with all this Snape asked. “Well…” Dumbledore started to say… “I believe she may have some family here, her curse seems rather familiar doesn’t it?” Snape gave Dumbledore a puzzling look, then Dumbledore continued, “Do you remember Illiana Rosier, Severus?”

It had been over a decade since he had last heard of Illiana. “Yes I do remember her. I did not know her very well, she was in her fifth year when I was in my first.” “Ahh yes” replied Dumbledore, he sat back down in his chair. “The only background we have of Serena is that Illiana was her mother, she does not know that however.” “She doesn’t know who her mother is? What of her father?” Snape said, surprised. “No Illiana left Serena days after she was born and that is all I know in regards to Serena. I do happen to recall Illiana was a death eater for some time, you wouldn’t happen to remember if she had a mate Severus?” Snape thought for a moment, “No, not that I know of.” Dumbledore looked to Severus for a moment then finished with,“Mhmm I thought so, well that will be all Severus, have a good night.”

Severus left the office and made his way to his living area to retire for the night. He found himself thinking about what Dumbledore had asked him. The only person Severus could think of to ask about Illiana wouldn’t have many good things to say, it was a touchy subject for them, best not to poke the bear on that one. After a long day, Severus laid down on his bed and prayed for sleep to take him, especially since he had the first year students first thing, he could feel the migraine forming already

[piccolascintilla]

Luna says good evening and wants to know which Hogwarts house you are in!🌙 Are you a Hufflepuff, Slytherin, Ravenclaw or Gryffindor? Or maybe some kind of 'mix' like Ravenpuff ? 🌙 . . . #lunalovegood #harrypotter #potterhead #bookstagram #bookstagrampl #geekgirl #książki #potterobsessed #sortinghat #tiaraprzydziału #harrypotterforever #bookphotography #bookporn #PopManiacy #funkomania #harrypotternerd #harrypottergeek #ravenclaw #hufflepuff #slytherin #gryffindor #harrypotterfandom #sortingceremony #hogwarts #harrypottergeneration #harrypotterworld #pottermore #BackToHogwarts #wizardingworld #środa https://www.instagram.com/p/BurZeRHF2LV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1yqtntzwiib4

[eliseloyola]

Day 3 of #BackToHogwartsWeek: Ickle firsties. 🕯 “Better be... GRYFFINDOR!” - The Sorting Hat #harrypotter #harrypotterfanart #harrypotterart #hogwarts #pencildrawing #pencilsketch #sketch #draw #pencil #blackandwhite #greyscale #art #design #artistsoninstagram #harrypotterinspired #create #creativecommunity #pottermore #potterweekprompts #backtohogwarts #backtohogwartsweek2020 #icklefirsties #greathall #sortinghat #sortingceremony #weasley #charlieweasley #firstyears #gryffindor https://www.instagram.com/p/CEo0QZ_H6Lh/?igshid=1c6fx7t36lcxn

[thebookishdescendant-blog]

⭐Day 4 of #bookstagramreadsseptember What's your favorite bookish school?⭐ For me, Hogwarts is the most obvious choice. I mean, who wouldn't want to go to school there? Sure, it has the Forbidden Forest and snakes slithering through pipes...but that's a small price to pay 😂 The candle is this picture came from @witchywickscandleco and will burn down to reveal your Hogwarts house! Since my son hasn't been sorted yet, I told my kids we'd watch the Prisoner of Azkaban on Friday and burn the candle to reveal his house. These nail decals and the "meow" jewelry dish came in @litjoycrate AMAZING August box. I think they've sealed the deal as one of my favorite bookish boxes. 🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱 #QOTD As a child, did you ever dream of being a witch or wizard? #AOTD I still do! Lol😂 #bookstagram #bookstagramfeature #bookish #bookstagrammer #bibliophile #bookworm #booknerd #booklover #bookaddict #bookaholic #bookblogger #bookphotography #bookshelf #iread #epicreads #igreads #instabooks #booksofinstagram #septemberchallenge #booksbooksbooks #harrypotter #favoritebookishschool #candle #bookbox #bookishbox #subscriptionbox #sortingceremony https://www.instagram.com/p/BnWLD3QlKIG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12vk194it3bim

[toocanadianforyou]

[honorsocietyfanforever]

September Book Challenge #sortingceremony #bookstagram #bookaddict #booknerd #bookworm #booklover #bookgeek #bookgram #bookinstagram #septemberhpwithleni https://www.instagram.com/p/BnSQOmllZDA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=hknw1zz9r76i

[eliseloyola]

#BacktoHogwartsWeek day 5: Houses. Which house would you want to be sorted into? I’m a Gryffindor myself, though I also wouldn’t mind being in Ravenclaw. 💙❤️💛💚 #harrypotter #harrypotterfanart #harrypotterart #hogwarts #pencildrawing #pencilsketch #sketch #draw #pencil #blackandwhite #greyscale #art #design #artistsoninstagram #harrypotterinspired #create #creativecommunity #pottermore #potterweekprompts #backtohogwarts #backtohogwartsweek2019 #hogwartshouses #ravenclaw #gryffindor #hufflepuff #slytherin #sortingceremony #scene https://www.instagram.com/p/B166996nSQ4/?igshid=19ex39wi95dzz