"First years come with me!" A female voice said, at the front of the castle an older woman stood, she had an elegant glow in her presence. Sierra spotted Hermione standing by the front, making her way over but didn't say anything to her, they walked into the castle making their way up a staircase. They stopped for a brief moment and the lady disappeared leaving them standing silently at the top of the stairs.
"Is it true then? What they're saying on the train." The blonde haired boy from before spoke, he was leaning on two others that were by his side. "Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts" Immediately the student body began to whisper. Harry seemed to have some sort of importance, she would have to find out on her own since asking anyone right now would be a pretty stupid move, or maybe if she saw Cedric later on she could ask him.
"This is Crabbe and Goyle" He said introducing the two people next to him before stepping out in front of Harry "And I'm Malfoy, Draco Malfoy." As he introduced himself, a snicker came from the red haired boy next to Harry. "Think my name is funny do you?" Draco said with a look of disgust as he looked over at Ron. "Don't need to ask yours, red hair and a hand me down robe?You must be a Weasley" He turned his head back to Harry. "You'll soon find out that some Wizarding families are better than others Potter, you don't want to go making friends with the wrong sort" Draco said as he looked over at Ron. "I can help you there" Draco extended his hand for Harry to shake.
"I think I can tell the wrong sort for myself thanks" Harry replied, before Draco could get another word out the lady from before came back. She explained that they would be entering the great hall and how the sorting ceremony would work. As they walked to the great hall Sierra couldn't help but to think of the exchange between Draco and Harry. Did she come from a good wizarding family? She didn't know any of them well to know specifically which ones were the bad ones. The lady introduced herself as Professor McGonagall.
As they entered the great hall Sierra looked around her eyes landing on the ceiling. Candles floated through the air and a night sky was within the ceiling. "Come on gather around up here" Professor McGonagall said putting all of them up to the front of the hall. They stood in front of a chair with a giant hat on it.
"Now before we begin, Professor Dumbledore would like to say a few words." She said turning around.
An older man stood up from his seat. "I have a few start of term things I'd like to announce. The first years please note that the dark forest is strictly forbidden to all students. Also our caretaker Mr. Filch has asked me to remind you, that the third floor corridor on the right hand side is out of bounds to everyone who does not wish to die a most painful death, thank you."
Sierra looked over at where everyone was looking. A skinny old weird looking guy was standing there with a cat. Sierra had to do a double take on the cat, its eyes were red. She had never seen such a thing before in her life, were there magical creatures too?
Taking a mental note of everything that was just said Sierra turned her attention back to McGonagall who began to speak. "When I call your name, you will come forth. I shall place the sorting hat on your head and you will be sorted into your houses." She said picking up the hat and looking over at a scroll.
"Hermione Granger" McGonagall called and Hermione sighed looking over at the hat nervously. She whispered to herself as she approached the chair.
"Mental that one I'm telling you" Ron said a little bit too loud. Sierra glared at him, she didn't even know him and he was already getting on her nerves. Why did he feel the need to be so disrespectful in the middle of a ceremony, not that she was protecting Hermione by any means but it was just basic decency.
Hermione sat down on the stool and the hat was placed on her head, thats when Sierra noticed it looked like it had a face on it. The hat began to speak, "Ahh right then... hmmm right, okay. GRYFFINDOR!" The hat shouted and a table behind them started cheering. They were all waring robes with red and gold accents. Hermione smiled making her way over to the Gryffindor table excited.
"Draco Malfoy" McGonagall said and Draco stepped out on to the stool.
The hat barely touched his head before it shouted "SLYTHERIN" Draco smirked as a table started cheering. She looked over to where the noise was coming from and she saw a the table with the green accents, they had a flag with a snake on it. Well that was a little rub on the nose now wasn't it.
"Any witch or wizard that has gone bad has come from Slytherin" Ron said turning to Harry. Sierra raised an eyebrow at this comment.
"Susan Barnes" McGonagall said and a red haired girl stepped up to the stool.
"Where should I put you... lets see... I know! HUFFLEPUFF!" The Hufflepuff table started to cheer as the girl walked over. Sierra looked around and saw Cedric clapping at the table.
"Ronald Weasley" Ron looked scared out of his mind to go up to the stool.
He went up rather slowly taking a seat. "Ha, another Weasley, I know just what to do with you." The hat grinned, "GRYFFINDOR." Ron smiled looking relieved as he made his way towards the Gryffindor table.
"Harry Potter" McGonagall said and the room went quiet.
Dumbledore sat at the edge of his seat watching Harry sit down on the stool. "Hmm difficult, very difficult. Plenty of courage I see, not a bad mind either there's talent, and a thirst to prove yourself, but where to put you?" The hat questioned.
Harry looked as nervous as ever and began to whisper to the hat. "Not Slytherin, Not Slytherin" he said closing his eyes.
"Not Slytherin eh?" The hat said loudly calling Harry out. "Are you sure? You could be great you know, it's all here in your head, and Slytherin will help you on your way to greatness there is no doubt about that. No? well if you are sure, better be GRYFFINDOR!" The hat announced and the Gryffindor table cheered.
Gullible Sierra thought, just because of what Ron had said he turned down a road to greatness, what a pity. McGonagall called more students up and they all got sorted into their houses Sierra was still standing there with ten other kids. She began to space out a little until she finally heard McGonagall call her name. She walked over to the stool and sat down having the hat placed on her head, it was heavier than what she had thought.
"Oh? Interesting, interesting... there is a lot going through your head, clever girl you are, a pure heart hungry for proving itself worthy... hmm where to put you" The hat hummed and Sierra just stood still, she could feel her heart racing, having all eyes on her was making her feel uneasy. "Resourceful, you get what you want... better be SLYTHERIN!" The hat announced and the Slytherin table began to cheer. Sierra made her way over to the table taking a seat, some students gave her a pat in the back and congratulated her.
She thought about what the hat had said not really replying to anyone, then she thought about what Ron had said earlier. Stupid boy, clearly he had no idea what he was talking about. The Sorting Ceremony continued until no first years were left the last one was a boy named Dante Leveret the minute he sat up there the Gryffindor table started chanting his last name and then he was sorted into the house. He must be from a popular wizarding family or maybe he had siblings in Gryffindor.
Plates began appearing on the tables full of food. "Dig in" an older student said looking at her and the other first years. Looking around she saw some familiar faces; Draco, Goyle, and Crabbe were there. There were also some girls there as well, one of them had short black hair and the way she carried herself made her look like a big snob. They all started having a conversation, Sierra just ate her food silently until the older student spoke again.
"Being in Slytherin is a privilege, especially if you ask Snape" He said pointing over to a man dressed in black robes with black hair. "He is the head of our house. He holds all of us to a high standard so do not fail him." He said turning his body to fully face the first years. "Our house was created by a strong Wizard who believed only the best should be in the house. And that is the way it is, the other houses resent us at times but just know where you stand, if you ask me its pure jealousy." He said taking a bite out of his food. "Potter is a fool for denying Slytherin."
"He only did it because Weasley told him Slytherin was a bad house to go into." Sierra said looking over at the student seeing a pin on his robe that said prefect.
"ah, so she does talk" Draco said with a smirk on his face which Sierra didn't put much attention into.
"The Weasley's have never done anything good in their life so clearly they wouldn't know about greatness" The prefect scoffed and continued to eat his food.
Sierra did the same and listened in to some conversations from the rest of the first years, she would be a little more social but she had to know exactly what she was up against. All of these kids seemed to already have magical knowledge, she knew she was probably at the back of her class, so she would need to put in a lot of work to prove herself.