Greetings and Salutations, thanks for all your reviews! I really, really, really appreciate them (I think you should do it more often!) Just so you all know, I am very much open to all ideas that you may have for me …including plot ideas, and style ideas. So include that in those reviews your going to give me at the end of this chapter ;) Thanks Anna B. the Greek for the POV changing thing…I guess I'm just not used to writing in the first person! I went back and changed it…tell me if there's any more mistakes. Can you watch my tenses, as well? I tend to keep switching between present and past!
Chapter Two:
I hate the sorting…I mean; I Love the sorting! But I hate it. After that long train ride, we had to wait another half hour before we could actually eat anything. I love watching all the little first years, with their cheeks red from excitement. The all scurried up to the stool and McGonagall dropped the hat over their little ears and the hat screamed out a name and everyone started clapping and the first year yanked the hat off his or her head and ran away toward their house tableI sighed; I remembered my own sorting…five years ago…
Flashback All of us first years walked into the Great Hall and looked around. The ceiling was amazing! There were stars all over it and it looks like the night sky except it was really stormy looking. I was amazed! We all stood in front of a stool, with a ratty, old hat on it. The tall lady with the pointy hat and purple robes started calling out names and one by one we started going up and the lady put the hat on our heads. Nothing would happen for a minute, and then the hat would scream a name of one of the four houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Then the lady called my name; Evans starts with an E so I was one of the first to go up. I walked up to the stool with wobbly knees and sat down. My mass of frizzy hair was a hard thing to manage, but the lady managed to get the hat over my hair and she placed the hat on my head. I was a nervous wreck. In felt the hat move on my head and I nearly screamed."Hmmm," the hat said, "very interesting." My eyes grew wide as the hat started to speak.
"This one is a little tougher than the others. You have brains, no doubt. Very smart… yes. You've got some courage as well. You are an extremely loyal friend, as well. You are a cunning girl, I can tell. You seem to fit in all of the houses. You would do well in Slytherin, my dear. Yes, you would. But, the Gryffindors would greatly benefit from your courage. I think we can rule out Hufflepuff…too smart for that. Ravenclaw might be a good choice. Very sharp! I think I've got it…" The hat was speaking quietly so no one could hear it, except me. Then it screamed loudly, "GRYFFINDOR!"
I Smiled and hopped down off the stool and the lady grabbed the hat off my head. I ran down to the Gryffindor table and sat down.
END FLASHBACK
I was so hungry! Why couldn't we just eat! Finally, the last of the first years were sorted and Dumbledore said a few words and the tables were full of food. I started snatching at the food and eat with such speed, that Samm stopped her eating and looked over at me.
"Goodness, Lils! Slow Down…your gonna make yourself throw up." Samm frowned.
I stopped eating and looked over at her, "Mmm mmm, hmm, hmmm" I tried to explain.
"I'm sorry, I don't understand that" Samm smirked. I swallowed and started laughing.
'I'm just so hungry, " I glanced down the table and noticed James staring at me sadly. I quickly glance away, but he had caught my eye and smiled.
We finished our food, went up to our dormitories and went to sleep. Wow, that was sudden; but I'm skipping over the boring parts, for your sake. Anyways, the next day Samm and I got up and went down the breakfast. We had just sat down and started eating when someone came up behind me.
