AHP: Year 1 Chapter 3: Songs, Hats, Sortings, and Houses

*"You could achieve much greatness in Slytherin house, many great witches and-"*

*No, Gryffindor! Please!*

*"Well, if you are so insistent..." the Hat whispered in a slightly disappointed tone. "Gryffindor!"*

-Harriet and the Sorting Hat arguing about where she should be placed

## Summary

The doors to Hogwarts open to reveal Professor McGonagall, the Deputy Head-mistress. Professor McGonagall tells the students that they will be sorted in one of the four houses. The four houses are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. There is also a point system where students can earn or lose points, based on behavior, for their house. The house with the most points at the end of the year is awarded the House Cup. Staff members are the only ones you can give or remove points. School prefects, Head Boy and Girl can’t give or take away points, but they can give out detentions and other punishments.

After all the first years are officially herded into the Great Hall and have finished gazing at the charmed ceiling, Professor McGonagall steps in front of them with a stool and a very ancient, dirty looking hat. The hat starts to sing a song explaining the different virtues of each house and that all the first years have to do to be sorted is to place the hat on their head.

During the sorting, Harriet watches carefully to see which students are sorted where. She notices that the hat takes longer to sort some students than others and that staff take more interest in certain students after their names are announced. When Harriet’s name is called, the students first go silent and then they explode into murmurs and cat-calls. The hat wishes to place her in Slytherin, but ends up putting her in Gryffindor due to Harriet’s persistence. Another name to get an unusual reaction from the students is when it is revealed that Ronnie’s name is actually Ronald. After firmly stating to the entire school that her name is Ronnie, the hat places her into Gryffindor.

The feast begins and the students start asking Sir Nicholas (house ghost of Gryrffindor) about his death. The conversation moves onto the students discussing their families. Harriet loses interest in the topic and her attention eventually wonders towards the teachers’ table. When the teacher talking to Professor Quirrell looks towards Harriet, her scar begins to hurt. Harriet learns that he is Professor Snape, Potions Master and head of Slytherin. He does not look towards her again for the rest of the feast. Dumbledore makes several school announcements, the more important of them being that the Forbidden Forest and the third floor corridor are out of bounds for the students.

Once the students are dismissed from the Great Hall, Percy and another prefect lead the Gryffindor first years to their dorms. Along the way the group runs into Peeves, a poltergeist, who is carrying a bundle of walking sticks. Peeves first throws a stick at Percy, but he is able to rebound it back towards Peeves with his wand. Peeves tries to hit Percy again, this time throwing four sticks.  Percy deflects one stick and Kieran uses his shillelagh to produce a protego charm that stop two of the sticks and significantly slows down the last one. The poltergeist finally gives up and goes through the wall, leaving behind the rest of the walking sticks.

All the first year girls go up to their dorm room as soon as they get to Gryffindor Tower. Lavender and Parvati start gossiping about fashion and boys. Ronnie snaps at the two girls after they begin talking about her brothers. Harriet notes that all the girls go to bed agitated. The chapter ends with Harriet falling fast asleep.

## Sorting

* Hannah Abbot: Hufflepuff
* Susan Bones: Hufflepuff
* Terry Boot: Ravenclaw
* Lavender Brown: Gryffindor
* Millicent Bulstrode: Slytherin
* Vincent Crabbe: Slytherin
* Charity Delacour: Ravenclaw
* Tabitha Dusk: Ravenclaw
* Pixie Fanfarró: Slytherin
* Seamus Finnigan: Gryffindor
* Dora Flamel: Slytherin
* Hermione Granger: Gryffindor
* Gregory Goyle: Slytherin
* Dani Hawker: Slytherin
* Helen Hong: Hufflepuff
* Kendra Hwang: Slytherin
* Tomomi Itoh: Ravenclaw
* Madeline Jekinson: Slytherin
* Hannia Jung: Hufflepuff
* Evie Kim: Hufflepuff
* Neville Longbottom: Gryffindor
* Atsuko Makeda: Ravenclaw
* Draco Malfoy: Slytherin
* Isabella Martinez: Hufflepuff
* Scott McIntyre: Ravenclaw
* Sae Miyazaki: Slytherin
* Alyssa Munro: Ravenclaw
* Kieran O'Brien: Gryffindor
* Jeremy Owen: Hufflepuff
* Gina Park: Slytherin
* Nyssa Park: Hufflepuff
* Pansy Parkinson: Slytherin
* Padma Patil: Ravenclaw
* Parvati Patil: Gryffindor
* Harriet Potter: Gryffindor
* June Son: Hufflepuff
* Skye Sutler: Hufflepuff
* Dean Thomas: Gryffindor
* Marcus Van Der Lakk: Gryffindor
* Ronald (Ronnie) Weasley: Gryffindor
* Shawna Yoon: Hufflepuff
* Blaise Zabini: Slytherin

## Characters who appear in this chapter

* Harriet Potter
* Rubeus Hagrid
* Minerva McGonagall
* Hermione Granger
* Draco Malfoy
* Neville Longbottom
* Ronald (Ronnie) Weasley
* Fred Weasley
* George Weasley
* Seamus Finnigan
* Kieran O'Brien
* Dean Thomas
* Vincent Crabbe
* Gregory Goyle
* Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington
* Hannah Abbot
* Susan Bones
* Terry Boot
* Lavender Brown
* Millicent Bulstrode
* Charity Delacour
* Tabitha Dusk
* Pixie Fanfarró
* Dora Flamel
* Dani Hawker
* Helen Hong
* Kendra Hwang
* Tomomi Itoh
* Madeline Jekinson
* Hannia Jung
* Evie Kim
* Atsuko Makeda
* Isabella Martinez
* Scott McIntyre
* Filius Flitwick
* Sae Miyazaki
* Alyssa Munro
* Jeremy Owen
* Gina Park
* Nyssa Park
* Pansy Parkinson
* Padma Patil
* Parvati Patil
* Percy Weasley
* June Son
* Skye Sutler
* Marcus Van Der Lakk
* Albus Dumbledore
* Shawna Yoon
* Blaise Zabini
* The Bloody Baron
* Aurora Sinistra
* Quirinus Quirrell
* Severus Snape
* Peeves
* The Fat Lady
* Scabbers

## Characters who are only mentioned in this chapter

* Charlie Weasley
* Arthur Weasley
* Dudley Dursley
* Lord Voldemort
* Garrick Ollivander
* Sean O'Brien
* Irene O'Brien
* Augusta Longbottom
* Neville's Uncle Algie
* Seamus Finnigan's Parents
* Mr. Van Der Lakk
* Marcus Van Der Lakk's Mother
* Dean Thomas's Father
* Argus Filch
* Rolanda Hooch
* Mr. Granger
* Mrs. Granger
* Petunia Dursley

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