Do tell me what you see,
as you sit so proud and tall,
looking down on just a hat,
who can make you feel so small

For I am not a witch,
Nor being a wizard can I boast,
Yet you all sit expectantly,
at the start of every toast

I split you into houses,
but for me it is no chore,
for inside of me there lies,
the brains of our founding four

In Gryffindor, you might belong,
If you have nerves of steel,
Or Slytherin, the sly soul,
If indeed, no nerves you feel!

Or else in mightly Ravenclaw,
Where work is not a chore,
Else be in sweet Hufflepuff,
The gentlest of all four.

No questions will you answer,
No magic will you do,
Just place me onto your head,
and I'll decide for you

No panicking is needed,
For this is not a test,
And I am merely here,
To start you on your quest!

Step up, step up. Take a moment to sit on the school and be sorted into your house.


Credit to Amerleigh. Feel free to RP your sorting, even though you already know your house. Do not wait on the hat for a response. Have fun!

As Katie's name was called she walked up to dusty stool, she sat down, next her she could see the sorting hat, a little less dusty then the stool actually, the proffesser lifted the Sorting hat onto Katies head and then the drama began.

"Hmmm" Said the sorting hat "Kind, very Kind, You are very brave, I remember you mother here, kind, oh how she was kind, she sat on this very stool"

"Ummm" Katie said clicking her fingers "Its me we want to know about"

"Oh Sorry" The sorting hat said "Theres only one place then which is.... SLYTHERIN!"

"No, Gryffindor" Katie said

"SLYTHERIN!" The sorting hat said once again, Katie made her way over to the cheering table and sat down.

Sapphinelle walked up confidently in front of everyone and sat on the dusty stool. The hat was placed upon her head and she heard it thinking. "You're very loving of your mother, aren't you?" it whispered to her and she giggled. "HUFFLEPUFF!" it exclaimed, and she clapped her hands together and sat back down.

James swaggered up to the front of the great hall, shooting a cocky grin at all the professors gathered at the staff table. He turned around slowly, ensuring that everyone would have a good view of him and then he took his place on the stool, ready for the hat. He winked out at the students already sitting down, probably at a girl, though he made sure to do it in a way that could really be directed at several of them depending what they wanted to believe. He'd be a Gryffindor, obviously. It wasn't like he'd put much thought into the whole thing with the houses, but Gryffindors were historically supposed to be pretty awesome, which he obviously was, and the girls were phe-nom-en-al. So that was his pick.

The hat was lowered over his head and he was surprised to hear it talking directly to him, apparently nobody else could hear. His expression went from cocky, to irritated, to alarmed, to curious, to smug and back to cocky again. Then he frowned and sneered a little, his lip curling slightly. Jimmy Wilkes and the Sorting Hat were apparently not on good terms. The argument, for that was clearly what it was, apparently was growing spirited. That was until the increasingly impatient sorting hat called out:

"You'll find your place in RAVENCLAW!"

"I bloody will not!" Jimmy responded, glaring up at the brim of the hat in outrage.

"... RAVENCLAW!"

The hat repeated grandly, accompanied by a spattering of applause from the Eagle table.

Jimmy stood up, tugged the hat off his head, threw it on the ground and stamped on it.

Fine. He'd be a Ravenclaw. Stupid hat.

He stalked over to the Ravenclaw table, unable to disguise the little pout on his face and too irritated to play up the adorable side of his pouting.

Stupid hat. Jimmy hoped he'd left footprints.

Sophrina had been waiting for this her entire life...well actually since she was five years old, but any-hoo, she stepped up and sat on the wooden stool. She felt the Hat come alive once it was placed on her head, but for whatever reason Sophrina felt confident and didn't care of who was staring at her.
"Mmm, clever, but ambitious." the Hat said, making Sophrina jump. "Brave as well...hmm"
Sophrina closed her eyes, willing the hat to hurry up.
"I see...a cunning mind..." Soe felt as if it was stalling, but then, "SLYTHERIN!" it cried.
Sophrina snapped her eyes opened and smiled as she heard her, now, fellow house mates clapping. She jumped off the stool and made her way towards her now and forever house, Slytherin.

Adeline jumped down and place the sorting hat on her head. It when over her head. Eeek! Embarising! Sudenly it started to talk to her, "You're wicked nice, but your are a meanie-pants sometimes" it said. She bursted into laughter then said to the hat threatingly "Telll me now!! Or I'll rip you to shreads" . She could have swore she felt the hat vibrate and yell

"SLYTHERIN!"

Adeline smiled the biggest she ever had. Wow slytherin, the best house according to her family. She blushed and ran off to the Slytherin table.

Emmaleigh Swynford patiently waited in line to try on the sorting hat. It was big and old, and really dirty looking, but none of that bothered Em. She was just nervous, nervous about being up in front of the whole school. What if the Sorting hat placed her and Scarlett in different houses?
Onec it was her turn, Em walked carefully to the stool where the hat was. She did not want her usual clumsy self to fall in front of everyone. She sat down, and placed the hat on her head. It began to wisper in her ear. “Hmm, you seek adventure, a Gryffindor trait if I ever saw one. And yet, Knowledge is easily yours, perfect for a Ravenclaw. But, yes, look at that, a kind heart, and loyal too, traits that belong to Hufflepuffs.. Which house for you, which house,” it kept whispering. “yes, yes.” It whispered until Em heard it yell
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
Emmaleigh took the hat off and smiled as she walked to her new table. It didn’t really matter to Em which house she was placed in. She was just happy to be here. With her family’s genetics, she shouldn’t be here, but she was...

After hearing her name called, Kurumi timidly walked to the front of the Great Hall and took her place on the stool. She felt like a great weight had been placed upon her when the hat rested on her head. It startled her when it began to move around and even more so when it began to talk.

"Hmmmm....I see....very interesting. There is a thirst for knowledge...yes, oh, what's this? A craving...rather a longing to prove your worth...but I also sense a great fear in you..."

Kurumi swallowed hard. Her oldest brother, Ryunosuke, told her that he would kick her out of the family if she got put in Slytherin - but didn't say why. She assumed it had to do with an ex-girlfriend. Her middle brother, Takashi, had been a Ravenclaw, so that wouldn't be so bad and Junichiro had been a Gryffindor like her father. Her father had explained that your house was perhaps the most important thing one would encounter at Hogwarts. Where you were put could dictate your entire life in the wizarding world. The sorting hat did not need to point out that she was scared, she was downright terrified and her hair was turning a dark turquoise at the tips to prove it. Kurumi quickly put her hand over her pony-tail.


"A yes...now I know...let it be

GRYFFINDOR!

She breathed a huge sign of relief and whispered thank you to the hat as it was removed from her head. She was a little sad because her new friend Katie had been sorted into Syltherin, so they could not stay up late and talk in their beds like she had imagined, but there were still many others to be sorted - surely someone she met would join her at the Gryffindor table?

Michael walks up. Small gold key in his hand being rubbed between his fingers.Thoughts clear as summer rain No Malice run's in this one's veins you have no cravings for Fame or fortune with a twith and a grone I say Hufflepuff

Alice, still feeling uncertain about the whole old hat going on her head thing sat down on the stool and sat completely still.

"Quite the character you are," the hat muttered in her ear. "I would say with your wisdom you should go into Ravenclaw, but I think your bravery is what is going to shine through." The hat cleared his voice then screamed out

GRYFFINDOR!!

Alice smiled, letting out a sigh, and headed over to the table filled with red and clapping hands.

Enya walks up and places the hat on her head. She hears a small voice in her head. "Hmm, a strong desire to prove yourself. A lot of rough times in your life. There is bravery, oh yes. However, I think the best place for you is SLYTHERIN.

Hugo walked over to the hat and put it on. The hat stood still for a minute and then started mumbling. "Hmmm.... You like to be better than others, but you are brave and loyal... And smart... Better be...

RAVENCLAW!!"

Hugo took the hat off with a smile and ran over to the Ravenclaw table.

Cassandra took a deep breath as she walked towards the battered old hat. She sat down on the wooden stool, placed the sorting hat on her head and held her breath as the hat stayed silent,contemplating on which house it should put her, finally it seemed to have come alive once more as it shouted out...

SLYTHERIN!

She couldn't believe her ears as she walked towards the Slytherin table where the cheers were the loudest.

Heather gulped. Her name was called out and she knew she had to go up there, sit on the stool and put the hat on, simple as that. But it wasn't the fact that she'd get sorted that drove her crazily nervous. It was the hundred pairs of eyes staring and watching her every step, every move, also anticipating which house she would be sorted in.

the girl managed to not trip on her way to the stool, and though shaking, she sighed in relief and sat down. the hat was plopped down on her head, which slid down so that it covered her eyes. she didn't mind how small she was and how awkward it may have been, but she was glad she wasn't seeing the crowd staring back at her and she felt relieved.

then a voice spoke in her ear, sending shivers down her spine.

"hmmm...interesting...a very nervous one, i daresay, and neither fearful or brave...a really shy one...but you posses loyalty, humility and politeness. admirable, traits..admirable traits..." the hat said and heather shut her eyes tight, wishing the hat would get this over with and tell her which house she is in. anything would be nice, just pick up the pace, please...

the hat spoke again. "oh, but you posses as well, a yearning to prove yourself...i expect you'd do well in this house and learn much from it...well then..."

'what? is the hat going to wrap things up and tell me now?' heather thought, clenching her fists in anticipation to hear which house she was destined for. the same as her parents? or not?

......"GRYFFINDOR!" the hat shouted and heather snapped out of her thoughts and almost stumbled off the stool. if tha hat on her head had not been covering half her face, everyone in the hall would see her complete face which had a huge smile plastered all over it.

'All right!' she was screaming in her head. 'mom and dad'll be so proud!!' she thought as she headed for the gryffindor table.

Jenny gulped; her name was called next. She slowly walked up to the stool, wondering why her ankles aren't giving way this time. As she put the hat on her head, she was glad it didn't completely cover her eyes; Jenny could still see the tons of students sitting on the tables in front of her. (Were there some people wearing different uniforms too?) Immediately she became more nervous than she ever had in her life.

A voice started mumbling around her head. For a moment, Jenny thought someone sneaked up behind her only to realize that the hat was actually talking.

"Hm..." the hat began. "Clumsy like your mother yet resourceful like your father. It does not seem obvious, but you seem to like solving puzzles and riddles as well as using logic and reason to explain why things work..." The hat paused for a second.

"So let it be RAVENCLAW!"

Jenny gasped. Ravenclaw? Where all the smart, intelligent geniuses are? Impossible! Wasn't she more of a Gryffindor or a Hufflepuff? Is there a reason why she was sorted into Raven...oh, wait, she bought a Ravenclaw house wand at Ravenclaw, and she asked herself a question just now. Oh well. Jenny happily jumped off the stool to join her fellow housemates at the Ravenclaw table. It would be interesting to hear her parents' response to her sorting later.

Taylor took small steps towards the battered old hat sat on the stool.
Eww, that actually has to go on her head!
She sits on the stool as the hat is placed on her head.
"I've seen a few of your family in my time girl... SLYTHERIN"
Relieved Taylor struts back down and goes to sit at the Slytherin table.

Scarlett waits patiently her turn until her name was called.then she looked up,nervously she walks and sits down putting the hat on her head.
"Hmm,a Black...Just like your father.HUFFLEPUFF!!!
Scarlett jumped off the seat and walked excitedly over to the Hufflepuff table.

Of course Salmandrius Beaugustus Malfoy was well informed on the entire Sorting process, as his father had made sure he knew the facts before embarking on this journey. It had taken so much will power not to laugh his head off at the trembling terrified other first years before they had seen the Sorting Hat, what were they expecting? Trolls? Magical tests?

Some people were just such idiots.

When his name was called, Sally ambled forth and perched himself on the stool, crossing one leg over the other and making sure that his perfectly pressed trousers draped just perfectly to show off his highly polished new Italian shoes.

"Well, another one, eh?"

Sally rolled his eyes and examined his manicure, knowing all too well that the Hat would sort him into:

"Slytherin!"

The eleven year old rose to his feet, dropped the hat unceremoniously onto the chair and did some more of that ambling of his over to the Slytherin table. Finally, a bunch of people who looked like they understood the importance and value of things!

Arabella-Marie heard her name being called out and made her way up to the sorting hat and sat down on the stool and had the hat place on her head and the hat whispered in her ear "Hmm plenty of courage i see and a thirst to prove yourself not a bad mind but all the traits you show belong to one house" Arabella-Marie groaned she didnt want to be put into slytherin and then the hat called out "Gryffindor" Arabella-Marie took off the hat and made her way over to the gryffindor table feeling pretty relieved

As Eliza sat on the stool and had the sorting hat placed on her head she started to feel so nervous that she thought she would be sick. Then she heard a whispering in her ear, I see you are loving, kind and gentle, some of the Hufflepuff qualities, but you are hardworking and have many more Ravenclaw qualities, it said and then just as Eliza started to chew her bottom lip out of nervousness she heard RAVENCLAW shouted to the room and as the hat was taken off her head she quickly hurried over to the ravenclaw table.

Out of everyone surrounding her she felt very confident. Too confident, she tried not to let it get to her; as it wasn't her fault she was fully taught what to expect. "Oh, if you end up in Ravenclaw that would make me so happy!" She replayed her mother's words in her head. "I don't know, if she makes it into Ravenclaw it'd be just barely, just look at her, full of Slytherrin pride!" Her father would bark. She shook her head of such thoughts, it's not like they would disown her if she ended elsewhere. "Whatever house you end up in, it's hardly worth much mentioning, the Sorting Hat only takes your most obvious qualities in mind." Her thoughts were interrupted by her name called.

"Kimalia Fanster!"

She shook her head once more, hiding any previous worries she smiled as she gracefully walked and sat upon the stool. The hat had barely reached over her forehead when she heard it's voice. "No doubt about it Fanster, you belong in-

Slytherrin!"

She blinked. "Well that was fast.." And she continued her way to the table where many others in green clapped for her.

Izabella sat down on the stool and let the hat fall down over her eyes. "Hmm... not a bad mind. But you doubt yourself. Where to put you, where to put you..." The Sorting Hat said.

"RAVENCLAW!!!"

Izabella hopped off the stool happily and went over to the table with the people in blue in it.

Viktoriya walked nervously up to the hat, slightly embarassed that everyone else there was a first year. As she approached the stool, she tripped over... well, she didn't know what she'd tripped over. But she'd tripped. And landed on her butt. What a way to start the term, eh? Embarrass yourself in front of everyone. Standing up, with her cheeks an unflattering shade of bright red, she sat down quickly on the stool, hoping no one would laugh.

'I see... knowledge.' the hat whispered in her ear 'And a thirst to prove yourself to be better than a rival of yours' hmm, her sister, perhaps? She was really the only 'rival' Viktoriya had. 'But... a brave heart. Kind and honest... better be GRYFFINDOR!' Viktoriya gave a huge smile and took the hat of her head, jumping off the stool and making her way over the the Gryffindor table, where people were clapping her.

Lara was nervous when shw was waiting with the students like her waiting to be sorted untill a voice said "Black,Lara" so she made her way towards the hat she put it and heard a voice in her head saying"Mm... I see confedent , bravery ,liberation of traditions ... I think you better be in Slytherin"

Lara jumped happily and ran to the Slyterin table confedently.