Cahpter 3: - The Sorting
The month dragged, and as the day for departure came closer Yugi and Kari had discovered a non shadow realm way to make the monsters on their cards come to life when they duelled and had placed the spell on heirs and Joey's decks. Kari had learnt that electronic devices didn't work inside the Hogwarts ground and had offered to put a spell on Kaiba's laptop but he refused help. She smirked, he'd lose his connection to his company soon and then he'd go mental. They didn't see Harry again until they were taken to King's Cross, when they bumped into his trying to find platform nine and ¾ like they were. Kari's Egyptian Mau was trying to get out of her cage. And Kari sighed, the cat was well behaved until she was cornered then she fought like a demon. They'd luckily all remembered their amulets, though Joey had nearly lost his twice over the month.
"Harry!" Yugi called, the boy looked over, and smiled, "Over here!"
"Any luck finding the platform?"
"No and we asked the guard…" Yugi trailed off as he heard…
"… packed with muggles of course, come on platform nine and ¾ this way!" A red headed woman called. Both Harry and Ryou's head s turned and Harry waved for them to follow the woman. "You first Percy." He vanished through a wall.
"Excuse me…how do you…I mean..?" Harry stammered.
"First time to Hogwarts for all of you?" Everyone nodded. "Don't worry, it's Ron's first time too." She pointed out a red headed boy next to her, "All you have to do is walk straight at the wall between platforms nine and ten, best do it at a bit of a run if you're nervous."
Harry nodded and went first, vanishing into the wall. Yugi went next, then Kari, Joey, Kaiba, then last of all Ryou. They'd lost Harry in the crowds. They got their stuff loaded onto the train and took their pets, decks and robes to change into onto the train with them, taking up two compartments, they would have only taken up one but Kaiba insisted on sitting apart from them, and he scared the other students so much no-one wanted to sit with him. Apparently the patented 'Kaiba death-glare' worked even as an eleven year old. Kari managed to get her cat to leave the owls alone long enough to get her back in her cage as the cat seemed to have a knack for escaping. Yugi and Joey were into their third round play-off match when the trolley came around. They bought a little of everything and shared it out as Yugi beat Joey by 200 lifepoints.
"Excuse me, have any of you seen a toad?" A girl with severely bushy hair asked. They all shook their heads and she left. Kari went and got changed and they took it in turns to keep an eye on the bags. They could hear Kaiba's cursing as the anti-electronic thing kicked in and his laptop went down.
"IRONHIDE!" Kaiba yelled as he stormed in, unchanged. "Fix this damn machine right now!"
"Go get changed and I'll have it done by the time you get back." Kaiba growled and left as Kari pulled out her wand, speaking in Egyptian, she cast the spell on Kaiba's laptop and it's screen flickered back to life as Kaiba walked into the room. "You owe me one." Kari said as he left with his laptop.
They pulled into the train station and were told that their bags and pets would be taken up to the castle, "First years this way!" Hagrid called and they dashed over to boats that would take the first years to Hogwarts.
Kari, Kaiba and two first years ended up in the same boat. Kari felt left out but was glad when she saw Bakura take over and capsize their boat before switching back leaving two freezing hikaris, a student, and a barely controlling his anger Joey in the lake. She waited for the others at the other end and they filed in last into the great hall, only just making it before the sorting started.
Yugi couldn't see over the crowds, only Joey and Kaiba could and what they saw stunned them. The hat on the stool burst into song.
Oh, you may not think I'm pretty,
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
You can keep your bowlers black,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.
So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands
(though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!
"I'm gonna kill Fred and George, they said something about wrestling a troll." Someone said and Yugi blanched, Joey looked just as pleased they didn't.
They were called up in alphabetical order of surnames and it wasn't long before…"Bakura, Ryou." was called. He put on the hat and waited, unsure of what to expect. He heard a little voice in his ear.
'Difficult, both of you are smart, but while one is shy the other is thirsty for power. One is a follower while the other is more then willing to drag the other around. Which is the host? Ah, smart but shy. Unafraid of working hard, I know where I'll put you,' "HUFFLEPUFF!" The hat shouted and Ryou looked relieved as he joined the Hufflepuff table.
Yugi felt slightly ill as he watched the girl from the train become a Gryffindor, what if he wasn't wanted in any of the houses. What if they sent him home again? Yami laughed, They won't calm down, it's Kari's turn.
Indeed it was, "Ironhide, Kari."
'Another one with two minds, though this time you're a better team. Ah yes, brave and loyal, though often too impulsive, both willing to help your friends no matter what. A good head for learning too, both of you, you're a difficult one to place, A willingness to throw yourselves into danger for your friends combined with the willingness to learn…difficult.' Kari tried to think where Joey would go. She wanted to be in the same house as him, and Yugi. 'Huh, your friend means that much to you?' The hat continued to read her mind, 'He'd probably end up in Gryffindor, are you sure you don't want to go with others who would learn fast like you? Alright then, if you're sure…' "GRYFFINDOR!"
Kari grinned at Yugi as she took her place, she was welcomed by the table as she settled herself down. Everyone laughed when Longbottom, Neville, ran off with the hat when he was chosen as Gryffindor. Then, "Kaiba, Seto."
'Ah, smart and cunning, an over worker who picks up learning like a sponge, there's only one house in which you belong,' "RAVENCLAW!"
Malfoy, Draco, the blonde who they'd heard someone cursing at, barely had the hat touch his head before he was classed as a Slytherin. Yugi gulped as he was called.
"Muto, Yugi."
'Another one? How many students with two minds are there? There are many secrets hidden in your other mind, but you're both smart, loyal, though the other isn't afraid to go for what he thinks he needs. You could be perfect for any house, however your true heart, courage and bravery make the house for you an easy choice,' "GRYFFINDOR!"
Yugi gasped in relief, he'd been afraid that he wouldn't be picked, since in normal school no-one had wanted him on their team.
Then the hall went quiet as one name was called, "Potter, Harry." The hat seemed to take forever choosing, finally putting him in Gryffindor. The group wondered what was so important about Harry as a set of twins called, "We got Potter, we got Potter!"
Ron Weasly from the station was made a Gryffindor, leaving poor Joey was one of the last three, "Wheeler, Joseph."
Joey growled at being called Joseph as he put the hat on, 'A brave heart, though you hide secrets from your friends. You are willing to help them in anyway and have a lot of courage, you are daring and brave, and unafraid of helping your friends, the right house for you is…' "GRYFFINDOR!"
Kari, Joeyand Kari all sat together at the Gryffindor table as Zabini, Blaise was made a Slytherin. The group at the Gryffindor table all recognised the headmaster as he stood up, "Welcome," He said, "to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet," Joey's stomach growled, "I would like to say a few words. And here they are, Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! Thank you!" He sat back down.
"Is he a bit mad?" They heard Harry ask Percy.
"Mad? He's a genius!" Percy said, praising the wizard, "Best wizard in the world! But yes he is a little mad, potatoes, Harry?"
Yugi and Joey stacked their plates high. Kari snorted at Joey but was surprised as Yugi. She knew money was tight at the moment but she hadn't realised how tight, if Yugi hadn't been eating properly.
Joey jumped a mile as a ghost came through a plate he was trying to reach for. "Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpinton at your service, resident ghost of Gryffindor house." Kari, Joey and Yugi smiled, if only he knew.
"I know you, you're Nearly Headless Nick!"
"Nearly headless? How can you be nearly headless?"
"Like this!" He pulled his left ear and pulled. His whole head swung off of his shoulders as if someone had tried to decapitate him and not done it properly. Kari lost her appetite fast.
By the time Kari's appetite returned the deserts had appeared on the tables out of nowhere, and she claimed almost a whole apple pie for the group as the conversation turned to family. "I'm half an' half, dad's a muggle, mam's witch, bit of a shock for him when he found out." Kari laughed as she heard Neville's story. He turned to her, "What about you Kari."
"Muggle born through and through." She said smiling, Yugi and Joey were having a lengthy conversation about Duel Monsters. Kari turned to their conversation, finding she and Hermione had quite a few things in common. "Ouch!" Harry said. He was sat across from Yugi, who looked up. "You alright?"
"Yeah." He turned to Percy as Yugi turned back to his discussion with Joey.
Dumbledore stood up again and the hall fell silent, as the deserts disappeared. "A few more words, now we are all fed and watered. I have a few start of term notices to give out. First years should note that the Forbidden Forest in the grounds is forbidden to all pupils, a few of our older students would do well to remember that." Kari couldn't help his gaze pass over the Weasley twins, "I have also been asked by Mr Filch, to remind you all that no magic should be used between classes in the corridors. Quidditch trials will be held in the second week of term. Anyone interested in playing for their house teams should contact Madam Hooch. And finally, I must tell you that this year, the third-floor corridor on the right hand side is out-of-bounds to all those who do not wish to die a very painful death."
"He's not serious?" Kari heard.
"Must be."
"Now one last thing, before we go to bed, let us sing the school song." Dumbledore flicked his wand and the words appeared in gold in the air, "Everyone pick their favourite tune and off we go!"
'Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty, Hogwarts,
Teach us something please,
Whether we be old and bold,
Or young with scabby knees,
Our heads could do with some filling
With some interesting stuff,
For now their bare and full of air,
Dead flies and bits of fluff,
So teach us things worth knowing,
Bring back what we've forgot,
Just do your best, we'll do the rest,
And learn until our brains rot.'
The twins were the last ones to finish, Kari smirked, a slow funeral march, she had the feeling if they'd have been going much longer they'd have needed one.
"Ah music, a magic beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you trot!"
The Gryffindor first years followed Percy through the crowds and up the marble staircase, amd as Percy led them around Yugi yawned and Kari was soon after. They were just wondering how much further when they suddenly stopped.
A bundle of floating walking sticks was in mid-air above them and were flying at Percy as he approached. "Peeves, a poltergeist. Show yourself!" The last two words were with raised voice. A rude sound followed, "Do you want me to go to the Bloody Baron?" Kari looked at he other's confused.
"Oooohhh, Ickle firsties! What fun!" Percy threatened him with the Bloody Baron again and Peeves flew off.
They walked along and reached a portrait of a very, very fat lady in a pink dress. "Password?" She asked.
"Caput Draconis." The portrait swung forward to reveal a hold in the wall which they all scrambled through, though Kari, Yugi and Neville required a boost, and they found themselves in the Gryffindor common room, a cosy round room full of squashy armchairs. Kari and Hermione were spilt up from the boys as the girls went through one door and the boys another.
There were five beds a room, and their stuff was already there. Too tierd to talk much they just got changed and fell into bed. Kari, Hermione and three other girls bunked together, while Yugi, Joey, Harry, Ron and Neville all got stuck together.
"Great food, wasn't it?" Ron asked, "Get off Scabbers! He's chewing my sheets!" Yugi wondered where Kari's Mau would be sleeping as he drifted off to sleep and he prayed it didn't find Ron's rat or the friend they'd made over the dinner table wouldn't be talking to them.
It didn't take long for the students to drift off to sleep.
"Harry!" Yugi called, the boy looked over, and smiled, "Over here!"
"Any luck finding the platform?"
"No and we asked the guard…" Yugi trailed off as he heard…
"… packed with muggles of course, come on platform nine and ¾ this way!" A red headed woman called. Both Harry and Ryou's head s turned and Harry waved for them to follow the woman. "You first Percy." He vanished through a wall.
"Excuse me…how do you…I mean..?" Harry stammered.
"First time to Hogwarts for all of you?" Everyone nodded. "Don't worry, it's Ron's first time too." She pointed out a red headed boy next to her, "All you have to do is walk straight at the wall between platforms nine and ten, best do it at a bit of a run if you're nervous."
Harry nodded and went first, vanishing into the wall. Yugi went next, then Kari, Joey, Kaiba, then last of all Ryou. They'd lost Harry in the crowds. They got their stuff loaded onto the train and took their pets, decks and robes to change into onto the train with them, taking up two compartments, they would have only taken up one but Kaiba insisted on sitting apart from them, and he scared the other students so much no-one wanted to sit with him. Apparently the patented 'Kaiba death-glare' worked even as an eleven year old. Kari managed to get her cat to leave the owls alone long enough to get her back in her cage as the cat seemed to have a knack for escaping. Yugi and Joey were into their third round play-off match when the trolley came around. They bought a little of everything and shared it out as Yugi beat Joey by 200 lifepoints.
"Excuse me, have any of you seen a toad?" A girl with severely bushy hair asked. They all shook their heads and she left. Kari went and got changed and they took it in turns to keep an eye on the bags. They could hear Kaiba's cursing as the anti-electronic thing kicked in and his laptop went down.
"IRONHIDE!" Kaiba yelled as he stormed in, unchanged. "Fix this damn machine right now!"
"Go get changed and I'll have it done by the time you get back." Kaiba growled and left as Kari pulled out her wand, speaking in Egyptian, she cast the spell on Kaiba's laptop and it's screen flickered back to life as Kaiba walked into the room. "You owe me one." Kari said as he left with his laptop.
They pulled into the train station and were told that their bags and pets would be taken up to the castle, "First years this way!" Hagrid called and they dashed over to boats that would take the first years to Hogwarts.
Kari, Kaiba and two first years ended up in the same boat. Kari felt left out but was glad when she saw Bakura take over and capsize their boat before switching back leaving two freezing hikaris, a student, and a barely controlling his anger Joey in the lake. She waited for the others at the other end and they filed in last into the great hall, only just making it before the sorting started.
Yugi couldn't see over the crowds, only Joey and Kaiba could and what they saw stunned them. The hat on the stool burst into song.
Oh, you may not think I'm pretty,
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
You can keep your bowlers black,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.
So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands
(though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!
"I'm gonna kill Fred and George, they said something about wrestling a troll." Someone said and Yugi blanched, Joey looked just as pleased they didn't.
They were called up in alphabetical order of surnames and it wasn't long before…"Bakura, Ryou." was called. He put on the hat and waited, unsure of what to expect. He heard a little voice in his ear.
'Difficult, both of you are smart, but while one is shy the other is thirsty for power. One is a follower while the other is more then willing to drag the other around. Which is the host? Ah, smart but shy. Unafraid of working hard, I know where I'll put you,' "HUFFLEPUFF!" The hat shouted and Ryou looked relieved as he joined the Hufflepuff table.
Yugi felt slightly ill as he watched the girl from the train become a Gryffindor, what if he wasn't wanted in any of the houses. What if they sent him home again? Yami laughed, They won't calm down, it's Kari's turn.
Indeed it was, "Ironhide, Kari."
'Another one with two minds, though this time you're a better team. Ah yes, brave and loyal, though often too impulsive, both willing to help your friends no matter what. A good head for learning too, both of you, you're a difficult one to place, A willingness to throw yourselves into danger for your friends combined with the willingness to learn…difficult.' Kari tried to think where Joey would go. She wanted to be in the same house as him, and Yugi. 'Huh, your friend means that much to you?' The hat continued to read her mind, 'He'd probably end up in Gryffindor, are you sure you don't want to go with others who would learn fast like you? Alright then, if you're sure…' "GRYFFINDOR!"
Kari grinned at Yugi as she took her place, she was welcomed by the table as she settled herself down. Everyone laughed when Longbottom, Neville, ran off with the hat when he was chosen as Gryffindor. Then, "Kaiba, Seto."
'Ah, smart and cunning, an over worker who picks up learning like a sponge, there's only one house in which you belong,' "RAVENCLAW!"
Malfoy, Draco, the blonde who they'd heard someone cursing at, barely had the hat touch his head before he was classed as a Slytherin. Yugi gulped as he was called.
"Muto, Yugi."
'Another one? How many students with two minds are there? There are many secrets hidden in your other mind, but you're both smart, loyal, though the other isn't afraid to go for what he thinks he needs. You could be perfect for any house, however your true heart, courage and bravery make the house for you an easy choice,' "GRYFFINDOR!"
Yugi gasped in relief, he'd been afraid that he wouldn't be picked, since in normal school no-one had wanted him on their team.
Then the hall went quiet as one name was called, "Potter, Harry." The hat seemed to take forever choosing, finally putting him in Gryffindor. The group wondered what was so important about Harry as a set of twins called, "We got Potter, we got Potter!"
Ron Weasly from the station was made a Gryffindor, leaving poor Joey was one of the last three, "Wheeler, Joseph."
Joey growled at being called Joseph as he put the hat on, 'A brave heart, though you hide secrets from your friends. You are willing to help them in anyway and have a lot of courage, you are daring and brave, and unafraid of helping your friends, the right house for you is…' "GRYFFINDOR!"
Kari, Joeyand Kari all sat together at the Gryffindor table as Zabini, Blaise was made a Slytherin. The group at the Gryffindor table all recognised the headmaster as he stood up, "Welcome," He said, "to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet," Joey's stomach growled, "I would like to say a few words. And here they are, Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! Thank you!" He sat back down.
"Is he a bit mad?" They heard Harry ask Percy.
"Mad? He's a genius!" Percy said, praising the wizard, "Best wizard in the world! But yes he is a little mad, potatoes, Harry?"
Yugi and Joey stacked their plates high. Kari snorted at Joey but was surprised as Yugi. She knew money was tight at the moment but she hadn't realised how tight, if Yugi hadn't been eating properly.
Joey jumped a mile as a ghost came through a plate he was trying to reach for. "Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpinton at your service, resident ghost of Gryffindor house." Kari, Joey and Yugi smiled, if only he knew.
"I know you, you're Nearly Headless Nick!"
"Nearly headless? How can you be nearly headless?"
"Like this!" He pulled his left ear and pulled. His whole head swung off of his shoulders as if someone had tried to decapitate him and not done it properly. Kari lost her appetite fast.
By the time Kari's appetite returned the deserts had appeared on the tables out of nowhere, and she claimed almost a whole apple pie for the group as the conversation turned to family. "I'm half an' half, dad's a muggle, mam's witch, bit of a shock for him when he found out." Kari laughed as she heard Neville's story. He turned to her, "What about you Kari."
"Muggle born through and through." She said smiling, Yugi and Joey were having a lengthy conversation about Duel Monsters. Kari turned to their conversation, finding she and Hermione had quite a few things in common. "Ouch!" Harry said. He was sat across from Yugi, who looked up. "You alright?"
"Yeah." He turned to Percy as Yugi turned back to his discussion with Joey.
Dumbledore stood up again and the hall fell silent, as the deserts disappeared. "A few more words, now we are all fed and watered. I have a few start of term notices to give out. First years should note that the Forbidden Forest in the grounds is forbidden to all pupils, a few of our older students would do well to remember that." Kari couldn't help his gaze pass over the Weasley twins, "I have also been asked by Mr Filch, to remind you all that no magic should be used between classes in the corridors. Quidditch trials will be held in the second week of term. Anyone interested in playing for their house teams should contact Madam Hooch. And finally, I must tell you that this year, the third-floor corridor on the right hand side is out-of-bounds to all those who do not wish to die a very painful death."
"He's not serious?" Kari heard.
"Must be."
"Now one last thing, before we go to bed, let us sing the school song." Dumbledore flicked his wand and the words appeared in gold in the air, "Everyone pick their favourite tune and off we go!"
'Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty, Hogwarts,
Teach us something please,
Whether we be old and bold,
Or young with scabby knees,
Our heads could do with some filling
With some interesting stuff,
For now their bare and full of air,
Dead flies and bits of fluff,
So teach us things worth knowing,
Bring back what we've forgot,
Just do your best, we'll do the rest,
And learn until our brains rot.'
The twins were the last ones to finish, Kari smirked, a slow funeral march, she had the feeling if they'd have been going much longer they'd have needed one.
"Ah music, a magic beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you trot!"
The Gryffindor first years followed Percy through the crowds and up the marble staircase, amd as Percy led them around Yugi yawned and Kari was soon after. They were just wondering how much further when they suddenly stopped.
A bundle of floating walking sticks was in mid-air above them and were flying at Percy as he approached. "Peeves, a poltergeist. Show yourself!" The last two words were with raised voice. A rude sound followed, "Do you want me to go to the Bloody Baron?" Kari looked at he other's confused.
"Oooohhh, Ickle firsties! What fun!" Percy threatened him with the Bloody Baron again and Peeves flew off.
They walked along and reached a portrait of a very, very fat lady in a pink dress. "Password?" She asked.
"Caput Draconis." The portrait swung forward to reveal a hold in the wall which they all scrambled through, though Kari, Yugi and Neville required a boost, and they found themselves in the Gryffindor common room, a cosy round room full of squashy armchairs. Kari and Hermione were spilt up from the boys as the girls went through one door and the boys another.
There were five beds a room, and their stuff was already there. Too tierd to talk much they just got changed and fell into bed. Kari, Hermione and three other girls bunked together, while Yugi, Joey, Harry, Ron and Neville all got stuck together.
"Great food, wasn't it?" Ron asked, "Get off Scabbers! He's chewing my sheets!" Yugi wondered where Kari's Mau would be sleeping as he drifted off to sleep and he prayed it didn't find Ron's rat or the friend they'd made over the dinner table wouldn't be talking to them.
It didn't take long for the students to drift off to sleep.