Juliette stared at the back of the person in front of her, barely heaing whatever the hat was saying to the person in front of her. This was it. The most important thing that was going to happen to her at Hogwarts was happening now. Her nervousness showed, her knobby knees where practically shaking and she was biting her lip so hard it seemed she would bite it off. Which was funny because she was usually a very happy person.
"Archer, Juliette!"
A voice called. Juliette obediantly walked to the stool, staring down at the floor like there was money camoflaged into it. She stumbled a little, but caught herself quickly and saved herself from completley falling. As soon as she saw the stools wooden leg, she climbed up onto it (being to short to just sit) and placed the hat onto her head. The large hat fell over her eyes and covered her eyes, which was good because she didn't want to see her cousin at the Hufflepuff table. Right now, she wanted to forget he exsisted.
"An Archer!" The hat seemed to whisper. The hat remembered her dad, Robert Archer, and remembered what happened to the poor bloke about ten years and six months ago. "I remember your dad." The hat felt the girl flinch under it and went with sympathy. " Shame what happened to that bloke."
Juliette heard what the hat said about her dad and tensed up a little. Was this hat going to have a conversation with her in front of the whole school about the car accident that left her an orphan? Couldn't it just belt out her house name like it did for all the rest of the students?
"You're loyal, no doubt about that. But very unsure. Not brave in the least."
Juliette swallowed hard. was this hat going to just point out her flaws?
"But you're studious, and very determined. Not sly at all. Your father was a Gryffindor you know?"
Really? She didn't know why, but this stroke a chord with her. She hardly knew a thing about her dad, and it felt a little weird and demeaning to know that the Sorting Hat knew more about her dad than she did.
"HUFFLEPUFF!"
The hat had yelled without Juliette knowing at first, but when it finally sunk in, she beamed at everyone. Placing the hat on the stool for the next first year to wear, she ran over to the Hufflepuff table, all of which where cheering. |