"Kaze, Haruka!"
Haruka looked up quickly at the old hat sitting on the stool as her name was called. The Sorting Hat, she recalled. Her heart was beating hard in her chest as she approached it, keeping tight to herself and looking straight ahead to avoid the gazes of the others. She steadied her breath to calm herself and, even though she was a nervous wreck on the inside, she managed to show a collected demeanor.
She sat down on the stool, looking up and forward until the hat was dropped onto her head, at which she relaxed her eyes and her nerves settled a bit as she was now blind to the curious onlookers. "Are we calmed down, now?" Her insides jumped at the hat's voice. It seemed unnecessarily loud, she thought, but it was probably because she was wearing the hat. "Kaze, huh? Can't say I recognize the name, and I remember them all." The hat went quiet for a bit. "I see. Mahoutokoro is where the rest of your family attended, yeah? So you're the first of your family to attend Hogwarts!" Haruka nodded as the hat let out a loud, boisterous laugh. "Hmm..." The hat continued. "There's honesty and kindness in your heart, that much is obvious. You're rather tolerant as well, and not afraid of some hard work." The hat grunted. "you can be a stubborn one as well, can't you? And you tend to keep to yourself." The hat nodded. "But you hold to your beliefs and you're as loyal as the best of them." HUFFLEPUFF
Haruka inwardly sighed when the hat announced her house. Black and yellow. As the hat was removed, she looked for the table with black and yellow, but it wasn't to hard to find, what with the cheer and applause erupting from it. She quickly walked to her new table, looking down the entire time.
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