PHOENIX TOROS WAS IN THE BUILDING, EVERYBODY!!! FINALLY!

How sweet was this castle, man?! Sure, he'd heard stuff from his brother and the band but he'd never SEEN the place and it was AWESOME. Waaaaay huger than he'd imagined.

He felt kinda out of place, stood around with the young-uns, but at least he wasn't the only one. There were a fair few people who looked around his age stood with him too. Maybe they'd had a small group this year so it was better for transfers? He didn't know, and to be honest? He didn't really care. Right now all he wanted to do was put that hat on and find out what house he was in!

He waited restlessly as the hat sorted people in alphabetical order... Why was T so late in the alphabet, hm? He was almost exploding with excitement when his name was FINALLY called, so much so that he almost knocked the stool over in his eagerness to get the hat on. Phe could hardly contain his grin as he felt the fabric flatten his curls, and peeked up at the brim to listen to what it had to say...

"Hmmm... a lot of loyalty here... a Hufflepuff trait..." it said, and Phe's brain clicked into gear. Hufflepuffs were near the FOOD, right? He could sneak out whenever and have midnight snacks, and maybe he'd take them to his friends in other houses, sneak in or something. Surely it wasn't breaking TOOOOO many rules... "Then again... there's an air of something here that just won't shake..." It paused, and Phoenix was almost TREMBLING with anticipation. "Yes... That's right... GRYFFINDOR!!!"

Phoenix could have "WHOOP"ed... but he didn't. Instead he SPRUNG from the chair before the hat had been removed, and practically bounded over to the Gryffindor table.

HE WAS HERE. Same house as his brother!

AWESOME!


WAAAAAAIT UP...

The hat...

Not even bothering to look sheepish, he strode back to the stool and carefully removed the hat, making a show of dusting the rim before putting it back on the stool...

"Sorry mate..."

BACK TO THE TABLE.