Chapter 8: Reveal
(First sorry for not uploading I moved to a new apartment for university and had to unpack so yeah thanks for ur patience)
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The Great Hall was silenced
Students and Faculty alike were shocked into silence, Peverell alone was a legendary family, witches and wizards searched for the Deathly Hallows for the last thousand years and the tales of the Beedle and the Bard were known to all. The family has not returned to Britain since Grindelwald chased them out. But Emrys?! Merlin was akin to a god to the entire magical world let alone Britain where his very name is synonymous in many forms of speech. The family was said to die out over 500 years ago and yet here he is a member of not only house Peverell but house Emrys.
None so were more shocked than The Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards, Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, Order of Merlin, first-class, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft, and Wizardry Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore. Memories long suppressed of himself and a young Gellert searching for the deathly hallows, of the duel where he won the Elder Wand suddenly surfacing. He felt the wand he won all those years ago sing in hope of reuniting with its family its true masters. What would this mean for the wizarding world, the purebloods on the wizengamot alone would be in a tizzy as soon as they heard about this.
Solerean gathered all the courage he could muster and cranked his occulemency into overdrive. He calmly separated from the first years and walked towards the sorting hat. All eyes turned to him, Cedric looked towards him in confusion and Solerean replied with an apologetic nod. He made his way towards the stool where that hat was located.
As Solerean neared the hat he muttered a silent "Scourgify" he had to make a good impression after all.
"Ah finally with some decency around here, thank you young man" thanked the hat
"It's no problem" Solerean replied with a smile
As he sat on the stool facing the student body professor McGonagall placed the hat on his head
"A natural occulemens, self-trained as well impressive for someone so young but I will need to enter your mind in order to decide the house you belong to"
"As long as agree to keep everything you see a secret, it is my mind after all and I value my privacy"
"No worries young lad, the founders made it impossible for me to reveal any secrets to anybody, not even the headmaster, now let's see, loyalty and courage you would face down the world for a loved one, plenty of ambition and a thirst for knowledge you dream of delving through ancient magics unknown exceeding your ancestor merlin himself but you have a code, you will never sacrifice a loved one and you will never harm innocents, you are eligible for all houses but where to put you?" spoke the hat curiously
"I would prefer not to be in Slytherin or Gryffindor, I have nothing against the house themselves but the rivalries annoy me, the politics from Slytherin ill have to deal with eventually because of the wizengamot but the posturing from both houses is way too much for me, I would be okay with Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw" replied Solerean
"Well then, I know just what to do with you, RAVENCLAW!" shouted the hat to the great hall
The students of house Ravenclaw exploded with cheers as Professor McGonagall removed the hat from Solerean's head and he walked towards the table. He noticed that the Slytherins and Gryffindors looked quite disappointed while the Hufflepuffs seemed happy. He was welcomed by the older and younger students alike.
As the sorting ended Dumbeldore stood up and spoke "Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! Thank you! ".
A feast commenced filled with laughter, conversations, and delicious food, Solerean noted the symbol of a phoenix on the bottom of his plate noting that it was Alfred who helped prepare his food. Heirs and young lords alike who were bonded to house-elves were allowed to bring them to Hogwarts. He hoped Alfred was getting along well with the house-elves of Hogwarts. As the feast ended the members of his house were led away towards the Ravenclaw dorms, he approached professor Flitwick and informed him of his need of a Lord's Quarters while flashing him his ring. News of him taking up his lordship was going to appear on the daily profit the next day anyway so he wasn't really worried about people knowing anymore. He was ready! After being led to his own personal quarters he changed his clothes brushed his teeth and fell asleep on his king-sized bed prepared for the next day.