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Heir of Slytherin Finally Placed! Sorting Hat Cursed & Confused
In an unprecedented turn of events, The Daily Prophet was finally able to catch up with Hogwarts School of Witch Craft and Wizardries Headmaster Minerva McGonagall, regarding the sorting ceremony and placement of Colleen Seidel (covered here in our previous story), the last known heir to Salazar Slytherin.
The Daily Prophet had previously received word by Owl that during the ceremony the Sorting Hat was unable to place first-year student Colleen over the course of at least ten attempts.
When initially placed on her head the Sorting Hat broke out into an ear-shrieking scream that resembled something similar to a howler. Interestingly enough, the Sorting Hat was placed on several students between the attempts of Colleen and sorted them with extreme ease.
When we were finally granted an interview with headmaster McGonagall we inquired what had happened during the sorting ceremony.
Headmaster McGonagall informed The Prophet that:
For days, Hogwart’s Professors nor I understood what the cause of this sorting debacle was or how to fix it.
After much deliberation the Ministry of Magic’s Department of Magical Artefacts was sought out in hopes to understand why the sorting hat was unable to place a Colleen.
Just yesterday we recieved owl that the Sorting Hat was cursed with dark magic to prevent the sorting of Colleen and the artefact will remain in the custody of the appropriate department until further notice.
When we asked the Headmaster how Colleen is to be placed, the following was conveyed:
We’ve allowed Ms. Seidel to pick her own house until the investigation has concluded. We are in hopes that she will be welcomed naturally by the students around her and if so, it may be prudent to keep her in the house of her choosing.Β
For now…
The Headmaster sighed and looked down
She has choosen Gryffindor
When The Prophet inquired about how she personally felt regarding the decision, Headmaster McGonagall declined to answer.
For those of us old enough to remember, Minerva McGonagall was the Head of House for Gryffindor from 1956 – 1998 and may have strong feelings about the direction Colleen has taken.
For now, we’ve again been left with more questions than answers.
Why was the sorting hat cursed? Why did Colleen choose Gryffindor as her house of choices? Will the other students be accepting of this decision in light of the surrounding circumstances?
Make sure to check your owls daily as this story continues to unfold.
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unprecedented decision! wouldn’t she be Slythiren?
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Well I guess she wanted to choose her future?!
Well I guess she wanted to choose her future?!
The family has nothing to do with the sorting. It’s who the person is. My whole family is made of Gryffindors yet I’m a Slytherin. Bloodline has nothing to do with it.
Well Look at Albus Potter, heβs in slither in when his father was in Gryffindor, times are changing for the Wizarding world
It was a very interesting Sorting ceremony, thatβs for sure. Peculiar way to start my 7th Year.
Gabriel,
Do you have any other information regarding the ceremony? Possibly how Hogwarts is adapting to Colleen being at the school and in Gryffindor? We would love to procure any information available surrounding the ongoing situation.
All the best,
The Daily Prophet
I would choose Ravenclaw personally.
The Sorting Hat had a similar problem with me. Unfortunately it wasn’t the same case. It just kept shouting: “UNDECIDED, UNYIELDING, UNPREDICTABLE!” Over and over again, they gave up after 30 minutes. After that night, I was living in my own lodgings at Hogwarts.
That’s impossible to imagine for me, the Hat barely touched me before I was sorted into Slytherin Β―\_(γ)_/Β―
In the past it seems like the Sorting Hat was building armies more than sorting houses, so I wonder if the βcurseβ was nothing more than a fail safe to keep the Hat from doing this once again? It does make you wonder about what the Hat might know, and who would want to stop it, if in fact that is what itβs doing.
I donβt understand why everyone is so surprised that she chose griffin for maybe she didnβt like what her ansestor
(Salazar Slytherin) how he wanted it so that only pure bloods can attend so maybe she chose griffindor
It was rather interesting. It scared the heck out of my first year muggle-born friend who was up next.
Wow, the hat put me in Hufflepuff immediately!
My friend at the Department of Muggle Artefacts said that he was rather confused by the situation… apparently at the current moment they just cannot figure out what is going on. As for the poor student, I do hope she isnβt mentally scarred from the experience, even if she is the heir of Slytherin. I am rather surprised that she chose Gryffindor, but I suppose deviation from family patterns can happen, most of my family were/are in Hufflepuff, but I was in Ravenclaw.
I’m starting my second year, and I’m a little scared, my friend is a mudblood you see, I’m a pureblood, but I’m afraid to lose her..
To all those who are present and future Hogwarts students alike, Using the word “Mudblood” is seriously offensive, degrading, and utter ridicule to those who are born in non-magical families. The word is Taboo. Here in the US. we don’t ever use words that’re Taboo, that is asking for a death wish.
“It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
I wonder if the hat saw something dreadful in Colleen’s mind and couldn’t take it. What if she was hiding something bad?