Rose Potter smiled timidly when the hat was taken off and most of the student body just stared in shock. The silence was broken by Astoria Greengrass clapping happily and making sure there was room beside her for Rose, following the girl’s lead Harry, Hermione and Daphne started clapping again. Suddenly the hall was alive with clapping, Ravenclaw students seemed happy to have another student with them, unlike Gryffindor who wanted The-Boy-Who-Lived’s sister. Ravenclaw was just happy to have another student who was smart enough or had the thirst for learning. Hufflepuff’s were just all-around cheerful people, happy for everyone, how someone could be like that baffled Harry, and it was obvious Slytherin was just following their lead. Harry chanced a glance up at the head table at James Potter, and the sight shocked him greatly, the man was smiling for his daughter and clapping for her. He had expected him to at least be disappointed she wasn’t a Gryffindor like her idiot brother. Unfortunately, his curiosity at Potter cost him the rest of the sorting, almost, at least up until the last person was called;