Lucinda Carver's Sorting

Lucinda sat nervously outside The headmistress' office twiddling with her thumbs singing that same old line in her head

You take a deep breath and you walk through the doors
It's the morning of your very first day
You say "Hi" to your friends you ain't seen in a while
Try and stay out of everybody's way
It's your freshman year and you're gonna be here
For the next four years in this town
Hoping one of those senior boys will wink at you and say
"You know I haven't seen you around, before"

Rebecca sipped her tea. She thought she had heard someone else outside.

"Come in," she called, tapping her fingers on the stack of papers on her desk.

Lucinda got up and walked into her office, scared. This isn't like her old school in New York.

"H-h-hi," She stuttered "I'm the new s-student."

"Well, usually all those who come to my office are new," Rebecca commented, slightly smiling. "Tea?" she offered. "Now," she said, looking down at her papers. "which House do you think you belong in?"

"I haven't really thought about that m-m-ma'am." She stuttered taking a sip of tea "You see, the ministry, they sent me here to be with my sister, Riley Carver."

She really didn't think about that, she was just so excited to see Riley again.

"Ah," Rebecca realized, "you're Lucinda, right? Well, what's your personality? What are you like? You seem to be a tad bit shy."

"I'm really into photography like my sister, but I like to sing, and write, and play my guitar too." She said calming down a bit.

"I really like your hair!" She said admiring the headmistress' curly hair.

"Thank you," Rebecca smiled slightly. "I think you might be an Abgehenden, or maybe a Leise."

"I think Leise sounds marvelous!" She said smiling

Rebecca smiled. "Alright. Go have fun with your friends."

"Have a good day!" Lucinda said while walking out of her office.