Oneshot
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Pink
Tonks was bloody nervous! The whole journey with the train towards her new school, saying goodbye to her parents and everything else that had happened and now the sorting…. She was standing together with all the other first years in the front of the hall close to the table of the teachers.
In her mind she had already weighed all possibilities. Slytherin had been the first house in her mind. Her mother had told her so many things about her aunts (whom she barely saw) who had been in Slytherin. That was definitely a house in which she did NOT want to be.
The young girl was taking deep breaths and trying not to change something of her appearance. Normally she did change things of her body unconsciously when she was very nervous… and she had never been this nervous before! Her parents had told her how unusual her ability to change things was and that it might be better not to draw too much attention to herself.
Ravenclaw than? No she probably wouldn't study enough for that house. Gryffindor was probably out of the question as well seeing that she wasn't that brave… well maybe she was. Or Hufflepuff? She simply didn't know. All she knew was that she would immediately quit if she would be placed in Slytherin.
Another name was called and she simply knew that she was going to be next. Nervously she saw one of her fellow first years walk up to the professor. As the sorting hat slipped over the other person' forehead she closed her own eyes, not wanting to see what would happen, although she had seen it several times before.
"Tonks, Nyma.. Nympha…"
And away went her nerves. Yet again it was her name which brought difficulties. Oh she hated her first name. She still didn't know why her mother had to choose that name. Nymphadora… it wasn't a normal name. After rolling her eyes Tonks opened them and boldly stepped forwards, "Nymphadora, but please do call me Tonks," she said to the professor who looked at her over her glasses. "Well Miss Tonks, please be seated," was the only answer she got.
Her nerves had only disappeared for a short time. Now, sitting on the little stool they were back. Nervously she twitched her nose and then she felt the hat on her head.
"Hmmm… Another Tonks… aah and a Black as well. That makes things difficult. Hmm… You do have a great sense of Loyalty, but there is Braveness there as well… Hmmm. No Slytherin for you… Ravenclaw is out of the question, you are not that serious. That leaves…"
All the time Tonks sat fidgeting on her chair. Why couldn't he just make a decision? She could see all the eyes of other students directed at her. Couldn't they just look the other way? Maybe she had been too bold in just walking forward before the professor had been able to pronounce her name. Maybe she should have waited until her first name was pronounced correctly… or…
"Hufflepuff!!!"
Finally! With a huge grin Tonks stood and walked to the table which was cheering. With an even wider grin she sat down. But at that point people began to point at her. "What?" she thought as she frowned slightly. Carefully she touched her hair. Oh no… it was Pink… again…
