A Different Road
Prologue
Everything she owned was old, hand-me-down or from a second hand shop. She felt excluded, having 6 older brothers she had to do something extra-ordinary to get noticed. So after a while she just stopped trying.
Finally, Ginny felt as though she could have a fresh start. She was going to Hogwarts, determined to be someone other than 'the youngest Weasley.' To start, she decided that she was going to do everything in her power to not be in Gryffindor. She wanted to be someone different, someone new and the best way to start that was to get sorted into a different house.
All this was running through Ginny's head as she stood outside the Great Hall waiting for McGonagall to come back, ready to take them into the Great Hall for the sorting. Ginny nervously shifted her weight from her left foot to her right, then back to her left. She started biting her lip in anticipation, a hundred thought running through her mind, whether or not she should really beg the sorting hat not to put her in Gryffindor or not.
"First years, follow me please," McGonagall turned and immediately everyone followed her. Ginny was the last to pass through the Great Hall doors but as soon as she did she immediately sought out her brothers who were all sitting on the far left table that must be Gryffindor's. Her eyes found Ron's and he gave her a warm smile. Immediately Ginny wondered if she was going to make the right decision. But thinking back on the previous 11 years of her life she knew that as soon as she was settled in to Gryffindor house she would just be another redheaded Weasley, and that is what she didn't want.
Professor McGonagall started calling names from a long list. Ginny knew she would be called out near the end because her last name started with a 'W' but she really just wanted to get her sorting over with. The more names that passed the more anticipation Ginny felt.
Finally her name was called. Slowly, Ginny took a few shaking steps up to the sorting hat. 'Well, well, well. What do we have here? You are an interesting case! A Weasley that doesn't want to be in Gryffindor? It takes tremendous bravery to do that, that kind of bravery is what puts you Weasleys in Gryffindor in the first place.'
'Please no! I don't want to be put in Gryffindor! Put me somewhere else! Anywhere else!' Ginny pleaded with the hat.
'Hmm. You do have qualities that are suited to other houses as well but looking into your head I see that you are extremely devious and cunning, traits that will excel best in Slytherin.'
Ginny thought about what the hat was preposing for a minute. A Slytherin? She hadn't even considered it. It would be the best way to get back at her brother and it would never be boring, that's for sure. The more Ginny thought about it there more she liked it, which scared her. She wasn't even supposed to be considering Slytherin but here she was looking at the situation and the positives far outweighed the negatives.
"SLYTHERIN" the hat's announced shocked everyone in the Great Hall into silence. Ginny gave everyone a mischievous smile before walking slowly over to the far right table that she could tell was the Slytherin table by the amusement that was so obviously written over all their faces.
