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A Hufflepuff's Lament
"HUFFLEPUFF!" the Sorting Hat yelled, and with that, I was condemned to my fate.
Everyone knows that Gryffindor is for the brave, Ravenclaw for the smart, Slytherin for the ambitious, and Hufflepuff for the weak. Everyone knows that.
It is a witch or wizard's greatest fear, to be in Hufflepuff. To some, Slytherin is better than Hufflepuff, and Slytherin is for the evil. So to be in Hufflepuff is a great fear, and if you are placed in that house, shame.
The moment that the Hat yelled that word to the Hall, my fate was sealed. I was to be a blind, foolish follower. I was to be loyal without question.
I was to be the butt of pranks from other Houses.
I know that I don't really have a choice. After all, the Hat knows everything in a person, right? So that can only mean that I must be weak, nothing but a fool. If I were anything else, I would have been placed in a better House.
Instead, I got this.
My father wrote me a letter after I got sorted. He said that neither he nor Mother cared what House I was in, that I was still there son no matter what.
But I know different. I know what shame I have brought to my family. Maybe, if I were braver, more Gryffindor-like, I could jump off the Astronomy Tower, or I could swallow a vial of poison. But if I were braver, I wouldn't have this problem in the first place.
I dread going home to my parents. Mum was a Ravenclaw, and is as smart as they come. Dad, well, Dad was a Gryffindor. He was Quidditch captain, too.
I will never be as good as them, as good as they want me to be. I am just their worthless, Hufflepuff son.
Hopefully, my little brother won't follow in my pathetic footsteps. Hopefully, he'll take after one of our parents.
I just don't know what to do. No Hufflepuff has ever amounted to anything, everyone knows that. In fact, I doubt that there has ever been a Hufflepuff Head Boy or Head Girl. We simply aren't good enough.
We've probably never won the Quidditch Cup, either…
"HUFFLEPUFF!" the Hat yelled. And in that moment, I was destroyed.
A/N: Okay, before you start flaming (not that I care, really. I'll make Hot Chocolate with them… I haven't had that in a while…) I want you to know that it is 2:00am, and I have absolutely nothing against Hufflepuff House. Okay?
Now, as it's 2:00am, my mind started to wander, and I wondered: what do the people in Hufflepuff think of themselves? I mean, with all the rumors going around about how they are just the pathetic, loyal, foolish group, I can't imagine that they really like being in Hufflepuff all that much, at least not in the beginning. So… A Hufflepuff's Lament was born.
Hoped you enjoyed it! Or, you know, didn't hate it too much…
RogueMarieL