Snape and the Sorting Hat
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I pulled on the hat hesitantly, unsure of what exactly to expect. It covered my eyes and everything was dark. I heard a small voice in my ear. "hmm… a strange combination. There's bravery in there, definitely. You could be in Gryffindor you know. You'd be a great Gryffindor. But what's this, there's cunning in there. You could be a Slytherin too. Though, you'd probably be better in Gryffindor. Hmm…."
I sat on the stool petrified. I wanted to be in Slytherin so badly. In the house my mother had been in when she went to Hogwarts. I knew that's where my mother wanted me to be and I knew she would be disappointed if I wasn't. "Please, Slytherin, please." I thought.
"Are you sure?" The small voice asked me.
"Yes, please let me be in Slytherin" I replied
"Fine, Let it be - SLYTHERIN." I heard the hat yell the last word to the rest of the hall.
I stood up, slightly shaky from relief, though I didn't show it. I walked slowly to the Slytherin table and sat down. Lucius patted me on the back and welcomed me but then I saw her looking at me. Those green eyes looked at me and I could see the sadness in them. She knew that I would be in Slytherin, from the moment that I mentioned it on the train but I could see that she had been hoping that maybe I would be in Gryffindor with her. And through looking at those eyes, I knew I had made one of the worst mistakes of my life.
If I had seen that in the future, that by being in this house, I would surround myself with all the wrong people, rather than her, then I would have chosen differently, I would have chosen to be in Gryffindor and lived through my mother's disappointment. If I had known that choosing being in Slytherin, I would have had friends who would make using mudblood a common, so common that I would call my best friend one, then I would have chosen differently. If I had known that maybe if I were in Gryffindor, she may have chosen me over my arch enemy, James Potter, and maybe she wouldn't have to die because our son may have been different, and even if we did die then I would die happier and we would depart this world together, I would have definitely chosen to be in Gryffindor.