A/N My first Harry Potter Fanfic please read and review
Disclaimer, all but the plot belongs to JK Rowling.
Hermione Jean Granger stood there waiting to be sorted, she would be happy with any house.
"Miss Hermione Granger." Called Professor McGonagall.
Steadily the girl walked up her heart in her ears, eyes squinting closed as the old hat was placed upon her now sitting form.
"My, my, my, what shall we do with you? You are cloaked, I cannot see your mind and past, your future is hidden. I cannot hear your true desire, you have none. I could spend hours on you Miss Granger." The hat spoke with venom in its voice horrified at being out done by a first year. "You have no house; if you are desperate Dumbledore will give you one!" The entire hall had been listening and shocked silence spread through every inch of the grounds.
A lonely tear ran down her face as she yanked the hat off, angry at his failure it spat on the girl. The hat began to ignite quickly developing into an inferno. Using a spell Dumbledore extinguished the flames and the hat groaned.
"Slytherin." They both said simultaneously. A sparkle in young Miss Granger's eye could be seen as she stepped off and went to sit at her house table. All looked up at her with respect and pure awe.
The remaining students were sorted quickly after the incident. A boy of her age walked up and looked at her, a look of curiosity coating his face.
"Malfoy, Draco Malfoy, you must be Hermione. I must say you don't look like much." He said a glare shifting onto his face.
"Well Draco, I am sure you would make quite the impression you used less gel." The moment she retaliated the surroundings became deathly silent.
"You aren't that bad, you can stand up for yourself, you managed to get in Slytherin and that was quite a nice stunt you pulled up there." He nodded smirking.
"I suppose you would look quite good if," She quickly waved her wand and his flat hair became spiky. "There!"
Her wand already drawn she quickly tapped her hair giving it a straight cut worthy of any Slytherin.
They sat together and talked others looking at the both in fear.