Tatianna Mabelle Garey had found the most secluded compartment she could as soon as she stepped aboard the Hogwarts express. Her only goal at the time had been to distance herself from every other person on the train and she would be damned if she didn't get what little peace she could before having to deal with the pains of getting sorted into a house. She knew most kids were super excited to get sorted and that was probably one of the main reasons she didn't want to sit with anyone. No matter what house she was sorted into someone would be unhappy and she would end up miserable. If she wasn't sorted into Slytherin her parents were likely to disown her or at least make her life a living hell, but if she was then she was likely to go through school without any friends at all. Then again she probably wouldn't make any friends no matter what house she was placed in… She sighed, she was such a looser. Suddenly the door to her compartment opened showing a mixed group of third year students who were all laughing and goofing off. It must be nice, she thought, to not have to worry about being accepted by anyone. The two red haired twins who seemed to be the ring leaders, and coincidentally the loudest, were the first to enter followed by people were dressed in Gryffindor quidditch uniforms. That put her on edge immediately. No matter what she could not let herself get attached to people in other houses, she figured she could just beg the sorting hat to put her in Slytherin. She would rather have no friends and avoid making her parents angry it would be better for her health in the long run. The twins sat down across from her and the others followed suit. She pushed herself against the side of the compartment and tried to make herself as small as possible, it didn't work…

"Hi there, I'm Fred and he's George hope you don't mind but this is the only empty compartment we could find."

She shook her head but decided keeping quiet was the best plan. They would eventually get bored with her and act like she didn't exist. It wouldn't be the first time that she had been ignored; in fact, it had saved her from at least one or two bullies when she was younger.

"So… What's your name?"

"Um… My name is Tatianna, Tatianna Garey."

"It's nice to meet you Tatianna, say what house do you want to get sorted into? And don't worry, we won't care if you don't say Gryffindor."
"Um well I'm not really sure, any of them I guess…"
"Well if you get into Gryffindor be sure to look us up, we know all the secret passageways and hidden rooms in the castle."
Tatianna nodded and soon the group started a conversation about quidditch. She was glad that she wasn't the center of attention anymore, not matter how nice they seemed to be, attention never lead to anything good for her. An hour later the train arrived at Hogwarts and she parted ways with the group. She followed the herd of other first years to the boats and got into the first empty one she could find. It was one of the last ones to leave so she ended up at the back of the group as professor Mcgonagall gave them the run down about the sorting process. She watched as the first few children approached the sorting hat tentatively their nervousness was almost tangible, but after the first few were sorted the others gained more confidence. She walked up to the hat calmly, if not only to keep her dignity, and situated herself precariously on the edge of the stool. Hum you're an interesting one. You would do well in Ravenclaw and yet you wish to be put into Slytherin a house where you would most likely be alone. It took Tatianna a minute to come up with a comeback. I know I would be alone but at least then I would make my parents happy. The hat was quite for a while before finally, very well than;

"Slytherin!"

She hopped off the stool and made her way over to the silver and green themed table sitting on the end and keeping to herself as the other first years were sorted. She watched as Draco Malfoy sauntered over to join his two cronies, she had no doubt that he would flourish in Slytherin. Her best bet was to stay out of his way and try her hardest not to get onto his radar. If she could manage that then she was sure that she could make it through her seven years and be gone. Then she could become a healer or medi-witch and melt away into the wizarding world. From the time she was little that had been her plan, get through school with as little confrontation as possible then get a non-descript job and live out the rest of her life in a low key mundane fashion. It was almost laughable how differently her plan was from her parents. They expected her to go into Slytherin where she would get near perfect marks and meet a wealthy pure-blood man who she would marry soon after graduating. She had made into Slytherin and she was confident that she could get high marks in all her classes but she didn't think that she would be able to the catch the eye of any of the guys in her house… She was much too quiet to interest any of the guys, at least none that she would ever be willing to spend the rest of her life with. Dinner went by uneventfully and she followed the others to the common room where she found a chair in the shady corner of the room. From there she could watch all the other Slytherins go about their days and even learn juicy tidbits of gossip all without coming to others attention.