House Rivalry

Shimmering banners hand from the

ceiling, red and gold, silver and green,

bronze and blue, yellow and black.

All are against each other; rivals.

In Quidditch, in school, in knowledge, in

popularity. When those few choose to

cross the lines and make friends with

those of other colors, it's noted,

and they are shunned; for no one

can mend the deep rooted

hatreds that have lasted for centuries…