…The Sorting…
Welcome to the latest chapter everyone! So…in the last chapter Rosette was sent to Hogwarts and met the ever famous Draco Malfoy. She is still yet to meet her brother Harry. Now I left it off at a bit of cliff hanger. So Read on to find the answer to all of your questions – Where is she going to get sorted?
Disclaimer – I do not in any way shape or form own any of the characters/story or franchise of Harry Potter.
Sitting on that stool and feeling everyone's eyes on her should have been truly terrified, but in truth she actually kind of loved it. She had been brought up by the Pridetails' and knows that they would probably want her to be put in to one of the best houses, but she really didn't care. She was finally in a place where she felt she belonged. She felt a sort of energy pulsing through her and the entire school.
Professor McGonagall placed the sorting hat down to her head and instantly came to life. "Well, well, well! Aren't you an interesting one?" She could feel the hat turn its gaze towards Professor McGonagall who gave it one strong small nod with a knowing look. She then felt the hat grow slightly tighter on her head. "A very interesting mind you have here. Not truly knowing where you come from, but I know all. Ha ha ha.' The hat began to give out a small mean sounding laugh. "I know exactly where to place you…." She waited with baited breath for the hat to put her somewhere like Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff. "Slytherin!" The hat called out as Professor McGonagall took the hat off Rose's head, giving her a very tight smile.
Rose gave out a disgruntled look as Draco Malfoy began clapping with the rest of the table, she looked back towards the headmaster and Professor McGonagall before taking her set opposite Malfoy. "So Pridetail, looks like we are going to have time to get to know each other a bit better." He smirked at her as she rolled her eyes at him. "That's if I feel like it Malfoy." She then leant her left elbow on the table before resting her head on her hand to watch the rest of the students be sorted.
Once everyone had been sorted and seated Dumbledore stood up to come to the pedestal with a great smile on his face. "Please everyone. Enjoy the feast!" and with that he raised his hands and food spread out over all the tables. There were ohs and ahs heard throughout the hall as everyone began to dig in. Rose grabbed her plate and began to fill it with all of the things she would usually eat at home. Salad, smoked salmon, poached eggs, lamb chops, asparagus, parsnips and roast potatoes. She began to eat her food as the rest of the table erupted into chatter.
"So Pridetail, you weren't brought up with any magic were you?" she looked up through her long lashes at Draco and simply shook her head. He smirked at her and looked between Crabbe and Goyle who both returned the smirk. "I guess you aren't going to know much about the magical world then are you?" He leans towards her and motions for her to lean in with him. She does as he asks just to hear what he has to say. "You better not hinder Slytherin. We are aiming to be the top house here this year." As they both sat back upright Draco had a serious look on his face "I mean it." He says as he eats a potato. "Oh dear Malfoy. You truly do underestimate me don't you?" she smirks as she picks up a single asparagus piece with her fork and brought it towards her mouth. "That will be your downfall." She said simply as she ate the asparagus piece. "But don't worry, I will take your advice to heart." She smirks as she cut into one of her poached eggs to pick it up with another piece of asparagus.
Draco looked at her with intrigue and curiosity. Crabbe and Goyle looked between the two of them before looking at the girl, then back at Draco. "If you do anything to bring Slytherin down we will hurt you. Mudblood.' Goyle almost spat at her, she instantly turns towards him, a warning sparkling in her eyes. "I suggest you don't go throwing around false accusations. Your ugly ass should know when to keep out of others conversations, as I do believe I never actually addressed you." Goyle face just drops as she rolls her eyes and Draco smirks at her feisty response. Rose begins to look around the room at all of the teachers sat at the front when she looks towards the end of the teachers tables closest to them she notices a strange burning sensation in her forehead, she winces slightly at the pain before it dissipates once again. She looks back to the teacher with the purple headdress.
"That weirdo with the headdress is Professor Quirrell. He is the defence against the dark arts teacher this year. Professor Snape, that's our head of year with the black hair next to him, really wanted that role. Needless to say he was quite disappointed when it went to the cowering fool." Draco spoke up after noticing where she was looking. "I just figured you would want to know, being new to this world and all." He smirked as he went back to his food. "Malfoy, I know exactly who the both of them are." She responded not looking at him but just concentrating her gaze on Professor Quirrell's headdress. "The question is, do you know who they truly are?" she turned her face to look at his confused look, she shakes her head as she finishes her food. "What on earth do you mean by that?" Draco sounds more stupid than ever to her in this moment. "Nothing. Forget I said anything." She simply said before taking her pen and notepad out from under her robe, this got her a lot of disgusted looks, which she chose to ignore as she began to write some notes to remember later on.
Things to remember:
-Beware of Q – Keep an eye on S
She looked back up to watch Professor Quirrell before packing up her notepad and pen, placing them back under her robe and waiting for the rest of her house to finish their food.
As the rest of her house finally finished their food she stood with the rest of them, feeling Crabbe and Goyle glaring at her from behind, she rolled her eyes before looking back at them. "Can I help you both with something?" she asked, causing them to look anywhere else but at her. She turned her attention back to leaving the hall with the rest of her house to go to her common room.
Walking down the hallway she could hear the chatter and see the movements of the pictures, she thought to herself that if anyone from her hometown were there, they would all be scared, screaming and crying. She smiles on the inside as she comes to a stop with the rest of the house as they come to a large portrait. "Pure-Blood" She overheard the house prefect speak before the painting moved to reveal the common room. "Welcome to Slytherin Dungeon. You will find the female quarters up the stairs to the right and the male quarters on the left. Please make sure to keep the common room clear and remember, under NO circumstances should any Gryffindors' be allowed in." The prefect said aloud before leaving to attend to his other duties. "Of course we would never let any of those twerps in here! Such a stupid lot of Weasleys and mudbloods!" Draco called out causing an abruption of laughter to break out.
"I could've sworn you were trying to convince that Potter boy to be your friend though Malfoy." The laughter instantly stopped as Rose spoke. Draco turned to face her, his disapproval clear on his face. She shrugs her shoulders. "I'm just stating a fact. He is in Gryffindor isn't he? Of course you did try to become his friends before we were all sorted. But still, you must've had an inclining that he wasn't going to be in Slytherin." She began to make her way towards the stairs that led up to the female quarters, feeling the stares in the back of her head. "You can all stand there all day glaring at me, or actually, I don't know, do something useful?" she looked back at them all. Draco's face twisted into an angry pout. She laughed slightly. "Poor dear Malfoy, not what you wanted to hear?" She smirked, flipping her long black hair over her shoulder. "Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm not really here to make friends. Oh. And remember not to underestimate me." She left it at that as she walked up the stairs to find herself a bed, she sighed knowing full well that she had either earned major respect or destroyed any chance of finding at least one friend at the school.
She shrugged as she heard the still silence surrounding her before pushing open the first room for the girls' dorm to find everyone's things had already been set up at the beds, looking around she finally found her bed, right near the window. She took a seat on the window sill as she looked out over the water wondering what being at this school was really going to be like for her.
Back downstairs
"Who the hell does she think she is!?" one of the girls pipped up. "Yeah! Speaking to a pure-blood like that. The nerve!" another girl chimed in. "she shouldn't even be in this house. Stupid little mudblood." Crabbe spat out before Draco turned on his heels. "Oh will you all just shut up!" he shouted causing the room to fall silent again. "We have no proof that she is even a mudblood. I for one want to find out exactly who she is and where she came from." He looks up towards where Rose had disappeared off to. "She will either break or become one of us. Be ruthless. Be cruel. I don't care. Just find out exactly who she is!" he shouted out in resolution as excited chatter began throughout the room.
"But I thought you wanted to find out about her Draco." Crabbe said after joining Draco's side. "You seemed pretty eager on the way over here to get to know her, trying to get her to come in our boat. Being alone with her in the booth on the train for that private chat. You can't tell us now that you don't have the slightest amount of interest in that girl." Goyle said as he joined Draco's other side. "I just want to find out everything I can, to either destroy her or use her. That is purely my intent." Draco said back to them both sternly. "Now everyone prepare for tomorrow. We have potions with Professor Snape, first thing in the morning! I don't want anyone turning up late. Whoever is in the same dorm room as Rosette, get her up in time." He said as everyone began to disperse from the common room and up to their rooms to find their beds.
Draco, Crabbe and Goyle are in the same dorm room, sitting on their beds in one corner of the room they all stare intently at each other as they begin to think up their plans against Rose. "So we need to find out her bloodright, anything to do with her parents and where they all came from." Draco said as he sat forward on his bed and put his hands under his chin. "But just how are we going to find out anything about a girl we never even knew existed until she came here?" Crabbe moaned out as he slumped back slightly onto his bed. "Quiet idiot. I'm trying to think!" Draco raised his voice which made Crabbe jump slightly.
"Well we know that she has been put into Slytherin for a reason. The sorting hat wouldn't have put her in here without due cause." He sighed as he started to rub his temples. "I just don't know exactly how we can find anything out about an enigma." He sighed deeply as he ran his hand over his slicked back hair. "This is going to be tougher than I originally anticipated." He looks between Goyle and Crabbe. "Have both of your parents ask around about a Rosette Pridetail. See if they can dig anything up." He said with a smirk on his face. "I might just have a plan on how to get more information out of our new friend." They all smirked at each other before getting ready for bed.
The next morning the students of Slytherin were making their way down to their potions class, led by Malfoy who had already been told about the ins and outs of the school by his father. "Now I want you all to remember that we are aiming to get to every class at least 5 minutes early, we don't want to be anything like those forgetful Gryffindorks." Draco said aloud before laughing. "Draco! WE have a problem." One of the girls piped up after running up to the group. "I don't know where Pridetail is! I went to make sure she was up for class and she wasn't in her bed, I didn't even see her at breakfast! What do I do!?" Draco felt irritation begin to boil in the pit of his stomach. "Can't you do anything right!? You had one simple task to complete!" He shouted before turning back towards the classroom. "Well we can't afford to be late. We will just have to hope and pray that she is able to find her own way to class." Draco sighed in frustration as the group began to move forward once more towards the classroom.
As was to be expected there was no one outside the classroom yet and absolutely no sign of any of the Gryffindor house. Draco smirked although still feeling extremely pissed that the other students let Rose out of their sights. He then pushed open the door and froze in place. "What the hell are you doing in here!?" He yelled out as the other students came bursting in behind him. Rose looked up from behind her book and sighed. "Waiting for Professor Snape. What else would I be doing here?" She said before rolling her eyes and looking back down at her book.
"We were all supposed to come together!" Draco said in frustration as he rubbed his right temple. "Well I was never told such a thing. I'm not a mind reader Malfoy." She said, this time not even bothering to look at him. "We are all a part of Slytherin, besides you have never even learned about the school, so how did you find your way here on your own?" Draco asked with a frustrated tone as he made his way towards where she was sitting. "Simple. I got up before everyone else, had breakfast and then had time to have a quick look around. I even bumped into Sir Headless Nick. Quite an interesting guy, you know being dead and all." She said as she turned the page of her book, her nonchalance was clearing pissing Draco off to the core. He slammed his hand down on her book, causing her to look up at him. "We are still part of the same house. We need to stick together." He said through gritted teeth.
"Well then why did I overhear some of the girls in my room saying that I would never be welcome at Slytherin? That I shouldn't even be here to begin with." She looked over his shoulder at the girl directly behind him. "Isn't that right, Pansy, wasn't it?" She said, causing Draco to turn towards Pansy and look her in the eye, fully irritated now. "Well you can't really blame them, considering we have this new girl, who has never existed to anyone of us until now. You keep to yourself, say what you think and clearly don't have anything in common with any of us here." Draco said turning back towards her. "How do you expect us all to just welcome you when we have no clue as to who you are?" He said as he saw her straighten up in her seat. "I wouldn't share anything about myself with the likes of you Malfoy. You think that you are some amazing wizard all because your parents are some of the higher class wizards, well guess what-" She stands up and leans over the desk towards Malfoy. "-I'm not one of you. Sure I wasn't brought up in the wizarding community and only learned about magic truly existing after I received my letter to come here. But I refuse to act like spoilt pigged-headed brat and treat others like they are just dirt under my shoe. If you want to know something about me then you need to earn the right to know about me." She had a fire burning in her eyes that Draco had never quite seen on anyone before. He was taken aback by her comments and felt a knife go through his ego. He grunted as he adjusted his robe around his neck and watched her sit down.
"You can't speak to him like that!" Pansy began to shout before Draco put a hand in the air to stop her. "Shut it Pansy. I don't need you to defend me." Draco glared back at Rose with a true frustrated look in his eyes. "I don't think we are going to get along as well as I had originally anticipated." He was staring her straight in the eyes when he thought he saw a flash of disappoint go through her eyes. She sighed out and closed her eyes before sitting down in her seat once more. "I suppose not." She said, sounding slightly disappointed and looking almost upset. "Everyone get in your seats!" Draco shouted before he took a seat next to Rose. Crabbe and Goyle seemed confused as they sat behind Draco.
"Look Pridetail, for what it's worth. I've never in my life show me such disrespect." Draco began to whisper to her. "But to be fair, I kind of admire you for it." Rose continued to ignore him, looking down at her book. "But a word of advice. Don't mess with me. You know yourself that my father is one of the higher wizard aristocrats. Everyone here are children of his friends and colleagues. Now I won't say anything to my father, but I won't be able to stop the others from telling their parents. So just watch you back. You never know who is going to be watching you." Draco said with a serious look on his face and laced his words with serious warning.
"Thanks Malfoy. I'll take that into consideration. But I am pretty darn sure that I can take care of myself." She said back to him as she turned a page from her book. "You may have been taught magic from a young age. But I'm a real fast learner." She looked over at him thoughtfully. "I just hate spoilt rich kids that think the world owes them something because they are supposedly better than everyone else." She sighed as she heard some other kids outside of the class talking and laughing. "I don't treat people with disrespect unless they give me a reason to. And you are on that list now." She turned her attention back to her book as she continued to read.
About ten minutes later the class was filled with students from both Slytherin and Gryffindor. Both taking up separate halves of the class. Rose continued to read her book until the door swung open and Professor Snape swooped into the class. She looked up with a somewhat bored expression and at her first teacher up close for the first time. He had medium length black hair and his robes seemed to take up most of the surrounding area where he stood, when he walked it made the robes look as if they were dancing, floating around his feet. His face bore a very serious expression, he scanned the class as the chatter didn't stop.
"There will be no foolish wand waving or silly incantations in this class." His voice rang out throughout the classroom. Demanding instant silence from all within. Rose sat up and closed her book feeling like the day was about to get a whole lot better. Feeling the atmosphere of the class instantly change she decided to take this class seriously, I mean she would obviously take all of her classes seriously but this teacher. He wouldn't mess around, he would give you detention for just breathing the wrong way. At least that was how it seemed to Rose, it felt like a challenge, she loved taking on a new challenge and this was the first real challenge since she had arrived.
She saw her professor stand at the front of the class next to his brewing station and she smiled as she felt like her studying before she had arrived as well as her days in science back at school would come in handy. 'As such, I don't expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science and exact art that is potion making." His eyes gazed over his students as he speaks. "However, for those select few." His eyes instantly fly to look at Draco. Making Rose feel slightly uncomfortable as Draco smirks back at his teacher, feeling as though he had the upper hand. "Who possess the predisposition, I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory and even put a stopple in death." He begins looking over the rest of his students again whilst walking around the room. "Then again." His gaze fixated on Harry now. "Maybe some of you have come to Hogwarts in possession of abilities so formidable that you feel confident enough, to not pay attention!" His frustration clear in his tone as Harry stops taking notes and looks up at the professor. Rose looks over her shoulder at the boy and is glad she isn't him.
"Why Mr. Potter! Our new celebrity." He takes a step towards Harry, everyone's eyes now on the two of them. "Tell me. What would I get if I added powered root of Asphodel to an infusion of wormwood." Harry continues to stare at the professor. "I don't know sir." The girl next to him raises a hand expectantly, but before Rose can stop herself she calls out the answer. "It creates a sleeping potion. So powerful it is called the Draught of Living Death." She looks over at Professor Snape who is staring at her in shock. Draco has tensed up next to her.
"I don't believe I was talking to you miss…" Professor Snape trailed off as he took a step back from Harry. "Pridetail. And I know you didn't, but it was clear that Mr. Potter wasn't going to answer, or didn't know the answer. I was simply trying to educate him." She replied matter-of-factly. "Very well then. Where would you look if I asked you to find me a bezoar?" She smirks slightly as she feels all the students now watching her. "That's easy. It is made within a goat's stomach and it acts as an antidote to most poisons." She sits back slightly in her chair as Professor Snape walks around to the front of the class where she is sitting with Draco. "Ok then, what is the difference between monkshood and wolfsbane?" She smirked as his gaze was only on her, staring at her with an almost cruelty in his eyes. "Trick question. They are the same plant. Also could be known as Aconite." She crossed her arms as she looked up at Professor Snape who had an almost satisfied smirk on his face.
"Very impressive Miss Pridetail. Although I must admit I have never heard of the Pridetail family." He begins to wander around the class. "Are they a new family of Wizards?" She felt her heart drop slightly. Looking over at Draco who had an astonished look on his face to her getting all of the answers correct. "No Professor." She looked back at Professor Snape who was once again at the front of the class. "I'm the first of my name, not a Pridetail by blood, only in name." She said as whispers could be heard swarming up in the class. "Silence!" Professor Snape yelled. "Very well then. You have done exceedingly well regardless Miss Pridetail. Potter!" He looked towards Harry who jumped at the sound of his name being called. "Yes sir?" The Slytherin students all started giggling, apart from Rose. "You would do well to learn a thing or two off of Miss Pridetail. 10 points to Slytherin." He walked back to the front of the class to continue with the lesson.
After class had finished and it was time to head over to the next lesson. Rose was taking her time packing at the front of the class as she already knew where to go, and had actually found a shortcut. Before long there were two people stood in front of her. She looks up with intrigue only to see Harry and Ron Weasley. "Oh it's you two." She said simply as she stood from her chair and swung her book bag strap over her shoulder. "I just wanted to say thank you for helping me out back there." Harry said as he held out his hand. "Yeah that was bloody brilliant!" Ron said with a somewhat dorky smile. "Oh it wasn't a big deal. I just happened to know the answer." Rose said as she brushed past the two boys, Harry lowering his hand slowly. "Pridetail! Hurry up or we are going to be late!" Rose turned around to look at Draco who was waiting for her by the door. "I've got to go. We probably shouldn't been seen talking to each other, being from rival houses and all." She said quietly before making her way towards the door. "Well she is a bit of a weird one." Ron said as he looked at Harry, who was staring intensely at his hand. "It seems so ridiculous that I shouldn't be speaking to someone from Slytherin. Besides, it was kind of embarrassing what she did to me." Harry said, bitterness in his voice. Ron looked over at him with a shocked look on his face. "To be fair Harry, Hermione probably would've done the same as her, if she didn't have too much respect for you." Ron shook his head. "Anyway we better get going to class."
And that is where I am going to leave things for now! Now I know that I have used a few lines from the film and that may happen from time to time, but will always alter it to fit in with Rose's storyline rather than Harry's. Everything that is going into this story has a HUGE impact on the ending. I really do hope that you all continue to support the story and give me any feedback, as I mentioned in the first chapter, this is my very first non-anime/Harry Potter fanfic. I hope you are all enjoying it so far regardless! Please remember to fave, follow and review the story! See you all in the next chapter! Bye bye now.