The Last of the Pure-Blood Weasleys: Sorting
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Two years later Lucy has learned why it's 'bad' to be proud about being a pure-blood, but she doesn't entirely buy into it. Her father, Uncle Harry and her grand-father tell her all about the war - or at least what's appropriate for an eleven year old to know - before she goes to Hogwarts. But Lucy thinks there's something very different between being proud of being a pure-blood to wanting to get rid of anyone who's not a pure-blood. She doesn't have any problem with people who aren't pure - after all she is a Weasley.
At the sorting hat ceremony Lucy is sorted into Slytherin. She's the only Weasley that year. Last year it was Rose and Albus. Before them Dominique, Fred and James. Molly was also sorted alone, quite a while after Victoire. As she's called up to the hat - the second to last person called - Lucy can feel the eyes of all the aforementioned cousins (except Victorie who had graduated the year before) on her back. When she faces the crowd she can see all their faces. Four Gryffindors, a Ravenclaw and a Hufflepuff all look, all clearing a space for her.
The hat doesn't take too long to decide that Lucy's a Slytherin.
After a brief moment of shock people applaud, her cousins quite slowly and her sister not at all. Lucy can't bring herself to look at her sister. She knows what Molly's thinking about - pureblood. That night, Lucy cries herself silently to sleep, knowing her sister hates her. She's certain that in the morning she'll have a howler from her parents - Molly (and maybe even some other cousins) could have sent a letter the second they walked into their common rooms. Her mother was a Hufflepuff, her father a Gryffindor. Slytherins are evil. She won't be welcome back home, she's certain of it.
At breakfast though she finds a long letter from her father and mother and shorter letters from her Aunts and Uncles. She reads the one from her parents first. Her father says he's not surprised, as Lucy has always been ambitious, resourceful, etc… her father goes on for pages and pages. After reading it Lucy feels a bit better. But breakfast is over. A smile on her face she goes to her classes, making friends with the other girls -and a few boys - in her house. Later that evening she reads the other letters. They all assure her that they're fine with it and that they still love her.
Her cousins are also fine with it. Molly is the only one who isn't ok with it. Lucy knows a gap has formed between them. A gap she fears may never be closed. Around family Molly pretends to not care. Around family they are the same sisters they used to be, but in private there is anger. Almost a hate. Lucy knows Molly thinks she's evil. But she lets it go.
In Slytherin house the fact that she's a pure-blood does come up. Some wonder if maybe she'd there because of it, but they soon realize that her sister is not in the house. The talk does bother Lucy a little, but she makes sure her new friends know she likes muggle borns and half-bloods. Most of the house agrees with this statement, at least on the outside. Lucy knows a few of them do look down on non-pure-bloods, but they are mostly the older kids.
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