A/N Changed Harry's Reaction a Tad.
Chapter Two
It's Not Fair On Either Of Us
Maybe I should of listened to to Mama after all. She did tell me everything would be strange here to what I was used to, but a singing HAT?! She is EVIL.
"ABBOT, Hannah...Hufflepuff!"
Hmmm Hufflepuff; hardworking and loyal...Yes but not quite.
Ravenclaw; knowlage gatherers... but no... not quite.
Griffindor; bravery without thought? Haha just no.
Slytherin; hmm... cunning and ambition? Sounds close enough for me I feel.
"BLACK-ROSIER, Athena Maia!"
Ohh that caused some whispering among the the older students, this year is going to be fun!
"Harry, I want you to know, I will be your friend no matter what, okay? Please do not buy into the stupid rivalries between houses.." I say and give him a feather kiss on his lips. Hehe hes cute when he turns red. I grin at him getting a smile back. "Watch how fickle people are."
I walk up to the hat, ignoring the the one or two catcalls and the odd insult. Sometimes someone will more or less beg me to be in their house. Everyone else whispered insults about my family, my heritage and even myself... I sigh in annoyance. Humans never learn.
"Oh-ho... what is this then hmm? So very loyal to the family! Both of them impressive but in no way are you a Hufflepuff... hmmm a possible Raven?... No no maybe not. You would easily outdo them causing friction. I feel your distaste for the House of Courage and agree with your reasons.. well... it seems obvious then..." SLYTHERIN!
Yay! I cant help but spin on my toes and make my hair turn green with silver tips... I followed my grandmother! Im ready to take over Slytherin, she will be proud. It may take a few years, but rule I WILL! I skip to the Slytherin table. "What? Im a Rosier, shush-it". They seem to accept that, although it could of been my grinning glare. Ive been told it is quite creepy. I claim my place directly in the middle of the table, displacing people who have been there years. I just smile at them at they shuffle down to make room. "Merci." I see the teachers looking shocked.
"BONES, Susan Amelia!"
"Ohh Hufflepuff for sure, dont get on her bad side though... too much like her Aunt from what I have heard" I hear from an upper year nearby. I agree, nothing quite as scary as Amelia Bones.
I start to tune the sorting out of sheer boredom untill finally I hear;
"POTTER, Harry James!"
Please please please please please please... GRYFFINDOR!...
"NOO!" I shout out loud. Forgetting everything around me.
"Is there a problem miss Black-Rosier?" The headmaster asks. He is obviously amused at this. Evil! Pure Evil!
"N-no... I just wanted my godbrother and betrothed in the same house as me, its okay, .. I... I'm okay. Oui" I tell him with a decisive nod.
I turn red when I remember I said this in front of the entire school. Hair stay hair stay hair stay..it wont stay will it?
"Your hair is bright red Rosie, do you WUURRRRVEEE him?" Draco taunts me.
"Shush Draco... you saw nothing! Nothing you hear me? Rien du tout!"
"You just told the school Potter is your betrothred... I think this is teasing time!" Draco laughs
"N-no... oh god I didnt?!" I look over at Harry to see him avoid my gaze. I instantly feel a sharp pain in my core. Please no... I couldn't of known he was ignorant of it!
"Oh...I think I broke the contract...this isnt good.. bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad!" I don't know what to do about it. I dont know why I feel so upset, its not as if I know him...not anymore at least. I start to cry worrying what is going to happen.
"Nononononono don't cry... please... uhhhh... Greengrass help!" Draco pleads... just making me feel worse. It would be nice if my closest friends knew how to confort me, guess I cant have everything. *Sniff*
"Hey hey hey... shhhh shhh its okay its okay, he doesnt know what it means... the contract wont happen untill your both 13 anyway.. shhh its okay. You are stronger than this! Besides now it has been mentioned he will want to search out what it means. Hopefully actually finding the right book to explain it properly." Daphne whispers while she hugs me. Shes right.. I AM stronger than this.
"*sniff* Okay... if you say so Daph" I kiss her cheek as thanks then snuggle into the crook of her neck making her sigh in exasperation since she knows I will not let go for a while. Although I do hope shes right... maybe the Mudblood hes near will explain to him what being betrothed means..
"Alzough I prefer French ... zis... iz too uhhh heavy I zink iz ze word. Yummy... but heavy." I say forgetting to mediate my accent on account of my suprise that potatoes can have enough fat to be edible to me. Britain is seeming more or more worth it.
"Wow... you sounded very attractive then Athena, umm why dont you sound like that all the time some of us like how you sound." Theo Nott jr. asks. Ignoring his obvious attempt at flattery I turn chat with Daphne for a little while since I havent seen her in a year or so before seeing her on the train, and my hyperactivity didn't help much with our meeting. My thoughts were interrupted by the Headmaster standing up.
"Welcome to the new students and welcome back to the returning students. I have a few notices to mention. First, there seems to be many different objects banned from the halls, while I myself do not see the harmin such objects I have been told otherwise. So if you wish to know which they are then by all means please read the full list outside of our kind caretaker's office. Second you may of noticed that Miss Black-Rosier seemed a tad upset about her betrothed being sorted into another house, but I assure you all that houses mean nothing other than the colour your robes, and I hope you will transcend the rivalry that is in place. Third and finally, I wish to impart on you this advice: It is best that you avoid the third floor corridor, as it would be unwise to venture there unless you wish for a most painful death. Now, onto bed with you children, lessons start tomorrow. Goodnight."
"Uhhhh I thought he was supposed to be senile? That speech seemed VERY lucid to me!" I say as a fifth year girl nudges me to the common room. I slap her hand away and glare causing her to flinch. I grin inwardly... it begins.
"Hm?.. Oh..yeah we have been trying to find out for years... but I will admit he did seem more...normal during this speech... Loyalty...That is the password for this month... do not forget it." The fifth year male answers. I dont know him or the girl, so they must have be half-bloods. Wonder if they are worth it...
"My name is Severus Snape and I am your head of house. I will NOT cater to your pathetic teenage hormonal moments (here he gives a glare, I glare right back. Shocking him for a second as he forgets that I am in his house) I do not abide by breaking rules. There are only THREE rules in if you must do something, then do NOT get caught, because if you are punished by another professor, I will find out and you will be punished much worse. Second NOBODY goes anywhere alone, I do not care if your familes are sworn enemies, you WILL stick together, a Slytherin alone is a dead Slytherin, and you are all FAMILY. Third if you need retribution on another stutent, I suggest speaking to Athena. (Here I squeak in protest but his glare told me its better to accept. Grr I shall have my revenge) Now go to bed, and if you TRULY need me I shall be in my office from 11am untill 10pm, unless I am in a lesson, anything later it has BETTER be an emergency. Goodnight Slytherins. Make me proud Slytherins!"
I knock on Professor Snape's door 2 hours after everybody went to bed. I wonder if he...
"Enter Rosier, What do you want." His sneer belays the fact he cares...interesting.
"Umm... we-*I clear my throat* I Scion of the Rosier family beseech you Potions Master Snape to bring my betrothed before me... Sir" I giggle slightly at he look on his face. "This prevents you from having to break your cover Sev, I used Formal Pureblood Doctrine."
"Fine, I shall do this for you Rosier... stay here... touch nothing." He slightly bows before he floos away. One time... ONE TIME.. he will never let me live it down...Not my fault a four year old doesnt know that Ashwinder eggs do not work well with Platypus spines.
I sit there for half an hour, looking at a potions book I found on his desk, odd as it is, I find the ability to conbine 5 different explosive ingredients and create somethine that not only heals.. but helps your mind accept it!... AMAZING! Thankfully the author didn't say what the missing part was. I conjure a 50ml vial and cry into it. So very draining.
"AHEM! you wanted Potter... here is Potter...you have one hour!" Snape stomps off.
"Wait!" He does knowing I usually have a reason. I hand him the Undiluted Veela Tears and tell him to have fun. His grin is honestly quite disconcerting. I had almost forgotten that Harry was there.
"Umm... Hello Harry" I want to hurt myself... sooo pathetic... so weak... I AM NOT WEAK!"
"Heyy Athena... umm... what did you mean by betrothel." Oh god hes so cute when confused. This makes it soo much worse. "Uhmmm... well it means that we are in a contract to be married on your Seventeenth Birthday. It was signed by both our fathers before we we were born... Sorry Harry."
"Oh GREAT!... the one person I met who doesnt care that I am the Boy-Who-Lived and now she tells me that are to be married? MARRIED?! NO WAY!...I cant!"
Ignoring the hurt I felt I say "That fine Harry, all you have to do since you are the male, is to renounce the contract and the future marriage between us. But.. I just hope you know it will hurt your bethrothed badly not just emotionally but actually hurt them... and can affect you...how I dont know it depends on the contract itself."
"No.. I..I renounce any and all countracts concerning me, and I will allow no more!" Harry commands. Invoking his family magic accidentally to make his oath valid,
"Ow...ow...ow.. owowowowow ARGH! I cant help but scream as the pain forces me to my knees every binding to him was forefully snapped...it hurts... so badly... and when I look at him... he... he doesnt seem to care but I hold out hope that maybe he saw things wrong.
"Ha- Potter...why do you dislike me... we were friends on the train Oui? What happened? I ask... already dreading the answer he will give me.
"Your a Slytherin!... I cant trust you, Ron and even Hagrid said that Slytherins are bad, that they are dangerous and because of that you need to stay away from me."
"I... I... o...okay...I Should of known you raised with a Light family...Goodbye H-Potter."
I sit there staring at the fire...for how long I dont know... but I feel arms around me... and I lean back into them knowing that it's Draco...One of the few males I allow to touch me.
"Im sorry 'Thena...if I wasnt your cousin I would ask for a contract myself." Draco says as he kisses the top of my head.
"R..r... really?... WHY? Apprantly being Veela isnt good enough... maybe if I use my metamorph talent... somone will like me...eventually somebody will see me for WHO I am rather than WHAT I am right?...No...didn't think so" I start to cry."WHY Draco... WHY?! He doesnt even know me...to him... Slytherin is EVIL! WHAT WAS HE TAUGHT?!" I sniffle dejectedly.
"I don't know.. but he hasnt negated the contract, so dont worry." Draco states.
"No Draco, its broken, there is no Lord Potter,therefore he has the rights to break the contract."
"Just walk over to him and explain it to him." Draco is determined to sort this out.
"I though you were smart Draco doing this could make it soooo much worse!"
"JUST DO IT!"
"Never give me an order again! Thankfully your idea is sound.
"Harry why wont you even speak to me?" I ask... I want to know the truth. AT least HIS truth.
"Because your nothing more than an evil Slytherin who wants to use me.!"
A/N Good or Bad Change?
