Disclaimer: I only own Ruby Malfoy, Vallian Lovegood, Max Foiler, and some other characters that you don't recognize from Harry Potter! Harry Potter belongs to J.K Rowling!
Chapter 2
The crowd was huge as Ruby, Vallian, and Max got into the big room. There was a chair with a hat on it that looked like it had a face! To Ruby, that was rather bizarre.
A lady in a green robe came to the front of the big room.
"Welcome to all the first years. You will be sorted into one of the following houses: Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, or Slytherin." the lady announced.
Ruby felt a burst of excitement surge through her, which house would she be put in? Vallian smiled at her. Ruby ignored him, after he'd doomed himself forever, she wasn't eager to talk to him.
The lady took out a list of names. She called out a name and a girl with short curly red hair went up to the stool and sat down. The lady in the green robes picked up the hat and placed it on the girl's head. To Ruby's surprise, it started talking!
"Well, lets see...how about, Hufflepuff!" the hat said.
The girl grinned and went to a very long table and sat down with the students that were already there.
"Max Foiler." the lady said.
Max nervously went up to the stool and sat down. The lady placed the hat on his head.
"Hm...why not... Slytherin!" the hat announced.
Max shot a quick glance at Ruby and Vallian before going to a table of people that looked like they would act like Ruby's father.
After a few more names, the lady announced Vallian's name.
"Vallian Lovegood."the lady said.
Vallian went to the stool and sat down. The hat was placed on his blond head.
"You've made a hard choice I see...maybe Slytherin would suit you.." the hat said.
Vallian flinched. He wasn't eager to be in Slytherin.
"Well, if you're so reluctant, I'll put you in Gryffindor!" the hat said.
Vallian calmly went to a long table with friendly looking students.
The lady announced another name. A mean looking boy walked up.
"Slytherin of course!" the hat said like it was obvious.
This was exactly what had happened with Ruby's father. Ruby shivered, her father hadn't exactly been the star of the school when he'd attended to Hogwarts.
Finally, the lady announced Ruby's name.
"Ruby Malfoy." the lady said.
Many students from the tables gasped. Was this going to turn into the usual reaction once they found out which family she belonged to?
Ruby slowly walked up to the stool. The lady put the hat on her.
"This is hard... " the hat said.
Ruby was eager to be housed. Although it was mighty probable that she would be put in Slytherin, she wanted to see if she would be put in a different house.
The hat was still thinking which made all the other students on edge to know which house she would be in.
"Should I put you in the same house that your father was in? Hm... would that be a good choice? You and you father do have similar characteristics but you're somehow different... you remind me of someone from a few years ago although that person is quite grown now." the hat continued.
In her head Ruby was thinking "Get on with it!" but she didn't dare say it outloud.
"Well maybe either Gryffindor or Slytherin... or even Ravenclaw..." the hat said.
Ruby sat still and waited. Many of the people that her father hated were from Gryffindor. Was it really that bad?
"You should really be in Gryffindor or Slytherin but I think this one is best for you...Ravenclaw!" the hat said to Ruby.
Ruby went to a table that was waving to her. She guessed that was Ravenclaw. She had actually wanted to be in Gryffindor or Slytherin but Ravenclaw looked nice enough.
"Welcome to the team!"a girl with long pin-straight hair said cheerfully to Ruby.
Ruby smiled at her.
Now she wondered what her father would think of her not being in Slytherin. She brushed the thought off, they were somewhere else right now, she had begun a new life and he wouldn't ruin it fo rher no matter what.
