Chapter Three: Scorpius, Albus and Rose, Sorted 2017

Normal type is Scorpius, Albus and Rose, italic type is the Sorting Hat


"Malfoy, Scorpius!"

Look, relax, Malfoy. No one just laughed at your name. And no one's glaring at you. Well, OK, maybe they are, but it can't be because of anything you've done - you haven't uttered a word all day!

Right then. Okay. Malfoy, aren't you?

Yes.

You are unusual. Nothing like your father. You're smart like he was, but you don't have the drive; and the intelligence is very...innocent. Not an ounce of cunning.

I won't be put in Slytherin then?

Don't be ridiculous! They'll tear you apart. Now...Ravenclaw? You're smart enough...

Dad'll be disappointed if I'm not in Slytherin.

I don't doubt he will be, but do you want to be in Slytherin?

Well...no.

Didn't think so. No, not Ravenclaw...the intelligence is there, no doubt about that; but there's something else that overshadows it. Now what is it...?

I'm not sure. Sorry.

It was a rhetorical question, boy! Definitely not Ravenclaw. What is that? Oh. Oh ho. Your father really isn't going to like this...

What do you-

GRYFFINDOR!

Oh.


"Potter, Albus!"

Right, OK. No, no one is looking at you. Well, no more than they looked at everyone else.

Hmmm, you're interesting. I've seen someone like you before.

Not Slytherin. Just...not Slytherin.

You know, that's exactly what he said. Not Slytherin, not Slytherin, please don't put me in Slytherin!

He's my dad.

Oh, so you're another Potter, are you? How many of you are there?

Just one more, after me. My sister Lily.

Could be worse, I suppose.

Excuse me, I don't mean to be rude, but aren't you going to Sort me?

Yes, I suppose so, boy. And you needn't worry. You don't have what it takes to be a Slytherin. You are a lot like your father, it must be said, but you seem more relaxed. You lack some of his drive, but there's loyalty there instead, even fiercer than in him. He didn't marry a Weasley, did he?

Um...yes.

Thought so. I've Sorted a lot of Weasleys in the last thousand years.

And my House?

Oh, yes. Well...better be...GRYFFINDOR!


"Weasley, Rose!"

You'll be perfectly fine. Albus was, wasn't he?

Oh. Not another Weasley.

But I'm the only Weasley being Sorted this year.

Oh yes, but the Potter boy is very clearly related to you.

Leave my cousin alone!

Yes, you're definitely a Weasley. Such loyalty...but you're not a Hufflepuff.

Good.

With that sort of attitude, you'd do well in Slytherin.

I don't want to be in Slytherin, either.

And who says what you want has anything to do with where I put you?

Logic. We can all have a conscious influence over our personalities.

And with a mind like that, you could be a Ravenclaw.

My mum said that's what you told her. You put her in Gryffindor in the end though. Hermione Granger.

Ah, yes, I remember her. I had good reason for doing that - she was smart, smarter than anyone else I've seen, until you; but she had courage, too. And I'm not sure you do.

Really? I've been arguing with you about what House I belong in. Wouldn't you say that was courageous? And brains are useful in a hero: too many get themselves killed by blindly rushing into things.

Good reasoning. I'm still inclined towards Ravenclaw, though...

Oh. What's this? For all your big talk about not rushing blindly into things, you seem remarkably inclined to do just that, young lady. Not a scrap of common sense.

I know. I blame my father. I can understand that it's not a good idea to go rushing into things without thinking them through, but I can't seem to grasp the concept in practice.

You'd be best off in Gryffindor then. Is this acceptable?

I suppose so.

Well then...GRYFFINDOR!


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