Badgers and Empty Rooms
Harry opened the letter torturously slow making Hermione whack him.
"Dear Mum and Dad" he read aloud before pausing again.
"HARRY!"
"I'm writing this to you from the Hufflepuff Common Room. I got in! I was so nervous, I don't know why, that maybe the hat wouldn't be able to sort me but as soon as it dropped onto my head it said I would have a wonderful time at Hogwarts, that I shouldn't be nervous and I belonged in Hufflepuff."
Harry read the rest of the letter out smiling so hard his cheeks ached and Hermione hugged him tightly.
"Our little girl's a badger, who would have called it." he murmured into her hair and Hermione sighed happily.
"Remember our sorting?"
"Vividly. I'd never had so many people stare at me." Harry snorted.
"She'll be alright, won't she?" Hermione said after a moment and Harry nodded.
"She's just started the first day of the best years of her life. Now come here, we've finally got the house to ourselves."
Hermione shrieked as Harry threw her over his shoulder, kicking the bedroom door closed with a laugh.
Competitions and challenges:
- Alphabet Soup Drabble Competition with the prompt 'Yellow' for the letter Y.
- The If You Dare Challenge with prompt #339 - Going To School