Chapter 3.
Verity POV.
Why does he have to be such a dick. He never treats any of the Slytherin's that way, why me?
Oh if the hat just put me where I was supposed to go then I wouldn't be having this stupid problem.
Fucking hat.
Fucking school.
Fucking Malfoy.
- Flash back -
"Verity Cooper!"
I walked ever so slowly up the stairs towards the old mangy looking hat feeling my heart tremor in my chest, fluttering like a trapped humming bird with the voice of my father ringing through my head 'Verity, make us proud… Don't bother coming home if you're in any other house than Slytherin'. A touching man was my father.
Slowly I slid on to the stool and let the hat fall over my eyes.
"Ah miss cooper" The hat said, it almost made me jump out of my chair.
"Bloody hell, don't do that, you almost gave me a heart attack"
"Oh feisty, not many people I sort give me a telling off"
"Yes, well you made me jump and I don't take kindly to surprises"
"Yes I can see that" the hat mused "You're very intelligent, you would do well in Ravenclaw… maybe not, I see that your other talents would be wasted there"
"Thank god, I don't want to be stuck with a load of stuck up snobs who think that they're better than me because of their grades"
"You're opinionated too, sly and cunning, very much like your ancestors were before you… all Slytherin as I recall"
"Yes, I come from a long and noble line, my parentage is outstanding and my blood status pure".
"I'm well aware of your blood status… you're very proud, and brave like that of a Gryffindor"
"Don't you dare, I have my family name to up hold, as well as friends and family to protect and help in Slytherin, I can't very well be doing that in the rival house now can I?"
"Hmm, caring too, very Hufflepuff… I'm sure you would fit into any of the houses here at Hogwarts… But where to place you?"
"Not Gryffindor, Not Gryffindor, Not Gryffindor"
"Usually you would get a choice in the matter, but your judgement is clouded by your families influence. So it'll have to be… GRYFFINDOR!
My whole world crashed around me right then and there, I could see my cousin in the line mouth agape, my cousins at Slytherin table looking shocked and hurt. A single tear dropped from my eye as I slid off the chair, handed back the hat and made my way over to my doom.
- End of flash back -
That was the worst day of my life, ever since then I have made sure to keep upholding the family name, and act like a Slytherin even though I donned the red and gold.
People in my house couldn't understand it, people in Slytherin publically shunned me for the first term, and then gradually came to accept that I wasn't like the Gryffindor's. The people in my house started avoiding me, like I was a spy behind enemy lines, all except Harry Potter that was.
I didn't understand why he wouldn't leave me alone until fourth year when he asked me to the Yule ball and confessed his feelings for me, I say confessed but "Verity, Vee, I can call you that right? Anyway you have the lucky pleasure of being my date to the Yule ball. As a champion I get to take who ever I want and I choose the most stunning girl in our year, what do you say? I know you like me, everyone likes me… it just so happens that I like you too. Go with me Verity" is not a confession, more of an order. What a joke, that is not how you ask a girl out, my reply was plain and simple 'no you arrogant twat'.
No offence to the bloke but he's not all that good looking and he thinks' he's made of gold.
Dealing with someone every single day that thinks they're that brilliant and hardly ever shows any other side to them selves is tiring and down right annoying, now every time he looks me up and down, I cringe inside.
Why couldn't the hat just put me into Slytherin? I don't belong here.
And anyway, how could I fall for the Gryffindor prince when I liked-
"SOD OFF MALFOY YOU TWAT!" She heard a cry from the end of the corridor
"I need to- Blaze, just wai- Dude serious- STOP RUNNING" Malfoy huffed after Blaze
"Verity there you are, are you alright?" Blaze called after me but I was already turning away and haughtily ignoring them both
"Verity? Verity? VERITY!"
"WHAT? What do you want? Go on, insult me again, I'm begging for all of the houses to be against me today"
"Oh come off it Vee, I wanted to apologise for my idiot friends behaviour towards you" he indicated to the git stood behind him bent over clutching his knees for support and taking long deep ragged breaths.
I clutched the bridge of my nose and inhaled deeply "I know, I'm sorry Blaze I've just been really stressed lately and I'm snapping at everyone"
"Is it because of the project your working on?"
My eyes widened "Not here, Blaze… Eyes and ears everywhere, but yes, that project"
"What project?" came the voice of Draco Malfoy who seemed to have recovered
"Nothing I can confess to you, ferret. Your family can't be trusted, your family slithered back into the arms of the ministry after our lord fell, you cannot be trusted".
"You... you support our lord?" he stuttered out
A/N: I am so sorry! I know I said I'd try to update more, it's just been so hectic lately, so here's a bit of a longer chapter for you to sink your teeth in, my little vultures. (:
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