Powers
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Chapter 4
The Shadow Rulers
Arabella's POV
After Lily was sorted into Slytherin, which I was very happy about, I was called to the hat. I sat down, and the hat began to talk.
"You are quite the cunning child, miss, and also very loyal. You, quite clearly, belong in SLYTHERIN!"
I jumped off the stool and ran to 'Cissa and Lil, ecstatic that we were all in the same house. We sat down, and waiting impatiently for Aly, Alice Prewit, to be sorted. But before she could, a group of other first years had to be sorted. I don't remember all of them, but I do remember that Frank Longbottom, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and James Potter were sorted into Gryffindor.
Alice's POV
I uneasily walked up to the Sorting Hat, not knowing where I wanted to go. My family is all Gryffindors, but Lil, Ara, and Cissa had just been sorted into Slytherin. I was torn, not knowing if I should side with my family or my friends.
I sat down, and was shocked when the hat began to talk!
"Relax," it told me, "just remember to always stay true to yourself. I know where you truly belong...SLYTHERIN!"
I decided to take the hat's advice, and ran down to my friends at the table decked out in green and silver. They were shocked to see me, and told me so in American Sign Language, or ASL, which we discovered we all knew on the boat. We were greatly surprised, considering it's used on the other side of the world.
Continuing our conversation in ASL, we decided it was best that we kept the Slytherin image; calm, cool, and collected. It wasn't like it was a hard decision; it was in our personalities to act like that anyways. After all, everyone wears a mask, some just more than others. We would do our best to become the Ice Princesses of Slytherin.
Then Molly, my cousin, was sorted into Slytherin as well. It's a great shock, but I am very pleased. She knows ASL as well, as I taught her a few years ago, and she decided to join us in our quest.
We had tuned out the rest of the Sorting, and the next thing we knew, it was over, the feast had begun.
As we ate, we started to talk in French, as our hands were otherwise occupied. Two boys joined our conversation; Lucius Malfoy and Severus Snape. They, too, plan keeping the image of a true Slytherin. They are quite handsome, and before we knew it, they had joined our group. We decided to develop a pranking circle, named the Shadow Rulers. Hogwarts would never know what hit them! We would select our victims randomly; to throw the suspicion away from us, we would not fight the prank if our name was drawn.
Also, we wouldn't base our pranks on a certain current event; we would have a book of pranks, each numbered. We would then draw a number and do that prank. Our plans are ingenious, and it's going to be a blast.
After dinner, the prefects showed us to our common room. It was decked out in black, with green and silver trim. We were then given a speech about upholding Slytherin honor in the public, but that we must hold loyalty to our house. We must also protect each other against the outside, or people who don't understand our ways or who we are. Our house is true to each other first, and ourselves second. We are about house survival, not personal survival like everyone believes.