Sorting of the youngest

Hugo admired the calm of his cousin Lily. Lily was always cool, calm and collected, even when it came down to such a big decision, as the sorting into the houses of Hogwarts. But Hugo was the exact opposite of Lily. He was very, very nervous. He nearly had had a breakdown, several times. Uncle Harry had told him in secret that this was something he inherited of his father, apparently he had been as nervous as Hugo.

Duh, Hugo thought, thanks Dad.

What ticked Hugo off the most was that none of his cousins or his sister had teased him about being sorted into Slytherin or something. When he had asked James and Fred, the two who had teased everyone, even their older cousins about it, they had shrugged, laughed and said: "It's plain to see in which house you will get. It's boring to tease you about."

It was plain to see, even Lucy said so and Lucy questioned everything. But it wasn't obvious to Hugo, he had no clue which house he would be in, or if there was even an house for him.

Gryffindor would be cool, naturally, but Hugo wasn't brave, not as brave as his cousins. He liked to keep himself out of trouble, something that his cousins never did. They were always pulling pranks, especially Fred, James, Louis and Roxanne. Even Victoire, who was out of school already, liked to pull pranks, even if she seemed so mature.

Ravenclaw would be nice too, after all Hugo's sister was there and it would be nice to be in the same house as she was. But Hugo wasn't as intelligent as she was.

In Slytherin was Hugo's cousin Albus, whom Hugo liked very much. But Hugo shuddered when he thought about what his father would say if he got himself into Slytherin. His mother would not mind, at least Hugo thought so, but his father would be very disappointed. Plus Hugo wasn't cunning or had mischief or was even ambitious.

So the only house left was Hufflepuff, but Hugo doubted that he would get in there. He had not a big heart, even if the rest of his family told him so. But Hugo knew himself best, didn't he? He wasn't a good friend.

"Potter, Lily", was called out and Hugo snapped out of his thoughts.

He smiled at Lily and held his thumbs up. Suddenly he wasn't nervous for himself but more for Lily. She'd told him she didn't know in which house she wanted, but Hugo knew her well enough to know that she wanted to join one of her brothers, either in Slytherin or in Gryffindor.

The Sorting Hat took his time and Hugo was practically bouncing up and down.

Come on, come on, come on, he chanted in his head.

"SLYTHERIN", the hat called out.

Hugo smiled in relief, he gave Lily a thumbs-up, who smiled at him. Hugo wasn't at all disappointed, that it was rather likely they wouldn't be in the same house. Lily had gotten what she wanted and that was everything to Hugo. They would be friends even if they would be in different houses, Hugo would make sure of it.

"Weasley, Hugo", the professor said.

Hugo went up the stairs and sat on the chair, the Sorting Hat was placed on his head and whispered in his ear: "Oh, this is easy. You're definitely a.."

"HUFFLEPUFF", the hat called out.

Hugo stood up, walked over to the cheering table, where he sat next to his cousin Molly. As Hugo glanced over to the other tables, he saw every member of the Weasley-Potter-Clan applauding with a bored expression. It had been plain to see, after all.