What are the characteristics required for Slytherin House? I often find myself wondering just that question. It says cunning and ambition, which are obviously why I am here, but what about the others? Maybe narcissistic is a quality required for Slytherin House, for there do seem an unfair amount of egocentric idiots here. Or maybe megalomania, for some people here are so ambitious and power-hungry that the word 'ambition' is too weak to describe them… yes, that could be it.
I myself know exactly why I am here. Cunning and ambition have always been my strong points; I have wanted to be either Mistress of Magic or head of the Magical Law Enforcement office ever since I was about four-years-old. I know I seem a complete space-case (like Slytherin's answer to Luna Lovegood), but where will you get in life if you always show your true personality? Exactly, I knew you'd see it my way.
But how to describe Slytherin… I still don't really know. You see, the only thing we all have in common in this House is the fact that we are thought to be people whom we aren't. But then again, that can't be counted as a trait… can it? Yes, our ability to lie and to live behind facades is something which all of Slytherin can do, so I suppose that Slytherin, just like the serpent, is all about slyness and trickery. Yes, that's it.