"Adil, Anissa!" Professor McGonagall shouted. Anissa gave me one last look, and climbed up to the wooden chair where she sat in for nearly three minutes, a frown on her face.
"Is this normal, shouldn't it last like ten sec-" I asked to the people behind me before the Hat yelled.
"SLYTHERIN!" The green and silver table cheered for her as she went over to them. We did talk about what houses we wanted to be in, and ambition was a value that we both shared, even if she was sure that she would end up in Ravenclaw, ew, I have some kind of personnal vendetta against birds (except chickens) and smart people that know they are smart.
"Black, Regulus!" The boy in front of me headed over to the Hat, his head held high, as if he owned the place. "Brat." I thought. He sat down merely giving the crowd a look, but I felt like I had seen him look over to the Gryffindor table, where the older boy I remember being his brother eyed him expectanctly.
"SLYTHERIN!" This time, I was sure I saw the look they exchanged, it was merely a second, but it was full of unspoken emotions: frustration, anger and sadness? She wasn't sure, but there was something off in this.. meh, not my business anymay.
Two gryffindors, one ravenclaw and three hufflepufs were sorted before her,
"Nolano, Giovanna!" She made her way up there hesitantly, not trusting her body with keeping her perfectly balanced. She sat down as her professor put that nasty piece of clothing she called a hat on her head.
"That's not a very polite thing to say, now is it ? Then again that's not one of your top qualities; nonono don't take me off there's no need for that, yes I am talking. Yes the hat, obviously, I guess that's a no to Ravenclaw."
"Tank Merlin, I would burn you off before you shouted that-"
"Also a no to Hufflepuf then, wait, I also sense loyalty but you're nearly not hardworking enough. Gryffindor? No, you're strong but not reckless, how could you be, with that gift? Yes, I can also sense that. I feel great ambition, and a certain amount of cunningness, that means, SLYTHERIN!"
Giovanna looked over happily to her friend, that was clapping loudly as she nearly flew to the table, her gaze accidentaly crossing the git's disgusted one. She sat accross her friend, next to a boy with greasy hair and a crooked noise.
"I'm so happy we got to be in the same house!" Anissa said, smiling at her friend. "Can you believe that we are the only female slytherins of our year? At least we will have more space in the dorms." In fact, they weren't much first years realized Giovanna.
"Look at that, we got the most exotic ones!" Some kind of second or third year said, causing a loud sneer from the boys around.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Gigi asked the boy sitting next to her. He looked at her curiously until he seemed to notice some kind of innoncence in her question.
"You're not english are you?" both girls nodded. "Than that's it, not from here. Means you're exotic."
"That's kind off rude isn't it? I mean you can talk about an exotic bird or animal, but I've never heard someone talk about an exotic human." Gigi said matter-of-factly. The boy sighed but didn't say anything and kept eating.
"You better get used to this, mom told me there should be a lot of this over here." Nini said, finishing her cup of pumpkin juice. The emotions of the day and the train ride caused Giovanna and Anissa to be really tired by the end of the meal. They both headed to their dormitory, not taking a second glance at the common room and after a quick shower they both went to sleep, wondering what would be for them tomorrow.
Gigi had been up for an hour, it was six, she had already taken a shower, get dressed and fed Willibat. She was now practicing one of her favorite spells, Avifors while she got down to the common room. She had left an alarm and a note for Anissa, telling her not to worry, that she would wait for her in the great hall. Now that she could actually see clearly, she was admiring the large tapestry and the windows that showed the lake, a green-bluish light entered the room, giving it a different aura, that was somehow soothing. Finally letting go of the sight, she hadn't noticed that another student was down and opening the door out of the common room.
"Hey! Hold the door please!" She shouted. The young man turned his face and she recognised the boy that sat next to her at diner.
"Thank you, you're up early." She looked at him with curiosity, he looked pale, almost sick.
"You're also up, first year stress I presume?"
"Yes and no, I'm an early bird but I had really weird dreams in which I would be naked that weren't very reassuring." Gigi answered with a weird face that made the boy snort.
"What's your name by the way?"
"Severus Snape. Yours?"
"I'm Giovanna Nolano, nice to meet you. You're a second year I guess?" she asked.
"Indeed." Snape answered simply.
"I've got to say that you lot didn't make me a very good first impression."
"What, slytherins?" he asked, unsurprised.
"Also, but I was talking about second years. You won't believe what happened to me during the train ride-" She told him indignated, about the 'rat incident'.
"You just met the rising stars of this school I think." He said then ironically.
"A bunch of wankers that's what they are, honestly you're the only boy that made me a good impression until now." She said, frustration in her voice. She thought she saw the shadow of a smile on his face as they sat down for breakfast. They talked about classes, he also added proudly that he was probably the best one in potions. He told her about the ghost and Peeves, the squid and the forbidden forest.
Gigi felt a pat on her shoulder and lifted her head from her mug of -disgusting- coffee.
"Hullo." Annissa said, taking the seat next to her. "Thanks for the alarm by the way, not sure if I would have woken up without it. You were up early by the way, can you pass me the milk?"
"First year stress I guess." She said, winking to Snape who merely nodded while she was passing the milk.
The brat arrived, accompanied by two other boys who were talking animatedly, he on the other hand seemed rather bored and sat accross Anissa. "Thank merlin" she thought. "Wouldn't want to eat looking at arse-face".
A large man arrived, his red face gleaming while smiling at his students. Seeing the frown on her face, Snape whispered he was the Head of the house.
"Ah, Miss Nolano, please tell your grandmother that I'm rather fond of her new product." He said, as if it were some sort of confidence.
"I will, don't worry sir." she said politely, taking her timetable.
MONDAY: 8:00-15:00
- Transfiguration : 2 hours with Gryffindors.
- Charms : 2 hours with Hufflepufs.
-Lunch break : 1 hour.
-Herbology : 2 hours with Hufflepufs.
TUESDAY: 8:00-15:00
- Flying lessons : 3 hours with Ravenclaws.
- Lunch break : 2 hours.
- History of Magic : 2 hours with Ravenclaws.
WEDNESDAY: 9:00-0:00
- Potions : 3 hours with Gryffindors.
- Lunch break : 1 hour.
- Defense Against the Dark Arts : 2 hours with Gryffindors.
- Herbology : 2 hours with Hufflepufs.
- Astronomy : From midnight up to 2:00, with Ravenclaws.
THURSDAY: 10:00-15:00
- History of Magic : 2 hours with Ravenclaws.
- Lunch break : 1 hour.
- Charms : 2 hours with Hufflepuf.
FRIDAY: 8:00-17:00
- Transfiguration : 2 hours with Gryffindors.
- Defense Against the Dark Arts : 2 hours with Gryffindors
- Lunch break : 2 hours.
- Potions : 3 hours with Gryffindors.
"Are you kidding me?!" yelled the brat's friend. "We have three classes with Gryffindor?! Who made this crap?!" He was now red, fuming, nostrils flaring. He looked like, what was it called, a male cow? Gigi was interrupted in her thoughts by indignated screaming in the red and gold table. Took them long enough to read it.
"Wednesdays are gonna be tough but thursdays look fine." Said Anissa. "We should probably get going, this is going to be a long day". Gigi couldn't agree more.