Hunter walks into the great hall and beside him stands Patricia as they stare up at the sight of Gryffindor banners gracing the hall. The large group of first years clutter in with them as they stand at the front of the great hall and surround a chair with the sorting hat firmly placed on it. The professors are all seated firmly in their chairs and headmistress McGonagall stands firmly at a podium overlooking the students as she firmly speaks.
"first years one at a time will sit in the chair and be sorted into your houses"
The hat opens its eyes and stares directly at Hunter Viperoth and skims the rest of the first-year students as he opens his mouth.
"okay than you there boy"
Hunter remains quiet and the sorting hats eyes shift over him as has laughs.
"you stink of fear boy don't hold up the line now get on over here"
Patricia looks to hunter eyeing his back as he steps forward and Headmistress McGonagall lifts the sorting hat. As the hat slowly descends within seconds the sorting hat laughs to itself as it comments.
"what a dark mind this one has not since..."
The sorting hat stares around the room and questions.
"where to go, where to go a sort like you could seep ambition, but so much darkness in this mind of yours..."
Hunter remains quiet and the hat comments.
"nothing like your sister, not even like your brother ey? You are something interesting, something frightening and new..."
Everyone stares down Hunter in silence and Headmistress McGonagall looks on with worry as the hat smiles to himself and comments.
"but I know just what to do with a Viperoth so of course it will be..."
The hat stares to its right and yells out.
"Slytherin!"
Patricia Longbottom stares at the back of Hunter's robes watching him casually walk to the far right joining the rest of his Slytherin bunch and then she feels cold as the hat's eyes dart to her. the hat smiles wide as he is lifted.
"come now Longbottom this should be interesting"
Patricia walks up to the hat and turns sitting slowly in the chair. She feels her body freeze as the hat begins looking around the room.
"curious friends you keep girl didn't expect this one, you're a difficult bunch you are. first viperroth and now you. What to do with you?"
Patricia closes her eyes and the hat stares around the room and questions.
"which house will it be for you girl?"
She opens her eyes and the hat contemplates.
"could be Slytherin or perhaps Gryffindor like your father?"
The hat stares between the wo houses and Patricia keeps her eyes closed tightly thinking to herself and the hat laughs.
"oh, interesting thoughts you have dear will it be the heart or the mind you follow?"
Patricia opens her eyes and hears the hat.
"I think this one will be..."
The hat pauses and shifts his eyes to Viperoth and smiles as he shifts back to the Gryffindor table and yells out.
"Gryffindor!"
A Slytherin nudges Hunter and comments.
"looks like your little girlfriend won't be joining you now Viper?"
Hunter stares at the sorting hat in disgust and it shifts it eyes glancing back at him in disdain as it is placed over the next person and it yells out the house. Patricia sits down slowly next to a few Gryffindor and they introduce themselves, but her mind is torn as she looks across the room at him, and their eyes lock for just a quick second. She can see the shade of green from across the way it is lightened and at that moment she wishes she was in Slytherin.
Hunter shifts his gaze away from the girl and hears a few Slytherin talking as one asks.
"so Viperoth is it true that your family are famous curse makers?"
Hunter remains quiet and an older student hits his arm.
"hey, he asked you a question..."
The Slytherin all stare at hunter and a few of them make jokes one commenting.
"I guess he is the mute of the Viperoth's..."
Hunter snaps his fingers and the boy making jokes about him begins choking on his food. He looks around him and the boy across from the boy choking asks.
"hey are you okay?"
Hunter stares forward and tenses feeling a hand placed on his shoulder. Headmistress McGonagall stares down at the boy upset and the boy next to him stops choking gripping his throat. She stares around the table and comments staring to the boy choking.
"Perhaps it's best not to anger a snake they bite quite hard but Mr. Viperoth for that stunt 50 points will be taken from Slytherin. Violence against a fellow student is not permitted at this school..."
Hunter picks up his fork as he shoves it into his food. he hears someone comment at the table whispering.
"did he, did he, just do magic without a wand?"
He continues eating, ignoring the whispers around him and hears a voice reply.
"I've heard they were a powerful family, but wandless magic as a first year and controlled?"
Hunter places down his fork and stares up and the other Slytherin around him look away at their food and Hunter smiles to himself.
