The Malfoy Twins: The Sorting

Aboard the Hogwarts Express, Draco and Alexandria had found themselves a compartment, and were talking casually to pass the time. The door was swung open, and Pansy Parkinson and Theodore Nott walked in.

After a bit of talking, and much food being devoured, the children began to talk about Hogwarts. They had heard a lot about it from their parents, and were anticipating it with feelings of mingled excitement and nervousness.

"What house do you reckon you'll be in?" Draco asked, of no one in particular. Both Pansy and Theo replied "Slytherin" almost instantly. Alexandria looked thoughtful for a moment, and at Draco's questioning look, replied, a bit defensively "I don't know, I'm hoping Slytherin but it might be Ravenclaw"

"As long as you're not a Hufflepuff" Draco muttered, causing his sister to burst out laughing.

A while later, they got their first glimpse of Hogwarts.


A/N: from here on, the story will be told from different people's POV.


Draco's POV

It was beautiful. Even more so than I had imagined. I glanced over at my twin, who was looking comparatively less amazed than me, as she had probably read all about it.

I stared at the castle for a while longer, getting closer and closer, until it vanished from sight and a platform came into view. We were here.

We walked across the platform to the boats, me and Alex never leaving each other's side. When we reached the boats, we climbed into one with two others: a dark skinned boy who introduced himself as Blaise Zabini, and a skinny, bushy –haired girl.

Both were rather quiet, and the boat ride passed in uncomfortable silence. As we reached the castle, and the enormous wooden door opened, I looked around in wonder. We were here at last.


Alex's POV

I looked around in wonder. The place was amazing! I looked for Draco, and saw him bullying some black-haired kid. I rolled my eyes. Typical Draco. Suddenly, all the noise stopped. Then, a voice with a heavy Scottish accent filled the small hall.

I craned my head to see over the other students, and saw and old and stern-looking with talking about the four houses, and how things worked. I stifled a yawn. Draco and I had already been told this by our parents.

Finally, she led us into the great hall. The enormous chamber was lit by thousands of floating candles. Five enormous tables took up most of the space, one for each house, and one for the staff. The ceiling looked magnificent, charmed to look like the night sky, and laughter and chatter filled the hall.

The sorting hat was brought out, and I watched as few students were sorted before hearing the name "Malfoy, Draco". My eyes snapped up, and I watched intently as the hat was placed on his head. It barely rested there for a second before screaming "SLYTHERIN!" Draco looked smug and not the slightest bit surprised as he walked over to the Slytherin table, a huge smile plastered on his face.

A few more people of no real importance, and then, "Malfoy, Alexandria". I took a sharp breath, and pushing my long blond hair out of my face, walked up to the stool, sat down, and then the hat was paced on my head.

"Hmm…a brilliant brain, perhaps Ravenclaw…determined…a thirst for power…would also do well in Gryffindor..."

Quickly, I thought over and over "not Gryffindor, not Gryffindor ..."

"Not Gryffindor, eh…well then, better be….SLYTHERIN!"

I let out a breath I hadn't known I had been holding. Wearing an expression to mirror Draco's, I walked to the Slytherin table and sat down, still smiling. I watched as a few others were sorted, and then heard "Potter, Harry". I sharply looked up to see a small, skinny boy walking up to the stool. The hall was very silent. The hat, after sitting on his head for a few seconds, yelled, "GRYFFINDOR!" I snorted. Obviously.

After the feast, we followed the prefects to our dormitories. Saying goodnight to Draco, I walked up the staircase into the dorm room, and found my bed.

Dream

I was in the great hall at Hogwarts, but this time, there were no candles. I looked around the dark chamber, and heard a soft hiss… "Get it…find it…you will bring me the stone..." suddenly, a snake-like face with red, slit pupiled eyes emerged from the shadows. I gasped, but it was not looking at me. The red eyes stared past me at someone else, who was muttering incoherently, stuttering out words in a hoarse voice. Then, there was a flash of green light and everything went black".