Synopsis: When Marinette and Alya go to debate Hogwarts houses, it takes a class to finally untangle everyone's locations!

Author's Note: This was the birthday gift I was writing for Aeonthedimensionalgirl! I barely got it done on time but she liked it and I'm glad to have made her day. I hope you all enjoy it as well!

"You are such a Slytherin and nothing you say can convince me otherwise." The blue-tinted haired girl snickered and flicked a piece of straw paper at the umber haired girl across from her. It hit her cheek harmlessly before falling to the ground. She smirked in return. Alya knew that she was winning the argument and there was nothing Marinette could do about it as they sat at the nearest little bakery enjoying the final moments of their lunch break before they returned for the final classes of the day.

She rolled her eyes. "Ravenclaw, maybe. But Slytherin? I don't see it. You'd be more of a Slytherin than me!"

"I'll give you the ambitious part but seriously, we both know I'm the Gryffindor."

"Fine but I'm Ravenclaw!"

"Nope. Slytherin all the way."

"Alya!"

"Okay, that's it," she stood, placing her hands on the table. "Let's go."

Marinette blinked but grabbed her purse and stood herself up. "Go?"

"Back to school." Alya slung her messenger bag over her shoulder and linked arms with her friend. They walked side by side back to the school. Chatting the whole way, they merely grew more frustrated with each other until there was regular tongue sticking out and poking of cheeks. Most of the other students paid them no attention. After everyone had pretty much settled into the room, Alya slammed her hands on the desk and turned to face them all; Marinette merely paled when she realized what the young newswoman was about to do. She gasped.

"Don't you dare," she hissed.

"Hey guys, got a question for you all." Several heads turned her way. Nathaniel looked up from his newest sketch, Juleka and Rose stopped their conversation, so did Alix, Kim, and Max . Ivan and Mylène looked up from their hug at the back of the room as she continued with, "If Marinette was at Hogwarts, what would her house be?"

The poor half-Asian girl nearly died as eight people, in unison chanted, "Slytherin!"

She stood up herself this time, face aflame as she stuttered out to her classmates, "Wh-what about me screams Slytherin? I haven't done anything to deserve it!" Alya was back in her seat rolling. She gripped her sides hard as she let go of the loudest, uncontrollable laugh she'd ever had. As they walked in, Nino and Adrien eyed her concerned.

"Dude, you alright," the dark skinned boy asked. She wiped her eyes and pointed at the blushing girl.

"Hogwarts house. For her. What is it," she managed. They shared a look before Nino shrugged.

"Slytherin?"

"Slytherin," Adrien agreed. Marinette's face paled this time and she felt a bit dizzy. Even… even Adrien thought she was a Slytherin? She deflated a bit but huffed, running a hand through her bangs.

"Alright fine! Slytherin! But seriously why?"

"It is quite obvious Marinette," Max interceded. "Your demeanor and personality is perfectly matched to a Slytherin although you have clear qualities of a Ravenclaw as well; the house of Slytherin, denoting as being the house valuing ambition, cunning, leadership, and resourcefulnes. You have clearly demonstrated all of these in the last couple of years alone including the most recent year that you served as our class president."

"Like the time you managed to get the nearby craft store to donate materials to the scrapbooking club," Rose cheered.

"Or when you got Mr. Damocles to put in some comfier seats in the library even if we couldn't get them in the classrooms," Alix added.

Nino nodded, "Yeah dude and it's cool you convinced the Librarian to let us listen to our music softly there too." Juleka mumbled something and Kim just shrugged and pointed with his thumb to her.

"What she said," he smirked. Marinette threw her hands in the air.

"None of that makes me a Slytherin!"

"But you're really ambitious about your hobbies Marinette," Adrien noted, "you're really good at designing and the stuff you make is top grade. Even my dad has a lot of faith in you." A pterodactyl like screech left her throat and Alya snickered. She elbowed her friend in the side.

Suddenly, someone cleared their throat and everyone turned to Nathaniel who only said, "I know what makes her Slytherin." Marinette blinked for a second. Suddenly, her face turned bursting red as she realized exactly what he was thinking about and she started to jump over tables to reach him; Alya stopped her by grabbing her leg and holding her still while Nathaniel merely backed up, a rare and playful smirk on his face. The idea suddenly took the class. Kim started laughing. Alix snickered and elbowed Max's side as he smiled too. Rose and Juleka covered their mouths as they leaned in close to briefly giggle about it. Even Nino gave a snicker. Only Alya and Adrien remained clueless and his eyes jerked between all of the faces in the classroom.

"What happened," he asked.

"Oh do share," Alya added a little too eagerly, pulling out her cellphone. Marinette snatched for it.

"Oh no you don't! You are not recording this even if I can't stop anyone from telling!" She rolled her eyes but put the phone away.

"Anyway, spill! What did Mari do to prove she deserves the grand title of Slytherin?"

"Oh nothing major," Kim smirked, elbowing Alix who snickered. "Except highjack the school play to announce to everyone that she's going to be a fashion designer for Agreste fashions and to make it clear that no one was going to stop her from doing it."

Everyone chuckled while she groaned. Alya raised an eyebrow. "Video?"

Alix jumped in before anyone else could say anything. "Oh for sure. Everyone's parents were recording that day."

"I'm so looking the next time I come to the bakery." Marinette stuck her tongue out at the other girl who merely poked her cheek. She crossed her arms and huffed.

"Fine but if I'm Slytherin… Nino's a Hufflepuff!" Everyone gasped and the DJ dramatically threw an arm over his forehead. He fainted back into Adrien.

"Mari! The betrayal! Why Hufflepuff? Can't I be a Ravenclaw at least?"

"Nope. If I can't be Ravenclaw, you can't either."

"The house suits you," Rose complimented. She pointed to Nathaniel, "He's Ravenclaw. So is Jules." The raven haired girl blushed and mumbled something to which the blonde girl replied, "You're welcomed."

"Okay so Nathaniel and Juleka are Ravenclaw, Nino's Hufflepuff, and Marinette's Slytherin. Let's keep it going people. Everyone's getting sorted today! Max, will you keep track of the information?"

"Absolutely." He adjusted his glasses before deciding that they weren't clean enough, taking them off to wipe them quickly against his shirt and replacing them. As he did so, he stated, "I do believe that I too would fit best into the noble house of Ravenclaw as my intellect is rather high and I embody most of the beliefs of Rowena Ravenclaw."

"Yeah, straight nerd," Kim replied. Max narrowed his eyes and hissed out, "And you are most certainly a Gryffindor." He flexed boastfully.

"Because I'm awesome right?"

"I think he's saying it because you're a dumb jock," Alix clarified. Everyone snickered as he glared but he quickly pointed to the girl who had just spoken.

"You're one too! A dumb jock!"

She stood on tip toe to get close to his face. They glared each other down. "You're just mad because I beat you in our last race."

"Am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am not and I challenge you to a new race this afternoon to prove it."

"You're on," she sneered, "first to the Eiffel Tower wins as soon as the bell rings."

"Deal."

"Deal."

Max shook his head. "Clearly those two were placed in the right locations." Juleka raised her hand to change the topic but softly mumbled something that Rose immediately translated as, "Juleka says that Mylène and Ivan are in Hufflepuff. So Nino, at least you aren't alone." The couple smiled and blushed again but shrugged.

"Sorry guys," Ivan eventually said, "I'm not really that big into Harry Potter. Mylène just started reading the books with me not too long ago."

"It's all cool dude," Nino assured him.

"That's right," Mylène beamed, "We can take as much time as we need. Besides, being a Hufflepuff isn't bad just like being Slytherin isn't either."

"For sure. After all, Petigrew proved that not all Gryffindors are true and brave." Everyone nodded. Marinette smirked.

"Good point. Just like Snape wasn't that bad as a Slytherin and deserves to be forgiven."

Literally, Alya growled. "We will talk about that later," she threatened, "We're finishing this sorting now." Mari wiggled her eyebrows, noticing that she'd definitely pushed some buttons. Point one for her. She mentally high fived herself.

"To recap before someone begins something they regret: Mylène, Ivan, and Nino are in Hufflepuff. Alix and Kim…."

"And me," Alya added. Max only nodded but didn't contest it.

"and Alya are in Gryffindor. Nathaniel, Juleka, and myself are in Ravenclaw and currently Marinette is the only one in Slytherin."

"I can't be the only one!"

Everyone deadpanned stared at her and once more in unison replied, "Chloé and Sabrina."

She gagged. "Why them?" A sigh escaped her lips when she looked around the room and met the eyes of her classmates. "Alright, dumb question but seriously. Why are you guys so cruel?"

"Because we love you." Nino winked. She was sure some insects were going to make her tongue their home with how often she was sticking it out.

"Indubitably." Max calculated the numbers again and paused. "The only two we have failed to sort thus far are Adrien and Rose."

"Oh dude, that's no mystery. My man Adrien is so totally a Hufflepuff."

"No way," Kim gasped. "You don't say? Adrien? A Hufflepuff?" Alix rolled her eyes but elected to ignore him since she already had one challenge with him today. She really didn't want another right now. Instead, she pointed a thumb back at the final blonde person in the room who was still smiling brightly and eagerly between her classmates.

"Ooooh I bet I'm a Hufflepuff because I'm all bubbly all the time but Gryffindor would be a good choice too because I can be brave like the time I showed Mari and Alya my new journal even when I was nervous to do so or what about Ravenclaw? I'm creative! You all know how much I love scrapbooking. Especially using all of the special stickers. My favorites are the scented ones. The fuzzy ones are nice too. The sparkles are cute. That reminds me! I have a new scrapbook to show all of you once I get the final pages done…."

"Oooookay," Alya cut her off. "Rose is a tough one. She's got a point on all of those."

"Then might I suggest we bring the revelation of her placement through a vote?" Everyone nodded. "Excellent. Then I shall begin by stating that Rose is without question, a Ravenclaw."

"My money's on Ravenclaw," Alix raised a hand.

"Gryffindor," Kim challenged.

"Ravenclaw," Nathaniel voted.

"Hufflepuff," Ivan voted; Mylène nodded her head in agreement.

"Dude, how cool would it be to see Rose decked out in red? My vote's on Gryffindor." Nino leaned back in his seat, rather proud of his decision.

Juleka cleared her voice and this time didn't mumble as she said, "Hufflepuff." She blushed and lost it. She mumbled something else that only Rose could hear which she merely smiled at and patted her hand.

"You're too sweet Jules!"

"Sorry guys. I'm going Hufflepuff too," Alya confirmed. "She'd be the mascot or something. Every Quidditch game would have Rose in the air by her classmates whenever they scored."

"Ravenclaw," Adrien assured her. He smirked at Marinette who had her head in hand; his eyes flickered in recognition but he pushed it down, thinking that he must have her seen her like this at some point previously in the year. The young woman took her time. She was deep in thought over the topic that she barely heard what everyone else said. Then she responded with, "Slytherin."

There were several gasps. Mari smirked but crossed her arms. "She's passionate about a lot of things like perfumes. Plus, she did make the best of a bad situation and ran off with the prince at the first opportunity after Ladybug and Chat Noir saved her. If that wasn't a Slytherin level move, then I don't know what is." Rose blushed completely red. She placed her hands on either side of her face wistfully and recounted the tale to her friends. They only smiled.

Alya narrowed her eyes. "How did you know about her running off with the Prince?" Mari chuckled, poked her on the forehead before sitting back into her own seat.

"Easy. She was gushing about it the next day. Remember?" Alya shrugged but let it slide. She would have to consult her video diary about it...

"Well now that Mari's said that, I say Rose is a Slytherin," Alix raised again.

"Indeed," Max agreed.

"Yeah... I see it," Kim sighed.

"I think she'd look good in green," Nathaniel noted. Ivan, Mylène, and Juleka nodded their heads. Rose smiled and went to hug Marinette who giggled again and hugged her back.

"I do believe the vote is unanimous then?"

"We're house buddies now Marinette!"

"Great. I didn't want to be the only one in a house with Chloé or Sabrina."

Excuse me," a new voice sassed. Everyone turned to see that the two girls in question were walking in. Chloé put her nose up higher than it normally was. "And no one wants to be with trash like you either Marinette Dupain-Cheng." Alya grabbed her arm, shaking her head at the burning blues of her friend, who seriously was wondering how many of them would help her hide a body. Or two. She moved past them to her seat with Sabrina following close behind, pulling out her nail file before finally commenting, "Besides, we're French. We're in France. We'd all go to Beauxbatons Academy."

There was a pause. Everyone groaned and a few people snickered angrily at her before returning to their places as Ms. Bustier finally arrived and class began.