The Sorting Hat Hates Me
Nico
The train ride was awful for many reasons. One you do not put a bunch of ADHD kids all together in a box for hours. We couldn't stop squirming everywhere and I got so antsy that I had to get up and walk around. Let me get this straight Wizards and Witches are weird. They had a chess game that destroyed itself which looked like a waste of money, kids with weird mascots on there rodes and scarfs, and this girl with the most interesting glasses on as she seemed to be reading a magazine upside down. I didn't even want to talk to her because I was afraid that I wasn't going to be able to get out of it. Then I passed out and apparently we could only remember the worst memories which is never good for any demigods let alone me and my friends. We all went through many things together but no one has gone through what I've been through. It was the worst thing I could think of and I still felt pretty weak and my head was pounding against my brain. But I felt better once we got to the Carriages, where I found two Thestrals pulling it. But once they saw me they started screaming in my head. "Oh my gods my lord it is so great to meet you!" The first one said. "Yes Yes what a honor! How Is your father?" "Would you please just shh and my father is fine thank you very much." I said. "Who are you talking to?" I turn and find that our carriage is full of kids. "You can't see the horses?" I ask but if this blonde girl can't see them then I know why. 'Sorry mate but the carriages pull themselves." A redhead kid said. I really didn't want to explain to these people what they are and why they couldn't see them but luckily the weird girl from the train steps in to explain.
"I can see them. They are called thestral, a type of horse you could only see if you have seen death." And with that the blonde and the redhead turn to a less handsome Percy who was sitting behind them as they both said. "Harry can you see them?" He just sat there and slightly nodded as a response. It was awkward silence except for the constant bumps in the dirt path. Then the girl with the weird glasses introduced herself. "I'm Luna Lovegood and these are my friends Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley and Harry Potter." There it was again that name Harry Potter. Why was everyone holding out on his name like it was super important I mean the kid didn't look that much compared to Percy, but before I got the chance to respond Will stepped into the conversation. "It's great to meet you all I'm Will Solace this here is Reyna and this is Nico." "Well Nico the thestrals seem to like you very much indeed." Luna said while she pointed to the horses who were constantly staring at me. So much for being undercover. I tried not to make total contact with the horse so I carried on the conversation. " Well I'm not that much of a animal person." "Who have you seen you know?" RON! That is so not polite! Hermione said while hitting his arm. "No it's fine my friends and I well our school had an accident some people died during it." Which was totally true. "About school where are you guys from?" Hermione asked with such a passion in her voice, she reminded me of Annabeth. Reyna cleared her voice to speak" We are from an american school where we learn how to make wands. So that is why you probably don't know us because we try to keep it a low key school." And for the rest of the ride we were silent.
Once our most awkward ride was over we were escorted by a half human half giant named Hagrid to the front doors of the main hall. " Now since you all transfers you'll be sorted first. But waiter you're introduced then you may open the doors." He then left to assist the first years into the hall and soon we were the only ones left in the empty hollow room. It was so quiet that you could hear everything in the room from the other side of the door to Will's annoying whistling . I was scared to make a noise when I heard a voice boom out "Now may we welcome some transfer students who came all the way from America. Please make them feel right at home!" And with that the doors opened automatically where we had all eyes on us. All three of us walked in a straight line to the front with the other first year students. Once everyone was quiet a lady with a pointy green hat and glasses put a hat on a chair. That's another weird things wizards do, they rely on an old dusty hat to sort you into a house which apparently is very important. But I can't be one to judge because we have relied on a mummy for years to tell us prophecies, but now we have Rachel.
Since we were transfers we got to go first. Yay! Like that was going to be a blast and not go wrong! The lady then pulled out a scroll and began to read off names. "Reyna Avila RamÃrez Arellano." Reyna then slowly got up, she was clearly furious at the old hag for calling her by her full name but she controlled herself. Not even one second after she had the hat on when the it yelled "Gryffindor!" After it fell silent cheers from a table in the corner rang out, then Reyna was told to sit there with them. So I was guessing that they were Gryffindor people. Then she called "Will Solace." And of course Solace would skip up the stairs to only trip on the last step where he ate shit. The lady waited till everyone in the hall stopped laughing ,then the hat was placed on his head when it yelled "Gryffindor!" Were the same routine happened for Reyna happened again. I started to panic. What would happen if I got a different house? That would totally fuck up the mission, but as long as we were low key I think we would be fine. I was so deep into thought that I didn't hear her call my name till she said it for the third time. "Nico di Angilo we're waiting." I hurried to the wooden chair so the lady could put the hat on. "Well what do you know another demigod. I sense lots of courage, loyalty and intelligence but not always truthful. But were to put you where to put you? I will have to go into your memories in order to decide... "NO!" But it was to late my life flashed before my eyes literally. I could feel the pain I endured when I was in those memories. Everything started to get cold and my eyesight got foggy with black smoke.
"THIS POOR CHILD! YOU COULD HAVE YOUR OWN HOUSE IF YOU WANT JUST GET ME OFF HIS HEAD!" And with that he started to hop away. I would have laughed if I wasn't frozen in fear of my memories. The lady started to run after the hat as it was still screaming. "THIS BOY HAS BEEN THROUGH MORE THAN THE BOY WHO LIVED EVER WILL IN HIS WHOLE LIFE! JUST PUT HIM IN GRYFFINDOR BECAUSE HE LIVED AND HASN'T GONE INSANE!" Then the hat went silence and kids started to break out in conversation and kept glancing at me. I didn't get any cheers or congratulations but instead I got stares and people were staying away from me like I was infected or something. The three kids from the train and the carriage were the most suspicious and they looked like to be talking about the Hallows but I had to ignore that now because food was coming. I hesitated to eat until I did my part with the gods. Luckily we knew this was going to happen so we all have a small bottle of contain greek fire in our robes so all we have to do was slip the food into our pockets and then we could eat. It was nothing like american food so I didn't feel like eating but once Will saw that I haven't touched anything he forced me to at least eat the meat. The kids at our table stared at Will and I as he was yelling at me to eat something. I quickly put the meat in my mouth so the kids would stop looking. If my fiasco with the sorting hat wasn't enough this would top the charts. This was going to be a long school year.
After dinner we went up into our dorms. People still looked at me and I started to hate all the attention, I just wanted rest. Will and I shared a room with Ron Harry and some other people I didn't know. I just put on my PJ's and crawled into bed and tried to fall asleep but it was kind of hard because I could still sense eyes on was going to be a long night. Once everyone went to bed I sat there in bed just thinking about how this would all play out in the end,and how I already failed my friends in the quest .The whole part of being on this quest was to be low key and that stupid hat ruined that.
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