Cass POV

Then I guess you will be a ….

"GRYFFINDOR"

He shouted to the crowd. There was a sudden exclamation of noise but not clapping. More like protesting. I didn't need to look to know that it was Draco and the other Slytherins that were protesting.

I saw professor Dumbledore stand up.

"Quiet please everyone!" he didn't shout those words but the effect was the same. Everyone instantly went quiet.

"Thank you. Now please Miss Black, go join our fellow house at the Gryffindor table. "I walked down to the Gryffindor table as thousands of eyes turned to stare at me.

"Now to the rest of you, I assure you that the sorting hat takes into consideration the person's preferences so if miss black really wanted Slytherin there was a good chance that she would have got it." professor Dumbledore continued.

Great, just great. Professor Dumbledore really had to just say that to the crowd didn't he? I daren't look over there as I couldn't bear to see the look of betrayal on Draco's face. But I told the hat I didn't care… but deep down maybe I did want to be in… no how could I think that? I was dark and evil there was no way I could be a Gryffindor. The hat must have just made a mistake. Yeah that was all just a silly mistake from a silly hat.

While all this turmoil was going on in my head everyone around me had started eating. The feast looked absolutely delicious. There was everything you could possibly want. There must be a huge army of house elves working to get all this food prepared.

A guy came up to sit beside ron.

"Hi I'm Neville longbottom." He said shyly. I couldn't help but stare. So this was frank and Alice longbottoms child. Well, he wasn't much compared to them I could certainly see that.

"Hi I'm how were your holidays?"

"They were pretty good. Grandma got me a small greenhouse so I spent most of my holidays in there." he said more confidently, glad that I was talking to him

"So you into herbology?"

"Yeah, love it."

"well I have a couple of books on herbology you might like to borrow."

"Really? That'd be cool thanks!"

Around us everyone was involved in their own conversations. I once again noticed how different this place was to Durmstrang. At Durmstrang there was one "popular" group and at meal times everyone would seat themselves near so that they could hear what the "popular's" were talking about. Sigh, I miss those days when I was in control.

After dinner, professor Dumbledore got up to give a welcome speech and then we all got up to go to bed. I hurried out not wanting to by any chance have to look at Draco but I wasn't quick enough not to get a glance at the utter betrayal on his face.

A/N yeah so I ended up putting her in Gryffindor. Sorry to anyone who wanted Slytherin but I thought the plot would work out better with Gryffindor. Please review