Disc.- I STILL DO NOT OWN Harry Potter! What, really? Yes really!
This Story...- Hey, it's been so long! I'm so sorry about the time I've spent away from my fanfictions. Also- if anyone thinks I'm bashing the Marauders, I want to say that most of what I'm writing is how Petunia sees things so it'll be mostly her perception of people. And of course, they're eleven now, they're going to be going through a lot of changes and growing into their own with new experiences to change them so anything that might seem like I'm being negative now, it's likely prone to change. And I was wavering between Ravenclaw and Slytherin and while I feel like Slytherin could make plenty of sense, I did decide to throw them into Ravenclaw. I think Petunia's fierce need to know things would tip her into the eagles. What really got me, I will admit, was a guest going by Jen musing they would 'rule the roost' and I was absolutely charmed by the phrase. As for Violet knowing an immense amount of things that a muggleborn shouldn't, she has an easy answer for her young peers and will be using a slightly more complicated, vague reason for any particularly suspicious adults. This chapter isn't as long I'm afraid.
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"Bravery, nerve, chivalry, courage, daring; the traits of the Gryffindors. Dedication, hard work, fair play, patience, kindness, tolerance, toil and loyalty for Hufflepuffs. Intelligence, wit, wisdom, creativity, originality, individuality and acceptance goes to Ravenclaw. Resourcefulness, cunning, ambition, self-preservation and fraternity by Slytherin.", Petunia mused aloud. "I'm not really sure if I'd be a Ravenclaw or a Slytherin. Which do you think Vi?"
"Well, you do have strong inclinations for Ravenclaw but I'm not sure if your ambition and self-preservation will outweigh even all of those eagle traits. We'll have to wait and see.", she said as she tapped her lip. Pet smiled at her- yes, her baby sister was most definitely her favorite. "What do you think, Pet? Which House would I be in?", she said with a smile and Pet hummed. Of course she'd thought about if before but they'd learnt from their many books that there were occasions that the students could more or less sway the Hat from the original choice so long as they had the appropriate traits.
"Well,", Pet murmured. "Right off the bat I would say Slytherin, but when I really think about Ravenclaw it gets a bit more difficult because I mean- Ravenclaw has more traits for you to fit. Anyways, shouldn't there be more words? Why not have all four Houses have the same number of descriptors? Slytherin and Gryffindors have fewer words. Official words anyways."
"Well who knows? Maybe we'll find out when we get there.", and then the door was sliding open again as Snape and Lily returned from their jaunt to the restrooms to change. Rolo stretched then stood, meowing plaintively as Snape sat and pet the white cat that immediately curled up on his lap. He was dressed now in a fairly nice looking robe, though his ratty shoes peeking out made Pet roll her eyes. Lily was wearing her nice shoes, shiny dark red ones and her own robes were open, her shirt tucked in and pantyhose beneath her skirt. While those two had gone to change at the restrooms, she and Vi dressed in the compartment. Both she and her littlest sister wore a pair of their fancier dancing flats. Pet wore her uniform so she could leave her robes open but Vi had kept her plain purple dress on under the long robes. A darker purple ribbon was tied in a bow at the back of her neck.
Pet glanced at the door and pulled out her wand, carefully casting a locking charm since those two dolts didn't bother locking it when they came back in.
"What was that?"
"Locking charm.", she said primly, sliding her wand back into the holster on her arm. She wasn't sure how Vi got them, but she said that it was better than putting them in a pocket. Far easier to access as well. Either way- that particular little locking spell was a Third Year spell, she was proud to think. Vi had gotten more than just this year's curriculum books, though honestly Pet wasn't sure how she'd managed to find out what books Second and Third Years were supposed to have. Not that the blonde was complaining. Her sister's penchant for preparation always did do them better. Vi had said they'd probably have a few of those books at the library but they'd most likely be old and ratty.
"You can already do a spell? Wow!", Lily gushed happily and Pet only just kept herself from hexing the twit. "But how did you get the movements like that? We're not allowed to use our wands..."
"We practiced with sticks.", Vi spoke up. Well their wands were sticks, so it was a fair enough statement.
"Oh! I wish I would have thought of that.", Lily frowned a little before smiling again. "So what House do you think you'll be in?", and Pet sighed.
"Probably Ravenclaw.", Vi answered for them. There was also the probability of Slytherin but Pet would rather keep that to themselves. Lily nodded easily.
"I hope I'll be in Gryffindor.", she said with a bright smile. Pet shared a glance with her youngest sister. "What about you Sev?"
"...-aw.", he mumbled quietly. When Lily sent him a questioning look he nervously cleared his throat. "I-I would rather be in Ravenclaw.", he said anxiously, glancing at the other two sisters. Vi nodded a bit and Pet sniffed. Seems like Snape took those books seriously then. Good- Pet didn't want a dolt for a follower.
"Well no matter which Houses we're in, we'll still be best friends.", Lily smiled and Pet blinked. Then snorted to herself, that was such a Lily thing to say. Snape looked at her with his usual dewy eyes when it came to perfect pretty Lily.
"I need to use the restroom.", Pet stood suddenly. "Vi?", and the black haired girl nodded setting down Cleo (who briefly woke only to snuggle back into a ball to continue her nap), standing up as well. Pet carefully used the unlocking spell- the locking charm she used had a very specific unlocking charm. "Lock this when we're out.", she instructed the other two they shared their compartment with. As soon as they were out in the hall, Pet waited to hear the click of the lock before she sighed and looped arms with Violet. It'd been a fair four hours since they'd been moving but they wouldn't arrive until somewhere by seven. Which was to say, they had roughly three to four more hours of dealing with Lily and Snape. Snape was only slightly more tolerable now that he didn't sneer or make faces at them and he was much, much quieter.
"I really do hope she ends up in Gryffindor; away from us." she complained, "Could you imagine if we had to actually share a dorm with her? It'd be awful!"
"Well Lily may be fairly smart- don't make that face, she is- she isn't all that accepting or wise. Besides, she'd probably go by the books exclusively and one of the important traits for Ravenclaw is originality and creativity. As for her chances to Slytherin-" and here her little sister let out a snort. "Well. It's her least feasible House. Hufflepuff...", she trailed off thoughtfully. "I could see her going to Hufflepuff. Hard working, tolerant, fair play. But she'll probably be a Gryffindor. Chivalry, nerve, maybe courage. You know how Lily gets- remember when we saw her chasing that boy down and yelling at him for picking on Snape?"
"Who doesn't? She runs off everybody who looks at Snape wrong." it wasn't an exaggeration.
"Hufflepuffs are loyal and all but they wouldn't do that." Vi shrugged. "She just jumps onto a thought and stubbornly doesn't let it go. Gryffindor recklessness and needless heroics.", she shook her head. Then she paused and Pet paused with her, looking forward to see what grabbed her attention. It was the boy who lost his toad earlier. He was sitting sullenly, back against the door.
"Locked out?", Pet murmured, "Kicked out you think?"
"Both. Say,", she raised her voice, bringing the boy's attention to them. "Did you find your toad?"
He blinked, looking at them a bit closer. But who knew how many faces he'd seen when he and the girl walked about. "Er, yes.", he pulled something from his robe pocket and Pet's nose scrunched up because- keeping a toad in one's pocket? Ew. "And uh...Who might you be again?"
"Petunia and Violet Evans."
"Evans.", he blinked. "You're not related to a girl with red hair are you?"
"Our other sister." Vi answered and he grinned.
"Great! I can get back into my compartment now!", he said enthusiastically and carelessly shoved the toad back into his pocket. Well if that's how he always treated it, Pet could see why it would run off. But more to the point, she stared at him in distrust as he scrambled up to bang on the door. It slid open after a few moments.
"Find anything?"
"Her sisters!", he said as he pointed down the hall a bit at them. A head peeked out and Pet frowned. Messy black hair, round glasses. A crooked grin. She glanced down at Vi. There were some...Similarities in their faces. She shrugged, more concerned about what Lily had gotten into.
"Oi, you two! C'mere for a mo'," he called and Pet tensed, even warier.
"Why?", she asked, narrowing her eyes at the boy.
"Well you're sisters of that Evans girl aren't you?"
"And?"
"Just come here,", he insisted. Vi glanced at her, then back at the boy.
"He can't do anything- he'll be a First Year too.", she said before gently tugging her along. Then she and her sister, along with Longbottom went into the compartment. There were three other boys there already besides the one who opened the door and Pet eyed them all in distrust. The door slid behind them with a click as the boy who'd told them to come threw himself into a seat.
"Who are they?" a sandy haired boy with notably golden green eyes asked. He had a scar on his jaw that was also fairly eye catching.
"They're her sisters.", the boy who called them in explained smugly. He turned to them. "I'm James Potter." he greeted.
"Ah, so you're the one who riled her up earlier.", then snorted as she remembered their nickname for Snape. "Snivellus,", she snickered.
"It was pretty brilliant wasn't it?", he gloated. "So what're your names then?"
"Petunia and Violet.", Frank spoke up.
"Lily, Petunia, Violet." a boy with longer black hair mused. "All flowers? Is your mum named after a flower?"
"Yes.", she said, immediately glaring at the boy. He sounded condescending.
"Are you muggleborns?", the sandy haired one asked.
"Three muggleborn sisters in the same year?", the long haired boy scoffed. "Their mum's probably a squib or something."
"Muggleborn.", Vi said without sparing a glance at the long haired boy. "No squibs in our line."
"Impossible- how else would you have magic?"
"That theory was disproved years ago- there is no particular reason known for muggleborns having magic. Squibs may occasionally produce a witch or wizard but more often than not, they don't.", she said sharply. "Mr. Black.", she added as an afterthought.
"I didn't tell you my name."
"Lily said it earlier." she said, still not looking at him. Pet glanced between her sister and Black. Well, Vi had never steered her wrong before on people so she glared at Black.
"What did you boys want anyways?" she demanded, crossing her arms. "Something about Lily?"
"Well we just don't think she should be hanging around with people like the boy she was earlier," Potter said with another crooked smile, as though they were discussing something pleasant rather than this boy trying to dictate who Lily ought and ought not be friends with. Pet didn't much like her redheaded sister but she disliked boys like James Potter even more. "Y'know, Snivellus," and again he sniggered.
"Oh? Do you know him?"
"I don't need to- he said he would probably be a Slytherin like his mum and everyone knows what kind of folks Slytherins are."
"Look, boy," she spat- that word she typically saved for Snape but now it seems the designation would belong to someone new, "I don't know what kind of hogwash you think about whatever House and the people in it but I don't like your attitude- I also don't think you have any say in who our sister is friends with and better Snape than a bully like you." with that, she spun on her heel, grabbed Vi's wrist and stormed out after slamming the compartment door open. "Stupid James Potter," she muttered under her breath. "I suppose I'll have to actually agree with the twit- James Potter is an absolute prat!"
"Completely irredeemable, you think?"
"I think if he goes into Gryffindor like he wants he will be." Pet answered darkly. "I hope he does end up there- he can be a stupid brash idiot all he likes and away from all us normal witches and wizards!"
To think she wanted to get away from Lily and Snape only to walk into that!
"We'd best avoid the lot of them then, shouldn't we?"
"If they're like-minded," Pet agreed, "Probably are. And that boy was kicked out! Who would be friends with someone who would do that? That's not being friends at all!"
Not that Pet could say much about having friends. In primary, most of the kids flocked to pretty sociable Lily rather than intelligent Pet or quiet Vi. Not that it mattered- she had Vi and she always would. Who needed those bunch of prats that always liked Lily more? Certainly not her! If they wanted that airhead they could keep her!
And there were always other kids who didn't care about Lily- those kids were her favorite and they did have a few friends among them. But now they would be getting new sets of friends from whatever House they get into- it was a given that whichever House one goes into the other will try to follow. And there will be so many more students than in their old primary as well.
"Shall we go back to our compartment?" Pet sighed. She didn't really want to go back to them. Lily trying to talk the entire time, or asking questions that Pet didn't want to deal with and that puppy of hers with his dewy eyes focused on the great big airhead. "We can read and perhaps she'll get the hint. Or maybe she'll take a nap."
"I don't think we'd be so lucky," she answered dryly but started heading back anyways. It's not like she'd just burst into compartments willy-nilly half way into the trip to Hogwarts. And they didn't really know anyone else yet. "Say Vi, how do you find all this information anyways? It can't all be in the books right?"
"I've got clairvoyant tendencies." Her sister replied without pause. Pet paused, staring at her sister before nodding because certainly Pet could believe that. Who knows what was possible with magic? "C'mon Pet, if we get back now we can be fairly well rested and stay up some of the night."
At this piece of blatant bribery, Pet put a little pep in her step to move back. Lily and Snape were reading the chocolate frog cards they'd gotten.
"Oh! Tuney, Lettie, the people on the cards, they can leave the frames!" she said when she saw them coming back in.
"I told you when we left that you should lock the door." Pet chided her airheaded sister who only gave a sheepish smile. Like that was going to change that she didn't do as Pet instructed or that she blatantly ignored what she said. Little berk. "And if I were in them, I'd certainly not want to be gawked at all the time." She scoffed, taking her seat and watching Vi lift up a drowsy Cleo to plop on her lap where the cat stretched happily.
"You took an awfully long time."
"We got sidetracked." Because there was no way she would actually tell her that she was right about James Potter to her face. "Now, if you don't mind, I'd much rather take a nap right about now."
"I think so too- but maybe that was the candy."
"Candy makes you hyper, not sleepy."
"But eating a lot makes me sleepy." Lily protested and Pet rolled her eyes, turning a bit to lay on the bench, Vi making room for her to coil up.
"I'm taking a nap, so keep it down!"
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"It's time to wake up. It's time to wake up now, the train will stop soon." And Pet groaned, turning and burying her face into her sister's leg. She always radiated an immense amount of heat which was especially useful in fall and winter. "Pet, c'mon. We'll be going to the castle."
And she cracked open her eyes, mumbling as she sat up slowly, stretching out to get the kinks from her uncomfortable sleeping position out. Vi's droopy sleepy eyes looked back at her and she smiled because her little sister was the cutest. But speaking of sisters- she glanced over and made a face. Lily had taken up the entire seating area and Snape was left sitting and sleeping awkwardly on the floor. Rolo was on the floor absolutely tearing into a bowl of kitty food and she watched as Vi got up to shake at Snape's shoulder, rousing him very quickly as he darted up, alert even if he did look half-asleep. He blinked around in confusion while Vi woke Lily.
"Get up then." Pet snorted. She'd always been quick to shake off the vestiges of sleep. Lily was never so lucky and Pet had always felt pleased at that. "C'mon, haven't got forever you know?" she told as she straightened out her robes. And soon they were stumbling after them after the train had officially stopped. She held Vi's hand while she was pretty sure Lily held her other and Snape held hers to keep from separating as people left their compartments.
"Firs' Years!" came the call, just like Hogwarts; A History said it would and she led them over to a huge lumbering man. He was easily the largest man she'd ever seen in her life, and looked like he'd never heard of a shave either. "That all o' yeh?" he boomed, looking around at all of the children. "Righ' then, you'll want to follow me! And watch yeh step!"
"This is so exciting!" she heard Lily and rolled her eyes. She tightened her grip on Vi when he began leading them down a rocky path, hissing under her breath all the cusses she learned over the years and feeling a little better when she heard Vi's giggle.
"Someone could break their ankle like this!" she huffed when they finally seemed to reach the bottom of the rocky path. "And it's too dark too."
"There there, Pet." Vi smiled at her sweetly. Cleo was on her shoulders, head flicking this way and that way at the sounds around them. Magnus had flown off to get to the school proper when Pet had told him where to go and Lily's owl had followed the example. Rolo was beside Snape, trotting beside him briskly and he kind of looked like a guard dog.
"Alrigh', four to a boat!" came the shout and Pet squinted ahead.
"We're crossing the Black lake!" she could practically hear Lily jumping in excitement. And Pet sighed irritably because no doubt, those two would be getting on their boat. Not more than a few minutes later had them sailing gently and Pet looked about curiously. Even if it was dark, it was awfully pretty.
"The Slytherin dorms," Snape spoke up quietly, "Are partially under this lake."
"Really?"
"My mum told me."
"That's amazing!" Lily gushed. "The book didn't really say where the dorms are at all, only that the Gryffindors and Ravenclaws have towers and that Hufflepuff and Slytherin are in the lower levels."
"That's because they're meant to be a secret." Pet pointed out then.
"But in that book with the student letters-"
"They didn't share the location around and if you'd read it properly, you'd have known that there were plenty of people who regretted telling where their dorm is!" she snapped, before turning away lest she get any angrier. Lily always did things half-way, never bothering to be patient and see everything before rushing off assuming she knows everything there is to know about it. It made Pet, a studious girl, very, very angry sometimes.
"There's a Giant Squid. In the lake." Snape spoke up suddenly, feeling the tension.
"A what?"
"Giant Squid. No, it's- it's not bad, it helps the students sometimes when they're swimming."
"People swim in this lake?"
"When it's warm enough presumably." Vi chimed in. "I'd like that I think."
"But…But we can't swim?" Lily asked confusedly.
"Maybe you can't but we can." Pet scoffed.
"When did that happen?"
"With Mrs. Wyvern. You would know if you hadn't run off all the time."
"She probably would have let Severus play with us too." Vi said and Pet frowned at her.
"Don't encourage it." she mumbled but Vi only smiled at her.
"We won't be home long enough now that we're in school to deal with them all the time and I doubt Lily will remember by the time we go home for hols." she whispered back. Pet sighed and leaned back a bit, her fingers dipping into the water like Vi's had been since they gotten in.
"Can you swim, Sev?"
"…Yeah." and Pet glanced at him, at his stiff expression and knew there was a story there. But frankly, she didn't much care. Instead she turned her attention back to Vi who was serenely staring at the water. She heard Snape and Lily talking more but she tuned them out. The sway of the boats was nice and relaxing and she was jolted however long after by hitting the shore on the other side. She blinked slowly.
"You dozed off a bit." Vi told her as she looked around.
"With her…Eyes open?" Snape stared in alarm.
"It happens sometimes." Lily smiled, getting up. The rest did the same and Pet snorted in laughter when one boy slipped and fell face first, getting mud on his face. Vi politely hid her sniggers behind her hand while Lily looked over in concern.
"C'mon then, follow the rest." Pet huffed. She'd always been more of a leader like type, and it was only made stronger with the way Violet would follow her. Soon they were in the entrance hall and just like a good deal of the other students, they gasped in fear or awe when ghosts began flying through.
"-now I've told you a hundred times, the best thing to do is- oh! New students, hello! I do hope you'll be coming to my House; Hufflepuff!" came the kindly voice from a portly man in monk's attire.
"Oh surely not there," another man sniffed, dressed in Victorian dress. "They would surely find themselves more comfortable in the lion's den, Gryffindor!"
Pet startled when she heard a distinct harrumph beside her and turned to see, floating just behind Vi with her translucent ghostly hands on her baby sister's shoulders. There was a strange, foreboding stain in the abdomen of the flowing dress the woman wore and when she glanced, Lily looked fascinated and awestruck while Snape seemed particularly unnerved, but not surprised to see ghosts. But that's right, his mother was a witch right? Shouldn't he know all kinds of things?
She would talk to Vi about it later since she was always good with frightened animals. She could get Snape to talk.
"Men, all of them useless." The woman's ghostly, curiously neutral face turned down towards her sister. "You'll be in my house, won't you?"
"I'll do my best, Ms. Helena."
"Good girl." She smiled faintly, "You belong in my mother's House this time." And then the woman was drifting away.
"Who was that?!" Lily asked, grabbing onto Vi.
"It says it in Hogwarts; A History. She was the patron ghost of Ravenclaw, the Grey Lady." Vi's sharp eyes looked elsewhere. "And he," she nodded over to a particularly shadowy corner, "Is Slytherin's."
'He' was terrifying looking, dark armor and splattered in darker stains. And he was stood in the corner where not many noticed him. It was frightening.
"What," Snape spoke up so softly Pet almost didn't hear him. "Did she mean, 'this time'? Why did you call her Helena?" he looked nervous to be asking them, and already looked like he regretted opening his mouth when Vi's smile dropped off and she stared at him vacantly.
"What do you mean? I didn't call her that." She said after a moment, looking confused.
"But…But you did."
"But I really didn't…" she insisted, becoming upset.
"It happens sometimes," Pet listened to Lily whisper to him not quietly enough. "She'll say something or know something but then not know where it came from."
"Your sisters are…Weird." and Pet ignored it, jaw clenching painfully tight as she turned away from them, taking Vi's hand and leading her a bit closer to the doors while they were too busy talking about them. She deftly made her way, swerving this way and that so if the two dolts wanted to find them again before the sorting they wouldn't be able to.
"See if we ever do a bloody thing for either of them again-!" Pet snarled, hearing but disregarding some of the gasps from her cussing.
"Pet."
"Who do they think they are anyways? They think we're weird? They're the weird ones, thinking they're so good-"
"Pet…"
"I hate them both!" she hissed and Vi stopped, letting go of her hand to hug her back. Pet trembled in anger and hated that her eyes would get wet when she was angry enough.
"It's okay, Pet." she told her quietly. "We'll make lots of friends here surely."
"I know, Vi, I know." she sighed. "I just…Can't stand…"
"You're not weird or a freak, Pet." Vi set her chin on her shoulder. "You're utterly fabulous, don't let anyone else trick you into thinking you're not."
"You're right as always, Vi." Pet laughed, swiping at her eyes quickly, turning to hug her tightly for a moment before smiling at her. "Anyways, how long are we going to wait here?"
Vi smiled, pointing towards the door. Pet looked over, just as the doors were opening and a strict looking woman with dark hair and dressed in tartan frowned at them all before going on a spiel about Houses and points and family. To be honest, she'd already read the speech and while she didn't have it memorized she knew the gist. At the end she suggested sharpening up with a pointed look at someone and Vi snorted in laughter. Then they were being ushered forward and into the Great Hall properly. Reading about it was one thing- seeing it with her own eyes was another altogether. She turned to Vi to probably gush about but stopped.
Vi's smile was radiant and it looked like…It looked like she was coming home. It took Pet's breath away to see such intimate happiness on her baby sister's face and it made affection well up and overflow and she smiled, hugging her sister. She looked up at her questioningly and Pet smiled again, kissing her temple and taking her hand.
And then names were being called and every surname closer to 'E' made her more and more nervous. But a good kind of nervous, she assured herself.
"Evans, Lily!" and Pet withheld the snide comment, looking around until she saw Lily making her way through other new students, Pet quickly stepping out of line of sight. Her long red hair flowed behind her as she made her way to the stool, climbing up and when she was faced to the hall, Pet couldn't see her expression too well but could tell it'd be that daffy airheaded grin. She wasn't there long, the hat quickly putting her in Gryffindor. Pet breathed deep and Vi squeezed her hand comfortingly. "Evans, Petunia!"
There were some whispers and Petunia strode forward but made sure not to walk too fast like she'd seen some of the others do. She set herself on the stool and breathed again as her vision was obscured by the giant talking hat.
"Hello then, you'll be the eldest won't you? Oh…Oh, yes, you could fit in fine with the snakes but I don't think that's the best for you…It'll have to be…RAVENCLAW!" and the hat was abruptly lifted, her ears ringing with his shout as she slipped from the stool, smiling a bit at the cheers and clapping from her new house as she made her way over, glancing back at the others.
"Are you related to the redheaded girl?"
"She's one of my sisters." She said before her attention turned back to the sorting. "My other one will be coming next."
"Another one? I don't recognize your name though…"
"Evans, Violet!" and she watched the way her sister seemed to practically float over to the stool, climbing up in a smooth motion.
"None of you look the same." one boy said dubiously. She glared at him for a moment before retuning her complete attention back to her baby sister. After a few more moments, Vi's feet began to kick in a habitual display of boredom and she wondered what was happening.
"She's taking an awfully long time."
"She might be a Hat-Stall." An older looking girl mused.
"Hat stall?"
"Usually if a person can fit in more than one House, there's a Hat-Stall so the hat can figure out which House to put them in." she explained in a whisper. Then she shrugged. "But no one really knows since whoever was a Hat-Stall doesn't talk about what happened when they were under the hat."
"Then how do you know-"
"Well of course people have looked into it! It's pretty special you know, usually only one or two a year." she chided.
"My mum said hat stalls are the hat deciding if a person can go into a house at all and that it's for useless people." one boy recited.
"Well you're mum's a jealous cu- uhhn…Er, a jealous woman." another boy piped in, older than them and with what Pet was pretty sure was a Prefect badge.
"RAVENCLAW!"
"Oh! I guess you'll be in the same house." The Prefect said but Pet was too busy clapping loudly. Her sister's eyes found her quickly and she swiftly headed towards her.
"Vi! I was worried for a few moments there."
"It couldn't decide between Ravenclaw and Slytherin," she explained.
"Well you'll be glad you didn't end up there. You're a muggleborn right? They don't take well to muggleborns and halfbloods over there."
"Some people here don't even like it…" Pet heard the mutter and frowned a little. Well they would simply have to ignore all of that silliness. Now that her sister was with her, Pet lost all interest in the sorting and listened idly to her new housemates' chatter. At some point and a good deal of children later, Vi tugged on her sleeve and nodded over.
"Snape, Severus!"
"Oh, who cares about that stupid boy?" she hissed but her sister sent her a flat look and she rolled her eyes but kept an ear out. There was quiet for maybe a minute and a half- longer than the others but not nearly as long as her baby sister- before the hat went off.
"RAVENCLAW!" and Pet's head snapped around to glare before turning back to the table with a grumble.
"Thanks," she heard the boy mutter which meant that Vi waved him over. Pet resolved to ignore the prat. "It wanted Slytherin for a little while but…" he shrugged.
"I was just telling them, muggleborns and halfbloods aren't exactly welcome there." the Prefect repeated and Snape nodded nervously. A few more names and soon the Headmaster was standing. He was an old man with a long white bear and hair just as long. He also wore the strangest set of robes she'd seen yet, brightly colored and with moving somethings on them that she couldn't quite make out from the distance. When he began to talk, Pet started zoning out. Vi would tell her anything important then but his voice was difficult to listen to as anything besides background noise and she was too hungry at this point to care about whether or not it was polite to ignore one's Headmaster. When people began singing, she cringed and glared around. Some of them, she would swear, were entirely tone deaf. Who thought that would be a good idea anyhow?
"So?" she turned to her sister as food finally appeared.
"Greeting the students, introducing the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, warning to stay out of the Forbidden Forest, the school's song," her sister began listing, "And what I assume are the names of the House elves in charge of each table for the food to appear."
"Impressive. Most firsties don't usually know that." the Prefect said, leaning closer.
"I read it in Hogwarts; Behind the Scenes." she admitted.
"Well, I think you'll fit right in around here." he grinned. "Now eat up! Tomorrow's a big day and all, best to keep up your strength."
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After an atrocious amount of time, it's finally the second chapter! I hope this one is as well received as the first. If you've got the time, feel free to drop a li'l review down there; I might not respond to them all but I definitely read them!