Crossover - Hogwarts, Reborn 2
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Regulus,
I'm sure you'll have heard (I fully expect a Howler sometime during breakfast) but I suppose I should tell you anyways- I am now a Hufflepuff . If you think it would help (I know you don't like it when our family is at odds with one another) then you can tell them that the Sorting Hat said that I would fit in well at Slytherin- it said the same for Ravenclaw, incidentally, and discarded Gryffindor simply because I wouldn't like the attention.
[I know what our parents would say, but I am proud to be eligible for each house- being cunning, intelligent, brave and loyal isn't something to be ashamed of.]
As for my opinion of my House? I like it, even if we have to crawl to get in the Common room (or Sett as it's referred as).
You remember those stories Orion told us of the first time entering the Slytherin Common Room? Of how there would be a speech given by the eldest set of prefects on proper behavior in public, of how any discontent with a fellow Slytherin would be dealt with outside of the knowledge of non-Slytherins and that Slytherins are to present a united front in public regardless of personal beliefs or grudges.
Hufflepuff is different, the entire house is present and we have three speeches;
"Welcome." The first speech started off, warm and welcoming. "I know what others say of us, I am aware of their opinions and how they tend to base how they interact with the House on that…" Then it became sad and sorrow-filled, as if the speaker were grieving. "So I must ask you to do something for me, it will hard- it might be the most difficult thing you will do but I have faith that you will all be able to rise to meet the challenge." It changed to firm and encouraging. "I ask you this...when they call you talentless, I ask that you congratulate them on their achievements. When they tell you that you're rejects, that you were put here because you couldn't make it anywhere else, I ask that you be patient with them because it is not their fault for being misinformed. When they call you slow, or an idiot or even a 'duffer', I ask that you take it with a smile so you may focus on your studies. Most of all, I ask that you forgive the ones whom insult you in their ignorance."
There was a pause to let that settle before the tone became fierce and protective. "This does not mean I ask that you sit back and allow others to attack you. No, you are a Badger now and we badgers protect our own." It was said with a kind of possessive protectiveness that was echoed in a rumbling murmur of every veteran Hufflepuff. "We are tolerant, we are hard workers, we strive for kindness and fairness- this is true. To say we are afraid to fight, that is a lie- we are simply patient and tolerant enough to wait for something worth fighting for. Above all, we are loyal; to harm one is to harm all, we will defend ours at all costs." It was said like a promise, though if others were present it could have been a treat.
"This is what it means to be a Badger. This is our home, our family, our House- our Clan and it is worth protecting ." Here you could tell that the speech was coming to an end though that didn't make it any less powerful. "We are one House, one Clan, and we help each other in any way we can, from this day forward you will never be alone- that is what it means to be a Hufflepuff ."
This speech was given by the portrait of Helga Hufflepuff, the one that followed was given by the eldest prefects after everyone had settled.
I'll leave out this one because it is mostly just a reminder of how to get into the Sett, where the dorms are, where to find a prefect at which time, how baths are communal though showers are available if necessary, that we are to pick up after ourselves and Hufflepuffs do their own laundry.
After came our Head of House, Pomona Sprout (it's her first year as a Head), who gave us a black-yellow bracelet with two charms (a badger and claw) and then announced that it was time for mentors to choose their cub (how first years are referred as by the House).
"Your mentor will show you the ropes," she told us. "They will be in charge of waking you up in time to get ready, they will act as your guide and help you with things like homework or just anything in general. We are all a Clan but you will be their Cub."
It's like they're training upper years in their futures as potential parents. My mentor is one Amos Diggory, fifth year (only fifth and seventh years were mentors).
From there the meeting shifted into more of a party, sixth years popping out to get things from the kitchens while first years got to know their mentors. Our mentors took us on rounds around the room to meet every other student before they, collectively, showed us where our dorms were along with the bathroom before sending us off to bed with warnings that we'd regret not sleeping all we could on our first night.
Diggory came at 5:30 to wake me (of course I was already awake by then), ordered me to grab my things for the day then led to the bath. You recall stories of the prefect bath? This is bigger- it was like a sento or onsen .
As we walked to the bath, the temperature rose steadily and by the time we reached the place to tuck our stuff away, undress (and put our dirty clothes in a hamper that had our name stitched into it in bold, black letters) and get everything we would need for bathing, I was starting to sweat. The bath was warm bordering on hot, towels were allowed around the waist in the water (though only really first and second years did so) and people (mainly first, fifth and seventh years) were chatting while they bathed. After bathing-
(Seventh years tend to tell stories of their years at Hogwarts, mentioning which secret passages they stumbled upon, the oddest reasons the earned detention, what kind of DADA teachers they had and the like- along with stories they had heard when they were first years [oral history passed down all the way from the Founders' Era]. It was interesting and enlightening- did you know that Helga Hufflepuff and Rowena Ravenclaw once hung Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin from their undergarments when the men stumbled upon them bathing, keeping them there until the two were done bathing?)
-we rinse off with lukewarm/cool water, dry off (mentors start teaching you drying charms), get dressed, grab your school things (while returning your bathing things) then go down a tunnel that exits near the Great Hall.
We arrived for breakfast at 6:45 (also being taught a spells to tell time, date and weather along with how to set yourself an alarm), I started this letter then- alternating between eating and writing. It's now 7:20 (time is the only spell I've mastered of those my mentor is teaching me, Diggory was so proud it was almost a bit embarrassing) and I've gotten my timetable already so I'll put it down for you, yeah?
Monday;
Transfiguration
-Break
DADA
-Lunch
Charms (x2)
-Break
History of Magic
Tuesday;
Transfiguration
-Break
History of Magic
-Lunch
Herbology (x2)
Wednesday;
Transfiguration
-Break
Charms (x2)
-Lunch
Potions (x2)
Thursday;
Transfiguration
-Break
History of Magic
-Lunch
DADA (x2)
Friday;
Herbology (x2)
-Break
Potions (x2)
-Lunch
DADA
-Dinner
Astronomy ( midnight)
Transfiguration with Gryffindor, Potions with Ravenclaw and DADA with Slytherin- flying classes don't have a set time ye -
Ah. The Howler has arrived. I'll end my letter here (unless I don't get the chance to send it before class in which case I'll tell you about my day).
- Your brother.
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Basically Kakashi-as-Sirius writes to his brother after being sorted into Hufflepuff. (Featuring some of my headcanons of Hufflepuff) [I am a Hufflepuff {according to Pottermore}, can you see my House Pride?]