Title: Isla Black
Rating: T
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em - not making any money off 'em. Dern it.
Word Count: 168
Summary: Isla learns how to be happy.
Notes: Written for the Scavenger Hunt at Hogwarts forum. Character: Isla Black
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Isla was a Slytherin. She didn't feel like a Slytherin, but then again, the Sorting Hat had wobbled between that house and Ravenclaw. She had a thirst for knowledge and always dove into a new book with amazing zest, a trait she didn't share with any of her siblings.
None of her friends were in the house of the snakes. She knew that you didn't make friends there; you made allies. She was considered odd by her housemates as she didn't hold a lot of the same prejudices. She made friends with Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs mostly. She even had a Muggle-born friend from Gryffindor.
That alone should have worried her family. What Black befriends Muggle-borns?
In fact, it did worry her family, but nothing they said changed her mind about the path she was going down. It wasn't a surprise when she married Bob Hitchens, the older brother of her one Muggle-born friend and a Muggle himself.
After all, she needed to live for herself, not her family.