ONE LAST TIME | Mattheo Riddle |

2-New Students

The three of us stand there like idiots, too stuned from the view. We take a deep breath and start walking towards Dumbledore.
The muffled sounds that we heard earlier are now quiet. All eyes are on us. Some exchange knowing looks, others whispers. It's a weird feeling, being the center of attention like that. I don't like it.

As we walk between the table of Slytherin and Gryffindor -our parents explained the different houses as we grew up-, i look up at the ceiling. I admire the fake ceiling, made with the night sky and all the stars, it looks really pretty. While i'm in between my brothers, Jacob on my left and Liam on my right, i look at the students around the table on my left, which i believe are the slytherins. I suddenly recognise a familiar face, brown hair, brown eyes and a charming smile.

I whisper to myself
"Enzo..."

My face lights up and softens, finding comfort in a familiar face. I give him a warm smile with a wink and a little wave. I'm so happy to see him again, it's been so long. He greets me with his wide smile that i had missed so much. Jacob noticed him as well and smiles at him warmly, happy to see his best friend again. As for Liam, he was too busy staring at the Gryffindor girls on the other table. I roll my eyes and elbowe him in the stomach. He turns to looks at me, frowning and confused.

"Ouch ! that hurts ! What do you want ? you interupted me..."

"Sorry but your best friend is over there. And leave those poor girls alone."

Liam looks over to where i pointed and raises his eyebrows.

"ENZO NO WAYYY" he yells forgeting where we are.

I elbowed him again to shut him up
"shut up"

Enzo waves and laughs at the childish behavior from Liam.

We've known Enzo since we were kids. Our parents are good friends and they would spend every holidays in our house. Liam, Jacob and Enzo were best friends, and like i was the sister i became close with Enzo as well, he's like my third brother to me. But since he got into Hogwarts we barely saw him, so this is the first time since a few years that we see him again. He was grown up, he looked really handsome, i'm not gonna lie.

I looked around his table to see what his friends looked like. On his left, a boy with blond hair, he looked slightly anoyed as another boy with brown hair and blue eyes couldn't stop rambling about something that i can't hear from where i am. In front of them was a boy with a buzz cut and he was sat next to three girls, a blond that looked really sweet, a brunette that looked quite smiliar to her, i guess they are sisters and another brunette next to them. The four of them were talking together and they were laughing, it seems like they are having a good time. My eyes then lend on another boy, sat on the other side of enzo, he has dark curls and dark eyes. Unlike the others he's quiet, while enzo is still smiling brightly at us, this boy is glaring at us. I have a feeling i'm not gonna like him. I feel shivers down my spine when our eyes meet, but not the good kind, i'm scared.

I give enzo a last small smile before quickly looking away. I look at the table on my right. I recognise another face. Harry Potter... I don't know him personally but everybody knows what happened, even in France. We also know his friends, Hermione and Ron, they are all sitting together and staring at us. I stare at them aswell, they seem really nice, i'd like to be friends with them. I look down at the book hermione has in front of her, that was my favorite book. I smile instantly recognising the cover and the title, as we walk past them i can't help but say a few words to her.

"oh my god, i love that book !" i talk quietly but loud enough so she can hear me.
She looks up at me not answering but gives me a small and confused smile.
That was not what i expected.
My smile slowly fades away and i focus on Dumbledore that is now in front of us. We stop in our tracks and stare at him.
In front of him is a stool, with an old hat resting on it.

Dumbledore gives a small speech, explaining the situation and as why we're here, and asks us to come sit on the stool one by one to be sorted in a house.

Liam jumping of excitment goes first. The hat annouces loudly

"Gryffindor !"

Liam stands up and walk over to the Gryffindor table, sitting between a cute girl and another boy.

I then wanted to go but Jacob stopped me before walking towards the stool. I rolled my eyes but focused on what the hat was going to say. It took more time for the hat to decide but he finally made a decision.

"Slytherin !"

Jacob looked at me and i could see fear behind his confident look. I try to give him a reassuring smile as he walks towards the slytherin table. He soons relax when enzo waves at him to come sit with him. Jacob sits down next to the scary boy and they start to introduce everyone.

I look back to the hat that's in front of me and walks towards it. I sit down on the stool and wait. Time passes and the hat is still quiet. He doesn't even say a word. I'm starting to wonder if this old thing is even working. I can hear behind me the teachers exchanhing worried whispers, wondering what's happening. Behind my impatience i can feel anxiety. I'm starting to wonder if they'll even accept me into Hogwarts if this stupid hat doesn't sort me into a house. Suddenly the hat speaks.

"Choose"

I look up confused
"W-what ?"

"I cannot give you an answer, you must choose"

"What do you mean you can't give me an answer ? You gave one to my brothers"

"I did. But i can't do so with you. You have the qualites and defaults to fit into each house. You are nice and caring as an hufflepuff, you love to learn and you are serious, hard on yourself like a ravenclaw. You are brave, and puts everyone needs before yours as a Gryffindor. But you are also ambitious and witty and you might give the impression of being "too nice" but once someone crosses the line, there's no turning back, which would make you a slytherin. And each of these houses would help you grow as a person. But i cannot make a decision"

I am speechless. That's some news. I zone out for a few seconds trying to think about what i'm gonna do. Until the hat starts to speak again, but this time his voice in deep and stern.

"You may make a choice but beware, you must stay away from the devil, before you let yourself get attached. It may be your best decision or your last."

I feel shivers down my spine. I look around to the students in front of me. All eyes are on me. Have they heard what it just said ? I feel eyes burning on me, until i meet those scary brown eyes of the boy next to enzo and my brother. He is still looking at me with the same glare. I swallow hard.

"So have you made your choice ?"

The hat speaks again snapping me out of my thoughts. I look back to the boy and he's now talking with the girl across from him. I take a deep breath. The hat is asking me to choose. God. I hate choosing. Knowing how indecisive i am i start to weight my options.
I come to the conclusion of either Gryffindor or Slytherin. On one side, there is my twin Liam and Harry, Hermione and Ron who i'm dying to meet. On the other, my big brother ans enzo. I look at the both of them until i find myself looking at the curly haired boy again. The scary feeling comes back and that concludes my dilemna.
I take another deep breath and say

"Gryffindor"

The hat hums in approval before shouting for everyone to hear

"Gryffindor !"