Reality Bites Harry Potter

Tickling the Pear

Shay and I were separated. I don't like it, but after seeing her with her new friends, I relax because I know she'll be okay. I was sitting near the end of the table that was closest to the doors, just eating. I feel like I haven't ate all day, but I guess that's kind of true. Shay and I slept pretty much the whole way to Hogwarts. The Sorting Hat told me that he saw something strange in Shay and I's minds and that there was something dark. When I asked about it, the Sorting Hat told me it wasn't the right time and then put me in Slytherin after saying that I would do well in Slytherin. That hat is so weird. "Hello, I'm Theodore Nott," I look up and see a boy with sandy, brown hair and blue eyes walking towards me, smiling. I smiled.

"I'm Pyper Harper. Are you starting out this year too?" He nodded, sitting down across next to me.

"Yeah, I can't believe you're a second year." He said shaking his head.

"Yeah, well, I am a year older than my sister." I teased. He rolls his eyes.

"So what did you two do before coming to Hogwarts?" He asked curiously.

"Well, for the last year, we've been staying with Professor McGonagall." I said shrugging. "We moved here before that and we didn't have a place to stay."

"What happened to your parents, if you don't mind me asking?" I frowned.

"We don't know." I answered truthfully.

"That's awful, I'm sorry I asked." He said shaking his head. I smiled.

"It's alright. Anyways, have you made any friends on the way here?"

"Yeah, a few, but I don't know if we'll be that great of friends." He mutters, sending a look towards who I assume is Draco Malfoy. I grinned.

"Yeah, I don't want to hang out with 'the wrong sort'." I said snickering. Theo just looks confused. "Don't worry about it. It's an inside joke between my sister and I." He nodded.

"I did make friends with Blaise though. He seems like a good guy." Theo continued. While Shay and I were reading the books, even though he was only mentioned a few times in them, I felt like Blaise and I would've been good friends. I nodded.

"I feel like the three of us would be great friends." I said grinning. He smiled.

"You think so?"

"Yeah," I said grinning. "Of course, we'd have to become friends first, but I feel like we would make a good pranking team." He shrugged.

"I just don't want to get on the wrong side of the Weasley twins. I heard they like to prank everyone." He said shuddering.

"I'm sure they wouldn't mind. I talked to them a bit on the train and they seem like nice guys. I think we'd all get along great." I said shrugging.

"Yeah, but they're in Gryffindor." He said wrinkling his nose. I'll admit it was kind of cute.

"So? My sister is in Hufflepuff and you don't see her giving me death glares just because I'm in Slytherin." I said rolling my eyes. That did make me a little worried that they wouldn't like me anymore because I'm in Slytherin. It sounded so stupid for me to think that, but I couldn't help it. "Anyways, Blaise and I haven't even met each other, so we've got to get through that part first." He smiled.

"Alright." The rest of the feast was spent making friends with Theo and Blaise and making fun of Draco Malfoy and his two goons, Crabbe and Goyle. I was right about the three of us being good friends. I felt like I knew them since we were toddlers or something. I met Pansy "freaking" Parkinson as well. She's a little on the annoying side, but I can tolerate her. She seems to have gotten a huge crush on Draco Malfoy though. She got mad after hearing us making fun of him and stuff. I told her that it was all in good fun and that she didn't have to take it to heart. I'm sure Draco Malfoy is a lot nicer once you get past his pride and what not. After the feast, we followed our Prefects to our common room. We went down some stairs and it seemed the farther we went down, the colder it was. Shay would not like it down here. Although, I did notice the Hufflepuffs going in the same direction. Maybe the common rooms are actually warmer than the hallways. That sounds like that would be nice. I just realized that Professor Snape is our Head of House. Oh boy, I hope I don't get on his bad side on the first day. I mean, I know if I pranked people like I had said earlier, then I'd get on his bad side. But I don't want to get on his bad side on the very first day. That's Harry's job. I almost laughed out loud, but luckily I stopped myself. Everyone would've thought I was a nutter or something.