Nico di Angelo and His (Mis)Fortunes at Hogwarts

Whimsical Thoughts

Yeah, I've been away for a while. I can't really excuse myself, but I'm trying to complete my fics before I publish them, except for this drabble-ish one. As it is, I'm writing Assassino, a Rurouni Kenshin/Harry Potter crossover, and an original work at the same time, so I'm kind of overrun. My fault I guess. Also, expect more Nico in the future - I have some scenes worked out while I got a bit of writer's block.

Whimsical Thoughts

The first thing that they learned about Di Angelo was that he was terrible at Herbology. He said that it used to be worse, but he still has an almost unnaturally black thumb. Eventually, even Professor Sprout gave up and simply assigned him extra essays. Filch took perverse pleasure in assigning him detentions in the Greenhouses.

The second thing that they learned was that he was a brilliant strategist. The entire common room stared from him to the chessboard to a defeated Ron. When asked about it, he just said that his Father (and they could practically see the capital F) would have been disappointed in him, so he learned.

The third was that he was mysterious. By the second week, over half the girls were crushing on 'tall, dark, and handsome' or wishing that their boyfriends were more like him. The others were too young or too old.

A fourth was the way he mentioned his Father almost as much as Malfoy. Only, he didn't say it in the arrogant 'my father will hear about this', chin lifted, back straightened manner, but rather a quiet 'my Father would be disappointed in me if I didn't do well at this'. It made them wonder at what his home life was like.

They would be left without answers.

Nico di Angelo never received any letters.

(Which really should have told them everything on its own.)

As you can see, I hadn't Sorted Nico until this chapter. I went out of my way to avoid it, actually. However, this chapter needs it, so I kinda shoved him into Gryffindor even though Nico makes an amazing 'Puff. Sorry, plot point, 'kay?

(We can always say that Nico argued the Hat into it by showing him all the times he went into battle. 'I had to have been brave to charge into that, right?' 'Oh, okay, you little brat.') 

Please give me your opinions. I would like to see how I did with this style.