Reality Bites Harry Potter

Sorting Time

We finally get to the school and I rush off the train. As much as I loved catching up with my friends and seeing everyone again I got stir crazy pretty fast. It didn't help that my lovely boyfriend had better things to do than spend even 5 minutes on the train with me. We head to the great hall and I see a lot of friendly new faces. "Creevey, Collin" McGonagall calls and a shy little blonde steps up. The hat barely touches his head when it yells "GRYFFINDOR" and you hear cheers from the Gryffindor table. I watch a few more people get sorted before another name catches my interest. "Greengrass, Daphne" is called and another blonde steps up to the hat. It sits on her head a few seconds before "SLYTHERIN" is yelled out and there are cheers from the Slytherin table. She makes her way over and I quickly see her talking to Pyper. I smile, already knowing she's going to fit right in with us. "Jones, Megan" is called and I roll my eyes as yet another blonde walks up to the hat. What's with all the blondes this year? The hat barely touches her head before "RAVENCLAW!" is yelled and there's cheers. I see her and Luna hug and I smile. Maybe all the blondes wouldn't be so bad afterall. "Lovegood, Luna" is called next and I cheer when she's placed in Ravenclaw. Everyone enjoys watching the sorting and finally "Weasley, Ginny" is called. Everyone is expecting her to be placed in Gryffindor so the room is dealthy quiet when "SLYTHERIN" is heard loud and clear. I hear Pyper cheer and eventually the other Slytherins join in but the look of shock and fear on her face keeps me from being too happy. The rest of the night goes well and I enjoy the feast before heading back to the commons. "Can you believe Ginny got put in Slytherin? She must be so ashamed of herself" I hear one of the older Hufflepuffs say and I frown. "Seriously? There's nothing wrong with Slytherin!" I say and they frown. "Except that it's the house full of selfish, evil cheaters" they say and I roll my eyes. "Get over yourself, honestly. My sister is in Slytherin, so are some of my best friends, so you can grow up and stop hating on an entire Hogwarts house based off of a small handful from last generation" I say, flipping my hair before heading up to my room. I hated that people were going to be judging Ginny just because she was sorted in a different house than the rest of her family. I decided immediately she wouldn't have to face the school alone. "I'm getting up early tomorrow and going to meet Ginny and Pyper for breakfast. I'm not letting Ginny be bullied and exiled" I say and Susan and Hannah nod in agreement. We get up and head to breakfast early the next morning. When Ginny walks in we quickly wave her over and she smiles and comes over. "Good morning" I say, hugging her. She hugs me back and I feel her relax. It made me feel good to know I was helping her. Everyone starts gradually coming in and I'm excited to see that nobody acts any different than normal. After breakfast we head to our first day of classes. I loved being back in the school and even found myself enjoying the classes. Dinner time rolled around and I decided to try and get to know some of the first years in an effort to get a list of new initiates together for the first Gingerpuff meeting. Megan and Luna were easy picks since I got along so well with them and they seemed like perfect fits for the group. Collin was a bit harder to get a good impression of since he was so shy and awkward. Eventually he calmed down around me and I started to realize he was really cool. Daphne though was a completely different story. She seemed more interested in her books and studies than she did in social interaction of any kind. I knew we were already discussing the idea of initiating the golden trio and we really didn't need another Hermione. Dinner finally finishes and I sigh, heading back to the Hufflepuff commons. "Is this what adulting feels like?" I ask Susan and she nods. "Only if you're a really successful adult. Like a manager or a business owner. Or work for the ministry, they do a lot of interviews too." I groan. "It was a yes or no question, Susan" I say and she frowns. "well then no" she says and I make a face at her. "I need to make Gingerpuffs fun again" I say and Hannah walks in. "I have an idea for a fun Gingerpuff task. Why don't we hand make invites to the first meeting of the year for all the new possible initiates. I say we invite about 20 people and make cuts until we have about 9 or 10 by Halloween for the actual initiation. That way the Gingerpuffs look exclusive and awesome. Everyone will want to be a Gingerpuff" she says. I smile, going up to my room to get the paper and paint Susan had bought for me from a muggle craft store. "They're gonna be so pretty and glittery and perfect" I say, taking the supplies back down to the commons so Hannah and Susan can help me. It doesn't take long for us to have 20 perfectly made invitations. We split them up between 4 owls and have them delivered the next morning, I loved having owls for rent at the school. We go to bed and wake up early the next morning to head to breakfast. We wanted to see all the invitations be delivered. When mail time came all the invites came rushing in and it was so cool to see so many people excited over our invites. I couldn't wait until Friday for our first official meeting of the year.