Riddle me this: A Cedric Diggory Fanfic

Chapter 6

Thoughts
Parsletongue
Handwriting

Saxon's POV

The rest of the first day went by fine. I shocked all the Professors when I entered their classrooms. After dinner I made my way back to the dorms only to be stopped by the portrait before I could go in.
"I see that you have already claimed your position as Heir. What made you do that? Most Heirs don't claim Heirship until they are closer to leaving if they ever do." Salazar asked.
"The Headmaster was trying to resort me. I wanted to prove to him that I was not going anywhere and whatever he tries won't work. The ministry won't be happy to find out he's trying to mess with the Heirs of the founders of Hogwarts." I respond.
"Ah, spoken like a true Heir. Now tell me, when you said the acknowledgement why did you say first and rightful?" He asked.
"Because, I have two younger siblings. If they both come then there will be three rightful Heirs to the ancient and cunning house of Slytherin." I respond.
"I see. Well it's good to know that my Bloodline has continued strong. Unfortunately we can't say the same for the others." He said shaking his head. "Now go on. You can either discuss with your counterpart from Hufflepuff or you can just wait until he sees the need to take his place. The school has already recognized you as the rightful Heir to my house, you will notice some things change as you continue your schooling." He smiled before opening the passage into the common room.
"Thank you, Salazar." I say as I go in.
When I enter Cedric is sitting on one of the couches reading. I take a seat near him and pull out my Transfiguration work. Eventually I hear Cedric gasp.
"Saxon, you're robes. They've changed." He says.
"I know. They only changed because I took my place as Heir. It is your choice if you want to take your place or not yet." I tell him.
"Why did you take your place already?" He asked.
"Because, the Headmaster was trying to resort me. I did it to show him that as an Heir he has no say in what house I'm in. I fear that he is tampering with the sorting hat. The Weasley twins, I believe that they would have been better in Slytherin but they are Gryffindors. I don't know much about their older siblings but I know that Percy would probably have done better elsewhere as well, but we will never know unless they request a resort for themselves or we end up with an Heir for every house." I explain.
"Okay. Well, how did you do it? Your robes look so cool now. Not the plain boring ones that everyone else wears." He says.
"All you have to do is say: I, and then your name take my place as the rightful Heir of the ancient and loyal house of Hufflepuff. At least that would be what you would say. For me it was: I, Saxon Riddle take my place as the first and rightful Heir of the ancient and cunning house of Slytherin." I explain.
"Cool. How do you know all this." He asked.
"My father once came here. He told me a lot of what he knew. That and claiming Heirship should be something that comes to you. Don't force it, just wait for the time to feel right." I tell him.
"Okay. I'll wait and see." He tells me going back to his book.
"If nothing comes up, I've heard that most Heirs claim their place in fifth year." I tell him.
Cedric nods and I go back to my homework.
When I finish with my homework I check the time. It was quite late so I put everything away and then got ready to head to the dorm room. Looking at Cedric I notice that he has fallen asleep, I gently take the book from his hands and place it on the table before grabbing a blanket and draping it over him. Once I know Cedric isn't going to freeze I take my things and head to bed.
The next morning I get up and put on my robes. Grabbing my bag I head into the common room, Cedric was just starting to get up.
"Good morning." I say to him.
"Morning! I feel asleep out here? But I was reading..." he said.
"The books on the table. I may be a Slytherin but I wasn't going to just leave you there." I told him.
"Oh, so you gave me the blanket and moved my book." He said.
"Yeah. You might want to go change. I can wait for you if you'd like." I tell him.
"Alright. Thank you Saxon." He says standing and grabbing his book before disappearing into our room.