Twins

I'm Fred, he's George.

We walk into the main hall, whispering to each other. This is it. I hear Hermione talk to a girl, I think called Susan Bones, about how the ceiling is bewitched to look like the night sky. We stant at the front of the school. I stand at the back, leaning on the Gryffindor table, trying to look menacing. It's probably not working. I see Professor Mcgonagall take the Sorting hat to the front and place it on the stool. It begins its speech;

'Oh, you may not think I'm pretty,
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me
You can keep your bowlers black ,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I am the Hogwarts sorting hat
And I can cap them all.'

I get distracted momentarily by something hitting my shoe. I look down and see a brown ball near my feet. I pick it up and discreetly turn around. Two boys, both read heads, probably Weasleys, see me holding it, and the one closest to me holds out his hand. I lean back on the table and put the ball in his hand. I then realise the hat is still singing and I try and listen;

'Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
If you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning
Will always find their kind;
Or perhaps in Slytherin,
You'll make your real friends, 
Those cunning folk use any means
To achieve their ends.
So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands (though I have none)
For I am a thinking cap!'

Everyone in the hall clapped, the speech was quite spectacular. Professor Mcgonagall held the hat up.

"Hannah Abbott."

"HUFFLEPUFF"

"Susan Bones"

"HUFFLEPUFF"

"Terry Boot"

"RAVENCLAW"

"Mandy Brocklehurst"

"RAVENCLAW"

"Lavender Brown"

"GRYFFINDOR"

"Millicent Bulstrode"

"SLYTHERIN"

"Justin Finch-Fletchy"

"HUFFLEPUFF"

"Hermione Granger"

"GRYFFINDOR"

"Neville Longbottom"

"GRYFFINDOR"

"Emma Johnson"

"RAVENCLAW"

"Draco Malfoy"

"SLYTHERIN"

"Avyanna Malfoy"

It was my turn. I walked up to the stool and sat down. 'Just think bad' I told myself.

"GRYFFINDOR"

No. My face paled. I look to Draco and he too, has gone pale. I hear people whispering stuff like 'A Malfoy? Gryffindor?'. I'm so dead.

"Pansy Parkinson"

"SLYTHERIN"

I sit down next to the red head boy who I gave the brown ball to.

"Blaise Zabini"

"SLYTHERIN"

"Harry Potter"

Finally. I feel bad for Harry but at least the attention's not on me anymore.

"GRYFFINDOR"

"Ronald Weasley"

"GRYFFINDOR"

"Now let the feast, begin!" Professor Dumbledore said, clapping his hands to make food appear.

Ronald piled as much food as he could onto his plate, as did the twins. Must be a Weasley thing. I took a chicken wing and some chips. I wasn't that hungry.

"Thanks for earlier, by the way." The red head next to me said, "I'm Fred, he's George." He gestured to the other red head next to him.

"Avyanna." I say, not looking up.

"Hey, relax," George said, "Yeah, you're in Gryffindor and your parents may kill you but, who cares?"

"ME!" I say staring at him with my piercing silver eyes. I've worked on my death stare for months now, and it finally it's paying off.

"Alright, geez," George says, going back to his food. About 40 minutes later the plates and everything was cleared up and we were taken to our dorms. The prefect leading us also had red hair. Jesus, how many Weasleys are there?

"I'm Percy Weasley, follow me," He said, giving us the history of the place. I had enough by the history of the stairs.

"Okay, I'm pretty sure this is meant to be you showing us to the dorm, not a history tour." I say. A few people laugh, and  Percy looks outraged.

"Excuse you, Malfoy," He says my surname with particular disgust, "But who's in charge here?" He storms off. Harry and Ronald run up to me.

"Thanks, Avyanna. If you hadn't of shut him up, I would have died of embarrassment."  Ronald states.

"No prob."

We finally arrived at the common room and Percy said something about remembering the password or bla bla bla. I wasn't really listening. The fat lady portrait was death staring me. I didn't know portraits could do that.

"Listen up. Here's the password. Caput Draconis"

The fat lady opened like a door we all went inside. When I went in, I thought I heard her say something like 'A Gryffindor Malfoy. The world's gone mad. Next thing you know, pigs will be flying'. I walk up the stairs to the girls dorm. I walked over to my luggage and saw a timetable on my bed.

"First thing tomorrow," I said, "We have Transfiguration with the Ravenclaws." 

Hermione grins and says, "Yes! I can't wait!"

All the girls laugh at her eagerness. I take my shoes off and flop onto my bed, not making a move to change into my pyjamas. I'm absolutely exhausted. I feel my eyes get heavier and heavier until I finally allow myself to fall asleep.

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