Chosen (Draco x OC)

Slytherin - 2

He snapped his fingers and a green apple was placed in his palm by the boy on his right.
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"What house do you think you'll be put into?" Hermione asked, looping her arms with mine as we followed Harry and Ron off the train.

"Hopefully Gryffindor." I replied, blocking out any nerves I had and taking a few deep breaths.

Hermione smiled at my comment. "I hope so too."

When we go inside, my jaw dropped. "Wow." I looked around. The hallways filled with painting that came to life. "So glamorous."

Harry nodded, his face flushed.

"Everything okay?" Ron asked.

"Sirius Black escaped the Azkaban prison." Harry pushed his glasses up further on his nose.

I let out a tiny gasp and Hermione gripped my arm. "How did you find out?" I asked.

Before Harry could reply, a blonde boy wearing all black came sauntering over to us.

His grey eyes locked with mine as he stood in front of where we were standing, next to him we're two boys. Both of them seemed terrified.

"I heard you had a cousin joining us this year, Potter." The boy spat out. He snapped his fingers and a green apple was placed in his palm by the boy on his right.

"What's it to you, Blondie." I said to him, not caring about what social status he thinks he has. Behind me I saw Hermione wince.

"Draco Malfoy." The boy moved so he was facing me.

"I don't recall asking." I smiled at him innocently.

"I'd be careful how you speak to me." Draco moved closer, "The power my family holds can,"

I put a finger over his mouth to stop him.
"Can what? Ruin my reputation? I'm a Venus and we do not get bossed around by boys with too tight of trousers." Moving my hand, I leaned in to whisper something into his ear. "I'm not the one who needs to be careful."

Draco's face turned a shade of red as he walked off mumbling "My father will hear about this!", with the two boys following him like lost owls.

When we were sure they were out of ear shot, we all burst into laughter. "Good one!" Harry smiled, his face still flushed.

The dining hall was seperated into four long tables. One for each house; Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Huffepuff and Slytherin.

Hermione, Ron and Harry all sat down at the Gryffindor table. Harry motioned for me to sit down next to him as Dumbledore raised his glass, about to make a speech.

"Welcome new and old student! Welcome to another year at Hogwarts. Now, I'd like to say a few words before we all become too befuddled by our excellent feast. First, I'm pleased to welcome Professor R.J. Lupin who's kindly consented to fill the post of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. Good luck, professor."

The man next to him stood up and took a bow.

I leaned over to the boy on my right and said "Did the other teacher quit?"

The boy shook his head. "From what I heard, he was a fraud, not a teacher. I'm Neville Longbottom."

"Eden Venus." I said, returning his smile.

Dumbledore continued. "Our Care of Magical Creatures teacher has decided to retire. Fortunately, I'm delighted to announce that his place will be taken by none other than our own Rubeus Hagrid!"

A large man with a long beard, stood up and waved to the students.

Harry, Hermione, Ron and other kids cheered very loudly. "You'll like Hagrid. He's the best." Ron beemed.

"No one with a head, is going to pay attention in that class. Especially not with him teaching us." Draco called from the Slytherin table.

"Shove it Malfoy!" Harry called back, rolling his eyes.

"I'm quite excited to learn about Magical Creatures." I said to Hermione. She tucked a piece of hair behind her ear and nodded.

"Finally, on a more disquieting note, at the request of the Ministry of Magic. Hogwarts will, until further notice, play host to the dementors of Azkaban until such a time as Sirius Black is captured. The dementors will be stationed at every entrance to the grounds. Now whilst I've been assured that their presence will not disrupt our day-to-day activities a word of caution. Dementors are vicious creatures. They'll not distinguish between the one they hunt and the one who gets in their way." Dumbledore finished his speech and moitioned for an elderly woman to take his place.

"Hello students. I am Professor McGonagall. I am pleased to see some framiliar faces amongst the crowd, along with some new ones. I am going to now call up the names of the students joining us this year to have the sorting at put you in the proper house. Remember that your house is final and you cannot change." She began reading out names of the students and I turned to Hermione with my fingers crossed I got into Gryffindor.

"Maleden Venus." I heard professor McGonagall call.

I took a deep breath and walked up to where she was standing. She motioned for me to sit on the chair before her and I did. She placed the sorting hat on my head and I waited.

"SLYTHERIN!" The hat yelled from atop my head.

I felt my heart sink. Professor pointed toward the Slytherin table and told me to take a seat.

I looked over at Harry and he frowned, not expecting that either. "You'll be okay." He mouthed. I gave him a half smile.

"Well look who we have here." Draco taunted as I took an empty seat.

"Welcome home." The boy next to me said and offered me cookie. I declined it.

"Meleden is a pretty name." The girl across took the cookie instead.

"Thank you," I paused waiting for a name.

"Pansy Parkinson." She smiled. "This is Blaise Zabini." She pointed to the boy beside me.

"Nice to meet you both." I replied, joining in on the conversation.

After we ate I followed the rest of my house down to where our living space was. As we were walking I felt a poke on my shoulder.

"What." I said, keeping my pace with the group.

"Now that you're a Slytherin, you don't need to hang around with the likes of mudbloods." Draco replied, clearly confident in what he was saying.

"I can hang around whomever I want too. Mudblood or not." My response was short. I did not want to loose my temper in front of everyone.

"Not for long." I heard him say as I entered the girls side of Slytherin.