The sorting hat

Chapter 10

I sighed and walked out of his office. Thankfully everyone was still at dinner. I decided I wasn't hungry and didn't want to face anyone, so I just went straight to the separate room Dumbledore assigned me to. I walked inside and immediately fell back on the bed. I stared up at the ceiling and felt the tears fall from my eyes. I felt like my entire life just got ruined. I didn't know what to do. I didn't belong in any house 100%. Why couldn't I just be normal? I cried and cried until I finally fell asleep.

The next morning, I woke up in a good mood. Until I remembered what happened last night. I took a deep breath and decided to do what Dumbledore told me to do. Make the best of the situation. I stood up and went to the bathroom. I looked in the mirror and saw my tears had dried and stained my cheeks. I washed my face and got dressed in my plan robes. As I was about to exit my room I heard someone talking. I recognized his voice. Malfoy.

"Honestly, I bet she got kicked out. Good riddance." I heard Malfoy say.

I gritted my teeth. It didn't take a genius to figure out he was talking about me.

"I mean who does she think she is? Talking to me like that. What a prick." Malfoy laughed.

"Oooh I'm Aphrodite Sparks! I was named after a goddess therefor I am one! You shall bow down to me!!" He said in a high voice obviously trying to imitate me.

"I heard Dumbledore gave her to Azkaban." Someone said. I assumed it was Crabbe.

"Nonsense! She definitely got lost in the woods. Or! She went to the third floor and died. Remember what Dumbledore said." Goyle interrupted.

I had enough of this. I opened the door and saw all three of them staring at me.

"First of all, I did not get kicked out, sent to Azkaban, or get lost in the woods! Secondly, I will talk to you anyway I want Malfoy. Don't think for a second that just because you are a "precious" pureblood that you can scare me. And lastly, you and your group of doormats don't threaten anyone. You're just a silly little boy who thinks you can boost up your own ego by bringing people down. Well guess what? You're not special! You're not better than anyone at all. In fact, I bet people feel more threatened by poor Hermione's cat than you!" I yelled at them. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to get breakfast before I lose my appetite by staring at you three all day." I huffed at them and stormed away.

As I was walking towards the great hall I felt someone pull my arm and lead me inside a dark classroom.

"Pardon me that was awfully rude of you!" I yelled to the shadow standing in front of me.

Just then the shadow turned on the lights revealing Cedric staring down at me.

"Oh- Im sorry. I wasn't sure how to get your attention. I called you name about 10 times, but you seemed distracted." He said to me.

"Oh.. Well.. Whats up Cedric?" I asked.

"I jus wanted to ask.. What happened yesterday? You never came back down. There's a rumor going around that you got expelled." He looked worried.

"Well, I didn't get expelled. Nothing happened, I just didn't feel like going back down. I'm okay. Trust me." I smiled unconvincingly at him.

He sighed and nodded his head. "Okay. I have to get going. I'll see you soon okay?"

"Of course. See you." I smiled.

I quickly walked away from him and tried to avoid other people.

I finally made it to the Great hall. I walked in and instantly heard whispers. I kept my head down and realized I didn't know where I would sit or get the food from. I stood there for a second until I heard my name be called out. I looked around and saw Hermione smiling at me.

"Come here!" She called out.

I slowly walked towards her and saw her eating with Ron and Harry.

"Uh.. Hey guys?" I said awkwardly.

"Well unless you plan on standing there all day, come sit down!" Hermione patted the seat next to her.

"But Hermione-" I got cut off.

"No buts. Sit." She pointed next to her.

I sat down and looked around at the Gryffindor table. It looked the exact same as the others except the tablecloth was red. I took a deep breath and reached for food.

"So, I did a little bit of thinking last night. How did Aphrodite get into all four houses?" Hermione started to say.

"Um.. Aph." I said quietly

"Pardon?" Hermione asked not hearing me

"You can call me Aph. It's what my friends call me" I smiled

"Aph.. I like that!" She paused and look towards Ron and Harry. "Are you guys listening to me?"

"What? Oh. Uh.. Yeah!" Ron stuttered.

Hermione rolled her eyes "As I was saying, I was trying to figure it out. Until I remembered a book I read a while ago. It was a history book all the way back from the first wizard, and the four wizards who made Hogwarts. Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helga Hufflepuff, and Salazar Slytherin. We all know about them.. So, there was a prophecy about The Boy who Lived."

"Who's that?" Harry asked with a mouthful of cereal.

The three of us stared at him.

"Merlin's beard Harry." Ron rolled his eyes.

"He can't be serious." I said softly to Hermione.

"Honestly Harry. Don't you know anything about yourself? The boy who lived is YOU. Keep up." Hermione said with an exasperated sigh. "Anyways, there was another prophecy. It isn't very known but it's there. It used to be one of the most important prophecies, but centuries passed, and soon people forgot about it. Everyone thought it'd be fake."

"What's the prophecy?" Ron asked.

"I'm getting to that." Hermione said with an annoyed shake of her head. "Have any of you heard of the four witch's prophecy. Besides Aph because I'm assuming Dumbledore told her."

"What's that?" Ron and Harry said.

"So, it basically just says that there's going to be a witch who belongs in all four houses and will either save or destroy Hogwarts." Hermione said nonchalantly.

Their eyes went wide.

"What???" Harry exclaimed

"I know! Its wayy too much pressure for me. I mean I don't belong anywhere and now I have to learn how to save hogwarts?" I put my head in my hands.

"oh wait theres one more thing. I don't know if they told you this Aph." Hermione raised her eyebrows at me.

"What? Theres more?" I was exhausted

"Its about your house dilemma. Theres a solution to it. It doesn't take too long, but it all just depends on the person." Hermione said. "So the house you want to be in is how they usually figure it out, but for you since you don't have a preference they kind of just switch you around for a month. One week in slytherin, one in gryffindor, one in hufflepuff, and one in ravenclaw. At the end of the month they'll decide. I don't really know how it works but it was a system created a long time ago when they first heard of the four witches prophecy."

I sighed. One week in each house. That would definitely make me stand out, but the only thing I want right now is to just lay low.

"Its okay. At least for a week we will be together!" Harry said enthusiastically.

"Yea I guess" I responded.