Aelin Galathynius / Hogwarts - Mischief & Magic 🤍

Chapter Eight - Bitter Becomings

Aelin's POV -

Her blood ran cold at the mere mention of that one word.

CRAP.

THAT was another reason why Slytherins weren't muggle; there was a ton of prejudice towards those who weren't from old wizarding families. THAT was another reason why people couldn't believe Aelin was a Slytherin. THAT was another reason why the boy stood in front of her hated her. Now she was determined to find out the other reasons.

Soon the first years began to pile into the common room, entering in groups, each group taking it in turns to say the password and walk in whilst Lorcan waited outside and watched. Soon, Aelin and here friends were up next, waking towards the common room entrance only to see Lorcan peel himself off of the wall he was leaning against and walk over to them, a wicked grin adorning his face.

"Alright Galathynius, let's hear it" he announced loudly, causing a few students nearby to look over.

Aelin took a deep breath and walked up to the entrance.

"No."

"Come on, let's hear you say it; it got specially changed just for you when we found out you were a Slytherin. You want to be a Slytherin don't you? This is what gets you in."

"I'm not saying it"

"You're not a Slytherin!"

"I said no asshat!" Aelin retorted. "I don't care what you think of me, I'm not saying it. I don't have to be horrible to become a Slytherin; I am a Slytherin. I got picked to be in this house for a reason so shut the hell up!"

Lorcan simply smirked and walked right up to where she was standing. Aelin had to admit that whilst the fury and rage coursing through her meant that she was in no way scared of the man before her, she could see why others were.

He leaned down and whispered in her ear, " do you think Rhoe and Evalin would be proud of you for this? You weren't a Gryffindor or a Hufflepuff like they were and now you can't even say the one word that gets you into your house common room. Pathetic." Aelin had to hold her hands behind her back to stop herself from throttling him.

"I think deep down you know that you aren't enough to be a Slytherin. You're a muggle. We barely have any students here with one muggle parent, but you have two. You're weak, your too stubborn and you're clearly not cut out to be in this house so why don't you run back to the great hall and see if the sorting hat can stick you with your cousin. You know, where you belong" Lorcan sneered.

"Cut it out" Elide snapped from beside Aelin. "We all know that you're just upset that there's an Ashryver and Galathynius relative in your house. You're scared because you know she's  going to be an outstanding witch and completely ruin your image as the strongest Slytherin. Grow up."

With that Elide looped her arm through Lysandra and Aelin's and marched towards the entrance, uttering the gods-awful password before slipping in and leading the girls towards their dormitory, leaving a scowling Lorcan in their wake.

"Don't worry about the password Aelin, just make sure either Lysandra or I are around and we'll do it for you. I don't like saying it either but I can understand why it would be such an affront for you." With that the 3 girls began to unpack and Aelin wondered what she had done to end up with two supportive friends like Lysandra and Elide.

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