"Can I call you Tori? You know Tori, I'm a great friend."
"I don't get it, why are you being nice to me?"
"Maybe I don't want to see you friendless."
When Victoria Silvers, who comes from a long line of Slytherins, is sorted into Gryffindor her life...
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"Happy Birthday!" Angelina hugged Tori before she could even fully get out of bed. Tori mixed a laugh with a yawn, hugging her friend back. While it was Tori's birthday it was also the last day of school, she didn't know how to feel like that.
She was given yet another bone-crushing hug from Alicia before receiving three more from Fred, George, and Lee. The sat down at a table and surrounded her with gifts to open beige their day began.
Tori smiled, thanking each of them before opening her presents. She had been given a miniature quaffle with the year and the number of points Tori had scored in total (one hundred twenty) written down from Angelina, A picture of Alicia, Angelina and herself in a golden frame from Alicia, a box of cauldron cakes from Lee and a sparkling red lion charm from the twins.
"To show you where you truly belong. With us." Fred told her, helping her place it on her bracelet. "You're right." Tori smiled up at him.
The rest of her day was pretty good. They had to finalize their electives for next year. Tori was taking Care of Magical Creatures and Muggle Studies, which lined up perfectly with the twins. That may or may not have been a coincidence though.
When the feast came around Tori was once again, seated with her friends. She was fixed the black pointy hat on the top of her head and looking down into her empty plate for a mirror.
"Another year that Slytherin wins," Fred muttered, looking up annoyed at the green banners with snakes on them.
Dumbledore was giving his typical end of the year goodbye speech. Slytherin has won once again, they had also won the quidditch cup. They seemed to win a lot. Tori sighed, nodding along. Her mind wandered off, thinking about the next year.
Dove, her sister, would be starting at Hogwarts soon. Tori had no idea where she would be placed. She almost didn't want to know.
Tori started paying attention again when Dumbledore announced that the Frog Choir was going to perform a piece. She clapped loudly, smiling at Alicia.
Alicia smiled back nervously and turned towards Professor Flitwick. Flitwick tilted his wand upwards, beginning the song.
"Carry my soul into the night, May the stars light my way. I glory in the sight, As darkness takes the day."
Tori watched Alicia step forward as she began to sing in Latin. She remembered Alicia practicing this into the early morning. She also remembered Angelina throw her pillow at her, telling her to shut up.
"Ferte in noctem animam meam, Illustrent stellae viam meam Aspectu illo glorior Dum capit nox diem
Cantate vitae canticum Sine dolore actae Dicite eis quos amabam Me nunquam obliturum..."
She sang it beautifully. Tori honestly wished she could sing like that, instead of a dying kneazle. Alicia took a step back, fading back in with the rest of the choir. Tori looked at Angelina with a look of surprise, both of them knew Alicia was good. But they didn't know she was that good.
The choir finished off the song, ending it with a chill running down almost everyone's spine. They bowed and dispersed among each do the tables. Tori continued to clap with her friends.
"Merlin's beard, Alicia! That was bloody brilliant!" Tori embraced her friend immediately once she came over. "Thank you, Lee helped me practice."
Lee threw finger guns at them as dishes appeared right before them. "My favorite part." Tori sighed, instantly taking the bacon and steak meal that appeared in front of her.
"Reckon I could eat this entire soup roll whole?" Fred asked the group seated at the table. Tori wrinkled her nose, biting into her bacon. "Five knuts." George betted.
Fred smirked confidently and proceed to shove the entire soup roll in his mouth. Tori made a disgusted look, turning away. "Gross, Fred."
"He did it!" Lee cheered, clapping his hands quietly. "Ew," Angelina handed him a napkin to wipe his face.
"Five knuts for me!" Fred grinned, cutting himself a slice of chocolate cake. "You have sauce running down your lip." Tori pointed out as she handed him another napkin.
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"I don't want to leave." Tori sighed after being shoved into a cart by Alicia. "Why did you keep pushing me? Godric." Alicia stuck her tongue out at Tori, giving her another light push.
Fred plopped down next to her, placing his arm around her shoulder. Tori scoffed at him, fiddling with her charm bracelet. "Since it's your birthday," Angelina began, "I've gotten us a ton of treats for the ride!"
"Don't we always do that?" George asked her. Angelina frowned at him. "Yes, but I paid for them." Tori snickered, taking a box of pumpkin pastries.
"I can't wait until next year when we get to go to Hogsmeade and have butterbeer!" Alicia gushed about the idea. All the second years had strictly been instructed they needed a parent's signature in order to go to Hogsmeade in the coming year.
Tori wasn't sure how she was supposed to get the signature, but she promised herself she would go to Hogsmeade with her friends.
"You okay?" Fred asked her, noticing her far off look.
Tori blinked a couple of times. She looked around at her friend's smiling and laughing once before nodding. "Yeah." She replied, smiling at the gingered hair boy. "I'm good."
And she was.
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OKAY FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THE LATIN TRANSLATION IS ITS "Take it to the redeemed my soul out into the night, Stars light my way Glory in the sight As darkness takes the day,
Sing a song of life, Without regret Tell the ones, the ones I loved I will never forget."
i google translated it so i dunno if it's right
also year two is done! sorry if it felt shore but not much was planned for year two anyway!
year three is where we start getting into the books & movies!!
