This was Dans chance to be different. He would finally be free off all the stupid hate. People would realize he was different, He's not like his pure blood family. His dreams all failed when the that stupid hat called out Slytherin. This was Phils chance to be liked. For an 11 year old boy; Phil had gone through hell and back. With his parents divorce and fathers death all mixed together with his sisters cancer. He wasn't surprised when a owl flew through his window and gave him a letter.