Sorting

As we enter the doors I look around to see four tables and one teachers table up head at front. There is a old dirty hat placed on a stool in the middle of the five tables. When all the first years are in the hall, the hat starts to sing a song about sorting.

After the song everyone claps, and the hat bows to each table and then goes quiet. Professor McGonagall walks near the stool, "Alright when I call your name come up and I'll put the sorting hat upon your head and you will be sorted" said McGonagall. She unfolds a scroll and starts reading out name of the student in alphabetical sequence. The named student will walk up to front, sit on the stool and the hat is placed on the head of the student. After that the hat will call out the house that the students from that house will cheer for there new house member. Then student will give the hat back to the McGonagall and walk towards the house table to join them. As the list started new students started to be sorted one house after the other, there was no sequence to which house the student will belong to. After three or four students McGonagall called out "Diggory Cedric", and Cedric was sorted to the Hufflepuff house. Then there was "Roger Davis" who went to Ravenclaw. When only three students were left to be sorted she finally called out "Valerio Aziel".

I walked out to the front and sat down on the stool and McGonagall placed the hat on my head. As soon as the hat touched my head I heard a sound in my head "Oh what a difficult one. You are not an extremely loyal to anyone or have the attitude to submit to one sided thinking so there goes Hufflepuff. You are cunning and preblood, but you hate discrimination using blood status so there goes Slytherin. You are very brave and have what it takes to lead an army, you are very calm to analyse any situation you are put in and then proceed with you plan. But you are not sacrificing type, so you can't belong to Gryffindor. You are very smart and I dare say a genius when it comes to transfiguration and charm. But you dont like to stay quite, so there goes Ravenclaw. So you have qualities to belong to each and every house, and you also have the qualities to not belong to those house. So where shall I put you, what do you think?" the hat asked me. 'Well except Slytherin and Hufflepuff the other two are good choices. But I want to go to Gryffindor more than Ravenclaw.' I thought back and kept silent, I knew whatever I tell him he is not going to listen to me, so I kept quiet. "Oh well never hurts to know your opinion, as I see if you go to Gryffindor then it will have easier for you to gain followers so better be" he said in my mind 'Finally first step done' I thought and the hat shouted out loud "Ravenclaw".

What the fuck, I thought it was going to be Gryffindor for sure, shit that fucker read my thought of first step and should have changed its mind and selected the other best option. I was dazed for a moment before realizing it, then I gave the hat back to McGonagall and proceeded to the table on my right which was cheering for me. I thanked my house mates, as I was going to leave with them for seven years, better be polite to this geniuses. I settled down and started talking with other students and getting to know each other. Soon all students were sorted out and the dinner started after Dumbledore had congratulated the new students. After dinner Dumbledore gave instructions about the curfew and forbidden forest, then we were taken to our dorms. And so started my Hogwarts years...

On the morning of my first day, as regular I woke up at 5:30, I got freshed and headed towards the ground to carry out my daily exercises. I first did my stretching and then started running around the lake. As I was about to complete my 3rd round, which shall make the total distance around 2 miles, Professor McGonagall came out of the front doors and called me,

"Mr. Valerio, 5 points from Ravenclaw for breaking a school rule. You should probably go and look in schools rulebook that no student are outside there dorms before breakfast timings and they dont start before 7"

I knew she was going to do that but I had already gone through rule books and found the flaw to fit my schedule, "But professor the hogwarts rule book does not state the specific time for breakfast, I came early at 6, and no one was around so I started my daily exercises. As you know few decades ago the breakfast timing was at 6, so I did not break any rule."

She is shocked that I was able to find a loophole in Hogwarts rule book and used for my benefit. Then she replies, "Well Mr. Valerio good to know that you have gone through the rule book thoroughly. I will reinstate the 5 points to Ravenclaw and award you with 20 points for finding the loophole. You can carry on with your exercises."

Then she turned around left me to carry my exercises. Then I completed my routine, and then went and took a bath before heading for the breakfast."

After breakfast my first class was potions with Hufflepuff and I finally realized why the complain about Snape. Fuck he is like a demon in the human skin. On the first day itself he gave homework which must be atleast one and half foot worth of parchment and has to be submitted tomorrow. Fuck there goes my fun times, atleast the plus point is I can chant quill to write for me. I start thinking of the content to give him tomorrow to check and the content is not related to only first year. I will have the quill write atleast 5 or 6 whole foot of parchments for homework he did not mention any limit, so it shall work. I grin to myself on imagining Snape's expression. The two girls working on the potion in front of me look at my smile and blush to themselves. God bless them. The second lecture is the Charms, and damn here is also homework at least he has decency to ask for only half foot worth of parchments. The third is History of magic, I listen for sometime and unknowingly I felt asleep. I was woken up after the class by Davis as he was sitting beside me. With sleepy eyes I went down to great hall for lunch. After lunch was time for transfiguration, McGonagall also gave homework and required atleast one foot of parchments. I decide to myself well I will make sure to give each of these professor enough parchments that they will have to think again before giving homework. And so I raise a silent war against professors for homework.

~~~ Timeskip year end of teaching term ~~~

All the professors were sitting at a long table with HEadmaster Dumbledore sitting at the main seat.

"Another year has come to an end. So, let's start this meeting by voicing issues anyone of you had this year." said Headmaster Dumbledore kindly.

"Someone broke in my office and stole stuff and ..." Filch starts to rant.

"Alas, while most unfortunate, we don't know the culprit and thus can't punish anyone. I am sure the culprit will see errors of their ways" said Headmaster Dumbledore to Filch gently before he started talking about punishments in his times.

"There are a few notable students this year, especially Mr. Valerio. I wish he was in my house, he loses a lot of points, but gets atleast twice back. He also manages to find loopholes in the school rules. Like the breakfast rule, the rule said that no student should be outside their house common room before breakfast times after the curfew. On his first morning I caught him at 6:30 in morning running near the lake and without uniform, when I confronted and deducted 5 points from Ravenclaw to warn him and he goes 'But professor the hogwarts rule book does not state the specific time for breakfast, I came early at 6, and no one was around so I started my daily exercises.' I had to reinstate 5 points and award him 20 points for finding that loophole in the rules. But his academics are top of his class, though he is a bit overzealous when handing out his homework." said Prof. McGonagall.

"A bit overzealous! That brat hands out bundle full of parchments every time. It takes more than two hours to check them all. He not only mentions every little detail, he also gives out some obscure facts. I have go through books to check them." said Prof. Snape while scowling

"He does tend to get a little carried away when it comes to homework. He has scored O+ in all his subjects and is ranked first even after playing around and causing ruckus. According to others in Ravenclaw house, Mr Valerio has been running and exercising near the lake even before the sun rises everyday for the whole year. He is also roaming the corridors after lectures in muggle clothes. He also does not care about houses and has friends in all the houses. He also frequently goes to kitchen after dinner to get some snacks. When he does not have lectures, he will be busy causing ruckus anywhere in the school with anyone from any of the house. When he is bored he can also be seen practicing magic in empty classrooms. He is also very cheeky with his seniors and get them to bring something for him from Hogsmeade. I have especially observed that older girls all tend to like him. Though he is very naughty and fun loving he does not neglect his homework or studies. I am a bit proud to have him in my house", said Prof. Flitwick with a smile.

"Well when I had gone to meet him for the first time, I had seen his charms on other people. He knows that he is cute, and he takes full advantage of it. Atleast he did not cause too much trouble as he had promised me", said Prof. McGonagall