Undesirable (George Weasley)

10

"I'm here to save lives, bravery is an understatement."

"Yes well, a girl from the future already stands out. Might as well make history for Hogwarts then... I'll say,
GRYFFINDOR!"

The hat erupted, and the Gryffindor table began cheering. I didn't move from the stool, as I knew what would happen after the first house was called.

"RAVENCLAW!" Instead of the usual cheering after an announcement, the hall grew quiet. People began yelling in concern, asking what was happening.

"SLYTHERIN!" The hat yelled again, and the shouting got louder. I heard footsteps begin to approach me, and I started panicking. Maybe convincing the hat if change was a bad idea.

"HUFFLEPUFF!" When the last house was called, the hat was arubtky pulled off my head. McGonagall peered down at me in confusion, as Dumbledore swiftly took to taking the attention away from myself.

"Silence! Thank you, welcome back new and old. Tuck in!" Students were shocked into silence now, afraid to drop even a fork.

"Come with me." Dumbledore said, and I quickly followed him out of the great hall. I heard multiple footsteps following us, and I turned to see Harry and George catching up with us.

We, which now included Dumbledore, each head of house, George and Harry, who each Professor eyed wearily, stood in an awkward circle in the middle of Dumbledore office.

"I - er - can explain." I started, only to be cut off.

"I knew this would happen eventually, so I called you all here to prepare. The profit stated our timeline has happened before, and great tragedy had become of it. I expected a student would evtually become The Savior, but I hadn't put the pieces together quick enough for me to realize it was Miss. LaBelle." McGongall gasped, and I felt every pair of eye shift to me. This was awkward.

"Are you sure, Albus?" McGongall asked, and Dumbledore gave a swift nod.

"Yes. Only she who processes all traits shall save the world from itself. She has qualities of every house so strong that the hat chose everyone. We must keep this at bay, tell the students the hat had been cursed. You will pose as a Gryffindor for now, Miss Labelle. If anyone asks you were a hat stall, then among the sorting the hat had been cursed. We have an eventful evening tonight, as I must announce the TriWizard Tournament. For now, everyone must have their focus on this event. Miss LaBelle and I will speak in private after tonight. Please escort Me. Weasley and Mr. Potter goes back to the great hall, and remains as calm as possible. I will answer questions from the professors after dinner." He dismissed it with a wave, and I felt like throwing up.

"So the Chosen One and The Savior, eh? And what I am, the next door neighbor?" George attempted to joke, but I felt the tears begin to come. Everything was going wrong, and going wrong so fast. I didn't know how to even think, and being overwhelmed only led towards an eventful downfalll of my mental health.

As we reached the great hall, George grabbed my hand and pulled me away from the door.

"Go on Harry, we'll follow you in a minute. Tell the others what happened." Harry acknowledged George's comment, yet walked with a glazed expression and his head down.

I couldn't keep the tears in anymore, and collapsed onto the ground. Before my knees hit the marble, George grabbed me from behind and carefully held me to his chest. He stroked the hair from my eyes, keeping it from sticking against my tear stricken face. I gripped at his robes, him holding and rocking me until I finally calmed down enough to talk.

I could hear Dumbledore begin the announcement of the Tri-Wizard Tournament, and how quickly the mood of the hall had changed. Everyone seemed to momentarily forgot my strange appearance, and now we were all conversing over such an extraordinary event. I wanted to scoff at the irrelevance to the whole thing, as it seemed small compared to how I now had to save an entire world from itself. Stupidly selfish, I guess some would call it. For me, it was some sick joke written into a glass hall at the Ministry.

"I can't do this, George." I said. And it was true, and I believed. I couldn't do this. I didn't even know magic was real until a couple months ago, I wasn't even in this time period a couple months ago! Why did I, a random person from the future, have to end up taking on a role too big for any child. I now knew how Harry felt. Continuously being overwhelmed, being mocked, stared at, pointed and prided like a circus performer. Harry was just a kid, and so was I.

"Sabrina, we don't even know what 'this' is yet. And it doesn't have to be you. And can be us, okay?" I looked up at him, and his eyes held a type of concerned I have never seen before on an individual. He made my heart beat faster, and I wished I could just get lost in his eyes and forget about everything that's happened.

"What do you mean, us?" I asked, and he took my hands.

"You are never alone, you have me, and Fred, and my whole family. I would never let you take on a prophecy on your own, whether your from the future or not. You're stuck with me, I'm afraid." He laughed a little, and because I just needed to hear his voice to feel better, I laughed too.

"Please never leave me." I said, and George looked at me surprised.

"I would never leave you." He said.