The Riddle: The Philosopher Stone ( Shifting Script/ Harry Potter Fan-fiction )

Chapter 4:

Me: " I'm Hazel, Hazel Riddle! Nice to meet you Cedric. So what's your favorite thing about Hogwarts?"

He laughed a little looking down at his plate and back at me

Cedric: " I really enjoy Charms class, but you seem like a Charms kind of girl as well."

My eyebrows raised

Me: " Oh? Is that so?"

We chuckled. I could tell I was blushing. He was quite handsome. And funny. Harry turned to be a Gryffindor, which was no surprise at all. We kept talking until Dumbledore gave a speech and let out a bunch of food. Everyone was walking to different tables talking to their friends. I went to the Slytherin table just to talk about how being a Hufflepuff was going and talking about Cedric to Sage.

Sage: " Oh really? A charms girl? Not bad."

I giggled with her. Ron and Harry wanted to stay at their table and get to know everyone. I was sitting in front of her towards the wall and she was eating with her back to the other three tables. We were talking about Nearly Headless Nick and his jokes until I heard a familiar voice once again.

Draco: " *Pfft* Does Riddle think Diggory actually likes her? How much of a twat are you?" He was saying, chuckling to his two 'friends' Goyle and Crabbe. I glared at him with anger while Sage was rolling her eyes. I came back with,

Me: " What are you obsessed with me now? You know, since you have come up to me, what, 4 times already to talk to me? Besides, I would rather be a twat and like him instead of be mad and like you Draco!"

Oh Merlin, I keep calling him Draco, he goes by Malfoy.

Draco: " I go by Malfoy, Riddle! It looks like you need some sort of potion to remember certain things."

He says, not caring at all, I say,

Me: " Well, mAlFoY, maybe you should learn to mind your own beeswax."

Me and Sage give each other a high five. He then stands up from the bench and pulled out a,

Draco: " At least my uncle is not THE Dark Lord himself."

Card. His sentence made everyone go quiet at the Slytherin table. Then all the tables were quiet. Quiet where you could hear crickets chirping. My cheeks were burning. I was gassed. How dare he speak to me this way. Sage was about to go full on rage, until I glared at her with a 'don't-do-anything' look. I stood up from the bench and walked in front of the room that was as dead silent as Merlin himself and went up to him and slapped him across the face on his cheek. He fell to the side and landed on the floor next to the gryffindor bench. Crabbe and Goyle were about to help him get back until I gave them a death stare. They backed away and I looked at Draco who was- MALFOY I was looking at MALFOY who was holding onto his cheek with his hand and looking at me scared.

Me: " You shouldn't be speaking to me that way not only because your parents are servants to my uncle but also because he isn't my uncle. I will never consider him as my uncle, AND I-"

While saying this he was getting up and trying to walk backwards away from me but I kept walking towards him in the silent crowd continuing to speak,

Me: "WILL NEVER BE LIKE HIM BECAUSE AFTER WHAT HE DID AND KILLED ALL THOSE INNOCENT PEOPLE AND KILLING MY PARENTS, I SPIT ON HIS GRAVE."

He stopped because now he was at the wall next to the door not being able to move because I was in front of him looking him straight in the eye. I didn't realize that tears were rolling down my cheek and I forgot that I said all those words in front of over 1,000 people. Professor McGonagall laid a hand on my shoulder, making me flinch and turn while she smiled at me to come with her. I saw Sage who was giving me a thumbs up, letting me know I did a good job. We went to the staff table where not only were the teachers sitting there staring at me, but also THE Albus Dumbledore looking at me. He took my hand and told me,

Dumbledore: " I am very proud of you young witch, and I am glad to have you here at Hogwarts."

I smiled, using my other hand to wipe away my tears as everyone was cheering for me. Even Harry, Ron and Sage. The Hufflepuffs seemed to be happy that they had a strong independent girl like me in their house. Draco immediately saying,

Draco: " Wait until my father hears about this!"

And he did, his father was furious as he insulted someone related to the person who they were loyal to.

It was night time, with magic, the professors unloaded everything and put them in our own drawers. There wasn't enough space for each house for one more person so they made a room that four people could live in and I was chosen to sleep there for my year with three other houses. There were four doors that led to each person's house. The other person from the other house could not go as they would immediately be pushed back like a gust of wind. Those three other girls were Sage, Hermione Granger, and Luna Lovegood. I was glad to have Sage, but I didn't know about Hermione and Luna. Hermione was so annoying and cocky, but she seemed to have her stuff together. Luna was very shy and quiet. Which was good actually. She was also very nice and gave us all a necklace to keep out the ' wrackspurts ' from getting into your brain. I was confused but thankful that she was kind enough to hand us these. I was also very thankful that I would have Sage because I was only usually comfortable being with Sage and sleeping with her since we have had a lot of sleepovers. It felt good to share a room with all of them. I went to bed with a smile on my face, hoping that tomorrow would be as good.