Tydia Aquarius

Backstory

(Younger Student) When I received my Hogwarts letter on my eleventh birthday, April 1st, I knew exactly what it meant. At first, I thought it was just a joke, because it was on April 1st, ya know? My sister sometimes played pranks on me, or she comes up with all kinds of stuff, she knew I always wanted to get into Hogwarts where the rest of my family had gone to. How was I supposed to know she couldn't send an owl to our house from a magical school I'd always dreamed of? Anyway, my parents, Hugo Granger-Weasley and Aquarius Lovegood plus my sister & I were going to go shopping in Diagon Alley anyway and they figured they would need to get my supplies! The streets were crowded with witches and wizards from all over, young and old, I figured some must of been going into their first year as well! First, we visited Flourish and Blotts, my new favorite store with all the books I could ever want, from "The book of potions" to "My life as a Squib." We then visited Broomstix and Quality Quidditch Supplies to buy me any Quidditch supplies, I've been determined to get on the Quidditch team ever since my dad and I started playing in our backyard. Next, off to Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions, this store had all the school robes that I couldn't wait to wear, I'd wear them all over the house until I accidentally got a stain on them, Mum then had to wash them so they weren't all ruined before school. Potage's Cauldron shop must have been my next favorite, I adored cauldrons ever since I read "The wizard and the hopping pot". The coolest part of Diagon Alley was picking up potions gear. I just love magic! I finished with “Advanced potion-making” before school even started, thankfully, I didn't blow the house up after trying the Felix Felicis potion, I should have waited till at least year two to try that one!
(Younger Student, sorting) I was hoping to get into Gryffindor like dad, I always loved quidditch, bravery is definitely a part of me, Ravenclaw like Mum would be perfect, I love to read day and night with all the other nerds there, Hufflepuff wouldn't be all that bad, after all my favorite color of all time would be yellow. Then again, Slytherin gave me a weird feeling too, the house isn't as despised as it used to be, Uncle Albus Potter was put into Slytherin, I had mixed feelings about it -I definitely didn't hate it but I'd pick other houses as my first choice. My heart was set on Ravenclaw to honor Mum, even though she died before I got to say goodbye on King Cross, I just knew I'd be like her, witty and a book worm. My train of thought was interrupted when a teacher announced another name to go up for sorting, "TYDIA JULIET AQUARIUS!" I could feel my hands shaking in my pockets, walking up to the wooden stool with the weird talking hat which Dad always told my sister and I about. I couldn't see the hat's face as it was put on my head but I knew it was puzzled, just when I thought it would yell out my destined house it paused and added "Hmm I've had a few like you before, you're gonna be a good one, a mix of all four houses" everyone in the Great Hall started muttering, I guess usually they didn't get witches or wizards that were a mix of more than two or three houses but it does happen. My heart doubled in speed as it added " I think I'll put you in... no nevermind, how about... no that's not right..." it took another pause and declared "SLYTHERIN!" I knew it couldn't be right although I trusted the Sorting Hat, I didn't know what it had in store for me. A quarter of the students, the table on my far left started cheering as I stood up and walked over to them, they looked like they've clapped for their new Slytherins too many times before, but for me, it felt different, of course then I was completely oblivious to what my future was going to bring.