the_debt_of_time

"My mum was a Slytherin," she said with a shrug. "Just because it's tradition that
they sort us into separate houses doesn't mean that it's correct. They try to divide us this
way because it's tradition, but we all mingle in the world once we leave Hogwarts. You can
still be friends with her, you know."
"No idea what you're talking about," Snape said with glaring eyes that focused on
the Gryffindor table where Lily sat, purposely ignoring the ruckus that James and Sirius
were causing beside her.
Mia shrugged. "If you say so."
The Gryffindors continued celebrating—egged on by Sirius and James—so loudly
that Professor McGonagall had to pause the Sorting to throw a few sternly worded threats
to her own House if they did not calm themselves. When she returned to stand beside the
stool, she looked down at the parchment in her hands in irritation before calling out,
"Potter, Mia!"
Mia muttered a polite, "It's actually pronounced My-uh," to Professor McGonagall
as the hat was dropped on her head. The last thing that she saw before the hat fell over her
eyes was the expectant expressions on the faces of James, Sirius, and Remus all waiting
eagerly for her to join them at the Gryffindor table.
"Hmm.. ." whispered a voice in her ear. "Well, this is interesting. Wasn't expecting
someone like you, Miss Granger."
Potter, Mia silently corrected.
"Ah, but you know you can't keep secrets from me. I can see every little puzzle
inside your mind. Past, present, and future. Although for you I suppose all three are the
same, aren't they?"
Mia impatiently sighed, thinking, Just put me in Gryffindor, please.
"Are you sure? It seems Ravenclaw was an option your first time around. You've
got a clever mind indeed, very brilliant and talented, too. You'd do well in Ravenclaw."
I wouldn't be challenged in Ravenclaw, she mentally countered, determined not to end up
anywhere but Gryffindor.
"No, no, you don't absorb knowledge for the fun of it, you like to use it, don't you?
You take what your mind absorbs, and you use it. Very resourceful. Very cunning. Very
ambitious."