For the first time in her life since her mother's death, she was worried. Not scared. Just a little nervous. Jen knew she was next (or close enough) from the obvious alphabetical order the names were being called out in. She was shivering. And it wasn't cold, for goodness sake! At least she wasn't the only one. A lot of firsties around her seemed a lot more scared. Which she wasn't.

"Moss, Jennifer."

Okay, she was a little scared. A lot scared. Jennifer stumbled up to the stool and nervously awaited the sorting hat's decision. Oh no, it was going to talk.

"Hmmm. Ravenclaw material, definetely. A whole Slytherin family. Tell me, what house do you not want to be in?"

"H-H-Hufflepuff. Not Gryffindor either." Was it just her that could hear the hat, or was it the whole school sat in front of her too? Maybe she was imagining it's voice 'cause she was nervous.

"Ahh, I see. Then it'll have to be...

SLYTHERIN!"

Whew. Worry over. Everything was all better now. Awesome. Slytherin. Not Hufflepuff.