Eurydice had been looking forward to attending Hogwarts New Zealand for as long as she could remember. It was also pretty cool that she would be attending with a lot of her cousins and they were a lot because as far as she knew she would have five cousins around and her Kael-nii. Everything looked so pretty and new. The Sorting Ceremony though was probably going to take ages. The singing hat though was quite amusing and her mother had already told her that it was old, old, old magic which Eury found fascinating. She was told as well that the Hat could see inside her head to determine which house would best suit her or what house she would like to go to. She didn't really have a preference for the house, though being in her parents' house would certainly be interesting. Tizi-nii had been a Hufflepuff like Mum after all and Jai-nii and Kael-nii were Slytherins just like Daddy. She wasn't entirely fussed, she thought all of the colors would look pretty on her. She was only brought out of her musings when her cousins were getting sorted as she cheered for each one - she was quite surprised that they were all in different houses. Like one per house. That was pretty cool. She didn't really pay attention to the rest of the sorting until her name was called.
"Nightray, Eurydice."
Eury practically skipped to the front though scrunched her nose when she saw up close just how old the Sorting Hat was. She hoped it didn't smell like Great-Grandpa Charles. Or like the other kids because she realized that the Hat had been on a lot of kids' heads.
She was relieved when the Sorting Hat did not smell like Great-Grandpa Charles. And that the Sorting Hat did not stink after being on the other kids' heads. "Do you go in the laundry after Sorting?" she asked softly because she sort of didn't want to embarrass the Hat in case he did not get clean after this whole affair but she was also curious. She probably should have asked the ancient artifact other mind-boggling questions related to the mysteries of the world or her future house but cleanliness really seemed to be the most pressing matter.
"I do not, given that with magic things can be easily cleaned...but that is not the conversation for now...Instead we should focus on where you'll go. You certainly enjoy having things go your way...so I hope this does go your way...Hufflepuff,"
