how do you feel towards your parents?
Phoenix wasn't sure how to answer the question. If she had been asked last year, when she had just been untransfigured from stone, she would have had said she hated them for abandoning her, for causing her to be turned into a stone in the first place.
Now though? She wasn’t sure. She hadn't seen them, hadn't wanted to see them. She was happy where she was. She might have missed them a tiny bit, but she'd never admit that to anyone.
"Indifferent, for the most part." she decided on that to answer the hats question.
"What is your favorite word?"
Did she have a favorite word? Not really. She didn't use one word more than another one. That she knew of, anyway. Maybe she used one more than another and didn't realize it.
She shrugged at the question, "I don't think I have a favorite word."
"What have you been looking forward to most about Hogwarts?"
This one didn't take much thought. "Being on the Quiddich team, and learning magical history."
"What does family mean to you?"
Phoenix took a moment to think about the question. What did family mean to her? She supposed it meant someone who watched out for you, claimed you as their own even if they didn't like you. Her Blood family wasn't the same as the family she had made for herself.
"To me, family means, always being on someone's side even if they're not making the best choices."
"Why did you choose 'Phoenix' as your name?"
"Phoenix means 'rebirth' in a way, right? And that... that's essentially what happened to me and the other kids that spent years as lawn ornaments."
She was surprised at how little thinking that answer had required.
"You've taken a disliking to one of your professors, what do you do about it?"
What would she do? Probably try to figure out why she didn't like them and change how she went about their classes. Or possibly just pay enough attention to stay out of their way and get help from another student because obviously she wasn’t going to pay enough attention to the teacher to be able to pass their class.
She didn't know how to answer the question so she didn't.
MJ made Phoenix's set!
Phoenix wasn't sure how to answer the question. If she had been asked last year, when she had just been untransfigured from stone, she would have had said she hated them for abandoning her, for causing her to be turned into a stone in the first place.
Now though? She wasn’t sure. She hadn't seen them, hadn't wanted to see them. She was happy where she was. She might have missed them a tiny bit, but she'd never admit that to anyone.
"Indifferent, for the most part." she decided on that to answer the hats question.
"What is your favorite word?"
Did she have a favorite word? Not really. She didn't use one word more than another one. That she knew of, anyway. Maybe she used one more than another and didn't realize it.
She shrugged at the question, "I don't think I have a favorite word."
"What have you been looking forward to most about Hogwarts?"
This one didn't take much thought. "Being on the Quiddich team, and learning magical history."
"What does family mean to you?"
Phoenix took a moment to think about the question. What did family mean to her? She supposed it meant someone who watched out for you, claimed you as their own even if they didn't like you. Her Blood family wasn't the same as the family she had made for herself.
"To me, family means, always being on someone's side even if they're not making the best choices."
"Why did you choose 'Phoenix' as your name?"
"Phoenix means 'rebirth' in a way, right? And that... that's essentially what happened to me and the other kids that spent years as lawn ornaments."
She was surprised at how little thinking that answer had required.
"You've taken a disliking to one of your professors, what do you do about it?"
What would she do? Probably try to figure out why she didn't like them and change how she went about their classes. Or possibly just pay enough attention to stay out of their way and get help from another student because obviously she wasn’t going to pay enough attention to the teacher to be able to pass their class.
She didn't know how to answer the question so she didn't.
MJ made Phoenix's set!