Deathly Hallows, Chapter 29: The Lost Diadem

[oneandthetruth]

Neville hugs the Trio and rather high-handedly tells Aberforth reinforcements are coming, and they should be sent along through the portrait hole, too. It’s no wonder Aberforth’s quarters look so shabby, with all those people running through them day and night.

As Neville and the Trio walk through the tunnel into Hogwarts, they update each other on

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[jana_ch]

Percy was Sorted too soon. He would have been much happier in another House, away from the horrible Twins--not to mention Ginny.

I often think he should have been a Slytherin for his ambition, or a Ravenclaw for his studiousness. But most likely he insisted on Gryffindor for the sake of family tradition, which (as I think you told me on another occasion) would indicate Hufflepuff. The twins would have humiliated him constantly for Sorting into the duffers' House, but better that than the House of Evil. They would have simply tortured him for being a Slytherin. At least he would have been able to escape into his own common room, whether Slyth, Claw, or Puff.

The parallel with Severus is surprisingly exact. The only place Severus could escape from his bullies and their magic map was inside his own House. He was literally at their mercy everywhere else in the entire school. He couldn't have avoided his Evil Housemates™ even if he had wanted to, since there was nowhere else for him to go. If he had Sorted Gryff, he might well have committed suicide before he finished school. Bullied kids sometimes do.