Samira crossed one leg over the other and scanned the Great Hall. There were so many new first years! And they were so cute! The happiness of not being part of the youngest, and most inexperienced years at Hogwarts was amazing. Now she could be one of the older ones, possibly a tutor or mentor. The thought made her grin to herself. Ah... it was good to be back.


Samira grinned. Alright! So she didn't reject the idea. Good thing she didn't, because Samira wasn't used to (and didn't know how to deal with) rejection. It was one of her weaknesses she would never admit out loud. "My holiday was pretty great," answered Samira. It was a bit of a stretch, since she was so tired of traveling every time she wasn't at Hogwarts, but she couldn't say it wasn't interesting. "We toured Asia and Antarctica." That was not a memory she wanted to repeat. All the snow, and the cold, and the ice! The penguins were cute though...."What about you? Do anything special?"


Samira raised one sardonic eyebrow. "Did I stutter. This is the best House you could hope to be in." Of course, the other Houses may tend to disagree with that statement, but Samira knew it was true. Samira tried to keep herself from showing any annoyance or anger at the 'mean house' comment. She hated, hated, hated when some people would stereotype and label the Slytherin House just because of what they think they know or see. History is just that. History. There are no dark Wizards anymore, and some of the nicest people Samira met were fellow Slytherins. She decided to say just that. "Listen, I don't know what you've heard, or what other people may have told you, but Slytherin is not a house for the 'mean' people. Like I said, some just judge us because of our high ambition." Last time Samira checked, wanting to win was not a crime. Or classified you as 'mean'. She took a deep breath and said in a less fierce, more kind and reassuring tone, "I promise you, you'll make a lot of great friends in Slytherin." Starting with Samira, if and only if she cut all of the Slytherin bashing nonsense. "Most all the students are really nice. All I'm saying is, don't judge something you haven't experienced yet." Kind of like the saying 'don't judge a book by its cover', but Samira would never say a Muggle quote out loud.

The second year Snake also didn't mention how there were come snobs, and ones who thought they were better than others, but she could find that out on her own.

She glared again when the other girl started listing off practically all the other Houses. And why would anyone want to be in Hufflepuff? It didn't make sense? She tactfully skimmed over this part of the conversation and said evenly, "Hogwarts really is something to be excited about." That was an understatement. "You're right, I really do enjoy it, and I think you will too." Despite your lack of Slytherin Pride, Samira wanted to add, but didn't. She's warm up to the idea...eventually. "So where did you go before Hogwarts?" asked Samira conversationally.