The Second Quest: A 2006 Informal Rush Story

[Jestor]

Behind me are mountains and a white cross.

In front of me, a castle with four houses.

Ravenclaw
Slytherin
Gryffindor
Hufflepuff

These are the houses that the Sorting Hat will go through in attempting to determine where best I fit. Here is the preliminary information I have on each:

Ravenclaw
The house that presently seems to have the greatest compatibility with me and as of this particular moment, very much have the inside track. Ravenclaw is my favourite Hogwarts house, hence why I have assigned to them.

Slytherin
Like the wizarding world Slytherin, so goes it with this Greek world Slytherin. Greek friends and Non-Greek friends (the Muggles of the Greek world) have universally condemned this house on the national level. Anger and annoyance follow Slytherin in the main... Yet, I will keep an open mind, and like with the wizarding Slytherin, so too does this Greek Slytherin whisper of power, immense power.

Gryffindor
A choice of irony on my part, for the most-well known house of the wizarding world is the most unknown and mysterious to me. Those of my friends that I spoke to had no knowledge of them either.

Hufflepuff
The house I loathe most in Hogwart's and despise unequivocally. While I am keeping an open mind here with all of these houses, this one seems disorganized and my past experiences with other members of this group on the national level have left me with a sour taste in my mouth. They are quite likely going to be the very first to be dropped, but anything can happen when the Sorting Hat is put on.

These impressions are all ones gained from a distance, as they call to me from the sea and I have called back from the mountain peaks.

It will be only when I go to the sea that I shall see.

And yes, we all shall see.

Addendum: The colours of the Houses should not be construed in any way, shape, or form to be indicative of the fraternities' colours. Rather, the colours used are those of the respective Hogwarts' Houses.

[tinydancer]

Good luck to you! I like the Hogwarts theme. Gryffindor was my code name for Gamma Phi Beta when I was going through AI and not wanting to tell until it was official.

[AchtungBaby80]

Ooooh...finally a rush thread with a manageable number of chapters that won't confuse my poor little tired brain!

[Jestor]

Thanks guys.

Unfortunately, I have terrible news to report.

I just received a letter via owl informing me that Slytherin will be no more at the conclusion of this school year. While I would not estimate the probability of my joining Salazar's house as overly great, it is always a tragedy and a very sad event when we lose a House.

This has made me all the more determined to inject energy and commitment to the cause of all the Houses when I join, no matter which one is the mutual selection in the end.

All of the Houses, even before this occurrence, have been reported to me as being tight-knit, a unified Hogwarts determined to survive and thrive.

The demise of Slytherin makes the combined forces and united front all the more important.

The Voldemortian dream of a dead Greek community must not happen.

[Buttonz]

I lvoe the names. I don't know how you don't like Hufflepuff though

Good luck

[oceanphi01]

I love the code names. I wish you lots of luck and will definitely keep reading your story!

[KDMafia]

Displaying my incredibly geekish knowledge of Harry Potter:
Hufflepuff's colors are Yellow and Black

[James]

Every time i see the name "KDMafia" I just crack up

Where did you get it from?

Originally posted by KDMafia
Displaying my incredibly geekish knowledge of Harry Potter:
Hufflepuff's colors are Yellow and Black

[KDMafia]

James,

Me, and six others of my sisters' opinions were always very well respected in the sorority, whether it would be for recruitment or for election of e-boards among other things. We used to joke that we were like the KDMafia "If we dont like you, the family doesn't like you" kinda thing.

But don't worry, we weilded out power in a benevolent way

[Jestor]

Correction noted. For some reason I thought Hufflepuff was green/yellow.

Whilst I was on board the Hogwarts Express, owls were exchanged back and forth in that curious, schizophrenic fragmentation one finds in dreams, where split times can simultaneously juxtapose and no one minds.

Thus, while missives flew to and fro with their messengers, always the Sorting Hat was on my head as I sat in the banquet hall, all eyes on me in the mind's eye.

And then it was done.

My decision reached in the blink of a bird's wing; leaps of faith made.

Sorted I am and accepted I am.

[adpi*violet]

I'm confused.... How can you be sorted and accepted already without even attending the college yet?

[Glitter650]

Originally posted by KDMafia
James,

Me, and six others of my sisters' opinions were always very well respected in the sorority, whether it would be for recruitment or for election of e-boards among other things. We used to joke that we were like the KDMafia "If we dont like you, the family doesn't like you" kinda thing.

But don't worry, we weilded out power in a benevolent way

HiJack... hehhe My family in the sorority is the same way we are the Stellar Mafia... all of us held E board positions (two Archons), went to almost everything, no one in my family has ever disaffiliated etc...

[Jestor]

Originally posted by adpi*nurse
I'm confused.... How can you be sorted and accepted already without even attending the college yet?

As PenguinTrax has indicated in another thread, in.. Greek Life?, I want to say it is, Greek culture in my home state is very casual relative to other regions of the country.

I'd been communicating via email with three of the four fraternities before I got the news that one is folding after the spring semester.

That left three. One is colonizing and thus, I had no interest in them. It's nothing against the fraternity itself or the guys in it; I just wanted to be in a fraternity that has tradition and history on the campus they're at.

Down to two.

One of the fraternities never contacted me at all, which made me feel unwanted by them. Thus, I eliminated them.

That left just one and the choice was clear.

I stopped by the house on my way home, as the college is en route to my hometown from my old univeristy; I talked to the guys, was offered a bid, and accepted. Roughly an hour later, a good portion of my stuff was moved in temporary storage in the house, awaiting my return and full move-in before the spring semester, after they get done playing musical rooms (As two of the guys are graduating and moving out).

It's funny... I entered the house and I had the sense that I was breathing in fresh air. It was more beautiful to me than most of the houses I visited at Wyoming, save for one. I felt at home, truly at home. The architecture, the design of the house... it reminded me in some vague way interiorwise of my first and still dream school.

Then, when I met the others in the house, it was like we'd all known each other for years. I didn't feel like I had to be presentational or play a role like I did during fall rush... I felt relaxed and easy, like my true self.

Ravenclaw won in the end... and in this case, Ravenclaw is....

Delta Sigma Phi at UW-La Crosse!!!!

[mmcat]

a happy ending is always a good thing...particulary when "magic" could be involved.

[Buttonz]

Congrats. I hope that your happy at your new home