Bella almost chuckled; as if she'd be anywhere other than Slytherin. She didn't want to be disowned, after all. She was sure Phineas' sorting into Ravenclaw hadn't helped him at home much. Not that she was going to hold it against him, in fact she felt a little bad, but maybe some separation would be good for him.

"What's the best spell you learned?" She was so curious about the day-to-day at Hogwarts and Sirius had never been very forthcoming with information. Waiting two more years was going to be torture, especially after Arcturus left this September and she was left with just Cygnus for company.