Imogen Reeves

crazybutperfectlysane on Tumblr made a post saying "So I was rereading Harry Potter, when I came across this & thought - what if instead of Cedric Diggory, Cassius Warrington had been chosen to compete in the Triwizard Tournament? Imagine Dumbledore calling out the name of the Hogwarts champion and it isn't a Gyffindor, or a Ravenclaw, or even a Hufflepuff, but it's a Slytherin. A student from a House most people hate. Imagine Cassius Warrington getting up, and three of the four houses are booing at him and shouting things like "NO!" or, "We can't have a Slytherin champion!" or demanding a retry. But he's a Slytherin - he's been dealing with this shit since he got sorted, so he keeps his head high & joins the other champions. Imagine Harry trying to catch Warrington alone because he doesn't really want to associate with Slytherin (plus Malfoy has this tendency of being around this guy ALL THE TIME since he got chosen), but at the same time he's also fair enough not to want him to walk into the first task unprepared. Imagine walking into Warrington walking over to Harry a few months later, and Ron & Hermione both jump into a protective stance, wands out, but instead of attacking Harry he just tells him to stick the egg underwater. (Because Slytherins don't forget those who helped them out). Imagine Warrington & Harry helping each other out in the labyrinth. Imagine Harry being devastated when Peter kills Warrington - because Voldemort doesn't care what house they're from, a spare is a spare. Imagine the uproar that causes among the Slytherins, because some of their parents really are Death Eaters & they know what really happened. Imagine Slytherins fighting in the Battle of Hogwarts and shouting "This is for Cassius!" I love have loved this because it would have driven home the quote "You fail to recognize that it matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be!" which Dumbledore says later on in the book as well as show the Slytherins using their Resourcefulness, Determination, Ambition etc for good