#Gryffindor Iñaki is actually Imelda's Boggot

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#MCtober2024 - Week 3 Alternate House AU

Based on lamieboo's #MCtober2024 event (click on #MCtober for more info).

When I first checked out Pottermore when it came out and did the house sorting quiz, I would always end up being a hat stall and could pick either Gryffindor or Hufflepuff. Most of times I would take it on other sites, my end result would essentially be GryffinPuff.

So here we have Iñaki (since she is sort of based off my younger self) in the two alternative houses that she could be in if she wasn't so dead set convincing the sorting hat to put her in Slytherin to avoid making friends.

Gryffindor AU - Relationship Changes

Imelda Reyes

I think that as a Gryffindor, she would be Imelda's worst nightmare. While Iñaki isn't much of a Quidditch player back in the States, in the UK, she end up joining the sport when Natty convinces her to try out for the chaser position. She ends up being one of the best chasers Gryffindor has had in a while. Where in the main universe where she is a Slytherin and is Imelda roommate who eventually becomes as close to her as a sister due to their shared Hispanic culture and a friendly sibling-like rivalry, as a Gryffindor (and to a minor extend, as a Hufflepuff) her relationship with Imelda is one of a frienemy rivalry where the two girls are always trying to one up each other and they have a mutrual respect for each other.

Natsai Onai

In Gryffindor, Natty becomes Iñaki main to-go person, moreso since when she is in Gryffindor, Natty is Iñaki's roommate. The two are the last people who you expect to get in trouble or go hunting down for evidence since while on the surface, they seem like goody-two shoes, it allows them to use that cover to get out of more trouble than most people expect they would get in. Where when Iñaki was in Slytherin in the main universe and was two peas in a pod with Sebastian, in this universe, you wouldn't find Natty without Iñaki  and vice versa. You would somethings hear more tales of a strange spotted big cat (aka Jaguar Iñaki) hanging out with a strange deer creature (aka Gazelle Natty) in the Forbidden forest.

Sebastian Sallow

Where in the main universe where he and Iñaki are two peas in a pod, best friends that you've ever seen, in the Gryffindor AU, to Iñaki, Sebastian is someone she sort of sees as a rival since their DADA duel and someone she would be sassy with. There are less conversations between the two compared to when she is in Slytherin due to the two house being rivals and also because she doesn't spend as much time with him compare to the Slytherin Iñaki. Sebastian is the one who seeks her compared to when she is in Slytherin (they both equally seek each other out). In short, Sebastian has his work cut out for him to be Iñaki's friend instead of rival, never mind being her main person in this AU. Heck, he even has a hard time being her rival since Imelda called dibs on it first due to quidditch.

Hufflepuff AU - Relationship Changes

Poppy Sweeting

The two were assigned to be roommates and they click pretty fast after bonding together over a cat that was sleeping on Iñaki's bed. The difference between Iñaki being in Slytherin and in Hufflepuff with her is that in Hufflepuff, the two girls tend to sneak out to have late night convos in the kitchens and Iñaki ends up showing Poppy her jaguar form before offering to teach Poppy to be an animagus when Poppy gains interest in learning how to be one (Poppy ends up being either a Great Pyrenes or Hippogriff because of this reddit post). They end up being known as the oddball duo in the school and you can commonly find them in the Beasts outdoor classroom.

Sebastian Sallow

As far as Hufflpuff Iñaki goes, she is on better terms with Sebastian since there isn't a House rivalry to be concerned with. She does find it more annoying since Sebastian assume loyalty is due to her house and not just being her friend. While he is her friend, he's not directly her main person to go to - that honor belongs to either Poppy or Natty (depending who she finds first). Their banter is more like of close classmates rather than friends and it takes a longer time for Iñaki to let him in surprisingly enough (compared to her Gryffindor self) since while they do team up in Crossed Wands, Iñaki doesn't really think much about him unless he looks for her since there isn't really a house rivalry between them to keep her attention on him. To Iñaki, Sebastian is another classmate and who happens to be friendly and it will take the entire school year before they end up becoming close friends (which is why Iñaki says that line to him in the pic, she does consider him a good friend by that point). Just know, Sebastian is always the first one to offer being her partner in class since it's the only way Iñaki will actually speak to him - he simps harder for Iñaki here to be her friend while the rest of the class thinks his not-so-secret crush is so obvious (to the point, Iñaki is wondering about it as well). In Slytherin ironically enough, it is the easiest for him to hide his crush for her since they are always together unlike when Iñaki is a Hufflepuff where he's trying to get her attention to be seen as more than a classmate and trying to be her friend.