Seleana was so thrilled when she found herself sorted into Hufflepuff because her gran Winny had been Hufflepuff an she absolutely had hoped to be sorted as a puff instead of Slytherin as had been her granda Ebenezer or gran Seleana after whom she'd been named. She loved them both but their serious nature and all the trouble they'd gone through both during an after the war because they'd been Slytherin still bothered her.

Her father had told her that neither of her mum's parents had been on the side of the Deatheaters and had even used their influence to protect her during the war but that didn't make the worry about what they'd been called go away. The papers had said they were both too clever to be caught an that they'd used their wealth to support the Dark Lord only pretending to be coerced.. Seleana didn't believe the papers because she'd been there listening when the Deatheaters came, she'd heard them making rude comments about her parents being like muggles. She saw her granda send the offenders flying before they even knew his wand was in his hand and how he'd cowed them into silence. 

The war as she heard Headmistress McGonagal say was over but Seleana knew that many in the wizarding world thought of the present as a mopping up period. She'd been there when the men from the Ministry had come an questioned granda an gran their tones speaking volumes about what they heard as the truth. It had been gran Winny who'd said to gran Seleana that cowardice an vengeful thoughts would now be the true oppressors of wizardkind.

Thinking such thoughts Seleana felt guilty that she'd not wanted to be Slytherin so badly when she knew that her granda an gran were good people and that meant that no matter what people thought Slytherin could be good an honorable people. This helped make up her mind that she'd try and make friends with at least one if not more of the Slytherin.

This being her first year even if she'd qualified as a second year she was too nervous to simply walk over to the Slytherin table so remained seated as the feast was served.