The Turning Tables of Fate

Magic simply put is a fictional idea that most ponder for a moment and then completely put it out of their minds. Magic is very much alive and well as it flows through the blood of select human beings that are trained in the art at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Unimaginable adventures await the lucky students that attend the school providing them with chances to find themselves and to find allies that they may need at a time like this. Four more muggles were found missing and were reported to the Ministry of Magic and two more wizards were found dead, times are dark not as how they should be as a new generation of young wizards excitedly ready themselves to start attending the school. This is where our story begins with the poor generation of Hogwarts students that suffered the most from what occurred in the bleakest moment in the history of magic.

"Platform nine and three quarters? Is there such a thing mum?" A small girl questioned aloud as she pushed a small cart with suitcases in front of her, a small ginger colored cat strolled almost arrogantly next to her. The woman whom the question was asked to looked down at the girl next to her, in truth she didn't know herself. Hell up until a few months ago she had thought that her daughter was like every other child on the planet Earth, than they had gotten the letter from the wizarding school Hogwarts needless to say it was a welcomed surprise. She smiled as she looked down at the brown eyes of the lightly pale girl next to her.

"Of course there is." She simply stated figuring that it was a safe enough response. The young girl next to her nodded and followed her mother as they continued to walk down King's cross station, she noticed another girl around her age seemingly in the same predicament that she was in. The difference the other girl seemed to know where she was going. She discretely watched the girl a small strand of brown hair fell in front of her face, she brushed it away. Why she had decided now to grow out her hair was still a mystery to her.

"Silvia don't stare." The girl nodded looking away at the exact moment that the other girl briefly turned to look in her direction. Silvia kept her gaze straight ahead of her until she noticed something rather peculiar; the girl she had been observing disappeared into a solid wall between the platforms ten and nine. The woman and man that had been walking behind her ran towards the wall and disappeared just like the girl had. Silvia stopped it seemed that she had found the platform; she'd have to find the girl and thank her.

"Mum I think this is it." Silvia stated walking over towards the wall that the other girl had run towards; she noticed that her mother was giving her a questioning look. A sense of fear pulsed through her as she started to run towards the platform, she closed her eyes as she hit the wall. Silvia opened her eyes and stared out in front of her, there before her was platform nine and three quarters. She heard a small gasp from behind her; it was her mother who had apparently ran into the wall after her. A hand placed itself on her shoulder as Silvia stopped in front of a black and red train with gold lettering reading 'Hogwarts Express'. Silvia looked up and noticed that her father was smiling down at her with a reminiscent look in his eyes.

"Now remember to be safe Silvia. Hogwarts is a safe place but it never hurts to be even more careful." Silvia simply nodded as her bags were placed in the baggage compartment; her father pulled her into a hug only letting her go when her mother pulled her away so that she could hug her.

"We love you Silvia, and you'll be missed." Her mother stated before letting her go, Silvia looked at both her parents before she turned around picked up her cat and boarded the train.

"Integra remember to pay attention in your classes." A girl with pale yellowish skin and icy blue eyes looked up towards her parents both of whom were looking at her with a saddened look. A momentary saddened feeling pulsed through her as she nodded to what her father had said; she secretly wished that her brother had been able to see her off. A small snake slithered itself up her arm as she bent down, it rested happily around her neck looking almost like a necklace. She quickly hugged both her parents before turning to board the train in front of her, a sense of excitement pulsed through her at the moment that she walked into the train.

"Excuse me." A boy a year older then her stated as he walked past her, Integra looked at the area around her everywhere it seemed that there were kids her age and up wearing the same uniform: It consisted of a white buttoned shirt, a thick grey v-neck jumper, a pleated skirt for the girls while the boys wore grey trousers, black plain shirt and an open black tied robe. She let out a small breath that she hadn't noticed she was holding as she spotted a familiar red haired girl standing next to a boy with black hair. Lily and Severus.

"Integra over here." She heard Lily call as she walked over towards them, a pair of boys following behind her.

"Where are you heading, if you've got the choice?"

"Gryffindor, where dwell the brave of heart! Like my dad." Integra heard one the two boys' state as they stopped walking behind her waiting for her to sit down. Both Lily and Integra noticed Severus react to what the boy had just said.

"Got a problem with that?" The boy who had spoken earlier questioned, he had seen Severus' reaction and wasn't pleased by it at all. The second boy raised an eyebrow as he peeked to look into the compartment.

"No. If you'd rather be brawny then brainy…" Severus stated as Integra sat down next to him, they noticed how both of the boys were looking at him with anger clear in both their facial expression and in their eyes.

"What's your name?" One of the boys questioned. He had hazel eyes that were hidden behind glasses and black hair.

"Severus Snape." Both boys let out a light chuckle.

"More like Snivellus Snape." The other boy stated. His grey eyes showing at tint of amusement.

"You have no right call him that." Lily stated as Integra shot them a glare that would have scared away a Demetor. Both boys shrugged and walked away looking for an open cabin. Integra frowned for a moment as she continued to glare at the boys; she shook her head and sighed when she felt someone tap her shoulder.

" They're not worth your time." Severus stated as he motioned towards the sliding door as it opened, there stood a pale girl with brown hair that barley passed her shoulders, and brown eyes. Silvia.

"Found you guys." She stated happily as she sat closed the sliding door behind her and sat happily next to Lily, a ginger colored cat sat at happily at her feet.

"Vell zis isn't taking forever." A girl stated as she looked out the window towards the crowds of parents waving madly at the train, a small glint of hope appeared in her eyes as she saw a woman with curly black hair walk by. She sighed letting the idea that it could be her mom run through her mind though she knew fairly well that her mother and father had already left, she couldn't blame them crowds weren't really their cup of tea. She turned away from the window once she heard the sliding door to the cabin she was sitting in open, a small girl around her age peeked in and smiled over at her.

"Is anyone sitting here?" She questioned her motioning towards the empty seats. She shook her head and watched as the girl smiled and walked into the cabin closing the door behind her, she sat across from her.

"Hello."

"Allo."

"I'm Rose Parkinson."

"Syn Sparrow." The girl, Rose, looked pleasantly surprised as Syn gave her a small smile. They both turned their attention towards the door once it opened again two figures stood standing in the door way. A girl with blonde hair with black streaks stood there next to a boy with platinum blonde hair and aristocratic features, they both stood there for a moment in silence.

"Is someone sitting there?" The boy questioned motioning to the two empty seats; Syn shook her head and turned away looking out the window once again. She turned back to look into the cabin once she felt the seat sink down a little as someone sat down next to her, it was the boy.

"I'm Narcissa Black." The girl stated looking at both Rose and Syn, she seemed to be waiting for something. Approval maybe?

" Lucius Malfoy." The boy stated taking in the reaction of the girls around him, well wasn't he lucky he was in a cabin where the only other people were girls.

"I'm Rose Parkinson."

"Syn Sparrow. It seems zat ve are all pure bloods." Syn stated, she noticed that they had all noted her heavy Russian accent. She looked around noting how every one of them had features that screamed out pure blood or at least pointing them out as aristocratic offspring.

"Where are you from?" Narcissa stated, Syn hesitated for a moment as she realized that although to them she was the one with the weird accent, to her they all had weird accents that she had heard often from her father.

"Syn Sparrow, you're from St. Petersburg, Russia." The boy Lucius stated before she could answer leaving her to nod indicating that what he had said was true.

"I thought you were going to attend Beauxbatons Academy of Magic." Narcissa stated.

"How did you know zat?" She questioned, they noted how she had made the h sound more like the way a Spanish j sounded and that the u was dragged out slightly as like if she were to say boot.

"My mother is friends with your mother." Narcissa stated offering a friendly smile at her; Syn nodded and noticed how the scenery had changed. When had they left the station?

"Trolly cart dearies." A woman stated as she opened the door and motioned to a cart with sweets on it, Syn noticed how Rose and Narcissa got up and hand the woman their money before grabbing something to eat.

"You are from ze Slytherin House." Syn stated rather than questioned, Lucius merely nodded at her statement. Narcissa and Rose looked at the pair as they quietly ate the sweets that they had bought.

"I vant to be in zat house as vell." Rose nodded in agreement to Syn statement. Lucius smirked as he looked at them an approving glint in his eyes. Slytherin was the best house in his opinion after all it is the house that homes the best of the best, and very few mud bloods and muggle borns ever make it into the Slytherin pure bloods made up the majority, that is how it should be. Of course Lucius didn't tell them that they would be sorted into Slytherin that wasn't his place that was the Sorting Hat's job not his.

"We'll see what happens." He stated noting that Syn had looked away from him instead she had turned her attention to a ginger cat that had walked into the cabin, how it had opened the door to the cabin perplexed them all.

"Mr. Bonkers there you are." A pale English girl with brown hair and brown eyes stated with a hint of relief, the cat looked at Syn as it was picked up. Another girl walked up to the girl who had picked up the cat, she had pale yellowish skin and icy blue eyes that were hidden behind glasses her hair was up in a bun, she was of Asian descent.

"Sorry. I'm Silvia Sharp and this is my cat Mr. Bonkers." She stated as a light red tint of embarrassment made its way to her cheeks, the other girl merely shook her head and looked at the group in front of her.

"I'm Integra Sweeney and we should be going Lily and Severus are waiting." She stated leaving the four pure bloods in slight curiosity.

" Half-blood." Lucius muttered under his breath so only he could hear. The rest of the ride train ride consisted of Narcissa and Rose talking about their families and whatnot. Syn and Lucius stayed quiet up until Rose showed them her wand, it was a 10" unicorn hair vine wand. It was visually appealing and Rose was more than proud to show it off.

"What's your wand look like Syn?" Rose questioned drawing Syn away from her thoughts. Syn got up and reached into a small bag that sat next to her, an 11 ½" elm wood dragon heartstring wand sat in her hand. Syn smiled down at her wand taking in the features that had captured her eyes the etchings were what made her wand different, they covered the bottom of her wand decorating it in an odd fashion.

"It's nice." Rose offered as a complement.

"What house do you think we'll get sorted into?" Lily questioned her friends; they all shrugged though Severus clearly knew which house he preferred to be sorted into.

"Does it really matter as long as we all get sorted together." Silvia stated earning a nod from her friends, they hoped to all be sorted into the same house, and though they knew the chances of that happening were slim they still hoped. Lily let out a chuckle at something Integra had whispered to her causing curiosity to overwhelm Silvia.

"That's your wand?" Lily asked as she marveled at the wand that Integra held in her hand, she had been using it as a hair stick to keep her bun up. It was a 7" Rosewood Dragon Heartstring wand and needless to say it looked powerful. Integra nodded answering Lily's question.

"Silvia what does your wand look like?" Integra questioned as she placed the wand back in her hair, Silvia reached into her jacket and pulled out a 10" dark oak hippogriff wand. Lily smiled as she looked at the wand it looked elegant in Silvia's hand as if it were proud of its owner.

"Lily your turn." Silvia stated as she put her wand away only for her wand to be replaced by Lily's wand. Lily held a 10 ¼" willow swishy wand in her hand, Integra smiled at Lily somehow knowing that Lily would have chosen a wand made from a willow. Lily smiled back as she placed her wand back in a small pouch in her robe. They began chatting about what they expected Hogwarts to bring to them after all they were all away from home for the first time, they had left England for Scotland and it would hopefully only bring them adventure.

"I heard that there are more purebloods this year than in past years." Integra stated nonchalantly as she looked out a window noting how the scenery changed and that they were slowing down slightly.

"Yeah I've heard the same. The Ministry has apparently noticed too." Silvia stated as the train came to a complete stop. Not even minute later eager young wizards crowded the aisle trying to get off the train and either head for a boat or a carriage that was waiting them. Integra opened the door and immediately bumped into a girl with black hair that was straight with only the bottom half of her hair curled into large relaxed curls, she turned to look at Integra and she immediately recognized her as the girl she had met before.

"I'm sorry." Integra stated as the girl looked at her with a slight smile.

"It's okay." The girl stated before walking away, Integra shrugged and motioned for her friends to exit the cabin and entire the crowded aisle.

"Hurry up now." A man stated as he directed the first years towards the boats that would take them across the lake that stood between them and Hogwarts. Integra nodded a hello and walked over towards an empty boat motioning for her friends to follow her.

"Alright that seems to be all of ye'." The man stated, he was tall probably half giant Integra deduced as he made a motion with his hands and the boats began their voyage across the lake. Silvia smiled as Hogwarts drew closer to them, it was made to look like a castle with towers poking out at the sky, and the light that could be seen in the windows of the school seemed to welcoming them with open arms. Severus got off of the boat first offering them a hand as they tried to get out of the boat, a man with a cat at his side stood there waiting for them a scowl was placed on his lips as he took in the amount of first years. His cat meowed next to him showing the discomfort that he felt.

"Alright follow me." He stated not caring if they heard him, he led them through castle stopping at the top of a grand staircase where a woman dressed in a black robe walked out of the room in front of them a stern expression adorned her features.

"I am professor McGanagall. Behind me is the Great Hall where you will be sorted into your respective houses. Follow me please." She stated as she turned and walked through the doors that would determine their fate. Integra let out a small smile as she took in the decorations of the Banquet Hall candles were floating in the air above the returning students who were all observing them as they walked in, after all by the end of the night each house would have a few new members.

"When I call your name step up and sit down in this chair. I will place the sorting hat on your head and you will be told what house you belong to. The houses are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Once you have been sorted you are to join your will sit at your respective table." Professor McGanagall stated as she held up a hat a few of the students around Integra frowned or looked taken aback by the appearance of the hat.

"Oh you may not think I'm pretty, but don't judge me on what you see, I'll eat myself if you can find a smarter hat then me." The hat stated drawing a few looks of surprises from the students around Syn.

"Right. Let's get started." Professor McGanagall stated before taking out a long list of names, a few of the students around Syn looked scared for the judgment.

"Black, Sirius." A boy with light skin and wavy black hair stepped forward a look of determination in his eyes.

"Hm… another Black….you'd do well in Slytherin but also Gryffindor…hmm your mind seems to be made up. Are you sure? Yes? Okay then GRYFFINDOR." A look of shock appeared on many of the Slytherin house members, people from the Black family had always been sorted into Slytherin ALWAYS.

Integra watched as more and more first years were called up and then sorted. An applause was always heard when the sorting hat shouted out the name of a house. She waited patiently her last name was close to end of the alphabet it would be her turn soon enough.

"Evans,Lily" Lily smiled as she stepped away from Severus and sat on the chair; the hat was placed on her head and almost immediately made its decision.

"GRYFFINDOR!" Lily smiled happily as she walked towards her new housemates, Severus smiled sorrowfully at her.

"Lupin, Remus." Silvia smiled as her friend was called up, his light brown hair got in his face momentarily and the candle lights showed off the small grey fleck in his hair a gleeful look was in his light brown eyes as he spotted and smiled at Silvia.

"Hm where do I put you….. GRYFFINDOR!" Another wave of applause was heard as Remus hopped off of the chair and walked over towards the Gryffindor table where his new friend was waiting for him. He sat down next to a red haired girl who had been sorted a while ago, she smiled at him and extended out a welcoming hand.

"Hello I'm Lily."

"Remus." He simply stated as another person was sorted, by the sound of the applause it had been Ravenclaw who had just gained a house member.

"Pettigrew,Peter." A plumb looking boy with mousy brown hair and grey eyes walked up to the chair. He looked over towards the Gryffindor table where his new friends were awaiting him. The hat stayed silent for a moment, Peter felt himself growing more and more nervous. What if he got sorted into another house that wasn't Gryffindor?

The Sorting hat had seen many cases of first years that had a rather perplexing mind; this boy was not an exception. He thought over it for a moment as the yearn to be sorted into Gryffindor grew more and more profound. Loyalty was a trait of the Gryffindor house, he frowned slightly. He was stuck between placing the boy in the Hufflepuff house or the Gryffindor house. He nitpicked the boys mind and drew a conclusion then as to where the boy belonged, loyalty after all was something very valuable.

"GRYFFINDOR!" Peter internally jumped for joy as he calmly walked away from the chair and joined his friends at the Gryffindor house table.

"Potter, James" A small boy with black hair and hazel eyes stepped forward and sat in the chair, the hat was placed on his head causing silence to engulf the room.

"Hm you're loyal and… brave just like your father. But there's a small part of you that's mischievous hm…. GRYFFINDOR." The hat stated causing a loud applause to erupt from the Gryffindor table. Syn watched as more and more names were called and as each person to whom the name belonged to happiness radiated off of them.

"Sharp, Silvia."

"Hm…where do I put you…Ravenclaw?...No…Slytherin…No alright…GRYFFINDOR!" Silvia smiled joyfully as she hopped off of the chair and walked over to join Lily at the Gryffindor table.

"Severus Snape." Severus walked up to the chair a slightly torn look in his eyes, two of his friends had been sorted into Gryffindor and one had been sorted into Slytherin. Where would he go?

"SLYTHERIN!" The hat proclaimed, Severus nodded and walked over towards the Slytherin table where the Perfect of the house patted him on the back as a welcome.

"Sparrow,Syn." Syn let out a breath and quietly walked up to the chair, she smiled out towards the group of people in front of her, though by now the group had shrunk significantly.

"Hmm… what a mind you have Mrs. Sparrow… the answer is obvious…SLYTHERIN!" Syn smiled happily as she walked over towards the Slytherin table where Lucius, the perfect of the house, hugged her welcomingly.

" Sweeney,Integra." The room went silent as Integra calmly walked up and sat on the chair, the sorting hat sat on her head. Members from the Sweeney clan were known to just like the Malfoys always be sorted into Slytherin.

"SLYTHERIN!" The hat proclaimed, Integra was no different.

The night continued with the rest of the group dissipating as they were sorted out. Slytherin gained three more members Sandra May, Rose Parkinson, and Sonia Li. As the headmaster concluded his welcoming speech and the feast began Syn couldn't help but wonder what this year and the years to come would bring to the people at the school.

A/N:

So this chapter has been revised, I hope that you guys liked it.

Disclaimer: Harry Potter canon characters are in no way mine. Syn is the only character that is mine, Integra and Silvia belong to their respective owners.