"Ugh." Harry paused in the corridor and watched as several Slytherins did as well. He could see Ron and Hermione along with Ginny just ahead. It was his third year. Ginny was talking. "How am I supposed to make him fall in love with me? He doesn't look at me! He never eats anything or drinks anything so I can't spike his juice. Dumbledore promised me that I'd get to be lady Potter!"

"You think that's bad?!" Ron roared "You trying be his best friend! Do you know how many times I've almost died because of him?! If I wasn't getting paid out of his vault for this I wouldn't even bother! I hate him! I'm going to ask for a raise! Yeah! I could use a new broom!"

"Oh, Ronald." Hermione scoffed, " Calm down you might be over heard." she looked around but not well enough she missed everyone watching. "I hate him as much as you do. He's no fun to be around at all. I'm telling Dumbledore he needs to tell those Muggles to beat him more. He's still too stubborn did you see the way he blew off Divination? He wouldn't even consider signing up for it! He was supposed to! He's not doing as he told to do so he needs to be punished more. I know I'll suggest he send everyone home soon so they can pretend to strengthen the wards around the school for his safety. He'll get a good thrashing for ruining their Christmas."

The three of them laughed.

Harry ran to the nearest bathroom and was sick in the sink. His whole body shook as he sicked up. He felt someone touch his shoulder and jerked away falling to the floor. Snape, Lupin and Draco and his friends were there. Draco had touched his shoulder.

"Ron's afraid of spiders." Harry said getting up. He looked dazed, "I'll go talk to Hagrid and have him ask Argog to have them follow him around. Yeah." he seemed to be thinking out loud. "and that spell I learned. It'll make it so Hermione can't hold any writing instrument until I release it. She'll go mad not being able to do her work. Ginny, Ginny..." he sat back down knees to his chest in thought. "What to do with the Whore of Gryffindor?"

"You are defiantly the son of a Muradur . " Lupin said kneeling down. He put his hand to Harry's forehead. "How long have you had fever?"

Harry hit his hand away.

"Oh, I got an idea for her." He smiled and it looked pure evil. "Oh, yes, and the potion isn't illegal or that hard to brew as it is something that girls use during their time of month. I just need to do a little altering and it will be perfect." he began rocking with an insane look in his eyes. "No more holding back. No more hiding. No more being controlled. " he was laughing. Remus stared at him with soft concerned eyes. "I'm not stupid. I could get better grades then Granger in no time. I always could have. "

"Then why didn't you?" Severus finally spoke. "and why are you in Myrtel's bathroom?"

At that Harry's head shot up. He got to his feet and grabbed a stunned Draco's hand.

"I want to show you something really cool. " He pulled him over to the sink and began hissing. The sinks moved. "Guess. Guess."

"The Chamber of Secrets?" Blaise asked.

"You're right ." Harry nodded, "Want to see the Basilisk? It's dead. We can harvest it. It's mine by right."

'The Heir of Slytherin wishes for stairs.'

Stairs came out of the wall. He pulled Draco down in to the depths and the others followed.

Harry woke with a moan to Ron screaming. He sat up and pulled his bed covers back sure enough spiders as big as his hand were all over Ron who was freaking out. He got dressed and picked one up. Everyone stared. He walked off petting it.

"I saw some juicy rats in the storage closet by the staff room." he said to it. "There's also a few dead familiars that have been neglected in one of the store rooms in the dungeons. I told Snape I would inform you. Eat well. Also if you wish to "Taste" , Ron go right ahead. But just to mess around for now. "

"You are most generous friend of Hagrid. "

"Not to those who do me wrong." Harry replied, "I have to go now , bye."

Harry set the spider down and began his way down to the Great Hall he'd already asked the House Elves for help with Ginny and had already gotten Hermione. Learning wandless/non verbal magic was amazing. He walked into the Great Hall and talk broke out as soon as he walked over to the Slytherin table.

"Draco, may I join you?" he asked, "I have some questions I need to ask you."

The Slytherin's were all shocked but made room so he sat.

"Thank you."

"P-Potter." Flint cleared his throat. Harry looked at him. "You need to eat. " with that two girls piled a plate up for him. "You look about ready to fall over."

"I'm allowed to eat all this?" Harry asked, Flint ground his teeth but nodded. "Thank you."

He happily ate awhile.

"Oh, right how does one go about getting resorted?" He asked wiping his mouth with his napkin and sipping his pumpkin juice. "Only, you see I was supposed to be a Slytherin. " the table gasped, "But people kept telling me how bad you all were and I didn't know anything about magic until my letter came. It was taboo to say it where I live. My aunt , uncle and cousin are Muggles and hate magic. So Dumbledore had people turn me against Slytherin and I fell for it. The hat wanted to place me here with all of you but I was scared so I was put where everyone wanted me to be put. "

"It's not hard." Flint said, "Well, maybe in your case it would be. " He seemed to think. "You have to all of that and the reasons you want to be here to the whole Staff and have your magical guardian say that you can."

"Then I'm screwed." Harry sighed, "My magical guardian is Dumbledore. That's what they told me at the bank . "

"How is he your magical guardian?" Draco frowned. "My family has a better claim over you than that! My mother is a Black and your grandmother on your fathers side was a Black..." he suddenly blinked, "I think I just got an idea. I'll need your help Potter. You're going to have to do some acting. "

"I've already done a lot of acting since I've been here." Harry replied, "What do I have to do?"

"Just leave everything to me. " Draco replied, " This'll get your "Friends" showing their real colors in no time."

"Oh, " Harry said, "Listen to this."

He told them all about the spiders. He had all the Slytherin's laughing.

"Severus." Minerva asked, "What is Harry doing with your snakes?"

"It would appear he is finally eating." Severus drawled, he knew everyone was listening. "and making them laugh. I must wonder as to what..."

Ron Weasley came running in screaming a bunch of spiders crawling all over him.

"Ah... well, that would explain the laughter." Severus sneered. "Hagrid, you need to keep a better eye on your pets."

"I tried ta get 'em ta stay in da forest." Hagrid replied, playing innocent quite well, "But dey seem ta have taken a likin to em. "

Remus was trying his hardest to keep a straight face. He made several coughs in to his goblet.

"Harry, looks rather off don't you think, Severus?" he asked, " I only ask because you seem to see him more than I do."

"I do think he would benefit of a regimen of Nutrition Potions. " Severus replied, "but I'm not the boys Head of House. He looks rather pale today doesn't he?"

"That's what I was thinking." Remus said, "and his smell."

"What about it?" Minerva demanded. "Is he okay?"

"It's hard to tell." Remus frowned, "It's different from when he was younger. The scent should always stay the same growing stronger as time goes on. But Harry's is weak and different."

Minerva jumped to her feet and marched over to the Slytherin table.

"Mr. Potter." Harry looked up. " I require you to report to the Hospital Wing as soon as you finish your breakfast." Harry blinked at her. "I have noted as have several others that you seem to be looking ill and you haven't been eating. You will go on Nutrition Potions and are here by banned from Quidditch until you get a full medical check up."

The whole hall had fallen silent now gasped in unison.

"Okay." Harry said simply and got up. "Bye, Draco, bye everyone. " he obediently followed knowing Draco had sent a letter off with morning mail. "Can we go by the library, Professor? I want to grab some book on Nutrition Potions. "

"Very good, Mr. Potter." Minerva replied and lead the way. " You need to bring those grades up."

"Oh, I will." he replied off offhandedly. She glanced at him. " Did you know that Draco is my third cousin?"

"Is he?" she asked, she did know but wondered how this came up. " How did you find out?"

"He told me." Harry stated simply, "I've been wondering about Purebloods and why they hate muggle borns seeing as we all have magic. It seems to be a dispute about our customs. I'm going to look into that of course not just blindly believe what I'm told. Prefect Flint told me about Family Tapestries . You make the Tapestry and then add your blood to the potion and pour it over and you get a whole family tree dating back to your very first ancestor. Wouldn't that be cool?"

Minerva looked over at Remus , Severus and a frowning Dumbledore. They had just entered the Hospital Wing. Remus looked to be choking on his laughs. Severus looked amused and Albus just pissed. He didn't want the boy knowing anything about any of that.

"Yes, Purebloods use them to track how pure they are." he said kindly to the boy. "Just to prove..."

"Prefect Flint says that is a common misconception. " Harry replied, rather hyperly. "He says they do it so that they can continue the traditions of their families and honor their ancestors. I think that's amazing. They try and memorize everything they can about their kin so that they can better understand their Pureblood heritage. So that they can properly keep the traditions alive and not let all of them be taken over by Muggle holidays like they are here at Hogwarts." He was now sitting on the bed in the Hospital gown with Madame Pomfry trying not laugh while trying to scan him. " That's really cool . Honoring ones family and keeping the traditions of them alive so that they will never be forgotten and live on in your hearts forever."

"Very well put, Mr. Potter." Lucius Malfoy walked in with his wife Narcissa. Draco was coughing and looked ill. He vomited all over the place. Pomfry was quickly whisking him of to take care of him. "Thank you for informing us that Draco wasn't feeling well, Severus. Sorry it took so long to get here."

Severus bowed his head if only to hide his smirk. He could see a Draco plan behind this and a Pansy cursing.

"Hello, dear." Narcissa said to Harry. "What is wrong with you?"

Harry blinked.

"You're pretty." he stated and just like that she was hugging him and telling him how cute he was. "Is this how mum's act?"

"Don't your relatives coddle you?" she demanded. "Do you not get hugs?"

"Nope." Harry said innocently giving her wide big eyes. "But Aunty always hugs Dudley like that. "

"But not you?"

"They don't like touching me." Harry replied simply, "Because I'm a freak."

"Freak?" Severus demanded suddenly the room began shaking. Everyone looked at him. "Are you living with Petunia Evans?"

"Dursley." Harry nodded, "But that's Aunty's name yes."

"POPPY!" he bellowed, "GET OVER HERE AND GIVE POTTER YOUR MOST COMPLETE SCAN EVER! HE'S ABUSED!"

"What makes you say that?" Dumbledore asked. "Harry is perfectly fine and lives in a loving home. He just attention seeking."

"Petunia Evans." Severus growled his eyes flashing. "Hates magic and everything to do with it. She often called Lily and I freaks growing up. " Seeing a question on Harry's lips he cast a silencing spell on him to the annoyance of Harry. "She would say we were evil the spawns of Satan. Devil worshipers. She said we all needed to die." he was shaking in rage. "She used to beat on Lily until she started Hogwarts. Mostly when their parents weren't home and got even more pissed when Lily's magic healed her. " Harry blinked he forced tears out of his eyes. "When we were eight she was ten and would look after her sister while her mother went out shopping or to have tea with a friend. She would often lock Lily in small cupboards and leave her there until just before their parents got home. Never once did Lily tell but their parents found out and disowned her. "

Harry was pulling at his robes bawling . He removed the silencing charm. His anger making him loose control once more.

"She did that to you?" Harry nodded sobbing. Secretly, Draco was impressed, Poppy had lifted the spell Pansy had hit him with so he was watching now. "Scan him, now!"

Poppy nodded mutely and took Harry back to the bed where he made a show of having a Calming Drought forced in to him.