Summery: What if Harry WAS a Slytherin what if his parents where alive, and if Harry was made Voldemort's heir, well in this story you'll find out how Harry struggles, succeeds, and is sometimes hurt as Slythren's heir.
AN: Hello again and welcome to chapter two of What If, I hope you have enjoyed the story thus far and will continue to enjoy it, and if you enjoy it enough you can review and tell me you did!
Chapter 2 Slytherin
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When Harry had left Ollivander's he felt like he had been drained of all his energy, and he was exhausted.
He saw why, it was getting late it must have been around eight in the evening, he had been in the shop for six hours. He saw his mother on a bench nearby, reading a book she had bought at Flourish and Blots, and Sirius sleeping next to her, snoring loudly.
His father was nowhere to be seen, "Mum." Lily jumped, and almost dropped her book.
"Oh! Harry dear, did you get your wand?"
He nodded and held it up, the black wand shone in the dimming light "That wand looks very familiar…" she reached out for it but Harry quickly put it in its case and tucked it under an arm, "Sorry, it took so long, we had to go through the whole store!"
Lily smiled, "It certainly seemed like it, your father had to go home to do some paperwork, Sirius stayed, but he fell asleep."
Harry smirked, "Well we better wake him up then."
"NO!" his mother cried out, "I've seen that look too many times in the past, you are not going to prank Sirius!" Harry was disappointed; he had always wanted to catch Sirius off guard, but no thanks to Lily he wouldn't be able to test his new itching power, this would have been the perfect opportunity!
"Fine…" he grumbled and let Lily wake Sirius.
"Sirius Harry's back, time for you to go home."
Sirius sat up and nodded, "Ok, goodnight 'arry!" he said tiredly and apparated back to his manor.
"I hope he got home in one piece," Harry said with some concern.
"I'm sure he's fine, see no body parts left behind, let's go home now." they walked in silence until they got to the Leaky Cauldron, and then there was the quiet murmurs of the customers.
Lily smiled and waived at Tom the bartender, who waived back cheerfully in return, he gave Harry a smile as they passed.
"Get everything you needed Mr Potter?"
Harry gave a curt nod as Lily pulled out some Floo power from the flower pot by the mantle, and walked over to the fireplace "POTTER'S PALACE!" she said clearly, and disappeared. Harry did the same, and after what felt like a long journey, he landed in his home.
He sighed happily, today really had drained him and he wanted nothing more than to curl up in his bed and sleep. "Harry may I see your wand again." Lily asked suddenly.
Harry shook his head, "No." he said and rushed off to his room before she could say anything.
He quickly locked his bedroom door, it was a special lock that could not be undone by any normal unlocking spell, it was gift from Sirius for his 9th birthday. Much to Lily's displeasure. ("Come on Red! A man needs his space!")
Harry went over to his bed and put down his wand case on top of his trunk. His father must have unpacked for him, he took out his wand and held it in his hand, it hummed with restrained power, ready to cast after years of no use, Harry wondered who the last owner was, it had to be an ancestor of his, but who?
A sudden hooting startled him, and he jumped and pointed his wand at the place were the sound was. He relaxed when he saw what it was Hedwig; the owl gave an annoyed hoot at his sudden reaction.
"Sorry girl, do you want out?" he asked gently Hedwig hooted, he guessed that meant yes, Harry opened his window and the door to Hedwig's cage, "Happy hunting." he whispered as she flew off, as silent as a ghost.
Harry yawned, time to sleep, he put his wand on his bedside table, and fell asleep in his new Hogwarts robes.
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Harry spent the next few days reading his new books, his favorite was Magical Drafts and Potions, potions where a lot harder than most spells, it took more precision than pointing a wand. It was like an art form done right, it was a challenge and Harry loved a challenge.
He had tried a few of the easier potions with some of his extra supplies he had made Lily buy him, and to his delight they had come out perfect. He had a small collection of potions in the bottom of his school trunk. He even kept a few in his pockets. (The vials where charmed to be unbreakable)
"Harry dinner!" Harry grimaced, his mother was good at many things, but cooking was not one of them. He made sure he had a potion with him that improved the taste of food, (This was one Potion he made sure he memorized) and went to dinner.
When he walked into the kitchen, he saw that his mother had made chicken, he took his seat away from his parents. He saw his mother was eating a salad, the one thing she made well, and his father was eating chicken like him.
Harry poked it with a fork, looked like chicken, and smelled like chicken. He took a bite, and almost threw up, does NOT taste like chicken. Harry secretly pulled out his potion, used three drops, took a bite, and he was eating the best chicken his mother had ever made.
"Great chicken." he said, Lily looked startled, so did James.
"Really!" Lily said happily.
Harry nodded, James frowned "Harry you know you aren't supposed to lie to your parents."
Lily glared at James, "What is that supposed to mean!" James froze.
"Lily, sweetheart, you know I didn't mean anything by it! I love your cooking, its delicious!" to prove his supposed love of her food he shoved a giant mouthful of his chicken into his mouth, and chewed furiously for a minute before turning a sickly green color.
"See.. Good…"
Lily ignored him and turned to Harry.
"Harry you better go, you need to sleep, you go to Hogwarts tomorrow," Harry nodded.
He didn't want to be in the middle of his parents' argument; he cleaned up his plate and put it in the sink, and went to his room. He saw that Hedwig was there, a dead mouse in her beak, she quickly swallowed and gave a small hoot of greeting.
"Hello Hedwig, can you stay home tonight, I have to go to Hogwarts tomorrow," Hedwig hooted and went into her cage, "Thanks Hedwig!" she hooted again and tucked her head under a wing.
Harry pulled out his wand put it next to Hedwig's cage, and went to sleep.
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"Harry!" He felt someone shaking him awake, "We're going to be late!"
Harry groaned, "Five more minutes mum!" he groaned out.
"Harry James Potter get out of bed this instant, we have an hour before the train leaves!"
Lily opened his curtains letting the sun in, "If you aren't down stairs in the next half hour, I'll hex you!" Harry got up quickly after that, Lily really would hex him if he didn't hurry,
Harry quickly took a shower, got dressed, packed his things, got Hedwig, grabbed his wand, and went down stairs. All in twenty minutes.
When he got down stairs the first thing he noticed was his father, James looked like a wreak, he had dark circles under his eyes, his hair looked messier than usual, he was slumped over and had a defeated air about him. He must have lost the argument, not very surprising.
"Let me take your trunk, your mum will apparate with you," Harry nodded. James grabbed Harry's trunk, and apparated away, Lily walked over to Harry "Ok hold onto my arm tightly, and don't let go." Harry nodded, and with a pop, they where gone.
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Harry shook his head to clear it, he felt like he had been shoved through a small airless tube. As soon as he could focus he looked around and saw he was in an ally way. A dirty ally way.
"Why are we here?" Harry asked Lily, she gave a sheepish smile "Because, I haven't been here in a while, so I was a little off the mark…" Lily peeked out of the ally, and smiled.
"We're close to the station though, see its just over there, we better hurry before your father starts to worry," Lily led him to a muggle train station; he looked at his mother with a confused expression.
"Why are we going into a muggle train station?" Lily smiled "Because that is where the station is hidden, how do you think the muggleborn's get to the train?" Harry shrugged, he honestly hadn't cared about how the muggleborns would get to the school.
Lily pulled Harry through the crowed station talking about her first time getting on the train, Harry tuned her out easily. She walked until they where at platforms nine and ten.
"Now Harry all you have to do is walk through that wall, like that boy watch him," she was pointing to a red headed boy, freckled, and, Harry noticed even from a distance, a smudge of dirt on the side of his nose.
He watched as the boy ran right through the wall, it looked easy enough, he was about to go when he heard a squeal, "Lily Evans! My old friend is that you!" A plump red haired woman ran over to them.
"Molly!" he herd his mother yell and run over, both women hugged, "I haven't seen you since I graduated, how are you?" she saw Harry, "Now who is this handsome young man?" Lily smiled proudly and gently placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Molly, meet Harry my son," Molly's eyes lit up, "Who's the father? I know you were interested in that boy Mark Moon, last time I checked. But that was years ago dear."
Lily smiled "James Potter," Molly looked startled, holding a hand to her heart "Heavens! I thought you hated him," Lily nodded "I did, but he won me over in 7th year, was that boy yours, the one who just went through."
Molly nodded, she was one of those people that was always ready to talk about their children, "Him and five others just like him, and I have my little Ginny here, she's my only girl, she goes to Hogwarts next year," she gestured to a small, mouse like girl who was standing behind her.
"MUM! I'm not little!" she hissed, and gave Harry a nervous glance. Holding on to her mothers skirt tightly.
Harry was looking at her oddly, he felt strange when he looked at her, like a tingling in his gut. What was this? Was he sick? Did this girl make him sick? He felt fine over all… maybe he should talk to her, find out why he felt this way, explore the emotion/
He took a step forward, "Hi, I'm Harry Potter, pleasure to meet you," he said with a smile. Ginny blushed, she took a step from behind her mother, "Ginny Weasley." her large brown eyes watching every move Harry made.
"Ginny," he liked her name, "Can I write to you sometime?" why did he ask her that? Those doe like eyes lit up, and she nodded, "Sure!" she said excitedly. Harry looked at a clock, they had ten minutes.
"I will write you latter, after I get sorted, I think you'll like my owl." he gave one last charming smile and turned to his mother.
"Mother the train is leaving soon," Lily looked up startled, "Oh! Lets go then, Molly I'll send you an owl latter, we must catch up!" Both women said their farewells and they parted, Ginny's eyes never leaving Harry.
But he ignored her and calmly walked onto the platform, even though all instinct said to return the look. As soon as they were on the platform someone shouted.
"LILY!"
He saw James rush over to them, relief obvious on his face. He looked worse than he did that morning.
"I'll explain what happened latter lets just get Harry on the train." she said when James was about to speak.
He nodded, "I already put his trunk up, and his bird is safe in her cage on the trunk."
Harry nodded and approached the train, was almost on the first step on one of the cars in the back when Lily hugged him tightly.
"My baby, my baby going off to Hogwarts." Harry realized she was crying, he looked around to make sure no one was looking at them and gently pried her off of him. Her face had large red blotches and her eyes were watering, she sniffed and attempted to speak normally.
"Write us when you can Harry dear, oh and please say hello to Remus while your there he's the DADA teacher this year." Harry nodded, his father put a hand on his shoulder.
"Make us proud son."
"I'll try dad." James smiled, Harry turned and went onto the train his parents both shouting farewell.
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Harry went looking for Draco, he was easy to find. What other person would be flanked by two thugs?
"Draco!" Draco turned with a sneer, an evil glint in his eye but when he saw who it was he smiled.
"Hey Harry, I was just looking for you, we just got a compartment from this red haired idiot."
Harry went into the compartment, "Who are they," he asked pointing at the two thugs. "This one here," he said pointing to the one on the left, a short thuggish looking boy with dull eyes. "Is Crabbe, and the other one is Goyle." Goyle was boy with arms of a gorilla, the same thuggish stupid look in his eyes.
Harry nodded "You told me about them." They all went into the compartment and took seats, Draco across from Harry, Crabbe next to Harry and Goyle across from Crabbe.
The door opened, a few minutes later "Has anyone seen a toad, a boy named Neville's lost one," it was a girl, she had large front teeth and bushy brown hair, she had a bossy air about her, and for some reason Harry hated her.
"Who cares about a stupid toad?" Harry snapped.
Draco looked interested at this behavior, the girl looked startled then angry.
"You don't have to be rude about it!" she retorted.
Harry glared "I would be polite, but seeing by your appearance, and lack of manners, you are not a pureblood, and therefore I don't feel the need to be polite."
The girl blushed angrily, "I don't think that what kind of blood you have matters."
"Well, I think it matters, and in this world, what I think matters is more important than what you think matters," the girl looked close to tears, "Don't forget that, now leave you are befouling the air." the girl ran from the compartment.
"Wow," Draco was looking at him in awe, and Crabbe and Goyle where looking at him like he was some kind of god "That was amazing, I'm guessing that you hate mudblood's."
Harry shrugged, "She just bugged me, I don't hate all muggleborns, but most will annoy me," Draco nodded, then started chuckling "Did you see the look on her face?"
Harry ended up laughing, and making fun of the girl for the rest of the trip.
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When they got off the train they heard a booming voice, "FIRS' YEARS FIRS' YEARS HERE!" it was a giant of a man. They followed the man to a large lake, and in the lake there where boats, "Four to a boat." He said gruffly and took a large boat in the center.
Draco, Harry, Crabbe, and Goyle took a boat near a friend of Draco's, Blaise Zabini. A dark skinned boy with intelligent dark brown eyes.
"FORWARD!" the man yelled, as soon as all the children were in the boats, and the boats started to move. Something caught Harry's eye in the water, a long tentacle, it brushed against the boat making it wobble slightly, Harry clung to the seat.
"Duck!" the man shouted ducking down as they entered a cave.
Then everyone was quiet, they had caught their first sight of the castle, it was amazing, magic rushed out to meet them, enveloping them in a blast of warmth, it was as if it was alive and was welcoming them, and Harry still had a wide smile on his face as they got out of the boats.
After the boat ride they where led to the front doors, the giant led them into Hogwarts, through a hallway and down a flight of stairs, where they where greeted by a stern looking woman, and Harry recognized her instantly because of the stories his parents had told him, Professor McGonagall.
"Welcome to Hogwarts," she began, and proceeded to tell them of the four houses, and how they would be like family, about the house points, and the common rooms, "Now I will go and see if they are ready for you." she left them to their thoughts.
Most of the muggleborn's where afraid of what would happen, and the kids with siblings that are going to Hogwarts where saying that they would have to fight something.
Luckily, when his father had tried to scare him Lily had told him the truth, he and Draco just snorted when a boy said that they had to wrestle a dragon.
McGonagall had come back and they now were being led through more doors, into a room that Harry presumed was the Great Hall. He saw the ceiling, yep it was the Great Hall. The starry night sky glittered above them.
He heard the bushy haired girl telling another girl that it was enchanted and that she read about it in 'Hogwarts A History'. He rolled his eyes, 'stupid girl' he looked up and saw Dumbledore.
The old wizard looked at him for a minute like he recognized him, they seemed like they were trying to look into his very soul.
He quickly looked for Remus, he was sitting next to a tiny wizard who was talking very quickly to him, Remus smiled at him and waived a little before turning back to the small wizard, Harry smiled back and turned to see McGonagall coming in.
McGonagall brought out a dusty hat, and put it on an old stool, everyone turned to watch it, a rip that looked like a mouth opened up, and it started to sing.
"Oh you may not think I'm pretty,
Don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
You can keep your bowlers black your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head
The sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.
You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart;
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil;
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
If you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You'll make true friends,
Those cunning folk use any means
To achieve their ends.
So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands (though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!
There was polite applause scattered across the hall, they quieted down McGonagall pulled out a scroll, "When I call your names I want you to come forward and put the Sorting Hat on. When it sorts you go to the table associated with your house."
She unrolled the scroll, "Abbott, Hannah!" A girl ran up to the stool, she put on the hat, the hat it went over her eyes, after a minute the hat yelled, "HUFFLEPUFF!" the table on the right cheered, it went on like that until.
"Malfoy, Draco."
Draco went up, "Wish me luck!" he whispered, the hat barely touched his head when it yelled out, "SLYTHERIN!" the table on the far right cheered, Harry waited until it was his turn.
"Potter, Harry!" Harry looked up at Remus he was smiling gently, and didn't look at all nervous as if he thought he knew where he was going to be put.
Harry walked up to the stool, he saw some of the teachers where staring at him oddly, he just shrugged it off and sat on the stool. He felt the hat get placed in his head.
Well, well don't we have some interesting things to see here, welcome Slytherin's heir.
Really, that's interesting, I didn't know my dad was related to Slytherin's heir.
Which one?
Which one? 'What do you mean?'
In good time Mr. Potter, Slytherin would be tossing in his grave if I didn't put you in his house, you would do very well there, its all here in your head, cunning, ambitious, yes and loyal to those you care for.
Ok, put me there then, I already have a friend there,
Very well. It is your choice, I merely give advice to those who can't decide.
"SLYTHERIN!" there was cheering from the Slytherin table, the loudest from Draco and his friends.
He looked up at the table and saw Remus's eyes widened in shock. He turned said something to the other teachers and left, probably to tell his parents the 'Terrible' news, he probably would get a note from his parents tonight, or tomorrow.
He watched the rest of the sorting go on until, at last, Blaise came over and joined them, then Dumbledore stood up said his piece and food appeared, Harry ate happily and chatted with his friends.
Today he was the happiest kid in the world, he already had two new friends, he had good food for the first time without potion use, and soon he would be starting classes, he would become the best wizard he could be then he would become better.
He was happy and full when he was led to the dungeons, they where brought to a stone wall, the Prefect explained that it was the entrance, and to remember were it was. Then he said the password (Dragon ashes) and a door appeared.
"Girls rooms down the stairs on the right, boys the same on your left, your names will be engraved on a plaque on the front of the door as soon as you chose a room, good night and good luck." the prefect said and went to the boys rooms.
Draco, Harry and Blaise went toward the boys rooms, and took the first door they saw they quickly tapped the plaque they were room mates along with Crabbe and Goyle. Who had followed them.
The beds were all done in Slytherin green and black, and looked like they were made of some kind of fine material, to each boys surprise all their things were already at the end of each of their beds. Each boy went to their beds and quickly changed into some kind of sleeping garment. With a few murmured goodnights they each went to bed.
Harry curled up under his covers a smile on his face, today was great, and for the first time felt he was with people who understood him, and didn't expect anything of him, he drifted off a few minutes later in pure contentment.
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