Hello guys, Chapter two is finally here, sorry for the wait, i've had a few crappy days at my job, hopefully things will get better next week

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Until Next time

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Alex

Harry stood in between Draco and Neville as Gemma Farley the fifth year prefect explained to them how things worked around Slytherin.

"We Slytherins don't care if inside our house you hate each other, outside that door we're all best friends, we are united friendships with other house members are encouraged we are not purists but when we are attacked we strike back, don't be afraid to ask for help we older students will always be there for you" she then motioned to a boy that was standing next to her "This is Adrian Pucey, he's another prefect and you can go to him too, he's chaser for our quidditch team and is superb in Astronomy and Transfiguration" Adrian waved at them. "Now I shall lead you to the Great Hall so we may have breakfast, any questions?"

Harry raised his hand, Gemma nodded at him "I wish to send a letter, could you please show me the owlery?" he asked, Gemma smiled at him.

"Right, since its early we'll take a detour to the owlery so you can send your letters, go grab them you have five minutes" she said to the group, then she addressed Harry "Thanks for reminding me that" she seemed to be thinking about how to call him, Harry smiled at her.

"Harry, just Harry, my name is a mouthful as it is my mum has apologized profusely for it" Harry explained, Gemma smiled.

"Harry it is then" she said.

The Slytherin group walked to the owlery where the first years quickly attached their letters, then they quickly moved to the Great Hall, a few students were already there, the first years sat by the end of the table and started chatting over breakfast. Harry found out that Tracey Davies and Millicent Bulstrode were both really funny albeit the former a bit shy, while Daphne Greengrass was reserved and calculative, Pansy Parkinson was a bit loud and giggly and Harry made a mental note to avoid her.

During breakfast Harry moved to the Hufflepuff table to chat with Susan Bones and Cedric Diggory who were both friends of him, Neville and Draco joining him a few minutes later, soon the Patil twins, Cho Chang and Theo had joined them, Oliver Wood joined them too and suddenly the Hufflepuff table brimmed with laughter and activity, Fred and George Weasley, the last to join were also having fun.

The teachers observed the small reunion at the Hufflepuff table, McGonagall had a proud look on her face, Flitwick looked interested and Pomona looked extremely happy, Severus had adopted a pensive look on his face while Dumbledore watched them all with a grandfatherly gaze.

After breakfast the Slytherin party moved towards their first class of the day, Potions, which was imparted by the Head of their house. Professor Severus Snape looked a bit spooky from afar, all dressed in black he looked like an overgrown bat, his nose was slightly crooked and his voice was low and heavy.

Harry paired off with Draco while Neville chose to pair off with Gryffindor's Hermione Granger who was probably being avoided by her housemates. Professor Snape read the roll stopping briefly at Harry's name.

"Ah, mister Potter, our new celebrity" he said, Harry tilted his head and frowned.

"Excuse me Professor, sir, its Noir, or Black-Noir-Potter if we are being formal, or just Harry, my name has not been Potter for a long while" he explained, Snape raised an eyebrow.

"Mister Noir then, What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?"

"I, Sir, well, wormwood is used in sleeping potions and asphodel would be to fortify the effect" Harry adopted a pensive expression "Draught of the living death, sir"

"Correct Mister Noir, Where would you find me a bezoar if I asked you to do so?"

"As of right now probably in one of your cabinets, as they counter most poisons it is useful to have one within reach, if you are looking for the real answer a bezoar is found in the stomach of a goat sir" Harry answered, Snape eyes narrowed.

"Very well, tell me a difference between monkshood and wolfsbane"

"None sir, they are the same plant often known as aconite"

"It looks Mister Noir that there is still hope for you yet" said Snape, Harry raised an eyebrow.

"Well sir, my mum always says that knowledge is never a burden" Harry said, Snape nodded.

"Then she is a smart woman Mister Noir"

Nothing else happened in the class save for Snape's strange behavior, Neville worked well with Hermione and actually ended up giving the girl some pointers.

"But he's Harry Potter" she told him hushed, Neville smiled at her.

"Not really, he's Hadrian James Black-Noir-Potter, Harry Potter is a children's book character, our Harry is flesh and blood and let me tell you something, I've never seen him battling a dragon or saving princesses, that unless you count his occasional fights with Draco, whose name does means dragon" Neville said, Hermione frowned.

"But the books say" she tried to argue weakly.

"Hermione, books are written by humans, therefore they can be flawed" he said, she looked put down for a moment. "Hey, I'm not saying that they all lie, I'm just saying that certain degree of doubt is healthy"

"I'll have that in mind" she conceded, Neville grinned at her.

After class Neville rejoined Harry and Draco who were discussing Snape's questions, they walked towards charms, a subject they shared with Ravenclaws.

"Saw you getting chummy with a Gryffindor there" said Draco, Neville rolled his eyes.

"Yeah, I was looking for a smart conversation, Hermione sure provided a nice discussion" said Neville, Draco punched his arm.

"You're such a snob sometimes Nev" said the Malfoy heir, Harry snorted.

"Am I now? Are you sure you want to go there Draco Malfoy?" asked Neville, Draco looked outraged for a second.

"Now, now children no fighting, remember that dad once told us that we were"

"A bunch of snotty brats that ought to know better" repeated both Neville and Draco at the same time.

"And don't you damn forget it" said Sirius from behind them making them jump; he laughed as the three Slytherins turned to glare at him. Sirius ruffled Harry's hair "How's it going puppies?" he asked

"Great uncle Sirius/dad" they chorused, Sirius smiled at them.

"Good, your mothers, and grandmother in your case Neville asked me to remind you to be on your best behavior" he said with a grin.

"Shouldn't you be at work uncle Sirius?" asked Draco, Sirius raised an eyebrow.

"I am at work puppy, honestly kids these days" he said turning and walking down the hallway, Neville, Draco and Harry exchanged a look.

"Harry as much as I love uncle Sirius, he's weird" said Neville, Draco nodded.

"Yeah, he is" Harry said shrugging.

After charms they went to great hall for lunch, at lunch Sirius was present at the Teacher's Table. Owls began to arrive, Hedwig looked extremely proud as she delivered her letter, Harry looked up at Sirius who winked at him before opening his letter.

Dearest Bambi.

I'm overjoyed to hear that you are okay, I hope that you like your house, Slytherin won three wonderful wizards last night, your dad and I miss you terribly as do the elves. The house feels empty without you love, your dad suggested that it was probably time for me to get a pet or something, I disagreed of course, I have him as a dog already, so there's no need for another one in the house, what do you think?

Aunt Cassie says that there is hope for the Black family after all, but then again you know how the oldies are, Grandpa Abraxas is planning a trip for Yule already, he misses you and Draco and is saying that your uncle Lucius is just no fun at all, I have to agree, but then, all men can't be charming like your dad.

Cissy stopped by this morning to have breakfast with me, Andy too, the witch kept smirking at us the entire morning, she did say that missing you gets bearable with time, I hope its true.

Now regarding your questions, do try not to go to the third floor corridor, if your headmaster says it is dangerous then it is. Since you're my son and I know you will go either way, please be careful, things are usually not what they seem. Trust Professor Snape, I may not know him, but he was good friends with Lily Potter, you're safe with him, be wary my son, for not everyone will hold your best interests at heart, I must go now, do know that I love you bambi, have a nice day.

Love,

Mum.

Harry frowned as he finished his letter; his mum was usually not this cryptic, though she had her moments. Draco pulled out sweets from a basket his mother had sent him, soon enough the entire table was eating sweets.

"One would think mum's a bit overbearing" said Draco, Neville nodded as he examined the remembrall that his grandmother had sent him.

"You know these things are pretty useless " he said as he turned the ball in his hand. Draco took it from his hand.

"I think they are neat to look at, imagine you're writing an essay with that thing next to you, it would turn red until the whole thing its perfect" said the blond boy, Neville raised an eyebrow and took it back.

"That would be a way to use it, otherwise it would just look pretty on my bedside table" he reasoned, Harry snorted.

"Mum has one, or well had, it frustrated her that the thing didn't tell her what she forgot, she smashed it and the red mist inside transformed into an image of what she was missing" Harry said, Neville and Draco looked at him a bit skeptical.

"What would be the point of smashing it? It makes no sense; it's a one use kind of thing" said Draco pouting, Neville's face suddenly brightened.

"Actually its wonderful" he said and grabbed the silk cloth that came with the remembrall in the box not touching the object "They are meant to be used in exceptional moments, like not something silly like forgetting your robes, but when you forget something important you smash it and it tells you, wonderful piece of magic!" Neville seemed excited by it while Harry and Draco just looked confused.

After lunch they had Transfigurations with McGonagall, they arrived early noticing the stern looking cat sitting on her desk. The rest of the group arrived, Hufflepuffs and the missing Slytherins, they all took their seats and several minutes later the cat transformed into McGonagall, Harry smiled as he saw her and realized why Sirius thought so highly of her.

She was a stern teacher, but she knew her stuff. When they walked out of her class they joined the other Slytherins and walked to their common room until dinner. They all sat scrambled in the common room with the older students joining them as they finished their classes of the day, Harry noticed that the Slytherins were truly one big mismatched family and he thought that maybe being in Hogwarts for the next seven years of his life wouldn't be so bad at all.