Ravi ran as fast as his legs could take him. Behind him, were a mob of Gryffindors chasing him

"Now now, little snakey wants to run?" The Gryffindors increased their speed, which caught up to Ravi's 'Italian running away from British' speed

"I-i did not mean to! Honest! मुझे माफ कर दो!" Ravi trembled more. He knew now would not be a good time to blurt out words in Hindi, but he's so scared he was sure his pants was oficially full

"What was that smart guy? Trying to get under our nerves?" Ravi waited for the worst until

"LEAVE OUR LITTLE BROTHER ALONE!" Luke and Emma ran towards the Gryffindors, wands ready to attack. Once they chased away the bullies, they were met with a crying Ravi

"Ravi, are you okay?" The Indian sniffled and nodded quietly, his robes were scratched a bit that's for sure

"Yeah, I'm sure I am" The two sighed in relief

"Why did they chase you?" Emma asked gently. She didn't want to scare the boy again

"I-it's just... I tried to approach you but then a girl screamed 'SNAKE IN THE TABLE!' And they started chasing me! I meant no harm, really!" The two siblings' expression softened

"We know you meant no harm. Gryffindors tend to get like that whenever Slytherins invaded their area. If anyone tries to pick on you, they have to go through us first" While only one Slytherin (which was their prefect) took interest in befriending him, Ravi was glad he still has his siblings he could count on

"Thank you, I don't know what I could do to ever repay you guys!" The two looked at each other, smirking. Despite Ravi being the Slytherin, the two were certainly more evil than him

"Do our homework for us?" Ravi gulped and started backing away

"Oh look at the time, I have to go back to the common room... See you guys in Potion!" With that, Ravi ran away with the same speed he displayed when the bullies were after him

"Well, that was rude! Even for my standarts!" The two then left the spot

* Meanwhile *

When Ravi entered the common room, he was met with glares and dark auras unlike the warmth and kindness the prefect offered when he first entered Slytherin. Turns out, prefects were supposed to be nice to their new additions (Ravi once saw a Ravenclaw student pranking his prefect but all he could do was take a deep breath and his smile twitched)

"Why are you sorted to Slytherin?"

"Yeah, you should've been with those back-stabbing Ravenclaws!"

'I know...' Ravi had always hoped that Snape would trasfer him to Ravenclaw after seeing what he knows and his will to learn, but that's not how it works in Hogwarts, once a snake, always a snake.

Ravi climbed up the stairs towards the boys room. Before he could open the door, the boy heard a hiss coming from inside of the room. The Indian opened it to reveal an angry Mrs. Kipling trying to attack one of the students

"Mrs. Kipling!" The lizard noticed her master and crawled onto his legs. Ravi crouched down and patted the lizard

"Okay, first of all, how did you get that thing inside of the common room?!" The boy before him asked

"Oh, it's quite easy! Mrs. Mommy turned her to a frog when I entered Hogwarts" The boy scoffed at Ravi's enthusiasm

"Just keep that thing on a leash or else we'll lose house points. We don't want those Hufflepuffs beating us again this year" The boy left. Ravi sighed and sat down on his bed. Mrs. Kipling followed him and tried to climb up Ravi's legs

"I thought Hogwarts was supposed to be the happiest place on Earth, but I am sure I am not really enjoying my stay here" Tears started rolling down his eyes, Ravi thanked the gods no one was inside of the room

"Seriously, I was supposed to be in Mahoukotoro, I received the message long before Hogwarts but then... I would be even more alone in Japan without Luke, Emma, and probably Zuri" Ravi sniffled and wiped the tears away

"You know what? Let them do their worse. As long as I still have my family, I'll be fine" Ravi forced a smile and picked up his wand and books, it's time he headed out for potions