Chapter 2

AN: So I probably should have done this on the last chapter… anything you recognize is JK Rowling's!

***TJ***

When we saw a man standing out in Hogsmead my brothers started to walk towards him. Idiots!

I pulled out my wand, and cast Lumos. It could be anyone! Haven't they learned anything!?

The man was tall, had pale skin, black hair, black eyes, and wore all black clothing. My brother Jake yelled at me to put away my wand, but I didn't.

"Are you Professor Snape?" I asked.

The man's eyebrow rose, and he looked at my wand. He answered yes, and I finally lowered my wand.

We walked towards the castle, and it was freezing! How the hell do they live in this weather!?

After my brother assaulted me for almost saying the F word, I asked if I could light a small fire to keep me warm using my powers. Of course he said no as usual!

Professor Snape took us to the Headmaster's office, and told us to sit down. Me being me I stayed standing. I don't trust these people. The Headmaster just went on and on about our mom. Which everyone does, and told us that we would get sorted with the first years. That's just fan-fucking-tastic! Like we need the extra attention!

So here I am now surrounded by a bunch of kids, waiting to be sorted into a stupid house. Professor McGonagall calls a name, and the boy gets sorted Ravenclaw.

"Ethan Johnson!" calls Professor McGonagall. My brother walks up the steps, and sits on the stool. She places the raggedy looking hat on his head, and it shouts, "Gryffindor!" the Gryffindor table cheers, and Ethan runs down to join them. "Jake Johnson!" My twin quickly sits on the stool, and as soon as the hat is placed on his head it shouts, "Slytherin!" He smiles at me knowing that I would get placed in the same house as him. He sits down at their table, and he waves at my brother Ethan. "Zoe Johnson!" Zoe was sorted into Gryffindor, like we all knew she would be. She ran off, and sat next to Ethan.

"Zoe congrats! You're in the best house!" I hear Ethan say to Zoe.

"Tara Johnson!" I feel everyone's eyes on me as I walk up, and take a seat on the stool. I jump as the hat starts talking inside my head.

"Ah daughter of a Gryffindor I see… But so many dark secrets." Said the hat.

"Get out of my head hat! Just sort me like you're supposed to do!"

"My my, you've murdered somebody?"

"Alright, I guess since you have such dark secrets you belong in Slytherin with your brother…" The voice left my mind, and shouted out, "Slytherin!" I stand up, as my house applauds for me, but for some reason everyone is looking at me weirdly. Did I do something wrong? I sit down next to my brother, and he stares at me with wide eyes.

"Jake why are you staring at me like that?"

"Umm because you took forever to get sorted!" he exclaimed. I looked at him with a confused look. "It took you like ten minutes to get sorted Tara!"

"W-what? No way it only took a couple of seconds!" How could I have taken so long?

"No it looked like you were having a conversation with the hat."

"I did, but it wasn't a long one."

"Look I don't know what happened Tara, but let's just get through this year okay?"

"Okay, I promise I'll be good."

***SS***

When the eldest and youngest two of the Johnson family got sorted into Gryffindor I can't say I was surprised, same with the twins in Slytherin. What struck me as odd was how long it took the older Miss Johnson to get sorted. The last time it took that long it was for bloody potter.

"That was odd don't you think Severus?" asked Minerva.

"Quite so Minerva. I wonder what the hat discussed with her."

"As do I Severus." Minerva and I stopped our discussion as Albus stood to give his usual speech. Which as usual I paid no attention to, until I heard him say.

"This year, years fifth through seventh may chose not to wear their uniforms, due to the more advanced classes of Defense Against the Dark Arts.", said Albus. We never discussed this! "Also I would like everyone to welcome our new potions professor, Professor Gambit!" Professor Gambit stood, and all the students clapped politely. "Furthermore Professor Snape will be continuing to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts.", said Albus. Everyone, but my Slytherins groaned at this, I quickly glared at them, and it died down.

"It seems like the students aren't glad to have you teach again." Said Minerva, with a smug look on her face.

"They are just unhappy because they know they will actually have to do work in my class, dunderheads the lot of them!"

"Oh don't act like such a child Severus. They are smarter than you think they are."

"I am in no such way a child!" I argued. Having said that I stood up and left, but I noticed there was a couple students missing from the Slytherin table. Better hope they don't get caught by Filch.

***TJ***

I left the feast as soon as my brother stopped watching me like a hawk. Which was really fast, because for some reason all the girls wanted to be "friends" with him. I wondered around the castle, and eventually got. Of course I was in the dark. As I was walking, I heard footsteps coming towards me. "Who's there?" I asked as I pulled out my wand. I whispered Lumos, and a tall boy with dark brown hair, and blue eyes stood in front of me with a scared look in his eyes.

"Whoa! What are you doing?!" the boy exclaimed.

"I could ask you the same. Why didn't you answer when I asked who was there." I asked him.

"I thought you were a professor, my mistake. My name is Vince, Vince Contreras." He put his hand out for me to shake.

"Tara, Tara Johnson. Why aren't you at the feast like everyone else?" I asked as I shook his hand.

"Nice to meet you Tara. The feast is rather boring, so I just wander around the castle rather than sitting with a bunch of idiots stuffing their faces." said Vince.

"Same here. Hey you're in Slytherin right?" I asked him. I think I saw him as I was being sorted.

"Yeah, and you are the girl who took quite some time to get sorted." he said.

"I didn't take that long did I?" I asked.

"Yeah you took quite some time to get sorted."

"Oh… Hey do you mind showing me to the common room? I'm totally lost."

"Sure no problem Tara, it's not too far from here, follow me. So you're from the states right?" Vince asked.

"Isn't it obvious? I don't have your sexy accent." Vince bursted out laughing.

"My accent's sexy?"

"Well yeah British accents are very sexy! Duh!" I said mocking him.

We approached a normal looking wall, but I saw a small snake engraved in it.

"Well here we are. Twilight is the password."

"Okay thanks again for showing me the way to the common room."

"You are very much welcome Tara. I'll see you tomorrow, hopefully we have classes together."

"Yeah hopefully we do, see you tomorrow!"

"Bye Tara!" he said as he went up the stairs to his dormitory.

"Bye Vince!"

I smiled as I walked up the stairs to my dorm. I made one friend today, maybe being here won't be so bad…