Please note that only a few characters are my own, like Erin Bedi. And I apologize for the age differences between the Blacks, Tom, and Lucious. I wanted to get them in the same year, so I twisted their births a bit.
Tom POV
"Follow me please!" she repeated loudly. We began to walk towards the enormous body of water that covered a lot of the grounds. "This is the Black Lake," she shouted over her shoulder. "I'm Ms. Cassandra Stratus. I am the gamekeeper and the professor for Care of Magical Creatures, so you will address me as Professor Stratus. Now please board a boat…" Professor Stratus followed her own directions, while the rest of us reluctantly paired up into the miniscule wooden structures. Bellatrix nearly threw herself next to me before Lucious could. Simultaneously we shrugged and Lucious stepped in with Cissy, almost tumbling into the water on the way. The boats slowly made the departure towards the castle that loomed ominously over the onyx water.
A great place for a Slytherin, I though greedily in my head. The ride to the castle was not as long as I expected it to be, though Bella may have made it seem that way with her jabbering that hardly hit my ears. Out of the corner of my eye I could see Lucious and Narcissa laughing almost-silently in the boat beside us. To the right of us, Dromeda shot a frightening look of pure hatred at the small strawberry-headed girl beside her. I chuckled slightly, Bellatrix, thinking that I thought the rubbish occurring from her thin lips was humorous, smiled widely and attempted to calmly snicker as I had done. Bella, I had to admit, did come off on me as a charming girl. Out of the rest of the females with us, I believed her to be the most gorgeous. Another grin spread across my face.
My new acquaintances and I ambled through the large doors of Hogwarts in a small clump, not bothering to follow the line of students before us. A man with an auburn beard approached us, "Thank you Cassandra." Professor Stratus nodded and walked off towards another set of doors. She opened them slowly, and a beautiful hall was revealed. White candles floated above our heads, filling up the ceiling that was a complete moving replica of the cloudy night sky. "I'm Professor Dumbledore. This is the Great Hall, you will eat your meals with your Houses here every day." Without further explanation, he began to quickly move towards the front of the Great Hall where a long table with presumably teachers sat. We followed Dumbledore, then watched as he relieved a wooden stool of the tattered hat that was placed across it. "I shall set the Sorting Hat upon your head and you shall be sorted into one of the four houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, or Slytherin. Erin Bedi," he called. Erin was evidently caught off guard, for she clumsily stumbled onto the stool. As the hat was lowered onto her head, it shouted, surprising most of us staring at Erin,
"Ravenclaw!" The dark girl ran down to the Ravenclaw table as the students applauded. Soon after this, when Andromeda was on the stool, she was sorted into Slytherin as her sisters clapped, and the same happened with Bella and Cissy. The same fate hit Lucious, and I confidently strutted up to the stool as Dumbledore called my name. "Oh ho!" it shouted as it was placed on my dark hair. "A Slytherin by blood! You posses his power Mr. Riddle! Salazar shall be proud with you in his house! Slytherin!" it announced, although I knew it was obvious. I joined the four at the Slytherin table, getting forced into a few handshakes on the way. My friends did not look at me the way my fellow Slytherins did. They still gazed at me with a bit of unimportance gleaming in their eyes, but otherwise, nothing changed after my sorting.
When the plates were empty, two fifth-years Slytherins led us to the common room that was hidden under a trap door. The large space was darkly decorated; it was rather fitting. Lucious ungracefully plopped down on one of the leather couches, Narcissa sitting a bit too close to him. Though, he didn't seem to mind this. Bella sat on an armchair next to and identical one where I sat. Immediately, people began to crowd around me. I sighed annoyed by their presence. Power overruled my annoyance, "Back off, you bloody imbecile!" I barked at a tall third-year that was gaining too much closeness to my face. The mound of students followed as I had demanded, and enjoyed the breathing room. I laughed to myself at this.
"Well then, Tom. I think I'll be on my way," Bella informed me quietly as she saw her sisters clambering up to the dormitories.
"Goodnight, Bella." It seemed… odd how her name came out through my mouth. In my opinion it tasted good on my tongue, and it would highly probable that Bella was delighted in the way I said it too. I had no time to think more of this, for my legs were already moving up the stairs where I figured my trunk stood next to Lucious's.