Call of the Light

Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or any of its characters. However I do own this story idea. That's about it. (I also own a bunch of Harry Potter merchandise yeah I'm weird)

Warning: Well the only warnings as of now are that this is a slightly alternate universe setting. It does include male/male along with male/fem pairing. May be an Mpreg. Mature content, bad language, and many other possibly suggestive themes.

Summary: What if the tables were turned. What if LV went after Neville Longbottom instead of Harry Potter on that faithful day. What if Harry Potter had actually gone to Slytherin. Would Harry let the dark side take him or would he still feel the call of the light? Would Harry still be the one called on to save the day in the end? Better than its sounds. DMHP

(A/N: yeah so we're on chapter two I really hope you like it)

Pairings: Main pairing Draco/Harry still deciding on other ones any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Chapter 2: Unforeseen Assortment

Harry carefully got off of the small boat. He walked down the dock toward the crowd gathering around the giant man who's name he'd learned was Hagrid. The man slightly scared him, seriously there was no way that man was completely human.

Harry leaned in and asked Draco "How is it possible for someone to be so…uh huge?" Draco furrowed his eyebrow.

He whispered back "I'm not quite sure but I've heard that he is like part giant or something along those lines." Harry nodded deafly and continued listening to the giant man talk. He eventually instructed the first year students to follow the path to the doors of the school. He informed them that there they would meet with Professor McGonagall.

All the other students began trudging up the path to the castle they could see not too far in the distance. Both Blaise and Draco had fallen in step with a girl that Harry didn't know and started chatting with her. Feeling just a bit put out Harry fell back a few paces and decided to keep to himself for awhile.

After a minute or two the boy named Ron whom he'd met on the platform approached him. "Hey, Harry right?" the boy asked.

"Yeah that's me." Harry smiled politely. Ron returned the smile. They began to talk about random things neither one really having anybody else to talk to at the moment. They were content to make small talk until the shrill cry of something in the forest surrounding the school broke through the air. "What was that?" Harry asked more than a little scared of what it could be.

"If I'd had to guess I would say that was a werewolf or some other kind of wereanimal. They're said to run free around the forest to feed from time to time. I read about them in Hogwarts: A History." the bushy haired girl from before walked up to them and informed them. "I'm Hermione Granger, and you are?" she asked.

"Ron, Ron Weasley and this is Harry Potter." Ron informed her. She looked at him with a slightly snobbish face for a moment or two. "What?" he asked losing his patience a little. This girl seemed like a know it all, and anyone who knew Ron at all knew that was one of his pet peeves.

"You've got a little smudge of dirt above your nose." she paused and pointed at the spot. "Just there." Ron frowned and wiped at the spot furiously. She smiled politely and walked to catch up with some of the other girls.

"What's with that girl?" Ron asked impatiently. "She did something similar on the train. Really irritated me actually." Ron said and Harry couldn't help himself when he laughed at Ron.

"It's not funny Harry!" Ron replied before he too began to laugh softly at the girl's antics. The two continued to walk and Harry glanced over at Ron and noticed something moving inside the boy's pocket. It climbed out of his pocket and Harry couldn't tell what it was because of the dark. It climbed up Ron's robes, little claws pulling loose threads in the already a little tattered robe. It reached Ron's shoulder and Harry finally figured out that it was a rat, a huge rat, which he noticed was missing a claw.

"Uh Ron, not to alarm you or anything but there's a huge rat on your shoulder." Harry said calmly. He didn't particularly get on well with rats. He always thought them to be filthy little creatures.

"Oh yeah, that's Scabbers. He's my pet rat, pathetic little thing really." Ron replied off handedly.

Harry nodded and put just a bit of distance between Ron and himself. Nothing against Ron but he really didn't like rats at all. A minute more of walking and the new students reached the enormous doors that lead into the castle.

"Harry!" Draco called out to him. Harry looked to his side and noticed that Ron had gone to talk to a boy who was nervously holding a toad in his grasp. He eagerly made his way back to Draco.

"Harry, I'd like you to meet Pansy Parkinson." he said and motioned towards a girl of pale skin and dark brown eyes as well shoulder length dark almost black brown hair. "Pansy, this is Harry Potter." Draco smirked at Harry's name, which didn't go unnoticed by Harry.

"Hello, Harry." Pansy Parkinson smiled at him. He smiled back and extended his hand to her. She ignored it and pulled him into a hug. Harry's eyes went noticeably. Not knowing exactly what to do at that moment he meagerly returned the hug, and the girl pulled away. She smiled triumphantly at him. She whispered something to both Draco and Blaise.

Harry frowned and asked "What was all that about?" He continued to frown. Draco couldn't help but think that Harry made a cute frowning face. He reached up and ruffled Harry's already unruly hair.

He leaned in and whispered to the confused boy "It was nothing. Don't worry too much about it. We were just having a little fun with you." He blew into the boy's ear a little.

Harry's face went instantly red. He pulled away from Draco and said "Bloody hell, stop playing around like that it's not particularly funny to me!" The other three merely laughed at him and made a promise to tone down their fun a bit. Soon after the doors to the castle opened.

The first thing any of the student saw was the stern face of an aged witch staring down at them. She introduced herself as Professor McGonagall. "I am sorry for the wait. If you would all follow me we can begin the sorting shortly." Harry was about to follow when he felt an arm go around his shoulder and another arm slither around his waist. He turned to see that Draco's arm was resting peacefully around his shoulder while Blaise's arm encircled his waist.

"What exactly are you two doing?" he asked the two. Draco smirked and Blaise gave him a sinister smile.

"Nothing really just go with it." Blaise said close to his ear. The boy's thickly accent voiced flowed into Harry's ear and made his face turn red.

Pansy who had just taken a hold of Blaise's arm simply said "Yeah Harry loosen up a bit. No need to be an uptight little prat." she finished and Harry frowned at her for a second. He resolved to think that she was fairly right and that if he had any hope of making any friends this year he should learn to be a bit more, loose.

Harry nodded and with that they all began to walk, haphazardly up the steps to Hogarts. They made it through the doors and followed the rest of the students to where Professor McGonagall stood in front of another pair of doors.

"Now as most of you know Hogwarts consists of four houses. Gryfindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw, these are the houses that based on your personality and magical potential you will be sorted into." she continued speaking but before she could finish her, what seemed to be practiced, speech a toad hopped forward and interrupted her. A pale, round faced, young boy followed suit snatching up the toad.

"Trevor are you okay?" He asked loud enough for everyone to hear. Harry heard someone mutter something about his name being Neville Longbottom and the whole crowd errupted with talking.

Harry not really seeing what the big deal was asked Draco "What is everyone so worked up about Draco?"

"Oh yeah I forgot you wouldn't know. Well that boy right there is supposedly the only person to ever live after having the killing curse aimed at them. Not only that but he survived a killing curse cast by the Dark Lord Voldemort." Draco said and let a shiver go down his back after mentioning the name. "He was the darkest wizard of the age. It's rumored that his parents along with other wizards fought against You Know Who's tyranny. Some thought them brave but if you ask me it was foolish." Draco finished.

He watched as the boy named Neville walked back to the crowd of students obviously wanting to be near someone familiar to him, Ron. He felt sorry for the boy when he tripped and again lost hold of his toad. Harry picked up the toad while Ron helped Neville to his feet.

Harry handed the boy his toad back and felt more than saw Draco walk up behind him. "Longbottom." Draco said to get his attention. Neville turned fearful eyes to the blond. "I'm Malfoy, Draco Malfoy. You should really consider picking your friends better, hanging around with the wrong sort can lead to picking up bad habits. Like bad posture which in turn lead to your embarrassing trip just now." Draco finished and Harry frowned a little at what he said. "Stick with us and we'll help you sort out the good from the bad."

"I think I'll be fine on my own." Neville muttered lowly. Ron who was standing beside Neville had a furious look on his face.

"Yeah Malfoy so why don't you just sod off!" Ron almost yelled his face red with anger.

Draco gave the boy an appraising look before saying "Flaming red hair, blue eyes and a hand-me-down robe. You must be a Weasley. Pathetic little git aren't you?" Draco mocked the boy and Ron was just about to try and take a swing at him. Draco was already poised for the attack. Fortunately for both boys Harry made a show of grasping Draco's hand in his own and dragging him back to where Blaise and Pansy stood patiently.

"Draco that wasn't very nice. In fact I'm pretty sure that whole scene was unnecessary." Harry admonished. Harry had a stern look upon his face.

"Harry, are you siding with the Weasel?!" Draco asked incredulously. Draco looked almost outraged that Harry would side with the redhead over him.

"No I'm not, but still it would have been horrible if you had gotten into a fight before we even had a our first day of class." Harry breathed he sighed he suddenly felt tired and was ready to take a nap.

"This way for the sorting." McGonagall announced and she opened the double doors which lead into one of the biggest rooms Harry had ever seen. "I want two single file lines." She said and everyone lined up and followed behind the women. She stopped at the other end of the huge hall. She turned to speak softly to a man who sat in the middle of a long table surrounded on both sides by other adults. The man had a long white beard and had strangely twinkling blue eyes. Something about the man unnerved Harry a little. Harry thought him to be the headmaster of the school and the other adults around him were teachers.

The man nodded and McGonagall turned back around to face all the students. For the first time he noticed that all the students sitting down were staring him and the rest of the first years. To keeps his nervous level at a minimum he stared up at the ceiling, it was a wonder to Harry. It appeared to have no ceiling as he looked up at a beautiful night sky littered with candles and stars. Harry thought it strange but magnificent nonetheless.

Harry off handedly heard Hermione say "The ceiling's an enchantment. I read about it in Hogwarts: A History." Harry laughed silently to himself. Draco who had been next to him in line turned to him and saw that he was laughing to himself. Draco opted to think that Harry was a little off the hinge and turned his attention back to the witch.

"When I call your name step forward and you will be sorted into your houses." The witch was standing by a stool and was holding an old looking pointed hat. She began to rattle off names and Harry was amazed when he first heard the hat speak. Once it was on the head of a student it had a pensive look on its face before calling out a house and then the student went to sit at their house table.

Harry looked nervous as his name was called. Draco and Pansy had both been sorted into Slytherin and he hoped with all his might that he would be too. McGonagall placed the hat on his head. And it said "Yes, yes you have power in abundance. Quick mind and intelligent as well. Cunning and brave to boot."

"Please Slytherin, please Slytherin, please Slytherin.." that was the mantra that Harry kept repeating to the hat.

"Slytherin eh? Why not Gryfindor you'd be a powerful wizard indeed?" the hat asked.

"Please Slytherin." Harry repeated. Hoping the hat would take into consideration his feelings.

"Very well then, SLYTHERIN!"

End of Chapter

Well that's the end of chapter two. I hope you all liked this chapter. I worked pretty hard to make it almost believable. I feel a little proud of this because the scene with Neville was a little hard to write but it eventually came to me. I guess that's it then until the next chapter. Oh one more thing I wanted to mention was that each year up until like sixth will have at least four to five chapters so this will be a rather long fic at least I hope it will be. Error and such will be fixed at a later time. And again anything you have to say leave it in a review or pms are welcome too, suggestion, opinion, compliments, criticism anything. Well see ya next chapter.