The Hall was deadly silent

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Chapter three: Resorting Part Two

"SLYTHERIN!"

The Hall was deadly silent. Shocked eyes followed Harry, who made his way to the empty end of the Slytherin table (the one closer to the teachers and ironically, the one Malfoy was occupying).

At first the raven haired boy was shocked and a little frightened (Slytherin after all, and hell, Snape was the Head of the House). But after the initial stress was over he realized that this was to be expected from the Hat. After all it had wanted to put him in Slytherin from the beginning. However this time it hadn't considered Gryffindor as an option at all, which was shocking. So…he had changed this drastically.

After calming down Harry took a look around the Hall to spy on the reactions his resorting was receiving.

Snape was the one who caught his attention first. The Potions master was gripping his knife as if ready to kill and if his gaze was a curse Harry would be down on the flour screaming in pain from the most intense Cruciatus he had ever been through.

Harry gulped and quickly moved his eyes.

I'm dead!

Hagrid looked mortified. The entire Hall could hear him whispering like a man possessed.

"No…No…NO…The son of Lilly and James…Slytherin…You-know-who…No…No…impossible."

Dumbledore caught the boy's eyes, smiled and winked at him mischievously. Harry got the impression that the Headmaster had known what was going to happen.

McGonagall was a pitiful sight. The elderly witch looked ready to cry- another lost student. And it was not any student, but Harry Potter.

The-Boy-Who-Lived couldn't take it any more. He couldn't bear to see his schoolmates' reactions too and he looked ashamedly at his empty plate.

After the initial shock was over whispers broke through the entire Great Hall.

The reactions on the Gryffindor table were the most violent (as always). Everybody was discussing their Hero's future death at the hands of the stupid snakes.

Ginny burst in tears.

"Oh my God….Harry….I can't believe this… We're not in the same House anymore…This is horrible…What am I going to do…Oh God, Colin!" The girl couldn't catch her breath.

The boy Ginny had turned to for comfort looked at her with tear-filled eyes and decided that instead of answering he'd better join her wails.

The only person on the Gryffindor table who wasn't talking about Harry was Seamus. He was going crazy from worrying if Dean we'll come back to his House. And the fact that the Ceremony had stopped for a while didn't help either.

On the Ravenclaw table Hermione was taking the news quite well. At first she was horrified, but than her yaoi mind started to work, forming a plan.

Ok this is just perfect. Draco Malfoy-one of the most handsome guys in the school and an all-known bi, is in the same House as our newly established gay Harry (who might I add isn't that bad either). If that isn't faith I don't know what is. They'll make a startling couple.

On the other end of the Hall a certain blond was cursing the same faiths, who Hermione blessed.

My luck be damned! Today is an awful day. First, the majority of my house mates hates me and feels the great need to tell me all about it and now Potter is in my House, in my Dorm for fuck's sake. What did this stupid Hat think when it put Harry bloody Potter- The Chosen One, The Savior, in SLYTHERIN. Oh my God, I have a headache.

Ron, who was still waiting to be resorted, ignored everything going around in the Hall. He was lost in his own thoughts.

I knew it! I've always known it! Harry is a dark wizard! Harry is the next You-know-who! Chosen One my ass! This slimy traitor! This filthy Slytherin! I understood that he'll join the blasted Death Eaters from the moment I saw him flirting with MY Hermione. Trying to stab your best friend in the back is the last step to becoming Dark. Now Hermione will see what an evil bastard he is. She'll come to cry on my shoulder. I'll kiss her and then…oh I'm so lucky!

A good five minutes had passed. McGonagall sniffed, cleared her glasses and decided to continue with the Ceremony.

The fact that Turpin Laisa changed Houses and went from Hufflepuff to Ravenclaw stayed unnoticed (even by her because she was too shaken from what had just happened).

"Thomas, Dean"

"RAVENCLAW!"

On the Gryffindor table silent tears fell down Seamus' face, while he watched his boyfriend sitting too far away from him.

Harry raised his eyes from his plate and stopped playing with the table cloth. He really felt for his two friends. They had gotten together so soon and now the harsh reality separated them. Not that being in different Houses was such an obstacle for their relationship, but being in the same Dorm was something entirely different.

"Weasley, Ron" McGonagall shouted.

Ron put the Hat on his head and waited. After mere moments the boy was back on the Gryffindor table.

Since it was something expected nobody paid attention to Ron's returning.

The redhead was furious. Again all the fame went for Harry.

"Zabini, Blaise"

"SLYTHERIN!"

Draco greeted his best friend, when he came back to the table, and made place for Blaise to sit down next to him.

The Sorting Ceremony finally over, McGonagall took her place on the staff table.

Dumbledore stood up (again). The students were waiting with fear what was to come. After all, this was Dumbledore, who knew what he was going to declare now.

"With this out of the way we can continue. Maybe you noticed that this year's Head Boy, Head Girl and prefects hadn't been declared. This was done because of the resorting. Maybe you don't know but in Hogwarts there is a rule that the Head Boy and Girl can't be from the same House. It was decided that we should wait with the announcement of the prefects too."

After the new prefects from the fifth year were chosen the Headmaster smiled wider and declared with pride.

"The best students in the seventh year, our future Head Girl and Boy are to be as follows: Hermione Granger from Ravenclaw and Draco Malfoy from Slytherin."

The applauses which followed were the loudest from the Ravenclaw and Gryffindor tables. However Harry was surprised to notice that he was one of the few clapping among the Slytherins.

"There is only one more announcement that should be made before we can all eat." Dumbledore continued. "I'm more than happy to present to you your new Defense Against The Dark Arts Teacher…Professor Lucius Malfoy!"

The door behind the staff table opened and the infamous Lord Malfoy entered. He was as exquisitely dressed as ever. His dark green robes bellowed behind him when he made his way to the table. When he bowed slightly his long blond hair fell in front of his pale face. He looked tired and worn out and had bags under his eyes. He smiled at the students and took his place next to Severus Snape.

The usual applauds that greeted every new teacher were missing. Everybody shared the same opinion: why the hell was a Death Eater, one of the greatest supporters of Voldemort and a well known muggle killer claiming the position of a DEFENSE AGAINST the Dart arts teacher. In addition Snape was a suspected Dark wizard too (from his students at least). Was Dumbledore making a collection from them or what?

Snape decided that this situation was inappropriate and ridiculous and started to clap, so that the students will follow. Afraid of the look on Snape's face, that hadn't changed much since the resorting of Harry Potter, the teenagers greeted the new teacher.

"The feast can begin!" Dumbledore declared and for the delight of the hungry students the plates filled up.

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The feast was almost over. When the first Slytherins prepared to leave the table and make their way to the Dungeons, Snape's murderous glare stopped them dead in their tracks. 10 minutes later the Potions Master stood up from the staff table, went to his underlings and hissed at them.

"Stand up and march to your Common Room. We have some things to discuss."

The frightened students jumped from their places and hurriedly left the Hall for the amusement of all the others. It was once in a lifetime experience to see Snape as a brood-hen collecting its chicken (the, oh so powerful and mighty Slytherins).

Harry wasn't sure what to do. This was his first time at Hogwarts feeling so alone and out of place. He decided that joining the five first years was safer than walking with the dangerous older student. After all an eleven year old child couldn't curse you, or kill you, or…actually couldn't do anything to you.

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"A fortiori" Snape muttered the password through gritted teeth and waited for all the students to get inside. He then followed, his robes bellowing behind him in a Vampire-like manner.

"What do you think you are doing?!" Snape hissed. "What happened tonight is something I never believed a Slytherin would do. Have you forgotten our motto?"

"Serva me, servabo te!" All chorused (except Harry and the first years of course).

"Exactly: Save me and I will save you. How exactly is calling one of your own a traitor saving him? What happens outside doesn't matter. Here you're all Slytherin and you will support each other. Even if you have some disagreements I don't want them shown outside of this Common Room. Actually I don't want you to have them at all. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes, Sir."

"And now…the new Slytherins. I'm glad you witnessed all this so that you know the rules in here. You better remember the motto and stick to it. Slytherin is not what it's considered to be. These future Dark Lords are actually wizards with personality, with the ability to say "no" and to defend their own beliefs. We, unlike the Ravenclaws know that true knowledge isn't something written in a book, but is rather something you achieve while living. We, unlike Hufflepuss, don't waste our efforts on meaningless work, but rather choose what to do to attain our goals as effortlessly as possible. And most definitely, unlike those foolishly, blindly brave Gryfindors we know better and instead of dying for someone, we are saving ourselves too while saving him." At these words Snape look pointedly at Harry.

"This is all for tonight. Now go to bed and tomorrow I'll give you your schedules. Gentlemen Malfoy, Zabini, Nott, Crabb, Goyle and Potter, if you would please come here for a moment."

The seventh year boys came closer to their Head of House.

"First, congratulations, Mr. Malfoy, on becoming a Head Boy."

"Thank you, Sir."

"Second, welcome to Slytherin Mr. Potter. There will be a bed for you in the seventh year boys' dorm. You better remember that now you are one of us."

"I'll be sure to keep that in mind, Sir."

"The others should too" At that he looked at the older Slytherins.

They all just nodded.

"So then, now that everything's settled I wish you all a good night." The professor finished and left the Common room.

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Draco quickly appraised the situation and immediately decided what his course of action is going to be.

"Potter, our dorm is the fifth door to the right in the left corridor." The blond informed the startled exGryffindor.

"Thanks, Malfoy." Replied the boy and after a while added hesitantly. "Won't you all be coming?"

"Yeah, we need to discuss something and we'll be right there."

The moment they heard the door closing behind Harry, Draco turned to his former bodyguards and hissed in a very Snape-like manner.

"If you have something to tell me I advise you to do so now. Are you with me or are you against me?"

Crabe and Goyle looked at each other, than at their dorm mates and, seeing that they were outnumbered and that the odds were against them they mumbled:

"With you…we're with you."

"I really doubt that but I'll let it pass for now." Malfoy's voice then turned into a whisper. "Now that Potter is a Slytherin some things have to change. That doesn't necessarily mean we should become his…"best pals", but we should at least try to be civil. I'm sure that there is a reason why the Hat put him in our House. He's now, as Snape put it, one of us and that's that. We can't change it, so we better dial with it the best way we can and gain profit from it too if possible."

Blaise who had exactly the same opinion decided to back up his best friend.

"I agree with you, Draco. I'll try to restrain myself around Potter. If I can't become his friend I can at least use him." At the last words Zabini smirked.

"A Slytherin to the bone, eh Blaise?" Draco laughed out loud.

"The same could be said about you too, Dray."

Theodore shook his head, interrupting his joking friends.

"We may be civil, but what makes you think he'll be? I don't have the intention of watching him insult me."

"I doubt that he is that stupid. How was that saying…"When in Rome do as the Romans do." He won't risk getting himself killed." Draco admonished.

"Ok." Theo sighted in defeat, but after that immediately warned. "But you take the responsibility. If he says or does something I'm really gonna kill him."

The blond Slytherin nodded.

The decision for their future actions taken, the Slytherins made their way to the dorm.

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When Harry entered the dormitory he was nicely surprised. The Slytherins' room wasn't filled with bats, parts of dead bodies and snake skin as he expected it to be. It wasn't a dark, cold, wet place either. It was actually very cosy and home-like. The six beds were at the six corners of the room and this arrangement left a lot of free space. The beds themselves were big and comfortable looking too, with the only difference between them and the Gryffindor ones, being the colour of the sheets and the curtains: here instead of red it was dark green. Harry found the colour to have a rather calming effect. He always had had problems sleeping in the Gryffindor dorm. Harry saw his trunk next to the bed closest to the door. He found that to be a rather good circumstance, because it gave him the opportunity to get out and save himself at any moment if need be. The boy took his possessions out of the trunk and made himself at home. He took his book and, with every intention of reading a bit before he went to sleep, sat comfortably on the bed.

But he found himself unable to read because of the thoughts troubling his mind.

Now with this situation I have to change my attitude towards my fellow Slytherins. I can't be the smart-ass I used to be or I'll end up dead by the end of tomorrow. Maybe I won't become their…"best pal" but I should at least try to be civil. If they're smart enough they'll do the same. Well that's decided. Now…why the fuck is Lucius Malfoy the DADA teacher?! Well…there could be two reasons. One, and the most plausible, is that Voldemort, who had taken control over the Ministry had sent another one of his men to Hogwarts and Dumbledore couldn't do anything about it. The other is that Lucius had become a light wizard ready to join the Order, transformed by the mighty power of the love he feels for Snape. HAHAHAHA.

At that moment the other dorm occupants entered and interrupted his train of thoughts.

Harry was ready for anything but what happened next. Draco Malfoy, the proud Slytherin came to the raven head's bed and offered his hand.

"Welcome to Slytherin, Potter."

TBC

A fortiori - With yet stronger reason

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