Bold writing means it is the content of a letter

AN: Wow. Third chapter posted in one day. That is a new record for me. Well, to those reading this, I am going to be alternating from writing this and my Legend of Zelda story from now on. Also, sorry for the computer error of the half of the disclaimer being put in the top of each chapter…I'm not sure why it does that, but ff. Net won't let me edit it out for some reason. Happy reading!

Underlined text means the setting for the next scene change.
Underlined italics means that the person is speaking in parsletongue.
Bold writing means it is the content of a letter.
Italic writing means a character is thinking.

 Chapter 3: "Slytherin, Seth!"

September 1, 1998
Diagon Alley
First day of the school term

Seth apparated straight into Diagon Alley. H e received many stares for having apparated when he was so young, but he ignored them and continued to walk towards Gringotts. Finally he reached a snowy white building that towered of all of the other shops. Ignoring the warning plaque , he walked straight into the building. About a hundred goblins were sitting on high stools, behind a long counter, scribbling in large ledgers, weighing coins in brass scales, or examining precious stones through eyeglasses. Seth made for the counter.
"Morning. I would like to request a blood test to obtain a pair of lost keys, and to inactivate any previous copies of those keys."
The goblin looked closely at Seth, before replying.
"I'll need to prick one of your fingers to get a few drops of blood for the test."
"Certainly."
Seth held out his hand, and the goblin pricked his finger. Three drops of blood fell onto a seemingly empty parchment. After a few tense moments words began to appear on the parchment. They read like this:

Inheritance as follows:
Slytherin – Main Vault 13, Additional Vault 311
Alric – Vault 473

Slytherin Vault 13 contains:
21 billion Galleons
78 thousand Sickles
132 thousand Knuts

Slytherin Vault 311 contains:
various armors
various weapons
large collection of books
assortment of antique brooms
spare wands
maps of Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, Slytherin Mansion, Slytherin vacation homes
collection of parsletongue books and scrolls
collection of wizarding essentials
etc.

Alric Vault 473 contains:
10 thousand Galleons
17 thousand Sickles
49 thousand Knuts
small collection of books

There was a slight pause before the disbelieving goblin finally spoke.
"Well. I do believe you are now currently the richest wizard alive. Here are your new keys. I have already invalidated the old ones. The Slytherin key works for both vault 13 and vault 311."
Seth shook himself out of his shocked stupor and accepted the two tiny silver keys.
"Griphook will show you to the executive passageway to your vaults. GRIPHOOK!"
A goblin appeared and asked what he was needed for.
"Please show Mr. Slytherin to vaults 13, 311, and 473."
The goblin nodded, and Seth winced as several wizards and witches behind them began to whisper about him. Griphook led him to a brightly lit marble hallway. At the end of the hallway was a large silver cart with comfy looking red cushions in it. They climbed into the cart and it automatically began its trek downward towards the vaults. It stopped, and Griphook climbed out first.
"Vault 13. Key please."
Seth handed him the key, and the goblin opened the vault. The goblin gave back the key, and held the lantern as Seth decided what to take. After a moment, Seth filled his moneybag with 3,000 Galleons. They piled back into the cart, and stopped at vault 311, following the same process as before. This time, Seth took dragon hide armored robes, an invisibility cloak, three parsletongue books, all of the maps, and Salazar Slytherin's own sword. As they piled back into the cart, Seth decided that he did not need to stop at the Alric vault today. The cart returned to the surface, and Seth spelled his belongings to fit into his pockets. He left Gringotts with a smile on his face.
"Well, first up would be Madame Malkin's for a uniform."
He walked into the shop, and Madame Malkin came forward and spoke to him.
"Hogwarts, dear? Got the lot here—another young man being fitted up just now, in fact."
In the back of the shop, a boy with a pale pointed face was standing on a footstool while a second witch pinned up his long black robes. Madame Malkin stood Seth on a stool next to him, slipped a long robe over his head, and began to pin it to the right length.
"Hello," said the boy, "Hogwarts too?"
"That's right."
"My father's next door buying my books, and mother's up the street looking at wands," said the boy. He had a bored, drawling voice. "Then I'm going to drag them off to look at racing brooms. I don't see why first years can't have their own. I think I'll bully father into getting me one and I'll smuggle it in somehow. Have you got your own broom?" the boy went on.
"I do, but I'm going to stop by the shop and buy the latest model today. By the way, if you do smuggle in your broom, I'll show you the perfect place to hide it at the school."
"You've been to Hogwarts before?"
"Yes, my father used to work there. I know every nook and cranny of that castle, even the secret passageways."
"That's cool. Do you play Quidditch at all?"
"I do. My father told me I was the best seeker he had seen in quite a while."
"Really? Father tells me it would be a crime if I'm not picked to play for my house, and I must say, I agree. Know what house you'll be in yet?"
"I'm 100 sure I'll be placed in Slytherin."
"Oh, really? I thought no one could be entirely sure until they got there. I'm sure I'll be in Slytherin as well though, because all of my family has been. Imagine being in Hufflepuff, I think I'd leave, wouldn't you?"
"I'm not sure I'd leave Hogwarts, but I'd seriously be checking into who my real family is, because my family would all be rolling around in their graves if they found out I was placed anywhere but Slytherin."
The boy grinned and said, "I know what you mean. My father seriously would disown me if I ended up anywhere else but Slytherin. What's your surname, anyway?"
Seth grinned, "…Slytherin."

The boy looked shocked.
"You have to be kidding me, right?"
Before Seth could answer, Madame Malkin said, "That's you done, my dear."
"Hope to see you at Hogwarts."
Seth headed to Flourish and Blotts to get his books for the year. He bought six years worth of books because he knew that with Salazar's tutoring, he was far more advanced than any first year. He also went to the Apothecary and bought two pewter standard size 5 cauldrons, three sets of crystal phials, one telescope, two sets of medium brass scales, three self-inking quills, 50-feet of parchments, 3 regular quills, five black ink bottles, two silver ink bottles, two green ink bottles, and an advanced potion supply kit. He also decided to visit the Magical Menagerie to buy a new snake since Sasuke had grown so fast, he had to leave him in the chamber with Salazar's basilisk. He explored the store and decided on buying a baby diamondback snake. He paid for the snake, and before leaving spoke to it. It seemed this snake was named Sarutobi. He already had his wand, and so his last stop was to a shop that sold trunks. As soon as he walked in, the shopkeeper asked him a question.
"Can I help you with anything, sir?"
"Yes, I am in need of a magical trunk that only I can open, and that can perhaps hold a small library inside of it. Do you have anything like that?"
"As a matter of fact, I do," He pointed to a deep green trunk that was actually in the shop's window, "That could literally fit the entire Hogwarts Library and more into it. It also recognizes its owner's magical signature, and will petrify anyone else who tries to open it. It comes with the bonus gift of one Nimbus 2000, and is easy to move as it has its own set of wheels. Does this fit your needs?"
"It is perfect."
"That will be 1,500 Galleons, please."
Seth paid the shopkeeper the price and the trunk was handed to him.
"The Nimbus 2000 is already inside the trunk," said the shopkeeper.
Seth nodded, and then loaded all of his previous purchases into the trunk. As he closed the trunk, he noticed that it now had his name written in silver lettering on its side. Satisfied, he nodded to the shopkeeper, and apparated directly into the Hogwarts Platform 9 3/4. Seth waved his wand over his silken green robes, and they transformed into standard unmarked Hogwarts robes. He lifted his trunk onto the train with ease, and then walked down the train to find a compartment. Each compartment he saw was full, until near the end of the train he spotted the blonde-haired boy he had met at Madame Malkin's. He poked his head through the doorway.
"Hey, mind if I join you?"
The boy's head snapped up, and he smirked in recognition.
"Oh, it's you. Come on in."
Seth dragged his trunk into the compartment, and pushed it up onto the luggage rack. The boy glanced at the name on Seth's trunk.
"Seth J. Slytherin. So you really weren't kidding about that being your name?"
"No. That's my name."
"I can't believe it. There hasn't been an actual Slytherin at Hogwarts for so many years!"
Seth chuckled, "Well, I'm going there, so Hogwarts better be ready for one heck of a surprise!"

Time skip
Hogwarts – Sorting Ceremony

Seth just shook his head sadly as he watched all the fuss when Harry Potter got sorted.
If they make this much fuss over him, what are they going to do about me?
He stood there bored while listening to others getting sorted. Suddenly, McGonagall seemed to freeze as she was about to read off the next person to be sorted. That was when Seth figured he was up next. McGonagall took a breath.
"Slytherin, Seth!"
Seth slowly walked up to the hat, definitely NOT oblivious of all the shocked stares he was receiving. He sat down on the stool, and McGonagall placed the hat on his head. The hat spoke out loud for everyone to hear.
"Honestly, you know this kid is Slytherin's heir, and yet you still have to place me upon him? I'm beginning to doubt the intelligence of your generation, dear."
McGonagall blushed as there were some snickers from the Slytherin table, and some gasps from the rest.
"It is obvious where this one goes. SLYTHERIN!"
Seth smirked and walked over to the Slytherin table. The blonde-haired Malfoy , as well as practically the whole Slytherin table, bombarded him with questions the moment he sat down. Seth noticed most of them were stupidly asking if he was really the heir. Deciding to nip this right now, he let his snake slither into view, and hissed to it.
"These people are so annoying, Sarutobi."

"Do you wish for me to bite them, master?"
"Not this time. Perhaps later."
Now that he had silenced the whole great hall, he decided to address them as if nothing had happened.
"What, none of you can speak now? Good, I'll finally get some peace. If I'd known being a Slytherin would cause such a ruckus, I'd have come using a fake name. I ask that you all please refrain from crowding me, as my snake can get quite nervous around other people… Though if you do take the chance to befriend me, or approach me when I'm alone, I might be inclined to answer any questions you might have."
Everyone seemed to leave him alone after that, and he managed to eat a good dinner. He finished before everyone else, and stood up to head to the common room.
"Where are you going," asked Draco.
"I'm headed to the Slytherin dorms for some sleep."
"You just got here, how do you know where to go?"
Seth decided to distract him without giving him an entirely true answer.
"Don't you remember at Madame Malkin's I told you that I knew every nook and cranny of Hogwarts? Now, are you coming or not?"
"Oh. Oh, yes, I'm coming with you. "
Seth left, noticing that both the headmaster and Snape were staring at him as he left. H e led Malfoy to the dungeons and went down the trap door that led to the common room. He pointed to one of the staircases.
"That's the first year dorms up that way. Each person shares a room with one other. Much better than the Gryffindor dorms that crowd everyone in the same year all into one room."
"You know where the Gryffindor house is?"
"Yes. That and Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw as well."
"Amazing. It's like you lived he or something."
That wouldn't be so far from the truth, Draco.
It turned out that he and Draco shared a room. They both went to sleep immediately with thoughts of what their first day might be like.