Let's start with...

NO, I HAVE NOT WRITTEN HARRY POTTER AND I CLAIM ABSOLUTELY NO RIGHTS!

EVERY CHARACTER IN THIS FANFIC BELONGS MERELY TO JKRowling!

I DO NOT MAKE ANY MONEY OUT OF THIS!

And continue with this if you missed it the last time...

English is not my native language!

Any review about grammar is welcomed too!

Now, in this chapter... you'll get the first taste of Snape and Dumbledore, so... you know the drill... something might be waiting for you at the end.


Harry Potter - the storry teller/me/er form

Harry Potter - thoughts, not only Harry's, but other characters' as well, you'll be able to ditinguish... hopefully

*Harry Potter* - parseltongue

"Harry Potter" - spoken english

/Harry Potter/ - speaking through a bond (Harry and his familiar)

"Harry Potter" - BSL, British Sign Language


Okay, enjoy the ride!

Let me know what you think!


Book 1 / Chapter 3 / Better be *********!


"Harry Potter" - BSL, British Sign Language !

"Harry Potter" - spoken english, Harry lip reading !


Okay, in this chapter words written like this are a conversation between Harry and The Sorting Hat.

It's the only time I'm using it so I didn't add it to the explanations.

Also... the conversation is held mentally so Harry knows what the hat is saying to him, he still cannot hear!


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"Harry Potter!"

And the staring began.

Draco told him about Voldemort and what everyone worships him for. How everyone expects him to be a Gryffindor just like his parents. But he wanted to stay with Draco. They called him sly, the sign for his name was made from the sign for Fox. He owned a snake. He was ambitious if a little scared but… would that be enough?

It has to be.

With one last look to Draco, Harry stepped forward. He was very thankful when the hat slipped over his eyes since he couldn't actually see everyone staring at him.

Harry Potter. It's nice meeting you, young man.

You too, ehm…, hat?

Well, look at this. I'm sorry about your hearing.

I'm not.

So… what to do? Where should I put you?

Slytherin.

That would fit you I agree. Slytherin would help you on your way to greatness.

Harry didn't want to be great, he just wanted to stay with Draco, so he didn't actually direct any thought to the hat this time.

Ravenclaw would be suitable as well seeing as you're studious but you like having fun too.

You can be loyal and pretty shy as well, huh? But no, Hufflepuff isn't the right choice either.

What about Gryffindor? Your parents went there, wouldn't you like to follow?

Harry couldn't really answer that. Up until a few hours ago he thought his parents died in a car crash and almost killed him too. That they didn't want him. That they drank too much and tended to use drugs. That he was a mistake and they had to get married for him.

Now, he wasn't sure he wanted to disappoint them but then he remembered Draco.

I think I'd rather disappoint the dead parents I've never known than choose to leave my first best and only friend.

I hope my parents would want me to be happy. And if I am to choose between Gryffindor and Slytherin I think you know the answer to that.

Very well. I hope you know what you are doing.

Better be Slytherin!

Disbelief. That was all he could see when the hat was taken from his head. Some even looked disgusted but it was mostly shock. Draco was the only one who actually smiled at him and whooped to the astonishment of others. So Harry slipped off of the stool, lowered his eyes to the ground and made his way to Draco.

"Did I do something wrong?"

He felt nauseous when everybody kept staring at him even after he sat down. Even the teachers looked like something sour has been put in their mouths.

"No. They just didn't expect you to became a snake. We're evil." Said Draco, rolling his eyes.

"Oh. And I'm supposed to be a saint, right?" Giggled Harry.

"Minerva, please continue."

Albus Dumbledore has finally got himself out of the shock. He didn't expect this at all. Hagrid told him the boy didn't talk too much. But he was talking about Gryffindor being amazing all the time. Why didn't it stick to the child? Why wasn't he excited to go to Gryffindor just like his parents? He told Hagrid to tell him about Voldemort too, that he was in Slytherin. He wanted the boy in Gryffindor. Or Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff where he would be safe. How was he supposed to protect him when he was picked for the house full of Death Eaters' children? On top of that it looks like Ronald didn't find Harry on the train and the kid made friends with little Malfoy. Looking aside to Severus he knew he was livid. He hated James and now he was his son's caretaker. This wouldn't end well. He'll turn the boy into a mess. But maybe… considering young Malfoy, he won't murder him at least.

This was going to be a huge scandal tomorrow.

In the meantime, Draco introduced Harry to Zabini, Nott, Grabble and Goyle. They all seemed nice but when Grabbe and Goyle talked with their mouths full, he just couldn't read their lips, therefore, he didn't understand.

"So, Harry, how did you ended up with the Slytherin lowlife?" Asked Theo once the food appeared.

"Well. The hat said Slytherin. How did you?" Chuckled Harry.

"You're good." Nodded Blaise.

"Thanks."

The truth was. Harry was nervous as hell. He's never had so many people to talk to other then at that deaf camp he was sent to, to learn sign language and lip reading when he went deaf.

Severus was furious. He was sure this was some kind of a joke. Or that he's dreaming. The saint Potter and in Slytherin? Who did he kill to deserve that? And making friends with his godson, great. Did someone tell him about Draco? Did he think he could get away with anything like this? Spoiled brat. Why can't he wear glasses like his fucking father and have that awful hair of his? No. Make it all the harder with that red colour and green eyes, he looks so much like Lily. If his face was a little less round and aristocrat, he would be a splitting image of her. And why did he have bangs for Merlin's sake? This way, no one will see his famous scar.

Oh I'm going to enjoy having you in my house, Potter. Once you graduate you won't have that smug look and your hands will bleed with all those detentions and scrubbing you'll do.

With that the professor finally decided to eat.

Once the prefect led them to the dungeons and their common room, the boys all split up since the rooms were only for two.

"I'm so glad we both made Slytherin!" Exclaimed the blond.

"Yeah. Me too. Just… I'm afraid of other students and the teachers. Did you see how they looked at me? Like I was the main villain and it was all my fault." Harry didn't mention it was actually a little thanks to him persuading the hat but that didn't matter.

"Don't worry. They cannot do anything. They know you are friends with me. And if I tell dad they could end up in disciplinary proceedings." He was quite smug about that fact but he just wanted to reassure his new friend. The way Harry spoke, talked and carried himself. It said a lot about his life. Deaf people didn't have it easy and in muggle world it was even worse. The prejudice and bullying, he must have suffered some rough experiences. But not here, Draco would make sure about this.

"Draco. No. Promise me you won't do this." He was glad Draco was willing to do this from him. But the only thing he could think about was his teacher at primary school. She came back after those proceedings and she outright ignored him. Talking while her back was turned. Consciously not articulating when she asked him a question. He didn't want that to happen in here.

"But why? If they bully you, then…"

"Please. Trust me on this. I can work hard, that helps. But if I complain, I'll only make it worse."

"But- "

"Promise me."

"Ok. I promise."

That didn't mean Draco couldn't help and fight for Harry on his own. He just didn't know he would have to follow through so soon.

The very next day the first lesson was double potions.

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CLIFFHANGER!

I'm so proud of myself. *cries*

I hate cliffhangers and I suck at writing them but this... is coming along pretty well, right? :D

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Okay... now I'm going to relay a not very pleasant message...

I'm sorry to say this but my classes are about to start on Monday so I don't really know if I'd be able to add new chapters each day.

I promise to add one at least once a week and I hope to keep that promise.

Of course I'll try and keep up with adding a new chapter each day but sometimes it just cannot be done.

So don't give up on me, please :)

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Okay, now to Dumbledore and his... trail of thoughts...

I personally think that the original went just a little too smoothly.

Harry being the great Gryffindor.

Saving a friend... and I never really understood why Hermione lied?

They could have told the truth right?

And with the Philosopher's Stone... Dumbledore must have expected that... oh and don't forget the Dragon... Harry just put it all together, just like that.

Oh and the third corridor? If you look at that it just doesn't add up.

The most powerful light wizard tells you not to go there if you don't want to die a horrible death and you go there?

I know about the stairs and Filche's cat but I'd take a detention over death every day, wouldn't you?

They chose possible death over detention just to find Fluffy.

How convenient right?

Don't get me wrong I love those books.

BUT making the Gryffindor and portraing Slytherin evil at the start?

It really influenced my perspective.

Then I found out about Severus. *cries*

And it overturned my entire world.

I was just so sad!

So I made Harry a Slytherin, for obvious reason - Draco.

Dumbledore doesn't like that. He's not hating it, he's concerned for Harry.

But despite being the headmaster he knows nothing about Slytherins - I never got the impression he did if you didn't include Tom or Draco.

All he sees is a potential threat in Slytherins. That's why he sent Hagrid to befriend and influence the boy a little.

Remember. Dumbledore isn't really evil or perfect in this fic.

He just has a plan that doesn't really work out (the main difference from the original) and he can do very little about it.

And the bit with Weasley? He wasn't paid or nudged in the direction of Harry Potter.

Let's say... Dumbledore knows Molly and the children. He may have heard Ronald proclaim he'll become Harry's best friend when he finds him at the train. That as we know influenced Harry too but this time, He met (not so stuck up) Draco first.

Don't be very suspicious about this.

I'm not a very good writer therefore you can get the wrong impression - one of the reasons I include these explanations since I cannot just put them inside the story.

Dumbledore isn't dissapointed or anything about Harry being Slytherin, he just knows Voldemort will come back and is worried about Harry.

As you could tell from this chapter, our dear headmaster has no idea Harry is deaf so he couldn't tell his staff.

Shame, right?

That is what is going too smoothly in my story :P I'm a hypocrite I know :)

Now... to Snape.

I focus on his hate for James Potter and hurt he feels about Lily.

Since Harry looks like her now I guess the professor hurts more and lashes out accordingly.

He also thinks Harry's been raised like a royallty.

So, don't be surprised he's suspicious of Harry's behaviour and is quick to put the blame on him.

He's so full of hatred, now that he got the boy in his care, that he makes father and son into one and the same person sometimes.

But... don't worry I plan on having him see the truth in the distant future.

Both Harry and Snape are people who cherish privacy and their own secrets. They do not fight in the open and try not to show hurt.

It's going to be very hard to come together but they will.

So... those who love our dearest Potions Master, do not be sad, just bare with it and wait for him to see Harry as his own person.

Well, if you are still here,

I hope you enjoyed the chapter!

Till next time!