Note: Altering scenes from the movie
1
Once the train had reached its destination, an enormous man called out to everyone on the platform. "All first years come with me! First years, over here!"
"Ay, Huey!", Riley called out. He waved his brother over to some other students.
However, the enormous man herded them all rapidly into a series of boats. This was a relief to both of the Freeman brothers as the creatures they saw pulling the carriages of the other students appeared to be ghastly approximation of horses. They took it as another quirk of the world they were stepping into as no one else seemed to be bothered by them.
Huey ended up with Riley in a boat with three other boys, a fiercely blonde one with two brunettes on either side of him. "Yeah yeah.", Riley celebrated. "Ay, Draco. This be my brother Huey."
"The other Freeman? A pleasure.", the blonde acknowledged. "I'm Malfoy. This is Crabbe and Goyle.", he continued without particularly pointing out which one was which.
"Do they have...first (?) names?", Huey guessed. "Or speak for themselves?"
"I'm Vincent Crabbe."
"And I'm Gregory Goyle."
"Huey Freeman."
"Alright!", Crabbe cheered. "Another one for Slytherin, yeah?"
Riley spun on Huey. "You told me that this whole house sorting thing was based on personal qualities."
Goyle nodded. "It is. And with your pureblood status, you're gonna have no problem getting into Slytherin."
"Is our blood status really that important?", Huey asked.
Crabbe and Goyle laughed until Draco silenced him. "Of course it is. Have you been living under a rock - or with muggles? A pure blooded wizard can ascend to heights of power that other's can never dream. And one's family serves as a constant reminder to accord oneself in a particular way."
Huey thought on this. Grandad had plenty of flaws from a persecution complex to anger issues and lust getting the better of him more often than not. But he did seem to always find himself in the deepest civil rights struggles of the day and had an unending reservoir of pride. Even when he did not look like it, he was definitely descended from Thelma Freeman. Huey decided he would have to look into this more. If his blood status could help him free the minority his people had become, then it would be wrong to cast such a gift aside.
2
Later, the boys were clustered with other children on steps leading up to the main dining hall. Professor MacGonagall was telling them the same instructions that Huey had previously made Riley read.
Draco whispered to him. "Have you heard the rumor that Boy Who Lived will be coming to Hogwarts this year?"
"The 'Boy Who Lived'?", Huey questioned.
"Yes, Freeman.", Draco breathed. "Harry Potter. He was responsible for ending the Wizarding War by surviving the Dark Lord."
Huey nodded. "Oh. It's not a rumor. That's him right there."
Draco looked past Neville interrupting the teacher. "Isn't he supposed to have a scar on his forehead?"
"Why you checkin' out the niggas forehead?", Riley snapped.
Draco thought and then shrugged. Immediately he started pushing his way through the crowd of students.
Riley turned to Crabbe and Goyle. "This nigga really supposed to be that famous? The dark times Grandad was talking about were really that real?"
The two nodded.
"Gangsta.", Riley assessed.
All Huey could think was that he had a lot more reading that he needed to do.
3
Professor Dumbledore warned the first year students away from the Dark Forest and the third floor corridor on the right side before the Sorting ceremony began. Both Freeman brothers exchanged glances as if to communicate that a place this large didn't really have a 'right' or 'left'.
Huey tried to pay attention to the sorting ceremony. Hermione Granger and her forthrightness landed in Gryffindor, as did Harry Potter, and he could see the house' desire for bravery. Ronald Weasely landed in Gryffindor as well and he wondered why, until it appeared that his entire family for generations had as well - so maybe there was something to this pureblood status. Draco, Gregory, and Vincent were all sorted into Slytherin like they seemed to have hoped. Then Huey's idea of pureblood was attacked as Parvati Patil was sorted into Gryffindor while her identical twin was sorted into Ravenclaw. Huey was given another clue as a girl, Pansy Parkinson, was sorted into Slytherin and calmly walked over to where Draco was sitting and stared at Goyle. The boy immediately made room for her next to Draco, whom from the formal handshake she seemed to be introducing herself to.
He and his brother were the last to be sorted which he chalked up to be American and last added to the list since it didn't seem to follow alphabetical order anyway. Riley was called up by Professor Macgonagall and the hat commented aloud "Oh, there's nothing that this lad doesn't have the nerve to do.". Huey couldn't really argue against Riley's audaciousness. "Gryffindor", it announced.
When Huey sat on the stool and the hat was placed on his head, it seemed to mumble to him. More intelligent than most, capable of complex planning to the point of conspiracy theories proving true. Hmm...but also loyal to the point of risking personal harm. No hesitation against those same plans even when there's danger. And a drive for them all. You really are a difficult one aren't you.
What one thing do you want most of all?
"To defeat oppression forever.", Huey told the hat, he believed honestly.
Ah, an ambition.
"Slytherin", the hat announced.