Third Person P.O.V.
Harry walked a few feet behind Alex and Emma whispering to Ron and Hermione about the new student.
"What do you think of her?" He asked in a low voice. He glanced at Alex and Emma who were talking excitedly to each other about something.
"I don't know.." Hermione said. "I mean she's a Slytherin."
"But that shouldn't merit whether or not she's nice or not, right?" Ron asked.
"She could just be faking it." Hermione said. "I mean, Harry, you did just escape from You-Know-Who just last year! She could be here so she can get into our group to find out stuff."
"She's a year below us." Harry pointed out. "It's not like she's in our year and is following us everywhere."
"Well I don't trust her." Hermione said. "I think that we should be careful around her."
"Sure, whatever." Ron said. "How do you think she helped me with the Silencing Charm?"
"I don't know but I don't like it." Hermione sniffed. "It's obviously some sort of cheating. I wouldn't do it again if I were you."
"Why are you acting like this Hermione?" Harry asked. "She's new to Hogwarts and has been living in the States, she doesn't seem to know a lot about the going ons here."
"Something tells me that she knows more than she lets on." Hermione said darkly.
"I think that we should perhaps consider her a friend." Harry said. "But I agree with Hermione, we should be cautious."
They stopped talking when they made it to the Transfiguration classroom; Hermione left to go to here Ancient Runes class leaving Harry and Ron standing there. Harry studied Emma as she was quickly talking to Alex and had to admit that she was kind of pretty. But like Hermione said, she was a Slytherin. Turning away he shook his head slightly and wondered why Alex had lied to Emma about them having a class near the Transfiguration room. In reality, they all had a free period.
"What's your next class?" Alex asked Emma.
"Uhhhhh…" Emma looked slightly surprised that he asked that. "Defense Against Dark Arts; I think. But don't we have lunch after this class?"
"Yeah." Alex said. "I'll walk you to lunch later." He offered.
"I don't know." Emma said. "Zoe will probably want me to walk with her."
"Of course." Alex said sounding slightly disappointed. Harry was really wondering what was going on with Alex, he'd never seen him act like this.
"I think that I should be getting to class now." Emma said before ducking in the room.
"What was that all about?" Harry asked Alex as they made their way towards the library.
"What do you mean?" Alex asked confused.
"You were acting weird around Emma just now." Ron said.
"I was?" Alex said slightly puzzled.
"You were being nice to her." Ron said.
"Is being nice suddenly becoming a crime?" Alex asked. "She's a new student. We should make her feel welcome."
"But she's a Slytherin!"
"That doesn't mean that I can't be nice to her." Alex said harshly. "I don't particularly like these inter House prejudices, competition is good but one you start judging people by what House they are a part of instead of who they are, it gets ridiculous."
"But your personality and who you are determine what House you get into!" Ron exclaimed.
"But the Sorting Hat gives you a choice." Alex argued back. "For instance, the Sorting Hat said that I'd be good in Hufflepuff, but I chose Gryffindor. A person's personality is just too complicated to be put into a single stereotype."
"I guess that's true." Harry said. "I mean the Sorting Hat said that I'd be good in Slytherin. You never had a problem with that though Ron. The Sorting Hat automatically put you in Gryffindor."
"That's true." Ron muttered. Entering the library they say down at a table and started working on their homework.
"Besides," Alex said, pulling out a quill and ink. "I was talking to Emma about Ilvermorny, they also have Houses. She said that she was in Horned Serpent, which is the equivalent of Ravenclaw here."
"Then why didn't Emma get put into Ravenclaw?" Ron asked.
"I really don't know." Alex said. "It's possible that she wanted to be in Slytherin, but then again, judging by her reaction to Malfoy we could say that's out of the option."
"She did mention that her parents were Auors and that they are helping the Ministry, that's why they moved here." Harry said. "Is it possible the she chose to be in Slytherin so that she could spy on them?"
"Anything is possible." Alex said.
They fell into silence and worked on their homework. They were almost finished when they heard some Slytherin's talking to each other. Harry recognized them as Marcus Flint and Adrian Pucey, two members of the Slytherin Quidditch Team.
"Do you think that what she claimed was true?" Adrian asked.
"Of course not." Marcus said with a snort. "How could she be a descendant of our House founder? No, the new girl, Emmalyn Knight, is not a descendant of Slytherin."
Ron shot Harry an alarmed look.
"But what if she really is telling the truth?" Adrian asked.
"The day that she's a descendant of Slytherin is the day that I quit being a Chaser on the Slytherin Quidditch team." Marcus said with a laugh. "And that's no gonna happen."
"You want to bet on that?" Alex said, surprising both Harry and Ron. Marcus and Arian turned around and smirked.
"Why not?" Marcus said. "But what do we get out of it if we're right?"
Alex thought about it for a while before answering. "If Emma is telling the truth, you give up your position on the Slytherin team, if she's lying then I'll turn a blind eye to everything that Slytherin does as a Perfect."
"What!?" Ron and Harry yelled, getting a glare from the librarian. They pulled Alex to the side.
"Are you insane!?" Ron whispered. "If you lose then Hermione will have your head! Not to mention that you'll be breaking the rules!"
"I agree with Ron." Harry said. "But… if she is telling the truth then It'd be good because then we wouldn't have to worry about Flint."
"Did you forget about the part that if she's telling the truth then she really is a descendant of Slytherin!?" Ron whisper yelled.
"We will cross that bridge when we come to it." Alex said firmly. "Do we have a deal?" He asked turning back to Marcus and Adrian.
"Of course." Marcus said. He held out his hand and Alex shook it, sealing the deal.
"No cheating." Alex warned.
"No promises." Adrian said with a smirk as he and Marcus sauntered away.
Harry had a sinking feeling and hoped that nothing bad would come out of this. Hermione would kill them once she found out, and she would because Harry was sure that this news would spread like a wildfire.
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Hey guys! So how do you like the story so far? I was wondering if anyone had any ideas or suggestions please comment! I was worried that I wasn't going to be able to update today so I'm happy that I manged to. This chapter really gave insight to what Alex and the Golden Trio think of our beloved main character. It should be interesting how the bet works out.
