Title: Harry, In Slytherin
Rating: G
Summary: Harry Potter gets sorted into Slytherin and finds this house very difficult. Of course that wont stop him from finally meeting Voldemort and also finding out that not all Slytherins are evil. Includes a somewhat nice Snape, and evil Draco, an anti-social Ron, a friendly Slytherin, and Hermione as a true friend, starts in the first year and goes to the seventh.
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
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To Harry Potter LC Fan Girl: Yes, Snape gave Harry the book. Also about the dead body, that's still something going on in the background but another body will be found. Harry is a reserve Keeper. Snape is sort of in the Order, though it hasn't been reformed. And, yes, he still loves Lily. I'm going to go all the way to the final book, so this will be a very long story. Naturally Snape is being nice to Harry because he reminds him of himself and also he can be nice because Harry's in Slytherin. He can't be evil to a member of his own house, what would that do to his reputation. Thanks for your comment about Chapter 3. Thanks about your comment of Chapter 2. Crystal is a lot like Hermione, in one house when she should of been in another.
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To Everyone: The site was responsible for the bad chapter 26. If the chapters are small sometimes it's because I don't want to go through putting the things that the site took off, back in. Sorry about any short chapters that you might get.
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Chapter 28: Rons Accusation
Things started to move fast for Harry as Halloween drew near. Malfoy had finally returned to normal but he was still his usual self, trying to prove that Hermione had no right to be at Hogwarts even though she had been there for nearly a year and a half. There was also something strange about how he mumbled to himself or talked in a quiet corner with Crabbe and Goyle.
"I bet he's plotting another moment to call Hermione the M word," Crystal told Harry and Hermione outside the Great Hall one afternoon. "God, I wish I had ended up in Ravenclaw then I wouldn't have to listen to him all the time."
"Well all just ignore him," Hermione said.
"Better said then done," Harry told his two friends as Malfoy approached them.
"Go away mud-."
Malfoy stopped when he saw the business end of Harry's wand. Of course at that moment Professor Snape walked out into the entrance hall. He looked from Harry to Draco.
"What's going on here?" he demanded.
"Malfoy was starting to call Hermione the M word," Harry said.
Snape turned his full attention to Malfoy.
"Is this true?" Snape asked.
"Yeah, so what," Malfoy said. "You called them that all the time."
Snape's face turned into a contort of rage. "Just because I did it doesn't mean that you have to follow every single dumb mistake that I made. God, I thought that you were going to lead some great example. Wait until I tell your mother."
Malfoy looked like someone had given him a sour lemon. He swallowed.
"You wouldnt-."
"I most certainly will, he said. Calling fellow Slytherin's that word shows poor form and you would'nt want to be accused of poor form. What would your poor father think about you then?"
Harry snorted with laughter and Snape smirked his cold smirk.
"Fine," Malfoy hissed, "I won't insult Potters friend."
"Good and since you wont I wont take seventy points from Slytherin for showing just how un-slytherin you are. Im going to take eighty."
And he turned to Harry.
"Mr. Potter Im adding one hundred points to Slytherin for sticking up for your house mate. A true Slytherin never lets their friends down. Also, report to my office in an hour."
"Yes, sir," Harry said and Snape left.
"Way to go, Draco," said Sarah Belladonna. "Just what we needed, you showing how stupid you are."
"But I was-."
"Not listening, Sarah said and turned on him."
Harry reported to Snapes office with ten minutes to spare. When Snape told him to enter Harry opened the door and walked in. He closed it behind him because he didn't want Snape to take points off because he left the door open so that everyone could hear the conversation. Whatever that happened to be.
"Sit, Potter," Snape ordered.
Harry sat down and looked at the Potions Master. He wondered what he had done to get called in and if it was bad then it was something that he hadn't done. Of course he was wondering if this had anything to do with the prank that he had pulled on Malfoy.
"Mr. Potter, I have decided that the Dursley's are no longer suited to take care of you," Snape said. "Having to worry about your summer work done, having hardly any food to eat, and I'm not going to mention about how horrible the room that you're staying in is. The Headmaster doesn't know any of this and I would like to keep it that way, if you don't mind."
"Of course, sir," Harry said.
"So I've decided to adopt you," Snape went on. "You would be my heir when I die, since I have no children of my own. Prince Manor is located in a place that not even the Dark Lord can locate and since I'm also hated by him as well then well both be hiding from him."
Harry couldn't believe it, Snape was adopting him.
"Your last name will change to Snape and you can change it back when you're older, but I think this is the best option for right now."
"Now about going to Crystals for the rest of the summer?" Harry asked.
"If you want to spend time over there then I don't mind," Snape said. "Crystals mother is a very good witch and woman. It surprised me how she turned out but no one knows what kind of life youll end up with. So do you agree to this little agreement?"
"Yes," Harry said.
Harry didn't tell Crystal or Hermione what had happened, even though Crystal begged Harry to tell him. The next day Harry, Hermione, Crystal, and Crystals brother were all in the Library working on their Defense Against the Dark Arts, if you could call it that.
"I cant believe they allowed that over inflated git to teach," Crystals brother said. "I mean, what are we even learning?"
"Nothing," Harry answered.
Hermione frowned and Harry knew that she considered his answer a personal insult on what she considered to be a great teacher.
"I don't think your being fair to him," Hermione said.
"Fair, the man doesn't even know anything about what hes doing," Harry told her. "I think I'm being very fair."
Hermione rolled her eyes and returned to her work.
On Halloween Harry, Hermione, Crystal, and Crystals brother all headed down for Nearly Headless Nicks Deathday party. Nick was very nice to Harry and Crystal because Harry was nice to him and Crystal called him by his full, noble, name. Harry thought that it was a mouthful but didn't voice his opinion. During the Deathday party they met a ghost called Moaning Myrtle, who looked fifty years out of date and very depressed.
"Makes you wonder if she was teased in school?" Harry muttered to Crystal.
"Might have," Crystal agreed.
They left the party, partly because they were getting all cold, and headed back up to the Great Hall. Harry was sure that he might get some pudding when he heard a disembodied voice.
"Rip...tear...kill."
"What was that?" Harry asked.
"What was what?" Crystal asked.
"I heard that voice," Harry said.
To Harry's surprise Hermione nodded that she had heard it as well. Crystal stared at her in complete shock. You mean you heard a voice as well.
"Yes," Hermione said, "Though I don't know why."
"Come on lets get-"
But Harry held up his hand as the voice appeared again, and it looked like it was moving.
"Come on," Harry said and the three of them bolted.
They ran up one stairs and then the next, following the voice as Harry and Hermione directed. And then as they turned the corner they saw a hooded figure and the largest snake that any of them had ever seen. Its back was to them so they didn't know how ugly it was.
"It's a Basilisk," Crystal told them. "Don't look at it."
Harry and everyone closed their eyes but then Hermione yelped. Harry slowly opened his eyes and saw the side of the snake looking right at Hermione, who had her eyes wide open. Except that nothing was happening to her. She petted it and then smiled at Harry.
"Don't worry, it wont hurt you," she told them.
She said something that only Harry could understand, "Please don't look at my friends, their okay." The snake turned its head away from them.
"Oh this isn't good," Crystal said. "Hermione, you need to make it go away before the students see it."
Hermione looked at them strangely.
"Hermione, you're supposed to be a muggleborn student but you can control the thing that lives inside wherever it lives. If the students see you controlling it and something bad happens then they'll send you away to Azkaban."
"Okay, fine," Hermione said and turned to the snake. "You need to return to where you're at."
"If I return then the girl will use me again. She's being controlled by the one that released me before.'
"So he was released before," Harry said. "So something bad happened here before."
The snake nodded but it disappeared from sight. No sooner was he gone that Crystal screamed in horror. Mrs. Norris, Filch's cat was hanging by a torch, completely still and silent.
"Oh my God!" Crystal remarked and that's when the students appeared.
There was a complete shock when they saw the immobile Mrs. Norris. When Dumbledore arrived he saw the message, which Harry, Hermione, and Crystal hadn't even noticed, and told the Prefects to take the students back to their dorms.
"I BET POTTER DID IT!" yelled Ron Weasley.
Everyone looked at him and Harry saw that he was angry. He hated Mrs. Norris and so he killed her.
"Back to your dorm, Mr. Weasley," Professor McGonagall told him. "And stop accusing people of attacking cats."
Ron glared at her but followed the other Gryffindors to their common room.
Harry, Hermione, and Crystal had to follow the Headmaster and some of the Professors to Professor Lockharts office. Harry quickly found out that she had been Petrified and that Professor Sprout could brew a potion that would cure her. Snape told Dumbledore that he would make the potion and Harry really wanted to be there to see that being made.
"Can we leave?" Harry asked.
Dumbledore nodded and the three of them left.
"Should I of told them that I can control the snake?" Hermione asked.
"NO!" Crystal said without a moments hesitation. "If word gets out that you can do that then people will start wondering what other secrets youve been hiding. We don't need you accused of something that you didn't do."
Hermione fell silent but Harry spoke. "I personally think the Basilisk was pretty cool."
Crystal rolled her eyes. "You won't think its cool when you're dead!"
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A/N: Next Up: Hermione asked questions about her family. Another Authors note: I hope that I don't get some bad reviews about making Hermione immune from the Basalisk but I wanted my story to be a little different. Also I'm going to do some research before I post the next chapter since I don't want people that have been looking at different websites angry with me. Also I got the internet back so expect more updates on Blood and Chocolate.
