Upon arrival at Hogsmeade train station, the students had been led by a giant man onto a small boat, which took them across to Hogwarts. Hogwarts was a sight to behold, words wouldn't do it justice to describe how amazing it looked and felt. When they got outside the great hall, they were given some brief entertainment as Malfoy and Ron Weasley shot insults at one another. Harry kept his eyes on the various ghosts that swirled around the room.

"TREVOR!"

Everyone turned to look at a boy with a fairly round face dive at the floor to pick up a toad. Malfoy and a few others laughed at the boy as he walked back, completely embarrassed, into the crowd. McGonagall then came back and then led them into the great hall.

"Heads up."

Upon entering the great hall with the other first-years they looked up at the magically enchanted ceiling. Tonks had told that to him a lot of times. While he chose to keep this fact silent, the bushy-haired girl from earlier blurted it out like how a bossy know-it-all was about to shut her. when McGonagall spoke up.

"Wait along here please… Now, before we begin, Professor Dumbledore would like to say a few words."Harry eyed Dumbledore carefully as he rose from his golden throne at the center of the staff table.

"I have a few start of term notices I wish to announce… The first years please note that the dark forest is strictly forbidden to all students… also, our caretaker, Mr. Filch, has asked me to remind you that the third-floor corridor, on the right-hand side, is out of bounds… to everyone who does not wish to die a painful death." "Thank you."

"When I call your name, you will come forth… I shall place the sorting hat on your head and you will be sorted into your houses… Hannah Abbot."

"Granger, Hermoine" said Mcgonagal about what looked like an hour.

The bushy-haired girl nervously walked up towards the chair. She wasn't doing a good job of hiding her nerves as almost everyone near the front could hear her whispering to herself to relax. Harry also managed to catch the redhead boy call her mental.

GRYFFINDOR!"

The whole Gryffindor table applauded as Hermione Granger got sorted into their house. Harry noticed quite a few redheads at the table as well. Who was that earlier again? Weasley? He probably will be sorted there then…

"Draco Malfoy."

"SLYTHERIN!"

"Harry Black."

The whole hall quieted at his name. Whispers of all sorts started to go around. The ghosts that they saw earlier also stopped flying about, pausing, and watched him carefully.

"Do you mind? Mr. Black?"

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hmmm… difficult… a very orderly and organized mind… such distrust… and yet loyalty to those who have earned it… with a thirst to prove yourself and make your mark on the wizarding world… talent… a lot of talent… yes… I know where to put you…"

"SLYTHERIN!"

The Slytherin table clapped accordingly whilst all the other houses glared at Harry as if his very existence was bad. He walked towards the table, seemingly oblivious to all the states, and sat across Daphne.

"Neville Longbottom."

This caused words to be exchanged by many people as they didn't bother being quiet.

"The boy-who-lived?"

"Does he has a scar?"

"Where? I don't see one!"

"Did he fight a dragon at the age of 3?"

"GRYFFINDOR!"

The entire Gryffindor table gave a standing ovation for the boy-who-lived as he was sorted into their house. The Weasley prefect even forcefully went to shake hands with him.

Evans, Luke. The Potion Proffesor turned so fast it was wonder it wasn't broke

"SLYTHERIN"!

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They had just finished the feast and the Slytherin prefects took them towards the Slytherin Common Room.

"Ambition!"

The stone wall then parted to create a doorway. Upon arrival, they were greeted by a man in black robes and greasy looking hair.

"Welcome to Slytherin House. I am Professor Snape, your head of house. We have some new members this year… as expected…"

The man drawled out his words with a sneer on his face. His glare intensified when it landed on Harry.

"Ah yes… we have Harry… Black…"

Harry showed nothing despite being angry on the inside. The greasy man clearly was out to get him. He purposefully drew attention to him like that. He also just basically told the whole house his dislike of him. The man then turned his glare away from him.

"You should all know the rules of Slytherin, if not you will make sure you learn them quickly, as you will find that I am not too forgiving for such failure."

Some of the first-years flinched slightly.

"We are the greatest house amongst the four… however… the other three houses will disagree. You will be against plenty of prejudice in the school… I expect that some of you are here…"

Snape then gave Harry a condescending look that, of course, was noticed by everyone. Harry didn't falter and rise to the bait. Snape then scowled and returned to speaking.

"... will have to learn this lesson on your own. Slytherins do not get caught. Any disagreements and rivalries in Slytherin stay IN Slytherin. You are to show a united front at all times when outside, no exceptions… failure to do so would result in punishment."

Snape then turned to the 5th year Slytherin prefects.

"Cassius Warrington, 5th-year Prefect, boys… follow me, I will show you to your dormitories."

"Lysandra Burke, 5th-year Prefect, girls… follow me, I will show you to your dormitories."

Harry had gotten a room for just him and Luke as the other five boys filled up a room. Zabini, Nott, Goyle, Crabbe and Malfoy were in one room together. The five of them were happy to be together as they didn't want to associate with him anyway. This left him his own room, not that he minded.

His room really had not been used for a long time. The furniture was dusty, the floorboards creaked as they stood on them and there were cobwebs near the beds.

Harry did what he could to clean the place up. He cast the Oculus Reparo spell to fix the floorboards and banished the cobwebs outside the window while Luke cast blowdrying charm Flante Exsurgebat. They piled the broken furniture and items on the side since they both didn't know how to do the vanishing spell.

They had nice night, playing exploding snap, gobstones and wizarding chess although Luke defeated him in all the games, making him say that Luke is an average player while Harry was a barely a player. Harry before sleeping wrote a letter to Andromeda

Dear Mom,

You were right I was sorted into slytherin, I found a friend, the guy I met in Diagon Alley, his name is Luke Evans, the feast was delicious and when Tonks comes home say her that I am angry she didn't come to King Cross Station.

Harry Black