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SO SORRY FOR CHANGE IN HOUSE. I know many of you had already read chapter 4 when I updated it and changed Harry's house to Slytherin. I realized that it would be much easier for me to write from this perspective and I apologize for the inconvenience.
So for clarification, Harry and Alyssa are both SLYTHERINS now.
Sorry again!
HARRY'S ABILITIES: natural mind-manipulation, easy use of unforgivables.
Now, on with the story:
CHAPTER 5: HOUSE OF THE SNAKES
The prefects led them to the common room, Evan Rosier and Anesthesia Carrow, who were the Slytherin prefects, led them to their dorm. "every week, our Head of House sets a new password. It is posted on the notice board. However, if you EVER tell the password to someone who is not in Slytherin, there will be punishment." Anesthesia explained, sending glares at all of the first years. They nodded quickly, a bit frightened. Of course, Harry and Alyssa had suffered worse, so someone staring threateningly at them had already happened to them before, so they simply stared right back. This seemed to shock Anesthesia, that someone was willing to stand up to her. "here, in Slytherin house, there is only one rule. DON'T GET CAUGHT. If you do, find a scapegoat, or create another more important problem. Professor Snape will stand up for you, but he might punish you in private." Evan finished for Anesthesia.
"the password for this week is Pureblood" Said Anesthesia, while staring at Harry with a bit of contempt. Apparently, he wasn't pureblood in their eyes, probably because of his mother who was a mudblood. Harry didn't care in the slightest about what they thought about his mother, as he thought the same thing but ten times worse.
They entered the common room and Professor Snape was waiting for them. "today, you were all sorted into Slytherin, the most hated and respected house at Hogwarts. People respect us for our cunning, but hate us for being what they call 'evil'. In my opinion, there is no difference between the light and dark side, except for intent. However, you will find that the rest of the school doesn't see it like that. You will be ganged up on, and tormented. The one rule other than don't get caught is STICK TOGETHER. Keep all iner conflicts inside the common room, but stay united and stand up for your peers outside, no matter what kind of fight you might have had in here." During his speech, he was looking around at the first years with calculating eyes. Harry noticed that when his eyes landed on Harry, they flashed with a bit of contempt, but also curiosity. "Mr. Potter, stay the Headmaster would like to meet you in his office tomorrow morning, and I would like to speek with you in mine right now" "very well sir" replied Harry, and Alyssa gave Snape a strange look.
SNAPE'S OFFICE
"please take a seat, Mr. Potter. I would like to discuss your living conditions." "Are you having this discussion with every first year, Sir?"
"No, but you are a special case. You see, you have not been heard from in the Wizarding World since you were four years old, and then you show up here, totally different from the week person that Albus probably wanted when he abandoned you at the Dursleys"
"ah, yes. That would be a special case. You see, the Dursleys weren't very kind to me, to put it lightly. For a while, I was a week little boy who cowered at the sight of them. But then I became strong, and learned how to channel my anger. You haven't heard from me since I was four because my parents wanted that. They thought that since Matthew Potter, my brother, was the savior of the Wizarding World, they needed to train him without any distractions, in preparation for Voldemort's return. So, they're perfect solution was to drop me off at my mother's magic-hating sister and abandon me. They left me to be abused, and never checked up on me. They were told to do this by Dumbledore and followed blindly because of his 'Greater Good' cause that light families seem to worship. So, you can see why I despise most light families and Dumbledore."
"yes, that makes perfect sense. So are you planning on making house Potter a Dark House?" "perhaps" replied Harry. Snape said, "what about Ms. Bellisario, do you know what her decision will be? You two seem… close." "yes, I do know but I won't tell you" replied Harry. Snape pursed his lips, and said, "Very well, Mr. Potter. You may go to your dorm now."
And with that, Harry left for his dorm to get to better know his dorm mates and maybe establish a little control.
SLYTHERIN GIRL'S DORM
Alyssa walked to her bed, but she was immediately accosted by Greengrass. "How are you a Bellisario? That line went extinct centuries ago" "no, it didn't. it simply had a couple to many squibs and lost it's magic for a while, until I was born." Replied Alyssa. Daphne nodded in understanding. "back in ancient times, my, Parkinson, and Davis's family were all apart of the Belisario court. When your kingdom fell, we swore to find the Heir to the line, and we finally have. Therefore, we would like to pledge our loyalty once more, and make the Bellisario name mean something like it once did. We will do anything you ask, to fulfill our oaths." Daphne explained. "what if I told you to swear your allegiance to someone else? Would you do it?" Replied Alyssa. "Depends on who they are to you, and us." Replied Alyssa. "I want you to swear yourselves to Harry James Potter, who is the only person in this world who I trust. He also helped me when I was weak, and has been my friend forever. He also has plans of revenge for this world, and he will need loyal subjects to get this done. I will be his second in command, as I am the only person he trusts completely. Swear yourselves to him, and I swear that a new Potter-Bellisario empire will rise from the ashes!" Daphne, Tracy, and Pansy quickly agreed but Fey seemed hesitant. "do you have something to say, Fey?" Alyssa asked. "yes. Before swearing my oath of fealty, I would like to meat Harry and know his cause directly from him." "very well, he will meet with all of you and tell you of his cause, but you will join it, as I have, and you wish to swear fealty to me, and I wish to swear fealty to Harry. Are we clear?" they all respomded, "yes, Heir Bellisario"
The girls all went to bed knowing that tomorrow would be fruitful and exciting.
NEXT DAY- SEPTEMBER 2nd
Harry awoke at around 6 AM and took his normal 10 mile run, butt this time he used it as a possibility to explore the castle. As he was running along the seventh floor, he really needed to pee. Suddenly, right where there used to be a tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy, a door that he would swear wasn't there before appeared. Curiosly, he opened it and found a huge bathroom, perfectly suited for what he was just thinking he needed. 'weird' Harry thought. 'no one mentioned there ever being a restroom here. Maybe it's a secret room. I need to see what else this room can do' he thought about really needing to read, and the room completely transfigured itself. He was suddenly in a very large room covered with bookshelves with books of all types. He spotted muggle books, transfiguration books, books about runes (he had to learn what those were, they could be very important in his conquest), books about so called 'dark magic', about charms, potions, and so much more. 'so much knowledge here' thought Harry. He would have to show Alyssa this, then they could spend hours reading anything and everything, and with him having a perfect memory, he only had to read them once to remember what they said. Harry thought that he needed a room to train in, and sure enough, dummies, obstacle courses, punching bags, and other training equipment appeared. When he thought about needing someplace to hide something, he almost fell back in shock. Piles and piles stacking miles high. He sopotted a pedestal with a tiara on it. It was possibly the most beautiful thing he had seen, engraved with many jewel. The pedestal was engraved with the words, "Diadem of Ravenclaw" 'this was one of my ancestor's heirlooms!' thought Harry excitedly. There was one thing about it that made hi feel repulsed by it though. Their was a dark aura around it that made him hesitant to approach. Harry checked his watch and realized that breakfast was already halfway through. 'shit!' thought Harry.
He sprinted down to the Great Hall, but slowed once he got there. He entered and walked to the Slytherin table where Alyssa sat surrounded by her fellow first year girls. Harry smiled at the sight. It seemed that Alyssa had already made friends, which had never been easy for her. Harry went to them and wrapped his arms around Alyssa's neck, and when she turned and saw Harry, she laughed. It was music to Harry's ears. The girls surrounding Alyssa relaxed when they heard her reaction. He thought that they were going to jump out of their seats and attack him. 'strange. Alyssa has managed to get loyal followers before me. I'll have to hurry up to catch up with her'
"How are you doing on this fine morning Alyssa?" asked Harry. Alyssa replied, "Stellar. How bout you?" "I have had a very interesting morning, of which I will tell you about later away from prying ears" Harry said cheerfully. "Oh! About that. I would like you to meet my new friends, Daphne, Tracy, Pansy, and Fey. Girls, meet Harry James Potter, along with many other last names that I don't want to list right now" He shook all of their hands, and Alyssa continued, "apparently their houses were all apart of the Bellisario court, but when we fell, hey searched endlessly for the Heir to the Bellisario line, and when they found me, they offered me oaths of fealty. I declined, saying that I would rather them give it to you as the start of your base of followers. They want to know what your cause is, but otherwise are Ok with it" Harry looked at Alyssa in shock for a second, and then nodded. "I found the perfect place to have this meeting. I will tell you about our lives and our dreams for this world"
Professor Snape walked down their table handing out schedules. Their first period was Herbology with Gryffindors. He personally didn't see why he needed that class, but he needed to go. He had a meeting with Dumbledore before classes started, so he took Alyssa's arm and they went together.
DUMBLEDORE'S OFFICE
"Ah, Harry my boy. How are you this morning?" asked Dumbledore in a grandfatherly tone "quite good until I saw your face, professor. Also, I am not, and will never be, 'your boy'. To you, I am either Heir Potter or Mr. Potter." Dumbledore paused before continuing. "I contacted your parents to tell them that you were at school, and they wanted to meet you. Also, why is Ms. Bellisario here? I thought I told you to come alone" he continued. "Where he goes, I will always follow" replied Alyssa. "I trust her completely. Anything you have to say to me can be said to her as well." Dumbledore sighed in resignation. "Very well, Mr. Potter"
"now what made you think that I wanted to meet my parents? They have done nothing for me, and I have not known them since I was four. I will give each of them one chance, however, to explain why they abandoned a four-year-old boy at the doorstep of magic-hating relatives. You can come out, I know your there." Sure enough, a red-haired woman in her forties came out of the shadows, along with a man with shabby black hair that looked like him, except for his eyes, Harry notice. His eyes were his mother's. "Harry! My baby boy! I have missed you so much!" his mother ran forward to hug him, but Alyssa stepped in her way. "he has a little bit of a problem with being touched by strangers." She said in a cold tone, making his mother stop in her tracks. "But I am his MOTHER!" she cried. "Yes, and a stranger" replied Alyssa. His mother tried to ram past her, but Alyssa stood firm. His father ended up pulling his mother back, wrapping his arms around her waist and comforting her. "was that really necessary, Ms. Bellisario?" James and Lily gasped at the name. "yes, yes it was." She replied. "okay. Are my "parents" going to explain why they abandoned their son or do I have to abandon them back? (notice the quotation around parents)" Lily started sobbing. James replied. "Matthew had just defeated You-Know-Who. We needed to focus on him so he could be trained to face him when he returned. We couldn't have any distractions. So we dumped you and your cold heart at Lily's sister's house, and we were planning on taking you back on your eleventh birthday." "Does my mother have anything to say, or is she going to continue being a cry baby about it?" Harry coldly said.
"Harry, my baby boy, I made a terrible mistake in leaving you with Petunia. I thought she would be caring and forget about her grudge, but I was wrong. I will do anything for you to forgive me, I just want my baby back!" Lily said, continuing to cry. James, however, looked at him with malice. "Look what you've done to her. I knew it was the right thing to do, to leave you with muggles. I never really loved you, you were a nuciance and I took the first chance I got to get rid of you. Due to the way you are treating us, as Lord Potter, I hearby disown you and no longer consider you my son or Heir Potter. Instead, Matthew will take up the mantle of Heir Potter and you will no longer have access to Potter vaults." The Heir Potter ring flew off his finger, and James caught it, signifying that the deed had been done. Harry simply laughed. "do you think that I was only Heir Potter? You fool! By being Sirius Black's godson, I am also Heir Apparent Black. Also, through my mother, I have inherited many titles as well which she has chosen to keep from you, and I can see why. She didn't want her wealth toget into the wrong hands, and you are clearly the wrong hand." Lily gaped at Harry in shock for a second, before letting a smirk appear on her face. "bravo! Bravo! You figured it all out, my child. None of you fools ever figured out how a mudblood got so accustomed to pureblood customs. Well, here's the truth: I am no filthy mudblood. I am Lady Evans, and come from a line of squibs descended from Ravenclaw herself. My family has retained our knowledge of magic for years, and hoped that one day it would be reawakened. It was, in me. Sadly, I can only be Lady Evans because to be a Lord or Lady of Ravenclaw you had to have magical pareants. But all this meant is that my son was able to inherit everything. That was fine with me. I simply had to find a way to make him strong. I wanted to do it by raising him, but when Harry defeated Voldemort and you all thought Matthew did it, I realized that I would never be able to raise him, because the old meddler was in the way."
"So, I did the next best thing to make him strong. I sent him to my sister, who was always jealous of me for getting the magic in our family for the first time in centuries. I knew she wiukdn't treat you with love, but she WOULD unknowingly make you the strongest wizard the world has ever seen. I was right. My baby boy has grown up, and he even managed to befriend a Bellisario, a family that the world has also not seen for centuries. Very few know this, but the Bellesarios ruled alongside the Evans family for centuries. They were equals, and we had a great relationship. You could say that my son was destined to become friends with Ms. Bellisario here." Harry stared at her in shock, and then just sounded confused, but still angry. "so you sent me to the Dursleys to make me strong, but James sent me to the Dursleys to get rid of me. Even though mother did it to make me strong, she still agreed to years of torture and hell to happen to her eldedst son. What kind of mother does that make you?" Lily's eyes lost their fire and they became sad. "Harry, my baby boy. Women have so little power in this world. I knew that since I couldn't raise you the best way to make you strong was to send you to my sister. I do have things to offer you, but I would like to keep them away from prying ears" "very well. We will speak privately after classes today. You have thity minutes to prove to me why I should keep you around." Harry continued, "well this has been an eventful morning. I do believe that I have classes to attend, so will you excuse us" Lily apparated away, and Dumbledore stared at where she had been in shock. "but no one can apparate inside of Hogwarts wards except of the headmaster" he said. Harry and Alyssa left smirking,
"so it looks like we will have one of our most devoted subjects be my mother. We can make her swear an oath of devotion, and she will be completely devoted to me and willing to do anything I say" Harry said. Alyssa smiled. "I disagree. I think my girls will be your most devoted servants. Show them kindness and love and they will love you and do anything you ask." "very well. We'll have a competition, shall we? Who brings the most devoted servant to the table to serve us. During our meeting, you know that you don't have to swear an oath to me, right? I know that you will always be with me no matter what" Alyssa smiled brighter. "yes, but I think it would be safer if I at least swore to never betray your secrets, so that no one can force them from me. I will be your most trusted, after all." "very well" said Harry. "will I have to prepare a speech to give them?" "no, mearely explain your goals and why you want to do them. They will join you. Especially if they see me doing it as well. Then they will be honor bound to follow, as I am their queen."