A/N: standard disclaimer. HP stuff belongs to JK. Anything else belongs to me.

It was yet another term at Hogwarts. The Great Hall was gaily decorated in House colours, and everyone's eyes were focused on Professor Minerva McGonagall as she read out the list of the first-year students.

"LONGBOTTOM, ALICE!" Luna Lovegood & Neville Longbottom's daughter was immediately sorted into Ravenclaw. "MALFOY, DIANA!" was Sorted into slytherin as all of the Slytherins cheered.

"POTTER, TALIESIN!" Cheers at the Gryffindor table broke out for the small, blond-haired and grey-eyed youth as he sat on the Sorting stool, under the oversized hat, nearly swallowing his entire head. Five minutes later, the entire hall fell silent.

"..SLYTHERIN!" the hat called out, and Taliesin Potter smiled as he sat down at the Slytherin table, unaware of the sesenation he just had caused.

"SNAPE, NICCOLO!" A dark-haired and brown-eyed energetic boy bounced up to the Sorting Hat with a grin on his lips, his eyes twinkling as he sat under the Sorting hat. The hat called out "SLYTHERIN!" much to Severus's joy and Hermione's slight disappointment. Niccolo Snape sat right down next to Taliesin Potter, the two chatting away quietly. Severus's eyes slitted into narrow darts of dislike as he kept his eye on the Potter boy.



Later that night after dinner, Saxen showed all of the first-year Slytherins to the Slytherin common room, noticing Taliesin's blond head and Niccolo's dark head bowed together in conspiratory whispers, the two obviously up to something. Saxen narrowed his eyes, knowing something just had to be going on, and he would be wise as to alert his father.

"I have a feeling about that boy." Severus Snape whispered to his wife of seventeen years as he slipped in bed at her side, letting out a small breath.

"Taliesin Potter, you mean?"

"Gee, and I thought you didn't know Occlumency." Severus replied wryly with a small smile as he turned on his side. "Something's just not right. He's not a Potter."

"I know. We'll deal with it in the morning, honey. You seem... stressed. How about a nice massage?" Hermione asked coyly, a small smile dancing on her lips.

"Detention, for trying to seduce a professor." Severus replied with a small chuckle as he leaned over to kiss Hermione, the two slowly embracing each other and falling into each other's arms as the night greeted them.

"You're really a Potter?" Niccolo Snape asked as he laid in his bed in the dormitory. An affirmative reply came from the bed next to his. "But you don't look like one."

"I know. Dad hates me." Taliesin said coldly as he turned over, tuning out the annoying roommate near him. "Will you shut up, Snape? I'm supposed to hate your guts, not be your friend."

"Hey, Mum and Dad broke the chain. We can break it too."

"Shut up and sleep, Nicki." Taliesin said with a smile on his lips and an exasperated sigh. He was glad he had managed to make a friend, someone who hadn't stared at him or condemned him for being a Potter. Life just might not be so awful after all....



"Draco! He's in Slytherin." a feminine voice whispered from the fireplace. Draco Malfoy laughed, his laugh full and rich. "What wondrous irony this is. I suspect he knows the truth, Draco.."

"He won't. Not after what the Sorting Hat did to him."

"Yes, but.. his hair's blond!"

"So's yours."

"And his grey eyes, so like yours..." the voice trailed off in a sob. Draco's heart broke, and he shook his head, his long hair trailing down his chest as he leaned over to the fireplace, blowing a kiss to his love.

"I need to go... I love you."

"I love you too, Draco." the feminine voice whispered as the fireplace extinguished, and Draco Malfoy stood up to his full six foot frame and leaned against his chair, letting out a shaky breath. It was getting all too dangerous. He just had to do something about Taliesin Potter....

A/n: sorry about the cliffie.. lol. Hope this is a fit beginning for a sequel? let me know!! i looove your r/r.. :)