When Harry awoke he went to his trunk and got the letter. An old memory from when he was four came to mind. He'd been told to sort all of his father's mail for three months, as punishment for turning his mother into a Medusa look alike.

During that time he'd learned the family crests of many wizard families. This particular crest was the Harrison family crest. Harry wondered why a Harrison would write to him, but then he recognized the writing, it was Nathan William Harrison's handwriting, his best friend, who had been turned into a vampire at the age of seventeen, just a week before he had died as Damien.

Hedwig, how do you think he knows? Harry asked. A prophecy was made after your death; I guess he figured you were reincarnated as Harry Potter, which was easy with the way it was written. Do you wish me to tell you? Hedwig asked. Maybe later, not now though. Harry said as he opened the letter.

Dear Harry or Damien whichever you go by,

I'd liked it ifwould you to meet me at the Leaky Cauldron at noon on July 31. Now like always I shall leave you with a quote. This should help you accept being a dark (not evil) wizard, if you are having trouble with that fact since you are now Harry Potter, light wizard, hater of all things dark.

'Not all light is good, not all dark is evil. Light hides behind a façade, while the dark shows their true colors. Trust not the one that will lead you astray, but the one who is always true.'

Sincerely,

Nathan William Harrison

Harry folded up the letter and smiled, it seemed Nathan had underestimated his coping skills, again. Though Harry Potter was known to have a short temper, be very emotional, and have trouble coping with things.

How would he survive? How could he pretend to be Harry only, and not Damien, well that's were his Slytherin side helped, he was cunning enough to get away with acting, but being Harry Potter would be hard.

'I am Harry Potter, yet I am going to have trouble acting like myself, damn my past memories, or maybe my present life. I much rather enjoyed my pervious life.' Harry thought.

'Trust not the one that will lead you astray, but the one who is always true… so I shouldn't trust the light, since they hide behind a façade. I should only trust the dark, it says not all dark is evil, so some or most are, so who do I trust, who is dark yet good, too.' Harry thought as he grabbed a piece of paper and a pen, and made a list.

Dark, Yet Good

Draco Malfoy-Slytherin, sixth year

Blaise Zabini-Slytherin, sixth year

Luna Lovegood-Ravenclaw, fifth year

Percy Weasley-Gryffindor, 1986-1993

Bill Weasley-Gryffindor, 1982-1989

Ginny Weasley-Gryffindor, fifth year

Severus Snape-Slytherin, 1971-1978

Remus Lupin-Gryffindor, 1971-1978

'Only eight I know of, mostly likely more. I wonder how I know the first two aren't evil or Snape… I just, well, I know. Weird!' Harry thought as he put the list in his pocket, he looked at the clock and noticed he only had two minutes to get to the Leaky Cauldron. He recalled his father showing him a way to use his power to control shadows to move, yet he'd never tried it himself.

'There's a first time for everything as he did as his father had said, and warped the shadows around him, until he couldn't see. He then imaged a dark alley with no one there close to the Leaky Cauldron, in muggle London. Within thirty seconds he felt he was somewhere else and opened his eyes. He heard a nearby clock chime and ran as fast as possible to meet his impatient friend.

"You're late." Nathan said coldly. "Only one minute." Harry said, in a timed voice knowing you shouldn't make Nathan mad, or a vampire mad, but a vampire Nathan? Harry briefly wondered if he would make it out alive, until he heard Nathan laugh. "Still scared?" he teased. "Of course I am not. I am Harry Potter, I am never scared!" Harry replied. "Yes, but Damien Slytherin is, and I can tell your more of your past self than your present now. Don't worry though; I have changed over the past thousand years." Nathan said.

"Good, now what did you want." Harry asked. "Give me the list, I'll convince them to join our side." Nathan said. "Fine, you know everything don't you." Harry said sarcastically. Nathan mock glared at him, glad he was his old friend more than Harry Potter. "And what should we call ourselves; I was killed before we decided." Harry said, in a cold voice remembering the past.

"I was thinking the Slytherin Serpents and our side will be called the shadow side, a mix between dark and light, not evil though, never evil." Nathan said and he too remembered the day Damien had been killed. Damien's twin had said all dark was evil, and Damien should be sided with him, not against. For the good or 'light' side, evil was, well evil, but for the evil or 'dark' side the good side was a different evil, the enemy. However like he had written all light is not good, and all dark is not evil, and so came the shadow side, dark, but not sinisterly dark, like the dark side was.