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Alright here it is Chapter 3 of my story.

Chapter 3

The castle was as magnificent as he had remembered it to be. Smiling at the beauty of it Kaden slowly followed the first years through the doors into the castle. He was walking next to Tom who had immediately clung to him as he was the only person he already knew. Smiling at that Kaden was a bit shocked to see Dumbledore who was looking a lot younger than in his own time welcome the first years.

Tuning out Dumbledore's speech about the four houses Kaden wondered where the sorting hat would put him this time around. Sighing Kaden hoped to be sorted into Gryffindor again although he had a feeling that the hat would get its wish this time around.

When he looked up again Dumbledore had just finished with his speech.

„If you would all follow me everyone else is already waiting." Dumbledore told them after a short pause before leading them into the Great Hall.

Waiting with the other first years Kaden didn't really pay attention to the sorting that is until Tom was sorted. After putting the hat on Kaden knew where Tom would be sorted and soon enough the had proved him right by shouting out. „SLYTHERIN."

Sighing slightly Kaden bowed his head. It had begun. In a few years Tom Riddle would become Lord Voldemort and he couldn't do anything to prevent it from happening. Soon all the first years were sorted and Dippet stood up. „As you can all see we still have one more person to sort. He is a transfer student from America. Please welcome him into your midst." He then motioned to Dumbledore to proceed with the sorting.

„Vans Kaden." Stepping up Kaden put on the hat.

'Hmm. interesting. ...A Gryffindor... ah I see you come from the future... so young Mr. Riddle will be your future enemy... interesting..'

'Sorry but could you go on with the sorting.' Harry thought at the hat a bit irritated.

'Now no need to press this matter so much, but you are right. Ok let's see ... plenty of courage and oh my a thirst for knowledge and loyal too... well you were a Gryffindor already do you want to get to know the other houses too?'

Thinking about it for a while Kaden decided that it couldn't hurt.

'Alright then I'll sort you into one of the other three houses. Now where to put you... hm... well, there's only one place for you to go and that is SLYTHERIN.'

The last thing was shouted for the whole hall to hear. Smiling slightly Kaden joined the now clapping Slytherin table. Sitting down next to Moody Kaden greeted him. „I knew you had Slytherin potential Vans." „Please call me Kaden." „Alright but then call me Moody, I hate the name Alastor." Smiling slightly Kaden nodded. Maybe Slytherin wasn't so bad after all.

Looking up at the head table Kaden was surprised to see Dumbledore looking at him with a calculating expression, somehow he didn't like it.

Averting his eyes Kaden returned his attention towards the food on his plate. Over the meal he kept shooting glances in Tom's direction. Of course this didn't go unnoticed by Moody.

"Oi, Kaden, why do you keep looking at the firsties?"

Looking up startled at being caught red-handed Kaden smiled sheepishly.

"Ah... well you see..."

"Spit it out Vans." Moody growled at him.

"Alright, do you see the first year with the black hair and the green eyes?" At his friends nod he continued. "Well, I met him in Diagon Alley when he went shopping. He seemed nice and shy but still... I can't shrug off this feeling... somehow I don't think that it's good for him to be in Slytherin."

"Why not? Slytherin's treat their own like family."

"Even if they are half-bloods?" Kaden muttered silently to himself however Moody seemed to catch his words.

"Don't tell me you are into that pureblood crap Vans." At this Kaden looked up shocked. Disgust showing on his face he firmly shook his head.

"What? Are you crazy? Of course not, I'm a Half-blood myself. I was only concerned about him. I mean he can't defend himself yet. And stop calling me Vans."
At this Moody smiled slightly and held his hands up in a gesture that was meant to calm Kaden down.
"Don't worry. And I just wanted to make sure. But you have a point. Well, we'll just have to look out for him then, don't we?"

After that they continued their meals in silence.

Later that night Kaden was looking around the Slytherin Common Room. It was ... well... comfortable, at least how comfortable a dungeon could get.

Sighing Kaden followed Moody to their dormitory. "So what do you want to do after Hogwarts?" Moody asked him once they were in their dormitory.

Smiling Kaden looked at his friend answering him. "I want to become an auror, you?"

"The same."

They spent the next hour talking about what adventures they would go through once they were both aurors until Kaden finally fell asleep.

The next day...

Kaden was still sleeping soundly when suddenly a bucket of ice-cold water was emptied on his unsuspecting form. Jumping out of his bed he could only glare at the laughing Moody. „Why the hell did you do that!" He yelled at his friend. Still laughing Moody straightened up a bit. „Constant Vigilance, my friend. If you want to become an auror then this should be your motto."

Groaning Kaden got up but promised to himself that there would be no repeat of today.

Their first day of classes passed fairly quickly. Kaden had been a bit surprised to discover that he actually liked potions if Snape wasn't breathing down his neck and that he was quite talented in charms.

Transfigurations however had been a bit difficult. You see all through the lesson Dumbledore had kept glancing at him and hadn't even awarded points when he had been the only one to successfully transform a beetle into a cat. Kaden would even go so far as to say that Dumbledore didn't like and trust him. Shrugging at that Kaden could care less if the old fool trusted him. That night in his dormitory Kaden continued to read through the books he had bought after his arrival in the past. That was when Moody entered. „Ah you're studying. Need help?" „Huh?" „Well if you want to try the spells out you'll need a partner. So want help?" Looking up at that Kaden could only nod. „Sure, we could duel or something like that. Say why don't we meet every day after dinner in one of the unused classrooms and duel a bit, it sure could be fun." Nodding Moody accepted. „Great, thanks Moody."

And so it was decided that they would meet each day to duel.

Kaden woke up early the next morning even before Moody was up. Looking at his schedule he could only smile. DADA first lesson. Turning to the sleeping from of Moody Kaden couldn't help but think that revenge for the day before was necessary. Smiling mischievously Kaden pulled out his wand. Soon a very wet and screaming Moody was jumping out of his bed before tackling him to the ground. After a while of rolling around they both stopped and started laughing.

On their way to breakfast Kaden could see a few fourth years advancing on a first year. On a closer look Kaden's eyes widened slightly as he recognised the first year. It was Tom Riddle.

Deciding to help the boy Kaden stepped towards the mob of fourth years and glared at them.

"Leave him alone." He growled at them dangerously. With a small smirk Kaden watched as a fearful glint entered the boys eyes before they started to slowly back away.

Once they were gone Kaden turned towards Tom who to Kadens surprise was glaring hatefully at him. "I don't need you help. Never interfere in my business again."

With that the first year who would in the future become known as Lord Voldemort stormed off leaving a stunned Kaden behind.

A/N: So this was it. Hope you liked it. If not ... too bad for you.

And if you really don't like it, just stop reading it... but then again, the story could get more interesting later on... who knows :)

By the way I think I can have the next chapter ready in a few days, a week at most.

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