Gryffindors cheered! They got Harry Potter in their house, and Harry decided to sit with the twins. After the last few people were sorted, Dumbledore stood up and addressed the students once more, "Now that the sorting is finished, let the feast begin!", and as he said it huge amounts of food appeared on the tables, more food than Harry had ever seen in his life, and he lived at the Weasley's for a month!

After the feast concluded, Harry and the other Gryffindors were led up to Gryffindor Common Room and given the password, Caput Draconis. After that everyone went to bed, except for Harry. Harry felt restless for some reason. He couldn't sleep, but he knew he couldn't leave the tower to wander the halls. Then he remembered how in his Xenomorph form he could easily climb on any surface and decided to give it a try. He went to the window of the common room and looking around to make sure no one was around, he changed into his Xenomorph form and crawled out onto the side of the tower. Harry had crawled down to the base of the castle and headed for the Forbidden Forest.

Harry loved running through the forest in his Xenomorph form, the wind in his face, and a sense of freedom, that had been unknown to him until a month ago. He continued to roam the Forest for the night undisturbed until he came across something odd. The was a dark figure in a cloak, hunched over something he couldn't make out, and it seemed to be eating it. He did not get too close, but the scent of the dark figure was familiar to him. He had smelt it before, but he couldn't place it. He did not have long to think though as he heard something else, and evidently so did the dark figure. Harry hid himself up in one of the trees as a centaur came out of nowhere and shot several arrows at the dark figure. The thing flew off into the shadows.

"Blast! It got away again." the centaur exclaimed, "This is the 5th unicorn this month." As he said this Harry could now see the unicorn or rather what was left of it. Its body was mangled, and its silver blood oozed out onto the forest floor. Harry waited until the centaur left before he made his way back to Gryffindor Tower to sleep.

Harry's first class was Potions with the Slytherins. The students filed into the dungeon classroom and took their seats, Harry took the seat next to Hermione. After he sat down, he got out a piece of parchment and a quill to take notes. Suddenly Professor Severus Snape, came through the door in a rush. As he walked to the front of the classroom he said, "There will be no foolish wand waving or silly incantations in this class. As such, I don't expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science and exact art that is potion making; however, for those select few who possess the predisposition I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death. Then again, maybe some of you have come to Hogwarts in possession of abilities so formidable that you feel confident enough to not pay attention!" Harry looked up from the notes he was taking.

"Mr. Potter, our new celebrity, tell me what would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?" Hermione's hand shot up.

"A very powerful sleeping draught called the Draught of Living Death."

"Lucky guess. Let's try again, where would you look if I asked you to find me a bezoar?" Hermione's hand shot up again.

"The stomach of a goat."

"And what is the difference between monkshood and wolfsbane?" Once more Hermione's hand shot up.

"There is no difference, they are two names for the same plant, which is also referred to as aconite."

"5 points to Gryffindor for getting all 3 questions right." Snape said before looking at all the other students, "Well? Why aren't you all writing this down?"

The rest of the class time went over without incident, Snape told the class to study their books thoroughly as in 3 days they would be learning the Cure-Boil Potion. Snape dismissed the class, and Harry decided to take the advantage of being in the dungeons and went for the Slytherin portrait which was a snake. "Password?" the snake portrait hissed at Harry.

"I don't have the password. I was told by the hat to come to you and ask about Slytherin's Sanctum."

"A speaker? So, you're a descendant of my master. I was the original pet of Salazar Slytherin before I died, master had a portrait of me made to house the Slytherins and keep his secrets. The sanctum of which the hat speaks of, lies under the school itself. A home for all of Slytherin's descendants to seek refuge in should the need arise."

"Where is it?"

"Go to the first-floor girl's lavatory, which is no longer used, and tell the entrance to 'open' then ask for 'stairs' to appear to walk down, but make sure to 'close' the entrance behind you. Once down inside the chamber you'll come across another door to 'open' and through that you'll find a massive stone statue of Salazar himself. Say these words to gain entry, 'Shelter me Slytherin'"

"Okay, thanks uh… do you have a name?"

"Veles."

"Thanks Veles."

"Goodbye Speaker."

Harry wanted to go straight to the lavatory but couldn't. He had breakfast period right now and was very hungry.

After breakfast Harry headed to Herbology with the Hufflepuffs. Herbology went by without anything interesting happening, they talked about all sorts of magical plants they would be learning the following year, as well as spells to use to care for, or defend against such plants.

After Herbology, Harry went for the Lavatory Veles had mentioned, and went in shortly after making sure no one was around to see him. He went into the bathroom to find it not quite empty. There was a girl in there, she was a ghost who looked about 3 years older than him. "Who are you?" the ghost asked.

"I'm Harry, Harry Potter, and who are you?"

"I'm Myrtle, and this is my lavatory, what are you doing here?"

"I was exploring secret passageways, and one of them is in here."

"Oh really? That's interesting, how come I've never heard about it?"

"I only found out now from a message left to me by one of my ancestors."

"Well alright then. I'm going back to sleep in my toilet, come by some time if you want to talk, no one ever does." Myrtle said as she flew into one of the toilets making a splash as she did.

Harry then turned towards the general room, not sure of where the opening was and said, "Open" The sinks began to separate as the top flew to the ceiling and one of the sunk into the ground covered by a grate. 'Well, guess I found the entrance' he thought before he said, "Stairs" The dark tunnel lit up as steps lined the walls and torches appeared to light the steps. As he descended into the tunnel he remembered what Veles said, "Close" and with that the entrance he had used closed behind him.

He descended deeper until he came to the Chamber of Secrets and stood in front of the statue head of Salazar Slytherin. "Shelter me Slytherin." He hissed as the ground in front of the statue slid up to reveal a door, behind it steps leading down. He followed these stairs down into a room which resembled a study, with a portrait on it of a man wearing green robes, bald head, and a grey beard.

"Ah, another descendant of mine." the portrait said, "Welcome to my Sanctum."

"Are you Salazar Slytherin?"

"Yes, it is I."

"What is this place?"

"Despite what the other founders may have thought I never left the school. I instead built myself a house underneath the school, which is where you are now."

"What is with the outside chamber?"

"Other than being the entryway for my home, it also houses my gift to Hogwarts, Medusa, a line of defense, should the need ever arise."

"What is Medusa?"

"She is a basilisk, a giant serpent with the power to kill just by looking you in the eye, not to mention her deadly venom. She is however illegal, because she is classified by the Ministry as a Dark Creature."

"How do you get her to come out?"

"Simply say to my statue, 'Speak to me Slytherin and she will come out.'"

"Is this all there is down here?"

"Heavens no! There's a library full of books, it is enchanted to include a copy for every book that has ever been added to the Hogwarts library, there is of course a master bedroom, 3 guestrooms, a kitchen, and a living room."

"Wow, you thought of everything, but do I have to go down the large tunnel each time to come and go?"

"No, I'm actually a portrait that goes straight back to the lavatory."

"So, will I be able to use you to get back down?"

"Yes, just remember where I am in the wall, and call my name in parseltongue."

"If that was what I could do to get down in the first place, why didn't you tell Veles to tell me to do that?"

"Because then you wouldn't understand just how much effort I put into all this. Anyway, enough about me, who are you?"

"I'm Lord Harry Potter, Gryffindor, Slytherin, Peverell, and Heir to the House of Black."

"Wow, I would've love to see Godric's face right now. He's got a portrait in the castle somewhere. You should tell him."

"So, where can I find him?"

"That I don't know. I'm not the only Salazar portrait in the castle, but I am the only self-portrait. I knew myself better than any painter, so I'm the only true Salazar portrait. If you want to talk to the REAL Godric, you'll need to find his hidden self-portrait. We each created hidden places in the castle, but I have no idea, where you would even start to look for it. Oh, before I forget, which house are you in?"

"Gryffindor. I was going to be in Slytherin, but I had to choose Gryffindor."

"Why?" Slytherin asked slightly disappointed.

"The current Headmaster is trying to control me and if I went into Slytherin, he would've realized that was a lost cause and begun investigating me which I can't have."

"Definitely my house, oh I can't wait to hear how Goodrich reacts, you will come back right?" Salazar asked concerned.

"Of course," Harry replied, "Oh, I was wondering something."

"Yes?"

"In my account it said that Hogwarts is my property, how is that possible?"

"When the four of us made this school, we set up so that if our houses ever combined, the Lord/Lady of our blood would own the school to do with as they wished."

"I'm not a Hufflepuff, nor a Ravenclaw by blood."

"True, their lines ended long ago, leaving their control of the property to Gryffindor and Slytherin."

"Well, I've got to go, I have Charms to get to." Harry said, before going through Salazar's Portrait and ending up in the lavatory again.