When Lucius Malfoy walked into his private study on the morning of september 2nd, there was a package there that could only have been sent with the portkey he gave Draco. Upon reading the letter from Draco, he was surprised. He had expected something along the lines of "Father, this place is stuffed over the top with Weasleys, Blood Traitors, and mudbloods. Get mother to let me transfer to Durmstrang. Didn't you have something or other on the headmaster? I got in a fight with Potter, by the way, fix it! Your son, Draco." What he got was much more informational..

Father,

As expected I got sorted into Slytherin House. My fellow Slytherins are (as expected) Crabbe, Goyle, Theo Nott, Pansy Parkinson, Tracey Davis, Greengrass, Zabini. Moon was expected to be a Ravenclaw but got into Slytherin as well. Then there was a girl named Granger who looked a lot like Evan Rosier, except with Aunt Bella's untameable hair that I swear had sparks in it. She seemed to not be entirely comfortable with magic, a half-blood maybe. Though when I asked she said she was pureblood, thank you very much, but her parents are rich squibs who live in the muggle world, some very prominent muggle healers. She also has a Head of House ring, though I didn't see the crest, so I didn't inquire further into her ancestry today. I may do so tomorrow. Another surprise is Harry Potter, though it's fitting, you will see. Lastly, Slytherin got Regina Grey, who is at Hogwarts, and though she is American, she does have decent manners. The setting was mostly unsurprising, except for the fact that Grey was the longest hatstall in history, as well as the first one to clamp her hand over the hat's mouth to muffle it sorting her where she didn't want to go. And yet another Weasley is in my year, this one's in Hufflepuff though. I feel for the poor 'puffs. At least the lions already have five Weasley's worth of experience in this generation. I won't send the memory of the sorting because of more than twenty minutes worth of hatstall time, though the old coot on his golden throne had a lot less twinkle in his eyes than usual tonight.

However, after that, the Slytherin initiation was much more interesting I got the animagus ability.. I can't write it on paper because of a House Secrecy Act, but I was given a slight exception. I have a vial with the memory of the event here. There is also a second letter from the new Queen of Slytherin for you. The memory (and possibly the letter) is to also be shared with Minister Fudge.

Your son,

Draco

After reading that, Lucius' curiosity peaked. The past Slytherin King, Lucius' father, Abraxas Malfoy had died a year and a half ago. He was curious as to who it was.

The second letter had the seal of the Slytherin Monarch, an elegant crown with a basilisk wrapped around it in the shape of a vertical infinity sign, the S part emphasized, on green wax.

He opened the letter, reading in very thinly veiled curiosity.

Mr. Lucius Malfoy,

You have probably realized the great shift in Slytherin House by now. Your magic, and that of every past and current Slytherin will have informed them that they now obey a new Queen. You may also have noticed that your magic will become very uncomfortable if you use the m-word slur for those of muggle roots. That was my first official act. There will be an official announcement to all Slytherins sometime soon, but I will do you a favor and warn you, as my current messenger to the Minister until I can establish direct communications. Things will change. A lot. I am not a muggle loving fool like Dumbledore and will not do idiotically idealistic things like trying to ban witches and wizards in the care (or marriage) of abusive muggles from fighting back. But all who have magic are magical, and will be treated as such. Furthermore, you will note that as the current head of your little fan club for that undead homicidal maniac who calls himself a Dark Lord and brands people with a disgrace to Slytherin House, to put it bluntly, cut it out or else. You have not been under the imperius for a decade. I have proof that you were, in fact, imperioused during the blood war, and will hand a copy over to Amelia Bones, destroying the bad faith from the Malfoy name, or I could reveal that though it takes an imperious to get you to harm witches and wizards, you have no trouble doing the same to muggles with your buddies whenever you need to release some stress an do not wish to be disgraced in the Dueling Arena. You can choose. If you choose not to go against your magic, when you have proven your loyalty to me, I can permanently remove the brand on your arm, brand and oaths, and the same offer applies to your little buddies.

You can start by taking that memory vial your son sent you, and that I have verified, and watch it. When you are done, give a drop of blood at the bottom of this page, willingly given, to declare your loyalty. If you do not respond by the end of September 2nd, you will face my wrath.

Regina Morrigan Grey

Queen of Slytherin, Queen of Avalon, Lady of Serpents, Daughter of Magic, Magical and Blood Heiress and Adopted Daughter of Salazar Slytherin.

Lucius' decision was already made, but he got his pensieve and watched his son's memories of the Slytherin initiation anyway. He felt a chill go up his spine at the sound of Parseltongue after hearing the Dark Lord speak it, but it clearly disappeared as it was clear the nature of the Parseltongue was vastly different. Lucius's decision was cemented when Harry Potter made his announcement about the Dark Lord's horcruxes. Plural. He was now sure what that diary was, and he might need that boon from the boy-savior in the future. He would have to have his wife get the other one from Bellatrix's vault as well. Two boons from Potter would serve him very well indeed.

As soon as he was spit out from the pensieve, he got his silver ritual knife, and let a single drop of blood leave his middle finger and go onto the parchment of the letter. Another letter appeared in his office as soon as the drop of blood landed.

He opened the seal and read the contents.

Congratulations Mr. Malfoy.

You have made the right decision. The evidence will make its way to Amelia Bones, with a recommendation of verification by the Unspeakables. Mr. Croaker was more than cooperative. As to what you should do now, take the memory you just watched and go meet your pal the Minister. That memory should be shown only to the minister and cannot get into the hands of anyone else. In reward, here is a very useful warning, break off all your ties with one Ms. Dolores Umbridge as soon as possible. Her crimes are numerous, and not even a ministerial pardon can cover some of them. You are also to note that the Heir of House Black's heir has returned, joining it with the Peverell line for the first time in over 6 centuries. I do not doubt Arcturus Black will be happy his heir (while one Sirius Orion Black is unavailable due to lack of trial) is also Lord Peverell, as well as a parselmouth and right hand of the Queen of Slytherin.

Regina Morrigan Grey, Queen of Slytherin

Lucius' eyes widened as he read the letter. The Most Ancient and Most Imperial House of Peverell was at the same ranking as Slytherin, Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, Emrys, Pendragon, Le Fay, and a few others in that league. The Imperial Dozen were the twelve most powerful houses. The only one active in that league was House Black. Arcturus wouldn't be happy, he would be ecstatic. For delivering that sort of news, Arcturus might even open that bottle of 1624 firewhiskey. But first, Lucius had a Ministerial pal to visit.

Cornelius Fudge prided himself on always coming out on top. His best investment, Rita Skeeter (not that that was her real name) helped with that as well. But now, he was lost. Oh he knew, deep down inside what he should do, that it was actually the right thing to do. But he was stuck in between Albus Dumbledore, or this new Queen of Slytherin. He was oath bound to obey the Queen, yet if he disobeyed Dumbledore, he could make life very difficult for him. He reread the letter he had just received.

The Honourable Minister Cornelius Fudge,

Your magic should have told you by now that you, as a person sorted into Slytherin House, are under the jurisdiction of the Queen of Slytherin. And I, the Queen of Slytherin, feel like a person who has, through his own ambition and cunning, displayed the best of Slytherin House's values, should have an early warning. Things are about to change. Significantly.

For one, I don't want to see, hear, or even hear suspicions of blood prejudice. We are all magical. Whoever our parents may be, witch , wizard, squib, or muggle. The m-slur against those of muggle heritage should be forever obliviated from people's minds. I am not asking anyone to go and wed a muggle, or discard magic and live life as a muggle. I am not like that old muggle loving fool Dumbledore.

But since when does a Minister of Magic, who has been in office for almost a year, not notice that a son of the Most Ancient and Most Imperial House of Black is tossed into Azkaban by the previous Minister, head of the DMLE, and Head of the Wizengamot, without a trial, and kept there for a decade?

Sinc when is it legal for the wills of two war heroes to be sealed, their son kidnapped and sent to abusive muggles for a decade, without any knowledge of the world of magic he saved?

Since when is it acceptable for the Minister's undersecretary to break almost every single law that exists, and keep her job?

Or for a man who breaks the International Statute of Secrecy on a weekly basis yet keeps his job as the chief liaison to muggles?

Minister, there are a lot of problems in Magical Britain, all of which is under your direct jurisdiction. You have the power to fix them. And maybe even determine the single source of all of these issues. I can guarantee that the Head of the DoM, Mr. Algernon Croaker, is a good man who will help you in helping the country, as well as being under my jurisdiction. The head of the DMLE, Madam Amelia Bones, is also a perfectly law-abiding woman who is under no influence, but the ministry's and the law's.

Thank you for doing your absolute best to use your power to make our country a better place for everyone.

Regina Morrigan Grey, Queen of Slytherin.

That was the moment when Lucius Malfoy flooed into the Minister's office. During the few minutes it took to floo from Wiltshire to London and walk his way up to the Minister's office, he also realized that this was not an eleven year old girl he was dealing with. From that simple display of power, authority, and confidence in thee Slytherin common room and his two letters, Lucius now knew that if there was another war, he was damn well going to throw his lot in, not with either of the two megalomaniacs, Dumbledore and Voldemort, but with Regina Gray. Because of all three that he had done things for, she was the first to have even offered to do anything for him. And his friend Cornelius Fudge should know that as well.

Regina smiled when Malfoy Snr. and Fudge confirmed their positions. Oh she knew they were only out for themselves, but they might as well come out on top with her even higher. She was tempted, at first, to slip them magically binding contracts to obey her, but remembering that that was exactly what both Voldemort and Dumbledore did, she recoiled in disgust. By day's end, she would hopefully be able to bring Harry and Hermione into her plans. As soon as that permanent occlumency potion finished brewing. Damn her procrastination. She should have sent that recipe over to her potions teacher to cut back on brewing time, but now it still takes a full three hours. Now all she had to do was find the other House Royals and hope they agreed with her methods and goals.

Theodore and Andromeda Tonks were only expecting one letter the morning of September first. Nymphadora's (not that they ever called her that in person, the Black blood ran true) letter was as expected, some cute firsties, her hair was fuschia, but also changed color for every new firstie sorted. Andromeda's goddaughter Ray got into Slytherin, as expected. Longest every hatstall, not surprising. But then there were the other two letters. That Ray sent a letter was unexpected but unsurprising, unlike the contents.

Morning Andromeda!

I had a very interesting first night. For one, the sorting hat is extremely persistent. Unsurprising considering it's a soul imprint of Helga Hufflepuff. Is that not common knowledge?

Anyways, I'm in your old house, Slytherin. Some powerful gifts given out during the initiation. I'm friends with one Harry Potter (turns out his mother was born a distant cousin of the Bones family but adopted out by muggles from an orphanage) and Hermione Granger (daughter of squibs of houses Fawley and Rosier). Your nephew Draco was not as much of a jerk as I expected (I ranted at him for a little after he tried to call me the m word, he's well and properly cowed now) the real jerk in our year is one Ronald Weasley. You would think with so many successful older brothers he would at least have two brain cells to rub together, but no.

Oh and Ted is from a squib line of House Potter, so you can try to petition to be reinstated, married to the current Head of House Potter and all. The other letter dear Nymphie is passing along is Harry's to Ted. I should also warn you that though he won't admit it, I fished out that Harry was raised by his Aunt, a magic-phobic muggle more bigoted than the worst of the death eaters or your Aunt Walburga. He was also abused. By the time we finished shopping in Diagon Alley, when I offered to let him stay with me for a while, not that I thought he'd say yes, he lit up with joy. He grew up living in the cupboard under the stairs, with bruises from somebody's fists, probably his uncle's, and marks that can only belong to a frying pan. He also let slip that 'Dudley' who I'm guessing is his cousin, has two bedrooms and lots of video games, so the family isn't poor, as well as a spare for whenever an 'Aunt Marge' comes to visit. Oh and he was placed there by Albus bloody Dumbldore.

Thankfully he isn't too emotionally stunted, and was sent to school, but he does need a loving guardian, and when Sirius is free, he might not cut it. They're both probably equally broken.

Now, for the good news. Part one: New Queen of Slytherin writing! I even managed to get your dearest brother in law to establish communications with his pal the Minister for me! And dear old Salad bar Slytherin decided that it was time to be the last founder to choose a Full Heir and so that's me. I'm now in league with Cassandra Trelawney, Godric Gryffindor II (the nephew of the 1st), and Rowan Mungo.

Anyway, Bye for now!

Ray

Reading about the unpunished crimes committed by those muggles, Andromeda Black-Tonks was just about ready to go muggle-baiting for the first time since her baby sister Trixie got branded on the arm. For all his faults, Cygnus Black raised three daughters who were beautiful, brilliant, and absolutely ruthless to those that got on their bad side. However, Andromeda was not a Gryffindor like her cousin Sirius for nothing. She was a Slytherin, ad knowing how to read between the lines, she was fully capable of deciphering that the Queen of Slytherin had just given her the Green Light to make sure Harry Potter never went back to those muggles, and then to extract some time-tested Black Revenge on those filthy muggles. And for Andromeda, filthy muggles they would always be, loving and marrying a muggle raised man did not in any way, shape, or form make Andromeda endeared to muggles, especially considering Ted had run away from his religious parents to start Hogwarts and had not talked to them since.

While his wife had that look to her that said whoever got on her bad side wouldn't be happy, Ted read the letter that got her so incensed. His eyes widened at reading his heritage, he would need to get a blood test soon. He would also need to get some Tonks Revenge, which equated to suing everything off a person, down to their grandmother's old nightgown. Before he could do that, however, he read his heir's (who would have thought!) letter to read.

[ink splotches] Hello!

My name's Harry. [more ink splotches] it turns out I was kidnapped at one years old, my godfather framed, and I was supposed to live with you. Ray (that's what Regina's friends call her), says that as a lawyer with a Mastery in Magical Law you might be able to get guardianship before winter break. [a smaller ink splotch] so I'll be fine, I don't mind staying at Hogwarts, it's amazing, like a home, but Ray says someone should educate those of us so impressed by British wizarding society (me and Hermione) about a real wizarding nation (MACUSA-run Magical America) where she grew up. I think Hermione is dead-set on using her slytherinish tactics to join MACUSA's legendary Junior Unspeakables on personal recommendation of the Head of the Unspeakables, who also happens to be Ray's dad. I don't know how she does most of the things she does, but she's brilliant. Brilliant but scary (sometimes). I think I should ask Ray how she did that. Her only answer was, "at six years old, I somehow appeared into a tightly worded MACUSA Unspeakables animal safehouse and 'borrowed' a young basilisk. The only time my father ever fainted" I used to apparate a little to get away from Dudley and his gang when I was little, but it was in a muggle area.

Also, Tonks said you know a lot about metamorphs, I think I may have that ability, but I don't know, when I was little and Aunt Petunia shaved off my head, it grew back the next day. What does that mean?

Also Ray asked to ask you a random question, "As a Huffelpuff history researcher, a puffstorycher, how would one go about installing and gaining an alliance with a King/Queen of Hufflepuff?" I don't know what that means, but probably some of Ray's politicking. She also is some kind of slytherin queen because somehow, when she tells other snakes (amphibious and human) what to do, they listen. It's really cool.

[large ink splatter] Sorry, I'm babbling.

Bye!

Harry.

Ted Tonks, after finding out from his wife just how much Slytherin's hierarchy was literal (they had bloody royalty all were oath-bound to obey!) went on to deciding to do what had been the wisest choice of his life, taking the advice of one Regina Grey.


A/N: So I know many of you have been curious or thinking that Ray is going to be overpowered. Nope. She's going to be just as realistic as canon Harry. There will be problems, there will be mistakes. I will have to kill off a character at one point, but I have not written that far yet, I'm not even up to day 3, much less Halloween. Her parents are not gods, nor are they the richest in the world or the most powerful. Imagine Canon Harry with parents, and without a prophecy hanging over his head, and American, that's Solomon Grey, Ray's dad. Her mother is also an averageish well-off pureblood whose only unaveregeness is being descended from Rowena Ravenclaw. Ray, I will admit, is very powerful, but you will see a lot of it is just magical tech and not her actually being like an adult at age 11. She is powerful, yes. But she also has tons of advantages like a family that cares more about her accomplishing her goals than small things like laws, or the MACUSA unspeakables on her side. because come on, if harry had a single timeturner from age 11, he would have defeated Voldemort way earlier. And America is larger than england, so there are more unspeakables, and more discoveries. Also, she obviously has good (rock solid) occlumency shields. Harry will not be the main character. Neither will Hermione. I haven't read a story yet with an OC MC, so here it is. Also, I have a time travel Harry and Hermione story in progress, as well as a Dark Lady Hermione and a death eater marauders story. I can keep posting this one once a week or I can publish those, and post 2 chapters every weekend , of any of the three stories. Tell me in reviews or dms.

Also reviewer under the username Bahnannah, I agree. I have wanted to write a Hermione that explodes whenever wizarding culture doesn't match up to the morals pf the muggle world, but in this case, she won't be like that. I might have a character like that.

Any suggestions, ideas, or requests to post one of my other stories, please review or dm. If you review, please keep your dm feature open so I can reply. Thanks, and that's it for this chappie!