(Voldemort POV)
I was at the Ministry, Nagini on my shoulders, we were here to exterminate the mudbloods, blood traitors, squibs, and half breeds. We were leaving at least one parent. Except for the mudbloods. My first target was the minister of magic himself. The rest would be attacked by those I brought with me. Nagini, would stay with me, of course.
(Harry POV)
I was looking for a way out of the room again when the door opened and Tom came back inside. "Are you hungry? You should be. You missed lunch. I just got finished with the Minister."
"You better have left the Weasleys alone Tom." I couldn't bear the thought of Arthur or Molly being dead… what would I tell Ron?
"You mean Arthur Weasley?" … Don't answer that.
"I was feeling hungry but I just lost my appetite."
"Well then I'll be taking you downstairs anyway. You need to eat." He waited for me to move but I just stood there. He raised his wand and I fell to the ground, screaming in pain. He'd used the Cruciatus Curse. When he raised his wand, I felt the pain leave. "You do not defy the Dark Lord, Harry Potter."
"Dumbledore has defied you Tom."
"He's dead isn't he?"
"Not by your hands." He used crucio… again… but this time I felt pain worse than before, crying out at the pain. It felt like daggers pouring into my veins and digging out again. He raised his wand and I shakily walked down the stairs, not wanting a repeat of that.
When we got there, there was more than just the Slytherins and Death Eaters in the room. My friends… He left me at the Gryffindor table. I noticed the stool and the Sorting hat in the center of the room. What was he planning? I saw him shake the hat, casting spells on it. Then he left it alone to go sit down as Bellatrix Lestrange stood up and clapped her hands. The Sorting hat began to sing about the four houses but the song was all wrong:
"I'm the Sorting hat,
The one that's fine and true,
I'll tell you where you belong,
If only you just put me on,
You might belong in Gryffindor,
The Gryffindors who aren't so smart,
The Gryffindors who betray their kind,
Set Gryffindors apart,
Or maybe you belong in Hufflepuff,
The Hufflepuffs who don't belong,
The Mudblood Hufflepuffs who think they're so smart,
Set Hufflepuffs apart,
You could belong in Ravenclaw,
The Half Bloods who are half as smart,
The Ravenclaws who don't know where to depart,
Set Ravenclaws apart,
I left the best for last,
The Slytherins who are pure,
The Pure-bloods who are twice as smart,
May Slytherin reign supreme,
Set Slytherins apart."
Everyone began to whisper. That wasn't good at all. That song was a catastrophe. Then Bellatrix began her walk down toward the Sorting hat with a super long list in hand. She looked at Tom and he made some type of motion that was too quick for me to follow. She turned back toward us before speaking, reading her list.
"Hannah Abbott."
"You say the last name first, Bella." Narcissa failed to whisper. I saw an annoyed gesture come from Tom while Hannah hesitantly walked up beside Bellatrix and sat down on the stool slowly. Bellatrix dropped the hat on her head and it called out "Ravenclaw!" Bellatrix took the hat back immediately and cleaned it off. She was a Half-blood? Then she called out the next name.
"Euan Abercrombie." He walked up and sat down, he'd been a Gryffindor before. Tom stood before she could place the hat on his head, Bellatrix stopped immediately. "Yes My Lord?"
"Have the students out of their seats and line up against the walls and those that don't fit in the Great Hall line out into the Entrance Hall and Chamber of Reception. Hannah will sit at the table second to the right wall, as her house has always been. House tables will not move. Continue from there." He sat back down and she put the hat on Euan's head as Nott and Lestrange gathered us up against the walls and outside the room and into the reception room. I was close enough to hear the Sorting going on.
Euan had been placed in Hufflepuff, and while we'd been moving three other students had been placed. Stewart Ackerley was in Hufflepuff, Jatin Agarkar in Ravenclaw, and Becky Arncliffe went to Slytherin and everyone at the Teacher Table cheered. So that was how it went, everyone was resorted and every time a Slytherin was placed, they cheered.
Owen Cauldwell, Emma Dobbs, Neville, Natalie McDonald, Laura Madley, Roger Malone, Jimmy Peakes, and Sally-Anne Perks were all placed in Gryffindor. Colin, Dennis Creevey, Kevin Entwhistle, Justin Finch-Fletchley, and Hermione were all placed in Hufflepuff. Susan Bones, Mandy Brocklehurst, Millicent Bulstrode, Michael Corner, Tracey Davis, Seamus Finnigan, Anthony Goldstein, Wayne Hopkins, and Sue Li were all placed in Ravenclaw. Malcolm Baddock, Terry Boot, Eleanor Branstone, Lavender Brown, Stephen Cornfoot, Crabbe, Fay Dunbar, Goyle, Astoria Greengrass, Daphne Greengrass, Megan Jones, Luna, Morag MacDougal, Ernest Macmillan, Malfoy, Lily Moon, Theodore Nott, Pansy Parkinson, Padma Patil, and Parvati Patil were all placed in Slytherin. Every single one of them got cheers for Slytherin. Draco got double cheers from Bellatrix and she even complimented to Tom that she just knew Draco would be in Slytherin again. Then it was finally my turn.
"Harry Potter." Bellatrix called, almost cooing my name. I didn't move, I hadn't been moving. The line wasn't moving either, because of me. "Harry Potter!"
"Where is Harry, Lestrange?" Tom demanded, I was thrown into view by Nott and I looked down the tables at Bellatrix and Voldemort, determined to show him that this wouldn't fly. If I kept at it, the others would join in. "Harry, come put on the hat." He demanded, sitting down again. When I didn't move, he looked at Nott and he grabbed me, firmly but not roughly, and dragged me to the seat. I was sat down and Bellatrix pulled the hat on my head, keeping it there by force.
"SLYTHERIN!" Bellatrix removed the hat and Nott dragged me over to sit next to Parvati. She looked at me as everyone else cheered, except Draco. Narcissa got him clapping though and then the list moved on. My display was only repeated by Ron and Ginny. Ron and Ginny were more forcefully put on the stool.
Sophie Roper, Ginny, and Ron were put in Gryffindor. Orla Quirke, Oliver Rivers, James Tuckett the 2nd, Emma Vane, and Rose Zeller were put in Hufflepuff. Sally Smith, Zacharias Smith, Dean Thomas, and Kevin Whitby were put in Ravenclaw. Lisa Turpin, Romilda Vane, Nigel Wolpert, and Blaise Zabini were put in Slytherin with more applause.
So everyone's blood status was out in the open now... but I thought I was a Half-blood. What am I doing in Pure-blood? When everyone was settled down, Macnair came forward and began to read. There was nothing but silence and his voice.
"School rules are as follows: 1. Fighting is not allowed. 2. Swearing is not allowed unless said swear word is Mudblood or Halfbreed, or among those lines. 3. Talking inside the classroom while the teacher is talking is prohibited, you must learn. 4. Boys and girls are not allowed in opposite gendered bathrooms unless it is the girls bathroom on the third floor, however if you are going there you must have supervision from either the Deputy Headmaster, Headmaster, or The Supreme Headmaster.-" Supreme Headmaster? Who the hell is Supreme Headmaster? What is a Supreme Headmaster? You need a Parselmouth to get in there. "-5. No cheating, those who are caught cheating will report to the Headmaster for punishment. 6. No visiting the dormitories of opposite gender unless supervised by Head Of House, otherwise you will be severely punished. 7. No wandering around at night, those caught will be sent to the Headmaster for punishment or the Deputy Headmaster or Head Of House. 8. Unless the Slytherins are the culprit, there will be no bullying, also no bullying other Slytherins. 9. No overnight stays in Hogsmeade, unless given by the Supreme Headmaster. 10. Magic in the corridors are forbidden, even to Slytherins unless it is not deadly. 11. Eating in class is forbidden. 12. If a student is found disobeying the rules, points will be taken from their house, unless the broken rule has already given punishment, furthermore if the student persists in disobedience they will earn a detention and if they continue from there, the said student will either be disemboweled or sent to the Supreme Headmaster for punishment." He rolled up his parchment and went back to sitting. When he was comfortable, Voldemort stood up.
"Since this year is nearing an end, I shall be expecting you all back. Even if it is your seventh year. Who wouldn't kill for another year at Hogwarts?" A few of the Death Eaters snickered at his words and when they quieted, he continued. "Some of you will need it for what I have planned for you. Earlier today you were given an example of those who defy me. The war is over, I assure you. You have all by now been seen by Madame Pomfrey. Tomorrow you will all be going home and on September 1 you will all come back, just like you normally would. So I suggest you eat and be merry and I will hope to see you next year, alive and well." He sat down and food appeared. I was starving so I collected some steak with gravy, beef casserole, lamb chops, roast beef, carrots, peas, baked pumpkin, and mashed potatoes with gravy. For my drink I chose pumpkin juice over the tea.
When I was finished, I looked at my friends, the Patils. "Is this what it was like before I came over here? I'd been busy trying to find a way to beat-" I looked up to Voldemort and he was talking with Snape as he ate his own meal. Who knew he ate?
"Actually, Harry, we'd still been in our real houses. Ravenclaw and Gryffindor. We'd been on the receiving end of bullying from the Slytherins."
"I can't believe Millicent was moved to Ravenclaw, I think it was. Some Slytherins aren't Slytherins anymore. It's so weird." Padma replied, talking with me and Parvati.
"Any ideas?"
"They killed all the teachers, even poor McGonagall." I remembered that. It had been horrible. I had been forced to watch while I was helpless to stop it. I hadn't my wand anymore. I needed to learn how to do wandless magic.
"I miss Professor McGonagall." I stated. Fenrir had viciously ripped into her throat as a Dementor had finished her off before she could die. I shuddered before Padma scooted a dessert over to me. We'd have to reassemble Dumbledore's Army.
I had some apple pie, chocolate éclair, custard tart, ice cream, and rice pudding. I hadn't seen Pomfrey so I guess I should go see her... I wanted to talk to Ron and Hermione. "Padma, do you think you could get everyone together? You know, over the summer?"
"Anything Harry." She nodded before sitting back, I copied her. Before everything disappeared, I had some tea and then Voldemort stood up again. Everyone went quiet.
"I wish only to say good night. Prefects, lead your houses to their dorms. Starting with the Mudbloods- I mean Hufflepuffs followed by the blood traitors- I mean Gryffindors. Slytherins, you may leave last." Who were the prefects? I looked around and Ron stood but was yanked back down by a fellow Gryffindor.
Hermione stood, along with the other prefects in her house, and they led them out the room. Now Ron and his fellow prefects stood up and led them out the room and up the stairs. I knew where they were going. They were Gryffindor. Hannah and Anthony stood up with their peers and began to lead the Ravenclaws away. Millicent had been made a Ravenclaw, she was a Half-blood. Then finally Ernie, Padma, Malfoy, and Parkinson stood and began the trek out the room and down into the dungeons.
When we reached the entrance, Malfoy stepped forward and said "Mudbloods will never be superior." The passage opened. We entered and everyone either went to bed or staid up. I staid up.
I sat down near the fireplace, thinking. My thoughts were interrupted by Malfoy though. "How does it feel to actually belong here and not have to sneak in using forbidden potions Potter?"
"How does it feel to know that you've had not Pure-bloods in your common room, talking to you?"
"Happy actually. Now that I know the truth."
"What truth would that be Malfoy?"
"That they were never really my friends to begin with."
"Oh come now, don't talk that way m'boy." Slughorn?
I looked up and sure enough, it was Slughorn. I smiled at seeing such a familiar face. He smiled back. "I think it best we all wonder off to bed, Harry are you sure you've seen Madam Pomfrey? You still look like you've got cuts and bruises."
"I wouldn't be allowed out anyway." I replied. None of it was worth going to see Pomfrey anyway. My life wasn't in danger. However, it would still be good to go see her… Malfoy got up and walked up the stairs to one side, going to bed.
"I'll write you a note." He produced parchment, quill, and a pot of ink. He began to write and I began to think while he wrote. Maybe he knew who or what a supreme headmaster was?
"I remember you once taught Voldemort?" He jumped, dropping his ink pot and quill. The parchment went in the air. I caught it for him, barely.
"Don't say that m'boy. Almost gave me a heart attack, you did. Name's tabooed remember?" He said … I remember. I didn't know Slughorn was afraid of that name. The door opened and Voldemort came striding in himself. He looked at the scene before fixing the ink pot and picked up the quill.
"You dropped this Professor Slughorn?" Slughorn took the items back.
"Thank you."
"Would you like to participate in the upcoming meeting? You're welcome if you do." Why was Tom inviting Slughorn to a Death Eater meet- didn't they say Tom was trying to recruit him last year into his army or something?
"I may be a teacher here, but I don't want a part in those meetings. I'm not one of them." Tom seemed to back track immediately.
"I don't mean to say you are, I'm only suggesting. Harry, don't you have to get to bed?" Slughorn spoke up.
"He needs to see Madam Pomfrey before he goes to bed." Voldemort laughed before telling me to go see Pomfrey. I left the common room and Voldemort followed me. I ended up at Pomfrey's and she healed my wounds, getting rid of any infections before sending me back. Voldemort watched me back til I reached the entrance, he gave the password and I went in, alone. This time I went to bed.