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Professor Slughorn entered his house to have his first house meeting with them. He was still trying to get them to see how they needed to behave better. When he was sure everyone was there he spoke. "Welcome everyone to our first house wide meeting. Now who here can tell me what they think of how I look? No one? Well I can tell you I look damn right ridiculous. My robes are very flamboyant and my graduation style cap doesn't always match them. Do any of you know why I look so ridiculous?" he asked.
"Because you are a poor excuse for a man and haven't a tack of sense" Draco Malfoy sneered as most of the house laughed at him.
"Ten points from Slytherin. You will answer respectfully or shut your mouth Mr Malfoy. Did you know about ninety percent of people judge us based on how we look? I dress ridiculously because it is a way for me to be very cunning. You see people will look at me and think I know nothing something I want them to think. I want them to think this so they are surprised when I take them by surprise and whip out my wand handing their arses to them. You see no one would ever expect it and that my friends is the point" he said pausing and looking around at everyone who looked shocked to the core.
"You can be cunning in other ways too. I mean for example Mr Malfoy if you did more listening then mindless speaking you'd learn a thing or two. You're not at all good at being cunning and I'd imagine everyone in this school knows what you feel about people and whom you feel these things for. Please for the love of god take my advice and stop telling everyone your father will hear about this because it's tired and old and anyway no one but you cares about the opinions of your father. Besides which most of us who leave the school do know of his opinions not all of which are good. But you see even he is better at hiding them then you. Well was until last year anyway but enough about that!" he said dismissing a furious Draco with a wave of his hand.
"I mean take Mr Flint for example. His poor oral hygiene which makes it look like someone in his family mated with a troll is a very admirable form of cunning because he would more than likely be stronger then most in this room however no one will take him seriously looking like this and then those people will pay later!" he said seriously.
"Yes they will sir. We'll hurt them all. Crush them all. No one will know what bloody well hit them! We are the mighty Slytherin and we kill or at least damage severely all in our paths who would wish to harm us or stop us" he snapped as Horace groaned.
"Ten points from Slytherin Mr Flint. It was a compliment and not something to act on, you idiot. You see its things like this that get Slytherin a bad image or get some of us thrown into Azkaban. I don't want that for any of you so straighten up and fly right or that may well happen to most of you! Then we all have the cheek to wonder why everyone hates us so much. We don't get to think like that when people like Mr Flint exist and say the things he was saying. It is people like him which are the main reason people dislike Slytherin. People such as Draco Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson who think they are better then everyone else are the other reason. Stop spitting your damn dummy out each time you don't get what you want" he snapped shocking them all.
"Sir that's nor fair. What are you targeting me for I did nothing to anyone!" Pansy snapped looking outraged.
"That we know of Miss Parkinson. You are not as good at hiding things as you think and remember I am very good at looking like I am not interested in something or indeed a bit slow or stupid based on how I dress. You see me the way I want you to. Despite how I look I see everything and I do in fact know just what you did you little troublemaker!" he sneered.
"It wasn't my fault sir. He wouldn't leave me alone and I had to curse him. He was being a pain to me when I am better and I told him so. He doesn't get to complain when he is lower then me and always will be!"
"EPIC FAIL! I caught you. I did not know of you doing anything however I lead you to believe I did and you confessed. Oh you have been bold haven't you? Well that will have to be detention for you Miss Parkinson with me personally and I hope whoever it is leaves you alone for his own sake because so help me if you curse him or anyone else again there will be more trouble then you know what to do with. This ends now all of you. No one is so above the law that they don't deserve a good cursing from time to time. Welcome to Slytherin bitches! Now let's see shall we?" he murmured to himself and then cast a spell in the air which seemed to do nothing.
"If anyone does or says anything I would not approve of both they and myself will know about it but they will shall we say know about it a bit more. The Bullshit ends now. This is my own house so I may curse in here if I like. I will never do so in class obviously. Did no one ever think that while Severus was teaching you properly and no one else that you might have gotten yourselves hurt inadvertently? Were you all so sure you knew it all?" he questioned as some of them looked mildly ashamed.
"The world is a scary place ladies and gentlemen. You can fix your mistakes here in school as there is always tomorrow but out there in the big bad world if you fail there is no fixing it. Sometimes people will look to you for answers and you won't always have them. One of the most powerful phrases we are so afraid of saying is I don't know. You do not fail if you say I don't know what the answer is but I am looking into whatever it is or I can try to find that out for you. If you choose not to say you don't know and then fail everyone will judge you way worse then would have otherwise. As I said in class each house has had dark members. Oh yes!" he said as he looked at all his scared and bewildered students who were by now too freaked out to talk back.
"Starting tomorrow at eleven am we will begin elocution lessons for all. It is high time we learned what being fancy and posh is all about because by modern standards everywhere it is indeed not what we think it is. Welcome to the twenty first century Slytherin house. Give yourselves a round of applause. Now good night to you all and I hope you have all learned your lesson. If someone attacks you defend yourself by all means possible which are the least lethal but do not go looking for fights as you will not find any help here if you get in trouble should you do so!" he said as he watched them all leave hoping they would understand and that all he had said would sink in properly.