After the headmaster had finished his speech the feast began. Thereon slowly ate his food, he had a feeling someone was staring a hole into the back of his head, it seemed to be coming from the head table.
Thereon fought the urge to turn around and he tried to ignore the feeling, soon enough he'd had enough of being stared at through the whole of the meal, he turned around and instantly locked eyes with the man he'd crashed into at Diagon Alley. The dark mysterious air surrounding the man was enough to capture Thereon's interest. He wanted to know more about this man, just his gaze was enough to send shivers down Thereon's spine.
Thereon forced himself to look away, not understanding the spark between he and the man.
At last the feast was over, the House Prefects led the first years to their dormitories.
The Slytherin first years were led to the dungeons, Thereon was to be sharing a dorm room with Draco Malfoy, Blaize Zabini and Theodore Nott.
Thereon laid back on his bed and stared at the canopy, he sighed in boredom. There was nothing to do, classes don't start till tomorrow.
He smirked as an idea lodged itself into his head. He got up and made his way to the common room.
"Where you off to Thereon"? Draco Malfoy asked, he was lounging on a sofa in the common room with his two brainless goons standing behind him looking like constipated mini-sumo wrestlers.
Thereon raised an eyebrow elegantly, eyeing the blonde that seemed to think he was more important than everyone else.
"To the third floor". He shrugged lazily.
Draco's eyes nearly widened but he stopped himself in time and his Malfoy mask was firmly in place again.
"I could come with you if you like, you know in case you need someone to save you". Draco said.
Thereon just smirked, it was the blonde that was more likely to need saving.
"Very well, but leave your lackeys behind, the last thing I need is to be fixing their mistakes after the idiots mess up". Thereon said, ignoring the hurt looks that flashed across the faces of the two henchmen.
"Crabbe, Goyle go away and if you dare mention our whereabouts to anyone then you can kiss your friendship with me goodbye, Merlin knows you need it, no one else can put up with your idiocy". Draco said, gracefully getting up and walking up the Thereon.
Thereon grinned, Malfoy was good at put-downs, maybe, just maybe he might have found his first friend.
After wandering around the forbidden corridor for what seemed like an age, the pair came upon a locked door. A wandless 'Alohamora' made quick work of the door.
They soon found out that the door was locked for a good reason, three good reasons actually, as they encountered the three headed dog named 'Fluffy'.
Draco and Thereon refused to admit to themselves that they were scared shitless and they quickly closed and locked the door before the massive jaws of the beast could tear them to pieces.
"I don't know about you but that's certainly more than enough excitement for me for one day". Draco laughed nervously.
"I agree, maybe tomorrow or next week or even next month we can try exploring this corridor again". Thereon said as they tried to calm their racing hearts.
They quickly made their way back to the Slytherin common room before it was time for curfew. They bumped into Professor Snape on the way.
"What are you brats doing wandering around at this hour"? Snape said but his gaze was concentrated on Thereon.
"Nothing Professor, just making sure that there were no students out of bed". Draco said.
"That's the job of Prefects and teachers, do not bother yourself with something which is of no concern to you". He said and dismissed them.
"Merlin, he's quite scary when he wants to be". Draco muttered.
"So you're saying he's not usually like that"? Thereon asked.
"Of course he isn't, he's my godfather I see him lots of times at the Manor, he's a pretty reserved man but he's still tons of fun". Draco grinned.
Thereon raised an eyebrow, he found that pretty hard to believe but he let it go.
"Does Snape have, like a, you know, partner or wife or something"? He asked trying to sound uninterested as he played with his fangs.
Draco stopped walking and laughed, holding onto Thereon tightly to keep his balance as he laughed harder.
Thereon didn't know what was so funny, he thought Draco was making fun of him.
"What's so fucking funny? Just answer the question". He snapped.
Draco wiped the tears from his eyes. "I'm pretty sure Severus is asexual, I don't think he's ever even been on a date". Draco said.
Thereon smirked to himself. "I don't suppose he has a preference for eleven year old boys"? He asked.
Draco shrugged. "Who knows what he does in his spare time". He smirked. "Why are you asking all these questions? Don't tell me you have a crush on my godfather". Draco said as they approached the Slytherin common room.
"Pure-blood". Thereon spoke the password and the portrait swung open.
"Okay so maybe I find him a bit interesting, there's no harm in that". Thereon shrugged.
"Yeah there is, if anyone was to find out about this then Severus would be in big trouble, he might lose his job and get sent to Azkaban for sexual behaviour towards a minor and a student at that".
"You're speaking as if I already fucked him". Thereon muttered.
"But you're thinking about it". Draco said.
"You know what, fuck you, what I'm thinking about doing is none of your business". Thereon snapped and stormed up to the dorm.
Draco rolled his eyes and went to torture some poor first years in the common room.
Soon enough it was Halloween, everyone else was enjoying the feast, Thereon was picking at his food, he already missed his family.
The doors to the Great Hall opened to reveal a panicked Professor Quirell screaming something about a troll in the dungeon before fainting.
Dumbledore stopped everyone from panicking and McGonagall directed the Prefects to lead their Houses to the common room.
Out of the corner of his eye he saw the so-called 'Boy-Who-Lived' and his red-headed best friend split away from the Gryffindorks.
Thereon grabbed Draco's hand and they subtly followed the dorks.
Ron and Neville saw the troll going into the girls' bathroom and they followed it, unaware that a couple of Slytherins were tailing them.
"Why would they stupidly go after the troll when they should be running away from it"? Draco muttered, sneaking a peek into the bathroom.
"I'm guessing they wanted to save the know-it-all". Thereon said, pointing to Hermione, who had run under the sinks in an effort to get away from the troll's club.
Neville had his wand stuck up the troll's nose and was dangling by his foot from the troll's grip, Ron unsuccessfully tried to cast a 'Wingardium Leviosa'.
"Should we help them"? Thereon asked Draco quietly.
"Let the troll bash around the mudblood a little, then we can help them". Draco grinned.
Thereon rolled his eyes. "You're such a sadist Draco". He laughed softly.
Thereon muttered the spell Ron was unsuccessfully trying to do and he watched as the troll's club floated up and out of its hand before coming down hard on its head, knocking the troll out.
Neville panted as he stood up and looked at Thereon. He flashed him a smile. "Thank you". He said quietly. Thereon just nodded with a smirk.
Quirell and McGonagall rushed into the damaged bathroom, taking five points away from Gryffindor then awarding five points each to Ron and Neville.
"b-but Professor I didn't". Neville tried to tell McGonagall that he wasn't the one who saved Hermione but the Professor was already gone.
Thereon and Draco had also left the third floor.
Thereon sat crossed legged on his bed in the Slytherin dorm. Everyone else was asleep but Thereon was talking to his Phoenix.
/I miss my parents Shadow, and my sister. I can't wait to see them again/.
/Be patient young one, you will soon return to the Manor for the holidays/. Shadow replied.
/I know. Tomorrow is a Hogsmeade weekend even though first years aren't yet allowed to go I have to sneak out. I have a meeting the Lord Death tomorrow, to start my training/. Thereon stroked Shadow's feathers gently.
Shadow preened under the attention from Thereon. The boy laughed.
/you're so cute/. He said
/I am not cute, I am majestic/. Shadow huffed.
Thereon smiled, /I have to get some sleep Shadow, tomorrow will be a busy day/.
/Goodnight young one/. Shadow said and disappeared to wherever it was she went to at night, probably the owlery.
I apologise for how long it took me to get this up, it is so hard writing an adopted story. This chapter didn't turn out the way I wanted and I can't include any real connection between Thereon and Severus because of how young Thereon is, when he's in his third year though I will definitely start.
Please review to tell me if I'm doing okay or not, I really need the inspiration to get another chapter out quicker, sorry for the mistakes :) Laters!