Chapter 3 – Arrival at Hogwarts
The past month had been a slow grind for Harry in his opinion but the day was finally here. He was finally heading to Hogwarts. Harry had spent the past month reading his textbooks and studying his wand as well as trying to hone his elemental power with some success. He found that the chaos energy didn't always have to act like a destructive force and could actually act as a parasite like force causing the infected thing to reverse what it did. If he hit a light source it became a source of darkness for example. He was curious if that would work on incoming spells but Harry would need to be fast in order to do that though it was possible theoretically. He also had developed a relationship with both Hedwig and Maddy. Hedwig seemed like a prideful beast who knew that she was unique and refused to be considered just an owl. Harry found himself relating to her somehow and the two had an understanding though Hedwig seemed a little too intelligent to be just an owl. Maddy though was a strange case as she, yes his wand was a she somehow. Maddy seemed to meld to his chaos element and Harry could feel as though the wand was a part of him yet also an adviser to him. He compared it to the Norse god Thor and his hammer and Harry did actually try to summon his wand to his hand which actually worked somehow. He wasn't sure if it was magic or because of the budding bond between him and the wand but either way it kicked serious arse. His uncle had agreed to drive him to kings cross station if only so he could get rid of him but like with most things with the Dursley's Harry benefited as well and they just took a victory where they could. He had gotten a letter last week reminding him to arrive at platform 9¾ before 11 AM and Harry spent the week figuring out where the hell platform 9¾ was.
"Boy hurry up or I'm not driving you," His uncle called through the door. Harry sighed as he picked up his packed trunk and picked up Hedwig, who was in her cage at the demand of the Dursley's, pocketed his wand and walked out of his room before clumsily pulling his stuff downstairs and to the car.
"Would you hurry up boy," Vernon barked out as Harry stumbled out of the house with his stuff.
"Calm down already I'm here," Harry said as he put his trunk in the back. Sure his trunk was light thanks to the charm but it was still wide and got in the way a lot. He put Hedwig in the back seat and joined her there as Vernon began driving Harry to Kings Cross.
They arrived at the platform where they could see a brick pillar between platform 9 and 10.
"Well there's Platform 9 and there's Platform 10 maybe they haven't built yours yet," Vernon before he started laughing maniacally and left Harry alone on the busy platform. Harry was sure that his uncle fantasised about abandoning him. Fortunately he had already figured out where the platform was. It seemed as if the magical world wasn't actually a secret society hidden in the furthest corner of the earth but was actually hidden behind the mundane world so Harry figured that the brick wall in front of him wasn't actually solid, at least he hoped so. Harry took his trolley of stuff and ran into the wall bracing for the worst but he fell straight through and saw another platform that looked nothing like Kings Cross. The train looked like a vintage steam engine train that was very resplendent and screamed adventure. Harry made sure to cover up his scar with his hair so he didn't get accosted by some Boy-Who-Lived fangirl and made his way through the horde of people and onto the train. It was loud and annoying and he was starting to get a headache but he quickly made it onto the train and entered a compartment. There was enough room to fit six people inside so Harry accepted that he was going to have to deal with people during the train ride. He put his trunk away and let Hedwig loose who seemed to be willing to wait for him at Hogwarts and then sat down and tried to relax. It was short lived however as a familiar voice started talking to him and he saw that it was Sera.
"Of course the first compartment I find free and your in it," Sera said.
"You can go away if I'm so repulsive," Harry said but Sera just sat down in front of him after putting her stuff away. Harry just raised an eyebrow at this before lifting his feet up and lied down on the seats closing his eyes. They sat in awkward silence as the train finally set off towards Hogwarts.
"Oh come on aren't you gonna say anything the entire time?" Sera asked, the silence becoming to much.
"Shh I'm trying to meditate," Harry said smirking
"Your taking a nap," Sera replied hotly
"I'm meditating," Harry replied simply
"So your going to be annoying the entire time instead?" Sera asked huffing
"You could leave," Harry suggested
"And let you win fat chance," Sera replied.
Harry just sighed at this "Fine, talk."
"About what?" Sera asked
"You where the one that suggested we do this so I figured that you would have a plan," Harry said
"Are you like this all the time?" Sera asked getting frustrated.
"Like what?" Harry asked
"Annoying," Sera stated .
"Yes I am always annoying," Harry replied
"Why?" Sera asked
"Cause it's funny," Harry said.
"So you enjoy pissing people off," Sera said "must be lonely."
Harry raised an eyebrow at this. Did she just call him lonely? Well he was a loner but lonely?
"I am not Lonely, I just don't see the point in people they are always asking me to do this or to do that, add on to that I'm apparently a hero to these people and they seem to want to stare at me and yeah I really couldn't care about people," Harry ranted.
"Calm down alright it was just a question," Sera said holding her hands up.
"Whatever," Harry said.
"So you gonna apologise to Hermione when you see her?" Sera asked
"Who?" Harry asked making Sera roll her eyes
"You really are an insensitive git aren't you, the girl you made cry at Gringotts," Sera explained
"First of all yes I admit that I'm an insensitive git and second, no I don't plan on apologising, she shouldn't have been so rude and demanding," Harry explained
"Just because you lost your parents doesn't give you the right to be a git to everyone you know," Sera said testily.
Now Harry was getting angry "Watch it, how would you know what it's like."
"Cause I lost my Mum too," Sera screamed. Harry just looked at her dumbly.
"Sorry," Harry said sincerely
"Me too," Sera said
"Want to talk about it?" Harry offered
"Not really and I doubt that you want to either," Sera said which made Harry chuckle.
"Still not apologising to her though," Harry said which made Sera sigh in annoyance.
"You're such a git," Sera said looking tired at him
"That I am," Harry replied.
Then the compartment door opened and a red haired boy peeked his head in.
"Can I sit here, everywhere else is full?" He asked
"Sure it'd be nice to have a decent conversation instead of getting annoyed," Sera said and the boy sat across from Harry as well.
"I'm Ron by the way Ron Weasley," Ron said
"I'm Sera Brandt," Sera explained "The git over there is Harry Potter."
"Really?" Ron asked but Harry made no reply
"Well answer him Harry are you really?" Sera asked giggling
"I wonder what they'll serve for tea tonight?" Harry asked absent mindedly.
"Really you gonna ignore us?" Sera said wearily.
"Of course not but annoying you is rather fun," Harry explained as he looked at the two.
"Do you remember what happened that night?" Ron asked excitedly. Harry raised an eyebrow at this. Surely someone couldn't be this dense as to ask that.
"What?" Harry said letting a bit of anger out.
"Do you remember what happened with You-Know-Who?" Ron asked again still excited.
Harry had a smirk on his face at decided to play with the dumb shit sat in front of him
"Of course I remember," Harry declared pompously "We traded spells back and forth until I caught his curse and threw straight in his face."
"Really?" Ron asked excited
"No you moron I was one I have no memory of what happened," Harry said his face morphed into one of anger "how thick can you be to believe something that stupid?"
"Alright enough Harry no need to be so mean," Sera said trying to placate him. She had seen how vicious Harry could be with his words and wasn't up for seeing it again
"Sorry," Ron mumbled as the awkward silence returned until the door opened again and Draco was standing there with two boy's who clearly were a step behind on the evolutionary ladder. They looked way too ape like to be human Harry thought.
"I thought I smelt filth and lo and behold I find a big pile of it,"Draco declared and his grunts laughed.
"What do you want?" Harry asked testily. Ron had already annoyed him and he didn't feel like just putting up with Draco's brand of bullshit right now.
"Just to leave you with a warning Potter," Draco said and Harry was actually impressed with the amount of spite he put in his last name "You chose poorly when you decided to attack me so you will be joining your filthy mother sooner rather than later."
Harry just smiled at the threat "You really are determined to become the last member of your family aren't you. Was one punt to the balls not enough to end your line or do you want me to finish where I left off?"
His grunts quickly formed a wall in front of Malfoy to protect him and Harry just chuckled at them.
"Cute," Harry commentated before grabbing both by the side of the head and slammed them into each other causing them to fall over unconscious "Now this is the part where you either make a pathetic attempt at me or you run off screaming 'this isn't over'"
Malfoy just started running but said nothing much to Harry's disappointment.
"That was awesome Harry," Ron commentated and Sera had to agree with him as she watched Harry push the unconscious idiots out of the compartment before retuning to lying down on the seats "It'll be great when we're in Griffindor together.
Harry again raised an eyebrow at this "What makes you think I'll be a Griffindor?"
"You're the Boy-Who-Lived of course you'll be in Griffindor, your parents were I Griffindor too,"
"So?" Harry said. He knew deep down that he bound for Slytherin based on what he had read. He had looked into the four houses and felt that Hufflepuff and Griffindor were out as he was too devious for them which left Ravenclaw and Slytherin but he wasn't really that studious leaving Slytherin by deduction.
"But … but … what house will be in if not Griffindor?" Ron stammered out
"What's it matter which house your in?" Sera asked
"Well Ravenclaw is for nerds, Hufflepuff is just a house of leftovers and Slytherin is full of dark Wizards so Griffindor is the best.
"Yeah I'm gonna call bullshit on that," Harry said "there is no way that every single bad person is from Slytherin house."
"It's true You-Know-Who and his followers were all Slytherin's," Ron said sounding desperate.
"So? Doesn't mean every Slytherin followed Voldemort," Harry said and Ron flinched "Really?"
"But there all evil you should be a Griffindor," Ron said
"Don't tell me what to do you judgemental prick," Harry said angrily and Ron crawled into the back of his seat. He was really sick of dealing with idiotic people right now
"Calm down Harry," Sera said
"Why don't you piss off somewhere else you pathetic arse wipe," Harry yelled and Ron scrambled out of the compartment.
"Your really mean sometimes," Sera said.
"I despise stupidity," Harry commentated as he began to relax.
"You're ending up in Slytherin aren't you?" Sera asked but already knew the answer
"Yep it seems like the best fit for me and I'm gonna guess that you'll be a Griffindor," Harry said
"Yep seems to add up," Sera said as they enjoyed the silence before a familiar face showed up.
"Have you lot seen a toad a boy named …" Hermione began but quietened when she saw Harry.
"Good to see you Hermione, every other person who's shown up has managed to annoy Harry so far," Sera said with a smile on her face.
"Really?" Hermione asked
"They deserved it," Harry just said as he looked out the window "For the record Granger I apologize."
"Thank you Harry," Hermione said "I'm sorry too for how insensitive I was."
"Fair enough but that doesn't mean that I'm your friend," Harry clarified and Hermione's smile faltered.
"Wow even when your nice you're still a git," Sera said
"Language," Hermione said and Harry noticed that it seemed instinctive "So what am I then?"
"Just another human that I tolerate," Harry explained.
"Don't worry Hermione I'll be your friend," Sera said.
"Thank you Sera," Hermione said "Well I should get back to helping Neville find his toad."
"Just ask a prefect to do it," Harry suggested. Hermione just looked at him and then left to follow his advice.
"So you're actually a nice guy hidden behind a mountain of git," Sera said
"That's me," Harry said "And you're an annoying fly hell bent to keep me from relaxing.
Sera just threw a book at him which hit him in the side.
"Fantastic, your violent too," Harry commentated before dodging the next book that soared past his head. There fight was interrupted by an announcement
"We will soon arrive at Hogsmede, please make sure that you are in your uniforms, please leave any luggage on the train it will be brought up for you," A voice said.
"Oh good the train was getting boring," Harry said
"Get out while I change," Sera said
"What?" Harry asked
"Go, get out I don't want you to see me get changed," Sera said as she pushed him out of the compartment and closed the blinds. Harry noticed that Malfoy's guards had gone. And he just stood there watching the world go by. It was about five minutes when the door opened revealing Sera in her Hogwarts robes.
"Compartments yours," Sera said as Harry went in and quickly got changed into his School robes just as the train pulled into the station. He noticed that Sera put her books away and he and Sera stepped onto the platform.
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Harry and Sera stared around the platform wondering where they were meant to go when a booming voice said "First years over ere."
They followed the voice where they saw a giant of a man surrounded by other first years who seemed to barely come to his knees. They both walked up to him and waited for the other first years to gather.
"Right then follow me," The giant said as he led them to a shore line with a bunch of row boats resting at the waters edge "no more than four to a boat."
Harry climbed into one of the boats followed by Lily who seemed to be clinging to him. Hermione joined them followed by a timid looking boy as the boats took off by what Harry assumed was magic. Harry looked around to see people looking a little scared at the dark lake they were riding across.
"You'll be seeing the castle coming up soon," The giant of a man said as Hogwarts slowly came to view. The castle was bright and looked amazing as it stood on the cliff side and Harry was captivated by it just like everyone else was. He could hear quite a few people whisper 'wow' at the sight of it and the group of first years just looked on as they reached the docks of Hogwarts. The first years all stepped out of the boats and followed Hagrid up the stairs an into the castle all the while they stared at the sights of Hogwarts. They soon reached a giant doorway where Professor McGonagall was stood waiting for them.
"Teh first years Professor," the giant said.
"Thank you Hagrid," Professor McGonagall said as Hagrid walked off to the side and down a hallway.
"Now then, welcome to Hogwarts, for the next seven years this will be your home away from home, treat it as such and it will treat you in kind. There are four houses that you will be sorted into, these houses will be like your family and each house has it's own noble history which are Griffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin. Good behaviour and excellent performance will earn your house points, rule breaking and poor performance loses your house points. The house with the most points at the end of the year will be awarded the house cup. Please wait here until we are ready for you." McGonagall said in what appeared to be a rehearsed speech that she had recited numerous times before. She had eyed Harry for most of it and left quickly through the great doors. The first years started to mumble and whisper about how they were sorted whilst Harry Harry just leaned against a wall in the back. He heard Hermione reciting all the spells she had read about and talked about how there might be a test to prove which house you belong in. He heard Ron say that they had to fight a troll which just proved that he was an idiot. The sight of the two apes rubbing their heads made him chuckle but he was pulled out of his thoughts by a scream and saw a group of ghosts float in front of the group.
"I say forgive and forget, Peeves should be allowed to join the feast everyone deserves a second chance," The fat ghost said.
"Friar we have given peeves many chances before what makes you think this will be any different," Another ghost said but there conversation was halted when they noticed the group of first years
"Oh, first years, I hope you will join Hufflepuff, my old house you know," The fat friar said.
"Move along you lot," McGonagall said "Now form up into a line of two we're ready for you."
The first years did so without any complaints as Harry stood next to Sera as the doors opened to reveal the great hall and they walked in. Harry stared at the ceiling which looked just like it did outside but with tons of candles floating in mid air to light the room.
"It's not actually the sky just enchanted to look like it," Harry heard Hermione said "I read about it in Hogwarts a History. The first years soon stood in front of the teachers table at the front of the hall where a stool stood with a hat sat on top of it. The tears in the hat seemed to be moving and before Harry knew it the hat had burst into song.
(A/N I'm not writing in the song if you want to read it then it's in book 1)
The hall applauded the terrible song out of what seemed to be expected of them rather than enjoyment. McGonagall then picked up the hat, unravelled a scroll and stood in front of the hall addressing them.
"Now when I call out your name please sit on the stool and I will put the hat on your head so that it may choose which house you will join," McGonagall said to the first years "Abbott Hannah."
A blonde haired girl went up looking nervous and soon after the hat declared "HUFFLEPUFF."
The place clapped and the Hufflepuff table cheered at their newest member. The trim Hannah's robes had turned yellow.
"Bones Susan," McGonagall said and a red haired girl stepped up and the hat yelled "HUFFLEPUFF" and Susan joined Hannah at the Hufflepuff table.
"Boot Terry," McGonagall said and a small boy became the first new Ravenclaw as his trim tuned blue. Mandy Brocklehurst also joined Terry in Ravenclaw.
"Brandt Seraphine," McGonagall yelled as Sera walked up and put the hat on. The hat seemed to be taking a longer time sorting her but it soon yelled out "GRIFFINDOR."
The red table exploded in cheers as everyone else clapped.
"Brown Lavender,"
"GRIFFINDOR"
"Bulstode Millicent,"
"SLYTHERIN," the table to Harry's far left cheered the loudest this time.
"Clark Leanne,"
"HUFFLEPUFF"
"Corner Michael,"
"RAVENCLAW"
"Cornfoot Michael"
"RAVENCLAW"
Harry had slowly stopped paying attention to the names being called and began to focus on the timing of the sorting. It seemed as if everyone took different times to be sorted almost as if the hat was talking to them to try and understand them before sorting them. He was brought out of his thoughts when he heard McGonagall yell "Granger, Hermione."
Hermione walked up looking nervous before she put the hat on. She took about as long as Sera did before the hat yelled out "GRIFFINDOR."
The hall cheered whilst Harry thought about it. 'how was what appeared to be a rule following teachers pet supposed to be brave. Maybe he had underestimated her.'
"Greengrass Daphne," McGonagall said as she walked up. The second Harry laid eyes on her he noticed there appeared to be a sense of power about her on top of pride. She reminded him of himself. She was good and she knew it. Maybe he had found a kindred spirit
"SLYTHERIN" The hat yelled and the place clapped. Harry watched her join the Slytherin table as she hugged a brunette girl when he saw something that made no sense. How the actual hell had one of those apes ended up in the house of the cunning.
Just then McGonagall said "Longbottom Neville," and the timid boy from before walked up to the hat and put it on. He took as long as Hermione did before he hat said "HUFFLEPUFF" and he joined the yellow table. On it went as Harry quickly zoned out again until he hear McGonagall say "Malfoy Draco," and the blond peacock sauntered up to the hat like he was the best thing since sliced bread. The hat barely touched him before it yelled "SLYTHERIN" and he joined the snake table. Harry once again barely paid attention until he heard McGonagall call his name. The hall instantly went silent except for a few whispers. Harry just walked up to the hat casually and sat on the stool as the hat was placed on his head and he heard a voice in his head.
'Lets see hear then. Hmm difficult, very difficult indeed, quite the mind you have hear and oh yes plenty of courage and loyalty but it has to be earned and seems to be reserved to only those you trust. Though it has been quite a while since I have seen one so cunning and manipulative but where to put you? You could fit in any house.
'Put me where I will become my best' Harry thought back.
'Hmm tricky, oh my you have a similar talent to the others but chaos that is indeed impressive even for ones so rare as you lot very well then, may you flourish in …' "SLYTHERIN," the hat yelled out to silence. Dumbledore was the first one to start clapping and soon the hall joined him with Slytherin being the loudest. The sight of two red haired twins over dramatically crying that they didn't get him made him chuckle as he took a seat next to Daphne Greengrass though his mind wandered to what the sorting hat said. 'there was other elementals in his year group the question was who ere they and could he trust them.' He shook those thoughts from his mind as he met his fellow first year snakes though Malfoy and his goons just sneered at him. He heard Weasley get sorted into Griffindor and was grateful he didn't have to deal with him all the time and finally a Blaise Zabini was sorted into Slytherin and took a seat across from Harry. Dumbledore then stood up.
"To our new students welcome and to our returning students welcome back, before we enjoy our wonderful feast I would like say a few words and hear they are Nitwick! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! Thank you," Dumbledore said and all of a sudden a feast appeared on the tables.
"Is he a little nutty upstairs?" Harry asked.
"A bit yeah but he's supposed to be very powerful and the only person You-Know-Who feared to fight," Daphne answered.
"Ah so mad genius then," Harry said as he piled his plate up with as much food as he could.
"Yeah I guess," Daphne said "Hungry?"
"Starving that train ride was too long and full of annoying people," Harry repleid
"Oh so who had the displeasure of angering the Great Boy-Who-Lived," Daphne said humorously.
"Glad to see I'm not the only one who doesn't buy into my legacy," harry said smiling "If you must know it was that Weasley and prince piss ant Malfoy."
"What was that Potter?" Malfoy said
"Oh I was just describing you as a prince piss ant Malfoy, seemed accurate given how you went running when the going got tough," Harry replied with a smile which made Daphne, Tracy and Blaise snicker at him.
"You better watch yourself Potter, how a dirty half-blood like you got into the noble house of Slytherin truly shows how badly this school must be," Malfoy said
"Malfoy the Potter's are and Ancient and noble house whereas yours is just a magical house so Potter outranks you in terms of status," Daphne said putting Malfoy in his place.
"Oh great another Pureblood family lowering itself, better be careful it seems that the Purebloods that lowered themselves to their lowers seemed to have been dying off just ask your new friend Potter.
"Really Malfoy you do remember what happened the last time you went there but I can always remind you," Harry said dangerously.
"Just watch your back Potter," Malfoy said as he turned to face his food.
Harry just scowled at him
"I'm glad to have an extra hand with dealing with the blond ponce," Daphne said
"Met him before?" Harry asked while eating.
"Unfortunately yes, at some ministry gala's, he's always been a spoiled and entitled ponce," Daphne explained.
"Don't worry I'll help you put him in his place," Harry said. Yep he finally found a person that he liked. Throughout the feast he got talking to Tracy Davis and Blaise Zabini both of whom had known Daphne before Hogwarts and he seemed to get along well with them. He noticed Sera and Hermione were talking to each other as well. Soon the feast ended and Dumbledore once again rose to address the hall.
"Now that we have all been fed and watered I have a few announcements to make before we all head off to bed," Dumbledore said "First a reminder that there is to be no spells cast in the corridors as well as all banned items are not allowed in Hogwarts for a list of items banned please consult the list in our caretaker's office. Secondly the Forbidden forest has been named that for a reason, no one is allowed to enter forest for any reason. Thirdly please welcome our new Defence against the dark arts teacher Professor Quirrel." There was small applause for the scared looking teacher who took a nervous bow. "Finally the third floor corridor is out of bounds for those who do not wish to die a painful death, now I believe it is time bed everyone, prefects please escort your first years to your respective dormitory's."
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Everyone got up and Harry followed Daphne towards a fifth year prefect who led them all down to the dungeon.
"Please remember the route we take hear as you will be taking it on a daily basis," The prefect said as they approached a wall in the dungeon "Purity." The wall suddenly opened and they all stepped into the Slytherin common room. It appeared to be under the black lake as there was a giant window on the far side that illuminated the common room. There was green and silver adorning the common room and gave it a very regal feeling to it.
"Okay first years line up," The prefect said and they did so "Welcome to the Slytherin common room. For the next seven years you will be staying hear so please treat it well as we all have to share it. Boy's are on your right and girls are on your left. Your belongings are hear and you will be sharing a room with another so please pair off now."
Harry quickly paired up with Blaise and Daphne did so with Tracy.
"Good, now our head of house will speak to you." The prefect said and handed them off to Professor Snape.
"Welcome to the Ancient and most Noble house of Slytherin. I will be expecting each and every one of you to bring pride and honour to it. Failure to do so will result in you having an unpleasant time at Hogwarts. There are a few rules within Slytherin that you all must follow with the main rule being that we must present a united front. The rest of Hogwarts will judge you as dark so travel in groups and any problems you have with another Slytherin should be settled internally within the common room. With that all being said please try not to disgrace the house especially to Griffindor or I won't be pleased." Snape said the last bit while looking directly at Harry. "Please remember that classes begin on Monday at 9 o'clock so arrive at the great hall for 8 to pick up your schedules for the year and with that goodnight." Snape quickly left and Harry went to grab his stuff until a voice called out
"So how did the Boy-Who-Lived end up a Slytherin?" An older boy asked him
"Simple really, I asked the hat to put me where I would do best so hear I am," Harry replied simply.
"Really? That's it," Another Slytherin commentated
"Yep that's it, nothing to special," Harry replied "If you don't mind I'm a little tired so I would like to go to bed."
Harry just picked up his stuff and entered his bedroom with Blaise. The room was spacious and had two king size beds on opposite sides of the room. At least in Slytherin there was a sense of quality with the stuff though some of the people leave a lot to be desired. Harry spent the rest of the night talking to Blaise before sleep took him.
Griffindor Boy's Dormitory
"Crazy to see isn't it," Seamus said "The Boy-Who-Lived being a Slytherin."
"I know I figured that he would be a Griffindor," Dean responded "Though he took ages to be sorted."
"Maybe the hat wanted to put him in Griffindor and he kept fighting it until it gave up," Seamus speculated.
"Nah, he's a dark wizard," Ron said weighing in "I met him on the train he is really mean and is probably gonna end up just as bad as You-Know-Who."
"Oh come off it that's nuts," Dean said
"Not really," Seamus said "There was a rumour that he would become even more stronger than You-Know-Who so he tried to kill him before he could become strong but failed."
"I've heard that too," Ron said "It sounds crazy but when you meet him it adds up, he really is mean and treated me like I was a thing instead of a person."
"That's messed up," Seamus said
"Well I'm going to bed now," Dean said "That feast made me sleepy."
Slowly the three Griffindor's went to bed with Ron determined to prove that Harry is a dark lord in training and to stop him. He drifted off with the thoughts of fame and glory for stopping the dark lord Harry Potter running through his head.
Griffindor Girls Dormitory's
"You really spent the train ride talking to Harry Potter?" Lavender asked Sera excitedly
"Yes I did," Sera said getting tired
"What's he like?!" Pavarti asked
"Cold," Sera stated simply
"Cold?" Lavender asked
"Yes, he doesn't like people and has no patience whatsoever, oh and he hates being the Boy-Who-Lived," Sera explained.
"He hates being famous, why?" Hermione asked curious
"Cause he hates people and they flock to him because he's the Boy-Who-Lived," Sera said.
"How come you spent the entire train ride with him anyway?" Hermione asked
"Cause it had some funny moments like when he knocked Crabbe and Goyle out and made Malfoy run, that was hilarious," Sera said smiling.
"He beat them up?" Hermione asked
"More like just knocked there heads together," Sera said
"That's against the rules," Hermione said
"Still funny," Sera said "Well I'm going to bed now good night."
Sera went to bed thinking about what the future held for her now that she was in Hogwarts and was looking forward to it.
Hufflepuff Boy's Dormitory
"Can you believe it, Harry Potter is a Slytherin," Ernie said
"I know it's crazy," Justin responded
"Not really," Neville chimed in from his bed.
"Why not isn't Slytherin the house for dark witches and wizards," Ernie said
"No it isn't whoever told you that is a Judgemental idiot," Neville responded "Slytherin's are ambitious and cunning but not evil."
"How would you know?" Ernie asked
"My great uncle Algie was a Slytherin and he's not evil," Neville said
"Sorry Neville but you have to admit it's a strange at least I figured he would be a Griffindor," Ernie said
"Suppose but it's not that big of a deal really, it just means that Harry is ambitious, nothing wrong with that," Neville said
"Suppose not," Ernie said. The Hufflepuff's all quickly went to sleep.
With Daphne and Tracy
"So we both agree to ally ourselves with Harry then," Tracey said
"Yeah it makes sense plus I get the feeling that Harry will be a powerful force in Slytherin so allying with him would be a good idea," Daphne said
"Plus he seems nice," Tracey said
"Yeah he does," Daphne said trailing off into her own thoughts
"Wow Daphne you certainly warmed up to him pretty quickly," Tracey said
"It's not a big deal were just similar that's all," Daphne responded
"That's strange though Harry Potter ending up like the perfect Slytherin," Tracey commentated
"It just proves my theory that the Boy-Who-Lived mythos is a lie" Daphne said smugly
"Yeah, yeah praise be to the all seeing prophet Daphne," Tracey replied sarcastically "Still it looks like life will be more interesting with him in it."
"That it does Tracey," Daphne replied before yawning, "Alright I'm going to sleep now, good night Tracey."
"Good night Daphne," Tracey said as she went to bed.
Daphne was thinking about Harry Potter or more specifically why she was drawn to him. The hat mentioned that there were others like her and based off what she felt coming from him. Was Harry also an Elemental or just really strong for his age. No that didn't add up an elemental is stronger than a normal witch or wizard yet Harry felt really strong. She would have to figure it out and luckily that meant getting close to him which wasn't a big deal.
Authors Notes
I hope that you enjoyed this chapter, I know that not much really happened but I had to get it out of the way. As you can see Harry and Draco are at odds with each other and most of the first years have picked a side. Shame that there are two elementals on Harry's side. As for the rest of Slytherin house, Harry will be the catalyst for change in the house similar to another half-blood orphan. Sera is still on the fence about Harry as she can see that there is some good to him but he hides it so she's holding on to hope.
I put Neville in Hufflepuff because of what happened in chapter 1. He no longer has the desire to prove himself to be worthy of the Longbottom name and would rather be Neville hence he is a Hufflepuff. Don't worry he won't fade into the background and will become a leader in his own right.
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