Hi! I'm a massive fan of Harry Potter and I thought I'd write this fan fiction to express the Slytherin point of view as I think the entire house is underrated. My main character is an Oc and if that's not your thing then I respect that but please no haters. I like constructive criticism but If you hate on me for no reason I will report you. That aside I am devoted to my readers and I hope some of you can become my friends!
The bright light of the room the girl sat in faded to a peachy glow behind her eyelids as the sorting hat was placed on her head. The girl's eyes were closed blocking out the rusted suits of armour in front of her.
"A strange Mix... Now this is odd...'
She jumped as the hat suddenly spoke into her ear, the leathery material rubbed uncomfortably against the side of the girl's head.
'You have Slytherin qualities child. Interesting... Yet I feel some Ravenclaw in here too. Yes. A thirst for knowledge, a desire to learn and an introvert... Though there is ambition here. I can feel cunningness, boldness and a desire to achieve your goals.
Well. This is tricky; however, I think you would do well in Slytherin. Possibly you could bring the two houses together. Yes. Better be...
"Slytherin!"
The girl opened her eyes and nodded to Miss McGonagall. She led was from the small, enclosed room her sorting had taken place and a large wooden door was opened in front of her into the most spectacular looking room she had ever seen. The ceiling was dotted with stars shining brightly on a velvety blue background. Tall waxy candles flickered like red-gold autumn leaves casting a soft glow onto the students there.
The newly sorted Slytherin flipped her long blonde hair over her shoulder, smiled confidently and strode over to the Slytherin table. She sat down next a white blonde, handsome looking boy who looked to be about her age.
He smiled at her. He had an air of swagger about him. Maybe it was the way he held himself, the narcissistic sweep of his purposefully messy hair.
She smiled back, looking at him confidently enough. If she were to survive as a Slytherin she had to act confident, assertive and bold.
"So you're the new girl then?" He asked, smirking.
"I am. You're in fifth year too then I presume? What's your name?"
"I'm Draco Malfoy; I turn 16 in two weeks so, yeah. Fifth year, What about you?" Draco spoke with a small smile on his face, he sounded polite enough but his tone made him sound like he expected answers straight way; commanding almost.
"My name's Cassi Low today's my Sixteenth birthday." Cassi grinned and Draco raised an eyebrow.
"Cassi... Is that your real name?" His tone was sceptic with a slightly flirtatious edge to it.
"Well, it's actually Cossette. My mum was French so... But everyone calls me Cassi and I won't answer you if you call me Cossette so don't try it."
"Okay. Cassi Low." Smiled Draco. "Do you speak French then?"
Cassi grinned and couldn't resist the chance to show off in front of this boy.
"Oui monsieur, Je sais parle Francais. Ma mère était Française et j'habite à Paris."
Draco got the general gist of the sentence and grinned. "Wait a sec, if you live in Paris how come you didn't go to beauxbatons there?"
"Let's just say my parents had a little spat with a teacher who, worked there a few years ago and thought it better to send me here. Besides my English is perfect as it's my first language so there's no real problem with me getting my education here instead."
Malfoy nodded.
"Fair enough. My father wanted to send me to Durmstrang but my mother overruled him."
Cassi grinned and dug into her food.
GRYFFINDOR TABLE
"I didn't know Hogwarts took in new students after first year." Hermione frowned. Harry looked over and for the first time noticed the slim blonde girl sitting at the opposite table. Hermione was right. Harry definitely didn't recognise this girl. She had to be new. Hermione sighed and elbowed Ron who was still staring at the swish of the new girl's blonde hair and her immaculate plum red lipstick. Harry grinned at his best friend's expression. He'd get over her in a day or two just like he did with fleur.
Hermione had turned her attention to the staff table and was staring intently at the new teacher. Umbridge was chatting girlishly to a venomous looking professor Snape.
"You know what this means don't you? This Umbridge being here" Asked Hermione grimly, "the ministry's interfering at Hogwarts."
"Yeah but the ministry has always had stuff to do with Hogwarts right?" Mumbled Ron, his mouth stuffed with roast beef and mashed potato.
"Well, they uphold the decree for the restriction of underage sorcery and the magical education act of 1354 but they don't normally have the authority to position teachers here."
"She works directly for Fudge, I'd be surprised if she doesn't report everything she sees tonight straight to him." Harry said.
"It's like Lupin said, Fudge is terrified of Dumbledore. Maybe he's trying to reassure himself by posting a teacher here. It's only a matter of time before the ministry makes some jumped up accusation against Dumbledore and tries to destabilise him."
Harry and Hermione looked surprised at this sudden, erudite insight from Ron.
"You're right," Hermione nodded, "I have a premonition that Hogwarts is going to be very different this year."
THAT NIGHT
Cassi stood in the Slytherin dormitory in front of her dark green China wash bowl. She grabbed a wipe, slid all the makeup, off her face and took a long drink from the glass of water next to the bowl.
The dormitory was decorated in the traditional dark green of Slytherin. The curtains were a beautiful emerald shade with black trimming. Each bed was a four poster with forest green bedspreads and similar curtains. Cassi slid into her plain, v-neck nightdress and chucked her Slytherin robes onto her bed.
She caught Draco's gaze and he smiled, Cassi laughed, shoved all her used clothes into the burgundy trunk under my bed and clambered under the silk duvet.
Someone blew out the candles and the room faded into darkness, cracks of green blue light slid into the room from the lake outside and quiet laughing and talking could be heard from the boys.
Cassi had been set up a bed in the boy's dorm for now, they had more room. She had been assured that a new bed would be set up for her soon in the girl's dormitory across the hall by tomorrow.
The green light was soothing and peaceful and soon Cassi was on the verge of sleep. Her last waking thoughts were of Draco, maybe they would become friends. He seemed popular and popularity was the thing she needed most to get around in Hogwarts.
Cassi awoke to soft green light flooding into her dormitory. Someone had opened the curtains and she could see into the lake. The Shimmering surface above looked like thousands of emeralds had been sprinkled above the waves and tinny arrows head shaped fish flitted across the otherworldly landscape like miniature darts.
Behind the cover of the emerald curtains Cassi threw on her white button down shirt, sleeveless Slytherin vest (grey with a green V-neckline) and black skirt. Cassi stowed her wand safely in her pocket and went to her wash tray. Cassi pulled a brush through her hair, applied some mascara and eyeliner and put on her favourite shade of deep rose coloured lipstick.
Draco was still getting ready in the bathroom so Cassi sat on her bed waiting, intending to go down to breakfast with him.
He finally emerged from the bathroom after brushing his teeth.
"Hey, what are you waiting for; let's go down to the great hall." Sighed Draco, grabbing Cassi's arm and pulling her through the concealed entrance from the common into the corridor.
As they walked through the corridors past mazes of tapestries and tunnels almost everyone stared at the pair, or rather Cassi.
"You're just as famous as Potter!" Exclaimed Draco, looking back at a group of fifth year Ravenclaws who had looked at me for quite a few seconds before moving on.
Cassi grinned. The new girl always got attention for the first week or two of term. Hogwarts rarely got transfers.
They walked into the great hall to sit down for breakfast. The smell of the food wafted pleasantly throughout the chamber and Cassi suddenly realised she was starving. She had barely eaten at the feast last night
As she sat down to tuck into a bowl of cereal Cassi saw a girl walk into the hall and almost choked on her milk. Draco slapped her back and raised his eyebrows.
"What's up Cassi, who's that?"
Cassi smiled and said matter- of - factly "That's April Low, my sister. Actually, she's here a day early."
"You never told me you had a sister!" Draco exclaimed indignantly.
"It never came up - Hey! April over here!" Cassi yelled to the girl crossing the room. Like her twin she had long blond hair and a slim willowy figure but she had blue eyes whereas Cassi had Green.
"So, where we're you sorted? Gryffindor, Ravenclaw? Here?" Cassi asked. April looked a little sad.
"Gryffindor, the hat considered Ravenclaw but I guess it thought bravery was my forte."
Draco frowned. "You're in Slytherin and she's in Gryffindor? How in hell does that work?"
"Well, we were raised apart. Experience makes the man I guess. I met her about a year ago, she's my twin actually but until then we had no idea each other existed."
Draco looked thoroughly distrustful of April and didn't smile at her. Eventually April left to go and sit at the Gryffindor table. She quickly got talking with a bushy, Brown haired girl and a red haired boy with prominent freckles.
"Why is she talking to weasel and Granger?" Spat Malfoy. "She's related to you, shouldn't she have some sense?"
Cassi smiled.
"Why does everyone hate those three so much? I've heard about what Harry Potter says happened in August and he doesn't sound remotely insane to me."
Draco looked scandalized and Cassi decided to drop the subject.
"Anyway what lessons do we have today..."
FIRST PERIOD: HERBOLOGY WITH RAVENCLAW
Soft dappled light fell into the greenhouse from the glass roof above, casting the numerous plants in golden light. Strange Vines wriggled against their splints and flowers danced happily in the breeze.
"Can anyone please tell me one of the main defensive mechanisms of a mimbulous mimbultonia?" Professor Sprout was standing in front of them holding up a large potted, very ugly cactus in green house three.
Only Cassi raised her hand. Her hair was pinned up in a messy bun and she had stuck pins all over her head to hold back her choppy bangs. She almost reminded Draco of that Ravenclaw girl, Luna Lovegood or something.
"Yes?" Professor Sprout asked, surprised.
"To defend themselves from potential predators in the wild they spray foul smelling pus from the boils on their skin. It's not poisonous but the smell is similar to bubotuber pus which is, this usually repels attackers."
Draco smirked at Cassi, "Such a Hufflepuff."
Cassi laughed and punched him playfully
"Ten points to Slytherin miss Low. I couldn't have put it better myself.
While in the process of collecting the foul smelling goo from the plants Cassi explained.
"My dad's an author and he had to do some research on herbology, specifically on mimbulous mimbultonia and I just remembered seeing some of his notes."
"What kind of books does your father write?"
"Well, essays on magic theory. He wrote a book about defensive against the dark arts and the history of the most common hexes and jinxes."
"Cool, I think I know by book. 'Our defensive history', right? So your dad wrote that...
"Yup." responded Cassi.
She opened her mouth to speak again but at that exact moment Draco nudged the Mimbulous mimbultonia and the thick yellow pus flew everywhere. Cassi shrieked and Draco leapt backwards away from their table. All the Ravenclaws were laughing at them, though they got on better with the Slytherins than Gryffindor and Hufflepuff they still didn't like them over much at all.
Draco scowled and helped Cassi to her feet; she had tripped backwards over a potted mandrake.
"Quiet down everyone, quiet down. Draco, Cossette, go to tour dormitory to change."
Draco started to leave but Cassi stayed there, still, as if she hadn't been addressed.
"Cossette Low! Go."
Professor Sprout looked on the verge of anger, yet Cassi didn't move.
"I only answer to Cassi miss. If you call me Cossette I'm afraid I won't respond."
Professor Sprout looked confused, then angry then sighed.
"Cassi, could you very kindly step out of the greenhouse and follow Mr Malfoy to your washrooms."
Cassi smiled "Yes miss," and walked cheerfully out of the greenhouse. Malloy was waiting there looking annoyed
"Hurry up; you had to stay and annoy Professor Sprout like that?"
The started to walk up the grassy hill towards the castle.
"She called me Cossette, I only answer to Cassi." Cassi look at Malfoy and laughed he grinned too.
"That mouth is gonna get you in trouble here at Hogwarts, especially with Professor McGonagall and Snape."
"Oh really, well let them try." Cassi smiled and took off running towards the castle.
Draco smirked and followed her up the hill towards Hogwarts.
Note: not all my chapters will be this long! They will mostly be about 1,000 to 1,600 words. If my French earlier was bad, tell me so I can correct it!