Chapter 1

It was September 1st. Skye, Harry and Hermione and their best friends Draco, and Mia Malfoy were stood on platform nine and three quarters saying goodbye to the Malfoy's, as Tom Riddle couldn't go out in public yet and Alassia Riddle was already at Hogwarts. Soon the five children were in a compartment by themselves, on their way to Hogwarts. They passed the time by playing games and eating snacks, and Harry even managed to find time for a nap. All too soon though, the train pulled into the station at Hogsmeade, and a half-giant named Hagrid showed the first years to the boats that would take them to the castle. On arrival at the castle, Professor McGonagall greeted them and took them to an antechamber to smarten up before the sorting ceremony. She explained the process to them and then left. Harry and Draco immediately scanned the group to place bets on which house they would be in. The three girls just sighed in exasperation. Before they knew it, Professor McGonagall reappeared and brought them into the Great Hall. She placed a stool in front of the staff table and picked up a hat. "When I call your names, you will come forwards and be sorted into one of the four houses." The five children crossed their fingers and prepared themselves. "Let the sorting commence."

"Abbott, Hannah." A tall girl with blonde plaits stepped forwards. "Hufflepuff!" The girl skipped towards the table that was cheering and clapping, and sat down next to a brown haired boy. "Bones, Susan." A ginger haired girl walked towards the hat and hadn't even sat down before the hat made a decision. "Hufflepuff!" She too skipped over to her new table and sat next to Hannah. "Boot, Terry." A nervous looking boy sat down and Draco turned to his brother. "Hufflepuff for sure." Harry shook his head and pointed. "Ravenclaw!" The hat declared, and Terry punched the air before joining his housemates. "Brocklehurst, Mandy." A brown haired shy girl walked forward with a frown. "Ravenclaw!" She giggled and sat down next to Terry. "Brown, Lavender." A large girl with bushy curls waltzed forwards and sat down. "Gryffindor!" The Gryffindor table went wild, only settling when Dumbledore intervened. "Bulstrode, Millicent." Skye and her friends watched carefully as their friend walked towards the hat. "Slytherin!" The Slytherin table cheered and clapped, whilst the other houses booed at her. "Corner, Michael." A tall boy walked forwards and sat on the stool. "Ravenclaw!" He immediately jumped up and went to sit with Terry and Mandy. "Cornfoot, Stephen." The tall boy was sorted to Ravenclaw as well, and happily sat down with his new friends. "Crabbe, Vincent." The shorter of the two friends sat down on the stool with a blank expression. "Slytherin!" The hall erupted into a mixture of cheering and booing. A tall boy called Kevin Entwhistle was sorted to Hufflepuff, as well as Justin Finch-Fletchley, whilst Seamus Finnigan was sorted into Gryffindor and Anthony Goldstein was sorted to Ravenclaw. "Goyle, Gregory." Vincent's best friend stepped forward. "Slytherin!" Professor McGonagall called for silence. "Greengrass, Daphne." The blonde girl had not even sat down before the hat decided. "Slytherin!" Wayne Hopkins, Megan Jones and Ernie Macmillan were sorted to Hufflepuff, Sue Li and Isobel MacDougal were sorted to Ravenclaw and Neville Longbottom was sorted to Gryffindor. "Malfoy, Draco." The blonde boy swaggered forward and the hat didn't even need to touch his head. "Slytherin!" He pretended to be shocked, much to the amusement of his housemates, friends, cousins and aunt. "Malfoy, Mia." Draco's twin sister plastered on a sickly sweet smile, although everyone knew she was as ruthless as any Malfoy child. "Slytherin!" When the hall had settled down once more, the sorting carried on. Roger Malone was sorted to Hufflepuff, and Lily Moon was sorted into Gryffindor. Theodore Nott and Pansy Parkinson both made it to Slytherin, much to Hermione and Draco's relief. Padma Patil went to Ravenclaw, whilst her sister Parvati went to Gryffindor, and Sally-Anne Perks went to Hufflepuff. "Riddle, Harrison." Harry walked forward confidently and went straight to Slytherin. "Riddle, Hermione." Everyone held their breath; she was very studious and was often bossy. "Slytherin!" She jumped down and smiled. "Riddle, Skylar." There was silence. "Slytherin!" Oliver Rivers and Lisa Turpin went to Ravenclaw, Sally Smith went to Slytherin, Sophie Roper, Dean Thomas and Ronald Weasley went to Gryffindor, and Amy Runcorn, daughter of notable Death Eater Albert Runcorn, went to Hufflepuff, as the plan was for her to be a spy. Finally, Professor McGonagall turned to the last student. "Zabini, Blaise." He smirked up at her. "Slytherin!"

After the sorting ceremony, the Slytherin 1st years were led down to the dungeons by the 7th year prefect. When they got there, they were shown where their dormitories were and introduced to their head of house. "Welcome to Slytherin, the house in which you will make friends and live together for the next seven years. Whilst in Slytherin, you will discover that nobody really likes us, but we must show a united front, which is why I ask you to please keep disagreements in the common room, and whilst you are out of the common room, travel in groups of at least three." As Severus spoke, Skye yawned, making him smirk at her. "I think it is time for bed. You have an extremely busy day starting tomorrow." With that, the children of Slytherin went up to their rooms. The girls went straight to sleep after brushing each other's hair, whereas the boys stayed up to talk about the day that they had had. "Today has been great. I can't wait for tomorrow. Although I'm not really looking forward to the Gryffindors." Theo said, and everyone agreed with him. Harry was the first one to fall asleep, with Draco falling asleep not long afterwards. Soon, the whole dorm was fast asleep.