What matters now is the future
Disclaimer- I do not own Harry Potter, I only own this plot and my character Honey Riddle.
'Thoughts', 'Parselmouth', "Speach"
Chapter 6- It all changes
A/N- Wow! I haven't done one of these at the top before, it's strange! Anyway back to the point, Harry will be referred to as Harrison from now on except for when people who don't know who he actually is, call him Harry. That will be all, see you down at the bottom!
Honey gracefully stepped out of the fireplace, quickly sidestepping as Harrison tumbled out after her. "Need some help there or are you okay on your own?" Honey teased lightheartedly as she offered him her hand. "Why do all forms of wizard travel hate me? I mean they're all just so awful!" Harrison complained, taking the offered hand and dusting off his robes. "Maybe if you stopped insulting them they might be nicer to you" Honey called back over her shoulder already making her way out of Snape's quarters. "Wait can they hear me? Honey? Honey, wait up!" The twin dashed off, eager to catch up with his sister but unfortunately, the duo ran right into Professor Snape, "You two, with me." The twins looked at each other and rolled their eyes in sync, before grinning at the Weasley-ness of it all, "Of course Professor" said Harrison while Honey added straight after, "We're right behind you!" Snape glanced over his shoulder, quietly dreading the trouble the two would cause for him.
The classroom, like always, was cold as Snape stalked up to the desk. "What are you going to do now?" He asked turning around abruptly once he got to his desk. "What do you mean?" the twins asked in unison. Pinching the bridge of his nose Snape sighed "You are known as Harry Potter, he can't just disappear, with you appearing in his place and you certainly can't tell people that you're truly the son of the Dark Lord, lest Dumbledore were to find out. Gryffindor is also no longer safe. I assume you are aware of what Weasley and Granger have been up to?" Harrison hung his head and nodded, still upset over his friend's betrayal, Honey knowing that he was upset took his hand and squeezed it. "I already have a plan, Sir" Honey stated, "well go on then" Snape prompted, curious to see just how deeply the Hufflepuff had planned this. "Okay then. on your first point about him still having to be Harry Potter, there's a spell that will allow him to look like his proper self to anyone he wants, but if he doesn't want that then they'll just see how he used to look, number two, no one except for you and a trusted few others will know of his connections to father, three: yes, he did know about Granger and Weasley I told him earlier and finally we can just have him re-sorted into another house, so he won't even have to deal with them anymore."
Snape was impressed with how well she had thought everything out but had to point out the obvious, to him, flaw. "That's all well and good, but what other house would have him? He's about as Gryffindor as it gets." Ths is when Harrison finally spoke up, lifting his head to look directly at the Professor, "Slytherin" he said, and then smiled at the look of shock on the potions masters face before continuing "When I was being sorted the hat told me that Slytherin would help me to greatness, but I chose Gryffindor because Ron told me that all Slytherins were evil and I'd never had a friend before, so I didn't want to disappoint him and lose the only friend I'd ever had..." Snape was openly staring at this point, his mouth slightly open, 'Slytherin...Harry Potter is going to be...in Slytherin. What have I done to deserve this? Merlin, I guess it can't be all bad, he is the Dark Lords son.' Snape thought to himself, before he closed his mouth and said, "Yes well, tonight at dinner you can announce your desire to be re-sorted, if anyone tries to stop you just tell them it is your right, as it is any students, to be re-sorted if you feel you are in the wrong house." Harry looked slightly worried at the prospect of doing it this soon but Honey reassured him, "Don't worry brother, I can go with you if you want and we can talk to Dray before dinner, telling him about what's going on, so that he can save you a seat at the Slytherin table, you'll be fine and I bet you'll make real friends there, ones who would never betray you to Dumbledore!" She finished, hugging Harrison as she did. "Okay then, it'll be tonight!" He nodded resolutely and the pair said goodbye to Snape and went off on their hunt for Draco.
"He's probably outside, by the black lake, he likes to go there to get some quiet and revise." Honey explained as she led Harrison out towards the lake. Sure enough, they soon spotted Draco leaning against a tree with a book resting on his knees as he read, "Draco!" Honey called out as they got closer "Honey, Hey, what's up?" He asked, closing his book as they approached. Draco only then seemed to notice that she wasn't alone and quickly changed his attitude, "What do you want? And who's he?" Draco asked, trying to sound mean, which was always hard when talking to his best friend. "Dray, it's alright it's Harry, well Harrison now that he knows everything." Draco was shocked but quickly got over it. Honey had told him everything, all about her true identity, everything Dumbledore had done to her family and about her kidnapped brother, the one and only Harry Potter. "Well, you've changed haven't you?" Draco asked, smiling at Harrison, who was confused at how nice Draco was being "Um, yeah, a bit I guess" He laughed back as Honey grinned at them, "Anyway Dray," She began, "Harrison here is getting re-sorted and he will soon be a Slytherin, look out for him, yeah?" Honey asked and Draco nodded instantly, glad he would possibly be getting a new friend, "What are you going to do about his new looks, I mean you can't exactly chalk it up to puberty now, can you?" The three of them laughed at this, with a small amount of blushing from Harry and they sat down and talked for a while about the details of the plan.
"This is it." Honey said as she, Harrison and Draco stood outside the grand hall at dinner time, "are you sure you don't want me to stay with you?" she asked as she glanced nervously at the others. "No. I'll be alright, you two go in" Harrison smiled at her, then turned to Draco, "and you better save me a seat, got it ferret?" Harrison asked, grinning at the other, only for him to reply, "Of course, Sir Potter, whatever you say" following this with a mock bow. As it turns out, the two got along extremely well when they didn't have to pretend to be other people. Taking a deep breath, Harrison clapped once before saying, "Now in you go, I'll just wait a minute before coming in." The others nodded and walked into the hall, taking their seats at the respective tables.
Harrison paced in front on the doors for a full minute before he finally thought to himself, 'Screw it' and pushed open the large double doors. Instead of walking over to the Gryffindor table as expected he kept going until he was standing directly in front of Dumbledore and announcing in a loud, clear voice, "Headmaster, I would like to formally request a re-sorting." By this point, everyone in the hall, who had stopped to stare, was now whispering to each other. "Harry, my boy, why would you ever request such a thing?" Dumbledore asked, trying to keep up the kind grandfather act while he silently fumed. "I feel that I no longer fit in Gryffindor," Harrison explained, also trying to keep calm. "Ah, well my boy, I'm sorry but I will have to deny your request. Gryffindor is where you belong." Dumbledore thought he had gotten his way now, sure that Harrison wouldn't know that it was his right to get re-sorted. Harrison took a deep breath and mentally counted to ten, "It is my right to be re-sorted if I feel I no longer fit in my house." Before the scheming headmaster could reply, Professor McGonagall was the one to speak up, "Actually headmaster, young mister Potter is correct, it is his right to be re-sorted." After she said this all the other Professors nodded in agreement. "Fine," Dumbledore said, standing from his seat and walking out, knowing that if he were to refuse the request he would lose support and trust.
Harrison was left standing at the front for a few minutes when Dumbledore finally returned with the hat and stool. Harrison sat on the stool and the hat was placed onto his head and began to talk in his mind. 'Ah, Mr Potter or should it be Mr Riddle now? Come to finally be properly sorted?' After a moment of panic Harrison remembered that only he could hear the hat, 'Yes, I would think that it is Mr Riddle now, but only in my head, others can't know, and yes I've come to be sorted properly.' Harrison could almost feel the sorting hat grinning in his mind at that, 'It's about time, well better be' and then it shouted for the whole school population to hear, "Slytherin!" There was absolute silence in the hall, but Harrison just stood up and grinned, making his way over to his new house as his robes turned from red and gold to silver and green. "Hey ferret, move over," he grinned once he got there. Everyone held their breaths, waiting for Draco's response, not knowing the two had formed a friendship, so they were understandably shocked to see Draco grin and move over while saying, "Of course Prince Potter." The pair then shoved each other a bit, laughing.
A/N- Well, Harrison is now a Slytherin, exciting! Anyway, I don't have much to say here so just this: Please review and thanks for reading! Bye, :)
-MercuryStars
