Sorry for taking so long to update! I work in a kitchen so the thanksgiving holiday was busy! I've also had to give this chapter a lot of thought, so here we go!
Scene: Hogwarts main entrance. Students shuffle in to the foyer and gather around an old witch in dress robes and a wide brimmed pointed hat. Her greying hair tied back in a tight bun and look of indifference on her face that was still somewhat welcoming. Barty walks in and pressed himself against the nearest wall and the old witch speaks.
McGonagall: (nodding to all the anxious students she raises hands, palms facing the students motioning to them to quiet down, the murmurs die down and she addresses the students) Welcome, boys and girls. If you may, patiently wait here while all else is sorted out here amongst the older students.
(She exits the large foyer and the murmurs arise back to the previous volume. Barty glances around and sinks back into the shadows. The students around him start idle chit chat about houses and their families then a voice speaks out to him)
Barty: (realizing that he is being spoken to looks around to find where voice came from, noticing a girl standing next to him. She had long black hair with bangs and vivid golden eyes) I'm sorry what?
Alice: I don't know what everyone is so worked up about, there's no point getting all buddy-buddy with random strangers. I have an older cousin in Slytherin and he's told me basically that the houses are so divided that if you make friends with anyone besides those of your own house then you're just wasting your time.
Barty: (Cynically) well then, I won't even bother asking your name.
(McGonagall re-enters the foyer and clears her throat)
McGonagall: Students. Right this way.
(She leads them up the large staircase and into the great hall, where the candles floated mystically, and the tall vaulted ceiling was bewitched to look like the night sky. She leads them down the center isle of four long rows of desks, one for each house. The students begin to gather in a semi-circle around a single stool placed in front of a large head table in which the professors sat. Albus Dumbledore stood tall at the center of the table in at the Headmasters place setting, and he had a youthful sparkle in his eyes as he addressed the new students)
Dumbledore: Welcome students! I am Albus Dumbledore and I will be your headmaster for the duration of your education here.
(Dumbledore continued to introduce the faculty to the students, and as he did so Barty glances at the tables trying to look for friendly faces. He spots those who accompanied him on his train ride. Lucius sat talking to Regulus and Narcissa sat at Lucius' side while she sat and talked to Andromeda and Bellatrix who seemed to be quite disgusted with the fact that she was seated next to Severus but he seemed to still be in an almost perpetual angry mood. An old pointed hat was brought out and began to sing. Barty tried to pay attention but a certain black haired girl caught his eye. And soon the song was over and names began to be called in which the students approached the stool, sat upon it and the hat placed upon their head after which they are sorted in to one of the four houses, to which table they joined. 'Bertram Aubrey – Hufflepuff! Amelia Bones – Gryffindor! Dirk Cresswell – Hufflepuff! Bartemius Crouch' Barty approaches the stool and sits upon it as the hat is lowered upon his head.
Hat: Bartemius Crouch Jr. Son of a Ravenclaw as well as a Hufflepuff. Hmmm… I see the pressure there is upon you to live your father's legacy, yet you crave to break free, so where to put you. Gryffindor might be a suitable match for you yet I feel the inkling of greatness you could achieve with Slytherin. Any say at all in where you would "LIKE" to be placed? Hmm? No? Not used to having a say in any sort of matter I see, well, then it might as well be – SLYTHERIN!
(The students cheer and Barty joins the Slytherin table sitting across from Severus)
Andromeda: Welcome to Slytherin!
Severus: (Sarcastically and cynically) yes welcome, it's the best house yet.
Regulus: Cheer up mate! Look! It's that cute little friend of yours getting sorted!
(Everyone looks up as the same black haired girl from earlier sits down on the stool with the hat placed a top her head. "RAVENCLAW!" echoed through the great hall as she smiled and walked down to the Ravenclaw table. Barty thought that maybe he could have gotten sorted into Ravenclaw so then he could be friends with this girl that he felt drawn towards. More names were called and a few more students joined the Slytherin table.)
Dumbledore: I wish you all the best of luck in your houses this year, and now, let the feast begin! (With the wave of his hand heaping platters of food appear on the tables in front of the students. And they all begin to eat.)
Lucius: Ah yes, Severus, who is that young Ravenclaw we found you sitting with on the train once we caught up to you? Did you make a special little friend this summer? (Winking at Severus)
Narcissa: She's got a bit of a Slytherin look to her don't you think? Black hair and green eyes do I spy?
Severus: (snorting in disapproval) please! She is merely a relative of mine (the others resume conversation amongst themselves)
Barty: Severus, is she your cousin? I met her in the foyer and she mentioned she had an older cousin here.
Severus: That would be correct; Alice is my mother's sister's daughter, henceforth my cousin.
(A bumbling man approached the Slytherin First years and introduced himself)
Slughorn: Ah! Welcome young Slytherin! I am Professor Slughorn and I am your Head of house, a headmaster for the Slytherins alone you might say. Here are the schedules for first years (placing parchments in front each student using his wand) now don't stay up too late tonight, classes start tomorrow morning! Enjoy the rest of the feast! (He moves down the row chatting with several Slytherins as he went along.)
Narcissa: Well, boys, I think we all ought to head back to the common room
Lucius: Regulus and I will meet you all there; we have some head duties to take care to.
Regulus: Yes, we have some Patrolling to do.
Andromeda: No no no no no! Not more pranks on first years! Every year, it's the same thing, magic-ing them to the steps or sic'ing peeves on them
Bellatrix: Just let them, Dromeda, obviously they're too stupid to see that first year – (to Barty) I'm sorry what's your name?
Barty: oh, uh, Barty
Bellatrix: Hmm..Well, now their whole plan is ruined so they'll just have to find something else to do
Regulus: I think we can manage that (Standing and leaving the table pulling Lucius along with him)
Andromeda: (sighing) well, looks like you're stuck with us again Barty, don't worry though, we'll show you to the common room (the three girls stand and Barty follows, while Severus remains seated) Severus, are you going to come too?
Severus: (without even a glance in their direction) No. I'm not done eating.
(The girls begin to leave and Bella leans towards Dromeda with a wicked smile)
Bellatrix: Yes we mustn't disturb Severus of his first good meal since leaving Hogwarts last year; he probably starved all summer with that muggle family of-
Andromeda: BELLA!
(They exit the great hall and head towards the dungeons and Bellatrix gives them a genuinely surprised look)
Narcissa: Dromeda is right on this one Bella, you have been awfully nasty all day
Andromeda: Maybe you should owl your boyfriend and then you'll be put in a better mood.
Bellatrix: No I will not! He is NOT my boyfriend, He is boring and spineless, the only reason why I spent so much time with him on holiday is because I found out that father is expecting to arrange a marriage between the two of us.
Narcissa: Oh Bella! Why didn't you tell us!
Bellatrix: Because there's nothing that can be done about it, what's done is done! You both know that the same fate awaits you as well (they enter a stairwell leading down and approach a section of wall) Besides, Dromeda, aren't you supposed to be giving a tour here?
Andromeda: OH! Right! (She turns to Barty who has been uncomfortably following them the whole time) Sorry! The Slytherin common rooms are in the dungeons. Just down that first stair well, the entrance is hidden in a wall –
Bellatrix: Not behind some absurd portrait or door knocker
Andromeda: the password changes every fortnight, but it gets posted on the notice board in the common room
Bellatrix: (leaning towards the wall, she whispers) Elapidae
(The wall folds back to display an archway leading to the Slytherin common room. It is a low-ceilinged, dungeon-like room with greenish lamps and chairs, low backed black and dark green leather sofas and a greenish twinge of light coming from the windows. Barty approached one of the windows and looks out it unable to see anything but bluish green. The all of a sudden a giant squid swims by and startles Barty)
Barty: Are we-
Andromeda: Under water, yes, just partially, but don't worry about the giant squid, he comes and goes
Narcissa: Dromeda, join me in the dormitory please? I need to talk to you about something.
Andromeda: Oh, yeah! Of course Cissy! Barty, the first year's dormitory is down that corridor and it's the first left.
(The girls leave and head off to their own dormitory. Barty walks over in the direction Andromeda suggested, going up a few stairs to a landing in which there is a large corridor. He enters the first door on the left. The dormitory is dark but roomy. There are five four-post beds draped in lush green curtains and green and black linens. There are 4 boys already in the room unpacking their trucks and talking with excitement. Barty finds his trunk at the foot of a bed and begins to unpack as well. A boy with uneven teeth walks over to Barty)
Mathias: Oye! My names Mathias Flint, looks like we're going to be bunk mates, Your Bartemius Crouch right?
Barty: yea. Call my Barty though.
Mathias: Well Barty, nice to meet ya (shaking Barty's hand) this here, sleeping on the other side of you is Thomas Higgs, then there's Neil Craggy next to him, Kevin Bletchley after that.
(The boys all shake hands and begin exchanging pleasantries. Barty sat upon his bed and pulled out a quill and parchment, writing "dear mother and father" at the header. He was nervous to have to explain to his father how he got sorted into Slytherin.)