HI GUYS! It's been forever and I'm sorry ): I've been so busy with family trips and college starting and moving in, getting used to college and classes.. but finally I wrote a new chapter so yayyyyy! Forgive me... anyways tho, this chapter is more of Dahlia making friends she refers to as allies bc everyone knows you need some allies duh! All the people she meets will be part of her "clique" or group of real good friends she will keep for the rest of her life! Well that's all I gotta say!

As Dahlia stood with the other first years, awaiting their placement on boats, she turned thoughtful.

The whole train ride had been rather comforting, besides the Mudblood. She had warmed up a bit to Pansy, specially after she backed her up. Dahlia wasn't really interested in Millicent. The girl was plain and boring. And it didn't help that she was only a pureblood through blood adoption.

Ugh, Dahlia thought as she neared the front of the line.

"FOUR STUDENTS TO A BOAT" she heard some tall man order.

He had to be of some giant descendent.

Sooner than she anticipated it was her turn. Dahlia unconsciously reached for Draco's hand and he followed her onto the boat. She sat down, Draco besides her and she turned and looked at the others waiting to get on.

She made direct eye contact with Pansy and gave her a friendly smile. Pansy haughtily got on the Boat and sat across from Dahlia, making a big scene that she'd been allowed on the same boat.

Dahlia chuckled and waited for Draco to motion someone else on.

He nodded into the crowd and a guy Dahlia had never met before boarded the boat. He had dark brown hair and rich blue eyes, she noticed. He was dressed in a pair of expensive robes and wore an heir ring. Whoever he was, he was of noble birth like her. And Dahlia found herself liking him from the gecko.

Their boat started moving, magically of course! And Dahlia made small talk with Pansy until the mysterious boy cleared his throat.

Hmmm, she thought.

Dahlia straighten up and sat up straight, crossing her ankles ettiquely. Making sure the boy knew he had her full attention.

"My apologies but I haven't introduced myself" the boy began.

"I'm Nott, Theodore Nott, heir to the most Ancient and Noble House of Nott." He then reached for Dahlias hand and kissed it.

Dahlia smirked as she took her hand back, completely convinced this would be a good alliance to have and went on to introduce herself.

"Dahlia Potter, heir to the most ancient and noble house of Potter and Evans."

Theodore flashed her a satisfied grin, and if Dahlia had been paying attention she would of noticed Draco glaring daggers at him.

They all made some small talk, most of it regarding their anxiousness at being sorted. Coming from well prominent houses, they already knew how the sorting went.

A hat, a stool & that's all you needed to be sorted. A hat chose your house, chose your future. And that thought alone irritated Dahlia to no end. She wanted to be able to decide for herself! To have a bloody choice!

She was Dahlia Potter! She should be able to be where she wanted to be! But did she know where exactly that was? No.

She would love to be in her parents old home. She would love to be where the knowledgeable were treasured. But above all she would love to be where the cunning and the ambitious were, where she felt like she would truly belong. Dahlia knew she held many qualities and that's what scared her. The possibility of the unknown.

She was brought out of her thoughts when she heard multiple audible gasps. She looked up and followed everyone's trail of sight and couldn't help herself from gasping as well.

Straight ahead was Hogwarts. Magnificent and magical were the only words she could use to describe them at the moment. She'd read about it, she'd seen pictures of it but seeing it in person was something else.

"Crazy isn't it?" Asked Draco.

"We wait our whole lives to come here, and here we are" he finished

What Dahlia smiled and nodded. "Well in my case, Malfoy, I've really only been waiting months"

Draco sniggered and gave her a playful smile back.

What he didn't know that at the moment Dahlia was a bit emotional, not that she would show it outright. Getting closer to Hogwarts her thoughts went to her parents.

This was where they lived, learned and finally fell in love, she thought. This was a place called home to them and now it was called home to her as well.

Dahlia could only hope to make them proud.

As the boats reached the docks and the students started unloading, she finally snapped out of and joined the others in their excitement.

"We're here! We're finally here!" Squealed Pansy.

"Impressive isn't it, the largeness of the castle" Dahlia said.

"I've seen bigger" said Draco nonchalant.

Theodore rolled his eyes and Dahlia elbowed him in the ribs.

He winced slightly but she knew he was faking.

"ALL FIRST YEARS FOLLOW ME" said a stern older lady that Dahlia immediately recognized as professor McGonnagall.

Pansy speed walked towards the professor obviously eager to get through the sorting as soon as possible. Dahlia linked her arm through Draco's and missed his cheeks tinging a bit. They followed Pansy but at a much slower and elegant pace. Theodore trailed them as he observed them.

As impressive as the castle was from the outside, the inside surpassed it. Dahlia tried to observe everything and anything. Knowledge was key.

They all eventually reached a tall set of doors, the entrance to the Great Hall.

"Now, I will be right back to get you all for your sorting," said McGonagall

"Behave as young children should or you'll be assigned the first detention of the semester" she finished in a strict tone that had everyone believing she wasn't joking.

They all watched her walk inside and turned to each other and started quietly talking amongst themselves.

Dahlia was having an entertaining conversation with Theodore who had insisted she call him Theo, when someone tapped her shoulder.

The nerve, she thought as she turned around. Only to be faced with lanky red headed boy with a great number of freckles on his face.

"Are you Dahlia?" He asked rudely.

Dahlia stood there shocked. He hadn't introduced himself to begin, he had poked her as if she was some animal and he thought he was on first name basis with her.

No, no way!

"If you had bothered to introduce yourself, I might of answered." She began in a cold tone.

"But since I believer everyone deserves at least one second chance, I'll let it go. Yes, I'm Dahlia. Dahlia Potter"

She heard a couple people gasp when they heard her and whispering began amongst the other first years. Dahlia looked around getting annoyed and was thankful when Draco, Theo and Pansy surrounded her, blocking her from others views.

The red head boy mouth was hanging open rather unattractively until Draco spoke up.

"Don't let flies into your mouth Weasley, we know you're hungry but enough is enough" he said

Some people laughed while others glared at Draco.

That was all it took for "Weasley" to snap out of it. He turned red in anger or embarrassment she didn't know. But she began getting rather impatient.

"Shut it death eater spawn" he spat.

Everyone stopped talking. It was a rather known fact that Malfoy Sr. had been accused of being a death eater. Heck, even Dahlia had read about it! But she knew from what she'd read that he had been imperio'd. He had to have been, her aunt wouldn't let her around a family of death eaters!

Rage was an understatement for what she felt. How dare that boy insult Draco with such nonsense lies!

"Leave" Dahlia snapped.

Weasley's eyes widened in shock before he answered back

"Are you defending him? His parents supported you-know-who and he killed your parents! What are you doing? You're the girl who lived! Don't align yourself with his followers!"

The atmosphere changed with his rant. It seemed colder, the air was filled with magic, Dahlia's magic. Her anger had displayed her magic and everyone felt it. The Weasley took a step back.

"Enough." She said deathly calm.

"You don't know me so don't you dare assume things about me! I will defend whoever I please but just know that I would never align myself to the Monster who killed my parents!"

Draco grabbed a hold of her hand and pulled her slightly, signaling her that McGonagall was returning.

The Weasley boy stood there visibly embarrassed.

"I didn't mean it like-" he said before Dahlia interrupted.

"I said I believed everyone deserved a second chance and you just blew yours, Weasley" she spat the last word. She then took a hold on Draco's arm and turned around making a obvious that she was done with the conversation.

The rest of the first years learned something really important in that moment;

No one disrespect Dahlia Potter. She radiated power and grace. She never yelled yet she still got her point across as if she had. She never lost her cool and knew just what to say to offend someone while at the same time not looking rude. It was a deathly combination. Because everyone that heard her and Weasley arguing, chose her side as the right one. She earned everyone's respect with a couple sentences and trashed someone else's reputation simultaneously.

It was at that moment that McGonagall returned and ushered them inside the Great Hall. They followed her in and Dahlia put on an indifferent facade on. Draco casually nudged her with his shoulder, a questioning look on his face. But she just nodded and blew it off.

As they walked through in between two tables, she admired the ceiling and the complicated charm that was used to create such a convincing sky. She barely heard that Hermy

girl loudly saying that she'd read about the Great hall in a History of Hogwarts. She rolled her eyes and made eye contact with Pansy and they both giggled.

They were almost towards the front when Dahlia made eye contact with someone on the staff table. He was hooked nose with extremely oily hair and the blackest eyes she'd ever seen before. He had a shocked and pained expression on his face. She tilted one of her eyebrows elegantly and he turned his gaze, looking else where.

"Draco, who's that man over there?" She asked shifting her gaze towards him again.

"Oh him, that's Professor Snape. He teaches potions and is Slytherins head of house. And he's also my godfather." He said proudly at the end.

"Hmmm my possible head of house" she said teasingly.

"If better be" he joked back, not letting her know that that's what he hoped for the most.

She snorted and focused her attention on McGonagall in the front.

"Students, I will call out your name alphabetically and you will come up to this stool, put on the hat and get sorted into your new home" she said strictly, daring someone to disobey her.

Half of the first years broke out into whispers and Dahlia heard Weasley whining about how his brothers had told him he would be battening a troll.

"How much dafter can he get" she whispered to Draco. And they both bursted out laughing.

Professor McGonagall cleared her throat signaling everyone to be quiet and pulled out a Hat. A old frail looking hat that began to sing.

"Oh you may not think I'm pretty,

But don't judge on what you see,

I'll eat myself if you can find

A smarter hat than me.

You can keep your bowlers
black,

Your top hats sleek and tall,

For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat

And I can cap them all.

There's nothing hidden in your head

The Sorting Hat can't see,

So try me on and I will tell you

Where you ought to be.

You might belong in Gryffindor,

Where dwell the brave at heart,

Their daring, nerve, and chivalry

Set Gryffindors apart;

You might belong in Hufflepuff,

Where they are just and loyal,

Those patient Hufflepuffs are true

And unafraid of toil;

Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,

if you've a ready mind,

Where those of wit and learning,

Will always find their kind;

Or perhaps in Slytherin

You'll make your real friends,

Those cunning folks use any means

To achieve their ends.

So put me on! Don't be afraid!

And don't get in a flap!

You're in safe hands (though I have none)

For I'm a Thinking Cap!" The hat finished.

The hall broke out into applause and McGonagall pulled out a long list. And the sorting began.

"ABBOTT, HANNAH" she called.

A blond girl walked up to the stool and had the hat settled on her head. 30 seconds passed before the hat yelled out,

"HUFFLEPUFF"

And the fourth table on the far left side bursted out into cheers. And the sorting went on. She noted that the annoying girl from the train got sorted into Gryffindor and frowned, unconsciously making up her mind right then and there that, that house was out.

"GREENGRASS, DAPHNE"

A light blonde girl with light blue eyes walked towards the stool with undeniable grace. And at that moment Dahlia decided she would meet and making alliance with this girl.

"SLYTHERIN" the hat yelled out and the table on the far right side bursted into applause.

Even better, Dahlia thought.

Some more students got sorted in until finally it was Draco's turn.

"MALFOY, DRACO"

Dahlia squeezed his hand and whispered good luck as her best friend went to get sorted. The hat barely touched his head when it yelled,

"SLYTHERIN"

And Dahlia joined in the clapping, making up her mind. Not long after it was her turn.

"POTTER, DAHLIA"

The whole hall turned towards her and whispers broke out.

"It's her! Oh Merlin, it's really her!"

"The girl who lived"

"She inherited the Evan's genes"

Dahlia ignored all the whispers and walked up as elegantly as she could and sat on the stool with crossed ankles.

"My my," the hat began

"There's courage, Gryffindor would do great things for you miss Potter" it said.

"Too bad" Dahlia thought back.

"Hmmm so no Gryffindor for you? Alright. You have great knowledge, the smartest witch I've sorted since your mum. But you don't belong in Ravenclaw"

"Sort me with Draco" she thought.

"Ah, Mr. Malfoy huh? You both are destined for one another, but enough of my chit chat. We all know where you belong. You will bring great changes into your new house. Good luck, child,"

And then it yelled,

"SLYTHERIN"

And said house bursted out into the loudest cheers yet. Two boys even began chanting,

"WE'VE GOT POTTER!"

But the other houses looked shocked, shocked that their golden girl had been sorted not in Gryffindor, like all her family before. But in Slytherin.

Dahlia took no importance to it though, she simply walked to her new house table and settled herself next to Draco, automatically grabbing a hold of his hand and kissing his cheek in a sudden display of happiness because they got sorted in the same house. Draco blushed and squeezed her hand.

If was a bit chaotic since she had so many housemates introducing themselves to her. But she wouldn't have it any other way, she needed to establish herself as soon as possible.

One boy stood out to her, Blaise Zabini. Heir to the most ancient and noble house of Zabini. His mom was well known as the black widow. All her previous 5 husbands had died of unknown causes, leaving her mountains of gold each time.

After their introduction they began talking,

"I must say, I'm rather shocked you're here and not Gryffindor, like your parents" he said serving himself some food.

Dahlia sighed, "our parents don't define who we are or what we do, we do that for ourselves" he said.

He nodded and smiled at her and she just knew she had gotten herself a new ally.

"Well spoken, Dahlia."

"Thank you, Blaise" she answers back before she turned to introduce herself to the one girl who had caught her attention during sorting, the Greengrass heiress.

She was across the table from her and was starring right at her.

"No introductions needed" began Dahlia.

"You know who I am and I know who you are" she said

Daphne smirked, "of course, and if you don't mind me asking, are you ready to take on Slytherin?"

Dahlia chuckled and said,

"Of course. This house needs some change and who better to bring it to them than their precious "it" girl"

Daphne agreed and the alliance was built.

After everyone was done eating, the first years were escorted by the prefects to their dorm. For Slytherin it was all the way down to the dungeons. The prefects that were guiding them were fifth year, Druella Rosier and Atticus Fawley.

Once they got to the entrance Atticus turned towards them,

"This is where you will get through to get to your commons and then your dorms. Don't let anyone who doesn't live in this house come to know the location of this entrance" he waited for everyone to nod and then continued.

"This months password is "purification" don't forget it unless you want to be locked out. Now follow me and girls be careful it's a slide we will be descending in."

He then went down the slide first and the others followed suit. Dahlia slid down and was pleased to be one of the only ones to have landed on their feet.

They were then divided and Fawley took the boys while Rosier took the girls.

"Follow me, this way." She said guiding them towards the left side of the cold looking common area.

"Now first girl dorms will be three girls to each room. Divide yourself accordingly and meet me in the common room at 8am for our start of the year meeting. Don't be late or Professor Snape won't be pleased." She said then turned around and walked out.

There were 6 first year girls. Herself, Pansy, Daphne, Millicent, some girl she remembered was named Tracy and a girl she had paid no attention to.

Dahlia walked up first and took the dorm on the right, she was followed by Pansy and Daphne and she was glad.

It was rather late so there was barely any small talk before they settled for bed. Dahlia was ready for classes the following morning, to show off her vast knowledge and set herself apart from the other first years on her own merit.

Everything would change tomorrow.

YAY SO GUYS HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY AND LIKE THIS CHAPTER! Please review((: also question time! Who should be Dahlia's best friend aside from Draco? Pansy? Daphne? Theo? Blaise? You choose!