Chapter 6

Harry shrugged the assorted blankets and sheets off of him and turned to sit on the edge of the bed. He rubbed his eyes trying to not think about last night and what had transpired. It didn't work at all. He pounded his forehead with the heels of his palms. How could he have ever trusted that slimy traitor of a woman? It was just another chance for a Slytherin lesson to be pounded into his head like a nail. He could never trust anyone besides himself. From now on he would follow the snake House's tenets to the letter.

Yes him, Harry Potter son of a mudblood Lily Evans and pureblooded James Potter would be the perfect Slytherin. Somehow he had escaped the Inquisition in the Slytherin House of all Mudbloods. It was probably his haughty attitude and solidly Slytherin features. Most other House members believed the title of Slytherin King to be a rivalry between him and Draco Malfoy. If Harry had been trying he could have easily came out on top but he chose to not make an issue out of the competition between the two Slytherin boys. Harry had obviously scored several victories such as the spot of Seeker on the house Quidditch team. Undoubtedly Draco had more loyal followers than his rival and part-time ally.

Harry sometimes wondered about what his life would have been like if his parents had been home when the Dark Lord arrived. He assumed they would have been mowed down in his defense even though he was the Chosen One who would stop Voldemort. They would have sacrificed themselves for him and that would have probably made him become a brave Gryffindor like everyone had been expecting. Harry thought that it would have taken quite a lot to turn him into a Gryffindor. For all his life his mind had always worked like a smooth Slytherin engine. He always had put his heritage first instead of his family. He didn't even really know his sister Catherine who was a second year.

It almost made him twinge in regret but then he thought about all the good things Slytherin House had given him. If he hadn't been a Slytherin he would never have gotten the chance to date Jessica even if it hadn't turned out for the best there were still a lot of good times shared with her. Not to mention the semi-companionship he shared with his ally/rivals in the House. No he decided he was doing just fine in the house of snakes, he wouldn't have it any other way.

He picked himself up off the bed and began to walk downstairs to get something to eat for breakfast. It felt weird to sit beside Draco Malfoy instead of Jessica. The blond boy sent him a questioning look but said nothing as his girlfriend Pansy Parkinson threw herself on his lap. Harry clenched his fist, why did Jessica have to betray him? If she hadn't she would be spread across Harry's lap. He clenched both fists while he ate a piece of toast slathered with jam. After he was done he quietly removed himself from the Great Hall. He couldn't think of what to do so he decided to take a walk around the school grounds.

Harry thought the chill fall air outside felt good at the moment. He remembered taking long walks with Jessica past curfew on week nights. He remembered illegal jaunts into the
Forbidden Forest too. He shook his head once more in regret he couldn't seem to get her out of his head today. He passed a group of Gryffindors messing around in the piles of dead leaves. There were two redheads and the bushy haired Granger girl, what was her first name? He couldn't recall it. The two redheads were no doubt a bunch of Weasleys probably Ron since he was rumored to be infatuated with Granger. He tried to puzzle out the other redhead. She was undoubtedly a girl with her long flowing hair. He shook his head to stop thoughts about his hands going through that flowing hair. The girl would no doubt never touch him since he was a Slytherin. Her brother would probably kill her if she did such a thing. It would be a cardinal sin for a Weasley to date a Slytherin no matter that their parents were good friends.

It made him think about the days before he had left for Hogwarts. His parents had always forced him to hang out with the Weasley children such as Ron. None of his parent's best efforts worked to make Harry into the perfect little Gryffindor. Harry would have rather been by himself than play with the likes of Ronald Weasley. It had created a firm dislike for Gryffindors in his mind. Thus he had come to Hogwarts hoping to be anywhere but Gryffindor. Well his hopes had come true when that old and tattered hat spat out that little nine lettered word that began with an "s" and ended with an "n".

His parents had been completely amazed that their son had ended up in Slytherin with their old enemies' sons and daughters. Dumbledore had been even more amazed. He had unsuccessfully tried to get Harry to befriend Gryffindors even if he was a Slytherin. Harry had done nothing of the sort and just ignored the old man's instructions. Ever since he had faced a perpetual look of disappointment on the professor's face when Harry was around. Somehow Harry could see himself liking the old man in another life but in the here and now he had an intense dislike for him. The only thing that stopped him from completely hating the man was the fact that Umbridge had come here to unseat him which gave him points in Harry's mind. Anyone Umbridge hated he could deal with.

This thought inspired him to call a meeting of the Serpent Order. Then he could take out his rage on spell dummies. He turned around to make his way back to the castle. About a hundred feet before the door he met Jessica. She looked down so her eyes wouldn't meet his. Harry didn't say a word as he quickened his pace. When he got back in the castle he immediately headed down to the dungeons to put out the summons for the Order members to meet in their newest headquarters in an abandoned classroom. He met Draco just about to leave the Common Room. Harry pulled him away from Parkinson to speak to him in private. "I'm going to put out the summons for an Order meeting do you want to go?"

"Sure just let me go give Pansy an excuse to cancel our date. Man, even if she's my girlfriend I can only handle so much of her a day you know what I'm saying, eh Potter?"He left Harry to go let down Pansy. Harry went to his room to send a message to the other Order members through their snake pendants. Once he had sent the message he and Malfoy left to get in some private training in before the meeting.

After practicing several defense spells on unlucky dummies Draco spoke first, "So what's going on with you and Jessica? You didn't sit beside her at breakfast." He asked pointing out the obvious.

"Well we're just taking a little break for now. Maybe see other people you know what I mean." Harry answered as he slammed a dummy with a stunning spell.

"Then you should hit the party scene my friends I'm sure we can find you a woman. What do you say, you up for it, tonight?" Draco asked with a mischievous glint in his eye.

"Sure, why the hell shouldn't I?" Harry answered and blasted another dummy.