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Chapter 6- The First Day

Harry was woken very early the next morning by his pet snake. "Go back to sleep," he whispered in parseltongue without opening his eyes to look at the creature. "It's too early!"

The snake replied, "I'm bored. There isn't much to do in this tiny room."

"So go back to sleep, that's something to do."

"I'm not tired."

"Well I am!" He pulled the blankets over his head, deciding the conversation was over. His snake didn't seem to agree.

"I'm hungry," It whined.

"So go get some food."

"I can't, I'm not allowed out of the room."

"So poison Draco and eat him!"

"All right."

"What?" Harry shrieked, opening his eyes to stare at his snake for the first time that morning. "Wait, you're poisonous? How come I didn't know that?"

"Sorry Master, I thought you knew that."

"No, I didn't. How could I, James would never know anything about snakes, or have any books on them in the house. It's not like I ever had any money to go buy a book of my choice, did I?" Harry glared at his pet.

"Right, well don't worry, I only attack when provoked."

"You were going to poison Draco!" Harry snapped.

"I'm bored and hungry. It would be something nice to do, and my master did give me permission!"

"So if I tell you not to, you won't poison anyone?" Harry questioned hopefully.

"Correct."

"Thank god. I'm going back to sleep now, g' night."

"It's morning, and I want breakfast."

"The crack of dawn does not count as morning!" Harry complained.

"It's not the crack of dawn, and I'm hungry. Besides, didn't you say the first years have a meeting with your head-of-house before breakfast?"

Harry groaned, and then finally sat up and got out of bed. He glanced over at Draco, who's bed was right next to his, and then back over at his pet.

"Want to do me a favor and wake up Draco for me?" Harry asked, smirking evilly. His snake glanced over at Harry's roommate and then grinned back at him, before crawling over to Draco's bed. He hissed into Draco's ear, and then got into position. Draco opened his eyes, and screamed as he saw a deadly snake staring back at him, only an inch away from his face. Harry burst out laughing.

Draco finally calmed down and glared at Harry as their roommates woke up, wondering what the noise was. "Guys, it's time to get up." Harry finally made out, though he hadn't yet managed to stop laughing. Draco sent him a glare that said 'shut up if you want to live much longer.' Harry finally managed to calm down, and he sent Draco an evil grin before walking into the bathroom to take a shower.

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When Draco and Harry walked into the Common Room, they saw all of the other first years gathered in front of their head-of-house and made their way over to them.

"Well, looks like we can finally start." Professor Snape sent them a glare before going on. "To be in Slytherin house is a high honor. Slytherins are ambitious, we work hard to get wherever we want to end up. We're cunning and sly, we're willing to fight for ourselves. We don't trust easily, and we never rely on anyone but ourselves. However, we're all fiercely loyal to those of us that we're close to, more loyal than the most faithful of Hufflepuffs.

"Not everyone sees us that way though. In fact, most people believe that all Slytherins are evil. The last two dark lords were from Slytherin, but Gryffindors have been known to join the Dark Side too. Most people, however, refuse to see that. They don't want to have to worry about their friends betraying them, and so they'd rather just believe that it's all us.

"From now on, you will face prejudice in your life. No teacher other than myself will ever favor you over a student from a different house, nor will they ever give you the benefit of the doubt. Slytherins are often the victims of many pranks, because hardly any other students will like you. Some Ravenclaws will befriend a Slytherin, as they are normally mutual in the Slytherin/Gryffindor Rivalry, but Hufflepuffs will always side with the Gryffindors.

"Every Slytherin must stand up for each other, because no one else will. I will not tolerate inter-house rivalries. If you see another Slytherin in trouble, you must back them up. You can not fight with each other outside of the Slytherin territory.

"In the Common Room and Dormitories, you may act in whatever way you would like to. But once you leave the Slytherin Territories, once you are in public eye, you must act as you're expected. You must wear your mask; you can not let them see you for who you really are. Is that understood?"

At the nods from the first years, the professor continued. "Good. Now, we have won the house cup for the last seven years, and I expect you to uphold the tradition. We therefore have two main rules to follow. First one is, never get caught. I have no problem with you not following the rules; you only break one if you are caught. The second rule, always create havoc for the Gryffindors. They have always been our biggest competitors; the rivalry between Gryffindor and Slytherin has gone on for ages. Annoy them and get them to fight back, get teachers to take points off. With bravery comes recklessness; it's not very difficult to get them to lose their house some points.

"And lastly, I'd like to welcome you all to Slytherin house." Professor Snape spun on his heel and left.

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Harry sat down next to Draco, and across from Blaise and Tracey, during Breakfast again. All four were staring at their new schedules, when Draco groaned.

"We have Potions with the Gryffindors! The best class ever, and we have to spend it with all the dim-witted Gryffindorks! What did we do to deserve this?"

Harry chuckled at Draco, and Blaise replied, scandalized, "Draco, are you kidding me? This is the best thing that could ever happen to us! Gryffindors are terrible at Potion-making, and Snape loathes them. We can see them get into so much trouble! What's so bad about seeing the Gyffindorks scared to death of Professor Snape! Potions class is going to be awesome!"

Harry and Tracey both rolled their eyes as Draco's eyes brightened, and an evil grin spread across his face. "You know Blaise, I'm really starting to like you!" He glanced over at the Gryffindors, a preditarty grin on his face, and Harry laughed again. Then he glanced up and saw the delivery owls come flying in. He abruptly stopped laughing and paled, noticing the Potter family owl, Godric, flying toward him while carrying a bright red letter. Harry had read enough books to know that red letters were only used for howlers.

Tracey, noticing his pale face, glanced over to where he was looking and gasped. "Oh my god!" She whispered as the owl dropped the howler down in front of him.

Harry glanced at Violet, who was staring at him with a smirk on her face. He knew instantly that she had told their father which house he had been sorted into already.

Harry nervously opened the letter, all the Slytherins surrounding him sending him sympathetic looks as he did so.

"HARRY JAMES POTTER!" James' voice screamed out in the Great Hall, making Harry wince. "What were you thinking, getting yourself put into Slytherin? I have never been more mortified in my life! My son sharing a house with all of those filthy junior Death Eaters! What did I ever do to deserve a son like you? Why can't you be a little more like Violet, she's the perfect daughter! Violet, darling," James' voice turning sugary soft as he addressed his daughter, "I am so proud of you for getting into Gryffindor! Your mother would be too, I'm sure. Unlike with you," his voice became spiteful as he once again turned his attention onto Harry. "Lily must be rolling around in her grave… her darling little son, in the house of the snakes! You are to stay there during the holidays, for you are certainly not allowed back into our house. I don't want to see your face until next June, you filthy little traitor!"

The whole hall was silent as the howler disintegrated. Harry glared menacingly at his smirking sister. Many Gryffindors and Hufflepuffs started laughing, happy at hearing the Slytherins publicly humiliated. Disgusted, he turned to look at the other Slytherins, nervous they would blame him for his father labeling them as 'junior Death Eaters'. He was relieved to find that none of them were angry with him; on the contrary, half of them were staring at him sympathetically, or with as much sympathy as a Slytherin ever showed. The other half, including their head of house, were alternating between glaring at the Hufflepuffs and Gryffindors and glaring at what was left of the howler.

Harry glanced at Draco, Tracey, and Blaise, who all sent him reassuring smiles. Tracey whispered, "Let's get out of here," and all four stood up. Harry turned and left the Great Hall, his friends by his side, happy for one of the first times in his life. The Slytherins had sided with him; they accepted him. He was a part of their family now, something he hadn't felt since he was a baby. As long as he had the other Slytherins by his side, he could handle the Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs, and even James and Violet. Because, after a long ten years of searching, Harry had finally found a place in which he truly belonged.

Author's Note: Ok, first I want to thank everyone for reviewing. There has been a lot of questions commonly asked so i'm going to answer them right now:

First of all, Harry is the boy-who-lived, not Violet. Some day everyone will probably find that out, but not for a long time yet. Also, about Sirius. He will be coming into the story for Christmas Break most likely, which won't be too long from here. Lastly, Snape is going to come into this story soon, and he won't hate Harry because of James like he does in the book. Harry and Snape will probably eventually become as close as Sirius and Harry are.

Ask me if you have any more questions, and please review! I like advice, constuctive criticism, etc... just not flames! Thanks!

Windsbane- Ron and Hermione will both hate Harry, and be friends with Violet. Thank-you for reviewing, glad you like the story!

Mistress of Eternal Night:-Glad to have someone new read this story, thanks for reviewing. No, I do not yet have a snake name, so there's a good chance I'll use one of yours, so thanks for the ideas! Sorry that I took so long to post, but I didn't have much time. Hope you liked this chapter, and James' reaction. Thanks again for reviewing!

Jabarber69- Harry isn't going to be actually disowned, or at least not yet anyway. Thanks for reviewing, hope you enjoyed this chapter!