Welcome to Slytherin
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. He belongs to J K Rowling. I don't own the Dallas Characters or South Fork Either.
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John Ross Filed into the Slytherin dungeon with the other new students. After the prefect introduced them to Slytherin, Professor Tobias Snape spoke to them.
"I'd like to welcome you to your quarters. My given name is Tobias Snape but at school I am to be refered to as Professor Snape or alternately sir. Some of you are from other nations but that is how we do it here."
"Slytherin has had a bad rap because of Tom Riddle, also know as Lord Voldemort, the Dark Lord, etc. Horace Slughorn began to clean this house up before Voldemort fell and I am continuing.
"My brother, Severus got interested in dark magic. It cost him a beautiful red-headed woman he loved dearly. He loved Harry Potter's mother. Had he stayed away from that dark stuff he would have had her. He would have been Harry's proud father. Because of his bad choices she and the man she did marry were murdered. Harry Potter had a miserable childhood. He was nearly killed."
"I don't think my brother would mind me telling you this. If it saves one of you from the grief he suffered that price is cheap!"
"Slytherin is not a pure-blood utopia. There is no such thing. It is not a dark magic playground either. All of you stay in groups of two or more when you are outside of the Slytherin dungeon. Don't go places alone. Work hard are enjoy your leisure times."
"Everyone is to report to hospital wing for a magical examination. You won't have to take your clothes off like you do for Muggle doctors. You'll lie on the a table and the school Healers will be able to examine you magically."
"We need to know what Immunizations you have had and get you current. There's not need to get sick needlessly. Our immunizations are special potions that you simply drink."
"Mr. Gaunt in the wizarding world there are very few injections. Tell me one of them."
"Antivenom for snake bite. We actually taught the Muggles how to make it and let them think they made it themselves," said a proud Vance Gaunt.
"Very good," answered Professor Snape.
"One other thing. In the Muggle world there is this thing called drugs. Those who take them start out because it makes them feel good. Whether is Heroin, pills or liquor they all end up the same way, very sick. Hogwarts students do NOT do drugs. Stay away from them. If you have any that are not from a doctor or Healer's prescription you are to hand them in."
Now everyone to bed except Mr. Ewing. I want to see him in my office for a few minutes.
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John Ross followed Professor Snape into his dungeon office.
"Sit down and relax, Mr. Ewing. You are not in trouble. I'm more easy-going than my brother was but I can get tough if I need to. Be sure you get your checkup and immunizations in the morning. Your first class is Muggle Studies with Professor Burbage. Even though you are Muggle-born all students must take Muggle-Studies. Professor Burbage realizes you probably won't be on time. The reason I want you to see the school Healers right away is you have had no exposure to wizarding sicknesses and they can really spoil your party. Nothing to be afraid of."
"Now I know you are from a controversial Muggle family. We real Muggle newspapers more than we used to. I've read some stories out of Dallas. Because Ewings are cunning I expected to get you even though it is uncommon to for Muggle-born to be sorted to Slytherin. Cunning can be used for good or bad and I expect you to use it for good."
"You are probably wondering why I want the medical checkups right away. In your case I want you immunized before you catch a wizarding illness. Dragon pox will make you miserable. Wizarding flu is easily treated but its better not to get it."
"We still have an abuse problem especially among pure-blood wizards. I know the Weasleys and Malfoys do not abuse their kids and Theodore Nott does not abuse his. About half of the rest of the pure-blood fathers consider harsh discipline part of the so-called 'old way'. The hospital wing Healers and I heal welts and other injuries these kids have suffered. In the more severe cases they are taken out of the home."
"There are still Death Eaters aren't there?" asked John Ross.
"Yes there are and they are recruiting. If they approach you come to me, another teacher or an Auror. Aurors are the police in our world. Our current school Auror is Auror Peaks. He was here during that awful war with Tom Riddle."
"John Ross, I do think it is your bedtime. Get a good night's rest."
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Abraxes Malfoy was waiting to show John Ross to the dormitory. Half of the boys were asleep. John Ross got into his comfortable pyjamas and crawled into bed.
After several hours he was shaken awake and thrown out of the dormitory by several pure-blood boys. Abraxes Malfoy and Vance Gaunt objected so the were thrown out too. Each boy was allowed a blanket and their wand. They settled down in the commons room. As they were falling asleep the were awakened by banging as their trunks were roughly pushed down the stairs. They arranged them neatly in front of themselves and fell asleep.
After an hour the Ravenclaw prefect was making the rounds and checked the Slytherin commons.
"What happened," he asked.
"John Ross was thrown out by some pure-blood boys," said Abraxes. "Vance Gaunt and I were thrown out for objecting."
"They called me a Mudblood!" said John Ross.
"Welcome to the wizarding world," said the prefect. "A few are still prejudiced. I'll take you to Ravenclaw tower for the night. We'll make you some comfortable beds there. I'll get Professor Snape yelling when I tell him! I want you settled in at Ravenclaw before I talk to Professor Snape. You are not going to want to hear what he says. Leave your trunks. The house elves will bring them."
The three boys went to Ravenclaw Tower and House Elves carried their trunks. John Ross was amazed to find out House Elves were very strong for their size. Professor Flitwick welcomed them warmly. Soon they were settled into their temporary beds and sleeping soundly.
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The prefect went to Professor Snape's quarters and hammered the door.
"Can't it wait till morning?" asked the Professor.
"Mr. Ewing, Mr. Malfoy and Mr. Gaunt were thrown out of their dormitories by some radical pure-bloods. They are sleeping in Ravenclaw Tower for the night."
"Thank you, I'll deal with it in the morning," said the half asleep Professor.
The prefect left. As Professor Snape woke up he was furious. He called all of Slytherin down and yelled at them like he was Severus. The guilty boys received detention.
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The next morning John Ross and his friends woke up in Ravenclaw Tower and went to breakfast. John Ross has some tasty bacon and eggs with some pumpkin juice. Pumpkin juice was new. He was used to orange juice.
After breakfast he went to the Hospital wing. Healer Joseph Diggory magically checked him. Then John Ross was instructed to go over to the table and drink ten cc of Dragon Pox vaccine Potion and five cc each of Wizard flu and Spattergoit. Finally he was to take on cc each of diphtheria and tetanus. He was told to clean out the graduated cylinder he had used and keep it for measuring vaccines and potions.
He then went to his Muggle studies class. Professor Burbage was just starting.
"Oh good Mr. Ewing, you're earlier than expected," smiled the professor.
John Ross sat down.
"Both wizards and Muggles live somewhat differently depending on the country they live in. Father was a Muggle and my Mum to taught here. Before the war she was the Muggle studies professor."
"Voldemort accused Mum of wanting us all to marry Muggles. He was a half-blood himself. His father was a Muggle and his Mum was a witch. Young Tom Riddle had excellent talent as a wizard but he made all the wrong choices right down to casting a rebounding Killing Curse at Harry Potter. Harry had warned him but he is dead from his own rebounding Curse. Good riddance."
"It is not just wizards that go bad. Muggles do it too. What is the difference between a wizard and a Muggle?"
"Mr. Gaunt."
"We can do magic sir Muggles cannot."
"Correct, all the other differences are cultural."
"Now almost all Muggles do not know we exist. About one in a thousand knows. Most of them are in partly magical families which have produced some of the greatest of all wizards. Many of you are from partly magical families."
"The Ministry no longer distinguished blood status. All men including Muggles and Squibs are equal."
"Muggles make much use of electricity for things we usually use Magic for. They have some devices we do not such as televisions. At Hogwarts the magical flux is too strong for electricity. Only calculators and flashlights work. Cell phones are to be turned in to the school Auror. They do not work properly but they work well enough to allow Muggle tracking devices to find the school. If you have such a phone power it down and hand it in."
John Ross remembered he had his personal cell phone in his trunk. He went to his room after class, got it out of the his trunk, powered it down and handed it in to Auror Peaks. It was sent to his father.
A few days later the prefect said, "John Ross Ewing, you are wanted on the horn in the technical shed. It's your dad."
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