Harry spent the time alone looking around the Slytherin common room. It was as he had remembered it from last year but this time, Harry didn't have to worry about what would happen if he was caught because this was where he was supposed to be right now. As Harry wondered around, he found an odd amount of comfort from the green and silver environment. It was also warmer than Harry had expected the dungeons to be but Harry suspected there was a charm or two being used.

Harry wondered for a minute how this was going to affect his friendship with Ron and Hermione. They wouldn't be able to spend as much time together now and things were going to change because of this. Harry's classes were going to change, his common room and now he even had a brand new Head of House. Harry knew it could be worse; at least Professor Snape didn't seem to hate him anymore.

Harry made his was to the common area and sat down with his potions textbook and began reading the assigned reading. By the time Harry was half way through, the Slytherin house began pouring into the common room. Harry took a deep breath and braced himself.

As the students spotted Harry, they either began whispering the each other or just staring as though they though Professor Snape had been kidding about Harry being resorted into Slytherin.

"Why'd you leave Gryffindor?" Pasny Parkinson blurted as she plopped onto the couch and started at Harry as though his being there was the most scandalous thing that she'd ever seen in her life but then again, Harry had never heard of a student being resorted.

"I didn't really have a choice, Dumbledore just place the hat on my head. If I had have wanted to be resorted, I would have at least warned my friends beforehand," Harry said and surprisingly, the other Slytherins just nodded as though it made sense.

"Yes, that old coot never could mind his own business," Blaise Zabini said with a scowl. "But he probably had some reason that will somehow benefit the 'greater good'."

Harry found himself surprised by how... friendly the Slytherins were acting. Harry had almost expected them to treat him as they had been for the past few years but Harry realised, he was now one of them and they were going to treat him like such. Even Draco Malfoy was watching Harry without as much venom or hatred... Actually, Harry couldn't identify the emotion on Malfoy's face at all.

"Yeah, it's like he had it planned. He brought me into his office to 'check up on me' and it was like I played into his hand when I told him what was happening," Harry said, relaxing slightly but not enough to get caught off guard.

"He can be like that and he has a way that makes you actually want to spill your guts to him; it annoying," Draco exclaimed, obviously having experienced this before. "That man should have been a Slytherin! But I'm surprised you winded up here, Potter."

"Actually, the hat wanted to put me here first-year but..."

"Don't tell me, Weasley told you that we're all evil and not to be trusted," Draco cut Harry off, looking mildly annoyed at the implication of being evil. Harry wanted to defend his friend but it was true. Ron had been one of the main reasons Harry didn't want to be in Slytherin.

By the time Professor Snape came back to the common room, Harry was sitting with Draco, Blaise, Crabbe and Goyle talking about some of the things Dumbledore did that left them baffled and confused. The rest of the Slytherin house had gotten over the initial shock of Harry's presence and had continued on with their usual activities. Professor Snape did his best to cover his shock but seeing Harry having such a casual discussion with Draco Malfoy was surprising.

"Mr... Ugh, Harry; If you would follow me into my office, please," Professor Snape said, once again unsure what last name to call the boy, so instead opted for his first name.

Harry stood up and followed Severus up a winding flight of stairs and into a large office filled with potions books and papers. There were shelves of various potion ingredients all over the walls; Harry could barely tell what some of the ingredients were but that was probably because of how advanced they were. Most of them were visibly warded to keep students away from them. Harry wondered if Severus knew about the ingredients they'd taken last year to make their polyjuice potion.

Professor Snape handed Harry a new schedule and a few other pieces of parchment. Harry glanced at the schedule and found that he had four classes with Gryffindor, one of them being double potions the following day. But what confused Harry was every Tuesday and Thursday there was a study hour.

"Yes, I see you've spotted the study hour. The Slytherin house is like a... family, shall we say. When one of us succeeds, we all succeed. This is why we have study sessions twice a week to help everyone stay on top of their classes and get assistance when needed. This is a time to share insight on classes and get caught up. It also helps me to find students who might need more help than others and in what subjects. Since I've put this system in place, Slytherins overall marks have improved by sixty percent."

"What about Quidditch, sir? Will I still get to play?" Harry asked Professor Snape, who smiled.

"Yes; Draco has given you the Seeker position and taken the chaser position. He said anyone who can catch a snitch in 5 minutes, deserves to be Seeker," Professor Snape said, his eyes now glowing as the victorious image crossed his mind. Slytherin was going to be unstoppable this year. Harry was still stunned to hear that Draco had done something in favour of Harry and not just to make him miserable.

"The next thing we need to discuss is your... condition. I'll be giving you a potion to drink to keep you in control but you still won't be able to stay in the dorm while it's... flaring up," Professor Snape said carefully. "I've made arrangements for you to spend those nights in the room of requirement. It will provide your and Professor Lupin with everything you need to be comfortable. But we'll discuss that further next week when your father is present. The house rules are the same as all other houses except we stand together and help each other when needed."

Harry nodded, this was something he'd observed a while ago and understood why this was important. Slytherins were the least understood and had the worst reputation because of a few cases where Slytherins went bad. Now that Harry was older, he understood that being in Slytherin wasn't enough to turn you evil but there were still a lot of students who didn't understand that and went out of their way to make Slytherins lives miserable.

"I just want you to understand that your situation is unique and though the staff will do their best, you might need to be patient as they adjust to your new house. We haven't had a student resorted since I was a student here and it will take some time for the staff to fully adjust," Professor Snape said in a tone that was new to Harry. "You'll be sharing a room with Mr Zabini and Mr Malfoy; they were the only ones with a vacant bed. But, from what I saw earlier, I don't think you'll wind up killing each other."

When Harry left, he couldn't help but think about everything that had happened and he still couldn't wrap his head around everything. But Harry could tell that his life was never going to be the same again.