Chapter 4: Hogwarts

Hey everyone sorry about the long wait. I got caught up in the game Hogwarts Mystery and I wanted to make sure I got this right. Thank you all for your patience I hope you like what I have planned. Please Review and Enjoy.

For Sam, time had just flown by as September neared which meant he would leave the orphanage to go to Hogwarts.

As he was packing his things the door opened to reveal Martha, Eric and Cole.

"Hey there Wizard boy. Getting ready to leave?" Eric asks.

"Yep gotta get to King's Cross before the train leaves." Sam nods.

"This place isn't gonna be the same without you." Martha frowns.

"Don't worry Martha, I promise I'll write to you whenever I can so I can tell you all everything about this school." Sam said.

"You better." Martha smiles.

"Just promise you'll never forget us when you learn magic and become better than us." Cole smirks.

"What? I'd never forget you guys." Sam smirks.

"Come here you." Eric said as the three friends hugged goodbye.

"Want me to walk you to the station?" Martha asks.

"Please." Sam nods as he puts Noctis in his cage.

Loading up his trunk Sam and Martha arrived at King's Cross Station. Giving Sam a big hug he says goodbye to the woman who raised him and went to look for his train.

"Alright let's see Hogwarts Express, Platform 9 ¾? Where is that?" Sam asks looking around when Noctis let out a hoot getting his attention.

Looking over he saw Harry walking along the station looking just as lost as he was.

"Harry!" Sam calls out getting his attention.

"Hey Sam, glad to see a familiar face." Harry said as Sam walked over.

"Thank goodness you're here, do you have any idea where we're supposed to go?" Sam asks.

"Sorry Sam, I'm just as confused as you are on this." Harry said.

"Well there's Platform 9 and 10, ours should be somewhere nearby." Sam points to the signs.

As they walked over a large family walked past them.

"It's the same every year, packed with muggles of course." The mother said getting their attention.

"Muggles?" Harry said as he and Sam looked at each other before following the family to the stone wall where Platforms 9 and 10 met.

"Alright Percy you first." The woman said as a tall boy ran as fast as he could towards the wall, but instead of crashing he went right through it surprising them. "Alright Fred, you next."

"He's not Fred, I am." His twin said.

"Honestly woman, you call yourself our mother."

"Oh sorry George." She said.

"Only joking, I am Fred." He laughs before going through the wall with George right behind him.

"Uh excuse me?" Harry asks as he and Sam walked over.

"Can you show us?" Sam asks gesturing to what just happened.

"How to get onto the platform?" She asks. "Don't worry, Ron's new too. All you have to do is walk straight through the wall of platforms 9 and 10, best do it at a bit of run if you're nervous."

"Thank you miss uh?"

"Weasly, Molly Weasley." She smiles.

"Thank you, Mrs. Weasley." Sam said as he and Harry both took deep breaths before running to the wall and when they went through it they arrived at Platform 9 ¾, the station for the Hogwarts Express.

"So cool." Harry said.

"Agreed." Sam nods.

As Sam made his way to put his trunk in the storage area of the train, he was having a bit of a struggle lifting it. He was about to step backwards to try and lift it.

"Stop!" A female voice said causing him to freeze in place.

Turning around he saw a girl with long red hair running over to him and picking up a toad that was inches from his foot.

"You almost squashed him." She said.

"Oh sorry about that." Sam apologized.

"First year?" She asks.

"Uh yeah, what about you?" Sam asks.

"Me too, I'm Tulip Karasu." She smiles.

"Sam Snape."

"So Sam, need a hand with that trunk?" Tulip asks.

"Very much so." Sam nods his head causing her to giggle.

"Alright grab one side and on the count of three, we lift. One…two…three!" Tulip said as they lifted his trunk inside. "Whoo that was heavy."

"Tell me about it." Sam said.

"So you excited to go to Hogwarts?" Tulip asks.

"Yeah I actually am. There's someone I'm really looking forward to seeing at Hogwarts." Sam nods as they walk onto the train.

"Oh you got family at Hogwarts?" Tulip asks.

"N-No, I'm an orphan." Sam frowns.

"Oh I'm sorry, to hear that." Tulip frowns.

"It's okay." Sam said.

"Well I hope we can hang out more when we get to Hogwarts." Tulip winks before making her way to the train compartments.

'Things here are way different than they were back at the orphanage." Sam said shaking his head before heading to the compartments.

Looking around he saw Harry sitting in one all by himself.

"Hey room for one more?" Sam asks.

"Always." Harry smiles as Sam sat down.

"You nervous?" Sam asks.

"A bit, what about you?" Harry asks.

"Yeah, but a part of me can't wait to get started." Sam said when the door opens to reveal Ron from the station.

"Mind if I join you guys? Everywhere else is full." He said.

"Not at all." Harry said as he sat next to Sam.

"I'm Ron by the way, Ron Weasley."

"Sam Snape."

"I'm Harry, Harry Potter."

"So it's true? DO you really have the? The?" Ron struggles trying to ask the last part.

"The what?" Harry asks.

"The scar?" Ron asks.

Nodding Harry lifts up his hair to show it to him.

"Wicked." Ron said in awe.

"Yeah not many scars shaped like that." Sam said when a woman with a snack trolley walked over.

"Anything off the trolley dearies?" She asks.

Having money for the first time in forever Sam was the first to get up. Walking over he wanted to get as much candy as he could only he didn't recognize any of the candy. They had Licorice wands, Chocolate Frogs, Pumpkin Pasties, and Bertie Bott's Every Flavored Beans.

"You ever see any of this candy before Sam?" Harry asks.

"Never." Sam shakes his head before turning to Harry. "Want to go half on a little bit of everything?"

"Sounds good to me." Harry nods as they took out some money and paid the woman.

"Want some Ron?" Sam asks holding out a Pumpkin Pasty.

Ron opens his lunch to see a soggy sandwich and he takes one almost immediately.

Soon the three boys were digging into the sweets and having a great time.

"These aren't real frogs, are they?" Harry asks looking at the Chocolate frog boxes.

"It's just a spell, it's the cards you really want." Ron said as Sam and Harry both opened one and their frogs hopped out.

"I got Dumbledore." Harry said examining his card. "Who'd you get?"

Sam opens his to reveal a picture of a man with tousled brown hair. "Newt Scamander?"

"Not bad but I already have those two." Ron said as they looked down to see the faces were gone.

"Where'd they go?" Harry asks.

"You can't expect them to be around all the time." Ron said when Sam picked up a box of Every Flavored Beans. "You might want to be careful with those when they say every flavor they mean it. They have regular ones, but they also have ones like spinach, liver and tripe. George swore he got a booger-flavored one once."

Immediately Sam put the box down not wanting to risk it when he noticed a rat sleeping near Ron. "Is that yours Ron?" Sam asks.

"Yeah this is Scabbers. Pathetic, isn't he?" Ron asks.

"Just a little." Harry said.

"I tried to use a spell to turn him yellow, but it didn't work. I'll show you." Ron said as he took out his wand. Just as he was about to cast the spell a girl with bushy brown hair walked up to their compartment. This was Hermione Granger.

"Excuse me, have you seen a toad? A boy named Neville's lost it." She said when she noticed Ron's wand. "Oh are you doing magic? Let's see it, then."

"Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow, turn this stupid fat rat yellow." Ron said but nothing happened, the rat was still gray.

"Is that a real spell? If so I don't think it's very good. I'm Hermione Granger by the way."

"Sam Snape."

"Ron Weasley."

"Harry Potter."

Immediately hearing Harry's name Hermione was surprised just like everyone else. "Are you really? I've heard all about you. You're in quite a handful of wizarding books."

"I am?" Harry said surprised.

"Goodness yes, I thought you would have wanted to find everything out. We'll be arriving at Hogwarts soon, you three better get dressed." Hermione said leaving.

As the train came to a stop it was nighttime and all the first-year students walked out in their Hogwarts robes.

"First years! First years this way!" Looking down the path they saw Hagrid gesturing for them to follow him. "No more than four to a boat please."

Looking around Sam saw Penny from Diagon Alley with Tulip getting in a boat with Hermione and Neville who was still looking for his toad.

As Harry and Ron climbed into one, they gestured for Sam to get in when another person walked in. It was a girl with white hair, light skin and blue eyes. This was Chiara Lobosca.

"Hey got room for one more?" Chiara asks.

"Sure." Harry nods as Sam climbs in.

"I'm Chiara by the way, I heard we're going to find out what houses we're gonna be in." She said.

"People keep saying that. What exactly are the houses?" Sam asks as they set sail.

"There are 4 houses in Hogwarts and each one is different. They're all pretty good, but there's one you should watch out for." Chiara said.

"You mean Slytherin?" Ron asks and Chiara nods.

"What's wrong with that one?" Harry asks.

"It's where all the bad wizards go. Every witch or wizard in that house turned evil." Ron said.

"You're kidding. There has to be at least one good wizard in that house." Sam said.

He turns around expecting an answer but he saw Ron, Harry and Chiara looking up in awe. Turning his head he looked and saw the giant castle up on the cliffs and drops in his mouth in awe.

"Whoa." Sam said more excited than he's ever been.

As they arrived at the bottom they climbed out of the boats.

"By the way, does this belong to anyone?" Hagrid asks reaching into his pocket and pulling out a toad.

"Trevor!" Neville smiles running over and getting his toad.

"Alright everyone up the stairs." Hagrid said as he led them up a flight of stone steps and knocked on the door.

Opening it from the other side was an old woman in emerald robes. This was Minerva McGonagall.

"First years present and accounted for." Hagrid said.

"Thank you, Hagrid. I will take it from here." She said as Hagrid made his way inside. "Welcome to Hogwarts, the banquet will begin soon but before you can take your seats in the great hall you must first be sorted into your houses: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Your house will be like your family. Your triumphs will earn you house points, while any rule breaking, and you will lose points. At the end of the year the house with the most points will be awarded the house cup. The Sorting Ceremony will begin in a few minutes." McGonagall said making her way inside.

"So it's true what they said on the train. Harry Potter has come to Hogwarts." A blonde-haired boy said causing everyone to mutter as Harry looks to him. To see two more boys with him as he walked over to him. "This is Crabbe and this is Goyle. I'm Malfoy, Draco Malfoy." Almost instantly Ron snickered at that. "You think my name's funny, do you? No need to ask who you are. Red hair and a hand me down robe, you must be a Weasley." Malfoy said before turning back to Harry. "You'll soon find that some Wizarding families are better than others Potter, you don't want to go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there." Malfoy holds out his arm to shake.

"I think I can tell the wrong sort for myself thanks." Harry said causing Malfoy to growl when Prof. McGonagall walked back in.

"We're ready for you now." She said leading them to the great hall where they saw four gigantic tables lined up with students from each houses and the school staff at the very end of the Hall.

"This place gets cooler by the minute." Sam said when he noticed an old hat sitting on a stool.

"Before we begin Prof. Dumbledore has some things he would like to bring to our attention." McGonagall said as he stood up.

"I have a few start of term announcements. To first years the Dark Forest is strictly forbidden to all students. Also our caretaker, Mr. Filch has asked me to remind you that the 3rd floor corridor on the right hand side is out of bounds to anyone who does not wish to die a painful, grisly death." Dumbledore said before sitting down.

"He's kidding, right?" Sam whispers.

"I don't think he is." Harry whispered back.

"Now when I call your name, I shall place the Sorting Hat on your head and you will be sorted into your house." McGonagall said as she started calling out names and a face appeared on the Sorting Hat as it called out the Houses.

"Hermione Granger!"

"GRYFFINDOR!" The hat declared as Gryffindor's table cheered.

"Penny Haywood!"

"HUFFLEPUFF!"

Sam looks to Ron and Harry getting a little nervous. "Hey guys what if we don't get in the same House? We can still be friends, right?"

"Of course, Sam, that's a silly question." Harry chuckles.

"Sorry guess this whole ceremony has me a little nervous." Sam admits when he saw Tulip get sorted into Ravenclaw and Chiara into Hufflepuff.

"Neville Longbottom!"

Nervously Neville walked up and the hat was placed on his head. "GRYFINNDOR!"

Sam scans the teachers table and saw Prof. Snape looking right at him and Harry.

"Draco Malfoy."

As he walked up the hat barely even touched before yelling. "SLYTHERIN!"

Smirking Malfoy went to join Crabbe and Goyle.

"Harry Potter."

As Harry made his way up the entire school was muttering about him as they placed the hat on his head. It took a few minutes before the hat came to its decision. "GRYFFINDOR!"

Smiling Harry made his way over to the table before mouthing good luck to Sam who nods.

"Samuel Snape." McGonagall said and like Harry the school was curious about him.

"Snape? You think he's related to Prof. Snape?"

"No way, like he would ever have a kid."

"Besides that kid actually looks like he has emotions."

Sitting down on the stool the hat was placed on his head.

"Wow, you're a difficult one. Smart like a Ravenclaw, loyal like a Hufflepuff, not to mention a bit of courage and chivalry like a Gryffindor. You want to be with your friends I can see that, but there's something, something you want even more. But what?" The hat asks as Sam turns his head looking at Snape. "Aw there it is, the desire for answers, the ambition, the drive to make someone proud. Better be... SLYTHERIN!"

Sam looks to his friends who nod saying to go for it. As he walked past the staff table, he didn't notice that Snape breathed a sigh of relief as Sam sat at the Slytherin table.

"Merula Snyde."

Walking up after Sam was a girl with brown hair and an orange highlight and just like with Malfoy the second it touched her it screamed Slytherin.

As Ron made his way to the hat it sorted him into Gryffindor and the last of the first years were sorted Prof. Dumbledore stood up.

"Let the feast begin." He said as food appeared on all the golden plates on every table.

Being raised in an orphanage Sam never starved but he never saw this much food in his entire life.

Reaching out he grabbed as much food as his plate could hold and dug in.

"So, looks like Potter isn't the only big shot around here." Turning to the side Sam saw that girl Merula looking at him.

"What do you mean?" Sam asks.

"You can't be that dense. What's your deal? Are you related to Prof. Snape?" Merula asks.

"No…uh I'm an orphan." Sam said uncomfortably.

"I thought not, Prof. Snape is one of the greatest wizards in the school. No way he would tie himself down with a kid." Merula said causing Sam to glare.

"Wow thanks." Sam said sarcastically.

"Just try not to screw things up too much. Slytherin has a reputation and we don't need anyone ruining it." Merula said taking the roll off of Sam's plate and eating it.

'I don't know compared to the rep this house has had before I came here I bet I could this house much better if they had someone who didn't become evil.' Sam thought.

After dessert, Dumbledore waved his wand causing all the plates to be cleaned.

"Alright students, off to bed. Classes start tomorrow." Dumbledore said as the Prefects led all the first years to the dorms.

Following the Slytherins Sam made his way down into the dungeons where it was all dark and spooky before arriving at a door.

"Password." The painting asks.

"Pureblood." The prefect said as the door opened, and they entered to see a large area filled with couches, chairs, bookshelves and tables. "This is the Slytherin common room. Boys dorms are that way and Girls dorms are that way. Don't even think about trying to go to the other side or Prof. Snape will chew you up and spit you out." He said trying to scare them and boy did he succeed.

Making his way to his dorm room, Sam saw all his luggage and Noctis had been brought there.

Smiling he walks over and strokes his owl. "Hey boy, looks like this our new home away from home." Sam said as Noctis hoots at him. "Yeah I hope I can make it through the year too." Sam sighs.

Putting on his pajamas Sam climbed into his bed. Compared to the beds at the orphanage, Sam wasn't used to this kind of treatment.

'I wonder what classes are going to be like?' Sam thought as he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep eager to begin his wizard training.