Chapter 17: Mudbloods and Snakes
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The new year had begun at Hogwarts and needless to say life for Sam was a little different.
As he walked down the halls, he saw people from other houses including Slytherin talking about him as he walked by. It's almost like he was becoming a celebrity.
"It's weird isn't it?" Sam looks to see Harry standing outside the great hall. "Having people talk about you like that?"
Smiling Sam walked over they high fived. "Flying a car into the Whomping Willow. Why and how?"
"We couldn't get onto the platform the barrier was up for some reason." Harry said.
"That's a little weird." Sam said.
"Yeah we did a pretty good job until landing. We crashed into the tree and Ron broke his wand." Harry said as they walked in to see Ron tying Spellotape around his wand.
"Yikes, kinda glad you didn't bring me along for this one." Sam cringed as Ron looks over.
"Be honest I'm doomed, aren't I?" Ron asks.
"Oh yeah." Sam and Harry said causing him to groan.
"There's no way Mom is gonna let me get a new one after what I did to the car." Ron whines.
"Well I can show you a few tricks." Sam said.
"You can't do magic without a wand." Hermione said.
"Oh yeah? Hand me the paper and that milk." Sam points.
As Hermione reached over and handed it to them a few students looked over.
"Watch and learn." Sam said rolling the Daily Prophet into a cone before pouring the milk inside it. "Now almost all the milk is gone. Where did it go?" Sam asks.
"In the paper." Neville guesses.
"Is that right?" Sam asks before snapping his fingers and unrolling the paper to reveal it was all gone. "Alakazam."
"Wow that was amazing!" A voice said as Sam saw a flash of light.
Rubbing his eyes Sam opened them to reveal a young boy with wild blonde hair, this was Colin Creevey.
"Hi Sam my name's Colin I'm a Gryffindor." He said.
"Nice to meet you Colin." Sam cringed.
"Hey can I get a picture of you and Harry together? You two are the biggest stars of the school." Colin asks excitedly.
"We are?" Harry asks looking to Sam.
"Of course. I've heard all about you Harry and Sam your fame just stated up over the summer but people are already calling you a big deal just like Harry." Colin said taking a picture of them both together causing Harry and Sam to wince.
"How do you put up with all this?" Sam cringed.
"What makes you think I have?" Harry cringed as they both rubbed their eyes.
"You sure like taking photos." Sam said.
"Yeah my dad wants me to send him as many as I can of Hogwarts he couldn't believe it when I got my letter. Can I get one with you guys too?" Colin asks.
"What's this? Have Samuel and Potter started doing Photo Shoots?" Malfoy scoffs.
"Shut up Malfoy." Harry said.
"Do us all a favor and get lost." Sam said.
"You're just jealous." Colin said.
"Jealous?" Malfoy growls causing everyone to look over. "Of what? A loser with an ugly scar and the other pulled out of a garbage can?"
Hearing this Crabbe and Goyle chuckled.
"At least those two are doing something with their lives." Malfoy turns around to see Blaise and Daphne looking at him.
"Oh great are these new recruits to your stupid cause Samuel?" Malfoy mocks.
"It's not stupid." Sam said.
"Listen guys I wanted to ask a small favor." Sam said looking to Harry, Ron and Hermione. "Tryouts for the team are this weekend and since you guys are some of my best friends it would really mean a lot if you came to fields to support me."
"Well I was gonna—" Before Ron could finish Hermione nudged him.
"We'd be happy to Sam." Hermione smiles.
"Wouldn't miss it." Harry smiles.
"Thanks guys." Sam said when the mail started coming in when an owl crashed into Ron's cereal.
"Oh my god is that thing dead?" Sam asks.
"No, that's just Errol. My families' owl." Ron said when Errol dropped a red envelope in front of Ron causing him to freeze. "Oh no."
"Uh oh looks like Weasley's got himself a Howler." Tulip cringed causing quite a few people to laugh.
"What's a Howler?" Sam asks.
"Something you never want to get." Tulip said.
"You better open it Ron. I ignored one from my Gran once. It was horrible." Neville shudders.
Slowly Ron reaches towards the envelope and when it opens the letter took the form of a mouth.
"RONALD WEASLEY!" Mrs. Weasley's voice boomed from the Howler causing Sam to jump back startled. "HOW DARE YOU STEAL THAT CAR! I AM ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTED! YOUR FATHER IS FACING AN INQUIRY AT WORK AND IT IS ALL YOUR FAULT! IF YOU PUT ANOTHER TOE OUT OF LINE, WE WILL BRING YOU STRAIGHT HOME!"
"I am so glad Martha doesn't know about these things." Sam cringed as the Howler turned to Ginny.
"Oh and Ginny congratulations on making Gryffindor, your father and I are so pleased." It said before blowing raspberry at Ron before crumbling up.
"Good thing the Dursleys don't care about me that much. I bet they wished that tree had crushed me." Harry cringed.
"Okay you and I are gonna have to circle back to that at some point but yikes this is nuts." Sam said.
Soon classes, started up.
First was Herbology. In the greenhouses, Sam pulls a weed and ends up yanking out a Mandrake who was screaming. Luckily, Prof. Sprout told everyone to wear earmuffs.
"Oh shut you stupid plant!" Sam said shoving it into a new pot and dumbing soil on top of it.
"Boy you really don't like plants." Tulip said working next to him.
"Yes well I had a bad encounter with some Devil Snare, twice." Sam said looking right at Malfoy when he said that. "Honestly, if I can make it through the end of this year without having to deal with a plant trying to kill me, I would be so happy."
Hearing this Tulip giggles. "Let's hope this year isn't as bad as your last one."
"Somehow I don't think that's possible here at Hogwarts." Sam mutters.
Next class was Charms, and Sam and Daphne were standing across from some candles.
"Alright class, today we will be learning Incendio, the Fire charm. Now when you aim your wands I want you to just make enough to light the candles." Prof. Flitwick said.
Penny and Sam look to each other before taking a deep breath and held out their wands.
"Incendio!" Sam and Daphne said as small flames shot out and hit the candles.
"Very good, as we progress you will make your flames bigger and stronger too." Flitwick said as they walked back to their seats.
"Wow for a former Ice Queen you're pretty good with fire spells." Sam smirks.
"I do pretty well in Charms." Daphne admits.
"Nothing wrong with that." Sam smiles.
Then it was time for Potions, Sam's favorite class.
In the dungeons, Snape was walking around the class.
"I expect to see eyes on your cauldrons. No lollygagging." Snape said as he walked by Sam who was crushing his ingredients into small bits before loading them into the cauldron while Harry who was next to him was taking notes slowly stirring.
Behind him, Ron and Neville and were impressed.
"Wow Sam's really in the zone." Ron whispers.
"Yeah he makes this class look easy." Neville said when suddenly they were both whacked on the back of the head with a newspaper.
"You should be less focused on other students and more on your own work." Snape glares.
As he walks past them, Harry looks to Sam.
"Did you read the entire Potions Book?" Harry smirks.
"It was easier than all of Lockhart's books." Sam said stirring his cauldron.
"Come on Sam, let's give him a chance. He might surprise us." Harry said when Snape whacks him with the paper.
"You have time to chat you have time to finish your potion, Potter." Snape glares.
Harry looks over to Sam who chuckles. "Alright fine."
Soon came Defense Against the Dark Arts, and while all the boys seemed ready all the girls were on the edge of their seats.
"So how have you guys been doing in classes so far?" Sam asks sitting across from Harry and Ron.
"I'm doing decent, Ron on the other hand." Harry cringed.
"Spellotape?" Sam asks.
"It's horrible." Ron cringed when suddenly the door opens from the top of the stairs revealing Prof. Lockhart.
"Let me introduce to your new Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher, myself. Gilderoy Lockhart, Order of Merlin 3rd class, honorary member of the Dark Force Defense League and 5-time winner of Witch Weekly's most charming smile award. But I don't focus on that one. I didn't get rid of the Bandon Banshee by smiling at it." He said smiling at them.
"Now I see you all have my books I thought we'd all start today with a little quiz. Nothing to worry about, just to see how well you've read them." Lockhart said grabbing some papers and passing them out.
At Sam's table, he, Harry, Ron and Merula look at their papers and cringe.
"What the heck? These are all about him?" Ron said.
"His favorite color?" Sam read.
"His greatest achievement to date?" Harry read.
"Is this a joke?" Merula asks.
"You have 30 minutes." Lockhart said as they all took out their quills.
It took every ounce of willpower Sam had to not rip this stupid quiz into pieces.
When the grading started Gilderoy examined them.
"Tut tut, hardly any of you remember my favorite color is Lilac. However, Ms. Hermione Granger, you got full marks. Ms. Granger where are you?" Lockhart asks.
"Right here sir." Hermione said almost shooting out of her desk.
"Excellent work, 10 points to Gryffindor." Lockhart said.
"For what? Being a superfan?" Merula mumbles.
"Now be warned it is my job to arm you against the foulest creatures known to wizardkind." Lockhart said taking out his wand and walking towards a cage covered in a blanket that began to shake violently. "You may find yourselves facing your worst fears in this room. Know that no harm will befall you while I am here. I must ask you not to scream it might provoke them!" Pulling off the blanket they saw the cage was filled with Cornish Pixies.
"Cornish Pixies?" Seamus chuckles.
"Freshly caught Cornish Pixies." Lockhart corrects.
"You got us all worked up for a bunch of these little pests?" Ismelda mocks.
"Laugh if you will Ms. Murk, but Pixies can be devilish little blights. Let's see what you make of them." Lockhart opens the cage and it instantly became a nightmare.
Panicking all the students ducked for cover as the pixies tore up everything.
"Get lost you little freaks!" Merula said whacking one away. "At least these stupid books are good for something."
Daphne screams as one grabs her hair.
"Hold still!" Sam said whacking it off her with his book.
"Someone help!" Neville screams as the Pixies lifted him up and hung him from the chandelier.
"Don't worry! I've got this! Peskipiksi Pesternomi!" Lockhart waves his wand but absolutely nothing happens.
Flying in, one of the Pixies stole his wand causing everyone but Sam, Harry, Ron, Hermione and Merula to run out screaming.
"Uh well I'll leave it to the 5 of you to gather up the rest of them!" Lockhart said running to his office and closing the door.
"Seriously?!" Sam said.
"Are you kidding me?!" Merula snaps.
"Immobulus!" Hermione said casting her wand and all the pixies were stopped in midair.
"Neville you okay buddy?" Sam calls out.
"Why is it always me?" Neville asks.
"Alright you guys start gathering up the Cornish Pixies, I'll get Neville down." Sam said taking out his wand. "Wingardium Leviosa!"
Flicking his wand Neville was lifted off the chandelier and brought down next to him.
"Thanks Sam." Neville said.
"It's what friends do." Sam said patting him on the back and Neville went out.
"Can you guys believe him?" Ron asks as Sam walked over.
"You were right Sam; this class would be a joke." Harry said.
"What kind of dumb spell was that?" Merula asks.
"He just wanted to give us some hands-on experience." Hermione said.
"Hands on experience? Hermione, he left us to clean up his mess. He had no idea what he was doing." Sam said.
"I never thought I would say this but Sam is right. That guy sucks." Merula said.
"Rubbish, you read all his books. He's done so many amazing things." Hermione said.
"So he says." Ron mutters.
"Ugh I don't have time for this. I got Tryouts to prepare for." Sam said walking out.
That weekend, Quidditch Tryouts were for Slytherin were being held.
In the locker rooms, Sam put on the Silver and Green quidditch robes before grabbing his broom.
"Enjoy those robes while you can." Sam looks to see Malfoy standing across from him in matching robes. "Because it's the last time you'll ever wear them."
"Bring it on Malfoy. I'll knock you right off your broom." Sam glares.
"I cannot wait to see the look on your stupid face when they pick me to be Seeker." Malfoy glares.
"Is that right?" Sam asks as Malfoy shoves past him and walks outside.
Taking a deep breath, Sam walks out onto the field.
As Harry, Ron, Hermione, Penny, Barnaby and Liz sat down in the stands they watched the Chasers finish their tryouts.
"Alright! All of you down here!" Marcus said as they landed. "With the beaters and keeper already picked joining me and Orion as a Chaser will be…Skye Parkin."
"Yes!" Skye pumps her fist.
"Don't screw this chance up." Marcus said as Sam and Malfoy walked up.
"Hey Sam." Skye waves along with Orion.
Smiling Sam waves back.
"You two here for the Seeker spot?" Marcus asks.
"Yes I am." Sam said.
"Obviously." Malfoy said.
"Alright, you can go first." Flint said pointing to Sam.
Sam nods mounting his Nimbus 2000 and taking off into the air.
"You are to do two dashes around the course followed by a high climb and a dive. Orion will throw a golfball that you have to catch." Flint said.
"Got it." Sam nods.
Taking off into the air Sam flew around the field at a high speed before climbing up into the air and dove towards the ground and pulling up.
"Here it comes!" Orion threw the golfball with all his might and Sam flew towards it at full speed.
Everyone held their breath as Sam reached out and caught the ball before pulling out of the dive.
"Yes!" Sam said holding it up.
"Whoo! Go Sam!" Penny cheers.
"No way Malfoy can beat that." Barnaby said.
"Looks like I might have some competition this year." Harry smiles as Sam flies down.
Running down all of them were eager to congratulate him as Sam walked over to the team.
"Whoo! That felt good." Sam smiles walking up to Marcus Flint. "What did you think about that?"
"Draco Malfoy is the new Slytherin Seeker." Flint said shocking him.
"What?! But he didn't even take off yet. I was good, why would you pick Malfoy without seeing what he can do?"
"Have a look." Flint said as the entire Quidditch Team held up new brooms.
"Wait those are all Nimbus 2001s. I thought they were sold out of those." Sam said.
"Who do you think bought them all?" Malfoy smirks.
"A very generous donation from Draco's father." Flint said.
"Dude he bribed you to put his son on the team." Sam said.
"Yes and it worked." Flint said as Sam couldn't believe his ears.
"There's that stupid face." Malfoy smirks when the others ran over. "Oh look, a field invasion."
"Hey Sam that was amazing." Penny said.
"You had to have made Seeker from that." Ron said.
"I didn't. Malfoy did." Sam said shocking them.
"You see, unlike your friend. I can afford the best and I always get what I want. Face it Sam, you're not a real Slytherin you're a disgrace." Malfoy mocks.
"At least Sam didn't have to bribe his way onto the team. He actually had confidence in his talent." Hermione said.
"No one asked for your opinion, you filthy little Mudblood." Malfoy spat.
"Whoa." Barnaby said.
"Not cool." Liz said.
"You are the worst." Penny said.
Sam and Harry looked to each other and knew whatever that word meant was bad.
"You'll pay for that one Malfoy. Eat slugs!" Ron said waving his wand but ended up getting blasted himself knocking him onto the grass.
"Ron are you alright?" Harry gasps as they ran over.
Groaning Ron bends over the grass and ends up spitting out a slug grossing them out.
"Oh man." Orion cringed.
"Gross." Skye said while the rest of the Slytherin team laughed at him.
"Barnaby give me a hand." Harry said as they helped him up.
"Let's get him to Hagrid, he'll know what to do." Liz said as they and Hermione ran off.
"See that Samuel, you can go around spouting your stupid nonsense but at the end of the day power, fame and status control everything. You're just a dreamer but I live in the real world. That's why no matter how hard you try to change things you'll always be nothing but a worthless piece of —" Before Malfoy could finish, he was met by a punch to the face knocking him to the ground.
Shocked everyone looked to see the attacker was Penny.
"Don't you dare talk to Sam like that. He's twice the wizard you'll ever be." Penny glares.
"Whoa Penny." Sam said blown away.
"What the hell is your problem Haywood?" Malfoy glares.
"You deserved that for how you talked to Sam and Hermione." Penny said as she grabbed his arm and they walked away to Hagrid.
"You'll never change Slytherin House, Samuel!" Malfoy snaps as Orion and Skye watched Sam walk away.
Around the corner, Sam and Penny were on the way to Hagrid's hut.
"Penny that was." Sam starts.
"Sorry I know but he just drove me nuts the way he talked to you and Hermi—" Before Penny could finish Sam gave her a peck on the cheek and a big hug.
"That was the most amazing thing I ever saw." Sam smiles causing Penny to blush.
"Wow uh really?" She said nervously.
"You are single-handedly the most amazing girl I've ever met. Seeing you knock Malfoy to the ground like that…you're amazing. Thank you, Penny." Sam said walking ahead.
Sighing Penny put a hand to her cheek where Sam kissed her. "I should have done that a long time ago." Penny giggles before racing after him.
In Hagrid's hut, Sam and Penny joined the others as Hagrid walked over with a bucket.
"Hate to tell you this Ron, but the only thing you can do is wait until it stops." Hagrid said as Ron spit a slug into the bucket grossing everyone out. "How did this happen anyway?"
"Well it started when we all came to support Sam." Barnaby said when Hagrid noticed Sam in the Quidditch Robes.
"Oh right, tryouts were today. How'd it go, Sam?" Hagrid asks interested.
"I didn't make it." Sam sighs.
"It happens. You'll get another chance." Hagrid said patting him on the back.
"Assuming Malfoy doesn't buy the Seeker spot again." Liz said.
"Excuse me?" Hagrid asks.
"Malfoy's dad bought every member of the team a Nimbus 2001 so they'd pick him and not Sam." Liz said.
"Well that's not right, but still that's no reason to try and curse him." Hagrid said.
"It's not just that, he also called Hermione something." Harry said.
"Yeah but I have no idea what it meant." Sam said as Hermione looked away.
"He called me a Mudblood." Hermione said.
"He didn't." Hagrid gasps.
"He did." Barnaby and Liz said.
"What is a Mudblood?" Harry asks.
"It means dirty blood. Mudbloods are a really foul name for someone who is muggleborn." Barnaby explains.
"Someone with no magical parents, just regular muggles." Liz said.
"Someone like me." Hermione said.
"You see boys, there are some wizards like the Malfoy family who think they're better than everyone because they are what we call pureblood." Hagrid said.
"That's horrible." Harry said.
"And disgusting." Ron said after spitting out another slug.
"Penny nailed Malfoy in the face for that one." Sam smirks.
"And I'd do it again." Penny smiles proudly.
"Atta girl Penny, but I wouldn't recommend making a habit of that. If Lucius hears your keep going after his son, he could make things very difficult for you and your family." Hagrid said.
"Besides we all know it's total garbage. Hermione you're one of the best in our year." Liz said.
"Yeah there's not a spell we've learned you haven't mastered yet." Barnaby smiles.
"Thanks guys." Hermione smiles softly appreciating it.
"Plus we all know there's not a wizard alive who is half blood or less. If we didn't marry to muggles wizards would have died out." Hagrid said.
"Hermione no matter what Malfoy says we know you're an awesome witch. Malfoy has got nothing on you with his pureblood." Sam said.
"Sam, I wish more Slytherins were like you three." Hagrid said.
"Well slowly more and more starting to listen to me." Sam said.
"Maybe someday more will listen to you." Harry said.
"I hope so. I'm getting tired of people calling me a pathetic dreamer." Sam sighs.
"What's wrong with dreams? Sam never stop following yours. That's what can make you go far." Hagrid said causing him to smile.
"Thanks Hagrid." Sam said.
That night in the Slytherin Common Room, Sam walks in and puts his broom down on the table and growls annoyed.
"Stupid…lousy…arrogant." Sam mumbles.
"Snotnose…annoying…idiotic." Snape mumbles walking in and they looked at each other.
"I don't wanna know and I don't care." They both said causing them both to pause.
"Hmm that's a first out of you." Snape said.
"These last few days have been a real pain so I am really not in a mood." Sam said.
"You think you have problems? Please." Snape scoffs.
"Malfoy bribed his way onto the team just to humiliate me and don't even get me started on Prof. Lockhart." Sam scoffs.
"Oh yes, tell me what did your new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher teach you?" Snape asks.
"Nothing, he made us take a quiz where all the questions were about him and then he opened a cage of Cornish Pixies and left us to clean up the mess." Sam said.
"Ugh disgraceful I could teach Defense Against Arts better than him." Snape said getting Sam's attention.
"Alright, prove it." Sam said as Snape looks to him.
"Excuse me?" Snape asks.
"You say you could teach Defense Against the Dark Arts well prove it. Teach me something." Sam said.
"And pray tell why should I?" Snape asks.
"If you can't teach one student something from Defense Against the Dark Arts how do you expect to run the class someday? Sam challenges.
"I'll have you know I have the most knowledge of the Dark Arts in this entire school." Snape said.
"Well in that case this should be a breeze for you. Unless you wanna be Potions Master for the rest of your life." Sam said.
"Alright, give me some time to think of a lesson, but don't expect me to give you an easy one." Snape said.
"Bring it on." Sam said.
Making his way to bed, Sam laid down before opening up Slytherin's journal he started reading an entry.
"The new school year brings about learning and change with each year that comes new students and new opportunities present themselves for me and my colleagues. Lately, there have been more and more students with two muggle parents, muggleborns or mudbloods as some call them. Some are welcomed and some are shunned most by my own house. One year I made a choice, but little did I know this choice would bring about a horrible nightmare that would change how people would see myself and my house, but worst of all it brought forth my greatest shame."
"Greatest shame? Oh man that does not sound good." Sam gulps.
He flips to the next page but saw there were no more details to the entry.
"What? Oh man what happened? Did I miss something?" Sam asks reaching for his wand.
As Sam traced his wand along the words Sam looked for a missing something but what happened next shocked him. The words "greatest shame" started to glow blue causing Sam to gasp as a thin blue line was pulled out of the book and hung to his wand.
"What is this?" Sam asks when the blue line left his wand and went under his bed.
Bending down Sam saw it enter his family Pensieve. "What the?"
Reaching out Sam grabs hold of the Pensieve and saw something form inside it and Sam found himself sucked inside.
In the memory, Sam found himself on the hill outside Hogwarts.
"What the?" Sam said when he heard the clashing of metal. Looking to the hill he saw two men clashing weapons.
One was a man with long brown hair dressed in red and gold. In his hands was a beautiful sword and the other was a man with a shaved head and dressed in green and sliver, but what surprised Sam was that in his hands were the Viper Fangs.
As the two men clashed the brown hair smirks as he pushed the bald one back, but just when he thought he won his opponent disappeared into the shadows causing him to gasp before he was kicked in the butt causing him to trip on a tree root and fall.
Turning around he was met with a Viper Fang inches from his face.
"Looks like I win again Godric." He smirks.
"Are you kidding? The tree won that battle for you Salazar." Godric smirks causing Sam to gasp.
In front of him were Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin, two of the four Hogwarts founders.
"Wizards use everything to their advantage." Salazar said offering a hand and helping him up.
"How many matches is that?" Godric asks.
"Right now, I lead with 108 wins to 106 losses." Salazar said.
"I'll catch up to you sooner or later." Godric smirks.
"Sure, you will." Salazar said as they laughed before walking past Sam to Hogwarts.
"Wow, that's Salazar Slytherin? He's so cool, so happy." Sam said looking at Salazar's smiling face.
"There you two are." A female voice said.
Turning around Sam saw two women by the front of the school. One was a woman with long black hair, dressed in blue and bronze and the other was a woman with long brown hair dressed in yellow. These were Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff.
"Sorry Rowena but I just had to kick Godric's butt one more time before the year started." Salazar said.
"You two and your silly competitions." Rowena shakes her head.
"It's amazing your little rivalry hasn't gotten one of you killed." Helga giggles.
"Oh Helga you worry too much." Godric said patting Salazar on the back. "There's no way I could harm my best friend."
"Of course not. You'd miss me too much." Salazar said.
"Hardly. I just wouldn't have a good dueling partner anymore." Godric scoffs.
"The four founders all together." Sam said in awe.
"Okay you two. Be nice we got students coming." Helga said as they saw multiple torch lights heading towards the castle and they saw hundreds of Hogwarts students looking at the castle in awe.
"Here they come." Godric smiles putting on what looked like the Sorting Hat only it was just a normal hat.
"Whoa, so it really was Gryffindor's hat." Sam said.
"Salazar, it's your turn to guide them in." Helga said as they walked in.
Taking a deep breath, Salazar looks to the students and took out his wand.
"Vermillious!" Salazar said firing red sparks into the air with his wand getting their attention.
"Alright listen up because I will only say this once. Welcome to Hogwarts, any student how has been here for more than one year will take your seats in the Great Hall, the first years will come with me and meet my colleagues. The four of us will choose which of our houses you will belong to for your time here. Being at this school is not a right it is a privilege and if for any reason we believe some of you aren't worthy of that privilege you will be punished. Do I make myself clear?" He glares causing all of them to nod. "Good. Now all of you head inside." Salazar said.
As the students walked in Salazar eyed one slightly older student who had long black hair with Slytherin colors and smiles, but just as he was about to follow, he heard a noise and he turned around looking right at Sam. "You there."
"Huh?" Sam said when Salazar walks right through him.
Turning around Sam saw a boy a year younger than him with messy brown hair and a nervous look on his face.
"What are doing just standing here?"
"S-Sorry sir, it's just…this place." The boy said gesturing to the castle.
"Hogwarts is amazing isn't it? Are you nervous?" Salazar asks as the boy nods. "Don't worry, we'll get you sorted into your house and you'll feel right at home."
"It's a lot to take in. What if I'm not good at it?" He asks.
"That's why you're here, to learn." Salazar said.
"What if no one picks me?" He asks.
"Everyone gets picked." Salazar looks at the young boy closely. "What's your name boy?"
"William." He said.
"Well William didn't your parents prepare you for Hogwarts before you left?" Salazar asks.
"No sir, neither of my parents can do magic. They don't know about Hogwarts." William shook his head.
"So they're both muggles?" Salazar narrows his eyes as William nods nervously. "Are you scared?"
"A little." William nods.
"Are you scared of me?" Salazar asks with a dark glare that caused Sam to freeze up.
"Yes but, I want to learn magic. I want to learn as much as I can and become an amazing wizard." William declares.
Salazar looks at him and chuckles. "You've got quite the drive, spirit, ambition. Lucky for you, that's what some look for in their houses. Mine included." Salazar said surprising both Sam and William. "You'll be fine, ready to get sorted."
"Yes sir." William smiles.
"Come on in William." Salazar said leading him inside.
"Whoa." Sam said in awe as about to follow them when he heard a hissing noise. "Huh?"
Looking to the ground he saw a snake make its way towards them and as Sam followed it the snake stopped in front of a shadowy figure and heard a strange noise that sounded like hissing.
"Mudblood." It growled.
Suddenly Sam was pulled out of the memory and lands on his bed.
"Whoa, that was incredible." Sam reached for Salazar's Slytherin's journal. "Salazar Slytherin helped a muggleborn." Sam smiles feeling proud before realizing something. "Wait, he said this led to his greatest mistake, but how?"
Sam looks at the journal and then to the Pensieve and realized this journal might hold more secrets than Sam realized and he had a way to find them.