My Second fanfic! This one should be better than the last. Read and Enjoy

Harry potter and the Infernal Requiem

Disclaimer: I don't Own Harry Potter or Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom, as much as I might wish that I did. Any character or settings are property of their respective owners.

Or perhaps in Slytherin

You'll make your real friends,

Those cunning folks use any means

To achieve their ends.

So put me on! Don't be afraid!

And don't get in a flap!

You're in safe hands (though I have none)

For I'm a Thinking Cap!"

The Sorting Hat's song ended, as the Great Hall erupted into applause, Harry couldn't stop thinking how much his life has changed recently. For years, his aunt and uncle, as well as his idiot cousin Dudley, have been abusive and hateful. Harry has been beaten, starved, and overworked since before he could remember. His only memory without his Aunt and Uncle is a strange flash of green light.

Then out of nowhere, Harry had gotten a letter over the summer. Just seeing the letter had caused his Uncle to become worse than ever before. After a week of trying to stop the letters from arriving at the house, his uncle had moved the entire family to the middle of nowhere. The night of Harry's eleventh birthday, the door was ripped off its hinges and in came a man that makes even the large Uncle Vernon look like a school boy. His name was Hagrid, and he had told Harry about the wizarding world, about his parents, and tried to turn Dudley into a pig (Harry could only guess that Dudley was too much of a pig for the spell to work.) The next day, Hagrid had taken Harry into London, to someplace called Diagon Alley,

When they went to the bank, Hagrid had insisted that Harry let him to all of the talking. "Ya' don't wanna insult a goblin, even by accident. Best let me do all the talkin'. Younger kids then you have never ended up at Hogwarts 'cause they ran afoul of a goblin." Hagrid had told him. After a lengthy stay in the bank, a roller coaster ride to his trust vault and a strange package, Harry and Hagrid set off to collect Harry's school supplies. As he went to get his robes; he passed a blonde haired boy that looked like your typical spoiled brat. Harry was secretly glad that they had taken so long at the bank. He wouldn't have wanted to have to talk to that kid.

At the end of the day, Hagrid had taken Harry back to the Dursleys, against Harry's pleading not to. "You'll be safer there, I promise. If the muggles won't let ya' go to the train send me an owl and I'll take you myself." As soon as Hagrid had left Harry reached out his wand and books, looking for a spell to take him back to Diagon Alley. He had found a charm called, "Wingardium Leviosa" that would let him float his things and decided that it was better than nothing. As he raised his wand to cast the spell, there was a loud BANG! Harry jumped backwards as he looked around in surprise.

In front of him, on the side of the road was a large purple double-decker bus, the words "Knight Bus" visible on the side. As Harry stood up, an old man exited the bus and said, "Welcome to the Knight Bus. My name is Ernie Prang. Where would you like to head this evening?" After Harry got over his shock, he quickly said, "The Leaky Cauldron, How much is that?"

"8 sickles"

Harry handed him the money and lifted his things onto the bus. After five minutes of hairpin turns, nearly puking on more than one occasion, and speeds that defied everything that Harry knew to be true, Harry had arrived at the Leaky Cauldron, where he paid 15 galleons for a room until September first.

Over the next two weeks, He began practicing spells that were in his new text books. He quickly found that he had an affinity to Defense Against the Dark Arts, which according to Tom, the old barkeep, he was at the same level as your average third year student, and potions, which, while not as good as D.A.D.A, was better than an ordinary first year student.

Two weeks before the start of term, after two days Harry was able to turn a matchstick into a needle. Seeing as it was breakfast time and he was hungry, he decided to go and get some breakfast before he tried some new curses from the second year book. As he reached the bottom of the stairs, he saw a crowd of people coming out of the fireplace. People coming out of the fireplace weren't a rare occurrence, but all of these people were clearly from the same family. They all had red hair and freckles and were wearing what look like second hand robes. He decided to try and strike up a conversation with one of them that appears to be about his age. "Hi I'm-"Harry started. "Shut up and get out of my way you worthless git!" he yelled as he stormed past him. The older women, who could only be his mother looked at Harry like we was unworthy to be in the presence of her family and followed her son towards the entrance to Diagon alley. The rest followed after her just as harry turned to go order breakfast, two of the red-heads, clearly twins, walked over and one said sadly, "We sincerely apologize for our brother's rude words, just proves that he is the worthless git. My name is Fred-"

And I'm George; it's a pleasure to meet you." First year?" George asked. As harry nodded Fred smiled, "Good, We need you to beat Ron's-that our jerk of a brother, by the way-score on all the tests this year. If you can do that, then we'll give you something next year that I'm sure you'll find useful. It'll be worth it to prove he's not nearly as tough as he thinks he is. Deal?" Harry looked surprised by this request, but decides that it was as good a way as any to get back at him for his rudeness. "Deal. I never got to introduce myself I'm-"Harry said before being interrupted by the mother returning and yelling, "YOU BOYS SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN TO ASSOCIATE WITH NOBODYS LIKE HIM! THAT WON'T HELP THE WEASLEY FAMILY TO REGAIN IT WEALTH AND STATUS. NOW LET'S GO!"

One of the boys tossed a piece of paper at harry and smiled then winked and followed his mother. Harry took the piece of paper and read it, "Hi kid, we never did catch your name. If you're reading this, than mum caught us. Sorry we couldn't talk more; we'll try and find you on the train. Until then, Gred and Forge Weasley." Harry smiled and ordered an omelet and some bacon for breakfast.

Two weeks came and went in the blink of an eye. Harry had started to work on some of the more difficult potions. He had almost emptied this trust fault buying a number of expensive potion ingredients. The most expensive was a vial of Re'em Blood, one hundred galleons for it. Harry didn't think that he would be able use it for a while, but it would be good to have in case he has enough time during the course of the year. He was fairly certain that he had learned every spell and potion in the first year curriculum and most of the second year spells, he even brought some books on advanced hexes and curses to read in his spare time. Harry asked Tom if he would be able to floo onto the platform, and when Tom nodded handed him three sickles for a small bag of Floo powder. He threw it into the fire and said, "Platform nine and three quarters!" after spinning out of control for a few second he came to a stop at the platform and the sight was breathtaking.

The Train was a bright red and the entire platform seemed to be made of gold. Seeing that he was one of the first people there, he decided to find a seat and took the first available compartment and loaded his trunk. He watched and waited as people started to arrive en masse to the platform. He was the entire red haired family, that snobby looking blonde, with who he could only assume was his parents and a few people that he recognized from The Leaky Cauldron. Half an hour later the conductor called for final boarding. The door to his compartment opened and a red haired girl walked in and asked "May I sit in here with you?" Harry smiled, "Of course." She smiled back and stored her trunk and sat across from him. "My name is Susan Bones, what's yours?" she asked politely. "I'm Harry Potter." She her eyes widen toward his scar, he chuckled, "Yes, that Harry Potter. Are you related to Madam Bones from the Department of Magical Law Enforcement?" Harry asked.

Susan blushed slightly that she'd been caught staring, "Yes, she's my aunt. I live with her most of the time. Do you know which house you are going to be in?"

Harry thought for a moment, he'd read all about the four houses of Hogwarts; Gryffindor for the brave, Ravenclaw for the wise, Hufflepuff for the loyal, and Slytherin for the cunning. Each house was founded by one of the greatest witches or wizards of that age. "Most likely Gryffindor or Slytherin. What about you?"

"Probably Hufflepuff, my whole family has been in it since Hogwarts was founded. " Susan replies cheerfully.

"I guess that make us enemies then…" Harry said with mock hatred in his voice, causing Susan to laugh.

The door opens and in comes two red-haired twins. "Remember us?" the one on the left said. Harry smiles and answers "How could I forget you, Gred and Forge!" This caused the twin on the right to shake his head. "We can't have made much of an introduction since I should be obvious that I'm Gred and he's Forge. Can't you even tell us apart?" remarks Fred causing laugh all around.

George looks towards Harry and says, "We never did get your name the last time we meet."

Harry smirks and whispers to George, "I'm Harry Potter."

George promptly faints. Fred looks at him and says chuckling, "You'd think that you just told him you were Harry Potter."

Harry lifts up his bangs and says, "I did."

Fred proceeds to join his brother, causing both the first years to burst out laughing. Ten minutes later, the food trolley arrives and harry buys some of everything for his new friends. As Fred enjoys a cauldron cake, George looks to harry and says, "Sucks to be Ron. Mum told him to be sure to befriend Harry Potter so he could get some of your money. Wait until he finds out that the guy he called a worthless git was Harry Potter!"

Harry smirks, "It wouldn't have mattered. I don't just give away money even to friends. Fred, what are your two going to do after school?"

Fred smirks and replies, "We are going to make the best joke shop in the world. Assuming we can get the money together."

Harry looks at them and says, "Let me know when you're ready to set it up, I might be able to give you guys a start-up loan."

George was flabbergasted, "Are you serious? I thought that you don't give away money even to friends?"

"I don't but that doesn't mean that I don't make long term investments." Harry answers smiling.

Fred smirks, "Let us know if you need some backup, we'll give you a hand anytime. You two better get changed; we'll be there in ten minutes." And with that, they left the compartment, talking about candy that makes you sick.

The trip up to the castle was relatively uneventful aside from Malfoy and Ron both going for a swim compliments of the giant squid. The entrance hall was much bigger than he was expecting. He was in awe of all the painting that were moving and talking and ghosts that scared half of the first years. Just than a very stern looking old lady came and explains about the school and how they would be sorted. Wearing some old hat was totally different than most of what he heard while in the Cauldron, most people mentioned have to wrestle a troll, or duel a teacher. There is no way that any first year would be able to do that. After lining up in alphabetical order, Professor McGonagall led them into the Great Hall, after a few minutes the hat burst into song.

After it finished, and after the applause Professor McGonagall called out, "Abbott, Hannah!" and a young girl walked up to the stage and sat on the stool, and few moment after the hat was place on her head that hat yelled, "Hufflepuff!" Amidst the cheers from Hufflepuff Hannah ran over to her new house. Next Professor McGonagall Called out "Bones, Susan!" Harry gave her a quick nod as she sat in the stool and she nodded back, for 5 minutes there was silence and then the silence was broken with a yell of, "Slytherin!" As Slytherin cheered Susan seemed to be surprised by this turn of events. And the sorting continued.

"Boot, Terry!" "Ravenclaw!"

"Brocklehurst, Mandy!" "Ravenclaw!"

"Brown, Lavender" "Gryffindor!"

"Bulstrode, Millicent" "Slytherin!"

"Crabbe, Vincent!" "Slytherin!"

"Finch-Fletchley, Justin!" "Hufflepuff!"

"Goyle, Gregory!" "Slytherin!"

"Granger, Hermione!" "Gryffindor!"

"Greengrass, Daphne!" "Slytherin!"

"Longbottom, Neville!" "Gryffindor!"

"MacDougal, Morag!" "Ravenclaw!"

"Malfoy, Draco!" "Slytherin!"

"Moon, Lily!" "Hufflepuff!"

"Nott, Theodore!" "Slytherin!"

"Parkinson, Pansy!" "Slytherin!"

"Patil, Padma!" "Ravenclaw!"

"Patil, Parvati!" "Gryffindor!"

Peakes, Sally-Anne! "Gryffindor"

Now harry stood at the Front of the line and knew what the next name was. "Harry Potter!" Professor McGonagall called and the hall was silent in an instant. Then the muttering started. As Harry walked up to the stool he overheard some of the conversations, "Is that really him?" "He beat You-Know-Who?" Harry sat on the stool and felt the hat be place on his head, and heard a voice, "Harry Potter, this will be a challenge, let's see what traits you have. Loyalty to those who hold your trust, wisdom to be weary around those that don't, the cunning to determine which is which, and courage to see your choice through to the end. You, Mr. Potter are exactly what the founders thought to be the ideal wizard, but my task remains. Of those traits Courage and Cunning are the greatest. Though Dumbledore asked me to do otherwise, the choice is yours: Slytherin or Gryffindor. Harry thought for a moment then decided, "Slytherin". The hat cracked a smile, "Very well, I expect great things Mr. Potter."

After ten minutes, the silence that had shrouded the hall was broken as the hat erupted, "Slytherin!" The far left table exploded into applause and cheering, with the only other cheering being from the staff table and the Weasley twins. Harry smiled as we went to the table and sat next to Susan and watched the last of the new students being sorted.

"Thomas, Dean!" "Gryffindor!"

"Turpin, Lisa!" "Ravenclaw!"

"Weasley, Ronald!" "Gryffindor!

"Zabani, Blaise!" "Slytherin!"

As the last of the Students took their seats Professor Dumbledore stood and said something completely nonsensical then as he sat back down, the plates suddenly became full of food. As Harry reached for some pork chops, he felt his scar began to prickle. Turning his head he saw that both Professor Quirrell and Professor Dumbledore were looking at him with fear in their eyes. Wondering why they were afraid, his hunger got the better of him and he got back to his dinner, laughing with his new friends, Susan and Daphne. Daphne's parents were good friends of Harry's and they had been concerned that no one but Dumbledore seemed to know where he was. Harry made a mental note to send Hedwig with a letter asking about his parents, then began to telling them about his Aunt and Uncle.

Even though he left out the worst of it, both Susan and Daphne were furious. Susan stormed off to send an owl to her Aunt and see if there was anything that she could do. After she'd calmed down, Daphne mentioned that she was sending her parents a letter in the morning. Harry offered to let her use Hedwig, since he was going to send them a letter about his parents, and Daphne accepted. Susan returned at this point, still a little mad about his "Family", and she finished her dinner just as the food was cleared from the plates and Professor Dumbledore stood up. After explaining not to go into the forest or the third floor, they were dismissed, and they followed a prefect named Marcus Flint through the dungeons, to the Statue of Merlin just past the potions classroom. Then Flint turns to the group of first years, and says, "This school doesn't seem to understand that not all Slytherins are evil. Our house values blood purity and cunning, which has led to conflict between us and Gryffindor. They all ways seem to forget that Sirius Black was as dark as they can get and he wasn't one of us. This statue of Merlin is the entrance to our common room. The password is 'Le Fay'. This changes once a month and will be posted on the common room bulletin board. If you forget, ask myself or one of the other prefects and we will assist you. One more thing, before we enter, We, Slytherins always stick together. If you get into trouble, let the house know and we'll be sure to back you up."

With that said he turned and said the password. Merlin winked and moved to the side, revealing a large door way to a wide open room. The Common Room was bathed in a green light that Flint explained was because we were directly beneath the Black Lake. As most of the first years started to head to the dormitories, Harry and Daphne started to write letters to send to her parents when Malfoy came over and tried to get Harry's attention, but Harry ignored him.

After sending Hedwig out with the letters, Harry and Daphne were ready to go to bed when they were stopped by Malfoy, flanked by two new goons. "Potter, who do you think you are, ignoring me like that? Think you're better than everyone is that it?" Malfoy said with a smirk. Harry looks him in the eyes and said as he walked past them to the boys' dorm, "No, Malfoy, I don't. I think that I'm better than you." Malfoy's out face turned a shade of purple that would make Uncle Vernon proud and pulled out his wand and pointed it toward the dorm, only to find Harry's wand pointed at his forehead. "Try it. I learned more curses in the last month then you've learned in the last ten year." Malfoy started to panic, then smirked, "He's bluffing. He couldn't have used magic outside of school." And then he started to laugh. Harry joined him, then points his wand towards a vase by the Girls' Dorms, and yelled, "Reducto!" and the vase turned to dust was a loud crack. Malfoy and his goons ran out of the Common Room yelling about his father, as Harry and Daphne laughed. Daphne stopped and looked scared. "If he goes to Professor Snape, you could be expelled!" Harry stopped, and then pointed his wand at where the vase used to be and said, "Repairo!" and the dust reformed like it was never damaged.

At that point, the Statue moved and Malfoy and goons came back with a man with greasy black hair and a crooked nose. He looked into Harry's eyes, and took a step back, but quickly regained his composure and walked over to Harry, "Mr. Potter, Mr. Malfoy told me that you attempt to kill him with a blasting curse. Is this true?"

Harry made a mental note to thank Daphne for the advice, as he lied easily, "Of course not, Sir. I wouldn't even know how to cast a blasting curse. I simply told Draco that his family had no power in this school and that if he wanted to act better than me, he should prove that he is. "

Malfoy looked pissed, "Professor, look destroyed that vase-"he yelled as he noticed that the vase was repaired.

Harry smoothly continued, "That vase was broken as Malfoy and his friends ran out of the Common Room. I simply thought that I should repair it before someone hurt their feet on the pieces. Feel free to check my wand for magic."

Snape took his wand, pointed it at Harry's and said, "Prior Incantato." As the grey smoke reformed as a vase, Snape turned to Malfoy and said, "Detention, Mr. Malfoy for spreading lies about a housemate. Now go to bed before you get in more trouble."

Draco turned purple for the second time that night and sneered, "Ask that Bitch Greengrass, she saw the whole thing."

Daphne looked at Snape and said, "Harry's was telling the truth, Malfoy just can't get over the fact Harry's got more talent than him."

Snape sneered, "Detention for a week Mr. Malfoy, Care to try for more?"

Malfoy decided to cut his losses and turn to Daphne sneering, "Blood Traitor." as he left muttering about his father.

Snape turned back to harry and said, "I was wondering if I might have a word with you, Mr. Potter?"

Harry smiled, "Of course, Professor, See you tomorrow, Daphne." As he and Snape left, Daphne called after him, "I'll stay up and see if I can write a few more letters before the breakfast."

Elsewhere in the Castle, Professor Dumbledore was pacing around his office interrogating the Sorting Hat. "Why did you sort harry into Slytherin!? I told you to make sure that he was in Gryffindor!"

The Hat replies, "My orders from the founders trump yours, Headmaster. He was fit for Slytherin more so than Gryffindor so that was where I sorted him. I have nothing more to say on the subject."

"If he isn't then I can't control him! He needs to be convinced that Slytherin is evil, so that he will continue to follow my master plan! If he can't befriend Ron Weasley, then his true potential might awaken. Slytherins are too cunning. One of them might figure out that I've bound his core! That would be catastrophic! Wait, Mr. Malfoy is everything that Harry Potter should hate, if I use him, and then he can still be set against them. He could be our Trojan horse against Voldemort! I still need to make him befriend Ron Weasley. Wait… What if I reward points for interschool unity? That would give an opening that Ron could exploit. Yes, that's it! You have set me back you foolish hat, but I will correct this! I am Albus Dumbledore, the Leader of Light and the greatest wizard to ever be born! No damn hat can foil my plans!"

Snape and Harry went into the potions classroom and Harry took a seat across from Snape. Snape started the conversation, "Harry, I'm well aware that you cast the blasting curse and lied to me about it. I don't care. Mr. Malfoy is an obnoxious snob and since I know you never intended to harm him, I let it slide. I must say that I am surprised that you were able to cast a blasting curse as a first year. Petunia must have let you practice magic. I never thought that she'd have changed since we were kids."

Harry was shocked; first that Snape knew he was lying, then that he wouldn't punish him, but most of all that Snape knew his aunt. "Does that mean you knew my mother?" harry asked with more than a little hope in his voice.

Snape nodded, "She was my best friend since before either of use came to school. Petunia barely talked to her after she got her letter. When Dumbledore told me that you were living with her, I thought that he had condemned you to a life of misery. I'm glad that my fears were unfounded."

Harry started to get angry, and almost yelled, "he did. The only reason that I was able to practice was because I ran away to the leaky cauldron after I got my school things. She and my uncle beat me, starved me, and…" Harry spent the next 25 minutes crying and telling Snape how cruel and depraved the Dursleys were and with each sentence, Snape got madder and madder, until when harry finally finished, he was livid. "How dare them! I should go over there and burn all of them to a crisp." Snape screamed. As he slowly started to cool down, Snape started to think more logically, "Do you have an owl, Harry?" Snape asked as calmly as he could.

Harry, who was just starting to calm down, said, "Yes, but I sent her to deliver messages to Mr. and Mrs. Greengrass. Daphne told me that they were friends of my parents and wanted to know more about them."

Snape smiled, "Good, when she comes back, send her with two messages, one to Madam Bones, telling her what the Dursleys have done to you over the past ten years, and then one to the Greengrasses, asking if they would be willing to take temporary custody as the Dursleys are unfit to care for you."

Harry tells Snape, "I think that Susan Bones already told Amelia part of what I told you. I told her and Daphne during dinner, and they were both angry. Then Susan left dinner, saying that she had to send a message to her aunt."

Snape smiled, "Good, then you may not have to write any letters. I've no doubt that Susan told her aunt what she knew, and knowing Daphne, she may have anticipated that Susan might have told Amelia and asked her parents to apply for guardianship. If that is the case, tomorrow should be very interesting. You should get to bed. We'll talk tomorrow afternoon. Good night." And with that he led harry back to the Common Room.

Chapter one is done! R&R The sooner you review, the sooner I update

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