Summary: In a world where Harry Potter is the twin brother of the boy-who-lived, nothing is the same. When Harry is sorted into Slytherin, he's quickly disowned by his family. Lily and James don't want a slimy Slytherin having anything to do with their chosen one. Taken in by the Malfoy family, Harry learns the meaning of family...and what the Dark side truly stands for.

Author's Notes: Hello everyone. So, I'm planning for this to be a series of seven books. It's an eventual Drarry fic because I absolutely adore Drarry. I hope you like where I'm going with this and remember to leave a quick review.

Ariadne

One

"SLYTHERIN!"

Harry James Potter smirked as the hat shouted his house name. Everything was working out perfectly for him so far. He'd made it to Hogwarts without his parents knowledge, he'd made it to the sorting, and he'd made it into Slytherin. As long as everything else went according to plan, he'd be set to destroy the Potter name. Harry was almost trembling in excitement as he slipped the hat off of his head.

Harry walked towards Slytherin table, scanning it for the perfect place to sit when he saw a blonde boy moving over to make room for him. He locked eyes with the boy and realized that it was Draco Malfoy. Draco Malfoy was the heir to one of the most powerful families in Britain. The Malfoy family was the exact opposite of the Potter family which is what Harry wanted.

Harry had been raised - if you could call what Harry's parents had done raising him - in a Light family. For the first few years, he'd wondered if he'd done something wrong to deserve the way he'd been treated. His mother had never sung to him the way she sung to Jamie, she simply told him to get to bed and to hurry. Mother had never openly admitted that she disliked him but he knew she did. It was glaringly obvious by the way she treated him. James Potter, however, had openly admitted that he believed his youngest son to be dark. Something had gone wrong the night Voldemort attacked them, he said, and Harry had been tainted with darkness. He was always rude to Harry, forcing him to live in the smallest room in Potter Manor, giving him only the bare minimum to eat. James didn't allow Harry to do anything fun, either. Only his older twin brother Jamie was allowed to do things like that.

If that was what embodied a Light family, Harry didn't want anything to do with it. He wanted to try a Dark family and he knew that the Malfoy family would take him in once they heard his secret. He'd been keeping it solely to himself since his tenth birthday and he knew for a fact that the Malfoy family would desire someone like himself.

The night Voldemort had attacked them, Harry had indeed been tainted by darkness in a way. Some of Voldemort's power had been absorbed by a thin, lightning bolt-shaped scar on Harry's forehead. Harry could do things that no one knew he could do. He could talk to snakes and he already had an animagus form. His animagus form had surprised him a bit but he found that it fit his personality. He was a basilisk animagus, quite the powerful one at that. He'd been honing his transformations for over a year now, just getting ready to present himself to the Malfoy Family.

Taking a seat next to Draco, he met the wide eyes of his twin and smirked. Jamie looked a smug for some reason. He'd probably be writing a letter to mummy and daddy as soon as they left the Hall. Oh well. Harry wanted him to do that. As soon as James Potter heard the news that Harry had been sorted into Slytherin, he would be disowned. Being disowned would leave him available for a Dark family to adopt him. Harry forced himself to look ashamed and even a little frightened. Inside, he was shouting with joy.

"Hello Mr. Potter. My name is Draco Malfoy. I'm pleased to make your acquaintance." said the blonde next to him and Harry grinned.

"Please. Just call me Harry."

"Then you simply must call me Draco."

Harry grinned at him as the tables filled with food. They piled their plates with food and started eating right away. Harry looked up and noticed that the potions professor, Severus Snape, was watching him intently. He knew that, in order for his plan to be successful, he absolutely had to have Severus on his side. That was going to be a bit tricky seeing as how James and Severus had hated each other in school but Harry knew how he'd have to do it. He'd have to reveal himself to Severus and Draco. Preferably at the same time.

Glancing across the table, he noticed Blaise Zabini watching him as well. It was common knowledge that the Zabini family had been neutral in the last war but they were incredibly powerful. If Harry could convince them that it was a good idea to ally themselves with him, he would be even happier. But that was something he could work on over the span of a couple of years.

"Uncle Severus is staring at you." Draco said quietly.

Harry nodded. "I know. James Potter hated Severus. He's probably wondering if I'm anything like him."

Draco scoffed. "I can tell just by looking at you that you aren't anything like that mudblood lover."

Harry gave him a sidelong glance. "We'll not talk about that here. Too many prying eyes, Draco."

"We'll meet in my godfather's office after dinner. He wants to talk to you anyways, it looks like."

"Good idea. I need to speak with him as well."

For the rest of dinner, Draco and Harry made small talk as though they were normal children with no knowledge of dark or light. In every glance, though, they shared a wealth of knowledge.

After dinner, Severus Snape came to fetch Harry and Draco from the dungeons. He didn't say much as they walked through the hallways towards the dungeons but Harry and Draco shared a very meaningful look as they followed him. This conversation had the power to completely change everything about the way Harry's plan would go. If Severus decided he didn't believe him, Harry's plans would be dashed to Hell. With Draco on his side, though, Harry thought Severus would believe him.

"I never thought I'd see the day when a Potter was sorted into Slytherin." Severus said, closing the door to his office and casting a privacy charm.

"Potter? I don't consider myself a Potter, Professor. I want nothing more than to destroy the Potter name. They're filthy cretins who've ruined the pureblood name."

Severus nodded thoughtfully. "That they are. Say I believe your story, what are you willing to do in order to see your goal accomplished?"

Harry smirked. "I have a very detailed plan. In order for this plan to be seen through, I have to first join with a very powerful Dark family."

"How will you manage that? You're still under James Potter's control?"

Harry laughed. "Not for much longer. By tomorrow at breakfast, he'll have disowned me. I wasn't even supposed to be at Hogwarts this year. He and Lily were going to send me to a school in Germany so that I couldn't corrupt or hurt their poor Jamie."

"How did you manage to get here?" Draco asked.

"I'm pretty decent at wandless magic so I disillusioned myself and followed them to Kings Cross station. From there, I just had to stay away from Jamie."

"That's why he looked so surprised at your sorting." Severus mused.

"He knew I'd be sorted into Slytherin. That's why James wanted me in Germany. He doesn't want to have to disown me. He and Dumbledore want to keep me under their thumb. But they won't if I'm in Slytherin. Everyone knows that Slytherins are primarily Dark."

"Are you certain that this is what you want?" Severus asked.

"Of course I am. I want to destroy James Potter and his mudblood wife." Harry snarled.

Severus smiled. "Then I'll contact Lucius Malfoy tonight and have him prepare adoption paperwork. He'll adopt you as soon as James disowns you. The prat will most likely send a Howler. If he does that, Magic will recognize his disowning you and it'll be legal. That will mean Lucius can adopt you right away."

"Good. Thank you. This...means a lot to me."

"Do you really think Father will adopt him?" Draco asked.

Severus nodded. "Harry is quite powerful. He'll be a very good addition to the Malfoy family."

"True."

"Let's get you boys back to Slytherin Common Room. We have an early start to the morning."

Severus led them back to their dorm where they were shown their beds. Harry and Draco's beds were right next to each other and they climbed into them, still talking quietly about what was to come tomorrow at breakfast. Harry fell into a rather deep sleep after a few moments, eager to start his new life.