The sorting hat doesn't take orders
Harry waits with the rest of the first years waiting anxiously for there name to find out what house they will be in. Not harry he knows he'll be in griffindor he is the golden boy afterall.
Not that he thought he was worthy of any of his titles. no harry thougt that he was worth less than a stepped on peice of gum. And that they most definitely had the wrong child because harry was a worthless freak not a famous person.
"Harry Potter" minerva called
Harry walked up to the hat and sat down. The hat seemed to examine his mind 'not slytherin not slytherin not slytherin not slytherin.' He kept repeating in his head but the hat didn't pay it any mind. "Better be.. SLYTHERIN!"
And just like that the whole world came crashing down on harry for the first time since the last time he attempted.
He got up and sat with the snakes reluctantly.
A tall italian boy outstretched his hand "im blaise zabini" "harry potter" he took his hand and shook it. They started talking about poetry and became friends pretty quickly.
That night harry cried and cried. he had spent his whole life a disappointment and when he gets a second chance hes still a disappointment. He thought about attempting again but he still wanted to try to be less disappointing.
The next morning harry got up at 5:00AM and to his shock no one else was up. He supposed it was because nobody else had trauma nightmares of there parents dying or there latest attenpt.
He got ready quietly, harry had always been good at quiet and sublety like most abused kids were. He got his defense against the dark arts book and opened it to the older year pages. He saw something about compulsion charms and how to identify them he bookmarked it and went back to first year reading.
Then it came time to put his book up and go to breakfast. he saw blaise with a girl he soon learned was 'daphne' the trio walked into the great hall and to there amusement a weasley was yelling at dumbledore.
"What d'you think hes mad about?" Asked harry "i have no idea." Came blaise's honest answer. They moved closer trying to hear what the redhead was so mad about.
"YOU SAID HE WOULD BE IN GRIFFINDOR! YOU SAID THAT WE WOULD BE BEST FRIENDS! YOU SAID THAT WE WOULD GO ON ADVENTURES TOGETHER! BUT YET HES A SLIMY SNAKE!!" Is what the redhead was yelling.
"Who do you think he's referring to?" Asked daphne
"Probably harry" said blaise
"No dumbledore would never say those things!" Said harry
"Are you under compulsions potter?" Malfoy asked
But he wasnt be rude not even mocking no it seemed like he was asking a question.
"Run a diagnostic on him you took healer training" blaise said
"Im not under compulsions and even if i was it wouldn't do well to remove them in the great hall would it?" Harry said grudgingly
"He's right it should wait lets go sit down to eat." Daphne said trying to break the fight up she did so successfully
The four walked up to the table and sat down filling up there plates and eating. The headmaster walked up to harry and said "hello harry my boy would you swing down to my office for a little chat?" But harry knew better than to accept. "I would mind actually sir."
The headmaster clearly looked like he wanted to tell harry he had to. But he had the grace not to infront of the whole great hall. "Thats okay harry my boy." And before he walked off harry said "and im not your boy."
This made the headmaster looked like he wanted to curse harry but he didn't. Instead he just walked off, twinkle missing from his eye.
Saying those things to the headmaster was harry testing if he was really under compulsions. He was as it turned out, in the book it said if your under compulsions and you are rude or don't listen to the person who put you under them it can make you feel sick.
"Draco remove the compulsions now." Harry asked a little more demanding then he intended to be, but draco didn't need telling twice.
Instantly it felt like a fog had been lifted he could see the headmaster for the manipulator he was now. "Its not amazing im not a healer go to Proffessor snape and ask him to remove it for you. I only did enough to weaken it." Draco said
"Professor snape hates me you saw potions class yesterday" harry said
"Well i'll just come with you then severus is my godfather so he'll do it if i ask." Said draco