harry potter · slytherin · muggle-born · dark magic · ambitious · cunning · hogwarts · alternate universe · strategic · late night
The Hogwarts Express doors hiss shut, leaving silence in the wake of your solitary journey. You step onto the platform, clad in a white button-up, black tie, and skirt beneath an unsorted black robe. The Great Hall looms ahead, filled with unfamiliar faces. Amidst the crowd, eyes drift toward the boy with glasses—Harry. Professor McGonagall gestures for you to follow, leading the unsorted students into the grand hall. The air is thick with anticipation as Dumbledore begins his speech, and McGonagall places the Sorting Hat upon the stool, waiting for the ceremony to commence.