The Dark Trio {A Harry Potter Fanfiction}

Harry was sweet to Hagrid, he actually liked him more then he liked most people, however when Harry and Hagrid parted at King’s Cross, Harry felt like most of the kids there with their families and their happy goodbyes weren’t for him. Harry dragged his trunk aboard and found an empty compartment. About 5 minutes later the boy from the robes shop entered, the one with the blonde hair and the sharp nose. Harry slid himself into the corner of the compartment, pushing into the shadows as he often did. The blonde boy sat and slowly two larger boys entered and a girl with sharp facial features and dark hair. He learnt the boys were Crabbe and Goyle, and the girl was Pansy, the boy from the robe shop he knew was Draco Malfoy.

After listening to them converse awhile Harry started letting his guard down. He learnt a lot about Hogwarts, how they all wanted to be in Slytherin, it was noble and that’s where the ambitious and cunning belonged. Harry liked the sound of that.

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The sorting hat took a minute to place Harry, however he was so excited about Slytherin, and the hat could see it would make him great, so moments later it shouted out “SLYTHERIN!”

Harry joined his new friends to watch the rest of the sorting, across from him was another girl, Hermione Granger, who caused quite the scene when she was sorted Slytherin. Harry would soon find out it was because she was Muggleborn. The other surprise came when Ron Weasley was sorted Slytherin, the other Weasleys, a blood traitor family, had been Gryffindors, for centuries.

They all ended up being friends and dorm mates, it didn’t take long for Harry, Ron and Hermione to become close as they were the outcasts, since Harry was technically from a blood traitor family and was raised by muggles. Slytherin was traditionally majority pure blood and those that weren't had a harder time with comradery.

Hermione was the brightest witch of her age. It only took 3 untraceable poisons slipped into peoples pumpkin juice, and a handful of painful curses, for the Slytherins to stop bullying muggle borns, half-blood’s and blood traitors. Hermione knew the dark, forbidden magic, she also knew how not to get caught. The teachers all adored smart, clever Hermione. Snape however kept a close eye on her enjoyment of the restricted section. Noting all the dark magic that must be floating around her bright head.

Ron wanted desperately to get out of his family’s shadow. Ron had a dark way about him, he always thought about the most traumatic, painful and long lasting ways to hex and get his revenge. Harry often had to reign in his mates mind and thoughts. When Ron casted his first dark spell, the power of it left them unable to speak of it, they were all blown away by the power held in their little group.

Harry had the drive to be great, admired, the want to be free and the thick skin to be around other Slytherins.

Hermione had the knowledge, the need to change the world and was mad enough to do it.

Ron had the power and very little conscience.

The Wizarding World didn’t notice when Quirrell was found in a dungeon with no sign of trauma but undoubtedly dead. When Lockhart was found in his study, hanging sideways from his chair, a goblet on the floor. No one knows about Snape finding the trio walking away from the forbidden forest and the body of a man named Peter bloodied with gashes from the darkest and most painful of magic, Ron’s hands soaked with blood inside his pockets. The remains of Umbridge turned even the most experienced aurors away, and that one turned Hermione a little bit more mad, the magic and torture used proved to be maddening.

By the time Voldemort rose to power the trio had killed, hexed and poisoned their way to the top. They didn't need a school full of loyal students, or an ill advised head master. He faced a bright young witch, with untamed hair and a sheen to her eye that gave her a look of being mad. A wizard who preferred blood, and pain to clean lethal spells and coulf manipulate people, using any means necessary. And a boy, broken and ambitious enough for the lot of them who has won their loyalty and kept them going.

Together they defeated Voldemort, and no one innocent died.