TFA: Chapter 2: The Other Potter

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— Harry comparing the relative merits of his and his twin's facial deformations.

## Summary:

Harry Potter ruminates on his pre-Hogwarts magical studies, before going to King's Cross and boarding the Hogwart's Express. There, he meets several people, including his twin, Charlus Potter. He is sorted into Slytherin, and gets his first taste of the house politics.

## Plot:

**September 1st, 1991:** Harry paced his room, pondering the excitement he was feeling, and going over the events of the past two months, particularly how he got the smallest bedroom, and his revision of his school textbooks. He purports to have memorized them with his near-eidetic memory, including *The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1*, His Potions, Transfiguration, and Defense Against the Dark Arts Books, as well as a book on wizarding culture and government, *Hogwarts, a History*, and some extracurricular Defense Against the Dark Art's books. He also has practiced many of his spells, specifically excelling in Transfiguration.

He goes to King's Cross, taking a ride with his uncle, and reflects on his conscious decision to ignore his father, and why he named his owl Nemesis. On Platform Nine and Three-Quarters, Harry enters a brief legilimentic confrontation with Charlotte Weitts again, forced to relieve some memories he rather wouldn't, remembers her from the wand shop, and decides avoiding her eye contact might be a good idea. He boards the train, finds a compartment, and levitated his trunk to the overhead bin.

While reading *The Rise and Fall of The Dark Arts,* Harry's compartment is entered by Tracey Davis and Daphne Greengrass. He is introduced to Tracey, levitates their trunks to the overhead compartment, is introduced to Daphne, and refuses to give his name. Additionally, he reflects on the various political situations of their families, and the familial system of Magical Britain. They discuss which houses they would be sorted into, with Daphne preferring Slytherin with the possibility of Ravenclaw, Tracey liking Ravenclaw, and Harry wanting Ravenclaw or Slytherin.

Their compartment is opened by Charlus Potter, accompanied by Ron Weasley. Charlus is looking for his twin brother, and introduces himself to Tracey, before finding Harry. They have an icy reunion, where Charlus comments on how Harry has fixed his eyes and tamed his hair, and how no one really does that in their family. Tracey freaks out about this, Charlus buys 'the lot' off of the trolley, and hustles Harry into another compartment.

They have a conversation about how Harry fixed his hair, using magic and Harry's time at The Dursley's. Harry is distant and confrontational the entire conversation. When he drops She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named's proper name, Charlus gasps, which prompts a discussion about how Charlus defeated Voldemort, and how it might have been Harry that defeated her in actuality. Charlus doesn't like this.

Draco Malfoy enters the compartment to introduce himself, and is Charlus is confrontational. Harry corrects him on who the heir is, and Malfoy leaves. Hermione Granger enters the room, looking for Neville Longbottom's toad. They discuss how Harry is unmentioned in the historical record, and Harry leaves before he loses control.

Harry collects himself in the loo, before exiting the train and crossing the Black lake on the boats. They enter the castle to meet Professor McGonagall, and listens to the sorting hat's song. Several people are sorted, and when it is Harry's turn, he has a brief conversation with the hat.

The sorting hat enjoys peering into his mind, the mind of someone with such potential. Harry intimates to the hat he will go where the hat thinks is best for him. It eliminates Hufflepuff immediately, and Gryffindor shortly afterwards, because Harry doesn't possess the vital trait of foolish bravery. It deliberates between Ravenclaw and Slytherin, eventually deciding on Slytherin because Ravenclaw, while a good fit, would leave Harry bored, and Slytherin would help Harry the most on the path to greatness.

He takes his seat, and discuss the school and the madness of the Headmaster with his housemates. Malfoy is confrontational with Harry, and Harry uses legilimency to mess with him. He takes an accounting of the Head Table, focusing specifically on Severus Snape, whom he exchanges some mild Legilimency with, and Amelia Hurst, whom his scar hurts after looking at.

Dumbledore dispense some wisdom and warnings about the Third Floor Corridor and The Forbidden Forest, introduces the new member of the staff, Amelia Hurst, and sends them all off to bed.

After a snide remark to Draco Malfoy, Macnair steps in to bully him, and he is warded off by Grace Weitts, who gives him advice on how to survive in the house of the snakes. When they arrive in the Slytherin Common Room, Severus Snape introduces them to the values and rules of Slytherin House.

## Characters Introduced:

Daphne Greengrass.

Tracey Davis.

Hermione Granger.

Ron Weasley.

Blaise Zabini.

Theodore Nott.

Pansy Parkinson.

Amelia Hurst.

Severus Snape.

Grace Weitts.

Hannah Abbott.

Susan Bones.

Terry Boot.

Mandy Brocklehurst.

Lavender Brown.

Millicent Bulstrode.

Vincent Crabbe.

Gregory Goyle.

Neville Longbottom.

Padma Patil.

Parvati Patil.

Lillian Moon.

Andrew Macnair.

Chronological Order