Right when I walk into the common room, Nico abandons me and walks up to his room.

"Thanks for sticking with me Nico" I mutter as I make my way up the staircase. I am greeted with a green and silver room. There is 1 other girl in the room who is reading a book. She doesn't acknowledge me, so I cough.

No response.

I cough again, a little louder this time.

Still no response.

I finally decide to go up to her. I tap her on the shoulder. I get nailed in the nose by a flying fist.

"OW!" I screech. "WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!"

She puts a bookmark in the book and turns to me.

"You interrupted me." She shrugs.

I smile.

"You and my friend Annabeth would get along great. I'm Piper McLean." I reach out my hand to shake.

"Alex Night" she says, ignoring my outstretched hand.

I look around the room. There are no other suitcases. There are 5 bunks.

"Is there anyone else coming?" I ask.

Her face grows dark. "No. Most Slytherins were prosecuted and found guilty of something after the battle of Hogwarts. My old friend, Clara Hein was found guilty of "attempting to aid the death eaters in the war" because she didn't fight in the war. Almost all of Slytherin house is behind bars, some are in Azkaban."

That's horrible! I'd heard of the battle of Hogwarts, and I'd heard that Slytherin was supposedly the worst house.

"Were any of them actually guilty?" I ask.

"Most of them just didn't want to fight their parents. A lot of our family are Death Eaters. My own mom was one, but I still fought. I wish I hadn't. I ended up killing her. They still prosecuted me, but seeing as I fought they couldn't do anything to me. They just put me on house arrest." She gestures to a metal link on her ankle.

Suddenly, I don't feel like Slytherin is the worst house. I feel like it is the best. I am proud to be in it.

Alex looks up at me and I notice something I didn't before. She has a scar running down the side of her face. She sees me staring and attempts to cover it up, but it's no use. It is still clear as day.

"Where'd you get the scar?" I ask.

"In the battle. A Gryffindor saw me and assumed I was going to help the enemy. They sent a section of the school tumbling down on me. Hence the scar, and the metal arm."

Metal arm? I look at her right arm. Normal. I look at the left. Gleaming silver. How did I not notice this before now?

"Try not to mention the battle to any of the Slytherins. We lost a lot of people. Good people. Innocent people. My sister should be here any minute. Would you like to meet her?" She asks.

"Sure." I follow her down the staircase and wait outside the dormitory. There's a knock. Alex opens the door to reveal a girl almost identical to her.

"Piper meet Andy, Andy meet Piper."

"Hey sis!" Andy says to Alex. "How's life? Wow, you look like a knight in shining ARMor!"

Alex groans.

I notice that Andy is wearing Ravenclaw robes. I'm about to ask if she knows Leo or Annabeth when Annabeth pops up behind Andy.

"PIPER!!" She screams.

We all re introduce ourselves and go to sit by the fire. Around 10:00 Andy and Annabeth excuse themselves to go back to their dormitory, and Alex and I settle in to bed for the night.