10 Chapter 10: You Have the Skills for Everything

The conversation between the boys continued even when William went back to his book, that's when the Honeydukes Express stopped at the compartment door to offer the sweets it was carrying in its little cart, obviously Harry Potter bought the whole cart with his coins. He offered some candy to his compartment mates and Will selected one that looked normal with a flavor that wasn't special, he didn't want something like booger flavor.

Knowing what would happen and who would appear now he could only sigh, as expected the door opened again and revealed the figure of a girl, William was slightly surprised that she was different from the movie more because of her teeth but it wasn't something that was out of his calculations, plus it was a little encouraging that she was like that.

"Have you seen a frog?" asked the girl looking at the trio in the compartment, Ron was playing with his wand trying to conjure his rat to make it change color but nothing happened making the girl laugh "Are you sure that's a real spell?"

At the girl's question Ron and Harry looked at each other uncomfortably "I've only tried simple spells but they worked well" she took steps forward looking for where to sit but could only find Will leaning back in the seat while reading "sorry would you mind?"

At the girl's question Ron looked at her fearfully but Will only sighed and regained a normal sitting posture, without closing the book completely, the girl didn't lose her concentration she sat back in her seat and pointed her wand at Harry "Oculus Reparo!" exclaimed the girl unleashing her spell to repair Harry's glasses.

She immediately recognized Harry and duly introduced herself with her name, Germione Granger. Everyone introduced themselves except William who was immersed in his book but no one seemed to mind after all this one himself was silent the whole way.

"You have to change now, we'll be arriving at the station soon" the girl warned before getting up to leave.

"The frog is two compartments away, under the right seat it's hiding in a corner" Will continued reading surprising the trio he was sitting with "You better go get it otherwise you'll lose it."

Hermione wanted to say something but decided to follow William's suggestion and ran to get the frog, as for William himself he only said it because he felt sorry for Neville and everything that happened to him throughout the story, he himself didn't deserve so much trouble when he suffered so much throughout his life, a little empathy.

When they arrived at the station all the children descended and were guided by Hagrid to the rafts, William was surprised, never in all his previous life had he seen a scene like the one he was witnessing, the great castle of Hogwarts.

Truth be told in his previous life he had not had opportunities to travel and so he did not have many memories of different places but now it was different.

They were led through the castle and partially introduced and finally they were all ushered into the dining room. William could see the small altercation between Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Draco Malfoy but not an issue he had to get involved in, getting involved with any of the three was just trouble.

Led by Professor McGonagall everyone entered the dining hall where the long tables were waiting with many students at each table, enchanted sky looking like it was night and many candles levitating.

The students were stopped right in front of the teachers to give the floor to the headmaster of the school, Albus Dumbledore, the strongest wizard alive today.

Finally came the turn of the sorting hat, each of the students had to be referred to one of the four houses, Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw. The students passed one by one without change to the original houses, Harry Potter was the center of attention for everyone and finally it was Gryffindor the house that took him in.

"William Rosier" called Professor McGonagall looking at her long parchment, Will took steps forward to get to the stool where he sat down to receive the hat on his head.

The moment the hat came in contact with Will's head he began to shout "Slythe-!" he didn't finish the word, he half-stood and fell silent surprising everyone including Dumbledore himself who stroked his beard.

"what happened?" asked William looking up.

"You're not simple kid, I've never had a head like this before I must admit, this is a really hard choice. You don't seem to like any of the houses specifically but your abilities are really amazing" The hat praised William loudly.

"Your blood is pure and proud, worthy of a Slytherin like your whole family, there is nothing to be ashamed of Slytherin students are calculating like you. Of course that is not to say that your quest for knowledge is not worthy of Ravenclaw, the libraries of that house will help you in your progress, but Hufflepuff could also be your home, no one has tried as hard as you in the past, a squib becoming a wizard is nothing that has been seen before."

With the last words even Argus Filch dropped his goblet due to surprise, some professors gave him a look but understood his surprise after all he was a squib himself.

The hat was still on Will's head, five minutes had already passed "what else can I see about you?" asked the hat almost laughing like a kid in a store full of sweets "Oh...you certainly are a very special boy Mr. Rosier, there is no doubt your house is GRYFFINDOR!"

There was some applause but in general the whole place was silent and William himself had a pale complexion as the hat laughed "This time I'm one hundred percent sure!"

"Great now the children of Death Eaters can get into Gryffindor" said Ron with annoyance watching as William walked past to the table away from his own position "Now we won't be able to be safe even in the common room"

"What do you mean Ron, who is a Death Eater?" asked Harry looking at his new friend but the one who answered was the girl who had repaired his glasses earlier.

"Ron he means followers of you know who, the Rosier family were one of the dark lord's supporters and from what I hear the former head of the house was killed by aurors. They are dark wizards Harry."

"Dark wizards..." muttered Harry looking at William in the distance.