What If Harry Was In Slytherin - FULL STORY 1-4 | Harry Potter Film Theory

- Guys, earlier this year we made an epic eight part series called "What If Harry Was In Slytherin". It is possibly the proudest I've ever been of anything we've ever made. The only trouble is that it came out in eight videos, which you made it kind of hard to watch. There's lots of ads. Gotta rewatch the intros and the outros, so what we decided to do was to break it into two smaller parts. We were gonna do one big video, but then it was gonna be like four hours long, so over the next two days, we're gonna be uploading parts one and two of the super cut of "What If Harry Was In Slytherin". This video is going to cover Philosopher's Stone all the way to the Goblet of Fire. And what I'm really excited about is that over the course of the series, you guys submitted lots of great artwork, but we could never show the art alongside the event happening, but now that we have the art, we put it in there, so you can see it as it's happening. I can't wait for it. Please enjoy "What If Harry Was In Slytherin". (dramatic orchestral music) Okay, what happens if Harry is sorted into Slytherin instead of Gryffindor? Would this one change have altered the future of the entire world because it very nearly comes the pass. Dumbledore famously tells Harry in "Chamber Of Secrets", when he's questioning whether or not he truly belongs in Gryffindor, "It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." And the choice he is specifically referring to here is Harry's choice to ask the sorting hat to not put him in Slytherin, which is the reason he ends up in Gryffindor. If not for that choice, he would be in Slytherin. - Slytherin. - We asked ourselves what caused Harry to make this choice? Because even that almost doesn't happen. Turns out it can all be traced back to two conversations Harry has before he arrives at Hogwarts, one with Hagrid and one with Malfoy. Hagrid, of course, tells Harry that there's not a witch or wizard who went bad, who was in Slytherin, and that you know who himself was in Slytherin. And he tells him all this right on the heels of telling Harry how his parents died and who killed them, so we say Harry narrowly missed out being sorted into Slytherin, but that is in fact a really, really good reason to ask the hat to not put him in Slytherin. But the only reason Slytherin comes up at all in the conversation he has with Hagrid is because of a conversation he had earlier in the day with Draco when he meets him at Madame Malcolm's robe shop. At this first chance encounter, Draco has no idea who he's talking to, that this is the Harry Potter. And as such, he is being as snobby and entitled, and as condescending as ever. But over the course of the conversation, he asks Harry which house he thinks he'll be in and reveals that his entire family has been in Slytherin and that he'd probably leave if he was sorted into Hufflepuff. Wouldn't you? But Harry, of course, has no idea what Slytherin or Hufflepuff are at all yet, which is what prompts him to ask Hagrid about Slytherin and Hufflepuff in their conversation later. That's when Hagrid tells him everything about Slytherin house. If Harry had simply not met Draco at Madam Malkin's that day, he wouldn't have asked Hagrid about the houses and would've arrived at Hogwarts completely in the dark about the reputation of the four different houses. Well, almost. Hermione does pop in in the train to ask him and Ron what house they think they'll be sorted into. She does say she thinks Gryffindor is the best, but the Ravenclaw wouldn't be that bad. At which point, Ron tells Harry his entire family has been in Gryffindor and he voices his concern that he would end up in Slytherin. But honestly, that's the whole conversation. Yeah, maybe Ron doesn't wanna be in Slytherin. But again, his whole family was in Gryffindor, so it's hardly enough to motivate Harry to ask the hat not to put him in Slytherin. And it's an even further cry from your parents' murderer was in Slytherin as was every dark wizard who ever was. The real question is what if Harry just hadn't met Draco in the robe shop that day? He would still know about Voldemort and that Voldemort's the one who killed his parents, but he would not have any extra information about the houses or that Voldemort was in Slytherin. But otherwise, I think pretty much everything else plays out the exact same. Harry still goes back to the Dursley's. He still runs into the Wesley's at platform nine 3/4. And he still sits with Ron on the train on the way to Hogwarts, who he becomes immediately good friends with. - We'll take the lot. - Whoa. - Importantly though, he would still have this interaction with Draco on the train. - We'll soon find out that some wizarding families are better than others, Potter. You don't wanna go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there. - Yeah, so in the movies that happens at the Castle, but in the books, in the train. Doesn't really matter. Either way, the point is even if Harry doesn't meet Draco at Madam Malkin's, he will still meet and dislike Draco and still meet and become friends with Ron before any sorting happens. The difference is that come sorting time, he won't have enough ammunition in his head to muster up the request, not Slytherin. You could argue that he'd want to end up in the same house as Ron, but because they sort alphabetically, he wouldn't actually know which house Ron was gonna end up in yet. And besides that, even in the main storyline, after he has heard several good things about Gryffindor, he's still not requesting that the hat put him in Gryffindor, just not Slytherin. In our made up scenario, Harry now arrives to the sorting hat with no preconceptions about the other houses, doesn't request not to be in Slytherin, and so, gets sorted into Slytherin. How do you think the Great Hall would've reacted? We know for sure that the entire Great Hall is waiting with baited breath to see where Harry Potter will be sorted. And we actually know from Snape, way ahead in "Half Blood Prince", what Harry's reputation was amongst the Death Eaters when he first arrived at Hogwarts. I should remind you that when Potter first arrived at Hogwarts, there were still many stories circulating about him, rumors that he himself was a great dark wizard, which was how he had survived the dark Lord's attack. Indeed, many of the dark Lord's old followers thought Potter might be a standard around which we could all rally once more. It one wouldn't surprise me at all if many of the older Slytherin students were aware that this was going to be the year Harry Potter arrived and what his placement in Slytherin might mean. For many of them, Harry being sorted in Slytherin would be confirmation that he was Voldemort's second coming, and I imagine he would get a very warm welcome. Except of course for his brand new classmate, who just made enemies with him on the train and thought this would be his year to be the next big thing to happen at Hogwarts. Draco Malfoy. Ugh, Draco, if you just kept your mouth shut on the train and waited to introduce yourself until after you knew you and Harry were in the same house, maybe you actually could have been friends. Maybe, but no. Instead, either way, Harry and Draco are enemies before they are even sorted. And if anything, I think Harry being sorted into Slytherin would actually make Draco hate him more. To be fair to Draco though, I see this as being a much bigger complication for Harry than Malfoy, at least in terms of fitting in with his new Slytherin housemates. I suspect it wouldn't take any time at all for Malfoy to start pointing out that Harry had already been buddy-buddy with the blood traitors Weasley family, and maybe even less time for Harry to figure out why all the people at Slytherin table were actually excited for him to be sorted there, and that Voldemort used to be a Slytherin himself. And here is I think a good time to remind you that the prophecy about Harry and Voldemort still very much exists. As such, despite Harry being sorted into Slytherin, he is still the one Voldemort has already marked as his equal, and he will always be an enemy of Voldemort, so even if he's in Slytherin, he's not suddenly going to decide to become a dark wizard and embrace the dark arts. Instead, I think his warm reception will actually be kind of short-lived. And after it's revealed that he hates the dark arts along with Draco actively trying to smear his name, I think Harry's going to find himself as a bit of an outcast inside his own house. But not to worry. Harry won't be entirely friendless because don't forget, he still had the train ride with Ron, who would of course still be in Gryffindor. - Gryffindor. - Now granted, 11 year old Ron, not always the best. He's kind of mean to Hermione sometimes and might hold Harry's sorting against him at first, but one lesson in particular I think will change everything. The first day of flying lessons. - Up. - The Gryffindors and the Slytherins would still have this class together, and I imagine it would otherwise pretty much go down the exact same. Neville would still have just gotten the Remembrall in the mail. Draco would still steal it from him. And Harry would still step in to try and get it back. But this time it's actually a lot more meaningful because Harry is not defending his fellow Gryffindor. He's actually stepping across enemy lines to defend Neville as a Slytherin from the Slytherins. And why would Harry do this? Because of how Ron was a friend to him on the train and how everyone in his house, and specifically Draco, has been treating him since he was sorted. And so, Ron and Harry still become best friends, and Harry scores some points with the other Gryffindors too. And speaking of scoring points, yes, I do still think this incident leads to Harry landing a spot on the Quidditch team, but obviously this time, it's on the Slytherin Quidditch team. Now, this would all come down to Snape, who despite his overall glumness is still absolutely and unexpectedly, but assuredly, a Quidditch hooligan, who very much cares about winning, but let's talk about Snape for a second because if Harry's in Slytherin, then would Snape actually like him or would he still hate him? And it's hard to say. I mean Harry still looks exactly like James Potter, so there's that, but Harry being sorted into Slytherin is absolutely a slap in the face to James Potter as well, so there's also that. But really, I think it comes down to what we said before about how Death Eaters are supposed to be treating Harry Potter, at this point. Snape, ever the absolutely expert triple agent, would at least know that he supposed to act like he supports Harry as a Slytherin. Whether or not a Snape actually liked him, I think he would be forced to at least treat him way better. Harry still gets on the Quidditch team and he still gets his Nimbus 2000, and in this scenario, I like to think that the funding comes from the same source it does in "Chamber Of Secrets", Lucius Malfoy. Because while the students might immediately write Harry off, I imagine Lucius can see past the short term and see the potential for Harry to still become a dark wizard figurehead, and he absolutely knows the importance of keeping up appearances. This would of course Enrage Draco to just know, and not only did Potter make the Quidditch team, but his father, his own father, bought him the broom. But we'll come back to Quidditch in a moment because before the first match happens, another important event happens that year. - Troll in the dungeon. - This is a big scene because it is normally what cements Harry, Ron and Hermione as total BFFs, but in this scenario I think it goes down a lot differently because it's the Halloween feast, so everyone's sitting at their own assigned house tables. When the chaos breaks out, Harry and Ron aren't together and I think just immediately get shuffled back to their dorms. What about Hermione? Does she just die? Yep, that's it. This is a big turn. It's really a bad thing that Harry didn't get sorted. No, I'm just kidding. We'll assume that Ron was still a jerk to her that day and that she ended up crying in the bathroom, but really it doesn't matter because Harry and Ron are together at this point and they are the ones who lock the troll in the bathroom with her. Instead, the teachers just deal with the troll like they would have anyway, and the incident passes without the three of them becoming besties. However, then we come to the first Quidditch match, which is still Gryffindor versus Slytherin, and where Quirrell is still trying to Curse Harry off his broom. And I think in this scenario, Hermione still catches Snape uttering the counter Curse, and still saves Harry by lighting Snape's robes on fire. And yes, don't worry, I hear you. Why would she do that though if she wasn't in Gryffindor? And the answer is because of the Remembrall. Remember, all of the first year Gryffindors were there to see Harry take on Malfoy that day. And in this scenario, at that point, Harry and Hermione's situation would be pretty similar. Both of them would be horribly outcast in their own houses. Hermione would've been inspired by Harry's actions that day and saved him at the Quidditch match just the same. The main difference being though that Slytherin then definitely goes on to win the match and Gryffindor just was crushed. Ironically, instead of Harry and Ron saving Hermione, Hermione saves Harry and the three of them end up best friends anyway. Now granted, it's a lot different because they can't all just hang out in the common room nonstop like they could if all three of them were in Gryffindor, but it's not as big of an issue as you think because they spend tons of time together just in the library, or in the Great Hall, or just around the castle, in classes. They don't have to spend all that time in the common room, which don't forget, Harry probably doesn't even want to be spending that much time in the Slytherin common room, where Draco and Crabbe and Goyle constantly are. That said, I don't think his life is probably nearly as bad in the Slytherin common room after he starts winning them some Quidditch matches. It's probably enough to at least pacify the other Slytherin students and stop Draco from actively assaulting their new star Quidditch player, but I bet Draco just gets angrier and angrier at him, the more popular he becomes. But back to Hermione. The fact that she still mistakenly assumes Snape is the one trying to Curse Harry off his broom, still prompts the golden trio to assume he is the one trying to steal the stone. The conversation isn't even hard to imagine. I bet it went something like this. Why would Snape try and Curse me off my broom? He's the one who got me on the Quidditch team in the first place. It's obvious, isn't it? That's probably why he put you on the team to begin with, Harry, so he could try and kill you. Snape was a big supporter of you know who you, (speaking in foreign language) which was the middle one by the way, if you couldn't tell. Anyway, from there, I think Christmas mostly goes down pretty much the same way. Molly and Arthur are still visiting Charlie, so Ron, Fred, George and Percy stay at Hogwarts. The big difference is just that Harry opens all of his presents completely alone in the Slytherin and common room, but he does still get the invisibility cloak, and even without Ron there to explain what it does, I think he could figure it out. - That's an invisibility cloak. - I'm invisible? - Really rare. - And with the cloak in hand, I imagine he still wanders around the castle and still finds the Mirror of Erised, which is of course all part of Dumbledore's big plan. Actually, I imagine the cloak is used way more often by Harry if he's in Slytherin, and who I think would be sneaking out constantly at night to go meet up with Ron and/or Hermione, so they could hang out. Or let's face it, you just want to get outta that Slytherin dorm room because like Crabbe and Goyle are having nonstop burritos. (burrito farting) And honestly, I think a lot of the other events in the book play out pretty similarly other than Harry, Ron and Hermione all living in a little bit different areas. Hagrid still gets Norbert, which they still then have to deal with and get to Charlie, which means that Harry, Hermione, Draco and Neville still get caught and still get detention in the woods. Although, maybe in this scenario, Draco is caught out of bed because he notices Harry leaving the common room and just straight up follows him. Either way, they have detention with Hagrid. They head into the forbidden forest. Mars is still bright and they still find Voldemort drinking unicorn blood, but let's pause on the centaurs for a second because I think the whole Mars is bright thing really helps reinforce the idea that Harry was always going to be a good guy. We don't get a full explanation for what Mars is bright means until order of the Phoenix, but eventually, Firenze explains to his class. In the past decade, the indications have been that Wizard-kind is living through nothing more than a brief calm between two wars. Mars, bringer of battle, shines brightly above us, suggesting that the fight must break out again soon. Seriously guys, my Ron it's just... No, that was Firenze. But as he says, the indications have been there for over a decade, meaning things have been in motion long before Harry was sorted. But anyway, they still think Snape is a bad guy. Still go through the trap door and still defeat the obstacle course. - Not me, not Hermione, you. - It's possible that because Harry was sorted into Slytherin that Voldemort leans on that really heavy to try and recruit Harry to his cause, but either way, I don't think it works. Harry still gets the stone and defeats Quirrell. As Dumbledore says though, what happened down in the dungeons between you and Professor Quirrell is a complete secret, so, naturally, the whole school knows. That sentiment would remain true, so Harry's second defeat of Voldemort would become pretty common knowledge pretty quickly, which, if Harry is in Slytherin, does have a slightly different effect. Namely that any support he was getting from Death Eaters, who thought he might be the second coming of Voldemort, would pretty much immediately stop now that his true colors had been revealed. The other big change is that Slytherin definitely wins the House Cup. Of course, it's impossible to know how the point totals would shake out if Harry was in a different house, but assuming they're roughly the same, Slytherin is up 472 to Gryffindor's 312. And typically, it's Ron and Hermione' 50 points, Harry's 60 and Neville's 10 that tips Gryffindor into the lead. In this scenario, Ron and Hermione would still get 100 points for Gryffindor. It's hard to say if Neville would've been involved at all, but even if he was, doesn't really matter 'cause Harry's 60 points would still make the final total Gryffindor 412, Slytherin 522. And let's be real, if Harry was playing Quidditch for them and winning them all the games, Slytherin would already have such a massive lead anyway that it just wouldn't matter, so Harry would end the year winning the House Cup for Slytherin, but probably not having any pride at all for his house. That'll come next time. That is of course when Hagrid would give him the photo album, revealing that his own parents, James and Lily, were actually in Gryffindor. And it's hard to know how that would make Harry feel. Would he be comforted knowing that he made really good friend choices with Ron and Hermione, who were in Gryffindor? Or would he feel really alone because he wasn't in Gryffindor. Or maybe the Slytherins were actually right? Maybe there is something dark about him that he doesn't know. I mean he did just kill a man with his bare hands. And that is Harry's first year if he sorted into Slytherin. We honestly had no idea where the story was gonna end up when we started down this path. And I was kind of surprised at how many things still ended up going down the way they did. But I also really like some of the ways it changes things. Like if Harry's in Slytherin from the beginning, then it starts bridging the gap between Slytherin and Gryffindor almost immediately, rather than driving the wedge even further. It also made me feel like the golden trio was just destined to become the golden trio, which is kind of comforting. But if you're wondering what happens from there, what happens in "Chamber Of Secrets", well don't you worry, we are just getting started. And year two is where things get really interesting. Spoilers. Harry's pretty concerned, he's the heir of Slytherin, when he's in Gryffindor. Imagine how he's gonna feel when he is in Slytherin. (dramatic orchestral music) Last we left our hero, who was headed on the train, back home to the Dursley's after having defeated Voldemort through the end of his first year and won Slytherin in the House Cup. And the big repercussion here is that any support Harry might have been getting from Death Eaters, who thought maybe Harry was a dark wizard, they could all rally behind, is now gone. As Dumbledore says at the end of the first book, what happened between Harry and Quirrell was a complete secret. And so, naturally the whole school, and therefore the entire wizarding world, knows, which importantly means that the events in Chamber still gets set in motion by Lucius Malfoy, but I'm getting heading myself. Let's get back to Harry at the Dursley's. For the most part, I think this goes down pretty much the same. Vernon is still trying to close a big drill deal with a Japanese golfer joke. Harry's still up in his room, pretending he doesn't exist. And Dobby still shows up to ruin the whole thing. And Dobby of course is still in on everything because it's all stemming from Lucius, who he works for, which means Dobby was still stopping Harry's mail, so the Weasley still come to break him out in the flying car. And while I think this time, they're pretty much the same, it's also not because now you get to see just how open and accepting the Weasley family truly is and how they accept Harry no matter what house he's in. But they still all go to Diagon Alley to meet Hermione. They still meet Lockhart. And most importantly, Lucius Malfoy voice still slips Ginny the diary. Lucius of course in this scenario, actually bought Harry his Nimbus 2000 last year, only for Harry to take down Voldemort again and prove that he is not a dark wizard, so he probably feels kind of foolish for having bought Harry the broom. Either way though, that brings us to platform 9 3/4, where Dobby still stops Harry and Ron from getting through, so they still have to steal the car and still crash it into the Whomping willow, where they are then intercepted by Snape. And I'm not gonna lie, this was tricky to figure out because in the main storyline, Snape literally bemoans the fact that Harry and Ron are not in his house because if they were, he'd have them expelled. But in this scenario, Harry actually is in his house, so is he expelled? I don't think so. The fact is, even in the main storyline, he doesn't really want Harry expelled. He just likes making his life hard. And in this case, Harry is his star Quidditch player, who won Slytherin in the House Cup last year. And make no mistake, and I'm dead Sirius here, Snape is a huge Quidditch hooligan and very much cares about winning. Plus, bear in mind, Snape's not really a Death Eater. He's just playing double agent, so his story to the Death Eaters here would just be that he had to be nice to Harry to keep Dumbledore fooled. But I do still think Harry and Ron both end up with detention because even in the main storyline Dumbledore's like, yeah, if you do something like this again I will have to expel you. Yeah, right. Like Dumbledore's gonna expel Harry. Can you imagine? The school year begins and I have to imagine that the known for breaking the rules Slytherins are actually pretty impressed with Harry's entrance into the school, maybe except for Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle. But this sort of thing keeps him safe in the common room from those three, especially since Harry's the one who won the Cup for the house last year. But speaking of Quidditch, this is the next big change because Harry being on the Slytherin Quidditch team means Draco is not, meaning the rest of the Slytherin ones do not end up benefiting from the Nimbus 2001s gifted by Lucius Malfoy. Not that it really matters 'cause they don't really need them 'cause they've got Harry. But this does mean the interaction, where Ron tries to Curse Malfoy, but his spelled backfires and he's the one who ends up vomiting slugs, doesn't happen at all. Riley, if you could just go ahead and play that scene in reverse. Thank you. (Ron groaning) Wow. Somehow backwards was even worse. (Ron groaning) Oh, but here's the other thing. Harry, not being on the Gryffindor team means that the Gryffindor team has an opening at Seeker. And you know who I think tries out and gets it? Ron. We know he's interested in playing on the Quidditch team. I mean even in the main storyline, the moment there's an opening, he tries out. Plus, being a second year now, he'd be eligible to make the team, and as a second year, he'd be very light and good at playing Seeker. Plus, he's already got two brothers on the team, Fred and George, who could totally vouch for him. Hard to say if they would, but I think Ron makes it and I think Professor McGonagall gets Ron a Nimbus 2000, which I know might sound a little bit out of character, but a couple things. First, if anyone's a bigger Quidditch hooligan in the school than Snape, it's McGonagall. And you know she hates losing to Slytherin. Plus, in the last book, Ron did beat her chest set, and while he did score some big points for big Griff, he didn't actually end up winning the Cup for them, so I think this would sort of be her wink, wink, nudge, nudge, well done, good job reward to Ron for that. And also butter. Anyway, Harry and Ron both have their detentions, which go down the exact same. Harry has to sign letters with Lockhart, where he still hears the Basilisk's voice for the first time and Ron has to shine a bunch of trophies. But because he did not hit himself with these slug vomiting spell this time, he doesn't have to shine the Tom Riddle Special Services for the School Award over and over, so he does not remember who TM Riddle is or that he won an award. The next big change that happens in the story though is kind of big and will definitely have very big repercussions down the line. Normally Harry is coming back from Quidditch practice one day, and is really muddy and gets mud all over the stairs, and Filch is really mad at him. But fortunately for Harry, he is saved because Nearly Headless Nick convinces Peeves to go drop something big and loud upstairs, and Filch runs off and Harry just doesn't get written up at all. But in this scenario, obviously Harry is on a different Quidditch team, so he wouldn't have been coming into the castle after that time. Also, as a Slytherin, he doesn't have a relationship with Nearly Headless Nick, so Nick would definitely not go organize some distraction on his behalf. But the fact that this doesn't happen is big because one, it means that Harry never learns that Filch is a Squib. Two, it also means that Harry doesn't agree to go to the Deathday party as a thank you to Nick. And three, it means that whatever peeves broke, didn't end up getting broken, so what did he break? Oh yeah, the vanishing cabinet. I wonder if that'll be important later. But since Harry, Ron and Hermione don't have to go to the Deathday party, it means they do go to the Halloween feast, where Harry would just be sitting with all the Slytherins, meaning that Harry, Ron and Hermione don't discover Mrs. Norris by themselves. Instead, they discover the cat at the same time the rest of the school discovers it, but since Harry isn't found at the scene of the crime like he normally is, and because he didn't find out that Filch is a Squib, Filch doesn't immediately accuse him of murdering his cat in front of everyone, which means Harry isn't the immediate suspect like the entire school right out of the gate. Malfoy, on the other hand, just still real excited about the writing on the wall. You'll be next, Mud Bloods. That said, just because the school doesn't suspect Harry, doesn't mean Harry doesn't still suspect Harry, especially after Hermione learns everything she does about the Chamber Of Secrets from Professor Binns, and then tells Harry. He adds that up with the voices he is hearing inside his head and he's worried it was him somehow, which I know might sound unlikely. He knows he was at the feast, but even in the main story, when he's in Gryffindor and knows he didn't do it, he's still not sure it wasn't him somehow. - Who am I, Hedwig? - Plus, don't forget. In this scenario, he would've spent his first year trying to prove to a bunch of people, who he was living with, that he was not a dark wizard. And even though he proved them all wrong, the idea would still be fresh in his brain. Not to mention, he did defeat Voldormort with his bare hands last year, so I don't know. Is he dark? In any case, the Golden Trio still take it upon themselves to investigate the crime scene the next day, where they do meet Moaning Myrtle anyway, which I guess maybe Hermione already knew her. But it's important that they meet her because Myrtle is obviously a big part of the puzzle. Normally, they meet her at the Deathday party, but now it's delayed until here. But that brings us to our first Quidditch match of the year, Gryffindor versus Slytherin, but this time it's not Harry verse Draco, it's Harry verse Ron. Now obviously, Ron is gonna be just super duper nervous for this match 'cause that's just his regular MO with Quidditch anyway, but this is also his first game ever and it's against his best friend, the boy who lived and who also never lost, Harry Potter. Woo-hoo, fun. If I'm putting myself in Oliver Wood's shoes, I know two things about this match. One, my chasers are way better than the Slytherin chasers. And two, Harry is just way, way, way better than my very untested Seeker Ron Weasley. Thus Woods only hope at winning this match is to try and slow Harry down as much as possible until his chasers have covered the 150 point gap. And how's he gonna do that? Fred and George, the best beaters Gryffindor seen in years. Who, unbeknownst to them, are just gonna have a secret advantage in this match? And that one of the Bludgers is just bewitched to already be hunting Harry nonstop and maim and/or seriously injure him. The match begins and Oliver's strategy is working beautifully. The Gryffindor chasers are incrementally increasing their lead and Harry just can't catch a breath from the Bludgers. Finally, one of his own beaters manages to knock the rogue Bludgers away, but it immediately changes course and hunts right back at Harry, alerting him to the Jinx. Harry, testing his theory, shoots across the field with the Bludger, chasing close behind. He does a quick 180 and loses it for a second. Ron notices this and asks why Harry is flying so unusually, and Harry explains that one of the Bludgers is hunting him, but before they can do anything about it or call a time out, Ron notices the snitch and he's so excited, he just forgets and blurts it out. Harry, the snitch. And with the game suddenly on the line, the Bludger is momentarily forgotten and both go racing after the snitch. Harry is in the lead. He can taste it. He's reaching out. He is about to grab the snitch, when suddenly he sees the rogue Bludger coming. He dodges it and gets back on course, but now Ron is closing in. Harry lowers himself to the broom. He shoots forward. He's neck and neck with Ron. When, wham, (hands thumping) Fred or George, can't tell which one, hits the other Bludger and sends it directly at Harry, and connects, knocking him out cold. Ron catches the snitch. Griffin, new wins. (students cheering) The stadium erupts and everyone thinks Ron is a hero. He beat Harry. Everyone of course, except for Ron, who thinks the only one because of the rogue Bludger. Classic Ron. Meanwhile, Harry wakes up later that night in the hospital wing with a sore head, but is awake enough to hear Colin Creevey arrive, as the Basilisk's next victim. The next day, Ron and Hermione come to check on him and point out that Draco wasn't actually at the match, allegedly, because he didn't want to watch Potter and the Weasel, but conveniently, there was also an attack. They all jumped at the same conclusion that Malfoy must have had something to do with it, but Harry is also privately concerned that he was unconscious during the entire time that it happened and he's concerned, he had something to do with it. Dueling club. I think for the most part this pretty much goes down the same. Snape blasts Lockhart, pivotally teaching Harry Expelliarmus. Lockhart of course, still pulls Harry on stage, but I think the main difference is that Malfoy just eagerly volunteers to come up on stage and dual Harry because now he recognizes this is finally his chance to beat Potter. - Scared, Potter? - You wish. - As such, Draco still summons the snake and Harry still accidentally reveals to the entire school that he can speak Parselmouth, so if Harry wasn't the prime suspect before, he is now. But now we come to another large difference, the Polyjuice potion. the whole reason they need the Polyjuice potion in the main storyline, is so that they can sneak into the Slytherin common room and question Malfoy, but now that's literally where Harry lives. And honestly, I don't even think he'd have to try hard to figure out that Draco is in the air, because in the main story line, Draco's pretty open about wanting to help whoever it is. - Then you must have some idea who's behind it all. - Well, you know I don't, Goyle. - But beyond that, even if Draco was keeping all of that really close to the chest, even he couldn't ignore the fact that Harry Potter was in Slytherin and could talk to snakes. Draco is absolutely cunning and opportunistic enough to realize Harry's heir of Slytherin-ness, and I think that might actually trump his hatred of Harry, at least enough to directly ask him if he's the heir of Slytherin. And if so, what can I do to help, an offer that Harry would obviously rebuff, but one that would also make Harry feel even worse about himself. I mean if Draco was willing to forgive the animosity between them, it must be just so obvious that it's him. - Who am I, Hedwig? - Anyway, the next big thing that happens is that Justin Finch-Fletchley and Nearly Headless Nick both get attacked by the Basilisk, prompting Ginny to try and dispose of the diary in moaning Myrtle's bathroom, which causes Myrtle to flood the bathroom and for Harry and Ron to go in and investigate why she's flooding it, where Harry discovers the diary, as usual. The only big difference about the way they find it this time is that Ron doesn't immediately recognize the name, TM Riddle, on the diary because he didn't have to spend an hour polishing that Service to the School Award. Nevertheless, the date of the diary is still there and they can still do the math to figure out that it's 50 years old and that it must have something to do with the Chamber Of Secrets, which was open 50 years ago. But since they don't know about Tom Riddle's award, they don't immediately assume he caught the culprit. Instead, they may have very well assumed it was Tom Riddle, but honestly it doesn't matter. It doesn't stop Harry from writing it and learning what he does, about how Hagrid got expelled, which is of course, crucial information in this story. But before we continue, we need to address another holiday, Valentine's Day, because it is a very important day this year. If you will recall, on this Valentine's Day, Ginny goes about sending Harry possibly the most embarrassing Valentines ever. In Harry's efforts to escape this embarrassing situation, he trips and spills all of his books on the Flora, and Draco was there to scoop up the diary and hold it up for everyone to see, wondering aloud, what has Harry Potter written in his diary? And Ginny, who was actually the one who's been opening the chamber this whole time, sees everything that's going down and is horrified by the implications. But either way, Harry uses Expelliarmus on Draco, embarrasses him in front of everyone and gets the diary back. Now normally, this interaction prompts Ginny to stay behind the Gryffindor common room during the Gryffindor Hufflepuff Quidditch match. She sneak up to the boys' dormitory and steals the diary back from Harry, which is then when Hermione and Penelope get attacked. However, the big difference here is that Harry doesn't live in Gryffindor Tower. He lives in the Slytherin common room and Ginny doesn't have access to his dorm this time, so she can't steal the diary back, but do you know who does have ready access to Harry Potter's dormitory and now knows that Harry is hiding a secret diary? Draco Malfoy. Malfoy is, instead, the one who stays behind during the Quidditch match to rifle through his Harry's things and steal the diary. It is then him who attacks Hermione and Penelope. Well, I say him,. It's obviously Draco possessed by Tom Riddle controlling the Basilisk. But I know what you're thinking. No, that wouldn't work because Ginny had poured so much of herself into the diary. That's why the diary was able to control her. Draco would just be picking it up. And that's true, but the difference here is that Draco is hyper eager to help out the heir of Slytherin and and has been very loud about it all year. - As for me, I hope it's Granger. - He hates Muggle-borns and he hates Harry. And if you recall, Tom Riddle, in the diary's main two goals, are to kill Harry and to purge the school of Muggle-borns. Anyway, this attack is what causes Hagrid to get arrested and Dumbledore to be removed of the school, which typically then prompts Ron and Harry to go over into the woods to talk to Aragog to learn the truth about the Chamber Of Secrets. And I think all that pretty much stays the same. They talked to Aragog and learned that moaning Myrtle was the one who was killed 50 years ago and that Hagrid was actually innocent. But a big change does happen the very next day, where usually, Harry and Ron are able to trick Lockhart into abandoning his chaperoning duties, so they can try and sneak up to the bathroom to talk to Myrtle, but before they get to the bathroom, McGonagall catches them and they have to make up a lie that they were trying to go see Hermione, which they then have to go do, which is when they learned about the Basilisk. But if Harry is isn't Slytherin this year, then this opportunity doesn't arise because Harry and Ron wouldn't have had Defense Against the Dark Arts at the same time. But that's actually okay because it also then means that Harry would've been at the Slytherin table for breakfast that morning. And if you recall, that is an important breakfast because Ginny is about to tell Harry and Ron everything before Percy suddenly comes and interrupts her. This time, Harry is over at the Slytherin table, probably eating by himself because everyone thinks he's the heir of Slytherin. And Ginny is able to come talk to him completely uninterrupted and tell him everything, including all the same information about the Basilisk. Like usual, he gathers up Ron and the two of them sprint to the staff room to try and alert the teachers, to tell them everything about what's been going on, but they're too late. The heir of Slytherin has taken someone into the chamber and left a new note, but obviously it's not Ginny, this time, that Tom Riddle took. It is instead Draco because he's the one with the diary. Ever the hero though. Despite his hatred of Draco, he decides he's going to tell Lockhart everything he knows in a last ditch effort. Maybe they can save him. Ron of course, argues heavily against saving Draco, but concedes in the end. Then together the three of them find the chamber. Lockhart loses his memory and Ron is trapped behind the wall, just like usual. And so, Harry must proceed alone into the heart of the Chamber Of Secrets to rescue Draco. Harry quickly finds Draco and Tom Riddle emerges and reveals his entire dastardly plot, and summons the Basilisk to kill Harry. Harry, as ever, shows his immense loyalty to Dumbledore in the moment and is able to summon Fawkes to his aid in the chamber. As usual, Fawkes is a tremendous help and is able to blind the Basilisk, but, and this is huge, Fawkes does not bring the sorting hat, or even if he does, it doesn't matter because this time Harry is in Slytherin and cannot pull the sword of Gryffindor from inside. Now you might argue that if Harry could ever pull the sword in any timeline, he could always pull it in every timeline. Once a true Gryffindor, always a true Gryffindor. Right? Wrong. At last, this is not the story of Harry was meant to be in Gryffindor. It is the story of Harry is in Slytherin, and as a Slytherin, he cannot pull the sword. Granted, we have seen other Slytherins handle the sword. Bellatrix holds it in Malfoy manner and Snape is able to place it in the pool for Harry and/or Ron to retrieve, but neither of them actually summoned the sword to themself and neither of them actually tried to use it as a sword. And if they had, it wouldn't have worked. Full video by clicking the card. But, okay, then Harry doesn't have the sword. The Basilisk is about to strike. Does Harry just die? Does the Basilisk kill him? Of course not. In the movies, Tom says parselmouth won't help you now, Potter, the Basilisk only listens to me. But in the book, he never actually says that out loud and Harry just never even tries to talk to the Basilisk. And the whole sentiment here is that only the heir of Slytherin would actually be able to control the Basilisk, not just anyone who could speak parselmouth. But here's the thing, the diary is just a horcruxes with a piece of Voldemort's soul inside, which is apparently enough to count as the heir of Slytherin. And I have news for you guys. Harry is a horcruxes too and therefore should also be able to control the Basilisk with the literal exact same power. In fact, even in the main story, that should and would have worked. Harry just never tries to communicate it. But now, he doesn't have a sword. So facing down death, the Basilisk strikes and Harry acting purely on instinct, shouts out stop in parselmouth. And much to him and Tom's surprise, it does. And now instead of a sword fight, everyone's fate comes down to who can convince the Basilisk to listen to them. Tom is of course furious and screams for obedience. Harry, unsure why the Basilisk is listening, tries to press his advantage and argues back. No, he shouts. I'm not your enemy. I don't want to hurt you. Your master, Salazar Slytherin wanted to purge the school of Muggle-borns. He believed in pure blood supremacy, but he's wrong. You've been listening to him all year, but he's just told me that he's a half-blood and so am I. Liar, Riddle screams. It's true. He is a half-blood. And look who he's brought to the chamber to sacrifice for himself, a pure blood Slytherin, Draco Malfoy. Listen to me, you great idiot snake. Please, this boy hates me, but I came here to save him. And then the Basilisk lunges, but not at Harry or at Tom. Instead at the diary itself, demolishing it and Riddle. Draco immediately awakes, afraid for his life. Potter, what are you doing here? Saving you from that, he says, motioning to the diary and that, he says, motioning to the Basilisk. Draco reels back in fear at the side of the Basilisk, but the Basilisk just whimpers, its eyes still horribly injured. Thank you, Harry, hisses out to the Basilisk. Thank you for saving us. And thank you, Fawkes. And then, as usual, Fawkes begins to cry, but at this time he's not healing, Harry, who is of course, uninjured this time around, but instead heals the Basilisk's eyes. Upon healing, the Basilisk immediately whips its head around and fixes Harry with its gaze. Harry is afraid, but just for a second, as he notices, he's unharmed and then he understands. The tears have healed the Basilisk vision, but not it's deadly gaze. The Basilisk nods to Harry in thanks. And the two share an unspoken understanding that the Basilisk will not harm anyone again. And then it retreats back into Slytherin Statue. Back up at the school, as ever, Dumbledore, Lucius and Dobby are waiting for them. Draco is still in a state of complete shock and says nothing. While Lucius is a confusing mix of guilt-ridden, angry and grateful. He's of course, upset that his plan was thwarted by Harry Potter, but he's also pretty guilt-ridden that it was his plan that also almost killed his son, but then also kind of grateful to Harry for saving his son. This prompts Lucius to offer Harry a favor, which Harry immediately tries to cash in, asking him to free Dobby. Lucius, however, does not find this to be a fair trade. He is enraged and turns to leave, but as he walks towards the door, Draco removes his own sock and gives it to Dobby. - Master has given Dobby a sock. - He then gives Harry a very curt thanks and leaves. And that is basically it. Harry ends the year finally understanding that Slytherin house is not synonymous with evil. That it's not intrinsically bad. Instead, it's all about the choices you make. Voldemort may have given Slytherin house a bad name, but that doesn't mean that he, Harry, is bad, and he, Harry, decides that he is going to change it. Oh, and also Slytherin and wins the House Cup again. Nine years in a row. That's a good streak. Harry and Ron would of course have the same 200 points they normally get for going down into the chamber. But in a twist of fate, it is actually Draco who ends up scoring the winning points for Slytherin this time around. Because I mean, come on. If Neville would get points up for standing up to his friends, I think Draco would absolutely get some points for standing up to his own family and freeing a slave, don't you? (dramatic orchestral music) As ever, we start off with Harry back at the Dursley's. And as you may expect, Harry being in Slytherin doesn't really affect much here. Except, I don't know, maybe at this point Harry just like openly communicates with garden snakes to go bother Dudley. Actually, yeah, let's just go ahead and assume that happens because it doesn't really affect anything and it's kind of hilarious. But otherwise, Harry still needs the Dursley's leaves to sign his permission slip into Hogsmeade, and they still require him to behave in front of Aunt Marge in order for them to do so, which Harry simply cannot do. He still inflates her. Still runs away and Sirius still shows up and scares him into accidentally summoning the Knight Bus. And yes, I think Sirius still pretty much escapes as usual. The Weasleys still win the daily draw and take a trip to Egypt and get in the paper. And Sirius still sees the picture of Peter and that's why he escapes. And Harry still arrives in Diagon Alley a few weeks early and spends his time window shopping and longing after the Firebolts. The Weasley still show up, as does Hermione and is still looking sick because obviously Sirius escapes, so they still go to the Magical Menagerie and Hermione still gets Crookshanks. The first big change doesn't happen until the train ride to school. Harry and friends still end up in a train car with Lupin, who's as asleep as ever. But then the Dementors come to search the train and we all know what happens next. Harry singularly passes out being affected that much more by the Dementors. But in this scenario, there is one other student on the train, who has recently suffered a terribly traumatic event, and who I think also passes out, Draco, who, if you recall in the last video, was the one who was abducted by Tom Myrtle and brought to the Chamber Of Secrets, where he was nearly killed. And yes, I hear what you're saying. Yeah, but Jay, didn't the same thing happen to Ginny in the main story line and she didn't pass out. True, but not for nothing. I kind of feel like Ginny is, I don't know, how do you say, made of stronger stuff than Malfoy. I mean, Draco is barely keeping it together in Book 6, under threat of death as a 16 year old. In this scenario, he was practically killed not three months ago as a 12 year old. Ah yeah, but, but Harry passes out and certainly he's made of the strongest stuff. Comes back to life at the end. That's pretty good. And that's also true, but I also think Harry's trauma is just like a touch worse than Malfoy's, by which I mean a lot worse. His parents were brutally murdered in front of him as a one-year-old, so yes, Harry and Draco both pass out. Unlike Harry, though, Draco is not in Lupin's compartment and therefore does not benefit from his chocolate based expertise, nor is he sent to the hospital wing when they arrive at school. Instead, he just wakes up on the train afraid, cold and embarrassed. And I think when they get to school, he does still actually ask Harry the same question. Is it true you fainted? The difference is this time he's asking out of solidarity rather than in jest, but I think in the moment, Harry doesn't quite realize that. Harry and Draco find themselves on pretty unusual ground this year with Harry having saved Draco's life last year and Draco having free Dobby at Harry's request. As of now, I don't think they necessarily like each other, but that's almost more out of habit at this point. Instead they have more of a mutual respect between them, with Draco also suffering some sort of internal battle about whether or not he actually agrees with his family's beliefs. On the first day of classes, Harry's does go down a little bit differently. Obviously he doesn't have divination with the Gryffindors, but instead with the Slytherins, but I don't really think that changes too much. Trelawney is still gonna see the grim in his tea leaves almost no matter what, 'cause she's almost, no matter what, just making it up. And we all know she just likes to be dramatic and she's not like ignorant about who Harry Potter is. Harry being in Slytherin actually does not affect when he has care of magical creatures though because they have it at the same time as the Gryffindors. Hagrid is of course the new care of magical creatures teacher this year. And as ever, he's showing off Hippo Griffs on his very first day. And as usual, Harry is the brave one, who rides Buckbeak. But the main difference is, again, Malfoy, who usually provokes Buckbeak, gets slashed in the arm and sets in motion this entire plot where Hagrid is on trial and unsure about whether he's a good teacher and Buckbeak might get executed. It's also the reason Marcus Flint reschedules the first Quidditch match, so that Draco's arm can heal. But with Draco being a lot more indifferent towards Harry this year, I don't think he puts on the act. And thus Hagrid's class kind of just goes off without a hitch. Speaking of Quidditch, though, we have yet another change. And guess who it is again? Malfoy, who is now finally back on the Slytherin team. He's of course normally already on the team by now, but this time Harry is the Seeker, so Malfoy didn't actually make the team in his second year, but third year is when Slytherin picks up some new chasers. And I do think Malfoy would land one of those spots. I mean, he after all is a really good flyer. Ah, but so then you might be wondering, does Lucius Malfoy still buy the rest of the team brand new Nimbus 2001s, like he does in Chamber? And the answer is no. And the reason is because Harry's on the team and Lucius is definitely still mad at Harry for Dobby, so instead he just buys Draco a new broom. And you guessed it, the Firebolt. And it's really a very Lucius Malfoy kind of move. I mean, it looks like he's being supportive of Harry because Harry is on the team, but really it's meant to just make Draco overshadow him. Anyway, though, that brings us to a different first lesson, Defense Against the Dark Arts, which is a pivotal lesson. This is the one where everyone fights the Boggart. It's where Hermione first notices that Lupin is afraid of the moon. And where Lupin stops Harry from interacting with the Boggart, 'cause he's afraid Voldemort's gonna show up. However, this year Harry is not in the Gryffindor class. He has the Defense Against the Dark Arts with the Slytherins. And now you might be pointing out, don't the Gryffindors end the class by defeating the Boggart? Would the Slytherin ends have even had a chance to fight it in their class? And I think the answer is yes. Lupin says, in the main story line, I asked the headmaster if the staff would leave it to give my third year some practice. He says third years, not third year at Gryffindor, so presumably Gryffindor is just the last house to have the class and as such are allowed to finish it off. Lupin certainly does seem like the kind of teacher that would be fair to all of the houses anyway, especially if Harry is in Slytherin. But this is fun. It means we get to see all of the Slytherin Boggarts like Crabbe and Goyle. Presumably see tables devoid of any food. Pansy Parkinson is presented with a mirror. Millicent Bulstrode just sees a hairbrush. And Draco sees, to Harry's shock, a Dementor. This is the very thing Harry himself was afraid of seeing, and it's here where Lupin actually has to step in, the Dementor being too much for Draco to handle. It does mean he reveals his fear of the moon to the class again for anyone who's willing to notice and that Harry, once more, doesn't get to have a turn. Harry does decide to talk to Draco about the Dementor though and admits that's the same thing he was afraid of seeing. And Draco admits that's why he asked Harry if he had also fainted because of the Dementor on the train, because he fainted too. But that brings us to Halloween, which as usual is a very interesting day in the Harry Potter books. For everyone else, it is their first trip to Hogsmeade of the year. Harry goes to state to try and appeal for some favoritism to see if he can go, but he also says no for the same reasons McGonagall does in the main storyline. But one thing that doesn't change is what happens after the feast. Sirius Black attacks the fat lady, and this is kind of an odd one because in the main storyline, this basically confirms everyone's worst fear, that Sirius is hunting Harry because he attacks his common room, somewhat violently. However, this time around Harry isn't in Gryffindor, so what does everyone make of it? Honestly, I don't think it changes that much. We all know that Sirius is actually hunting Pettigrew, and that's the reason he attacked Gryffindor Tower, but anyone in story doesn't actually know that, except Crookshanks. Otherwise though, I think everyone would assume that Sirius attacked Gryffindor Tower because that's where he guessed Harry would be because that's where both of Harry's parents were. And as a result, Harry would feel that much more grateful for having been in Slytherin and the extra layer of defense it bought him. But with Halloween outta the way, that brings us to the first Quidditch match of the year, Slytherin versus Gryffindor. In the main story, it's Gryffindor versus Hufflepuff, but that's because Flint has the schedule change, so Draco's arm can heal from the Buckbeak attack. That didn't happen this time, so instead we're kicking things off with the big rematch, Slytherin verse Gryffindor, Ron verse Harry and Draco. If you recall, last time, Ron actually won the match for Gryffindor, but this time Draco has the Firebolt, which just completely nullify Wood's strategy of trying to slow Harry down with the Bludgers until his chasers can score more. On top of that, it is storming like crazy during this game, which hurts both Seekers and really favors Draco, who in need puts on a show. The Gryffindors are just no match for the Firebolt. It has truly been a tough match for the Gryffindors. Slytherin is up by 140 points. Draco is scoring like crazy, but then Harry and Ron both spot the snitch and the race is on. As ever, Harry has the better Firebolt and just playing faster than Ron, but Ron was closer to the snitch, when they saw it and has the lead. Meanwhile, Draco has the Quaffle again and is heading for a goal. He dodges a Bludger, then a Chaser, and then the air gets cold. Back to the Seekers. Harry has caught Ron. They are neck and neck. Harry is an inch ahead. They're both reaching for the snitch and suddenly Harry hears his mother's screams in his ears. The Dementors have arrived. Draco winds up to take a shot, but suddenly starts hearing Tom Riddle speaking in his head. Draco loses focus. He loses his grip. He falls. Harry Falls. Ron catches the snitch. Gryffindor wins. - Weasley, Weasley, Weasley. I gotta say Ron is impressing me here. I mean he's now two and zero against Harry in this fictional version of a fictional story. Naturally, everyone thinks Ron is the hero, except Ron who thinks he only won because of the Dementors. Classic Ron. But that's actually very similar to what Cedric thinks when he wins the match in the main story, which of course didn't happen this time. Either way, both Harry and Draco's brooms break. Harry is devastated. Draco is mortified. Wait till his father is about this. Spoilers. Lucius is not going to be happy after the match. Harry still talks to Lupin about teaching him how to fight the Dementors in case they show up at another Quidditch match and Lupin agrees to do so after the winter break. But before that, there's another trips to Hogsmeade, which of course, Harry is left behind for again, but not for long because Fred and George show up to give him the Marauder's Map. Now to be fair, Slytherin Harry is not quite as tight with Fred and George as he would be in the main storyline. That's for sure. However, Harry did still spend a good chunk of his second summer with the Wesleys. He still defeated Voldemort twice. And now their little brother has beaten him twice at Quidditch from what they might consider to be unfair circumstances, especially since last year, it was one of them who knocked him out cold with the Bludger. Plus, you know, Fred and George just love to encourage rule break wherever they can, so for all of these reasons, I think they still decide to give Harry the Marauder's Map, which he of course, immediately uses to head to Hogsmeade to meet up with Harry and Ron and then get trapped under the table at Three Broomsticks, where he overhears Hagrid and McGonagall and Flitwick and Cornelius. A totally normal group of people to be hanging out together. Whatever, the point is Harry overhears is the apparent truth about Sirius Black, that he was James's best friend and he betrayed them, and gave up their location via the Fidelius charm. Exactly the news he was hoping for heading into the holidays. But that does bring us to Christmas, where Harry wakes up to discover he's been given a very special gift, a Firebolt. The obvious difference being that he discovers this by himself in the Slytherin common room, rather than in the Gryffindor common room with Ron and Hermione. But either way, I think he tells them, pretty much immediately, that Hermione still snitches. Heh. Get it? To McGonagall and/or Snape, who then does have to come confiscated from Harry and striped down to make sure it wasn't hexed. After Christmas, Harry is of course, poised to start anti Dementor lessons with Lupin, but I do think one major change happens here and that Harry doesn't go to the lessons by himself. I think instead, he invites Draco. Draco is of course, the only other student, who is affected by the Dementors as much as Harry. Harry would've seen that Draco's Boggart was also a Dementor and they both would've fallen off their brooms in the last Quidditch match. And I don't think Draco's troubles end there. Remember he's coming back from break with his parents, where I don't think Lucius is going to have been too happy that Draco immediately broke the small fortune of a Firebolt that he bought him. And let's be honest, if there's anyone who can sympathize with what it's like being mistreated at home, it's Harry. Not to mention, as we said earlier, Draco has also been spending this year wondering whether or not he even agrees with his father's beliefs, so seeing his distraught teammate and being able to uniquely understand the struggles Draco is going through, Harry extends the invite to him to come to anti Dementor lessons with Lupin. Lupin, for his part of course, allows this to happen, and as ever is impressed with Harry's generosity, especially towards someone who was a perceived enemy. The lessons themselves though go pretty much the same. Each boy kind of struggling to barely produce some silvery mist, but afterwards Draco is grateful for the invite and decides to to offer Harry a full explanation for why Sirius Black might be hunting him down, which is information we know he knows from the main story, when he's taunting Harry. Maybe you'd rather not risk your neck. Want to leave it to the Dementors, do you? But if it was me, I'd want revenge, I'd hunt him down myself. Harry of course learned all this information back in Hogsmeade when he overheard the teachers talking about it, but he listens all the same just to see if there is any new bits of information, which there really isn't. But Harry is surprised to learn that even Draco's father didn't know that Sirius was actually on their side until after the fact, and that Sirius had another brother, Regulus, who was also a Death Eater. But enough about Sirius Black, let's get back to things people actually care about, Quidditch. Next up is Slytherin verse Ravenclaw and it's oddly important. Typically this match happens off screen or page or whatever, and all we really know about it is that Slytherin and wins, but narrowly. Importantly though, it happens sooner in the year than the Gryffindor Ravenclaw match, meaning that by the time of this match, the teachers haven't actually finished examining Harry's Firebolt, so Harry actually won't have his Firebolt to face Ravenclaw like he usually does. This is also normally the match, where Harry first has any exposure to Cho Chang, the Ravenclaw Seeker. However, we also know from the main story that Cho actually only recovers from injury and is cleared to play just before the Gryffindor Ravenclaw match, so she actually will not be playing in this match, which is significant because this is when Harry first develops a crush on her. Harry will instead be up against the second string, Ravenclaw Seeker, who's obviously worse than Cho, but Harry is gonna be on a school broom as will Draco. This is of course a lesson from Lucius about not embarrassing him and not costing him money. It's a tough match, but Harry and Draco have a lot to prove and even though normally Slytherin only wins narrowly with an entire squad full of Nimbus 2001s, I still think they win anyway because despite their brooms, Harry is just that good at Seeker. Also, obviously, Malfoy and friends don't dress up as the Dementors to try and spook up Harry, so he doesn't have to go down and shoot like the full Patronus, but that doesn't really matter 'cause Harry doesn't even realize he shot a full Patronus out. Interestingly though, that means that come Gryffindor versus Ravenclaw, it's actually Ron who plays against Cho and loses, by the way, because I dare say he was a a little distracted. - You know I like it when they walk. - This honestly ends up being a pretty bad day for Ron. Not only does he lose the Quidditch match, but later that night is when Sirius finally manages to break all the way into the Gryffindor common room having stolen Neville's list of passwords and wakes Ron up in the middle of the night with the big long knife. Harry is of course relieved to have survived another attack, but now is afraid that Sirius knows for sure he's not in Gryffindor in that layer of defense is now gone. Anyway though, that brings us to the next Hogsmeade visit and it is quite pivotal. This is one where Harry puts on the invisibility cloak and he goes up at the Shrieking Shack with Ron and then throws a bunch of mud at Malfoy and Crabbe and Goyle, and then the cloak slips off and Malfoy sees his head. The obvious difference this time though, being that Harry and Malfoy are just on much better terms and so Harry doesn't throw the mud and Draco doesn't see him and doesn't go running to Snape. As we know, typically in this situation, Lupin comes in and saves Harry from any punishment, but in doing so, ends up taking the map from Harry. This time, that doesn't happen. Harry just has a regular fun day at Hogsmeade. Woo. But I promise you the ramifications of Lupin not having the map, big. But enough about that. Back to Quidditch. Actually before we get to Quidditch, I feel obligated to point out that because Buckbeaks not on trial this year, we don't get this wonderful scene. In the book, she actually slaps him instead of punching him, but whatever. On the other hand though, without the trial hanging over his head all year, it turns out Hagrid's classes are actually really popular and he's a very good teacher, and just shows everyone lots of interesting beasts. But now back to Quidditch, and it's the finals. Slytherin versus Hufflepuff and Harry finds himself in much the same position as usual, having lost a Gryffindor, who then went on to lose to Ravenclaw, and it is quite the matchup, you guys. It is Harry Potter verse Cedric Diggory, but this time, Harry has his Firebolt back. Oh, yeah. Also, unlike his usual match against Hufflepuff, there are no Dementors this time and it is not raining. Honestly, I wish I could tell you this was some sort of big dramatic finale, but it's not. Slytherin just wins by a mile. They're just no match for Harry on the Firebolt. Slytherin easily wins and takes home the Cup Diggory loses. Take that, Amos. And just like that, we are at exams, which for the most part, go down the same, except obviously Harry is with the Slytherins instead of the Gryffindors. Which does mean however, we get to see Draco take on the Defense Against the Dark Arts obstacle course and fight the Boggart at the end, which of course turns into a Dementor, in which Draco defeats by finally producing a fully corporeal Patronus, a peacock. Which by the way, if you don't think it's a peacock, full video, by clicking the card. Harry manages to fend off the Boggart as well, but without producing a fully corporeal Patronus, which makes him equally jealous and impressed by Draco. But then there's divination, which as we all know is incredibly important because it is where Trelawney doles out another prophecy. And this one was so curious because the prophecy is the same no matter what, meaning the outcome of the evening has to remain the same pretty much no matter what, but we have a lot of different scenarios in play than usual, so how does it all go down. To refresh you, I'm not gonna read the whole prophecy, but in a nutshell it just says that Peter will escape and help Voldormort rise to power again. Let's see, Buckbeak isn't in danger like he usually is and Lupin doesn't have the map, so would the trio even be down at Hagrid to begin with? Actually, yes, they would. Why? Because Hagrid found Scabbers. Rather than going down to comfort Hagrid over Buckbeaks pending execution, it's just to celebrate. Ron got his rat back. Hermione apologizes to Ron. Ron apologizes to Hermione. Everybody's happy, but as usual, on their way back to the castle, Sirius emerges. He attacks Ron and drags him into the Womping Willow and up to the Shrieking Shack. Crookshanks, Harry, and Hermione all follow, where they discover that Sirius Black is an Animagus. Whoa. - It's a trap. He's a dog. He's an Animagus. - Normally right here, Lupin has the map and he sees Peter on it, and immediately rushes down to see what's what. And he arrives just in time, stopping Harry from making a crucial decision about whether or not he's going to kill Sirius. As if Harry even knows his spells could do that at this age. But Lupin does not have the map this time, so he doesn't show up, which consequently means Snape doesn't show up because he doesn't see the map in Lupins office a few minutes later. But really, it doesn't matter that much because we all know Harry is going to make the correct decision not to kill. But as Harry falters, Sirius begins to explain the entire situation to him just without Lupin and how he and Peter switched places at the last second, and then how Peter gave up his parents and Peter framed Sirius. Harry is of course intrigued and the fact that Scabbers is missing a toe and has been living for an exceptionally long time are two big pieces of evidence that Harry just can't ignore, but he's still not sure whether he's fully willing to trust Sirius Blacks. Certainly, he's not going to give him a wand, but since neither Harry, Ron, nor Hermione know how to force Peter to transform with their own wands, Harry agrees to bring Sirius up to the school to have one of the teachers test this theory. With the understanding that if Sirius is lying, he will hand him over to the Dementors, which Sirius of course agrees to because he knows he has the benefit of the truth on his side. Together everyone makes their way back to the castle. Harry hides Sirius under the invisibility cloak, so no one will be scared by the sight of him and he pulls out the map to make sure they won't run into anyone anyway. Yes, you're wondering, yes, he sort of had the cloak with them because they would've needed it to get down to Hagrid because of the increased security, because of black, and he probably would've brought the map with him for the same reasons. But upon seeing the map, Sirius speaks up. You have the map? What do you know about it? I wrote it. I'm Padfoot. Your father was Prongs. Peter was Wormtail. In fact, look. At which point, Harry stares down at the map and sees the proof. Right next to their own dots is a dot for Peter Pettigrew. You see? You see, it is him. Harry, Ron and Hermione look down completely aghast. They almost can't believe their eyes. It is Peter Pettigrew. Peter on the other hand realizes that the jig is up, bites Ron on the hand and makes a run for it. - Immobulus. - Hermione is too fast. Scabbers is frozen. We still need to prove this is him. We have to transform him. Who was Moony? Harry asks Sirius. Ah, I haven't seen Moony in a long time. I doubt you've heard of him, given his condition. His name was Remus. Remus Lupin. Lupin? But he's here. He's a professor. We can take you to him. He can transform Scabbers for us. Hold on. I need smoke from this next part. And so they make their way to Lupin's office, but when they arrive, they open the door to discover a fully transformed werewolf. Pause. Okay, remember earlier, when I said Snape wouldn't show up at the Shrieking Shack because he didn't see the map in Lupins office? Well, the reason he's in Lupin's office to begin with in the main story is to bring him the wolf's main potion, which normally, Lupin fails to drink because he's off at the Shrieking Shack. This time however, Snape's delivery would've been successful and Lupin would've drank the potion, the effects, of which, are it makes me safe. You see, as long as I take it in the weeks proceeding before moon, I keep my mind when I transform. I am able to curl up in my office, a harmless wolf, and wait for the moon to wane again. Yes, Lupin does still transform, he's just not actually dangerous, which is not to say he doesn't still look dangerous. Unpause. Werewolf, Hermione screams, Lupin is, of course, startled awake. He gets to his Wolfy feet and notices Sirius standing in the door, but still doesn't know about Peter and thinks Sirius is still guilty. He's a werewolf, that's why he's sick every month. I should have noticed. The full moon. Lupin, still taking in the situation, takes a step forward out of instinct to protect the kids from Sirius, but this small motion throws everything into panic. Ron screams and drops the still frozen Peter. Lupin lunges at Sirius. Everybody falls down. Sirius manages to transform and force Lupin back into his office. The kids all slam the door shut and magically seal him inside. Sirius then transforms back into a man and tries to plead with Lupin on the other side of the door, unaware that he's actually a sound mind. It was Peter Remus. it was Peter. I can prove it. We switched places. Then, much to everyone's shock, Lupin actually stops attacking the door. Sirius then has an idea and slides the map under the door. Do you see Remus? Do you see Peter on the map? Remus the wolf moans in understanding, but then immediately starts growling. What? What? What's wrong with him? Where is Peter? Sirius shouts. During all the commotion, Peter has recovered from the spell and made a run for it. Sirius sees him, but just last moment, transformed himself and the chases on. Harry and Hermione immediately take off after him with Ron limping behind. His ankle was still broken way back at the whomping wheel. I forgot to say that earlier. Lupin remains locked in his office. Back to the chase. Peter makes it all the way outside the castle before suddenly and unexpectedly, transforming into a human, knowing he can't outrun Sirius as a rat. Sirius stops the chase and transforms as well to confront Peter face to face. You must have known I'd come for you, Peter. Is that why you've been in hiding all these years? Or were you afraid the Death Eaters would blame you for Voldemort's downfall? Honestly, I'm surprised you have the courage to face me as a man now. Just stalling for time, he replies. Dementors swoop in every direction, having noticed Sirius in his human form. Peter transforms again and manages to escape in all of the confusion. the Dementor swarms Sirius. Harry rushes in and tries his best to help, but it's simply no use. He just can't conjure a Patronus strong enough to ward them all off until boom, something bright white and antler charges in and chases the Dementors off from just over where Peter just was. Harry and Sirius are saved but both immediately collapse. And now we come to the Time-Turner in page 12 of this script. Goodness me, feels like a good time for some more smoke. Am I right? Everybody wakes up in the hospital wing. Ron is injured and Dumbledore comes in and gets the full explanation of everything that just went down and suggests to Harry and Hermione that perhaps they can still save Sirius. Turns out he's being held prisoner in one of the towers being guarded by Professor Snape. They're just awaiting to arrive with some Dementors to perform the Dementor's Kiss. Two hours should be enough, Ms. Granger. Harry and Hermione go back two hours in time by which Harry is completely confused, but Hermione explains the entire situation to 'em and how they just cannot be seen. Also, yes, it's only two hours this time because they don't have to save Buckbeak, so they don't need as much time. Also means they don't have to go down to Hagrids. Instead they head to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom and hide. While there, they see Snape arrive and bring Lupin his potion and Lupin lock himself in his office. Harry suggests they just go talk to Lupin now. Tell him everything that's about to happen, but Hermione insists they can't be seen. They cannot risk it. Harry tries anyway, but Snape rearrives right on queue to check on Lupin to make sure that the potion worked, at which point Harry concedes to wait, but he doesn't have to wait long. Soon enough, they watched themselves arrive and have the entire interaction with Lupin. Harry can see Scabbers across the room, immobilized, and come to from the spell and start to run, but he's helpless to do anything. Moments later, everyone has left the room. Ron limping behind. Did one of my lights just go out? This light. Oh, no, one of my lights died. But with everyone outta the room, they can now finally safely emerge and let Lupin out of his office. Remember, he was magically sealed in before, but they can undo it. And Lupin, for his part, doesn't even realize it's not the same Harry and Hermione he was just talking to, but they, being from the future, now know that Lupin is completely safe and they quickly explain their plan to him and how he can help. Hermione goes with Lupin, but Harry decides to break off and insists he's going to try and stop Pettigrew from escaping. He picks up the dropped invisibility clue and before Hermione can even argue, he's after Sirius. Unseen by anybody else, Harry sneaks behind Pettigrew and waits for him to transform, ready to catch him. But as he does, he notices the Dementors attacking Sirius and himself. Where's the Petronus? Where's the Petronus? He wonders before realizing the truth. It was him. - Expecto Patronum. - He forgets Peter and instead conjures the stag, saving himself and Sirius, but Sirius is still taken captive. Meanwhile, up in the tower, Hermione and Lupin watch Dumbledore and Snape lock Sirius in the tower. Snape is of course extremely happy with the situation, while Dumbledore looks mildly amused. After Dumbledore leaves Snape there to guard Sirius, Hermione sprints out of the hall, screaming, Professor help. Lupin pretends to chase her and Hermione pretends to fall down and get knocked out. Snape of course immediately recognizes Lupin and thinks he has come to free Sirius, not knowing the entire story himself. He immediately abandons his post and pursues Lupin through the castle. Hermione of course just then wakes up and lets Sirius out, who immediately transforms and makes his escape. Snape naturally accuses Hermione of having let him out, but Dumbledore vouchers for Hermione, claiming he himself found her unconscious body and brought her to the hospital wing. And there you go, just like that, Peter escapes, Sirius escapes, and Lupin is seen as a werewolf in the castle, attacking a student, so he has to leave, but nonetheless, Harry learned the truth. Honestly guys, when I start writing these, I have no idea how the story is going to unfold. I'm just sort of going one step at a time until we get to the end, and it has been so much fun, but it does take me so long to write them, so thank you so much for watching these. I hope you're enjoying them. Personally, I've really enjoyed how Draco's story seems to have been unfolding just three books in. Who would've thought just spending so much consistent time around Harry, would've made Draco a better person so much faster. But his slow coming around, also I think really thematically fits "Prisoner Of Azkaban", just very similar to how Sirius comes from the Slytherin pure blood family, but disagrees with his family is kind of what Draco starts going through. "Goblet of Fire" actually starts with Voldemort instead of Harry and Frank the gardener overhearing Voldemort in Wormtail plotting Harry's death. And this of course goes down exactly the way it always does. After all, Peter Pettigrew still escaped and still found Voldemort, and is still restoring him to health. Bertha Jorkins also goes missing as usual because I see no reason why Harry's house would affect her holiday schedule, so she is still intercepted by Wormtail and then tortured by Voldemort to get all the information about the Triwizard Tournament, thus setting the plot of the book in motion. But the entire opening scene is actually witnessed by Harry via a dream, who immediately wakes up after Frank is murdered by Voldemort with his scar hurting, which he immediately writes to Sirius about. Terry's time at the Dursley's is also pretty much the same. It's just a very boring summer, where Dudley has reached the size of a beached whale and is on a diet eating half a grapefruit for breakfast. Meanwhile, Harry is living on birthday cake up in his room until the Weasley show up to whisk him away to the Quidditch World Cup, but not before Fred and George definitely still drop the Ton-Tongue Toffee. But the first real difference in this book comes when everyone wakes up to go find the portkey to the Quidditch World Cup, and they run into the Diggorys. And typically in this scene, Amos Diggory is quite insufferable, boasting nonstop about Cedric's defeat of Harry in Quidditch. This time, however, Harry beats Cedric, and Cedric beat Ron, meaning Amos is actually, yeah, still really insufferable. Tactlessly boasting Cedric's victory over Ron, and Fred and George to Arthur's face, while also simultaneously downplaying Harry's victory over Cedric, putting it all down to the Firebolt. But the festivities of the World Cup go down pretty much the same. Fred and George still bet all their savings that Ireland wins, but Krum catches the snitch. Bagman of course still makes a sweet bet with Agatha Timms for half shares in her eel farm. And of course the golden trio runs into Cho, who now Ron is actually embarrassed in front of. Well the next real big difference comes in the top box, where Harry, Ron and Hermione run into Draco, who in case you need a refresher, in this version of the story, was the one who was taken down into the Chamber Of Secrets instead of Ginny, which has caused a massive, if not, very slow change in his character. Typically, in the top box, Draco and Lucius mock the other ones, thinking they had to sell their house to get tickets way up here, you poor poor Wesley's. Lucius, of course, definitely still does this, but there is a new piece of tension in the room this time in the form of Winky, the house elf. Upon seeing Winky, Lucius proceeds to passive aggressively taunt Draco, who of course freed their own family house Elf, Dobby, two years ago, which for sure Lucius has not forgiven him for. The World Cup itself goes down the same as usual. Ireland wins, but Krum catches the snitch. And after the Cup, the Death Eaters still arrive to start their little riot torturing Muggles by floating them up in the air. And again, the difference here is Draco. Harry, Ron, Hermione flee into the woods, where they run into him like usual, but his reaction to seeing them is a little different. Normally he's downright gleeful about the offense unfolding, but this time I'm thinking he's a little more reserved, if not maybe a little embarrassed or dare I say ashamed, but he certainly still doesn't reveal that it's his own father under the masks. Looks like father's old friends have gathered, have a bit of fun best beyond. You'll be next Granger. That's actually more or less what he says the first time around, but this time it's actually meant to be helpful, rather than as an absolute insult. From there, the dark mark is of course cast into the sky. Winky is found at the scene of the crime with Harry's wand and then promptly dismissed by Bartemius Crouch, which as ever, enrages Hermione about house elf rights, but really not much changes in the aftermath of this either. Everyone makes it home safe. Rita Skeeter writes a scathing article about the entire thing. And Mrs. Weasley buys Ron some lacy dress robes, which brings us to the Hogwarts Express, where they all run into Draco, yet again, who normally tuns them for not knowing about the Tri Wizard Tournament. This time though, I imagine he actually would just tell Harry about it. Father told me about it ages ago. It's supposed to be some big tournament between other schools. He expects me to enter. Worth noting that Draco only seems to know that the tournament is going to be happening, since even in the main story, he asks Harry and Ron if they intend to enter, suggesting he doesn't know about the age line. Either way it doesn't make a huge difference. They find out about the Tri Wizard Tournament literally later that night anyway, but it's just another opportunity for Draco to have not been a jerk. But it does also then give the trio time to talk about the tournament on the train and whether or not they are going to enter. Ron certainly says that he's going to, if Draco's going to. At the feast itself, Harry is of course sitting with the Slytherin instead of the Gryffindors, meaning he's not able to immediately discuss the age limitation things with Ron and Hermione, but Draco tells him it's a bit of a relief because he didn't actually want to enter, which I think we can assume is true because in the main story, it's not like Draco comes up with any plan to try and get over the age line anyway. And he also mocks Harry, saying that he'll definitely want to 'cause he'll want even more attention. The first week/day of classes is also pretty interesting too. Harry doesn't actually really get a chance to talk to Ron and Hermione about the tournament, until their first day of classes in care of magical creatures, which the Slytherins have with the Gryffindors. Typically in his class, Draco wonders very aloud what the point of the Skrewts is because yes, Hagrid definitely still does the Skrewts. Normally, Harry, Ron, Hermione yell at him and try and defend him, although they secretly agree with him this time. I think they just kind of agree with him out of the gate, which is not to say they're all being buddy buddy, they just don't balk him down. How did they not put the Skrewts in the movie? That first day is also when the article from Rita Skeeter comes out about Ron's dad being a big blunder at the ministry, which Draco taunts Ron about and then they exchange blows about each other's mothers. But obviously that just doesn't happen this time, which is important because it means Moody actually does not end up transforming Draco into a ferret for attacking Harry behind his back. Speaking of Mad-Eye though, yes, he is definitely still in play as the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher this year, or I guess Barty Crouch Jr. is, but Harry's first Defense Against the Dark Arts class this year would definitely be a little bit different because again, now it's with the Slytherin. In the main story, Moody tells them that he got a letter from Professor Lupin telling them about the third year's progress and all the different creatures they have fought. And it doesn't say it outright, but I would assume a letter like that would also include information that Harry could conjure a Patronus. And if you'll recall from the last video in this story, so can Draco, so I assume that information is in that letter as well, which I have to imagine Bardi Crouch Jr., a Death Eater himself, would find very interesting about Lucius's son. In any case, that first class is where they all learned about the is where they all learned about the unforgivable Curses for the first time, which tends to have something of a dramatic effect on the student whose families have been affected by those Curses in the past. Typically, for example, we see Neville really recoil at the site of the Cruciatus Curse, but Neville's not gonna be there this time. Instead, I think we get to see a different student's reaction, Draco, to the Imperious curse, which really plays into this overarching theme of anti-slavery, Draco was unpacking this year. After all, the Imperius Curse basically enslaved somebody to your will. And importantly, for Draco, this is the very Curse his father claimed to be under to avoid being sent to as Azkaban after Voldemort fell. Draco of course would be pretty aware of that fact and would be just a couple weeks removed from having seen his father basically perform a very similar kind of spell on the groundskeeper at the Quidditch World Cup. Not to mention, he's been dealing with the fallout of releasing his family's own enslaved house elf for like two years now. Then on top of that, this is also gonna be the same class, where Harry is going to witness Avada Kedavra for the first time, the very spell that killed his parents and that backfired off of Harry and took Voldemort down, which of course is a much bigger deal for Draco this time around because Voldormort tried to kill him in their second year. Just say the least, it's a very impactful class for Draco, who is just going through a very confusing internal struggle. His personal experiences and intuition are at direct odds with 14 years of upbringing and wanting to make his father and family proud. Either way, I think it makes Draco highly motivated to throw off the Imperius Curse in their following classes. Although, I still think Harry is the only one who is even moderately successful at first. But before that, and kind of on the same note, this is about the time Hermione finishes up all of her preparations for S-P-E-W or SPEW, which normally she tells Harry about in the Gryffindor common room on the same night he gets his letter back from Sirius. But of course Wedwig can't actually deliver messages to the Slytherin common room because it's underground and there's no window, so he actually gets the letter to the next morning, which is then also when Hermione comes over to Pitch Harry on the idea for SPEW. Since it's at the Slytherin table, Draco is of course nearby and overhears the entire thing, and based on everything he's already been going through this year, he doesn't join or anything, but he is quietly interested. Again. He already freed his own family's house often and is sort of at odds with himself about the idea of his dad pretending to have been enslaved back when Voldemort was in power. Certainly, I don't think he's gonna be wearing a SPEW badge around, but maybe he does ask Harry if he can maybe have a look at it. But that brings us to the arrival of the other schools. Durmstrang and Bob Ogden. And their arrival is the same as always. They're both schools have one gender. They're color coordinated and have choreographed entrances. No wait, that was stupid. The real difference is that the Durmstrang students sit with the Slytherin students for the first night and we know that Krum immediately starts talking to Malfoy, so presumably, he's gonna meet Harry almost right away. Certainly, Harry and Krum are the most famous people in the room, when we have a lot to talk about with the Quidditch World Cup. Meanwhile though, over the Gryffindor table, Ron is not too happy to see Harry having such a good time with the person he's so enamored with, Victor Krum and Draco Malfoy, and that jealousy turns to anger even faster, when on the very next night, the Goblet of Fire reveals the champions, who are as ever, Cedric, Krum, Flora and Harry Potter. So yeah, Ron turns on Harry like usual, feeling enormously left out of Harry's decision to enter the tournament, especially since Ron has been saying he would like to enter since the train ride. Plus, making matters worse, Ron has lost to Cedric in Quidditch and even though he's beat Harry twice, Ron himself doesn't really believe that he honestly beat Harry. It was always due to extenuating circumstances like the Rogue Bludger or the Dementors. The Goblet's decision to then make Harry and Cedric champions kind of like suddenly validates all of Ron's worst insecurities. We've all been there. As a change though, Harry's not immediately aware that Ron is super mad at him because he doesn't head back up to Gryffindors Tower after the feast. He goes down to the Slytherin dorms instead. Draco is as shocked as anyone that Harry's name came outta the fire, but when he asks Harry how he did it, of course Harry responds that he didn't do it and surprisingly Draco believes him. The next morning though he does find out Ron is mad at him, and Harry and Hermione go off on their own little walk to discuss the entire matter, and then they write a letter to Sirius to explain everything to him. The rest of the school's reaction differs a little bit from the main story as well. Obviously, the Hufflepuffs are still mad at Harry for stealing their glory. And it feels likely enough that the Gryffindors don't necessarily love this, since the two houses are generally at odds. The Slytherin ones though, obviously don't hate Harry for this. He has helped win them the House Cup a lot and now they have a champion, which is mostly to say, I don't think anyone's walking around sporting Potter stinks. Support Cedric Diggory, the true Hogwarts champion. Unless maybe Ron makes them. Except Ron's not actually that mad at Harry, so if his badges would be really wimpy like. That Harry kids only sort of, okay. I'm personally am rooting for Cedric. What about you? Following the Goblet of Fire piece, typically, Harry and Draco also get into a duel before their potions class, where the two spells ricochet off each other and hit Hermione in Goyle. And this is kind of interesting because it's when Hermione gets hit with the Densaugeo spell, which causes her teeth to go like super buck teeth, which is the catalyst for her then like fixing her teeth with Madame Pamfrey, but she won't get hit with the Jinx, so she actually doesn't fix her teeth this time, which you gotta think, her parents would be so proud of her. I mean, they are dentists. The weighing of the wands goes about the same as usual, as does Harry's interview with Rita Skeeter, except all the Slytherin ones don't taunt him afterwards, but the Hufflepuffs are definitely still upset about the complete lack of Cedric coverage in the article. And then we get to a very interesting change. This is also when Harry gets his letter back from Sirius asking him to meet him in the fireplace, but obviously he won't be meeting him in the Gryffindor common room this time, but the Slytherin common room, which should be fair. It's probably a much riskier move on Sirius' part, but also to be fair, that's never stopped Sirius even once ever. The other unstoppable force in play that night though is Hagrid who definitely is not going to be stopped from showing Harry the dragons for the first task. Thus Harry is still informed ahead of time and yes, he still tells Cedric 'cause he's such a nice lad. But the big change here is that after he sees the dragons and rushes back to the common room to have his conversation with Sirius, Ron doesn't come down the stairs to interrupt the conversation. And this actually does cause a big difference because it means that Sirius is able to successfully finish telling Harry about how to fight the dragons with the Conjunctivitis Curse, meaning Harry actually has a plan of attack going in against the dragons and won't need to use the Firebolts. In fact, Harry realizes, this is actually a very similar advantage he had over the Basilisk after Fawkes flew in and blinded it before healing its eyes. Oh, if only he could summon the Basilisk to help him fight the dragon, he thinks, but he doesn't even know where the task is gonna take place and there's just no way he could possibly move the Basilisk around throughout the school, so, oh, well. As a a side note here, it also means Harry doesn't get super good at summoning charms 'cause he doesn't need to summon the Firebolt. Although, I have to tell you how great would osteo Basilisk have been. (Basilisk thumping) As Harry goes to Hermione to tell her what the first task is and what his plan is to fight it, and they set off to master the Conjunctivitis Curse. And believe it or not, we actually have a pretty good idea of how using that spell might go down when fighting the Horntail, because in the main story, that is actually exactly what Victor Krum does against the Chinese Firebolt and it is successful, although he does lose points because after hitting into the eyes, it stomps around and crushes some of the real eggs, which he wasn't supposed to let happen. Dragon fight. Time for smoke. Nevermind. I know why it isn't working. Huzzah. Dragon fight. For the sake of argument though, we'll assume Harry has some spectacular dodges, some real near misses, but eventually does manage to hit the horn tail in the eyes with the Curse and retrieve the Golden Eggs at the cost of some of the other real eggs. We also know from the main story that Krum is otherwise in the lead after the first task until after some point fixing by Karkaroff, which ties him and Harry. Otherwise, Harry definitely would've been in the lead. This time, they actually end up still tied because they did the exact same thing. Although we'll assume Karkaroff still ends up cheating a little and that everyone else gave Harry a few more points because he had a more difficult dragon to fight. (Dragon roaring) Either way, afterwards, Ron finally comes to his senses and him and Harry make up. Yay. Which brings us to a very fun part, the Yule Ball. How does it change, if at all? Same dates? Different dates? Well, let's start with the easy one. Thus far, Harry and Flora have basically nothing to do with each other, so we'll assume she stays the exact same and goes with Roger Davies. However, in this version of events, we know that Harry does not have a crush on Cho, but we know who does, Ron. (ball thumping) In the original story, Ron is mortified after he accidentally asks Flora to the ball and she denies him in front of a large crowd of people. And I think this time, more or less the same thing happens to Ron, except he much more intentionally asks Cho, who also can't go with him because she's already been asked by somebody, Cedric. Well, I've said I'll go. Who does Harry ask if he doesn't really have like an active crush going? Well, usually he finds out about the Yule Ball from McGonagall, which means this time he'll probably find out about it from Snape, who then must presumably also give dance lessons to all the Slytherins. I know that's just a movie thing, but please don't take that away from me. Either way, it means Draco is present when Harry finds out about the Yule Ball and asks Harry who's he gonna take, to which Harry is like, I don't know, bro. I don't know. What? Which Draco was surprised by. He's like, really? I thought for sure you'd take Granger. Then he of course strikes Harry as a surprise, having never really thought about Hermione like that at all. But the longer he waits and the more he absolutely needs a date to the Yule Ball, the more the idea starts to grow on him, until he decides he actually is going to ask her, as friends of course. Equally surprised, but also honored to be asked by Harry, Hermione of course says, sorry Harry, I've already said I'll go with somebody else. As ever, this is of course Victor Krum, who hasn't really been affected by Harry's being in a different house at all, so yes, he asked Hermione. This is naturally quite an embarrassing response for Harry to get, but he's also shocked to find that he's actually kind of disappointed too. But that still lands us with the big question of who does Harry end up taking to the ball then because he has waited way too long to ask somebody. Come on, dude. Well, normally Harry asks Parvati, but this time I actually think it's Ron who asks Parvati because he's the one who would be in the Gryffindor common room with her, and then he asks Parvati if she knows if there's anyone who can go with Harry. And she of course suggests Padma. Thus Harry and Ron switch dates and Harry ends up going with Padma Patel, who let's face it, he's probably actually a little bit more familiar with than he is in the main story because for some reason the Gryffindor and the Ravenclaws never have class together, but that probably means that the Slytherin and Ravenclaws have class together, se we should seen her in crossing some, but let's be clear, it's still pretty awkward and the dance goes about us poorly as it usually does, minus Ron Hermione not having some big ginormous fight. Instead, however, it is Harry who finds he is experiencing... What are these, twinges of jealousy? And privately, he commits himself to absolutely defeating Victor Krum in the second task. Speaking of which, we now arrive at Harry solving the Golden Egg, which he still does in the prefix bathroom, per Cedric's tip, where he still runs into moaning Myrtle, who flirts up at a super inappropriate storm with him. I mean, there's nothing more romantic than talking about how sometimes you get flushed down into the lake through the pipes. I wonder if that would be relevant. The issue of course after solving the egg is that Harry, Ron and Hermione are complete failures at finding a way for Harry to breathe underwater. Normally, Moody/Crouch tries to solve this earlier in the year by planting a book about gillyweed with Neville in Harry's common room. Planting, huh? That of course ultimately fails and he ends up having to rely on Dobby on the morning of, who just gives Harry the gillywood with no explanation. But this time it wouldn't really make sense to target Neville for this, since Harry doesn't live with Neville, so Moody instead targets a different student, Draco. As we said, normally Moody's tactic here is to go for the gillyweed, since Neville is his target and he's known to be proficient at Herbology. This time, however, I think he goes for a different tactic since he knows Draco is actually good at charms thanks to Lupin's letter. Plus, Moody's solution is the Bubble-Head Charm, which is kind of poetic, since in the first task he ended up copying Krum. This time it's gonna be the same as Flora and Cedric. And it's not hard to imagine how Moody would get this information to Draco, who we know is working really hard to throw out the Imperius Curse in class. Marty Crouch knows everything about Lucius Malfoy and that he lied about using the Imperius Curse and sort of actively hates him for not hunting for Voldemort, so he plays up that angle with Draco and gives him a book that includes the Bubble-Head Charm. It's basically the exact same thing he does with Neville, except that it's way more successful because Draco's just more adept at breaking rules. Plus, he's actively and eagerly looking for ways to rebel against his father in a very silent sort of way. And helping Harry Potter would be one of those ways. I can even see him holding Malfoy after class one day being like, how's Potter doing with the egg? Figure out to wait to breathe underwater yet? Magical eye wink. Draco asks Harry the same question, have you figured out how you're gonna breathe underwater yet? And then just sort of tells him about the Bubble-Head Charm. To which Harry responds, why are you helping me. And Draco's like, we're Slytherin? On the morning of the second task, Harry actually has a plan for what he's going to do and knows how to perform the Bubble-Head Charm. What he's not prepared for is the fact that Flora, Cedric and Krum, especially shark head Krum, are just way faster swimmers than him and get a pretty good lead on him. All he can really hope is that he just gets lucky and finds the Merpeople first, but who he actually finds is moaning myrtle down by the pipes. And what was it that Draco said? We're Slytherins, yes, He, Harry was a Slytherin and the sight of Myrtle gives him a crazy idea swimming up to the pipes. Harry casts another spell on himself, Sonora, the spell He saw Ludo Bagman use in the top box to commentate the Quidditch World Cup. This magnifies his own voice, which he then uses to call into the pipes in parselmouth. Unsure if this idea will work. Harry waits outside the pipes for what feels like a long time and then without warning, a giant whooshing wave of water emerges from the pipes along with the beast of Slytherin, the Basilisk. Harry stares an amazement at the Basilisk, which stares back at him with its giant yellow eyes. Once so deadly, but now magically repaired and just yellow and messy. He speaks again to the Basilisk, grabs onto its back, and together they race to the bottom of the lake. The speed of the Basilisk is phenomenal. Harry isn't even sure if he's going to be able to hold on, but before he knows it, they've arrived at the bottom of the lake and Harry has spotted what he's after, Ron, along with Hermione, Cho and Flo's sister. Harry has to dismount the Basilisk in order to free Ron. He's unwilling to let it try and bite through the ropes because the Basilisk fang are still quite deadly and poisonous. Instead, the Basilisk just circles the hostages waiting for Harry to free Ron, but Harry, as ever, is unwilling to leave the other three hostages. Harry starts to free the other hostages, starting with Cho, who is the closest, which of course prompts the Merpeople to try and converge on him, but they immediately scatter as the Basilisk rears up as if it's going to attack. Almost as soon as he's done freeing her though, Cedric actually does show up and he immediately panics at the side of the Basilisk, but Harry motions to him that there's no danger. He hesitates, but in the end grabs Cho and heads for the surface. The same happens as he frees Hermione. Krum shows up and grabs her as well. Leaving Harry alone with Gabrielle, who he also starts to fee. Flora, however, does not make it, and unwilling to wait, Harry grabs Ron and Gabrielle, remounts the Basilisk, and heads for the surface. Now, in my mind, I like to think that Harry easily passes Krum on the way up and erupts out of the water in a giant wave of glory. It's a huge applause riding the Basilisk bareback. But I guess realistically that's a bad idea for Harry to do. More likely though Harry realizes he shouldn't reveal the Basilisk to the rest of the school. Instead just has it propelled him, Ron and Gabrielle out of the water as it retreats back to the Chamber Of Secrets, which is not to say that nobody's gonna know what happened because Dumbledore is obviously gonna still converse with the Merpeople about what happened at the bottom. Although you have to imagine Dumbledore is probably a little bit coy about it. Harry Potter made tremendous use of the Bubble-Head Charm and the befriend of a giant underwater snake. The big difference for the second task is that Harry easily makes it back under an hour and in second place, catapulting him into first, especially after you count on those moral fiber points. Am I right? - Outstanding moral fiber. - Following The second task is when Rita publishes her article about the supposed love triangle between Harry, Krum and Hermione, which is typically a pretty baseless and highly inaccurate bit of gossip that Hermione easily shrugs off, but Harry finds that for some reason, he is oddly bothered by it. Following this though is when the Golden Trio meets up with Sirius and a cave just outside of Hogsmeade. I think that pretty much goes down the same as usual, other than I guess that Buckbeaks not there, which I guess come to think of it means that Sirius never really got that far from the castle anyway, 'cause he couldn't fly around. But either way, not much happens here. They just sort of like recap all of the suspects, who might have put Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire, including Bartemius Crouch Senior, who is about to go mad and die, moments after Harry learns about the maze, which of course that all still happens. Harry runs into Crouch, he runs to get Dumbledore, and in the meantime, Moody comes down and murders his father, knocks out Krum, turns him into a bone. You know the deal. I will say in the main story, Harry specifically blames Snape for holding them up and thinks that maybe if he hadn't done that, they would've gotten down there in time to stop that from happening. And with Harry in Slytherin, presumably Snape wouldn't hold them up, but honestly don't think that changes anything. It really only takes like 30 seconds of time and it doesn't seem like that would've made the difference. But this incident, the murder of Bardi Crouch does cause the events of Harry's dream in divination later that week. Well, according Trelawney, the clairvoyant vibrations of her room cause him to fall into asleep and have a vision, but the main difference here is the timing of when divination would happen because Harry would have it with the Slytherins instead of with the Gryffindors, which means it's definitely at a different time of day, if not a whole different day of the week altogether, which matters because he leaves immediately from divination to go to Dumbledore to tell him everything he just saw in the dream, and typically he runs into Dumbledore, having a meeting with Moody and Fudge about the death of Bardi Crouch. Dumbledore, Fudge, and Moody then leave Harry in the office while they go investigate the grounds and Harry discovers the Pensive, but Harry has divination at a different time, so I don't think that meeting is happening when he gets there. Instead, he just arrives at Dumbledore's office and talks to Dumbledore directly and doesn't spend any time in the Pensive, which believe it or not, doesn't actually make a huge difference. I mean, it means he does not learn that Snape was a Death Eater and he does not learn about Neville's parents, but everything else he learns in there is just sort of extra knowledge for you, the reader. Harry doesn't end up using any of that information to actually solve anything. He just makes everything else make more sense later when Bardi Crouch is spilling the beans. Which means we're pretty much at the third task. Woo-hoo. The way the third task works is that of course you just have to get through the maze and to the Cup in the middle, and however many points you have going in determines how much of a head start you do or don't get. Typically, Harry and Cedric are timed for the lead at this point, so they enter the maze at the exact same time, but this time Harry has the outright lead, so he enters the maze first, then Cedric, then Krum, then Flora, and Harry having the lead does make quite a difference. I mean, this is Moody/Crouch Jr's plan, literally the whole time. Get Harry into the maze with as much of a lead as possible. We also noted that the main story, Crouch Jr. is making Harry's time in the maze way easier, blasting Enchantments and/or monsters out of his way and taking out Flora. (Flora screaming) We also know he casts the Imperius Curse on Krum and forces him to perform the Cruciatus Curse on Cedric, which Harry then intervenes and stops. This I think, is the big difference because Harry entering the maze earlie r means that he's in a much different part of the maze when the Krum Digory scuffle goes down, he doesn't overhear it and doesn't step in. And as such, Krum just successfully subdues Cedric and is then himself, a non-entity, because he's under the Imperius Curse, meaning Harry is really the only champion in the maze at all, and Crouch Jr is able to help him as much as possible, reach the center, which he does. And Harry, unbelieving his own luck, reaches out and grabs the Cup. But of course, it's not just a Cup, it's a portkey, which immediately transports him to the graveyard in Little Hangleton, where he is also immediately subdued by Wormtail. And I have to say, the graveyard for all intents and purposes, plays out almost the exact same. Wormtail cuts off his hand. Voldemort is reborn. The Death Eaters arrive and Harry and Voldemort duel. The twins of course still meet and Priori Incantatem is still activated. The obvious difference though is that Cedric doesn't emerge from the wand because Cedric doesn't die, which really is good for Cedric because, well, I mean obviously because he's alive, but also because Harry didn't actually master Accio this year, the summoning charm. Then normally he gets back to Cedric's body and summons the Cup, but this time he would've had to just grab the Cup and Cedric's body would've been left behind, but fortunately that didn't matter because Cedric didn't get sucked through the pork key, so it's all good. What makes this part different though is that usually Harry arrives back from the graveyard with a dead body, which almost immediately causes a panic. This time that won't happen. Everyone will just think, oh my gosh, Harry won. Instead of panic, the crowd is just cheering for their champion. And this is an important difference because typically Dumbledore has to tend to Cedric's body, and that's when Bardi Crouch whisks Harry away, tipping Dumbledore off that he's not the real Moody because the real Moody would never do that. But so does then Crouch Jr just get away with this as Harry too, surrounded by screaming fans, for him to be whisked away? No, because obviously Harry himself is still in quite a state of shock at having seen Voldormort be reborn. And he is trying to find Dumbledore right away to tell him this, but he can't. Why? Because Victor Krum used Cruciatus Curse on Cedric. In the main story, after a Flora is taken out by Bardi Crouch, they send red sparks up over her body and she is collected from the maze. And presumably the same thing would've happened to Cedric after he was taken out. And while Harry was in the graveyard, Cedric's body would've been recovered and innovated back to consciousness, where I have to imagine he immediately started telling everybody that Victor Krum was using the Cruciatus Curse on him. Dumbledore would for sure need to tend to that, and we would probably send up a giant red flag in his mind over Karkaroff as the most likely candidate all of a sudden for who put Harry's name in the Goblet of Fire. While Dumbledore is dealing with that, Harry finally breaks through the crowd and tells the next best person, in his opinion, that Voldormort is back, Moody. This is of course what Moody/Crouch Jr wants to hear, and immediately whisks Harry away to hear the entire story. But with the task over, Krum's body is recovered from the maze as well. And once he wakes up, he tells everyone he was under the Imperius Curse. And this is what finally tips Dumbledore off to the real Culprit, Moody, which leads us to a pretty similar ending, as usual. Dumbledore storms in the door, blasts Bardi Crouch, waits for him to transform, feeds him the Serum, gets the whole story out of him. Meanwhile, Fudge is still seeking corrective actions for the night's events. I mean, after all, somebody did use an unforgivable Curse. It doesn't matter which one it is. All of them land you a life sentence in Azkaban. And so when Fudge finds out that it was a Death Eater behind all this, he still summons a Dementor with him into the castle, who then still performs the Dementor's Kiss on Bardi Crouch Jr. Meaning as ever, there's no one to corroborate any of this story at all. And Fudge goes on believing it's all just a big power play by Dumbledore to get him out of office. And that there's absolutely no way Voldemort is back. Realizing that once again, the ministry will be very little help, Dumbledore immediately starts forming the order of the Phoenix. By the end of your feast is considerably different because Cedric didn't die this time. Instead, Dumbledore's speech is still about the return of Voldemort, but he really lifts up Harry as what he true Slytherin would be like, not Lord Voldemort. And on that note, Slytherin once again wins the House Cup 11 years in a row. No big deal. Harry, for his part though, doesn't feel like much of a champion. He tries to give all of his winnings to Cedric, who he feels absolutely deserves it after being tortured by the Cruciatus Curse, but Cedric absolutely refuses. Harry also informs Draco that his father was indeed present in the graveyard at Voldemort's rebirthing party. Draco doesn't give much of a response at all, And in the end, Harry does still end up giving the gold to the twins to start the joke shop. On the other hand though, I don't think Hermione actually catches Rita Skeeter at the end of the year, like usual. The final clue she usually needs is to see Draco talking into his hand, which is of course where Rita is hiding, but that wouldn't happen this year, but so there you go. That's how Goblet of fire would go if Harry had been sorted into Slytherin. Voldemort still returns, but Cedric is alive and Draco himself seems to have had the most confusing year of anyone. Just as it seemed he was about to turn a corner, the Dark Lord himself has returned and everything his father's been preaching for the past 14 years seems like it might actually come to pass. Thanks so much for watching Part One of "What If Harry Was In Slytherin?" And if you want to continue on to the next part of the series, you can click right here. That's gonna be "Order The Phoenix through Deathly Hallows". Enjoy.

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Length: 104min 13sec (6253 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 10 2022