3 003- Year One (Part 1) Train and Sorting

(A/N: Since the system isn't intelligent then I won't be doing a lot with it. This is focus on what I would do in Hogwarts, but the Stealing will continue to keep up his lifestyle.)

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Sam noticed where other wizards were running through and didn't even think before going through the same wall, he felt a cool sensation pass him as he went through the other side. What he didn't expect was to run into someone when he came out the other side.

"Ouch!" The girl with bushy brown hair said as we both fell to the ground.

Luckily all Sam had on him was a black backpack that had an extension charm, inside was basically a mini apartment setup. Their fall ended up with her on top of him, she was frowning as she pushed off his chest and sat up looking down at him.

Sam was smirking slightly looking at the young Emma Watson aka Hermione Granger looking at him, "Well that is totally my fault, do you mind getting up though I would like to get on the train." He said while still looking at her until she started to blush a little.

"Ahh sorry," She said standing up and moving around nervously, "Are you a first year too?"

Of course it was obvious since he was still wearing his muggle close, not that he planned on wearing anything else they could change his clothes magically anyways. "Yeah what gave it away my non-robes without my house colors?" Sam joked while smiling at her.

She blushed a little more, "Yeah that is true... umm do you want to sit together on the train?"

Sam looked at her with a raised brow, "Sure why not I could always use a new friend anyways. I am Sam by the way."

"Hermione."

Hermione smiled widely before the both of them moved to get on the train, to the side Sam did catch a glimpse of a group of redhead wizards coming through the wall. They moved inside and got the first empty compartment that was in the back, Sam helped Hermione put her things in the overhead.

"I noticed that you don't have your trunk, where is it?" Hermione asked as they both took a seat.

"Yeah see this?" He said point to his backpack which she nodded at, "Well it is a regular backpack like you see but it has an extension charm on it so I just put all of my things inside of it."

She looked amazed as she looked over the backpack, "Really where did you get it?" she asked looking excited.

Sam smiled at her, she was a big crush of his not the biggest but she was a big one, "I bought the backpack and paid someone to add the charm to it for me cost around 20,000 galleons." Which it did since it was the most expensive on in the system, there were three more that were cheaper but they were less space unlike his.

Her smiled dimmed some and she nodded, "Ah okay, that is to expensive for my blood? But what is up with you, are you a fan of muggle things? You are the first Wizard I have met that is like that."

"Haha play your cards right and be a good friend, I might just get you one for yourself." Sam said and smiled when her face lit up some but she did look nervous, "And to answer your other question, no I was raised in the muggle world so I am use to this stuff. To me it is weirder that these guys wear bathrobes rather then normal clothes."

"Haha, that is so true. I couldn't believe it when I found out about this world but it is amazing I have read and done so much to learn about this world since I entered it. I have already read most of the first year books." She said while looking excited about the entire thing.

Sam smiled he had been doing that a lot more since she has shown up, Hermione was one of his favorites for many reasons and didn't even mind her bossy personality. To him she actually was one of the biggest reason's Harry even lived, there was no was Ron was going to be any help to the kid.

He also saw that she could have been in three houses Slytherin, Gryffindor, and Ravenclaw, yes she was even included in Slytherin in his opinion. Mainly because she was Ambitious, a Strong Leader, and Achievement-Oriented.

To anyone it seemed that Harry was the leader of the golden trio but really it was her, if it wasn't for her they wouldn't be able to get anything done right. Plus they did need to listen to a lot that she said in order to get things done, so honestly she was the leader of their three.

As for the being Ambitious everyone knew she wanted to be the minster of magic, which she eventually reached in her life, not that they ever showed it. Though being Cunning is a big thing too which she kind of was, in a small way not to much really.

For the other two you just needed to watch the movies or read the books to see that she is a Gryffindor or Ravenclaw, Hermione was honestly as everyone ever said a brilliant witch.

"Yeah I also made sure that I was a little ahead. I didn't want to be behind these purebloods a lot of them have tutoring in some things. The only thing we are all even is would be none of us being able to do magic before Hogwarts." Sam said coming back to himself.

"That is a relief, I didn't want to be left behind by others." She said patting her chest with a relaxed expression.

While the two of them were talking there was a knock on the compartment door before someone walked in, it was a pudgy boy with brown hair who looked nervous about being there. They both looked over watching him which made him flinch a little but he did calm down some.

"Sorry, everywhere else is full do you mind if I come in here with you?" he said while holding on to his trunk.

Sam didn't say anything before Hermione spoke first, "Sure thing there is plenty of space. I am Hermione by the way, this is Sam."

"Nice to meet you, I am Neville Longbottom." He said shyly moving further in.

"Why don't you come sit over here next to me Mione, let Neville have that side to himself." Sam said while helping Neville put his stuff in the overhead.

Hermione gave him a weird look but at the nickname she beamed before moving to sit next to Sam, this was all apart of Sam's plan too. He wanted to get in good with her early even if she was a kid now she would be a beauty later..... hearing that in his head sounded kind of weird though.

Still he was already planning to make her his wife, or Luna, or Fleur he didn't know which, at the moment he was honestly trying to just get a feel for everything.

After settling in Neville they all took a seat, Sam noticed that at the moment he was holding Trevor who was trying to escape. "Umm your Toad/Frog there is trying to get away.... why a Toad in the first way?" Sam said pointing at Neville's toad which was trying to get away.

"Ahh Trevor!" He said securing him some more so he wouldn't get away.

"Maybe you should put him in a terrarium so he wouldn't try and go away." Sam said point it out.

"That sound's like a good idea, they aren't use to this type of environment. You should look into it if you are going to keep him." Hermione said while thinking it over looking at Trevor.

"Terrarium?" He said with a confused expression holding him a little tighter.

"One moment." Sam said he opened the system and bought one it was actually really cheap. The terrarium he got was about the size of a fish bowl, the magical thing about it was that it simulated the perfect environment for a toad like that.

"Here you go." He said handing it over Neville who looked at it with wonder. Sam made it look like he grabbed it from his backpack so that it wasn't weird, he didn't need Hermione to ask a million questions he couldn't answer.

"Thanks you," He put Trevor inside and watched how he reacted, "Look he loves it, thank you so much!"

"No problem. Like I told Mione here I could always use more friends and it would be awesome to have one like you." Sam said with a slight smile.

"What else do you have in there?" Hermione asked looking happy that I called her by the nickname again.

He looked over at her and smirked some, reaching in he brought out one of his rarer books before handing it over to her. After learning about it she was anxious and tried to hand it back but when he insisted she squealed a little taking the book reading it as soon as possible.

Sam smiled patting her head which she leaned into a little smiling happily, he then turned to Neville who he started talking to about different things. The train left five minutes later, the compartment was quite except for Neville and him talking while Hermione kept reading the book.

The book was a diary of some old witch, he got it just for her but read through a little of it himself, it was theories mostly. She was a by the book kind of girl which is why he was giving it to her since he wanted her to be a little more open minded, this was his first step with her.

It was thirty minutes into the ride when there was a knock on the compartment door, looking to the window Sam saw Draco standing there opening it. Sam could see Neville tense no doubt knowing who was at the door, Hermione actually stopped reading to see what was going on.

"SAM!" He said some excitement in his voice, the goons behind him Crabbe and Goyle nodding to him too.

"Good to see you Draco, enjoying the trip so far?" Sam asked seeing him walk in and sit beside Neville the other two standing at the door.

"Yes, you know I met Harry Potter he was sitting with a Weasley. Didn't want to be a friend he thought that Weasley was a better choice." Draco said with a frown on his face.

"THE HARRY POTTER!!!?!??" Hermione said excitedly with some awe in her voice.

Draco looked to her with a lifted brow, "Yes him."

Sam reached over and patted Hermione head again calming her down which made her blush some, "Draco meet my new friend Hermione, she is a muggle born so don't be to mean on her lack of knowledge of the wizarding world. Hermione meet my best friend Draco the guy is awesome and has some respect for muggle things but he won't admit it outside of us."

Draco nodded to her before turning back to me, "I just was trying to be his friend but he tells me that he can make his own judgement without my help."

"And did you say it in a friendly tone or condescending making fun of Weasley while you were at it?" Sam asked unconsciously one of his fingers started to twirl some of Hermione's bushy hair making her blush some.

He actually looked embarrassed before he spoke again, "Well.... he laughed at my name soooo...."

'Sigh' "Don't worry you have another chance, just wait until we get to Hogwarts I will help you next time okay?" Sam said while sighing looking at his best friend who nodded hearing his words.

"Well I just came by to see you. I am going to talk some more with the future Slytherins, I will message you later okay?" He said standing while nodding to Hermione and Neville.

"Yeah any time, maybe we can run some levels later."

"Awesome can't wait!" Draco said with a wide grin before schooling his features and walking out the door.

"D-do you know who that was?!" Neville said his voice a little shaky while looking at me.

"Of course, and I hope you won't judge him until you really get a chance to know him." He said while looking at Neville with a thoughtful look.

Neville hesitated for just a moment before nodding and agreeing, Hermione being herself asked a question, "Who is he to make you act that way?"

Sam looked at her and sighed before patting her head, he then went on for the next hour explaining everything about Death Eaters and Pureblood lifestyle. She was listening with wide eyes soaking it all in, she was calling a lot of things unfair but the glint in her eyes told him she would still be her.

For the rest of the ride they all talked some, Hermione was in her book though soaking it all in while saying 'wow' every now and then. As he talked to Neville he started to twirl her hair more and relaxed into his seat, after awhile she looked over to him with a raised brow.

"Yes Mione?" He said looking at her.

"Well... Not that it isn't nice but," she bit her lip looking down for a moment before looking back at him and hesitating.

"Go on you can tell me anything no need to hold back." He said with a smile, he knew what it was about but he wasn't going to stop until she said it.

"Umm my hair." she said with a small blush on her cheeks, Neville was looking between us with curious eyes.

"Yes it is beautiful and wonderfully soft hair Mione, is that what you wanted? A compliment on your hair?" Sam said with a smirk.

She froze a moment before she spoke, "No not that... thank you.... but no are you going to keep playing with it?"

"Do you want me to stop?"

She paused a moment before speaking again, "Well I don't hate it but it is just weird but nice at the same time..... Ahh I don't know I am confused."

"Alright I will stop Mione but if I forget then tell me when you want me to stop, though we just met today I can tell you that your hair is beautiful and I love feeling it." He said while pulling his hand away but he still smiled at her which she returned.

Her shoulder that were tense a moment ago relaxed before she gave his hand a squeeze and went back to the book, the smile on his face never went away. After that he went back to talking to Neville, neither minded that Hermione was so caught up in her book and only answered sometimes.

Two hours later the trolley came by to offer them sweets but they all denied it, Sam reached into his bag and brought out a small table starting to set food on it. Hermione and Neville watched him as he took everything out, Hermione being herself asked how the food stayed fresh which he told her about.

She was amazed and even more excited to start Hogwarts to learn it all, he could only chuckle as her eyes took on a star light sparkle inside of them. Their food was a large Veggie/Pepperoni/Sausage/Cheese, Mione's eyes glowed some more as he took out some soda.

For the rest of the ride there they enjoyed their food, Sam started playing games with Draco towards the end of the journey letting Neville watch. "You two should change into your robes soon we are going to be there any minute." Hermione said closing the book while standing.

Sam followed her out while they let Neville change, her raised brow made him speak up, "I refuse to wear those and before you say anything I know it is a rule but if you are going to hang out with me you should know we will be breaking a few."

She gave me an intense stare before speaking, "Fine. What was that thing you were on earlier by the way."

So he went on to tell her about the phone which made her eyes shine, he had enough Galleons to give her one too but he was waiting to see which house they would be in. Along the way they never talked about it but they agreed that if they were in different ones then they would stay friends.

After Neville finished changing they went back inside the compartment and then talked before hearing that they would arrive in five minutes. Neville and Hermione left their trunks while Sam carried his backpack, they followed everyone else out the train.

Looking at the leaving older years he saw that the twins were playing a prank on someone, shaking it off he was pulled by Hermione who took him to the boats. They got into one with a random student, they couldn't tell if he was muggle or not but like every other first year he was amazed seeing the boats go across the black lake.

When they made it across he helped Hermione onto shore, she thanked him before they all followed Hagrid into the castle. Professor McGonagall was standing there and thanked Hagrid before leading them up the staircase, after settling them she walked into the great hall.

Hermione started to tell Neville and him about some of the history of Hogwarts, they both listened and there were even some people on the side listening. Sam took her hand and started swinging it as he listened to her, she looked down at it but shrugged and let him do it.

From where he stood he could see Harry and Ron, Draco wasn't to far away looking at them while talking to Crabb and Goyle he had on his Lucius mask at the moment. Sam shook his head but didn't head over, the two did nod at each other though before going back to what they were doing.

Two minutes later after the ghost left they followed McGonagall into the great hall, Hermione and him didn't let go of each other as they walked further in. "It's not real, the ceiling. It's just bewitched to look like the night sky. I read about it in Hogwarts: A History." Hermione whispered to him as they walked forward.

"Hmm I didn't read that one, you will have to tell me some more sometime." Sam said as they all lined up to be sorted.

Three minutes later.....

"Granger Hermione." Professor McGonagall said.

She squeezed my hand before moving forward to sit on the stool, it was a full thirty seconds later before it shouted out, "Gryffindor!!!" Well he really didn't think it would change much he really didn't do anything to change her much, he would do that over time.

A few more students went by before it was his turn, there was a pause before Professor McGonagall actually spoke, "Le Fay Sam."

The air seemed to freeze as he walked forward to the stool, he raised a brow at the looks he got but didn't comment, he did see the question in the Professor's eyes about his clothes. Shrugging he took the hat and sat down, the conversation wasn't really a conversation it was more like it asking him where he wanted to be.

"Any place is fine not like I really care." He told it while yawning some, it had been a long day.

"Then it better be....." It spoke out loud so everyone could hear it, Sam tried to not roll his eyes, "SLYTHERIN!!!"

For once the pureblood table went wild as he set the hat back down and made his way over, he could see the shocked look of Draco since he never knew his last name. He ignored the stare from the head table no doubt it was from Dumbledore who followed him with his eyes.

When he reached the table a lot of people tried to talk to them but he ignore them sitting next to Draco who made Crabbe move to the other side of Goyle. Seeing that he was ignoring them they all went back to sitting back down, after everything calmed down he looked to Hermione who was staring at him.

He sent her a smile and could see her visibly relax giving him one back, 'I will give you a phone later.' He mouthed to her making her nod excitedly at it, he didn't think that she would actually be able to read his lips but seems like she was able to.

"Potter Harry!" There were hushed whispers as his name was announced, he could actually feel people shaking with excitement at the prospect of getting Harry. Though like in the movie he ended up in Gryffindor, the table went wild seeing him walk over with a wide smile.

After that Sam stopped paying attention, he really on came back to himself after the food was set on the table he didn't even listen to Dumbledore's speech. "I didn't think you would be hiding your last name from me." Draco said as he put some food on his plate.

"No I wasn't. You just never asked me my last name and I didn't feel the need to share at the moment." Sam said frowning at the food, nothing seemed appealing sure it smelled good but it wasn't for him.

Draco sat there a moment but nodded, "Yeah that is true. Well at least we are in the same house so we can hang out more."

Sam was aware of the people at the table watching their interaction but ignored them, he rolled his eyes when he saw some people plotting. With his last name there were going to be a lot of fakes who just wanted to have him as a follower to raise their status.

Looking up again Sam caught Hermione looking at him, her and Neville were sitting together at the table but they were mainly listening and not talking to others. He sent her a reassuring smile before she went back to eating her food and talking to Neville about something, Sam smiled and started to eat a little of everything in front of him.

After the feast and Dumbledore's warnings they were lead out the hall and towards the Dungeons, Sam was able to catch Hermione and Neville giving them each a phone. She smiled thanking him with a hug before taking off after her house, Sam smiled catching up to Draco as they went to the dungeon's.

The deeper they went down the colder it started to become, thankfully his clothes were charmed to keep him warm.