Chapter One

(Slytherin Harry Potter) There are many moments in our lives that add up to define who we become, and some things that we simply are with or without any choice in the matter. Getting to Platform 9 3/4 by himself and finding a toad roaming the train, one small moment among thousands, really should not matter all that much in the grand scheme of things... Except it does.

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Or, Harry never meets Ron on the the train to Hogwarts and goes to Slytherin instead. This changes everything that it can.