The Badger and the Snake, or Rather, the Lion and the Llama (Phan/ Hogwarts)

Chapter 2

How could Dan and his best friend be separated?! They couldn't possibly be happening! This had to be a nightmare. Dan shut his eyes and pinched his arm harder than ever had.
Instead of waking up, he was just holding back tears of not only sadness, but also pain.
When Dan looked back up, Phil had already sat down at his table. He, unlike Dan, greeted his fellow housemates and smiled when welcomed.
At a glance, he looked happy.
When he looked over at Dan, however, the look of fear and sadness in his eyes made Dan feel even worse.
"I'm so sorry," Dan mouthed to Phil. He gave Dan a small smile.
"It's not your fault," he replied.
Dan was going to say something back, but a thin, blonde-haired boy sat down in front of him and blocked his view of Phil. Dan craned his neck in every direction, trying to see Phil again.
"What are you doing?" Asked the blonde kid across from him. Dan huffed annoyedly and rolled his eyes.
"I'm trying to talk to my friend, so if you don't mind, could you please move a little?" Dan asked. Instead of being helpful at all, blondie stayed in the exact same spot, smirking.
"Really?" Dan raised his eyebrow at him.
Blondie just shrugged, the smirk still on his stupid face. Dan rolled his eyes and crossed his arms over his chest. Why wouldn't this idiot let him look over at the other table? Why did he and Phil have to be put in different houses? Just, why?
Dan resolved to watching the rest of the Sorting angrily, sneaking glances across the table to see if blondie had moved at all.
Nope.
The Sorting was over in no time, and then dinner was served. The tables all filled with all kinds of mouth-watering food. Dan filled his plate, but barely ate any of it; he was still too in shock to have much of an appetite. Dinner was over and the Headmaster, an old wizard by the name of Dumbledore with flowing silver hair and beard, gave a speech (Dan wasn't really paying attention though) before sending them off to their individual dormitories. Slytherin's were apparently in the dungeons, and that was great for Dan considering his fear of things in the dark and all.
Life was just great.
Luckily, Hufflepuff and Slytherin lined up next to each other and took a bit of a similar route to the dormitories. Dan found Phil almost immediately.
"Phil!" He called, throwing his arms around his best friend who hugged him back just as excitedly.
"Hey Dan! How are you holding up so far?" He asked. Dan just scoffed and dropped his voice to a whisper.
"I can't stand any of the idiots in my house, what about you?"
"I've actually made some friends already," Phil said and he introduced them to Dan (a boy named Troye with brilliant blue eyes, a girl named Louise who was very sweet, and a girl named Zoella who was insanely pretty).
On the outside, Dan was nice enough; on the inside, however, Dan wasn't paying attention to any of the people he was introduced to. Phil had already made friends? Would those friends replace me? They probably will, won't they? They're in the same house as Phil, which means the they're probably more like him and he'll probably prefer them over me. What if I lose him? I can't lose my nest friend, I just ca-
"Dan? Dan!" He was so stuck in his mind, he hadn't noticed Phil was talking to him.
"What is it?"
"The rest of your house is going that way," he said and pointed to the right. Dan look over and surely enough, a group of green clad students were descending a flight of stairs. Dan turned to follow them, but he felt a hand on his shoulder stop him, turn him around, and pull him into a hug.
"You'll be ok, bear, I promise," Phil whispered in his ear before letting go. Dan smiled at the silly nickname Phil used, then turned and ran to catch up with the rest of his house, a smile still on his face.
"Is that the person you were trying to look at earlier?" Asked an already annoyingly familiar voice. Blondie, who Dan learned was named Draco, strode up along side with his two cronies Crabbe and Goyle flanking him.
"Yeah, it was," Dan replied, the smile still on his face.
"What, is he your boyfriend or something?" Draco sneered, making Crabbe and Goyle chuckle.
"He's not my boyfriend," Dan replied quickly, a blush rising in his cheeks. His smile faltered and he looked away.
"Oh lookit, the queer's blushing," Draco laughed as he pushed his way in front of Dan. Goyle gave Dan a hard shove which made him trip into the group of older girls next to him. One them screamed loudly before shoving Dan away yelling profanities at him.
"Um excuse me, he was pushed into y'all, no need to be so nasty," someone with an American accent said from behind him. Suddenly, a boy a few inches shorter than Dan with light lavender hair stood between him and the older kids, hip cocked to the side and arms akimbo.
"Are you talking to me?" Said the girl with an incredulous look on her face.
"Yes, I'm talking to you sweetheart, you have no right to yell at him like that, so leave him alone," he grabbed Dan's arm and dragged him along, throwing a peace sign behind his back, "Dubai basic bitches!"
"Oh my God, what have you done," Dan whispered furiously, scared of attracting more attention to them. The girl had begun ranting loudly about how stupid first years are and how they'd pay for what they said.
"I just saved your sorry ass, you're welcome," said the boy, and Dan noticed he had a slight lisp. "My name's Tyler by the way, Tyler Oakley. Just in case you couldn't tell, I'm an exchange student from America," Tyler explained, leading them through the door of the dungeon and the the dorms. A tall man with greasy black hair and a hooked nose stood at the entrance and supervised. His arms were crossed over his chest and he looked annoyed. Dan avoided eye contact at all costs.
"That's Professor Snape, the head of our house," Tyler whispered to Dan. Seemingly at the mention of his name, Snape's eyes darted over to Dan and Tyler, both of whom hauled-ass to the dorms.
Just as Dan imagined, Slytherin's common room and dorms were all very dark.
Well, what else would you expect from a dungeon?
"Wait, how do you know where to go?" Dan asked as Tyler weaved them in and out of the throngs of students already gathered in the common room.
"I asked one of the older students, Lily I think her name was," he replied, as they arrived in their room. There were four beds in this room which meant they'd have to share with another two roommates. The first thing Tyler did was drag his trunk to the bed he wanted, which was the one in the far left corner.
"Alright, well, my name's Dan, and thanks for saving me back there," Dan said, placing his trunk in front of the bed next to Tyler's.
"No problem," he laughed and started digging through his now open trunk.
"Tyler," Dan said, to which he just got a grunt in response, "when we walked away from those girls, why did you say Dubai? Isn't that a place in India?" Tyler just laughed.
"Yeah, but I didn't find that out until a little bit ago and I had already been saying Dubai for a while by then. Do you get it though? Du-BYE. As in good-BYE," Tyler explained animatedly. Dan laughed in spite of himself.
"Alright, that makes more sense," he replied throwing himself on his bed. He and Tyler chatted for another while before the other two came in. One was named Caspar and the other Joey. Caspar instantly warned them of his seriousness when it came to pranks, and Joey told them of his fascination with crystals.
Oh yeah, Dan and Tyler would be fine with these two.
It took a while, but Dan gradually came more out of his shell as the night wore on. The four boys talked and joked quite a bit before deciding to got to bed. They had their first official magic lessons tomorrow and they couldn't be half asleep for them.
Once the lights went out, Dan lay awake, smiling slightly. Well would you look at that, he'd made few friends too.
No one would ever be able to replace Phil though. After tossing and turning for a good hour and with thoughts of his best friend, Dan fell into a dreamless sleep.