After the Christmas holidays, the children began returning to school one after another. The Slytherin students had more or less learned through family connections that Professor Slughorn had left Hogwarts.
"Who will be the new Potions professor and Head of Slytherin?"
The little ones whispered among themselves. Slytherin was naturally abuzz with murmurs too—after all, the Dark Lord was still at the school; it would be utterly absurd if the position of Head of House went to anyone else.
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