    So Harry made sure to keep an eye on the other Slytherins, never fully letting his guard down when he interacted with them. There wasn’t much he could do if one of the older Slytherins decided to intervene, but they seemed perfectly content to leave the first-years to what, Harry was realising, amounted to power struggles. As of yet, there had been nothing to make him worried about his fellow first-years either, but that could change in a heartbeat.