The Two Wizards And The First Year
Chapter One- The Unexpected Arrival.
Klyde Ferin tossed and turned in his sleep. His brother Merlinus was awakened by his brother's movements. Merlinus faced his brother and shook him a bit. "Klyde wassuhmatter?" Merlinus said sleepily. Klyde let out a yell as his brother shook him. "Shh! You'll wake up mum and dad!" Merlinus said. "Now get back to sleep." Merlinus turned back over to look at the clock. 12:03 it read, he sighed. "Brother I dreamt of Hogwarts!" Klyde said. Merlinus' eyes widened. He turned back to face his brother again. "What did you say?" Merlinus asked. "I dreamt I was going to Hogwarts! You and I both got sorted into Ravenclaw. D'you think that'll happened next week? I mean... that's when we're going right?" Klyde said. "Yes Klyde 3 more days and we'll be off to Hogwarts.. away from mum and dad. You still have all of your things packed right?" Merlinus asked. Klyde nodded. "Remember that key I gave you? Get it for me please." Klyde got out of bed and walked over to his dresser. He bent down and took a piece of floorboard out of the floor. He reached in the tiny compartment and took out the key. "Good boy, we'll need this if we want our school stuff." Said Merlinus. "You know what Klyde? I think we should leave now... to get our school things." Klyde looked very happy. They packed up their suitcases and went down stairs. At the front of the door was 2 small envelopes. The boys looked at them and smiled. They opened the door saw 2 owls fly away hooting in the night. They both opened their letter and read it to each other aloud. After reading the envelope they walked outside and got on their bikes and headed for the Leaky CauldronAs they entered the pub many people stared at them. "Hey you kids! come over here." Said the bar keeper. They walked over to the counter greeting a few people on the way over there. Klyde looked around as the bar keeper and Merlinus were talking. He looked over to a door that an "Employees only" sign on it. He saw a man walking over to the door and pulling out a short stick from his pocket. Klyde looked at his brother who was still busy talking to the bar keeper to notice Klyde run over to the door. Klyde put his ear to the door and heard a rumbling noise as if bricks were moving around. Merlinus heard the noise and looked over at the door. "Klyde what are you doing!" He yelled. Klyde opened the door and saw nothing but a brick wall. "Get away from there boy!" Shouted an old patron. "It's alright Bill they need to get their things from Diagon Alley. Why don't you show them the way in either that or get out." The bar keeper said. The old man ran out of the bar immediately. "I'll do it." Said a voice from across the room. The man's hat was worn over his face so it couldn't be seen. The man stood up and just as he did the doors to the Leaky Cauldron shattered and a flash of green light was all that was seen. Smoke and dust gathered everywhere making it nearly impossible to see. Merlinus ran to were Klyde had been standing. "Avada Kedavra!" Yelled a voice. Another green flash, only this was came within 3 inches of Merlinus' head. Merlinus grabbed Klyde and ran into the "Employees Only" door. Merlinus tripped over a body and dropped Klyde. Klyde looked over and found a small stick. He heard the door open and he grabbed the stick, closed his eyes, and pointed it to the door. "Abada Kerdabrah!" Klyde yelled. He opened his eyes and saw a dark figure in the doorway. The dark figured raised his wand and pointed it at Klyde. Klyde closed his eyes in fear. The dark figured laughed.
"AVADA KEDAVRA!"
Klyde opened his eyes to see the man who had offered to take him and Merlinus to Diagon Alley standing over the dark figure. Klyde stood up with the wand still in his hand. "I never want to hear you say those 2 words again." Said the man. "My name is Helfin, I'm the new teacher at Hogwarts. We need to go before more of them come." Klyde nodded. "But what about my brother?" Said Klyde pointing at the unconscious Merlinus. "He'll be fine let's go." Helfin picked up Merlinus and tapped his wand against the wall. Klyde watched in awe as the bricks opened up and formed an archway. They walked through the archway and out into Diagon Alley. Although the street was lined with gas lit lamps it was still quite dark out. "First let's get you a wand in case those guys come back. I've no clue why they were after you. Come on Ollivander's is this way." said Helfin. They walked into the shop and saw a young man reading the Daily Prophet behind the counter. The young man looked up and smiled. "Oh hello come for a wand this late have you? Well step right over here fellow." Said the man. Klyde looked up at Helfin. Helfin nodded and gave him a nudge. Klyde walked over to the man. "Wait right here and I'll get you one to start with." the man said walking back to a giant shelf full of wand cases. He looked at a few wands before finally choosing one. He walked back over to Klyde and handed him the wand. Klyde stood there holding the wand. "Well what are you waiting for? Wave it around." the man said impatiently. Klyde waved the wand and nothing happened. "Alright let me get you another one." The man took the wand and put it back. As he searched for another one the man kept glancing at Merlinus. Finally bringing back two cases he handed one to Klyde. "There my boy, try that one." Klyde opened the case pulled out the wand. When Klyde was holding his wand he felt stronger somehow, as if the wand gave him more courage. The man smiled and pointed the other wand at Merlinus. "Ennervate!" Merlinus woke up breathing heavily. "Wha-... What happened?" He asked drowsily. Helfin let him down but kept a hold of him for the fear of him tripping over thin air. The clerk handed Merlinus his wand. Merlinus' eyes widened once more as he took a hold of his wand. "Aha! Just as I expected. those wands are twin brothers as you two are. They fit you perfectly!" the clerk exclaimed. "There is no need to pay as every wizard should have a wand!" They said thanks and walked out.
After they had visited Gringotts with the key Klyde had hidden they walked into all of the other stores and got their equipment and owls. "You two will stay in my room in the Leaky Cauldron. If I put up enough hexes and curses we'll be fine for the night." said Helfin. So they walked back into the Leaky Cauldron and Helfin taught them the spell Reparo in which they used to help clean up the place. After a few minutes of cleaning and fixing things the three headed upstairs into Helfin's room. They all got in and Helfin pointed his wand at the entrance. "Langlock...Locomotor Mortis...there... that should do it for now. We'll diffidently know if anyone comes near here." The two boys sat down on the bed. Klyde, flicking his wand around randomly,accidentally enchanted a lamp to flicker on and off. "So what happened back there?" Merlinus asked. "Well, when the dark lord fell nineteen years ago he had followers called the death eaters. Although there's probably no way of the dark lord ever returning they still fight and still grow in numbers. We're not sure why they went after you, maybe you look like someone they despise? I dunno, we'd better get to be we've got to get to platform nine and three quarters tomorrow." Helfin explained. They looked at him in confusion. "You'll see when we get there. For now rest or I'll put you to sleep." Helfin said with a wave of his wand. They quickly jumped in the bed. Klyde almost instantly feel asleep, but Merlinus laid there for a half hour before he feel asleep. Helfin watched them fall asleep until he found himself fast asleep on the floor.
There was a loud bang. Klyde awoke to see Merlinus and Helfin with their wands pointed at the door. "Oh very good Merlinus! Not many young wizards can do that, try again." Helfin said. Merlinus nodded. "STUPEFY!" a very small and very thin bolt of red light shot out of Merlinus' wand and smashed into the door. "That's very good for an 11 year old. You'd better stick with Flippendo and Rictusempra for now." said Helfin. Helfin looked over at Klyde. "Hey! Good morning boy, just teaching your brother some new spells. He's a right quick learner. Well, we'd better go down and get breakfast then head out to Platform nine and three quarters." said Helfin. The three walked downstairs and sat down at a small booth in a dark corner of the pub. Helfin glanced at his watch. "By the beard of Merlin! We need to go! Um... I'll stop the trolley and get you some snacks on the express." Helfin said. So they ran off to Kings Cross Station. They got to the intersection of platforms nine and ten. "Um... ok boys just do as I do. If you're nervous... just do it in a bit of a run." explained Helfin. Helfin walked his way into the wall between platforms nine and ten. The kids looked oddly at each other. Then Merlinus jogged into it with his eyes closed. He stood there for a bit only to get hit by a trolley from behind the border. "Oi! Sorry mate it's my first year... not used to the whole going through the wall idea. My name is Fenrir Honket." The boy pushing the trolley said. Fenrir was filthy looking. He had soot black hair and big brown eyes. Merlinus saw Klyde come from behind Fenrir almost running into him. "Better come away from there might get run down... small as you are." Fenrir said. A tall thin man with glasses and the same facial properties as Fenrir. His hair was the same color only two or three inches longer in a bowl cut-ish style. The man was looking around as if he had lost something. "Umm...Dad...I'm down here." Said Fenrir slowly. "Oh right... I've forgotten how short you are. Um.. Who are they?" Mr. Honket said. "Oh I'm not sure..." Fenrir said. "Oh! Sorry, I'm Merlinus... and this is Klyde my younger brother." Merlinus said. "Well it's nice to meet you both. Mind if I sit with you on the train? I reckon no one else will want to sit with me... my appearance and all." said Fenrir. "Of course! Better to make friends now they risk them being enemies later." said Merlinus smiling. The train whistled. Helfin came over and greeted the boy and his father. "Quickly children the trains about to leave!" said Fenrir. They three boys and Helfin quickly ran onto train and got their tickets stamped. After they got on board they searched for around 5 minutes to finally find an empty compartment.
Helfin swung the boys' stuff up onto the top shelf where they couldn't reach. "Trolley! Anything from the trolley!?" A plump old woman pushing a trolley with loads of goodies and treats. "I'll take some chocolate cauldron please." Fenrir said handing over some sickles. After they ate almost everything they bought (save a few bogey and vomit flavored Beans) Merlinus decided to Roam the train and meet new people. As he passed the compartments he glanced inside each one to see if anything interesting was going on. In one he saw two girls levitating a small book with their wands. After passing a few more carts and finding nothing interesting he moved to the last set of compartments. He saw two boys standing in front of the door to the last compartment. Merlinus walked up to them. The boy on the right had dark red hair and was chubby. The boy on the left had long blond hair and very thin. "Oi, buddy, bugger off... no need to be here." The chubby one said. The blond one was slowly reaching in his pocket for his wand. Merlinus saw this pulled his wand out so quick the chubby one fell over. The thin one whipped out his wand, waving it frantically. Merlinus felt like he got hit by an invisible force, he felt his legs lock together. The thin blond boy smirked and turned his back to help up the chubby boy. "Flippendo!" shouted Merlinus. A small blue bolt of light hit the thin boy square in the head and flew into the back wall of the train. Everyone poked their heads out of their compartment to see what happened. The compartment the two boys were guarding opened up. Another thin blond boy came out. He looked identical to the other blond boy Merlinus had knocked back but this one had a large vertical scar across his cheek. Merlinus turned his head hearing foot steps and saw Helfin come running toward him. "Expelliarmus!...Depluso!" the boy shouted. Merlinus' wand shot out of his hand and he went flying back landing into Helfin's arms. Helfin put Merlinus down and raised his wand to the student. "Langlock!" Helfin shouted. "Mmmmmm mmm mmmmm mmmmm mmm mmmm...mmm?" The scarred boy tried to speak. A tall dark haired man appeared from the once guarded compartment. "There will be no more need of your assistance Murdey." The dark haired man said unhexing the thin blond boy. Helfin looked at the dark haired man. He was tall and his hair was shoulder length. He had an "X" shaped scar over his left eyebrow to where the lowest point of the scar could be seen when the man blinked. "Very well, Professor Trentus, we shall go... come along Merlinus." Said Helfin as they walked back to their compartment. "There was no need for that Berd... the kid would have left you alone...I saw...if you wouldn't reached for your wand none of this would have happened." said the scarred boy to his twin brother Berd. His brother looked up at him. "Just because your a year older doesn't mean you have the right to boss me around Daird." said Berd's brother. Trentus grabbed Berd's shirt and pulled him up. "But I do!" the professor said moving closer to the boy's ear. "You could have ruined our plan you know." The professor said in a whisper. "And you, Laiel! You could have gotten up just as quick as you had fallen on your fat arse." yelled the scarred Daird. The chubby Laiel looked up with fear. "Get up! Get back to guarding...we still have to work this out between ourselves." said the professor.
"So what happened back there?" Klyde asked once Helfin and Merlinus were back into their compartment. "Nothing Klyde there was a terrible mix up with the trolley... a student didn't have enough...so Merlinus kindly paid for it." said Helfin quickly. "Well that's awful nice of you Merl." Klyde said with a wide grin. "I told you not to call me that!" Merlinus said. "Oh knock it off the both of you... just take a nap till we get there...it'll be a few more hours." said Helfin. Merlinus was tired after that experience and oddly enough, he found himself asleep within the hour. His bother however stayed awake the whole ride. He looked over to the sleeping Fenrir then to the dark outside that lay just beyond the window. "Helfin, sir... can you teach me what you taught Merlin? Please?" said Klyde with droopy eyes. Helfin grinned. "Muffliato. Alright... now I want you to concentrate hard and do as I... Flippendo!" Instructed Helfin. A large blue bolt of light shot out of Helfin's wand hitting the door but making no sound. "Ermmm... Flippendo!" Klyde shouted. A very thin strand of blue light sparked from Klyde's wand. "Very good boy! Very good indeed for your age...and never doing magic of course. I'll teach you more during my class this year. For now-" Helfin was interrupted by the whistle of the train. Merlinus and Fenrir woke up instantly. They looked at each other and smiled. After gathering all of their stuff they headed out of the compartment door to a very packed train corridor. "Watch where you're going mud blood!" one of the Slytherins said to Fenrir. "What's a mud blood, Fen?" Merlinus asked. "It's..." Fenrir started with a gloomy face. "It's a dirty word for a muggle born with or wizard. Like Fenrir... or me." said a feminine voice from behind them. "Who are you?" asked Klyde. "And what's a muggle?" he added. "Oh my gosh." The girl sighed. "My name's Summit, and muggles are non magic people... can't believe you didn't know that." Summit said arrogantly. Summit was a pretty brunette who always wore her hair straight and covering her left eye. "Woah." Merlinus said looking into her eyes. She blushed and fixed her hair over her left eye. "oh, sorry I'm Merlinus... but you can call me Merlin." he said with a smile. Merlinus looked at his brother behind Summit who had drew a heart in the air with his wand. Merlinus took out his wand unnoticably and bat bogey hexed Klyde. "Oh my! Who's that?" Summit said trying to avoid being bitten by the bats. "No one, let's go." Merlinus said sticking his tongue out at Klyde. After a few more minutes and a few more insults at Fenrir and Summit they finally got off of the Hogwarts Express.
A short hunched back man holding a lantern walked up to the five of them. He held the lantern up to the two brothers' faces. "Ahhh we weren't expecting you two to ever come. The headmaster will surely be delighted to here about you two. come along quickly now! We don't want you two to miss anything." and with that they were off to Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.