Naruto and The Wizarding World

by Amish-adrian

Join Naruto U. Namikaze in his life in the Harry Potter Universe, born to be great Naruto U namikaze saves the world? Or dooms it?

1. Chapter 1

Book 1

In my culture there is a old magic about which it is no longer spoken among witches and wizards of my tried to hide this fact, and they succeeded as well. Somewhat anyway.

Now only a true wand maker knows of this and new ones still consider this as a myth. But I am procrastinating let me jump right into it.

Before even the Salem witch trials. When magic folk were able to hide among non-magic without getting accused of evil, when magic was, for lack of better term, in its infant stages. Wands were not just wands they were the creature themselves. Meaning a wand that comes from a Phoenix tail feather, came in the form of a Phoenix partner itself. Later dark days for wizards came and the wands once again had to change form now they were made blood of the magical creature not taken by force of course a dying magical creature would leave some of its drops of blood for a wand maker to make not wands but artefacts, say a ring was fitted with a gem that was basilisk's frozen tear than that ring was a wand. But fortunately the need for such artefacts was short lived and we wizards and witches of Asian cultures (Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc.) also entered the common age of 'donated core wands'. We still had people all around these cultures still preserving the old ways like Indian way of focused Incantations, Chinese way of using familial spirit creature for magic, Japanese way of using bewitched weapons, and so much more but the reason I told you all this not because I wanted to give you a history lesson I told you all this because this is relevant to my story, the story that you came to hear,or see.

My name is Naruto Namikaze , son of pure blood witch Kushina Uzumaki and muggle-born wizard Minato Namikaze.

This story starts from the time when I was 10 and Gained my partners, my first friends, my guides through the darkness, my familiales, above all my true power.
—-x—-

A blond boy of about 4 feet 9 inches in height can be seen walking in the woods, he was wearing a black kimono but he was not alone a house elf who was a feet smaller in height as him can be seen walking behind him the elf was wearing complete butler clothes, the boy looked to around ten year old as they were walking the elf who seemed to be watching the boy like a hawk finally spoke.

"Master Naruto, when I gave you your father's old potions and magical creature book I did not expect you to come to the forest to get ingredients. I must say,this is very dangerous"

To this ,the now identified Naruto replied by looking back at the elf with his piercing blue eyes and said with a smirk on his whiskered face.

"Dangerous? When I have a strong elf like you sticking with me, what do I have to worry about."

The elf wanted to reply but he was interrupted before he could add words to his action of raising a finger to make a point.

"Do not worry Sewanin (caretaker). All you have to do is spend 1 more year with me and your debt to my mother will be paid and you can leave me to my own demise, but before that time comes let me live dangerously under your protection for I will have to live carefully in the near future anyway." Naruto finished with a kind smile.

Now,the smile and his tone may be kind. His words were not.

The thing was simple, Naruto was the black sheep, he looked like his father and his presence was of a half blood that he was. Unlike his sisters who even though were half bloods like him had the presence of pure bloods, looked uzumaki so to protect them Kushina had to officially disown Naruto. She had to make the official statement that she only had two children and as for Naruto. He was kept under the care of his mother's old house elf Sewanin.

Sewanin was only one of the few people in the world that knew Naruto's truth. He had seen Naruto getting letters and photographs from his mother, that Sewanin had to deliver multiple time. He had seen Naruto crave for his mother's presence in his life that he never could get. Kushina's pain was also evident as she had done everything she could to make his life good . He was allowed anything he wanted except recognition as what he was, child of a nobles. He had to grow old way too young and the acceptance of fate was clear in his old blue eyes. Acceptance of loneliness. After Naruto showcased his ability to use magic at just the age of 6 and realisation of a new fact led to Naruto to make three requests that changed everything. New fact that if he could never be Naruto Uzumaki he might very well make a name for himself as Naruto Namikaze and he could become so powerful that if not for his relations, his power would have people recognising him as the true son of his parents.

Request 1) considering the fact that every single person in the Asian culture knew of Uzumaki family, Naruto had requested admission abroad. He was given two choices (by Sewanin) Hogwarts or Ilvermorny. He chose Hogwarts.

Request 2) he wanted every single piece of research his father did and also all his fathers books on four subjects Potions, Magical creature, herbology and Alchemy,

Request 3) he also requested exactly and only the amount of money that his father had.

Seeing as Sewanin had been told by Naruto to bring at least the books on potions and magical beast right away as he returned from delivering the letter.

We finally arrive to time of today's morning when Sewanin gave Naruto the books and with a purpose Naruto divulged himself in the books it was during late afternoon that Naruto came out of his room and immediately told Sewanin location of this forest. Considering Sewanin knew of this forest as one of the locations Naruto had visited with one of Kushina's most trusted friend. Sewanin was sure the reason Naruto never really considered him as anything more than a caretaker was due to Naruto having noticed the difference in his behaviour against himself and Anyone else remotely related to Kushina that he had met.

As all this was going on inside Sewanin's head. Naruto stopped his March and came to a sudden stop. He turned around and looked directly in the elf's eye and said.

"You stay right here. If I don't return within the next 2 hour. Leave without me. If you come to find me I will kill you"

Sewanin had seen and heard many thing but at this time the eyes of the 10 year old had more authority and power than he had ever seen. He started to sweat but he tried pulling himself together and to tell Naruto that he could not do that.

Suddenly is when he saw it. The blue that looked down him were not of a eight year old budding wizard but of a determined ageless warrior on a mission.

All he could do was nod and then look at Naruto's back as he suddenly disappeared from his view. He was sure of something.

Naruto had something deep in store.

—x—-

The elf's couldn't be more wrong. The reason he had told the elf to stay away was because he might disclose what Naruto came so far to get.

There growing behind a tree that has fallen some time ago was growing a green stalk that had a red Crystal at its peak.

"Yes! The Crystal flower ! I knew it! Last time when I came here I saw them. I knew I saw it's plantlet. What a jackpot! With enough care and right cultivation.. cultivation method that is mentioned in dad's book.. I will have a shield stronger than steel in a seed form in my pockets !"

As he said that Naruto took out a pot and complete gardening kit out from a pouch (utility pouch in anime) that must have been inside his kimono.

After about 30 minutes of careful potting of the plant Naruto kept everything back in the pouch, stood up and stretched. He then started walking towards Sewanin when he suddenly fell into the ground.

—-x—

Naruto felt like falling for a while and then just few inches before hitting ground he stopped and dropped. Getting up from the ground and dusting himself of dirt, Naruto looked around and for miles saw nothing but rocks and trees so instead of staying in one place he started moving towards the nearest entrance in the forest as he moved in he felt like there was someone watching him so he looked around and noticed no one around him, so he looked up at a nearby tree and saw a bird looking at him. This bird has crimson feathers on its body and a golden tail as long as a peacock's. It is roughly the size of a swan. It's claws and beak are gleaming gold — the latter is "long" — and it's eyes are black. The scarlet body feathers glowing faintly in darkness, while the golden tail feathers heated the air around it enough for it to distort the air around it. Now emotionally Naruto was a very sad child, determined for recognition of his existence but sad, fortunately the excitement of seeing a Phoenix for the first time in his life could not be contained so he did something that if he had read the chapter on Phoenix in his magical beasts book he would not have done. He ran towards it.

The phoenix reacted the way it would, it flew straight towards Naruto picked him up and then flew for a short distance and threw Naruto away and straight on something. All this happened Within a fraction of time during which Naruto knew he would break at least some bones as he flew towards the ground, but when he landed on something soft instead of the ground he prayed to his guardian angel for saving him. As he picked himself up to check what he had fallen on he saw a thing that made his blood freeze.

Looking at him over it's shoulder was a giant golden Kitsune. Golden kitsune on one of whose tail he had fallen. The Kitsune turned around to look at what had fallen on it, who was Naruto. During all this both of them didn't break eye contact.

Naruto did not break eye contact because he was too scared to even twitch and Kitsune did not for some unknown reason. During this time the tail was removed from underneath him leaving Naruto at the location he would have fallen if he the tail was not there. He finally gathered the will to get up and speak, while still petrified.

"Hello.."

"Hello to you too"

Naruto was expecting something along the lines of an attack that would destroy him in one go. To be burned alive by kitsune fire or something else.

But a voice in his head was not one of them.

"You can talk... no that's stupid you just did that.. you want to talk to me?"

"I am a empath. I know you are not harbouring any negative intentions so instead of killing you right away I chose to talk"

"Thank you for being a empath and not killing me. I will be leaving now."

"How did you come here? And do not lie I will be able to tell."

"I went to a forest to cultivate a crystal flower and I was returning to my caretaker when I fell through the ground, then events transpired and here I am."

After a moment of silence, Kitsune replied.

"Caretaker? You don't have any family."

Now to the Kitsune Naruto at his point was a white silhouette. At the mention of 'family' the white silhouette started gaining blue colour. After some time the blue silhouette told the Kitsune everything related to his family.

"Well where should I start... oh ok I must start with my introduction, I am Naruto U. Namikaze son of empress of Uzumaki empire and a brilliant witch Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze, fastest wizard in the world and Master of Rune magic. I have two sisters that I know a awful lot about but I am extremely jealous of them so. I don't care for them. Who else is there... oh yeah there is this lady that I like a lot and I want to help her with this problem she has, so the first thing I want is to help her. You know this lady helps me with so much stuff. What else is there? Yes, I have these people in my life but I have never actually met my mother, my father died soon after I was born but that does not mean I don't know anything about him as a matter of fact he left me his journal and his research which I dream of completing one day. As for my sisters they have made this extremely clear that they hate me because I am the reason our mother is sad most of the times, and I don't have guts to tell the lady that I like her and I believe that she thinks of me as a son or brother or something. So, for his research and completion of my dream for helping the lady I would need excessive knowledge on four subjects, HERBOLOGY, ALCHEMY, POTIONS and MAGICAL CREATURES. I believe I am already above beginner in these but I skipped over the Phoenix chapter because I thought I would not find them in Japan clearly I was wrong, and above all I don't think I am in Japan anymore, I must have came in contact with a portkey to be teleported here and now I do not have a way to return."

"Hello Naruto. My name is Yasaka, I can feel that you are telling the truth, so I will tell you things that will make everything clear, first you did not come here through a Portkey, you were brought here by an ancient magic,a magic in which when a new magical creature is born,any wizard worth it's companionship will be brought to the creatures birthing place in this case you are here for one of my children and do not worry...from the looks on your face it seems like you know about this."

"yes a long time ago I had read this fact that there was indeed a magic like this in our Asian culture but I did not know that the creature was the one that selected the wizard, are you sure that I am the wizard they chose? And does he/she really wanna be bound to me. I mean..." Naruto stammered.

"Do not worry it is considered a great honour to become a part of this partnership."

Naruto was silent and while looking at the ground he thought over everything he had discovered till this point and then looked back up with determination in his eyes and said.

"I am ready to have a friend."

He suddenly stepped back in shock as two white balls of flames appeared on his face. On impulse Naruto reached for one of the flame balls and as he touched it the ball turned into a bubble which had a nine tailed orange furred Kitsune curled up inside it. The kitsune opened its eyes to look directly into Naruto's eyes for what felt like year. Naruto felt like him and the kitsune were connected.

"Hi Kurama..." out of nowhere Naruto knew everything he needed to know about Kurama.

"Let's do this, partner." female voice of Kurama spoke directly into his head.

Kurama burst into white flames and collided straight on Naruto's stomach and Naruto acted as if knew this would happen and he did because when they looked into each other's eye they really did connect they knew everything about each other because from the moment they connected Kurama will grow in strength as Naruto grows in strength, Kurama dies Naruto dies and when Naruto dies Kurama will have to ascend to heavens and his ascend will bring a storm. Naruto knows everything about Kurama and his abilities while Kurama knows all Naruto's secrets. Kurama will live as a tattoo on Naruto's body for all there living days.

After Naruto checked the Kitsune tattoo on his stomach he looked at the Golden kitsune and bowed his head in front for her.

"I will do my absolute best to live up to the expectations of your family and will work hard so Kurama can reach her strongest. For your daughter's sake. Yasaka-Sama bless my future."

"I'll do one better. I found Amaterasu-Chan hurt in this forest, this forest does not have any other Phoenix so she will do better with you."

As she said that the previous phoenix that threw Naruto away came back and landed on Naruto's shoulder, as she landed she rubbed her head on Naruto's cheek leading him to laugh and start patting her head and say,

"Yeah I forgive you..let's go ho.." As Naruto was saying that he realised something.

"I don't have a way to go home! I am super lost! and above all it has been over 2 hours Sewanin must have already left..."

"Do not worry" Yasaka said as she said that Amaterasu flew off from his shoulder and flew farther from them.

"Think of your home and when Amaterasu comes back grab hold of her claws she will act as a portkey, you will feel weird but will recover shortly after."

As Yasaka explained this, Amaterasu came back and Naruto did just as he was told he grabbed her claws with both of his hands and then there was fire. All around Naruto everything was fire,the fire was moving opposite to him. Within seconds Naruto saw a dark spot in front getting bigger and bigger when finally Naruto appeared in his backyard his home in front of him. Amaterasu on his shoulder.

The weird feeling that Yasaka spoke of was the drainage of his magic , which was nauseating. As Naruto's senses returned to him he looked Amaterasu in eyes and said

"That was awesome."

As he said that, he heard a voice from inside his house. His house was a shack that from outside looked average in size, it had two bedrooms, two bathrooms, one kitchen, one hall and a library. One bedroom obviously belonged to Naruto, one bedroom belonged to Irene whenever she visited, which was always on weekends, sometimes on weekdays and around holidays. Sewanin did not live in the house he was there only when Irene was not there and even then he left after dinner and came after breakfast, he always left for his own home where his family was. The kitchen was always well equipped to feed the occupants of the house. The hall had one sofa, two armchairs, a coffee table and on the corner was his work table.

As for the voices, he heard a female voice shouting at Sewanin. He focused on the voice and recognised it instantly. He sighed and stepped into his house to see a tall, voluptuous woman with thickly braided, bow-adorned, scarlet hair. Her two front braids have two golden ornaments near the upper sections; she also wears two U-shaped earrings (one on each ear), and wears red lipstick. She was donning a risqué version of the typical witch's garb. Her black top has a diamond-shaped opening, exposing a portion of her breasts, and a heart-shaped pattern around the borders. It extends down to the navel of her stomach where it meets a large angular scar, is draped over by a dark-colored cape with a light-colored inside and two medallion gold-like ornaments, and is held together by a golden chain. Not left bare, too, her neck is decorated by other small cloth-based accessories, including a wide bow. She was also wearing a large black cape that went from her shoulders to her ankles. Additionally, She is wearing an elongated black loincloth with the symbol of the Uzumaki Empire emblazoned on its front, having white borders on its edges and being connected to another cloth piece with the very same heart-shaped design. She also wears black thigh-high boots with heels that have a white-colored border near the top and gloves of the same color and design, only having claw-like extensions. Her black witch's hat is much larger than her head and possesses dreadlock designs with white bandaging near its ends. It also has a fur lining near its edges. She was ripping Sewanin a new one when Naruto spoke.

"He was just following orders like he does. It is not his fault. It is mine Irene-chan."

The mentioned Irene was Irene Belserion. She was a cursed woman, a curse in which a person completely become a magical creature and are stuck in that form forever. In her family's case as only reason she looked human was because Naruto's great Grandmother Mito Uzumaki a exceptional witch of her time was able to create a counter curse which prevented the entire Belserion dragon family from becoming completely beast and kept them in a limbo between beast and human, which was a better option in the family elder's opinions so they swore aligns to Uzumaki family. So Irene was Kushina's right hand person in the Uzumaki empire business. Irene was also Kushina's best friend and Kushina trusted Irene enough that she was one of the people that took care of him.

As soon as he spoke Irene rushed towards him to check him over, she was about to touch him when he stepped away and said,

"I will 'show' you everything but Sewanin has to go." As he said that they both looked at Sewanin to see that he had a terrified look on his face almost as if he had seen death itself, so they followed his eye sight to see he was looking at Amaterasu, who had flown away from Naruto and had made her place on top of the sofa and was staring at Sewanin. As soon as Irene saw the Phoenix, she was shocked to see it and she looked back at Naruto and she gave him a look that said 'explain'. He once again said.

"Only you and nobody else."

She looked at him for a moment and then nodded and said.

"Sewanin leave, go home I will stay here tonight, tell Lady Kushina everything is alright and she can return to her work."

Sewanin didn't waste a moment clicked his fingers and vanished.

As soon as Sewanin was gone Naruto paced towards a table in the corner which had a single drawer on it. The drawer was placed in such a way that it opened across the table instead of out towards where a person would normally open it from. As soon as Naruto reached the table he pulled on the knob and instead of a drawer filled with random stuff the drawer kept on expanding till the end of table the now there were about 10 more drawers on it . These drawers were as long as a table but were very thin, just enough to have different labels on it. Naruto reached for a drawer with Herbs on it and he pushed on it, after going down, it went vertically straight up revealing a shelf which had multiple compartments in it, it was filled with some magical it was opened he took out his pouch from his kimono and dug his hand inside and pulled out the Crystal flower he had picked up earlier and he placed it in one of the empty compartment in his 'magical shelf'. After that he reached for a ring that was in front of this particular compartment, pulled on it to reveal a paper that had multiple things written on it. He reached for his pouch once again to take out a book. He opened it on the bookmarked page and filled up the data on the previously pulled paper. After checking the data once over he tugged on the ring attached to paper and the paper folded back the 'slim drawer' went back down and the drawer closed back. He looked back at Irene that had her hand folded below her breast and was looking at him with a kind smile.

"I needed to get that Crystal flower situated in the correct conditions or it would wither. Could not have that."

Irene took her hat off and threw it on a sofa, not the one occupied by Amaterasu, as she did that her clothes changed, now she was wearing a black full-sleeve turtle neck with a brown ankle length frock, red scarf around her neck. She gave him a loving smile and said,

"It's alright, you told me it was for helping others, which means it must be done. Now shall we unravel what happened to you today."

As she said that she held her hand out, He grabbed her hand and she lead him to the library. Inside the library there were two cushions in the centre of the library and all around the room were books. Naruto sat at one the pillows in traditional Japanese position while Irene did the same thing opposite to him. Both of them kept their foreheads against each other and Naruto placed his hands on her cheeks while Irene did the same, his hands were inside while hers were outside. She whispered.

'Promiscus Animus'

This was a very special spell that Irene had created, in this spell two willing parties share memories through the senses that the sharing party allowed, Naruto always allowed her to access to all his senses but never his thoughts. He did not want her to know that he liked her, not until he was ready. She shared all her thoughts during all this with him and she came in peace with everything that Naruto had been through during this day. After this was over they both had a peaceful dinner, Naruto searched for what Phoenix eat and found out he had just the seeds so he gave it to Amaterasu, he gave it to her and she chowed it down with pleasure.

As for Kurama , he found out she preferred anything meat. So they cooked her a amazing steak. Which she enjoyed and they all went to sleep.

—x—-

For the next year till the letter from Hogwarts came they would fell back into a routine because the day after he met his best friends a very angry Howler from his mother arrived. Yes even though he had never met his mother they were in every other form of contact available. So after the howler ripped him a new one. He went back to studying so that he could reach a level where his father's research would start making sense faster and training his body since that was also necessary for his growth,it might also affect Kurama. He was not allowed a wand till he reached the age of 11 but till then he trained with a training wand.

Eventually the day that every wizard waits for will arrive, before than a professor from Mahoutokoro arrived to persuade him to change his mind but he did not bulge and it was official that a Hogwarts letter would arrive for him.

A little more than 1 year later

Naruto was in backyard helping a new companion he had meet about a month ago. It was nesting inside the trunk of a tree in Naruto's backyard. It was a Plumed, two-legged winged creature with a serpentine body. Naruto had identified it as a Occamys.

The Occamys had followed Amaterasu back from one of her flights and nested inside the trunk of the tree. It was weeks later that Naruto found out about it. He was practising a spell when his eyes caught the site of the creature, Naruto identified it immediately and knowing that he was not well equipped to handle it told Irene about it. Her reaction to the presence of Occamys was priceless. She was enraged thinking Naruto had done something but then he told her that he found it this way she concluded that a foolish traveller must have stolen the egg from the nest, taken the egg away when it hatched and left the poor creature to fend for itself. So, it was decided that she would take care of it, until she could arrange someone from Indian Ministry of magic to pick it up. Since, Occamys were native to India and after Newt Scamander's book Indian Ministry took special care towards every native creatures like most countries, so it was there problem that a Occamys was so out of it's then she had placed a attraction charm in the trunk's entrance so that insects will come to it and it would not look for them and cause a mayhem.

Naruto was doing his daily routine of exercise after checking up on the Occamys. He was home alone right now, Irene had a mission that would end tomorrow and since it was weekend he could handle himself, suddenly he heard the sweat voice of a owl's shrieking. He ran to the front door and saw a single letter. He read the front,

Mr.
9 Konoha village
Hokkaido

Japan.

After this he flipped the letter to see the famous seal on red wax. He opened it instantly to unfold the pages inside and read.

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Headmaster: ALBUS DUMBLEDORE
(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)

Dear Mr. Namikaze,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.

Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31. Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall,
Deputy Headmistress

This was beginning of a journey of a lifetime.

—

Irene came home the next day to the most amazing smelling breakfast that she had ever. As soon as she entered the house she saw the reason Naruto had worked so hard on the breakfast for her.

A letter, not just any letter, letter from Hogwarts. She smiled and glanced at the kitchen to see Naruto working extremely hard on the omelette. At this moment She was wearing her witch dress. Additionally, she was carrying a massive light-brown staff in her right hand, matching, if not surpassing, its owner's height, and being divided into two large, inwardly curved antlers near the top; considerably below those, the weapon begins to be overlaid with brown leopard-skin spots that extends up to the antler's tips. She tapped the staff on the ground and it started shrinking in her hand and at the same time her witch hat 'fell' from her head and changed into a white full sleeve kurta with black leggings, while her staff changed into a wand, she placed her wand in her pocket and made her way into the kitchen to see Naruto finishing her plate of, traditional English breakfast. Omelette, beans, bread and bacon the full mess. After giving the plates it's finishing touches he turned around with both plates in his hand. Looked directly into Irene's eyes with a brightest smile she had seen in a while and said,

"I know you think is to butter you up before we go to London but hey at-least this gives me a chance to give you something for a change."

Irene giggled and sat down on the table, Naruto put the plate in front of her and sat down opposite to her. They both ate breakfast while taking about things. After they finished their food. Irene moved her hand above the plates and towards the sink after the plates flew away, they were washed at sink and placed back in the shelf.

"That was delicious honey, but how about we discuss the reason for all this."

Naruto smiled and blushed while Irene made motion of calling towards the letter and it flew towards her hand. She opened it and pulled out the two pages in it. She read the first page and said.

"Well first order of business is to send a letter back, so we will use my owl to send a letter. Now for the second paper."

As she said that she opened the letter and read.

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY UNIFORM

First-year students will require:

1. Three sets of plain work robes (black)
2. One plain pointed hat (black) for day wear
3. One pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)
4. One winter cloak (black, silver fastenings)

Please note that all pupils' clothes should carry name tags

COURSE BOOKS
All students should have a copy of each of the following:

The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk

A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot

Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling

A Beginners' Guide to Transfiguration by Emetic Switch

One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore

Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander

The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble

OTHER EQUIPMENT

wand cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)
set glass or crystal phials
telescope set
brass scales

Students may also bring an owl OR a cat OR a toad

PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN
BROOMSTICKS

After she read the page she looked at Naruto and said,

"I will have to arrange for a portkey which will take a week or so and then... why are you smiling like that?"

She was referring to the fact that Naruto was looking at her with a smug smile. She gave him a look that said 'explain' and he did.

"You see. Since I got my good gal Amaterasu here, I have been reading about Phoenixes. Do you know in addition to its ability to regenerate itself and a great life span, as well as the ability to take the full force of a Killing Curse and still be reborn. They are extremely loyal creatures, and are capable of arriving to the aid of beings who share a similar devotion. Their tears have potent healing capabilities. For instance, phoenix tears are the only known antidote to basilisk venom. Their tears are also able to bring a person back even from the brink of death, while the phoenix song will increase the courage of the good and strike fear into the hearts of the evil. Phoenixes are capable of lifting a great weight with their can also leave messages by bursting into flame to reappear elsewhere, leaving behind a single golden tail feather. The phoenix can also disappear and reappear at will in bursts of flames and take whoever is holding them along, similar to Apparition but they can do this intercontinentally, so if I allow it you can with help from Amaterasu take us to London today."

Irene gave him a impressed look, and then she thought over the scenario for a while.

"What about the money?" She asked.

"You can send a letter to our bank here , it will send money to Gringotts bank at Diagon Alley in London, everything will be done by the time we reach there." He replied.

"You really have everything figured out don't you." She said in a impressed tone.

"So, alright we will leave in 3 hours, be ready." She added.

After that she got up from the dining table and made her way to Naruto's work bench on which now there were two drawers instead of one like last year both placed on opposite ends of a slightly larger table compared to last year and on top of one them was Naruto's pouch. Irene opened it, drew her wand and said,

"Accio"

And out came two Parchment,a pen and two them she wrote two different letters and then place the pen back in the pouch, she rolled both parchments and tied them with ribbons and went to the backyard. After sometime came back and said,

"We leave in 3 hours be ready. Till then I will be resting in my room."

Then she entered the room and closed the door behind her. Naruto made his way into the Library before he did he whistled and Kurama came running into the library, while Amaterasu flew in, he will have his best friends with him while he tries his hardest to be patient for the next 3 hours.

—3 hours later—-

Irene and Naruto were standing in the Backyard, Irene still dressed in her Kurta and leggings while Naruto was dressed in a black t-shirt and blue jeans,With Kurama on Naruto's shoulder. Amaterasu on the tree branch ready for Apparition.

"Alright get ready Naruto."

Naruto nodded and gave Kurama a look, she flew from his shoulder and turned into a white ball of flame and collided into Naruto's left arm changing into a tattoo of a Nine tailed fox. Naruto placed his hand on Irene's back. As soon as he did, Amaterasu flew towards them and Irene grabbed for both her claws and as soon as she did they both felt the heat and they both appeared in a small hall, it was occupied by a single man who was tall and thin, with silver hair and beard so long that they could be tucked into his belt. He had a very long and crooked nose that looked as if it had been broken at least twice. He was wearing half-moon spectacles and a silver coloured robes. He was reading a book when Irene and Naruto arrived in the hall. As soon as they did he stood up and made his way towards Irene and extended his hand to her and said,

"Irene Belserion, The Scarlet witch it's a pleasure to meet you."

"Pleasure is all mine professor, I get it that you got my letter I just didn't expect you to come yourself to meet me." She replied while shaking his hand.

"As soon a Kushina told me you were coming I thought I might come myself since I was free at the moment." He said and glanced towards
the blonde boy that had arrived with her and added,

"You must be Naruto Namikaze.. I am.." but before he could finish Naruto interrupted with stars in his eyes.

"Albus Dumbledore,Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards,current headmaster of Hogwarts,
Considered the greatest wizard of modern time, you defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, in what is considered to be the greatest duel in modern history and you also discovered the twelve uses of dragon's blood, and you worked on alchemy with none other than, Nicolas Flamel. You enjoy chamber music and tenpin bowling. You are eldest of three siblings, half blood like me, You taught some of the greatest wizards in history including one of my ideals Newt Scamander. You are my second hero sir, you have no idea how much excited I am to meet you."

Irene face palmed with a smile on Naruto's antics while Dumbledore chuckled at that and said,

"You really are well informed and you known about both Newt and Nicolas, are you by any chance interested in Alchemy and Study of Magical Creatures?" He asked.

"Yes along with Potions and Herbology these four make the subjects I want to major in. I also want to study under them if I can both of them are one of bests in their field. It would be an honour and a privilege to learn from them." Naruto replied.

"Excellent choices, But they are extremely hard subjects to study if a person does not have determination to study them." He once again asked.

"Don't worry about that sir, for one I have a very strong personal reason to master these Subjects, at two mastery over these subjects is very essential for me to complete the research that my father, Minato Namikaze, My hero was doing before he died." He replied once again but this was different then the past times he spoke, his determination in these words was enough for Dumbledore to realise that this year was going to be extra interesting with Naruto and Harry both in it. With the introduction done Dumbledore told them everything they needed to know about Diagon alley before they headed there and gave Naruto a small key for his account in Gringotts bank. He also told Irene the way to enter Diagon alley through the Leaky cauldron and then Teleported away. After Dumbledore teleported away.

"You really need to get a handle on your fangirling." Irene said as they walked out of the room to see they were in a telephone booth which was dark till now but it lit up as soon as the door closed behind them.

"I love magic!" Naruto exclaimed as he followed Irene towards a particular street in what he assumed to be passed book shops and music stores, hamburger restaurants and cinemas,there it was a tiny, grubby-looking pub. The people hurrying by didn't glance at it. Their eyes slid from the big book shop on one side to the record shop on the other as if they couldn't see the Leaky Cauldron at all. Irene walked in with Naruto following close behind. As soon as they entered everybody stopped to look at who it was and when they did, there jaws dropped.

It was because, Irene Belserion was also known as The Scarlet Witch. A Witch who created a entire island in the middle of nowhere as battlefield for her fight against the White witch. A battle that terraformed the entire island in such a way that it has every single geological feature on it, her courtesy and more magical creature assembled in one place than anywhere else in the world, her opponent's courtesy. Which by the way happened 100 years ago, yes she is a world famous ageless immortal witch that is in the history books.

"It can't be….." someone stared.

"Don't sweat people I am retired now. Just looking for a way into Diagon Alley." She said as the Bartender pointed towards the back door and the Japanese duo left. No idea what would happened after they left as Irene waved her hand in front of the brick wall in a counterclockwise manner. As she did that Naruto said with hands behind his head.

"You are always so nice that I sometimes forget you are a very dangerous badass woman."

As the wall began to part, to open a path into Diagon Alley. She looked back over her shoulder and said,

"I am only nice to people I like. Everybody else is in free fire zone and they know it. So, they act scared."

"Rightfully So, you really are awesome." He added as they walked into Diagon Alley.

Naruto has been to many magical markets before, including the biggest magical market in the world in China. So, Diagon Alley was not a big deal, as a matter of fact the only reason they came here was because Hogwarts essentials all at same place at right prices were only available here. Additionally benefiting as a trip.

"Oh you flatter me too much, Anyway first order of business Gringotts bank."

They had reached a snowy white building that towered over the other little shops. Standing beside its burnished bronze doors, wearing a uniform of scarlet and gold, was -

"Awesome! a Goblin," exclaimed Naruto as they walked up the white stone steps toward him. The goblin was about a head and half shorter than Naruto. He had a swarthy, clever face, a pointed beard and as Naruto noticed, very long fingers and feet. He bowed as they walked inside. Now they were facing a second pair of doors, silver this time. These Gates were guarded by Wizards one of them opened the door for them as they entered a vast marble hall. About a hundred more goblins were sitting on high stools behind a long counter, scribbling in large ledgers, weighing coins in brass scales, examining precious stones through eyeglasses. There were too many doors to count leading off the hall, and yet more goblins were showing people in and out of these. As the duo made for the counter.

"Morning," Irene said to a free goblin. "We've come to take some money out of Mr. Naruto Namikaze's safe."

"Does he have his key?" Asked the goblin.

"Yes, Sir I do. Here it is." Naruto said as he drew the key Dumbledore had given him earlier and showed it to the Goblin. He looked it over and said,

"Everything is in order." Goblin said as he continued, "Knox, take Mr. Namikaze to his vault."

Knox held the door open for them. Naruto, who had expected more marble, was surprised. They were in a narrow stone passageway lit with flaming torches. It sloped steeply downward and there were little railway tracks on the floor. Knox whistled and a small cart came hurtling up the tracks toward them. Naruto snickered while giving Irene a smug smile.

"Irene-chan look a vehicle."

Knox looked up at Irene to see that she was already green before even the ride began or as a matter of fact she was ready to puke just by looking at the cart.

"Oh my god! I am gonna barf!" Irene as as she clutched her stomach and mouth.

Naruto started laughing at this, after a brief laugh and looks from both Irene and Knox. Naruto stopped and said,

"You stay outside, I can do this on my own."

"Are you sure?" Irene Asked.

"One thing I cannot see is you in pain, so yeah I'll do this myself." Naruto said, got on the cart and looked at Knox and said, "Let's roll ."

As the cart began to move and Naruto started to vanish he left with some last words with a laugh, "If only they knew…"

The rattling cart seemed to know its own way, because Knox wasn't steering.
Naruto's eyes stung as the cold air rushed past them, but he kept them wide open. He saw a burst of fire at the end of a passage and twisted around to see it was a dragon, A Ukrainian ironbelly - - they plunged even deeper, passing an underground lake where huge stalactites and stalagmites grew from the ceiling and floor.

Finally they reached his Vault, Vault 999. He opened the vault to see it filled with Money to the brim.

"Damn! Dad was rich." He picked up some money and put them into his magical black pouch (utility pouch in the anime) placed the pouch back on his belt. They both went back on the cart and rode back to the exit.

—

As Naruto exited the bank, he saw Irene waiting for him at the bottom of the stairs. He reached near her and said,

"Now what?"

"Might as well get you your uniform," said Irene, nodding toward Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions. They walked into the store to be greeted by what they thought might be Madam Malkin. She was a squat, smiling witch dressed all in mauve.

"Hogwarts,dear?" she said, when Naruto nodded.

Madam Malkin stood Naruto on a stool,slipped a long robe over his head, and began to pin it to the right length. They were alone in the shop at the moment since, apparently it was still early. After Naruto's clothes shopping was over, they paid for it and left,

"So, what's next?" Irene Asked.

They bought Naruto's school books in a shop called Flourish and Blotts, since all his other books were in Asian languages, at Flourish and Blotts the shelves were stacked to the ceiling with books as large as paving stones bound in leather; books the size of postage stamps in covers of silk; books full of peculiar symbols and a few books with nothing in them at all.

Naruto wouldn't let Irene buy him a solid gold cauldron, she insisted he should have the best but he persuaded her that he wants to stick to the list so,they finally got a nice set of scales for weighing, extra potion ingredients even more than mentioned in his books because he was already far above the level they were going to be taught at school so might as well take this chance to restock, a collapsible brass telescope.

Then they visited the Apothecary, which was fascinating enough to make up for its horrible smell, a mixture of bad eggs and rotted cabbages. Barrels of slimy stuff stood on the floor; jars of herbs, dried roots, and bright powders lined the walls; bundles of feathers, strings of fangs, and snarled claws hung from the ceiling. Naruto gave a very specific list to the man behind the counter. While Irene waited outside.

"Sir, these items are you sure you want these, they are overpriced and an owl does far better and these are just one way." The man behind the counter said while he pointed to item 12 on his list.

"Yes, sir I want it, do have these right now,"

"Not right now, I have to contact a friend in Chinese bazaar for these I will definitely have them by Christmas." The man said.

"Alright so on Christmas Day, these are the delivery details can I trust you to take care of this?" Naruto said.

The man read over the detail and looked at Naruto and said,

"Everything is manageable but will cost you extra."

"It's fine, just promise me you will do it." Naruto said.

"Yes I will, I promise."

"Alright How much do I owe you for all your troubles."

"50 gallons." The man said. Naruto paid the man, shook his hand and left.

"Next and finally a wand." Irene said as she gave the list a last look over, every single item they have bought till this movement stored inside his utility pouch.

The last shop was narrow and shabby. Peeling gold letters over the door read Ollivanders: Makers of Fine Wands since 382 B.C. A single wand lay on a faded purple cushion in the dusty window.

Before going inside the shop Irene Asked Naruto.

"Are you sure you want a wand here? You can buy one back at home, they have far better core options than here, I am certain about this, take mine for example 12 inches, Calygreyhound hair, Acacia wood, neat. I don't think you will find these types of cores in here."

"I won't" Naruto said while he was staring at the shop's door, before Irene could ask anything else,

"I already have a dragon close to my heart, no other dragon will align with me knowing they cannot replace said dragon" he said while waving his hand at her,

"I already have a strong alliance with a Phoenix…" he was saying,

"So no other Phoenix will alliance with you.." she completed,

"and I already have a mythical creature that is, my dear friend mighty Kurama's alliance,so no special core, like you." He added.

"And that leaves you with Hippogriff or.." She was saying.

"Unicorn, there is a extraordinary Unicorn's hair inside that shop that has selected a ordinary wizard like me, I can hear his neighing for me. So, can we go in now?" He completed.

"After you." Irene said as Naruto entered, she stayed outside a little longer watching Naruto enter the shop, she thought.

'My love, I have lived for 125 years. I have seen all types of wizards and witches but believe me no one in this world is like you. You are a lot of things and ordinary is not one of them, I don't care if you find a cure for my curse, you have enlightened the last 11 years of my life, you are my cure."

She placed a hand on her heart, calmed her heartbeat and entered the shop to see, An old man was standing behind the counter his pale eyes wide as dinner plates.

"You are telling me, you can hear the cores and only Unicorn hair will choose you." The old man said in fascination.

"Yes sir, and I would tell you which but there are so many voices here, it's overwhelming." Naruto said.

"You can hear them,Do you have a wandmakers lineage? Young man." Ollivander Asked Naruto.

Naruto looked confused for a moment but Irene came to his rescue.

"Yes from his mother's side, but only a single interaction a long time ago, it's highly interesting that this trait would manifest in him."

"Really?" Both Naruto and Ollivander said at the same time. Ollivander was smart enough not to ask further on the topic and he got over his distraction and said,

"Let's find you your Unicorn…." the wand maker went in the back and came with a wand.

"Since you already know about the core, it helps me a lot, this is the best Unicorn core and wood combination I have, English Oak Wood, Unicorn Hair Core,10.75 inches in length and surprisingly swishy flexibility. English Oak Wood for good times and bad, this is a friend as loyal as the wizard who deserves it. Wands of English oak demand partners of strength, courage and fidelity. Less well-known is the propensity for owners of English oak wands to have powerful intuition, and, often, an affinity with the magic of the natural world, with the creatures and plants that are necessary to wizardkind for both magic and pleasure. The oak tree is called King of the Forest from the winter solstice up until the summer solstice, It is said that Merlin's wand was of English oak, Unicorn hair generally produces the most consistent magic, and is least subject to fluctuations and blockages. Wands with unicorn cores are generally the most difficult to turn to the Dark Arts. They are the most faithful of all wands, and usually remain strongly attached to their first owner, irrespective of whether he or she was an accomplished witch or wizard. Minor disadvantages of unicorn hair are that they do not make the most powerful wands,although the wand wood may compensate which English Oak wood does in full capacity. It's length and flexibility fits perfectly with fast Wizarding."

As soon as Naruto picked the wand, the effect was instantaneous, a withering flower that sat in a vase in the corner, not only did it bloom but it started dividing into more flowers, the chair in the corner that looked like it had been in the shop since before the shop was there turned brand new, the lantern that till now just barely illuminated the shop gave light intense enough to illuminate corners that Ollivander himself might have never seen. Water in the flower vase cleared and increased, the air felt clearer.

Irene looked impressed while Ollivander's face looked like early Christmas.

"I have to tell you , I remember every wand I sold, every time it accepted it's wizard but for all my time I have not seen a wand accept it's wizard more perfectly. I can see it, your name among the greatest wizards in the world."

"I must tell you old man, this is a amazing feeling."

After that Naruto paid for the wand, wished Ollivander farewell and left with Irene through the Leaky Cauldron back on the street, as they were making their way back to the telephone booth, Naruto saw a big man, a very big man enter the Leaky Cauldron followed by a small and very thin boy, it reminded him of something,

"Hey, why didn't people recognise you in Diagon Alley?" Naruto Asked.

"Praestigium charm. Where is Amaterasu?" She said.

"When did you cast it?" He asked. As entered the phone booth, Irene inserted a coin that was given to her by Dumbledore and waited. After a while the booth went up and they appeared in a clearing.

"As for Amaterasu." Naruto started speaking he cupped his hands together and then formed them into a fists, right fist near his mouth, left fist behind the right fist and blew hard. As soon as he blew fire erupted from his left fist and out of the fire Amaterasu flew out and took a around them while still flaming, she finally came and sat on Irene's shoulder when the fire had died down.

"When did you learn that?" Irene asked in fascination,

"I learnt from Kurama that ever since she bound with me, she kind of created a room inside me that she sleeps inside, and is ready to share it with me. It takes a lot of magic to keep Amaterasu inside me, but it increases my stamina, so win-win." Naruto told her as he took some deep breaths.

"You never stop to amaze me Naru." Irene said.

"All for the future, Ir-chan." Naruto said

As the said that Irene touched Amaterasu's claw on his shoulder with one hand while she held her hand out for Naruto who grabbed it and they both caught fire and Apparated back home, Naruto and Irene would return back to the telephone booth one month later,

—1 month later—

King Cross

London.

Platform 9 and 10

Third pillar.

"Where the hell is the entrance to the station" Naruto exclaimed.

"The pillar in front of us." Irene said as Naruto was carrying a trunk on his trolley. While one of Irene's Eye was serpentine as she looked at the pillar in front of them.

"So what are we supposed to do?" Naruto asked.

"Run straight into it I reckon." Irene told him.

Naruto looked up at her and asked,

"Together?"

Irene looked down at him, smiled and said.

"Together."

They both grabbed the trolley and ran straight into the pillar they emerged at the other side. A scarlet steam engine was waiting next to a platform packed with people. A sign overhead said Hogwarts Express, Quarter to eleven O'clock. Naruto looked behind him and saw a wrought-iron archway where the barrier had been, with the words Platform Nine and Three-Quarters on it, Naruto looked at Irene and they both made their way further on the station, till Naruto found a car in which he could sit,

He placed his trunk in the storage and looked back at Irene. Her eyes were watering so were Naruto's. He hugged her,she could not hug him back so her hands were jus extended on the sides, it might look weird to anyone watching them since the students would return home during the holidays, but that was the problem.

As soon as Naruto boarded the Train, He would not have a home to return to, the home he spent the last 11 years of his life in. Irene will herself have to change into a dragon and burn down their home.

"I am going to say somethings, I don't want you to say anything in return just listen and don't think anything alright, thank you for taking care of me, thank you for ever giving a damn, thank you bandaging my wounds, thank you for teaching me, thank you for not making fun of my feelings in the beginning and above all thank you for loving me back. Yes I knew I am a natural Legilimens, I can read minds on physical contact. One day in the future I will come and find you anywhere in the world. I promise you that, Just do me a favour, wait for me."

As soon as he said he tightened his hold on her just for a second and left, she tried to reach for him but he slipped away and entered the train,leaving her hanging.

After the train left she apparated to their house and saw a letter on the coffee table with three photographers, one of her and Naruto on his 8th birthday and two identical of just him, he must have taken in the month he had before, he was dressed in his hogwarts robes, Amaterasu on a bird stand behind him and Kurama on his head. She opened the letter.

Dear Ir-chan,

You arrived pretty fast to burn down our house didn't you? Just joking. I have left you three photographs, one of you and me and two of just me, the thing about the two identical ones is that they track my current life. So, whatever house I am selected in, my robes in the photo would change, if I want to add my friends in the photo they will be added in it, take one with you and leave one with my mom please. The deal was you all cannot contact me they never said anything about me informing you,and the photo of you and me, just keep it to remember the day we both finally came to the realisation that we love each other.

No matter what I will find a way to cure you, and I am thinking of a way to maintain contact with mom and you, other than photos you will find it as soon as I am able to master the spell for it.

P.s. A very special package will arrive on the burned ashes of our home on Christmas. Be ready to pick it up.

With love,

Naruto.

Irene was crying, as she read the letter. She placed the letter and photographs in her hat and then she was caught in scarlet fire, the fire started to grow into a Dragon, many times larger than the average human, with light-colored scales running all over her body. She has a dark-colored fiery-man running down her back and arms, which appear to be connected to her feathery wings. While having three pairs of extensions from her jaw, Irene has a dark-colored wing-like design over her eyes that's complemented by two oval designs right above it, the bigger one on the bottom and the smaller one on top. She also has them on her paws, four extending from the forearm and three on each finger. There's a noticeable border above her nostrils that divides her mouth from her face, extending near the back of her head. Finally, Irene has a pair of jagged horns extending from the base of her skull and feather-like scales extending from the back of her knees. As she grew into a dragon, flew out of the house breaking it in the process, as she was directly above the house she took a Deep inhaled and roared, while thinking.

'Christmas, I will wait for you my love.'

After burning the house down to ashes, she flew away.

—After Naruto entered the train—-

After washing his face in the train's bathroom, Naruto looked for a cabin where he could sit. After looking for a while he finally found a cabin which was empty and he went in sat down by the window in silence, after some time a girl came to her compartment door, she was already wearing her new Hogwarts robes.

"Excuse me,Anyone sitting there?" She asked, pointing at the seat opposite to Naruto.

"Everywhere else is full."

Naruto shook his head and the girl told someone behind her,

"Come on guys, we can sit here."

She moved aside and a white haired girl, also dressed in uniform entered and sat opposite to him, she was followed by a chubby boy who was also dressed in his Uniform, enter and sit next to him then the first girl entered and sat next to the white haired girl, there was silence for while, until Naruto broke it,

"So, let's play odd one out."

Everybody chuckled a bit and Naruto spoke again,

"Let's do the introductions. I am Naruto U Namikaze."

"Yes, I am Hermione Granger." The first girl said.

"I am Neville Longbottom." The chubby boy said.

"I am Delphini.." the white haired girl said.

Before Neville could ask for her last name and make the situation awkward, Naruto got up and said,

"Let me get into our colours, I'll be right back."

Delphini gave him a grateful look for changing the subject, and after getting his clothes from his trunk he went to change, as he was returning now dressed in uniform as well he was surprised to find that instead of three people that he left there were now four people in the cabin, but they were not Hermione or Neville, but three boy, one short and thin white haired boy, and other two were taller than him, one was fat and other was also on the healthy side. The white haired boy was talking to Delphini, as Naruto entered, he heard Draco finish,

"..so, stop dishonouring the Malfoy name." He finished to notice Naruto getting in, he gave Naruto a nasty look and stormed of with the other two boys, he gave Delphini a look and sat back down on his seat.

"My Cousin Draco and his sidekicks, Crabbe and Goyle." She said.

"I didn't ask." Naruto said as he looked out the window.

"Yes, you were 'not asking ' very loudly." She said.

There was silence but suddenly Naruto could not help but start laughing, Delphini, cracked a smile but then she started laughing again, it was to this scene that Neville and Hermione arrived, Trevor the toad in his hands.

"What happened?" Hermione asked,

"Nothing" both Delphini and Naruto said at the same time, gave each other a look and continued laughing. Before Hermione could ask anything further,

A voice echoed through the train:

"We will be reaching Hogwarts in five minutes' time. Please leave your luggage on the train, it will be taken to Hogwarts separately, the four of them got up and joined the crowd thronging the corridor.

The train slowed right down and finally stopped. People pushed their way toward the door and out on to a tiny, dark platform. Suddenly,a lamp came bobbing over the heads of the students, and Naruto heard a booming voice say,

"Firs' years! Firs' years over here! All right there, Harry?"

Hagrid's big hairy face beamed over the sea of heads.

"C'mon, follow me - any more firs' years? Mind yer step, now! Firs' years follow me!"

Slipping and stumbling, they followed Hagrid down what seemed to be a steep, narrow path. It was so dark on either side of them. Nobody spoke much. Neville, as who Naruto found out lost his toad, sniffed once or twice.

"Ye' all get yer firs' sight o' Hogwarts in a sec," Hagrid called over his shoulder, "jus' round this bend here."

There was a loud "Oooooh!"

The narrow path had opened suddenly onto the edge of a great black take. Perched atop a high mountain on the other side, its windows sparkling in the starry sky, was a vast castle with many turrets and towers.

"No more'n four to a boat!" Hagrid called, pointing to a fleet of little boats sitting in the water by the shore. Naruto and Hermione followed to boys that Hermione identifies as Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley into their boats, Neville took boats with another boy named Shemus.

"Everyone in?" shouted Hagrid, who had a boat to himself. "Right then - FORWARD!"

And the fleet of little boats moved off all at once, gliding across the lake, which was as smooth as glass. Everyone was silent, staring up at the great castle overhead. It towered over them as they sailed nearer and nearer to the cliff on which it stood.

"Heads down!" yelled Hagrid as the first boats reached the cliff; they all bent their heads and the little boats carried them through a curtain of ivy that hid a wide opening in the cliff face. They were carried along a dark tunnel, which seemed to be taking them right underneath the castle, until they reached a kind of underground harbor, where they clambered out onto rocks and pebbles.

"Oy, you there! Is this your toad?" said Hagrid, who was checking the boats as people climbed out of them.

"Trevor!" cried Neville blissfully, holding out his hands. Then they clambered up a passageway in the rock after Hagrid's lamp, coming out at last onto smooth, damp grass right in the shadow of the castle.

They walked up a flight of stone steps and crowded around the huge, Oak front door.

"Everyone here? You there, still got yer toad?"

Hagrid raised a gigantic fist and knocked three times on the castle door.

The door swung open at once. A tall, black-haired witch in emerald-green robes stood there. She had a very stern face and Naruto knew as soon as he saw her that this was not someone to cross.

"The firs' years, Professor McGonagall," said Hagrid. "Thank you, Hagrid. I will take them from here."

She pulled the door wide. The entrance hall was so big you could have fit the whole a whole house in it. The stone walls were lit with flaming torches like the ones at Gringotts, the ceiling was too high to make out, and a magnificent marble staircase facing them led to the upper floors.

They followed Professor McGonagall across the flagged stone floor. Naruto could hear the drone of hundreds of voices from a doorway to the right -the rest of the school must already be here - but Professor McGonagall showed the first years into a small, empty chamber off the hall. They crowded in, standing rather closer together than they would usually have done, peering about nervously.

"Welcome to Hogwarts," said Professor McGonagall. "The start-of-term banquet will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be sorted into your houses. The Sorting is a very important ceremony because, while you are here, your house will be something like your family within Hogwarts. You will have classes with the rest of your house, sleep in your house dormitory, and spend free time in your house common room. The four houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each house has its own noble history and each has produced outstanding witches and wizards. While you are at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn your house points, while any rulebreaking will lose house points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the house cup, a great honor. I hope each of you will be a credit to whichever house becomes yours. The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting."

She looked around at all the students,her eyes lingering over the flaws in their uniforms.

"I shall return when we are ready for you," said Professor McGonagall. "Please wait quietly."

They all waited patiently, or as much as they can since some ghosts thought this was a fitting time to scare the shit out of some students,but all this was broken when,

"Move along now," said a sharp voice. "The Sorting Ceremony is about to start."

Professor McGonagall had returned. One by one, the ghosts floated away through the opposite wall.

"Now, form a line," Professor McGonagall told the first years, "and follow me."

Naruto had never even imagined such a strange and splendid place. It was lit by thousands and thousands of candles that were floating in midair over four long tables, where the rest of the students were sitting. These tables were laid with glittering golden plates and goblets. At the top of the hall was another long table where the teachers were sitting. Professor McGonagall led the first years up here, so that they came to a halt in a line facing the other students, with the teachers behind them. The hundreds of faces staring at them looked like pale lanterns in the flickering candlelight. Dotted here and there among the students, the ghosts shone misty silver. Mainly to avoid all the staring eyes, Naruto looked upward and saw a velvety black ceiling dotted with stars. He was walking behind Hermione with Delphini beside him, so he heard when Hermione whisper,

"Its bewitched to look like the sky outside. I read about it in Hogwarts, A History."

After a quick glance at the ceiling, he looked down to see Professor McGonagall place a four-legged stool in front of the first years. On top of the stool she
put a pointed wizard's hat. This hat was patched and frayed and
extremely dirty. For a few seconds, there was complete silence. Then the hat twitched. A rip near the brim opened wide like a mouth - and the hat began to sing:

"Oh, you may not think I'm pretty,

But don't judge on what you see,

I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
You can keep your bowlers black,

Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat And I can cap them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head

The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you

Where you ought to be.
You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry

Set Gryffindors apart;

You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs,

are true And unafraid of toil;
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
if you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folk use any means
To achieve their ends.
So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands (though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!"

The whole hall burst into applause as the hat finished its song. It bowed to each of the four tables and then became quite still again.

Professor McGonagall now stepped forward holding a long roll of parchment.
"When I call your name, you will put on the hat and sit on the stool to be sorted," she said.

"Abbott, Hannah!"
A pink-faced girl with blonde pigtails stumbled out of line, put on the hat, which fell right down over her eyes, and sat down. A moment's pause -
"HUFFLEPUFF!" shouted the hat.

The table on the right cheered and clapped as Hannah went to sit down at the Hufflepuff.

"Bones, Susan!"
"HUFFLEPUFF!" shouted the hat again, and Susan scuttled off to sit next to Hannah.

"Boot, Terry!" "RAVENCLAW!"

The table second from the left clapped this time; several Ravenclaws stood up to shake hands with Terry as he joined them.

"Brocklehurst, Mandy" went to Ravenclaw too, but "Brown, Lavender" became the first new Gryffindor, and the table on the far left exploded with cheers;

"Bulstrode, Millicent" then became a Slytherin.

"Finch-Fletchley, Justin!" "HUFFLEPUFF!"

"Finnigan, Seamus," a sandy-haired boy, sat on the stool for almost
a whole minute before the hat declared him a Gryffindor.

"Granger, Hermione!"

Hermione almost ran to the stool and jammed the hat eagerly on her head. "GRYFFINDOR!" shouted the hat.

When Neville Longbottom, was called, he fell over on his way to the stool. The hat took a long time to decide with Neville. When it finally shouted, "GRYFFINDOR," Neville ran off still wearing it, and had to jog back amid gales of laughter to give it
to "MacDougal, Morag."

"Malfoy, Draco."

While Malfoy swaggered forward when his name was called and got his wish at once: the hat had barely touched his head when it screamed, "SLYTHERIN!"

Naruto whispered to Delphini,

"Even if we end up in different houses, we are now friends, alright?"

"Malfoy, Delphini." McGonagall said, As she started to move towards the stool, she looked back and said,

"Definitely, friend."

As soon as the Hat touched her head, it shouted, "SLYTHERIN!"

There weren't many people left now. "Moon" "RAVENCLAW!"

"Namikaze, Naruto."

As his name was called students reacted normally, teachers did not, They started whispering among themselves,

'Is he son of the Minato Namikaze.'

'He looks like him.'

By now, Naruto sat down at the stool and the hat was placed on his head,

"Difficult, very difficult, Power, Nerve, Determination, Knowledge, Love and so much more. Good for Slytherin or Hufflepuff but far better for Ravenclaw or Gryffindor…. Alright I have made the decision, your House will be GRYFFINDOR!"

Entire Gryffindor table applauded and Naruto made his way to the table, bumped fist with Weasley twins and shook his hands with others after him more names were called like "Nott" "Parkinson" then a pair of twin girls, "Patil" and "Patil" then "Perks, Sally-Anne" and then, at last - "Potter, Harry!"

Naruto sat down next to Hermione, focused on Sorting hat like everyone else did,

At first Hat said somethings and Harry squirmed in his seat.

"Not Slytherin, eh?" said the small voice. "Are you sure? You could be great, you know, it's all here in your head, and Slytherin will help you on the way to greatness, no doubt about that - no? Well, if you're sure - better be GRYFFINDOR!"

Everybody in his house cheered and Harry came and sat next to him, He introduced himself by extending his hand for Harry to shake,

"Hi, I am Naruto Namikaze, we rode the boats together, let's win this damn house cup."

"Hey, I am Harry Potter and yes, let's win the Cup."

After their introductions, and end of the sorting ceremony after which Naruto was introduced to Ron, they had an amazing dinner. At which they had conversations about family, in which when the bottle turned Naruto, his reply was simply what he was told to speak if anyone asked,

'I don't know my mum or dad for that matter, what I mean is I don't know who my mum is, I know who my dad is, was raised by a friend of my dad and dropped at station, now I have to live on my own.'

At the end of dinner Dumbledore reminded everyone about the rules of the school and then they proceeded to their Common rooms, then they were assigned their bunks.

The next day, Naruto accompanied by Hermione formed the 'nerd duo', Naruto made a rough school map so that they could find their way around the castle,and things that annoyed Naruto the most were the stairs,There were a hundred and forty-two staircases at Hogwarts: wide, sweeping ones; narrow, rickety ones; some that led somewhere different on a Friday; some with a vanishing step halfway up that you had to remember to jump. Then there were doors that wouldn't open unless you asked politely, or tickled them in exactly the right place, and doors that weren't really doors at all, but solid walls just pretending. It was also very hard to remember where anything was, because it all seemed to move around a lot. The people in the portraits kept going to visit each other, The ghosts didn't help, either. It was always a nasty shock when one of them gilded suddenly through a door you were trying to open. Nearly Headless Nick was always happy to point new Gryffindors in the right direction, but Peeves the Poltergeist was worth two locked doors and a trick staircase if you met him when you were late for class. He would drop wastepaper baskets on your head, pull rugs from under your feet, pelt you with bits of chalk, or sneak up behind you, invisible, grab your nose, and screech, "GOT YOUR CONK!"

They had to study the night skies through their telescopes every Wednesday at midnight and learn the names of different stars and the movements of the planets. Three times a week they went out to the greenhouses behind the castle to study Herbology, with a dumpy little witch called Professor Sprout, whom Naruto loved because she knew her stuff that helped Naruto a lot, they learned how to take care of all the strange plants and fungi, and found out what they were used for. Easily the most boring class was History of Magic, which was the only one taught by a ghost. Professor Binns had been very old indeed when he had fallen asleep in front of the staff room fire and got up next morning to teach, leaving his body behind him. Binns droned on and on while they scribbled down names and dates, and got Emetic the Evil and Uric the Oddball mixed up. Professor Flitwick, the Charms teacher, was a tiny little wizard who had to stand on a pile of books to see over his desk.

Professor McGonagall was again different. Naruto had hit the mark to think she wasn't a teacher to cross. Strict and clever, she gave them a talking-to the moment they sat down in her first class.

"Transfiguration is some of the most complex and dangerous magic you will learn at Hogwarts," she said. "Anyone messing around in my class will leave and not come back. You have been warned."

Then she changed her desk into a pig and back again. They were all very impressed and couldn't wait to get started, but soon realized they weren't going to be changing the furniture into animals for a long time. In this class, After taking a lot of complicated notes, they were each given a match and started trying to turn it into a needle. By the end of the lesson, only Hermione and Naruto had made any difference to their match; As a matter of fact, If Naruto wanted he could have made the match into a earthworm granted, his earthworm would turn to dust in 5 seconds due to instability, but hey, he could do it.

The class everyone except Naruto had really been looking forward to was Defense Against the Dark Arts, but Quirrell's lessons turned out to be a bit of a joke. His classroom smelled strongly of garlic, which everyone said was to ward off a vampire he'd met in Romania and was afraid would be coming back to get him one of these days. His turban, he told them, had been given to him by an African prince as a thank-you for getting rid of a troublesome zombie, but they weren't sure they believed this story. For one thing, when Seamus Finnigan asked eagerly to hear how Quirrell had fought off the zombie, Quirrell went pink and started talking about the weather; for another, they had noticed that a funny smell hung around the turban, and the Weasley twins insisted that it was stuffed full of garlic as well, so that Quirrell was protected wherever he went.

On Friday morning, Naruto was reading a book on moderate-level Transfiguration with Hermione reading Basic spells for beginners next to him, while both of them ate breakfast, Harry and Ron were looking at both of them like they had 4 heads, in the last few days the four of them have created a group in which Harry and Ron stuck together, while Hermione and Naruto stuck together, finally Harry asked,

"What have we got today?"

"Double Potions with the Slytherins," said Ron. "Snape's Head of Slytherin House. They say he always favors them - where do both of them keep all that stuff." pointing to their boats.

"I don't know, you should not care. Let's go boys." Naruto said as drank his juice in one go and got up from the table, other three following behind him.

Potions lessons took place down in one of the dungeons. It was colder here than up in the main castle, and would have been quite creepy enough without the pickled animals floating in glass jars all around the walls.

Snape, like Flitwick, started the class by taking the roll call, and like Flitwick, he paused at Harry's name.

"Ah, Yes," he said softly, "Harry Potter. Our new - celebrity."

Naruto whispered to Delphini, who he only saw during the shared classes between Slytherin and Gryffindor, when that happened he only sat next to her so they could talk, whenever they had time, they could share their experiences with each other, so he whispered,

"This is not going to end well."

"Agreed." She whispered back.

Snape finished calling the names and looked up at the class. His eyes were black like Hagrid's, but they had none of Hagrid's warmth. They were cold and empty and made you think of dark tunnels.

"You are here to learn the subtle science and exact art of potion making," he began.

He spoke in barely more than a whisper, but they caught every word - like Professor McGonagall, Snape had you caught at every word - like Professor McGonagall, Snape had the gift of keeping a class silent without effort.

"As there is little foolish wand-waving here, many of you will hardly believe this is magic. I don't expect you will really understand the beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses... I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory, even stopper death - if you aren't as big a bunch of dunderheads as I usually have to teach."

More silence followed this little speech. He looked around to see what every student was doing.

"Potter!" said Snape as he saw Harry writing on parchment.

"What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?"

"Powdered root of what to an infusion of what?" Harry glanced at Ron, who looked as stumped as he was; Hermione's hand had shot into the air, while Naruto also raised his hand but a little slowly.

"I don't know, sir." said Harry.

Snape's lips curled into a sneer.

"Tut, tut - fame clearly isn't everything."

He ignored Naruto and Hermione's hand.

"Let's try again. Potter, where would you look if I told you to find me a bezoar?"

Hermione stretched her hand as high into the air as it would go without her leaving her seat,Naruto was still holding his hand above lazily but Harry didn't have the faintest idea what a bezoar was. He tried not to look at Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, who were shaking with laughter.

"I don't know, sir."

"Thought you wouldn't open a book before coming,eh, Potter?"

Snape was still ignoring everybody else.

"What is the difference, Potter, between monkshood and wolfsbane?"

At this, Hermione stood up, her hand stretching toward the dungeon ceiling but Naruto dropped his hand.

"I don't know," said Harry quietly. "I think Hermione and Naruto do, though, why don't you try one of them?"

"Sit down," he snapped at Hermione. "For your information, Potter, asphodel and wormwood make a sleeping potion so powerful it is known as the Draught of Living Death. A bezoar is a stone taken from the stomach of a goat and it will save you from most poisons. As for monkshood and wolfsbane, they are the same plant, which also goes by the name of aconite. Well? Why aren't you all copying that down?"

There was a sudden rummaging for quills and parchment. Naruto however did not write anything as he already had a Journals in which he had already done a lot of research on all the parts of Potion making. But Over the noise, Snape said, "And a point will be taken from Gryffindor House for your cheek, Potter."

Hours later the class was over, Delphini and Naruto were about to be the last ones to leave when suddenly, Snape saw the Potion which Naruto had brewed,

"Who brewed this?" He asked while looking the potion over.

Naruto was placing his books back in his black messenger slinging bag, when he looked back at Snape and replied.

"I did, sir."

"You expect me to believe, You brewed it perfectly enough for it to be stable even on heating in your first year?"

"I don't except you to believe anything, sir but if you want to know, the yes I brewed it in my first year but this was not my first potion, according to our courses I am at Moderate potion making levels, so brewing this kind of potion is easy." He told him as he started to move out of the class but was once again stopped by Snape, but this time it was in different tone, it was not his usual cold demeanour it was a little warmer,

"Miss Malfoy go on without , he and I are about to have a little chat."

Delphini looked at Naruto, who nodded and Delphini left, As soon as she did Snape waved his wand and the door locked behind her.

"Do you know, What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?"

Naruto was looking at his feet, his shoulder loosened as he tightened his grip on the strip of his sling bag, he had thought it meant something else but now it was confirmed. Finally, he looked back at Snape and asked,

"Who is Lily?"

Snape visibly lost his footing at this, he leaned on one of the tables and took a deep breath, and then quickly moved to grab Naruto's shoulders.

"You will not mention this to anyone ever! Is that understood?" Snape said with fury,

Naruto frantically nodded,

"Say it!" Snape added,

"Yes, I'll never tell anyone about this,"

Snape let go of Naruto and then turned around, opened multiple drawers behind him and took out many things and placed them on working table,

"What potion can you make from all the ingredients present on this table?"

Naruto stepped forward and gave everything on the table a look over, Lacewing flies; leeches; horn of a Bicorn; knotgrass; fluxweed and Boomslang skin.

"Polyjuice potion," Naruto finally answered,

Snape, raised his brow,and asked another question,

"How long does it take to brew polyjuice potion?"

Naruto thought for a moment,

"Depending on the time of effect, 3 hours for a minute to 8 weeks for 12 hours."

Snape could not stop himself from muttering,

"Very impressive, , have you brewed it before?"

"No, sir. Never needed to." Naruto replied,

Snape then pulled out a sand clock and put in on a table,

"3 hours, brew a perfect polyjuice potion and if you do, I will teach you everything I know, Everything. You up for this challenge?"

Naruto, unslung his bag, took his robes of, pulled his sleeves,

"You sir," Naruto pointed at Snape and added, " Are awesome, so I am going to take this challenge, win it, and learn everything that Severus Snape knows."

And the Sand started rushing, Naruto started working.

—-

Delphini was walking towards Slytherin common room, when She was intercepted by Hermione, Ron and Harry.

"Delphini, where is Naruto." Hermione Asked her,

"Oh, He was stopped by Professor Snape after class, I think it had something to do with the potion he brewed." She replied.

"Blimey, That can't be good." Ron said,

"Yes, you are right about that, by the way Delphini do you mind if I ask you a personal question?" Harry said,

"Sure,but whether I answer depends on the question." Delphini replied.

"Yeah, that's ok, I just wanted to ask how are you and Draco so different, I mean he's him and you are so nice? Even though you both are siblings." Harry Asked,

Delphini laughed at that and said, "It's because we are not siblings, we are just cousins, I am daughter of Draco's uncle. It's just that my father died during the reign of You-Know-Who." She finished.

"We are so sorry, so.. we will see you around." Ron said,

—- 3 hours later—

Naruto entered the common room to find Ron and Harry waiting for him, on the sofa by the fireplace.

"Where were you?" Harry Asked,

"Library, Weren't you both supposed to have tea with Hagrid, right about now?" Naruto said,

"Yeah that went well, so we returned to the common room, but that's not the problem here." Ron said,

"There is a problem in the first place?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, did you not see this notice?" Harry said as he passed a paper to Naruto.

Flying lessons would be starting on Thursday - and Gryffindor and Slytherin would be learning together.

"What's the problem, it's just flying lessons and I thought you were looking forward to them, Harry." Naruto said as he sat down on the armchair.

"Yes but Typical," said Harry darkly. "Just what I always wanted. To make a fool of myself on a broomstick in front of Malfoy."

"He had been really looking forward to learning to fly,more than anything else." Naruto said sarcastically.

"You don't know that you'll make a fool of yourself," said Ron
reasonably.

"Anyway, I know Malfoy's always going on about how good he is at Quidditch, but I bet that's all talk." Ron added.

Naruto got up from the armchair and said, "and even if you make a fool out of yourself, you won't be alone, I'll join you."

Both the boys were startled by this fact,

"You have never rode a broom before?" Ron asked.

"Rode? Never seen one up close." Naruto answered.

"Really?" Harry asked.

"I get where your surprise is coming from, but the future I have planned for me did not involve riding brooms, so I never gave it a second thought, anyways we all should go to sleep now, I have a busy day tomorrow."

With that Naruto made his way to their dorm room with Harry and Ron closely behind him.

—Next day—

Naruto was up earlier than the rest of his friend,so early that even the sun wasn't up because today, he had an unofficial lesson with Snape, Yeah he won the bet.

So, while he had to get up early for his lesson anyway, he thought about bringing back his Physical training in his schedule, Irene always said Magic was both mind and body, and he was not going to neglect his body for both his and Kurama's sake, about Kurama and Amaterasu, they were rightfully pissed at him because he had decided to keep them both a secret from everybody else until he was sure about whom he could trust with biggest secrets of his life until then both Kurama and Amaterasu will have to do with the current living arrangement, so here Naruto was dressed in workout lowers,boots and a black t-shirt over which he had his Gryffindor sweatshirt, he was running around school grounds on the outskirts of the dark forest with Kurama flying near his head, randomly firing her Kitsune fire and kyuubi discharge( as they both have dubbed it) into the sky, Amaterasu went for a long flight which, Naruto had told her to complete within the hour of his training or he would be late for his lesson, as he stopped at the edge of black lake, to look at the school building behind which the sun was rising, he suddenly heard,

"I find the look from the astronomy tower far better." He turned around see it was Dumbledore who had spoken these words.

"Professor,I was just…" Naruto tried to say but Dumbledore interrupted him.

"Get some Physical training done, while letting Your familial Kitsune and Phoenix out of your Astral room. I know."

Naruto baffled by this asked, "How did you know?"

Dumbledore gave Naruto a sad look he sat down at a nearby large rock and then motioned for Naruto to sit next to him, then said,

"I know everything about you my boy, about Minato, Kushina, Uzumaki family, Irene and the life thrusted on you and before you ask no, Irene did not tell me, as a matter of fact it was my first time meeting her as it was my first time meeting you, I have not meet your mother either, Heard of her, yes, met her, no. It was your father that told me everything about you."

"You knew my father?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, He helped fight us You-know-who and I met him for research purposes once as well." Dumbledore.

"Wait, are you the Deathly Hallows D, in his journals?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, I am." Dumbledore answered.

"You can help me so much in understanding his research." Naruto said,

"That," Dumbledore said, while pointing a finger at Naruto, "is the second thing I want to talk about I heard from Irene that you might get caught doing some research that I would not like, so I want to know what it is, if you want to do any research in this school."

Naruto looked at Dumbledore and said, "I will show you, but I am getting late for something." As he noticed Amaterasu flying back towards him, Dumbledore noticed her as well and then smiled,

"Yes, Late for your lessons with Professor Snape,"

"Yes, wait how did you? Are you a Legilimens?" Naruto asked shock evident in his Voice.

"Maybe, but leave it for now, come to my Office after classes are over, bring your research with you, and you can leave your Phoenix with me, I have firefly seeds, I bet she will love them."

"Will you do that for me? She really need the open for both our sanity."

Dumbledore gave a chuckle and Naruto told Kurama to return to him she burst into white flames and collided into Naruto's palm and became a tattoo, after Naruto told Amaterasu to go with Dumbledore they both went their separate ways, Naruto got ready for his lesson with Snape, where they discussed on what Naruto already knew and then Snape taught him a little about third year level potions after which there lesson ended, Naruto headed back to the breakfast table with others when the day's mail came,

A owl dropped a small box with a letter attached to it in Naruto's arm.

"What is it?" Hermione asked.

"Oh, just something I bought from Diagon Alley. It just arrived late." Naruto asked.

Naruto opened the package to reveal a small treasure chest like box. Then he opened the letter which read.

The other chest will be delivered to the location on Christmas Day,

Thank you for choosing our service.

By this time everyone was focused on Neville's Remembrall, after a small commotion between Neville and Draco, which was sorted by Professor McGonagall, he went back to his room to keep the Chest by his bedside and then,

At three-thirty that afternoon, Naruto, Harry and the other Gryffindors hurried down the front steps onto the grounds for their first flying lesson. It was a clear, breezy day, and the grass rippled under their feet as they marched down the sloping lawns toward a smooth, flat lawn on the opposite side of the grounds to the forbidden forest, whose trees were swaying darkly in the distance.
The Slytherins were already there, and so were twenty broomsticks lying in neat lines on the ground.

Soon, Their teacher, Madam Hooch, arrived. She had short, gray hair, and yellow eyes like a hawk.

"Well, what are you all waiting for?" she barked. "Everyone stand by a broomstick. Come on, hurry up."

Naruto glanced down at his broom. It was old and some of the twigs stuck out at odd angles.

"Stick out your right hand over your broom," called Madam Hooch at the front, "and say 'Up!"'

"UP" everyone shouted.

Naruto and Harry's broom jumped into their hands at once, but it was one of the few that did. Hermione's had simply rolled over on the ground, Ron's smacked him in the face and Neville's hadn't moved at all. After some time everyone's broom were in their hands.

Madam Hooch then showed them how to mount their brooms without sliding off the end, and walked up and down the rows correcting their grips.

Naruto noticed that Harry and Ron were physical delighted when she told Malfoy he'd been doing it wrong for years.

"Now,when I blow my whistle, you kick off from the ground, hard," said Madam Hooch. "Keep your brooms steady, rise a few feet, and then come straight back down by leaning forward slightly. On my whistle - three- two -"

But Neville, nervous and jumpy and frightened of being left on the ground, pushed off hard before the whistle had touched Madam Hooch's lips.

"Come back, boy!" she shouted, but Neville was rising straight up like a cork shot out of a bottle - twelve feet - twenty feet. Naruto saw his scared white face look down at the ground, As soon as Neville started flying towards castle's wall, Naruto's body moved on it's own he jumped and bent forward towards Neville as fast as he could move but he could not reach Neville before he hit the wall, but he did reach fast enough to get a hold of Neville before he fell twenty feet on his head to his death, Naruto caught his leg slowed down their descend and slowly dropped on the grass and rolled over with his broom.

"That was awesome." Naruto muttered.

"That is one way of putting it." Madam Hooch said, "Help me get to the Hospital wing and then we will talk about this Mr. Namikaze." She added.

"Yes,Ma'am" Naruto said as he picked up Neville, supported him on one of his shoulder, while Madam Hooch supported his other shoulder.

"None of you is to move while we take this boy to the hospital wing! You leave those brooms where they are or you'll be out of Hogwarts before you can say 'Quidditch.'

"Come on, dear."

They arrived at the Hospital wing and as soon as they did Madam Pomfrey started checking up on him and then told Madam Hooch that she will take care of him from this point forward.

"Now, Let's find Professor McGonagall." She said.

"Yes, ma'am." Naruto followed her, by this time his heart was in his mouth because he thought that he might get expelled even before his true learning began, they soon met up with McGonagall, who was not alone. She had Harry with her, both teachers had a eye conversation, and Hooch pushed Naruto forward and said,

"Chaser."

McGonagall nodded and said, "Follow me Mr. Namikaze."

Naruto could not do anything but nod, so he followed her with Harry.

Professor McGonagall stopped outside a classroom. She opened the door and poked her head inside.

"Excuse me, Professor Flitwick, could I borrow Wood for a moment?"

"Follow me, you three," said Professor McGonagall, and they marched on up the corridor, Wood looking curiously at Harry and Naruto.

"In here."

Professor McGonagall pointed them into a classroom that was empty except for Peeves, who was busy writing rude words on the blackboard.

"Out, Peeves!" she barked. Peeves threw the chalk into a bin, which
clanged loudly, and he swooped out cursing. Professor McGonagall slammed the door behind him and turned to face the three boys.

"Potter,Namikaze,this is Oliver Wood. Wood - I've found you a Seeker and a Chaser."Wood's expression changed from puzzlement to delight.

"Are you serious, Professor?"

"Absolutely," said Professor McGonagall crisply. "Both boys are natural. I've never seen anything like what Potter did it. Was that your first time on a broomstick, Potter?"

Harry nodded silently.

"And Professor Hooch vouches for Namikaze."

"What? That's awesome! We will definitely win the cup this time."

Wood was now looking as though all his dreams had come true at once.

"Ever seen a game of Quidditch, Potter,Namikaze?" he asked excitedly.

"Yeah, once or twice." Naruto said,

"Never." Harry answered.

"Wood's captain of the Gryffindor team," Professor McGonagall explained.

"He's just the build for a Seeker, too," said Wood, now walking around Harry and staring at him. "Light - speedy - we'll have to get him a decent broom, Professor - a Nimbus Two Thousand or a Cleansweep Seven, I'd say."

And then he gave Naruto a look over,

"And he looks like a Chaser, too. How much can you bench?" Wood said,

"I shall speak to Professor Dumbledore and see if we can't bend the first-year rule. Heaven knows, we need a better team than last year. Flattened in that last match by Slytherin, I couldn't look Severus Snape in the face for weeks..."

"Train well,you two." Professor McGonagall,

One hour later in one of the open grounds, Harry had just finished telling Ron what had happened with him and Naruto when he'd left the grounds with Professor McGonagall.

"Seeker?" he said. Looking at Harry.

"Chaser?" He said, looking at Naruto.

"But first years never - you both must be the youngest house players in about…"

"A century," said Harry, "Wood told us."

Ron was so amazed, so impressed, he just sat and gaped at Harry and Naruto. Naruto was silent.

"We start training next week," said Harry. "Only don't tell anyone, Wood wants to keep it a secret."

Fred and George Weasley now came into the ground, spotted Harry and Naruto and hurried over.

"Wood told us, we are really excited, well not as much as wood he was almost skipping but don't worry, you can trust us we are the beaters of the team, see you both on practice." They said together,

After they left Ron and Harry noticed that Naruto was awfully quiet, so they asked him,

"What is it Naruto?"

Naruto was broken out of his stump and answered,

"Nothing it's just that I never thought that I would be playing Quidditch for my house team ever, but here I am, a Chaser for my house team, that to in my first year. I am nervous, very nervous."

That actually worried them,

"He's right, you know." Harry said,

Naruto looked at the time in his watch and said,

"And I am late," he picked up his bag from the ground and before he left he asked Harry,

"What time are we supposed to meet Captain?" Naruto asked,

"Seven o'clock," Harry answered,

"See you both at Dinner." Naruto added and left,

They both nodded as Naruto left for Headmaster's office, in 15 minutes he reached at a door with a gold Griffin statue in it,

There He saw Professor McGonagall, about to enter the door herself,

"Oh, Namikaze? Why are you here." She asked,

"I have a meeting with Headmaster, ma'am, he asked me to come as soon as classes were over." He said.

"Oh, then I will wait till your meeting is over." She said.

"No, my meeting will take time, so you can go ahead ma'am I'll wait here." He said and sat down on the ground. Pulled a book out of his bag and started reading,

"Alright, I'll finish as soon as possible." She walked in the door and said, "Sherbert Lemon."

Naruto was reading his Journal on Magical creatures, when he flipped on a page where one of his most prized possession was, copy of his single family photo, he was just 2 months ol then, he was in his Mother's arm, his father had both his 3 year old middle sister in his arms, while his 7 year old elder sister was holding two peace signs.

3 months after this photo was taken Minato left, and was killed in Action.

6 months after this photo was taken, was the last time Kushina held him in his arms.

8 months after this photo was taken, Naruto was a brother hated by both his sister.

10 months after this photo was taken , Naruto was an official Orphan.

But still, he loved each and everyone in this photo, and one day hoped to get a photo in which everyone was an adult, a photo in which he was hugging his mother, his middle sister was pulling his ear , his elder sister had a arm around his shoulder or just standing there smiling with love in their eyes, all he ever wants is love, he placed the picture back in his journal and got up from the ground when he heard the statue coming back down, McGonagall stepped off and looked at Naruto, Happiness was evident in her eyes.

"He is waiting for you." She said, Naruto nodded and stepped near the statue, she said the password and he reached the entrance to headmaster's office. He entered to see Faux and Amaterasu sitting next to each other on a same stand and eating seeds from the same bowl, Dumbledore was standing in front of his table, clearly waiting for him.

"Are you ready to show me what your research is about." Dumbledore Asked.

Naruto nodded and pulled out a box that was about 1ft long, 1 ftm broad and about half a ft thick, he placed the box on the ground in the empty area of his office, took out his wand and said,

"Hiraku"

The box split open into a semi circle, then it started to grow in size and it grew legs and now it was big black semicircular table, he looked back at Dumbledore.

"Sir, you cannot tell anyone about this, please it cannot get out because half the stuff here is not allowed for my eyes, do you promise sir?"

"Yes, I will not tell anyone about this." He said.

Naruto waved his wand once again, while saying.

"Videor."

The table tops flipped opened, to revel 8 arcs with 7 curtain with labels like books, herbs, potions, ingredients, instruments, extra material, and others in 7 curtains. While a notice board on the eighth arc, this notice board had multiple papers and pictures pinned to it with a red ribbon connecting them, but all of them were connecting to one giant note that explained everything to Dumbledore, it shocked him enough for him to stop leaning on the table and walk towards it. There it was written in bolds.

"Blood curses?"

"You are studying the blood curses? For what purposes?" He had a edge in his voice.

"To eradicate them." There it was Dumbledore was shocked, never in this world anyone studied curses for the purposes of eradication.

"What is your approach?" Dumbledore asked.

"The steps in solving a problem, first, understanding a problem, second, finding all possible ways to end the problem and last narrowing the approach to find the exact counter to end it." Naruto said.

"And at what step are you?" Dumbledore asked.

"Even though Magical studying is allowed at age 7 in Japan, researching things like blood curses,communicable curses or whatever curses there are in this world is very difficult to research, so step 1 is not even complete but for step 2, I have speculations on the subjects that might help. So, I think I have a base but I am only at step 1" Naruto told Dumbledore.

"This is far beyond the levels of a 11 year old wizard,I believe to even start this research you would need at least advance level dark arts knowledge, above moderate potion, herbology, magical creatures and large amount of knowledge in alchemy and transfiguration." He stopped and smiled, "all the subjects you want to major in."

"Yes, this is what I was born to do, I will spend every moment of my life that I can spend on finding cures for werewolves, maledictuses or any other curse, I will cure them or die trying." Naruto said,

"Who is it?" Dumbledore asked.

"I beg your pardon?" Naruto Asked.

"No one does something like this, unless someone they love someone affected." Dumbledore said with a raised brow.

"This was not our deal." Naruto said, visibly blushing.

"Yes, it wasn't, come and see me tomorrow at the same time, alright, we will discuss this further, we will miss dinner if we spend more time here, let's go."

Naruto arrived at dinner hall and sat down next to Hermione, She was talking to Ron and Harry about something.

"And it's really none of your business," said Harry.

"Good-bye," said Ron.

Naruto raised a brow, and said,

"What's happening?"

"Nothing." Both Harry and Ron said,

"They are about to do something very stupid." Hermione said,

"Awesome and all the best." Naruto said as he started stuffing his face.

Hermione looked at him in bewilderment, while Harry and Ron laughed,

"I really like him," Ron said at Naruto and followed his lead into stuffing their faces.

—Next day—-

After His physical training and Lesson with Snape, Naruto was in the dining hall with other,

"That was not stupid, that was moronic and kind of gullible." Naruto said. While he gave Harry and Ron a raised brow while looking at Harry and Ron, this was because they had just told him about last night's 'duel', while keeping the information about a particular dog out,

He then looked at Hermione, "You followed these idiots, while breaking a rule to prevent them from breaking a rule, now you are a genius but that was really- I mean really dumb."

Then he pointed at Neville , "and you, one word, it's one word man write it in your hand or something if you know you are going to be alone."

"Sorry." Neville started saying,

"Don't be sorry, it's totally fine to not know a stupid password, it's weeping about it that need working." Naruto said,

Before anyone could react to him, the day's mail came, two packages were dropped in between the group, both same size and both attached with same letters,

DO NOT OPEN THE PARCEL AT THE TABLE.

It contains your new Nimbus Two Thousand, but I don't want everybody knowing you've got a broomstick or they'll all want one. Oliver Wood will meet you tonight on the Quidditch field at seven o'clock for your first training session.

Professor McGonagall,

Harry passed his letter to Ron, while Naruto took his package and got up from the
table and said,

"No good in keeping it around here, see you at practice." He said looking at Harry, who nodded. Naruto left the hall and as soon as he was out of eye sight, he placed the entire package in his sling bag. He headed to the headmasters office and told him that he might not be able to meet him, because of practice,Dumbledore understood and told him that he will tell Naruto when to come, he reached 10 minutes before 7 and just lingered around waiting, soon it was 7 and he saw Harry coming towards him, Harry didn't seem to notice him started flying around on his Nimbus, Naruto not wanting to be out done by his, took his Nimbus out and started flying as well, He soon started tailing Harry, who by now had noticed him, soon Naruto overtook Harry and started flying around him.

"Hey both of you, come here." Wood had arrived.

Harry landed next to Wood, while Naruto floated in front of him,

"I am going to explain the rule, Namikaze you can keep flying if you know the rules."

Naruto nodded and flew away, While he did, he saw Wood explain Harry rules, launch all the balls up in the air, and then Help Harry practice with Golf balls, then he flew towards Naruto with the Quaffle in his hand, he passes it to Naruto, who easily caught it and then looked at Wood,

"You are a keeper?" Naruto asked,

"Yes, I am, so try to score." Wood said with a smug smirk,

"Alright." Naruto answered with a equally smug smirk on his face, he took a turn and went a little farther away from the goals. He looked Wood directly in the eyes and then shot like a bullet, he was heading towards the lowest ring, which Wood dove towards to protect, but Naruto gathered all his strength, made a sharp up and threw the Quaffle straight at the tallest ring, scoring. Getting a impressed look from Wood,

"That was very good." Wood said,

"Again?" Naruto Asked

"Score once more and we'll see." Wood said,

"Ok" Naruto answered.

Naruto went down to get the Quaffle he came back, this time once again Wood was near the rings, He saw Naruto and started at him like a hawk, Naruto this time went for a different approach. He flew straight towards Wood, who was in front of the tallest ring, He was flew closer and closer, both of them not backing down, then as soon as he was very near Wood, he threw the Quaffle above Woods head, Wood looked back to see that the Quaffle hit rings end and come bounced back a little, then he noticed Naruto, who had swerved from below Wood catch the ball and score, once again.

"That was Amazing, you might just become the best Chaser I have ever seen. For now let's head back to the castle, it's getting late."

After this all three of them headed back to the Castle.

Between School work , Quidditch practice, research in Schools library, Naruto didn't get much free time, but soon Dumbledore caught him in one of his free time, so here Naruto was, same table, same 2 people continuing their last conversation,

"So, last time we were here, we discussed the subjects, tell me how you will use the knowledge?" Dumbledore.

"At first I will take a particular curse, say Werewolves, I will research what werewolves are, then I will study how they infect the un-infected, try isolate agents of transfer, if there are any, create something I call a magical print of a person and then attack the Magical print with every possible solution, like creating a potion that attacks the curse agents, herbs that might work, magical substances obtained from all the magical creatures might also work,or if I am able to get advance enough in alchemy, I might be able to break everything to the basics and put it back together but for that I will have to learn 100 years worth alchemy in my small life time." Naruto said.

Dumbledore stared at Naruto for a while, then he nodded to himself and said,

"Pack you stuff." Naruto raised a brow and did as he was told,

Dumbledore, then went to his table and picked up a black briefcases, he them placed the briefcase on the ground and then, went inside.

Naruto stood there dumbfounded, Dumbledore's hand came out the briefcase to tell him to come in. So, he did, he went inside to see a whole damn room inside, it was already equipped with some books, a new table and a stand,

"I took the liberty of creating this, now your extension charm is as big as a trunk, but I think a room will work far better, you can set everything up in here, I also have books in here, including a one using which you can keep adding climates, labs or whatever you want to add yourself, you can use this room as much as you want. I will try my best to help you." Dumbledore said while pointing around the room, them he looked back at Naruto to see his bewildered look,

"Why?" Naruto asked.

Dumbledore gave a chuckle and then with a gleam in his eyes said,

"Because you have the fire, you have the will to do, I have only seen this type of Will in very few people throughout my life, and all of them became great, Your goal will require a support system, and I will be damned if your fire goes to waste because of some foolish blood feud."

Naruto was stunned, than he couldn't help himself and started crying and muttering, 'thank you' over and over again while Dumbledore petted his shoulder.

After the event, Naruto spent all his free time setting up his new workshop, he now had a skyline type room for Amaterasu and a forest type room for Kurama inside the Briefcase. Some days later it was Halloween.

On Halloween morning they woke to the delicious smell of baking pumpkin wafting through the corridors. Even better, Professor Flitwick announced in Charms that he thought they were ready to start making objects fly, they were set in pairs, everybody by now knew Naruto and Delphini were only two Gryffindor and Slytherin. That didn't hate each other so they were always paired together. So, they were paired here as well.

"Now, don't forget that nice wrist movement we've been practicing!" squeaked Professor Flitwick, perched on top of his pile of books as usual. "Swish and flick, remember, swish and flick. And saying the magic words properly is very important, too - never forget Wizard Baruffio, who said 's' instead of 'f' and found himself on the floor with a buffalo on his chest."

It was very difficult. Now Naruto had a wide array of spells in his arsenal, but charms like these took some practice and also, well technically he hates charms like these. Delphini was also just looking at the feather in front of them,

"You don't want to try?" She asked him,

"No but why don't you give it shot." He said,

"Alright." She did the flick while saying, "Wingardium Leviosa!" And the feather started floating as she moved her wand,

"Great work!, look at Miss Malfoy, she is doing it," he noticed another feather in air, "look at Miss Granger, she is also doing it," he said, and added,

"Wonderful both of you."

After class Ron was pissed, . "It's no wonder no one can stand her," he said to Harry as they pushed their way into the crowded corridor, "she's a nightmare, honestly. "
Someone knocked into Harry as they hurried past him. It was Hermione. Harry caught a glimpse of her face - and was startled to see that she was in tears.

"I think she heard you."

"So?" said Ron, but he looked a bit uncomfortable. "She must've noticed she's got almost no friends."

Then suddenly Ron felt someone shove him to the side harshly, it was Naruto and he looked really pissed,

"Almost, I'll deal with you later." He said as he made a run for Hermione, who was disappearing fast among the crowd, he followed her into the girl's bathroom. He saw her enter a stall and close the door hardly behind her. He knocked on the door and said,

"Don't pay attention to what Ron said, he's just jealous that you're better than him in class." He heard a surprised yelp,

"What are you doing in girl's bathroom—No, I don't care, just leave me alone." She said between sobs.

"I am not going to leave you alone, you have a friend in me, a friend, not just a nerdy friend that loves books as much as you do but also a friend on whose shoulder you can lean on. Come out Hermione, please." He said while knocked once again.

"I don't care, just leave me alone." Hermione said, Naruto was about to say something once again but a hand on his shoulder got his attention, he turned around to see, a bunch of senior girls standing there, one of them had come near him to tell him,

"Just give her time, she'll come around."

"Yeah, I'll see you later Hermione." He said at the door and then turned to the girls, "sorry about entering the girl's bathroom."

The same senior smiled at him and said, "it's fine."

Then He left and headed to the next class, he sat alone and away from Ron, and then finally at Dinner, they heard that Hermione was still crying so, Ron stayed clear of him, his threat still clear, they were eating their feast when Professor Quirrell came sprinting into the hall, his turban askew and terror on his face. Everyone stared as he reached Professor Dumbledore's chair, slumped against the table, and gasped,

"Troll - in the dungeons - thought you ought to know."

He then sank to the floor in a dead faint.

There was an uproar.

"Silence!" Dumbledore shouted, ordered was restored,

"Prefects," he rumbled, "lead your Houses back to the dormitories immediately!"

Percy was in his element.

"Follow me! Stick together, first years! No need to fear the troll if you follow my orders! Stay close behind me, now. Make way, first years coming through! Excuse me, I'm a prefect!"

Harry and Ron were discussing things about the troll, when Naruto grabbed their robes from behind,

"You both are going to Help me find Hermione. Let's go." Both of them couldn't do anything but follow his lead. They reached the hallways and Naruto told them,

"You both take a look at the Girl's bathroom while I will check near the hall that connects the dungeons and our path to common room, I will come back and meet you at girl's bathroom,Alright?" They Both boded and did so, 5 minutes later Naruto was running back toward the girl's bathroom when he heard crashing noises, he entered to see, troll's club floating above its head by Ron, Harry held upside down by the troll and Hermione hiding under a sink. Suddenly Ron let go and the Club hit the troll's head, it shook him enough to let Harry go but it soon gained back it's footing Naruto took out his wand and shouted,

"Ballistica!"

A blue beam shot from Naruto's wand and hit the troll in his chest, as soon as it did, there was a blast of blue flame and smoke that covered the troll and also launched it back with enough power to impact with the wall and fall down,completely knocked out. The other three looked at him with bewilderment,

It was Hermione who spoke first.

"Is it - dead?"

"I don't think so," said Harry,

"Nah, just knocked out." Naruto said while placing his wand back in his robes.

Harry bent down and pulled his wand out of the troll's nose. It was covered in what looked like lumpy gray glue.

"Urgh - troll boogers."

He wiped it on the troll's trousers.

A sudden slamming and loud footsteps made the three of them look up. They hadn't realized what a racket they had been making, but of course, someone downstairs must have heard the crashes and the troll's roars. A moment later, Professor McGonagall had come bursting into the room, closely followed by Snape, with Quirrell bringing up the rear. Quirrell took one look at the troll, let out a faint whimper, and sat quickly down on a toilet, clutching his heart.

Snape bent over the troll. Professor McGonagall was looking at Ron, Naruto and Harry. They had never seen her look so angry. Her lips were white. Hopes of winning fifty points for Gryffindor faded quickly from Harry's mind.

"What on earth were you thinking of?" said Professor McGonagall, with cold fury in her voice. Harry looked at Ron, who was still standing with his wand in the air. Still shocked from Naruto's spell,

"You're lucky you weren't killed. Why aren't you in your dormitory?"

Snape gave Harry and Ron a piercing look, and then looked at Naruto, who was also looking at him, his eyes clearly asking the same question from Naruto.

Then a small voice came out of the shadows.

"Please, Professor McGonagall - they were looking for me."

"Miss Granger!"

Hermione had managed to get to her feet at last.

"I went looking for the troll because I - I thought I could deal with it on my own - you know, because I've read all about them."

Ron dropped his wand. Hermione Granger, telling a downright lie to a teacher?

"If they hadn't found me, I'd be dead now. Harry stuck his wand up its nose and Ron…" Hermione was saying when Naruto added,

"knocked it out with its own club. We didn't have time to come and fetch anyone." Naruto added, while.

"It was about to finish me off when they arrived." Hermione completed

Harry and Ron tried to look as though this story wasn't new to them.

"Well - in that case..." said Professor McGonagall, staring at the four of them,

"Miss Granger, you foolish girl, how could you think of tackling a mountain troll on your own?"

Hermione hung her head. Harry was speechless. Hermione was the last person to do anything against the rules, and here she was, pretending she had, to get them out of trouble. It was as if Snape had started handing out sweets.

"Miss Granger, five points will be taken from Gryffindor for this," said Professor McGonagall. "I'm very disappointed in you. If you're not hurt at all, you'd better get off to Gryffindor tower. Students are finishing the feast in their houses."

Hermione left.

"Well, I still say you were lucky, but not many first years could have taken on a full-grown mountain troll. You each win Gryffindor five points. Professor Dumbledore will be informed of this. You may go."

They hurried out of the chamber and didn't speak at all until they had climbed two floors up. It was a relief to be away from the smell of the troll, quite apart from anything else.

"We should have gotten more than fifteen points," Ron grumbled.

"Five, you mean, once she's taken off Hermione's."

"Good of her to get us out of trouble like that," Ron admitted. "Mind you, we did save her."

"She might not have needed saving if we hadn't locked the thing in with her," Harry reminded him.

This was when Naruto finally smoke, "You morons did what?"

"Nothing!" Both of them said at the same time, only just now witnessed Naruto's true power.

They had reached the portrait of the Fat Lady. "Pig snout," they said and entered.

The common room was packed and noisy. Everyone was eating the food that had been sent up. Hermione, however, stood alone by the door, waiting for them. There was a very embarrassed pause. Then, none of them looking at each other, they all said "Thanks," and hurried off to get plates.

Naruto had just finished eating, he was the last one to do so, after he had gotten the complete story from Harry and Ron, he also told them not to mention to anyone about his spell, After Ron frantically agreed clearly afraid he explained that the threat was just a spur of moment kind of thing and that he never would hurt his friend, so they finally calmed their nerves and they all had a laugh after which Naruto got his food, as he was about to leave the common room, suddenly a smaller figure collided into his chest,

"I am so sorry, I was mean to you even though you were so worried about me."

Naruto gave a hearty laugh and said,

"No problem and we are not just friends girl, we are on the road to be best friends."

Hermione laughed and then nodded as she said her farewells for the night and went to her dormitory.

As they entered November, the weather turned very cold. The mountains around the school became icy gray and the lake like chilled steel. Every morning the ground was covered in frost. Hagrid could be seen from the upstairs windows defrosting broomsticks on the Quidditch field, bundled up in a long moleskin overcoat, rabbit fur gloves, and enormous beaver skin boots.

The Quidditch season had begun. On Saturday, Gryffindor versus Slytherin. If Gryffindor won, they would move up into second place in the house championship.

The Great Hall was full of the delicious smell of fried sausages and the cheerful chatter of everyone looking forward to a good Quidditch match.

"You've got to eat some breakfast." Ron.

"I don't want anything." Harry.

"Just a bit of toast," wheedled Hermione.

"I'm not hungry." Harry.

"Look at Naruto feeding his face like it's his last meal on earth." Ron.

"Ron!" Hermione.

"It's alright, I stress eat." Naruto.

"Harry, you need your strength," said Seamus Finnigan. "Seekers are always the ones who get clobbered by the other team."

"Thanks, Seamus," said Harry, watching Seamus pile ketchup on his sausages.

By eleven o'clock the whole school seemed to be out in the stands around the Quidditch pitch. Many students had binoculars. The seats might be raised high in the air, but it was still difficult to see what was going on sometimes.

The team were changing into their scarlet Quidditch robes,

Wood cleared his throat for silence.

"Okay, men," he said.

"And women," said Chaser Angelina Johnson.

"And women," Wood agreed. "This is it."

"The big one," said Fred Weasley.

"The one we've all been waiting for," said George.

"We know Oliver's speech by heart," Fred told Harry, "we were on the team last year."

"Shut up, you two," said Wood. "This is the best team Gryffindor's had in years. We're going to win. I know it."

He glared at them all as if to say, "Or else."

"Right. It's time. Good luck, all of you."

"Let's give' em hell, Namikaze." Angelina told Naruto, over the period of their training Naruto had made good friends with them and according to Wood, the formations between the Chasers were best ever.

They all made their way to the field,

Madam Hooch was refereeing. She stood in the middle of the field waiting for the two teams, her broom in her hand.

"Now, I want a nice fair game, all of you," she said, "Mount your brooms, please."

Madam Hooch gave a loud blast on her silver whistle. Fifteen brooms rose up, high, high into the air. They were off.

The Quaffle was launched in the air, and Angelina was able to get the Quaffle, as soon as she did, Naruto took the left flank and the other Chaser followed behind her, the other team tried to stop her but couldn't as she dodged the keeper went around the ring and threw the ball back at the Chaser following her and that chaser scored.

"GRYFFINDORS SCORE!"

Gryffindor cheers filled the cold air, with howls and moans from the Slytherins.

Now the Quaffle was in Slytherin's possession, S1 passed it to S2 and S2 threw the ball at S3 but before it could reach S3 a figure maneuvered between S2 and S3 getting the Quaffle, it was Naruto. Now the Quaffle in his possession he dove towards the shortest ring, the Other chasers flanking near him, Slytherin's keeper tried to defend the ring from Naruto but she fell for the same trick Wood did, Naruto threw the Quaffle towards Angelina who was flying towards the tallest ring, she caught the ball and scored.

"Another Score for Gryffindor."

After that Naruto and the other Chasers used all types of moves to score, and score they did, Naruto scored twice, Angelina and the other Chaser both scored once more, while providing each other with impeccable assists. Fruits of their training paying off.

Gryffindor celebrated, and just for the kicks of it, Naruto flew near where is friends were, they erupted in his cheer.

Slytherin made another pass at Gryffindor's goal but Wood was able to defend it, now the ball was once again in Naruto's possession, he was just about to pick up speed, that he noticed something from the edge of his vision, but it was too late, he was hit on his side by a bludger knocking him out, last thing he did before he was hit was say,

"Oh shit." And then there was darkness.

—

"How do you think he will react to the fact that we won."

"Yeah, because Harry swallowed the snitch."

"We won and that's all that matters."

"This is not the way to greet a dead man walking up." Naruto said as he woke up,

"You were awesome mate! Your foul distracted everyone just enough for Harry to get back on his broom and get the snitch." Ron said,

"Yeah his wonderful performance as a Chaser had nothing to do with us winning." Fred said,

"Yes, He was just a pig for slaughter so that Harry could swallow the snitch." George said.

"Really Ron, you have to appreciate all the players on the team, not just your best friend." Fred said once again,

"It's alright," Naruto said as he got up, "I am only hurt a little." He added,

"Sorry." Ron said,

Hermione then told Harry everything that happened, and how he was knocked out for the last 4 hours.

Soon it was Christmas, Naruto still continued his regular schedule of Physical training, Lessons with Snape, Day's classes, Quidditch practise if there is any and then slipping away inside his Briefcase to do more research.

While unknown to Naruto, Harry and Ron were taking a break from researching Nicholas Flamel, Naruto also took a break, if everything had went as planned his most important gift should be arriving at the ruins of his home soon.

—

Japan

Three black figures could be seen walking towards ashes of what was once a house. They were not clearly visible from because of the Blizzard but their voices could be heard,

"Irene-Sama is it really necessary for us to walk to the ruins? I mean we could have just Apparated here." Came a bubbly voice.

"As much as hate to agree with Juliet here, I also have the same question but please forgive me for questioning you decisions My lady." This time it was a stoic voice.

"Don't worry Heine, it is simple the reason we are walking is because I was too excited to wait so we started coming here before the given time, so we are walking to manage the time." This was the familiar voice of Irene Belserion.

Soon the figure were distinguishable,first was Irene in her Witch garb.

Second was was a youthful woman with a slim figure and sharp eyes. She has black hair that hangs over her face and leans partially to the left side of her face while having two separate strands on both sides of her face. She dons a navy blue bandanna with lined design and a golden crescent moon-shaped hair ornament on the back of her head. She also wears a navy blue zebra-patterned cloak with a crescent moon design on the back. It exposes the black skin-tight full body suit she wears, noted to have net-shaped designs on the sides and on the forearms. There are various line borders that separate the two, coming in straight and curved patterns. This was the owner of the stoic voice, her name was Heine Lunasea. One of Irene's students.

Other figure is also a youthful woman, with a childlike figure, unlike Heine. She has orange hair in short pigtails that are held up with brown bows, with straight-cut bangs hanging slightly over her face. She wears a white coat with golden border straps surrounding the cuffs on the coat, waist area, biceps area to go along with two gold lines streaking down the chest area, ending in a skirt with golden frills at the end. She wears white fur-lined snow boots with golden straps to go along with matching white pants. She is was also one of Irene's students, Her name is Juliet Sun. She had come all the way from America to learn magic from Irene.

The three women arrived at the ruins but they were not the only ones, standing near the ashes of once their homes backyard tree was a house elf, he was wearing postman clothes and he was holding a brown square package in his hands, it seemed like he was waiting for them, as soon as he saw them arrive he said,

"Wonderful, you arrived just in time, so which one of you is Irene Belserion?" The house elf asked.

"How dare you.." Heine was about to draw her wand when Irene raised her hand,

"I am." She told him, the house elf unaffected by Heine's outburst gave the package to Irene, he also took out a piece of parchment and held it open in front of Irene.

"Magical seal." He said.

Irene waved her hand and a scarlet dragon formed on the parchments bottom. Nodding to the seal, he clicked his fingers and disappeared.

"What is it Irene-Sama?" Juliet asked, Heine looked like she also wanted the answer but acted like she didn't care.

"I don't know what it is, but I do know that it's very precious." Irene said with a smile, she put her staff between the two girls, they held the staff and they all apparated away, now inside a castle, Irene excused herself and went to her room, she opened the package to reveal the exact same box as the one Naruto had received a while ago, and a letter inside the box.

Dear Ir-chan,

Finally Christmas has arrived, and I am extremely happy that you have received my package, this is a communication box, it was deemed useless a long time ago because transfer of letter or whatever material can be fit inside it can only be established between two sister boxes so, if one did not a sister box they could not talk, but if one did they could contact instantly between each, I have the sister box, this is a present for both of us, we can now talk, without anybody ever finding out about this.

Hope to hear from you soon,

Merry Christmas

With love,

Naruto.

Irene smiled and kissed the letter like a school girl, she was on cloud nine, she looked at a desk near her bed, and smiled at the photographs that Naruto left her. She stared at the one that showed Naruto's progress, the photo had changed a lot over the last few months, now Naruto was wearing Gryffindor Quidditch uniform with number nine with his broom in his right hand, his briefcase by his left and a quaffle by his right leg, signifying his position as a Chaser, he was wearing the most smug and in her opinion most handsome smile she had ever seen, now most people would consider her love for Naruto inappropriate, but he was 11, with a ambitions of a 50 year old, she was a 125 year old with a physical appearance of 21 year old, in 10 years she would still look like a 21 year old, and he would also be 21. 10 years that would be nothing for her, and Then it would not matter and it was not like she was having sex with him, they just had the most powerful force binding them. Back to the photograph, something suddenly caught her eye, a similar brown box appeared next to the him, she smiled and she instantly went to the desk, took out a piece of paper and wrote,

Dear Naru,

This is the most wonderful thing you could have done, and instead of going too emotional at the start of our correspondence, I am just going to tell you, give every single detail of what had happened so far in your year at Hogwarts, I still cannot believe just how you found something this amazing, and believe me I am going to get you something that trumps this,

Love,

Ir-chan

—

Naruto was reading a book inside his briefcase and making notes when the chest on his desk vibrated, he couldn't have moved faster, he opened the chest to see Irene's letter, he laughed at it's content and then wrote on a tiny piece of paper and kept it inside the chest.

At Irene's end the chest vibrated, she opened it to see its content and she laughed,

Dear Ir-chan

I really wanted to get the chest to arrive faster but couldn't, and a lot had happened since I started school so it would take a while to tell you everything. Also this breaks my heart but we have to figure out a schedule for our communication.

P.S. getting back at me? You wish.

Love,

Naruto.

After this both of them had a long conversation, in which they made a schedule that they would always talk on every Saturday between 8 pm to 10 pm, unless she is on a mission or he is busy with something else.

He then told her everything, from his decision to return to physical training which she was extremely glad about, then about his extra secret lessons with Snape while he also explained to her how he made polyjuice potion successfully on his first try and changed in Snape, which according to him was weird, about how he was selected into the Quidditch team,then he told her about Dumbledore and how he knew Minato, him helping Naruto and also mentioned Dumbledore's speech, Irene was extremely happy for Naruto. Irene also shared about how she spent her time during these last months, how she completed a bunch of missions for the ministry and about the two girls who tracked her down to learn from her, she dueled with both of them two on one and they lasted a complete 45 seconds, so she took them in. She described the girl's to the d, to him. He also told her about his friends and how he was invited to a Naruto, Fred and George v/s Harry, Ron and Percy snowball fight that was happening the next day. They talked for so long that he got very late for dinner, they said their goodbyes till Saturday, his holiday routine was extra physical training during the morning because Snape was gone for the Holidays, then he would spend most of the day in the library, he thought he would be alone because both Delphini and Hermione were gone for the holidays but he was surprised to find Harry and Ron in the Library, every once in a while, they never told him about what they were researching but since he was doing the same thing he didn't push them, He also made a list of things that he might need for further research, he was so busy during the Holidays that he didn't even notice that the term was about to begin in two days, that was day when Hermione arrived, She joined him in the library that day, She ran around the library looking for something getting more frustrated by the minute, it was finally after maybe the 100th book that she threw on the table that Naruto asked,

"Maybe I can help you with whatever is bugging you, indirectly me too." Naruto said.

"Argh! I know I have read his name before somewhere, it's just that I cannot remember where!?" Hermione hissed in frustration.

"Who are you talking about?" Naruto asked, trying to keep her calm.

"Nicolas flamel, I know I have read of him." Hermione said,

"Nicolas flamel? He's one of world's best alchemist, also the only living person who knows how to make the Sorcerer's stone in the world. Why are you researching him? You interested in Alchemy?" Naruto said.

"Sorcerer's stone? How big do you think it is?" Hermione asked.

"Well it depends upon how long it has been used," Naruto answered.

"Of course, follow me Naruto." She said, as she paced to the other side of the library, Naruto quietly following closely behind him, on their way. She picked up a book and found Harry and Ron talking to each other on a table.

"Nicolas Flamel," she whispered dramatically, "is the only known maker of the Sorcerer's Stone!"

This didn't have quite the effect she'd expected.

"The what?" said Harry and Ron.

"Oh, honestly, don't you two read? Look - read that, there."

She pushed the book toward them, and Harry and Ron read:

The ancient study of alchemy is concerned with making the Sorcerer's Stone, a legendary substance with astonishing powers. The stone will transform any metal into pure gold. It also produces the Elixir of Life, which will make the drinker immortal.

There have been many reports of the Sorcerer's Stone over the centuries, but the only Stone currently in existence belongs to Mr. Nicolas Flamel, the noted alchemist and opera lover. Mr. Flamel, who celebrated his six hundred and sixty-fifth birthday last year, enjoys a quiet life in Devon with his wife, Perenelle (six hundred and fifty-eight).

"See?" said Hermione, when Harry and Ron had finished.

"The dog must be guarding Flamel's Sorcerer's Stone! I bet he asked Dumbledore to keep it safe for him, because they're friends and he knew someone was after it, that's why he wanted the Stone moved out of Gringotts!"

"The who and the what now?" Naruto asked,

"Do we really need to tell him this?" Ron asked,

"He's the one that told me about Nicolas flamel! And he can be of great help to us!" Hermione said,

"Alright, Tell me everything." Naruto asked,

So the three did, all the way back from when they met the three-headed dog, to getting Hagrid to blabber Flamel's name and spending the rest of their time trying to find him,

"Ok, You are telling me there is a Cerberus in our school, guarding Sorcerer's stone and Professor Snape wants to steal it, that is just stupid." Naruto said,

"Let's ask Hagrid about all this later, for now start prepping for the exams." Hermione said, as she started hounding the two boys, Naruto excused himself and Hermione allowed since, he was just as good as Hermione or even better. Naruto made his way out the library and made a beeline towards the third floor, he reached the gate that the other three told him about, he took out his wand and waved, the gate opened and as soon as it did, he started whistling a particular tune,

The effect was instantaneous, the Three-headed dog was just standing there unmoving it started to swing around and it dropped on the ground, asleep. Naruto was not interested in the trap door beneath its feet, he was interested in the dog itself, he took turns around the beast still whistling, he still had his sling bag with him, he took out a blood-kit and a small silver metal ball, he tossed the ball in the air, as soon as he did the ball grew wings and a eye opened on the ball, it flew around the dog while Naruto took the blood sample, When Naruto was done drawing blood he stepped back, the 'eyeball' kept doing rounds while he whistled, he stepped back towards the door and when the ball finally finished its rounds it came back in Naruto's hand and he stepped outside. Closing the door behind him. He was in and out before even the dog had a chance to bark,

"Damn! Newt Scamander is a freaking Genius." Naruto muttered as he stepped out, and he soon joined the other three to Hagrid's.

They knocked on the door, and Hagrid peaked out the gate clad in oven mitts and an apron he looked at the four kids and said,

"Oh, hello. Sorry, don't wish to be rude, but I'm in no fit state to entertain today."

"We know about the Sorcerer's Stone!" Harry, Ron and Hermione said,

Hagrid reopened the Door, peaked out the door once again and said,

"Oh."

They all came into Hagrid's small hut. Naruto was introduced to Hagrid and they shook hands, he looked around the house, since this was the first time he was here and said,

"This is cozy and awesome."

"Thank you, Naruto." Hagrid said,

"We think Snape's trying to steal it." Harry said,

"Snape? Blimey, Harry, you're not still on about him, are you?" Hagrid said,

"Hagrid, we know he's after the Stone. We just don't know why?" Harry said,

"'We'? I am not with you guys on this, I believe someone is trying to steal it but it's not Professor Snape."

"Exactly,Snape is one of the teachers protecting the Stone! He's not about to steal it!" Hagrid exclaimed.

"What?" Harry asked.

"You heard. Right. Come on, now, I'm a bit preoccupied today." Hagrid added.

"Wait a minute. One of the teachers?" Naruto asked.

Hermione, who was sitting in a large chair exclaimed, "Of course! There are other things defending the Stone, aren't there? Spells, enchantments."

"That's right. Waste of bloody time, if you ask me. Ain't no one gonna get past Fluffy. Hehe, not a soul knows how. Except for me and Dumbledore. I shouldn't have told you that. I shouldn't have told you that."

Suddenly The cauldron that was over a fire began to rattle. As it did, Hagrid hurried over and grabbed whatever was inside, an egg, on the table. The group crowded around the egg,

"Uh, Hagrid, what exactly is that?" Harry asked,

"It's a Dragon's egg, illegal Dragon's egg." Naruto answered in a single look over,

"What?" Hermione said,

"But Hagrid, how did you get one?" Ron asked,

"I won it. Off a stranger I met down at a pub. Seemed quite glad to be rid off it, as a matter of fact." Hagrid answered.

"Of course he was, It's an egg of a Norwegian Ridgeback, not only is it illegal to own one, it's extremely dangerous because they have nasty temper and they grow too damn fast as well," Naruto said,

Everybody looked like they wanted to ask somethings but the rattling of the egg stopped them from saying anything, the egg cracked. Pieces flew off as a dragon emerged. It squeaked and slipped on an egg piece.

"It is a Norwegian Ridgeback! My brother Charlie works with these in Romania." Ron said and added, "How did you know Naruto?"

"I have read so many books and seen enough research material on dragons to distinguish them from the noises they create, I have been researching them since I was 7."

The Dragon squealed at Hagrid and Hagrid said while petting him,

"Oh isn't he beautiful? Oh. Bless him, look. He knows his mummy. Hehe. Hallo, Norbert?"

"Norbert?" Harry asked,

"Yeah, well, he's got to have a name, doesn't he?" Hagrid Replied.

Norbert backed away, hiccups and blows a fireball into Hagrid's beard. Burning his beard a little.

Hagrid was petting Norbart when he noticed a head in his window, he pointed it out to others who gave the retreating head one look and recognised it at once,

"Malfoy." Harry and Ron said together,

The four where walking back through the corridor. They were discussing how bad it was that Malfoy spotted them and before they could come to a conclusion they were stopped by McGonagall, who was in her nightgown,

"Good evening." She said,

Draco appeared with a smug on his face, and stood beside her.

They all followed McGonagall to her classroom. The four accused were standing in front of McGonagall's desk, while Malfoy was standing a feet away, with a smirk.
After she lead them here, she was scolding them,

"Nothing, I repeat, nothing gives a student the right to walk about the school at night. Therefore, as punishment for your actions, 50 points will be taken." McGonagall said.

"50?!" Harry exclaimed.

"Each. And to ensure it doesn't happen again, all five of you will receive detention." She added,

Malfoy was nodding until she said five, he turned to her said,

"I am sorry Professor, but I might have heard you wrong, didn't you mean, 'the four of you'."

"No, Mr. Malfoy you heard me right I said five of, your intentions however 'Noble' kept you out of best, hence breaking the rules so you will also be serving detention with the other four, for now go to bed," She finished, and they did just as they were told they went to bed, the next day was not very good for all of them especially for Naruto, at his secret lesson with Snape, he ripped Naruto a new one, spending the entire hour they had in 'lecturing' him about how he should conduct himself, after that Naruto with others had to survive the looks of everyone and during his classes, Delphini constantly lectured him as well, and the cherry on top was they had to serve detention during the time he usually does his research, so here they were walking with Filch towards Hagrid's hut, Naruto remained silent the entire way there not because he was feeling guilty, but because his wand was acting strangely, it was very cold to touch so Naruto was really worried about his wand,

Pretty soon, Hagrid was leading them to the very edge of the forest. Holding his lamp up high, he pointed down a narrow, winding earth track that disappeared into the thick black trees. A light breeze lifted their hair as they looked into the forest.

"Look there," said Hagrid, "see that stuff shinin' on the ground? Silvery stuff? That's unicorn blood. There's a unicorn in there bin hurt badly by summat. This is the second time in a week. I found one dead last Wednesday. We're gonna try an' find the poor thing. We might have ter put it out of its misery."

As soon as Hagrid said that it all came into place for Naruto, his wand's core must have sensed the other Unicorn as soon as they got near the forest and it was also worried for the Unicorn, that's why it was acting strangely.

"And what if whatever hurt the unicorn finds us first?" said Malfoy, unable to keep the fear out of his voice.

"There's nothin' that lives in the forest that'll hurt yeh if yer with me or Fang," said Hagrid.

"An' keep ter the path. Right, now, we're gonna split inter two parties an' follow the trail in diff'rent directions. There's blood all over the place, it must've bin staggerin' around since last night at least."

"I want Fang," said Malfoy quickly, looking at Fang's long teeth.

"All right, but I warn yeh, he's a coward," said Hagrid.

"So me,Ron, an' Hermione, will go one way an' Draco, Naruto, Harry an' Fang'll go the other. Now, if any of us finds the unicorn, we'll send up green sparks, right? Get yer wands out an' practice now - that's it - an' if anyone gets in trouble, send up red sparks, an' we'll all come an' find yeh - so, be careful - let's go."

The forest was black and silent. A little way into it they reached a fork in the earth path, and Ron, Hermione, and Hagrid took the left path while Malfoy, Naruto, Harry and Fang took the right.

As the Fang group was following their trail of blood, they stepped into an open area with a hurt unicorn laying on the ground and a black cloaked figure drinking it's blood, and as soon as they had stepped into the clearing Harry's scar started to burn, Malfoy and Fang ran away, while Naruto's wand burned up, like telling Naruto just to draw and point as, and the wand would do the rest and he did, as soon as Naruto raised his wand and pointed at the figure who by now was flying towards them, it fired a red energy which took the form of a Unicorn and collided with the figure, throwing said figure far away, as soon as the figure was gone a centaur rushed in the clearing but Naruto couldn't do anything but get pulled by his wand towards the dying unicorn, his wand started to suck magic out of him in proportions that he couldn't handle but he didn't deny his wand anything, he let it do as it pleased, the wand once again glowed red but this time it showered the entire energy on the Unicorn, soon a silvery ball came flying from the forest and went inside the Unicorn's wound, then another followed, then another and another, the wound started to close a little by little as well, Naruto tried his best but couldn't handle the fatigue that came from letting his wand heal the other Unicorn, as soon as the wound closed completely, Naruto lost consciousness.

—

Later,

Suddenly he felt the world coming back and he woke up with a jolt to see that he was in the Hospital wing, it was very late in the night when he woke of up, but he was not alone, Dumbledore seemed to have picked this time to visit him,

"Ahh, you are awake." Dumbledore said,

"You knew I'll wake up right about now, nobody else could stay this late so they are not here. So, don't act surprised." Naruto said while he nursed his head.

"Cannot play you, can I." Dumbledore chuckled as he sat down on a stool near him,

"What happened?" Naruto asked,

"All I know is you've been unconscious for about 24 hours now, and you used some extremely strong magic to heal a Unicorn, That was on death's door, so what happened?" Dumbledore said,

"I have zero idea about what happened, all I did was follow what my wand told me to do, but you already have an idea based on what Harry must have told you, want to tell me what happened, sir?" Naruto asked him,

"Yes, I believe it is your wand, it has a Unicorn core, yes?" when Naruto nodded, he continued,

"I have a further assumption that the Unicorn that gave its hair for your wand core must have been a mother, and due to nature of you magic, which i believe attracts all magical creatures, plants and beasts alike, it bonded with you on extreme grounds and knowing that you will allow it to do anything to save one of its own it did, casting a spell known as,Sana sanguiem." Dumbledore said.

"Heal blood? That's poor naming." Naruto said,

"Well, we old people were never interestested in naming." Dumbledore said with a smile,

"This must have been some spell, it drained me enough to knock me out for 24 hours." Naruto said,

"Yes and with that in mind you should be going to sleep now, you have exams from tomorrow." Dumbledore said, as he got up from the stool to walk out.

"Oh yeah! I almost forgot, and sir thank you." Naruto said as he started to lie back down,

Dumbledore turned around, smiled at Naruto and walked out of the room. The next day Naruto met up with Hermione, Ron, Harry and Delphini. He also heard that Draco had spread a rumor that Naruto had fainted as he saw the dead Unicorn, but Naruto didn't worry about it much, all the people that mattered already knew what happened, He had filled Delphini in on everything, soon they got busy with their exams, Naruto thought the exams were a waste of his time, since he already knew this stuff but nonetheless as soon the exams were over he was cornered by Delphini and a bunch of other students from his year to get some form of answer key, so they would know what to expect, he was a little surprised that his Three moronic friends were not among the group of students surrounding him and Delphini but he let it go with a thought what could they possibly do in a day? He will find out at night just how moronic his friends are,

Later, Naruto was climbing out of his briefcase, when he noticed Harry, Ron and Neville's bed empty, now it wouldn't be a problem he would concern himself over normally but his gut told him he should at least check it out, so dressed in black pants and a orange hoodie with white stripes he walked out, his wand with him. As he casually walked down the stairs from his dorm he saw Neville frozen and laying on the ground, he immediately rushed at him and checked him over, he took a sigh of relief and took out his want and said,

"You really have to get stuff together Neville, Vindictus Viridian ,As he waved his wand over Neville's body, Neville's body loosened and He got up with a spring,

"You have to Understand Naruto, I tried to stop them but couldn't. I am so sorry." Neville said with tears in his eyes, Naruto calmed him a little and asked him about what happened, Neville told him that Harry, Ron and Hermione went out at night again, this time Naruto couldn't help himself but facepalm and say,

"Oh crap! Sorry Neville." Naruto said while he raised his wand towards Neville and said, "Dormi," Neville fainted and Naruto stepped out of the common room and made his way to the third floor without being spotted he reached the door to see it was already open,

"Of course," Naruto muttered as he stepped inside to see Fluffy barking down the now open trap door but it seemed to have noticed him so it raised itself and was about to attack when Naruto started to whistle in the same pattern as before, Fluffy fell down asleep in a second and Naruto looked down the trap door to see Devil's snare planted below, he saw a space in its mass and dropped down on said space to directly pass through, he was lucky enough to have caught up with the Moronic three, as he stepped into the room just in time to see Harry about touch the broomstick floating there,

"Stop!" He shouted.

The three turned around to see him walking towards him,

"Where you following us?" Ron asked.

"I knew you three couldn't help yourself, but why did you have to petrify Neville?" He asked,

"We believe Snape is trying to get the stone for Voldemort." Harry said,

"And the reason Hagrid found a stranger with the dragon's egg was so that the stranger find out how to get through Fluffy." Ron said,

"It is through Music,"; "It is through Music," Both Naruto and Hermione said at the same time,

"How did you know?" Hermione asked, while Harry grew physically impatient.

"Anyone who has read enough books on magical creatures knows, for a Cerberus….. No! don't touch the broom," Naruto was pointing out to the fact that Harry just grabbed the broom and as soon as he did, all the flying keys rushed at him to attack,

"Do something both of you!" Ron said as Harry started to fly away and above,

"I cannot do anything without the chance of hitting Harry as well," Naruto said,

"Me too, his only chance is to get the key that unlocks the door or we are doomed." Hermione said,

Just as she said that Harry grabbed something in the air and flew back towards the three of them and as he flew over them, he threw the key to Ron, Ron caught the key opened the door and entered, Naruto and Hermione closely behind him, they kept the door opened until Harry flew in and as soon as he did they closed the door behind him, they entered to find themselves in a dark room with another door at its end and nothing else, Everybody knew there was something fishy here, so they stayed still,

'Hagrid's dog,Professor Sprout's Devil snare, The flying keys shouted Professor Flitwick, If I was Dumbledore, I would place obstacles in a way that I trust the Challenger, myself at the end, McGonagall just before me, That leaves Snape and Quirrell, But who do I trust more, the potion master or the defence against dark arts that had just arrived?' These were the thought going inside Naruto's head when it suddenly became extremely clear but he didn't have enough time to tell anyone, anything all he could do was close his eyes and focus, once again there was darkness,

—

Once again Naruto woke up on a bed, but this time it was different, this was not the bed in Hogwarts Hospital wing, it looked awfully like the double bed version of his bed back at the house he grew up in, as a matter of fact this room felt like the room, he had spent all his childhood in, only a little bigger, Naruto looked around and spotted a window, a window in the similar place in this room as the one he had in his childhood room, he looked out the window to see that the window showed the exact same view of the hill as the one his window did,

"Finally awake are we sleepy head." A voice he was too familiar with, came from where his rooms door must be. He turned around to see Irene standing there wearing only a white shirt, similar to one owned but bigger, but before he could say anything Irene had came close to him, probably because he didn't answer her before, she put her arms around his neck and went on her toes to reach his face, it seemed like he was also a bit bigger than he remembered. By now, what he expected would be for her to put her forehead against his to check his temperature turned into a kiss, He immediately pulled back, she frowned,

"What are you doing? I am only eleven?" He said, his voice sounded heavier.

"Ok, you have to get over the fact that I told you I loved you when you were eleven, it was 12 years ago." Irene said,

"12 years ago?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah, 12 years ago, when you were boarding the train for…" Irene was saying,

"Hogwarts," Naruto guessed,

"No, Mahoutokoro, you don't remember you went to board the train with your sisters for your first year where you have to stay over and I couldn't help but tell you I love you? Are you seriously pulling this joke on me today of all days?" Irene said,

"What is today?" Naruto asked a lump forming in his throat all the things that had happened till now felt like just dreams.

"Really? You forgot?" Irene exclaimed a little angry.

"No it's just that I cannot put two things together when I see you like this." Naruto said, he was speaking the truth somewhat because at this moment Irene was looking sexy,

"Ohh! I should have known all this was a scam to get me, before we went to your folks to tell them about us getting engaged, you always know how to keep the magic alive." Irene said as pecked his cheek,

"Let's get ready, want to join me in the shower?" Irene Asked as she started to unbutton the shirt she was wearing,

"No." Naruto said, he had tears in his eyes by now,

"No?" Irene asked in bafflement.

"Yes, No, you cannot steal the day I ask Irene to marry me from me, you cannot steal the future event of me kissing her for the first time, you had this particular trap of Legilimens in place, using my strongest love and creating a memory based on my strongest Desire, smart but unfortunately I am a natural Legilimens and this won't hold me,"

as he said that the room started to shake and turn into black smoke,

"I am Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, nobody and I mean nobody." Irene also turned into black smoke,

"messes with my memories." As he said that the all the smoke started to rise in what seemed like water, until Naruto saw darkness again,

—

When he regained his senses, he found out that he was kneeling, the other three surrounding him, no idea that Naruto had used his mental shield to guard them from the spell, he knew for a fact that he was about to lose consciousness, but he saw the door open in front of him, he weakly said,

"I will be alright, just go on without me,"

It seemed like others wanted to debate but he continued,

"Don't forget the purpose, the mission, I will be fine, just go and be very careful."

Weakness evident in his voice after hearing him, they found their resolve and continued farther, Hermione sticking a little longer than the both of them, as soon they were gone Naruto lost his footing and fell down, he turned on his back and gave a weak smile,

"Professor Snape is also a Legilimens, who knew? Maybe he will teach me how to become better,"

With this thought Naruto lost consciousness for good, he would later hear from Hermione about what happened after they left him, from the chess game to Quirrell's betrayal.

—

"So wait a damn Moment, Ron outplayed Professor McGonagall in chess,"

Naruto, who was lying on a bed next to a now awake Ron with Hermione sitting on a bench in between them,

"Yes, it was hard for me to believe at first but he was really…. brilliant." Hermione said,

"Hard to believe? You were there." Ron exclaimed.

Naruto and Hermione gave each other a look and started laughing, soon Ron joined them, but their laughter stopped once they spotted Harry lying unconscious in a bed opposite to them,

"What did Madam Pomfrey say?" Ron asked,

"It will take some time, but he will wake up." Hermione replied.

"Well, while we wait, why don't you all explain what happened down the trap door.." Came the voice of Dumbledore. Hermione instantly shot up from her bench and stood in attention.

"Relax, Ms. Granger, I have questions for all of you so why don't you sit down as well and we will have a calm conversation." He said, as he pulled a chair for himself,

Ron and Hermione filled Dumbledore upto the part where met up with Naruto, then it was Naruto turn, he explained the part about how he knew the exact tune that would put every dog to sleep, how he slipped into the hole left by Hermione to escape the devil's snare.

Then they told him about the part of flying keys, finally it was time for the black room,

"So, what happened in the black room," Dumbledore asked,

"To us, Nothing But Naruto fell on his knees within seconds." Ron said, while Hermione nodded.

"Well, to understand this you have to understand that I am what muggles called a mind reader but in Wizarding world I will termed as a.." Naruto was saying as,

"Legilimens," Ron completed.

"Yes,But I am a little different, I can read and alter anyone's memory on physical contact, while I have a form of shielding from other Legilimens, it as soon as we entered the black room I figured out that all the obstacles created had to be created by Your most trusted people," he said while pointing at Dumbledore,

"That list had Hagrid, Professor Sprout, Professor Flitwick, Professor McGonagall and I was divided between Professor Snape and Quirrell,and Yourself of course, We had already encountered obstacles by first three that left You sir, Professor McGonagall, Professor Snape, Professor Quirrell or both, but then I thought you wouldn't trust anybody else with the central defence but yourself, just before you had to come from Professor McGonagall, now it left Professor Snape or Professor Quirrell, then it was clear it couldn't be someone who had been in the school for only this year, so it was definitely Professor Snape who's obstacle was the black room, I did not know what exactly but it would have to do something with mind, so I just shielded the three with whatever mental energy I had, in hopes that they would figure it out and thank god they did,"

Naruto finished once again leaving Hermione and Ron astonished with just how smart he was, Dumbledore had a huge smile on his face, he nodded, then looked at Ron and Hermione to fill him up on the events of the chess match, To Naruto's interest it was Hermione that remembered all the moves that were played last night, then Dumbledore filled them up on what happened between Harry and Professor Quirrell and told them to keep it a secret which they said they would,

"So what happened to the stone, sir?" Ron asked Dumbledore.

"My friend Nicolas and I had a long conversation and now it has been eminent that the stone must be destroyed." Dumbledore answered,

"But that would mean Him and his wife would die!" Hermione exclaimed.

"Yes they would but they have enough elixir to set their affairs straight and they are glad to welcome death." Dumbledore answered with a smile,

"I will never be able to meet them, but I think it's alright after all they had the wisdom to make this decision, while we don't have enough to stay out of trouble." Naruto said,

Hermione and Ron smiled at this statement while Dumbledore got up while chuckling.

"Of course, you don't if you had you would be the headmaster of Hogwarts, not me."

And he left while laughing at his own joke, they all looked at each other and started laughing once again, After that Hermione asked Naruto all kinds of questions about his art of Legilimens. Ron and Naruto were soon discharged after which Naruto went to talk to Delphini who told him that everyone in the school knew that the four of them beat the obstacles put together by The teachers in one go, and Delphini couldn't be prouder but she looked a little sad, when Naruto asked what it was she just said that she couldn't do all this stuff with Naruto because they were in different houses to which Naruto answered, she didn't want to part of all this mess. They talked for long enough that it was time for end of the year feast,

At the feast Harry and Ron sat together, while Hermione and Naruto sat together opposite to them,

Suddenly Dumbledore started speaking,

"Another year gone!" Dumbledore said cheerfully. "And I must trouble you with an old man's wheezing waffle before we sink our teeth into our delicious feast. What a year it has been! Hopefully your heads are all a little fuller than they were... you have the whole summer ahead to get them nice and empty before next year starts...Now, as I understand it, the house cup here needs awarding, and the points stand thus: In fourth place, Gryffindor, with two hundred and sixty two points; in third, Hufflepuff, with three hundred and fifty-two; Ravenclaw has four hundred and twenty-six and Slytherin, four hundred and seventy- two."

A storm of cheering and stamping broke out from the Slytherin table.

"Yes, Yes, well done, Slytherin," said Dumbledore. "However, recent events must be taken into account."

The room went very still. The Slytherins' smiles faded a little.

"Ahem," said Dumbledore. "I have a few last-minute points to dish out. Let me see. Yes...

"First - to Mr. Ronald Weasley..."

Ron went purple in the face; he looked like a radish with a bad sunburn.

"...for the best-played game of chess Hogwarts has seen in many years, I award Gryffindor house fifty points."

Gryffindor cheers nearly raised the bewitched ceiling; the stars overhead seemed to quiver. Percy could be heard telling the other prefects, "My brother, you know! My youngest brother! Got past McGonagall's giant chess set!"

At last there was silence again.

"It takes great determination to stand by someone till you can stand, it is a hero's definition to think of others safety before oneself, it is a warrior's definition to put the purpose before their own needs and it is sign of great mind to not only prevent someone from breaking your will but at the same time breaking down your challengers strategy."

The silence was still,

"To Mr. Naruto Namikaze for showing the signs of Determination, Heroism and use of his great mind and acting as a true warrior, I award 50 points."

Gryffindor once again erupted in cheers, Fred who was sitting next to Naruto almost broke his back from how hard he was tapping it, Naruto just smiled awkwardly.

"Third - to Miss Hermione Granger... for the use of cool logic in the face of fire, I award Gryffindor house fifty points."

Hermione buried her face in her arms, she was most probably crying.

"Fourth- to Mr. Harry Potter..." said Dumbledore. The room went deadly quiet

"For pure nerve and outstanding courage, I award Gryffindor house sixty points."

The din was deafening. Those who could add up while yelling themselves hoarse knew that Gryffindor now had four hundred and seventy-two points - exactly the same as Slytherin. They had tied for the house cup - if only Dumbledore had given Harry just one more point.

Dumbledore raised his hand. The room gradually fell silent.

"There are all kinds of courage," said Dumbledore, smiling. "It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much if not more to stand up to our friends. I therefore award ten points to Mr. Neville Longbottom."

Someone standing outside the Great Hall might well have thought some sort of explosion had taken place, so loud was the noise that erupted from the Gryffindor table. Everybody stood up to yell and cheer as Neville, white with shock, disappeared under a pile of people hugging him. He had never won so much as a point for Gryffindor before.

"Which means,"

Dumbledore called over the storm of applause, for even Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff were celebrating the downfall of Slytherin,

"we need a little change of decoration."

He clapped his hands. In an instant, the green hangings became scarlet and the silver became gold; the huge Slytherin serpent vanished and a towering Gryffindor lion took its place. Snape was shaking Professor McGonagall's hand, with a horrible, forced smile.

Sooner than Naruto wanted his first year at Hogwarts had ended, while everyone was about to leave on the boats, Dumbledore had told Naruto to pack all his stuff in his briefcase and sling bag, and arrive at Dumbledore's office. Naruto arrived just as told to see Dumbledore standing by his table,

"Sir, you asked to see me?" Naruto asked as he entered,

"Yes, I had contact with a friend of mine, I told him all about your ambition to peruse his art ,for noble reasons, and he said that he wanted to meet you, and if you impress him, he might just teach you whatever he knows,so?" Dumbledore said as he extended his arm,

"Are you ready for a chance at summer school with the best?"

Naruto was shocked to hear this but he quickly got over his shock and grabbed Dumbledore's extended arm,

"I am always up for a challenge."

They both Disappertated.