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Chapter 1: Who is that?
5…4…3…2…1… The whispered countdown sounded.
"Nothing happened," said a pouting Sirius Black.
"Mooney, did you remember to add in the extra time for the potion to set…Mooney…Bugger," James Potter shouted at Remus 'Mooney' Lupin.
Ca crack crack!!!
Everyone's attention shot to the center of the Great Hall, where a large purple portal formed in the sky. All was silent as a glowing ball of similarly colored light descended from the gaping abyss and floated 4 feet above the stone floors between the Gryffindor and Ravenclaw tables.
Students scrambled over the tables knocking food on their fellow students, not that anyone was paying much attention to that fact at the moment.
Suddenly, a large field of light was shot off by the ball, covering the hall with its glow. The glow repeated as quickly as it had faded, much like a camera shutter. The lightning sounded again and the light ceased to exist.
Heads shot to where the violet ball of light had once hovered.
In its place was what appeared to be a person. The person sat in the lotus position(1), floor length blond hair bound in a tight braid by leather, their baggy black robes hanging to the floor.
Its eyes shot open suddenly, shining a bright purple, before fading to a dull white.
The newcomer dropped to the floor, sprawled and unconscious.
'Sy…Sy… help me…'
That voice…that horrible voice…why does it haunt me so…
'Sy…I know your there…hiding like your family…you always were pathetic…half-breed…'
Get out of my head, you horrible pest…let me be…please…
The fog cleared in Sy's mind. She was absolutely no idea of what she had done. Voldemort had come after her; she panicked and willed herself to apparate from the woods. What could have possibly gone wrong?
Suddenly, it became very apparent that there were people standing around her. She opened her eyes ever so slightly, just as she always did. Her eyes constantly showed her fury, so she saved others the headache by just keeping them shut.
What looked like a ministry nurse was at her side, attending to one of the cuts that had been inflicted on her upper shoulder. She winced at the pain, obviously catching the nurses attention.
"Dear…dear, are you awake…open your eyes," the nurse said, cupping Sy's face in her palm.
"You don't want me to do that," Sy gave a wheezy sounding laugh.
"Why of course I do dear," the nurse looked at her confused, but continued to press her.
Sy opened her eyes and looked at the nurse. As per normal response, the nurse gasped but didn't pull away.
"My dear, you have the most beautiful eyes, but…," the nurse looked at her closely, apparently just now noticing the slits that were Sy's pupils.
"Sea demon," Sy said, trying to explain. The nurse gave her an odd look, as though she had never heard of demons before. 'Okay…woman's obviously never heard of the Oteki tribe before'
Just then, an old man wearing long dark blue robes with silver stars walked into the infirmary, heading straight to Sy's bed. Not a big surprise, since she was the only person in the infirmary at the time.
"Ah, I see our visitor has awoken," the man said, a twinkle in his eye. "Tell me young…uh…man?"
"Sometimes," Sy said with a smile. The older man looked thoroughly confused at her statement. "I change sex at will," she explained. Obviously, the man had never heard about the Oteki either.
"Um, yes…Would you like to explain your sudden appearance at Hogwarts," the older man questioned.
"So, that's where I am," Sy said, pondering this 'Hogwarts' whereabouts.
"I take it you have never heard of Hogwarts before," he said, looking for confirmation. Sy nodded. "You are currently in the hospital wing of Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, one of the finest wizardry schools in all of Europe.
"Ah, yes, I remember the chosen one went to this school, did he not," Sy questioned innocently.
The man instantly backed away and drew his wand at her. "Are you a follower," he said great anger in his tone.
"Why yes, aren't you," she said, now the one thoroughly confused. The man backed further away. Sy sat up and formed a ball of fire in her hand, at which the man looked upon with great apprehension. "Filthy Death Eater," Sy screamed at him, rising from her sheets to float in the air.
The man looked at her questioningly before lowering his wand. "I believe that we have had a great misunderstanding, I am on the side of light," he said bowing slightly.
Sy retracted her fire, "As am I, the name's Sy," she replied. The man took the seat that the nurse had sat in formerly. Sy lidded her eyes once more, not quite use to the constant light as she use to be.
"Do you remember anything about how you got here," the man questioned.
Sy shook her head yes, and then elaborated. "I was in the battle of Hollow Hill, many of the order had fallen, as had the dark ones. The dark lord himself was coming after me, for I had blocked a spell he shot at the chosen one. I panicked and ran into the woods, he followed. I tried to apparate, and…then everything goes blank."
"Hmm," the man put his hand on his chin, as if pondering a great question, "Dear, would you mind telling me what year it is."
She looked at the old man questionably, but decided to humor him. "It's the year 1997, sir," Sy chuckled out, but was surprised when the man's face dropped from it's usual half-smirk. "Sir…please tell me it-," Dumbledore cut her off.
"My dear, it is 1977. It would seem that you have been sent backwards in time 20 years. However odd that may sound…," he seemed to drift into his own thoughts.
"Oh, bloody hell," Sy exclaimed, fumbling through her pockets for her lighter and cigarettes. Contrary to the effects they had upon humans, they only intensified the thought process of demonic creatures.
The man looked at her questionably as she held the cigarette lighter to the stick. "That is sorely bad for your health, you know," the man said, plucking the cigarette from her fingers. Sy snatched it back with no problem, but looked at the man as if he were crazy, not that he hadn't already proven that. "It's good for me, helps me think. None of the nasty side effects…well, effect me.," she said, shoving the pack back into the folds of her robes.
"So, what are we going to do about this problem, eh," Sy said, trying to blow the smoke away from the man to her right.
"I won't be able to house you as a visitor for much longer, but might I convince you to take on an education here at Hogwarts," the twinkle coming back to the man's eyes as he spoke.
"Seems reasonable, seeing as I never finished my 7th year. The school was 'mysteriously' blown up," she said, sarcasm dripping off of her last statement.
"Brilliant, I shall see that Minnie…um, Professor McGonagall gets you settled. You will need to report to the Great Hall for dinner, where you will be sorted into one of the houses for the remainder of your time here. I will send a few students to see to it that you get there," and with that, the man stood and walked through the infirmary doors.
"Yep, bloody brilliant, just what I needed. Another weird time-hole, sucking me into the past," Sy chuckled, morphing her sex and stubbing out his cigarette on the bedside table.
Another 2 hours went by, Sy sat in the infirmary staring at the ceiling and arguing with Poppy every time she would try to insist that Sy take off his black glove to let her check for cuts. Sy, of course, had declined several times by the two hour mark and was starting to get slightly antsy to get out of the hospital wing. Preferably with his sanity still intact.
Laughter and bickering could be heard coming from the outside of the infirmary doors. Sy perked up, though making sure to stay as calm looking as possible. Three chattering boys entered the room, two black haired and one with brown. They walked up to Sy's bed and Sy's eyes immediately opened his eyes.
Sy jumped up and knelt on the floor. "My liege," he said, looking up at a very confused black haired boy.
"Sirius, no pranks on the new kid, we don't want to have to chase this one down," Remus Lupin warned his long, dark haired friend.
"What ever would make you say that, Mooney," Sirius Black said as he gave Remus puppy dog eyes.
"It's not going to work, Sirius," Remus said, adverting his gaze to the end of the hallway.
"Aw, come on mate, stop being so stiff," James Potter, the shorter haired boy said, looking at Remus.
"Don't make me punish you both," Remus said as he pushed the door to the infirmary open.
The other two Marauders broke out laughing, but tried to keep it down, since Poppy didn't take kindly to noise in her hospital. They walked towards who they assumed was the new student.
The three approached the bed, only to be set in shock as the occupant jumped out of bed and knelt before James. "My liege," the stranger spoke.
James, never lost for words, quickly tried to correct the situation. "Not that I'm not flattered and all, but I do believe you have the wrong person," James said, offering a hand to the kneeling stranger.
Sy, embarrassed but still prideful, stood on his own. "I'm sorry, I forgot my placing," he said almost inaudibly.
"No harm done," Sirius said, bouncing forward from behind James, "Names' Sirius Black."
"I'm James Potter and this," he said pulling Remus over to him, "Is Remus."
"Nice to meet you," Sy said, his expression softening slightly.
"I'm hungry, let's go," Sirius said, grabbing Sy by the hand and running off in the direction of the Great Hall. Sy, unused to running, stumbled quite a few times before they made it to the Hall.
"Okay, stay out here until Dumbledore introduces you and then walk down the isle and put the hat on the stool on your head," Remus said, putting a hand on Sy's shoulder and then walking into the hall himself. James and Sirius followed close behind.
'People and their weird customs,' Sy thought as he leaned against the door to the Great Hall, pondering where he would be placed.
The Great Hall was aflutter with gossip and such about the new visitor. Some speculated that it was a alien, while some thought it was just very powerful magic at work. The chatter stopped as Dumbledore cleared his throat at the Head table.
"As I'm sure you all know, we have a visitor here at Hogwarts. Mr. Sy shall be staying here at Hogwarts as a 7th year student for the upcoming year. However, seeing as he has yet to be sorted, the ceremony will take place quickly tonight," Dumbledore stated, the doors to the Great Hall opening as Sy entered and walked the length of the Great Hall.
Sy put on the sorting hat and sat on the stool. "Hmm…difficult, very difficult…Very brave, a great mind too…but there is also cunning and brilliance in there. You would do very well as a GRYFFINDOR," the sorting hat shouted, causing loud claps and whistles from the Gryffindor table and a series of groans from the Slytherin's.
Sy got up and walked over to James, Sirius, and Remus, sitting beside Sirius. "Hope you don't mind, but I don't know anyone else," Sy said, hoping for acceptance.
"We kind of figured that you would come sit with us," Sirius smiled, throwing an arm around Sy as an welcoming gesture.
"Thanks," Sy said, watching as food appeared over the expanse of the Gryffindor table. "Mmm, haven't seen this much food in months," Sy laughed half-heartedly, it never reaching his eyes. Sirius and James glanced at each other but let it drop.
The rest of the meal went well enough, no one really talked besides James and Sirius, and even then it was only amongst themselves. The other boys led Sy to the Gryffindor common room and to their room.
Sy found that a trunk with many necessary materials had been left for him, along with a note from Dumbledore claiming that he would be taken to get new robes that weekend. "Crazy old bugger," Sy thought at the thought of Dumbledore.
"Well, I don't know about all of you, but I'm going to shower and try to get a good night's sleep," Sy said, grabbing his nightclothes and walking into the bathroom.
The shower felt so good against Sy's battle worn skin, he almost didn't hear when the door to the bathroom creaked open.
The new kid walked into the bathroom, closing the door behind him. The Marauders immediately ran to James bed, waiting for him to say something.
"Well, what do all of you think about him," James asked, looking at Sirius and Lupin. The more mousey Peter Pettigrew was sitting on the floor, staring up at them as he often did.
"I like him," Sirius said, "even though he is a little odd at times. I wonder what's eating him."
"Now Sirius, I'm sure there is an explanation of everything," Remus said thoughtfully," He's probably just a little shaken after that display earlier."
"Yeah, Moony is probably right, though it was kind of weird when he called me his, what was it…liege," James said, quirking an eyebrow at Remus.
"James is right, and what's up with the long glove thing…and the headband, it's odd. Don't you think," Sirius said. "Hmm," Sirius answered himself thoughtfully, grabbing James' invisibility cloak and walking to the bathroom door, looking back at James for acknowledgement before pushing in and walking towards the showers.
Sy heard the creak and listened to the footsteps get closer. The shower curtain pulled up slightly on the edge as Sirius peaked in.
"Hmm…," Sy thought out loud, "I do believe I have a peeping tom." Sirius dropped the curtain and tried to remain perfectly still.
"Do not fret dear Sirius," Sy said through the sound of the water, "You will see me again tomorrow." With this, Sirius walked back to the dorm room, white as a sheet.
James and Remus sat on James' bed, talking about their latest prank, when Sirius reentered the room. James looked from Sirius to Remus and they both turned to face Sirius.
"Padfoot? What happened," James asked, his head turning slightly to the side.
"H-he caught me," Sirius said, his face contorted in confusion.
All the Marauders looked at each other and decided that the best thing to do was to feign sleep.
(1) Lotus Position: A yoga position meant to help balance the 7 vital points of the human body. The position is formed by crossing your legs and pulling your feet over your thighs so that the sole of your feet facing up.
What do you think? Personally, this story is my pride and joy right now. I am still writing on 'I did not sign up for this' but i got the insane urge at 10p.m. last night to write this, so i did! I know that many people prefer for Harry to be paired with Sirius or Sirius and Remus. I'm going with the first of the two.
Sy is one of my personal characters who's actual name is Pegusa Hiwatari. Don't even try to pronounce it.
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