Chapter 1: Making an Entrance
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter
It's the evening of the first day of this academic year. Dumbledore is in his office mulling over what happened the morning.
/Flashback/
The sorting ceremony was going as well as planned, there were only three students left to sort. Suddenly an almighty crash emanated from the entrance hall, seconds later a large section of the door to the Great Hall started to glow a deathly red.
As I watched, the section of the door that was glowing red flew across the Great Hall towards me, but luckily it landed just under a meter from the staff table with a crash, making me jump.
"Starting without us, are you?" a deep voice came rumbling through the hall, quiet but everyone could hear it, it was one that induced an amount of fear, I had a feeling that this was going to be trouble. Before I could reply a red and black colored phoenix glided into the hall through the hole, transforming in mid-air into a human boy and landed halfway down the hall between the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff tables.
"What is the meaning of this intrusion?" I shouted at the kid.
"I thought that would be obvious Dumbles" said an ominous voice that seemed to come from everywhere and no-where at the same time. A head poked out of the ceiling and said in that same tone "we are here to enroll"
The head started to float down, the rest of his body following as he righted himself, landing next to the first kid. Whispers could be heard throughout the hall.
"Come on then, let's get you sorted then" I said reluctantly as they walked up to the sorting hat.
The boy who turned into a phoenix introduced himself as Liam Jones as he put the hat onto his head.
The hat was on his head for a few minutes before bellowing out "SLYTHERIN!"
Liam handed the hat to the other kid and walked over to the Slytherin table, the new first years cowering away from his fierce gaze, laughing as they did so.
The other kid, evidently named Shade Shadow, had barely put the hat on when it bellowed "RAVENCLAW!" Shade made his way to the Ravenclaw table and was welcomed with open arms (he was hugged immediately hugged by a 7th year named Penelope Clearwater).
/End Flashback/
The feast came to an end without further incident. At the end I called Liam and Shade to my office.
/Flashback/
I watched Liam make an instant connection with my phoenix Fawkes as they entered and sat down, maybe because he is a phoenix as well?
"Welcome, I know you are both third years, what I want to know is where you were for the last two years?" I asked the boys.
Looking quite nervous, Liam responded, "We have been to a number of magical schools, because many of them exiled us due to our abilities" he replied "many viewed them as dark"
"Why would they view them as dark?" I asked, actually curious.
"Well, Liam has total control of fire and can create it at will. As for me, since I am dead, I have some control over the dead" Shade replied.
"You're dead!" I exclaimed.
"Yes. At age four I was beaten to death, but somehow I managed to not only inhabit my body again but also use my ghost powers while in my body as thanks to a ritual Liam found I could no longer leave my body" he replied to my exclamation.
"I see. I will need to think about it, you two go to bed and I will see you tomorrow morning" I said dismissing the boys as they left.
/End Flashback/
So here I sit, thinking of how to handle these two students.
/
As Liam walks into the Slytherin common room, with a frown he glances at the clock before sitting down in front of the fire, it showed 10pm.
"So, phoenix boy, you want to be getting in with those of purer blood then that poltergeist" said a scratchily annoying voice from behind him.
Without looking back at them he replied with a clear amount of undisguised malice in his voice "what do you want, rich boy?"
"Don't take that tone with me, bird boy. I will get my father on you!" the scratchy voice snapped back before he calmed himself.
Suddenly he found himself stuck to the wall, looking for what did this, he spots a playing card, specifically an Ace of Spades, sticking the hood of his robes to the cold, stone slabs behind him. Crabbe and Goyle looked at Liam in shock at the apparent speed of the new kid.
Liam turned around and spoke in a dangerous tone "help him and I wonder how strong you will be without your legs"
They ran as fast as they could up to their dorm room, hearing a quiet scream they saw Malfoy burn his hand on the card, as if it was made of fire.
He walked up the stairs to his dorm room and just as he was about to shut the door he clicked his fingers and the playing card dislodges itself from the wall and flew up to him, leaving Malfoy slumped over on the floor wondering what the hell just happened.
/
Shade only just got in through the Ravenclaw portrait, when a blond missile slammed into his chest, hugging him. Shade hugged back after stopping himself from falling backwards.
"Shade, I missed you so much, it's been so long since I saw you last!" Penelope said into his chest, trying not to cry.
"I agree Penny, it has been a while" Shade replied.
/Flashback/
The Shadow and Clearwater families have always been friends, so when Shade was born into the Shadow family, he instantly became friends with the Clearwater daughter, Penelope who was four at the time.
Two months after Shade's second birthday, he was spending the day round the Clearwater residence, when Penny's mother got a phone call saying that Shade's parents were found dead in a car crash and that he was being put into care.
Two years later Penny was watching the news when her mother heard her scream, running in to see what happened she saw Shade's dead body on the news. He had been beaten to death by his foster parents, Penelope could not stop crying.
*fast forward 8 years to the current day*
Penelope was sitting at the Ravenclaw table, as head girl she sat at the front where the new first years were going to be sitting. She wasn't concentrating until she heard a familiar voice. 'It couldn't be, could it?' she thought.
Her heart leaped when she saw him float down from the ceiling. It was Shade. When he got sorted into Ravenclaw she hugged him for dead life.
/End Flashback/
"How the hell are you alive, Shade" she asked actually crying now into his chest (which she thinks is really toned from what she can feel.
Shade leads them to the sofa and lays down on it, pulling Penny onto his chest.
END OF CHAPTER 1
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