A/N: Here's the next chapter! Thanks again to S for being an awesome Beta. It's a little shorter, but I'll work on making them a little bit longer here on out. Thanks for the reviews as well. Please Review.
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Ch. 2
It was a little hectic the next morning as the group got ready for heading to King's Cross. It was more difficult with only two adults looking after seven children, no matter how mature the children were. It took a couple hours before they were fully ready and they finally left. Whe they arrived, Lucius and Narcissa said goodbye to the children who hurried onto the train, so they could find a good carpartment and not have to suffer the Potter's idiocy as they soon arrived on the platform.
"Becareful this year kids. I don't want to recieve letters from Severus telling us you turned Gryffindor and ran into the Forbidden Forest or went after, oh a great and powerful evil again. And I'm sure your parents would agree to this. Understand?" Narcissa told them with a stern look that would put McGonagal to shame.
"Yes ma'am!" the group told her. None of them noticed Lucius's and Harry's exchanged looks. After saying good bye once more, they got into their compartment as the train pulled out of the station.
"It's great to be going back to Hogwarts." Harry murmurred in a relaxed state, the others nodding in agreement. They talked together as the train rolled through the city, leading them into the country. It was a little after one in the afternoon that Harry seperated from the group to meet up with the twins. As he looked for the twins, Nagi giving directions, he ended up running right into Liam Potter and Ronald Weasley. As it turned out, there was another Weasley with the boys and that was the only girl, Ginerva, or Ginny.
"Watch it!" the trio growled, Ginny quickly fitting into the duo due to her crush on Liam.
"Well if it isn't the girly freak of the snake den." Liam taunted, realizing who it was they were facing. Harry silently groaned.
"Well well, if it isn't the Boy Who Lived to be an Idiot." Harry retorted. "Please leave me alone so I can go make my meeting." Harry said, barely hiding his annoyance.
"I don't think so you freak." Ron told him.
"Seriously, having a gender crisis Snape?" Ginny scoffed at the boy who looked like a girl. 'He's a boy! Why is he prettier than me!' Ginny growled to herself. 'Atleast I'm taller.' she thought relieved.
"Please Ginerva, jealousy isn't becoming of a- well, actually, it is becoming of a harpy such as yourself. Just leave me out of it, and go back to your drooling on the Boy Idiot." Harry said in a sophisticated attitude.
"Don't go talking about my sister that way you freak!" Ron growled, aiming a punch at Harry. Harry quickly ducked, causing Ron's fist to slam into a wall. "Arrg!" he cried in pain. Harry couldn't bring himself to feel sorry for Ron and his now broken hand, but he also had to focus on ducking Liam's fist aimed at him. But he didn't think to consider Ginerva a threat, so was wholy unprepared for the taller but younger girl to tackle him into the wall, his head snapping back. Ginny was stronger than he was and it was irksome.
Before anything more could happen, Liam, Ron, and Ginny were hit with a repulsion charm, sending them away from Harry. They all looked over to see the twins and Lee Jordan, a pranking buddy with whom they were going to introduce to Harry. "Wait until we tell mum that you attacked a smaller student." Fred said with glee.
"He called Gin a harpy!" Ron cried in anger. The trio looked at eachother before shrugging.
"She screams like one." Fred and George agreed matter of factly, shocking their siblings and Liam. "Now come on Harry. We have a lot to discuss." with that the three older Gryffs and Harry disappeared down the hall into their own compartment. Once in, the twins and Lee put up silencing and privacy charms and they began introductions after making sure Harry was alright.
"It's nice to finally meet you Harry." Lee said, shaking the smaller boys hand. Harry nodded.
"It's great to meet you aswell. I heard your commenting during the quidditch matches last year. I knew at once I liked you." Harry told him.
"Are you planning to join the Slytherin team?" Fred asked. Harry nodded quickly.
"Yup! I'm going to try out. I just hope I can make it." Harry admitted.
"Which position?" Lee asked.
"Seeker." the group nodded, remembering Harry's skills on a broom from his classes last year. "So, about our beginning of the year prank." Harry began. The other threes' faces lit up and planning began in great lengths and details. They were at it for over an hour when there was a knock on the compartment door.
"Who is it?" Fred asked, confused for a moment as they dropped the wards they had put up.
"It is Draco Malfoy! I demand my best friend back in his original compartment! He's been stuck with you two lechers long enough!" Draco's flustered and annoyed voice sounded. Harry opened the compartment, laughing as Draco latched onto his arm and started dragging him through the halls.
"Bye you guys! Remember the plan!" Harry called out to the trio. He heard their affirmations through their laughter. He looked at his friend, lately he had noticed that Draco had become super protective of him- more so than he usually was. "Are you okay Dray?" Harry suddenly asked, realizing his friend was just now relaxing.
"Yah, just don't like you being out of my sight for too long." Draco said with a sigh.
"Aww. Dray cares about me. You do. Admit it." Harry teased his best friend. He gave a small chuckle as Draco's cheeks turned pink.
"Shut up Hade." Draco mumbled. Harry laughed as they entered their compartment. They had almost arrived, when the voice from last year called through out the train, into the compartments and hallways.
"We will arrive at Hogwarts in five minutes! Leave your luggage on the train and it will be taken up to the school seperately." the message repeated a couple times before the students started moving around. The girls left to go get changed while the boys stayed in their compartment.
"Let's go!" Harry cried happily as the train stopped. The group of friends nodded and left the train, heading towards the carriges. He stopped short as he saw the threstals. 'How can I see them? Who did I watch die?' he wondered. Thinking on it, he realised it was Quirrel's death at the end of the school year last year. 'Huh. To think that he's the reason I can see these magnificent creatures.' Harry wondered, seeing Nagi appear at the edge of his vision. The silver snake shrank to that of a bracelet and attatched himself to his wrist.
'Be careful snakelet. I have a feeling of something bad coming this way.' Nagi hissed. 'And I believe we should make sure your parselmouth abilities is best kept under wraps since we're searching for the chamber.' Nagi added when Harry went to answer. Harry nodded and joined his friends in the carriage. Surprised it could fit all 7 of them. It was with a relaxed and comfy atmosphere that the group soon arrived at the front doors of Hogwarts and they all stepped out going towards the doors and soon going to their tables after saying good bye for the moment.
They all talked with their tables as they waited for the first years to arrive. They only had a few minutes of waiting before McGonagal arrived with the stool and hat. Harry looked at the hat and smiled fondly at the memory he had of talking with the ancient object. A few minutes after that, McGonagal arrived once more with the group of first years. He was able to spot Ginny at once, her flaming red hair sticking out in the blonds, browns, and black through out the group.
McGonagal stepped forward as the hat's song finished. "When I call your name, you willl step forward and place the hat on your head. When it calls out the name of your house you will go to sit down at the table of that house." she called to the first years. "Amin, Racet" she called, starting the sorting as a boy with blonde hair stepped forward. He was the first Ravenclaw. As the sorting continued,'Colin Creevey' became the first Gryffindor, 'Deerla, Candice' became the first Hufflepuff. And 'Marrow, Seth' became the first Slytherin. They were all enthusiastic about the boy, who had jet black hair, bright blue eyes, and tan skin. He smiled shyly, sitting down in front of Harry, who had Draco and Blaise on either side of him.
"Welcome to the table of snakes Seth. We're the best house in here." Harry told the boy with a small smile. The boy returned it and felt relaxed at once, thanks to the kind Harry.
"Thanks." they all returned back to the sorting. 'Lovegood, Luna' bacame a Ravenclaw. 'Hane, Lorin', 'Ichiro, Jermi', 'Kastor, Hildy', 'Orlif, Kon', and 'Morose, Susy' became their final Slytherins. Harry rolled his eyes as Ginny became a Gryffindor and that ended the sorting.. He looked over the heads in the hall towards the twins and Lee who were also catching his attention. They all gave very soft nods.
Dumbledor stood up, and the crowd quieted. "First years, welcome to Hogwarts. To our returners, welcome back. I'd like to tell you that the Forbidden Forest is still off limits." Severus from his spot looked at his son in warning while Dumbledor was looking at the twins. "And it is my pleasure to introduce Gilderoy Lockhart, our new Defence teacher. Also Mr. Filch has apparantly taken some of his banned items off his list. So go to his office to see what is now allowed once more." he said, to the shock of all the students save Harry. Harry and the care taker had talked at the end of the year last year and it had been a good talk about how somethings were less dangerous and messy. "With that, I'd like to say 'mitle combic, nitwik, twisk' enjoy." Dumbledor told them as the plates filled with food.
Harry gave a soft smile as the first years looked around in awe at all the food. It was about half-way through dinner that he caught his fellow pranksters eyes before slowly pulling out his wand and aiming through the gap under the tables. He saw them do it as well. It was only a few minutes before they saw the effects take place. He pretended to be shocked about the startled cries from the Gryffindor table, or the loud shriek that came from one red-headed girl. The two weasley children were inraged. Ginny's hair was no longer long, but short, raggy, and oily, looking on fire. Her clothes were bright green and red, clashing against each other and her hair, and her teeth were now over her lip. Her nose was also the size of a tomato.
Ronald was in a maroon dress that went to the ground with white lace that clashed horribly with his hair. His hair went to his shoulders and he had on a lot of heavy makeup. Liam was in a pink dress that showed off his fat and clashed with his hair. He also had makeup on and he wore heels. His fat stubby ankles were shown off quite well. It got even better. The three Gryffindors stood up and started singing horribly off key.
''Slytherins are amazing. Wish we could be one. But we are cowardly bullies, with no cunning in between us. Oh if only we could be in Slytherin, or even in Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw. But we are not loyal, we'll stab you in the back. And we don't read, libraries are a disease. These are the truth as we see. We only care about our selves. We could care less about the rest, just in the spotlight, we should be." then the trio turned red as they ran out of the room, what looked like a tiny snake on their shoulders. The trio discovered the snakes right as they reached the doors and screamed, throwing them off of them before leaving. The boys tripping on their dress hems. It was amusing because the Potter teachers left the room to find their son and his friends.
It was quiet for only a moment before the large group of students burst into such rancous laughter. The rest of the dinner was spent talking about the prank of the two bullies and the girl. They were all talking about the prank and who they all guessed had a part to play. Everyone knew that the twins had a part, they suspected Harry and Lee also had a part, but they couldn't know for sure. It was soon after the desserts disappeared that Dumbledor told them to trot off to bed, to have first years follow the Prefects. Harry was feeling ultimately giddy with joy, after saying night to the others, when he went to bed that night, drawing the curtains to try and sleep. Nagi curled up next to him and hissed softly. 'Maybe you should look at the diary again snakelet.' Harry nodded and drew out the small book, as he wasn't all that tired. He used the revealing spell, he used the reverse spell. But neither worked, He thought maybe the reveal eraser might work and used it. There was absolutely nothing. Fustrated but still in a good mood, he went to bed so he'd be ready for classes the next day.
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