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Ten years later
The past ten years had changed John Falcone, he was still the sadistic, ruthless leader of a powerful mafia organisation, but their was something different about him, his cold exterior had thawed out a little and someone people had even swore that they'd seen him smile, said people were branded mad.
The difference however was due to three young boys, although not young anymore, John had adopted three boys ten years ago, his two eldest Eric and Oliver, were thirteen and fourteen and were currently at Durmstrang Institute
Many had wondered why he had adopted them; they were nothing special, just two average wizards who had seemingly lucked out when they had first met John Falcone
The youngest however had been one of the main topics of discussion since he had been a year old
Harry Potter-Falcone was the boy-who-lived and saviour of the wizarding world, many had speculated on why John Falcone had chosen him, was it to turn him into a dark wizard, or was it to harness him as a weapon; many believed the young boy was gifted magically, and many feared of what he would become, the last thing they needed was another Lord Voldemort.
Rumours were rife about the boy and his family, the Falcone's had always been a topic of interest to the wizarding world, but in the past ten years, it seemed that people had become obsessed, the Daily Prophet and many other newspapers around the world had religiously followed the family
It seemed that the entire world knew every little detail about the Falcones, most seemed to know that Oliver had blown up his desk in his first years at Durmstrang or that Eric was a fan of Puddlemere united or that Harry had a thing for flying but the newest rumour about the family was that Harry Falcone was attending Hogwarts, people were of course intrigued, why would John Falcone send his two eldest to Durmstrang, only to send his youngest to Hogwarts.
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John Falcone sat in the drivers seat of his car with his youngest sitting in the front seat, said youngest was not happy about where they were going
"I don't even like Dudley" Harry complained, folding his arms across his chest
Harry was now ten and ever since he had turned seven he was stuck seeing the Dursley's at least twice a year
"Well, Dudley likes you" John smirked, taking one hand off the wheel to ruffle his son's wild black hair
Dudley Dursley adored Harry, Dudley had been raised to admire those with wealth and power and to him Harry had both, so for Dudley's birthday he had invited Harry to come along to the zoo.
"He's a spoilt git" Harry countered
"And what are you" John joked
He had given Harry and his brothers everything they could ever want, John believed that it was not giving children more that spoilt them but giving them more to avoid confrontation, and he had raised his sons with a firm hand, they knew the meaning of hard work and integrity
Harry seemed a little surprised and then uncrossed his arms, "I'm not a git" he smirked
John finally parked the car in front of number four Privet Drive, but before Harry could get out, he placed a hand on his shoulder, Harry turned to look at him
"Behave" John said in a cold voice, it would not do for Harry to act selfishly, he was a Falcone and he needed to remember that
"Yes sir" Harry said immediately, his back straightening
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Dudley Dursley had been staring out the window for what seemed like hours, it was June twenty third, and his eleventh birthday and he had invited his cousin
To Dudley, Harry was the coolest person ever, he got to travel around the world, he lived in what looked like a castle, he had two really cool older brothers, although Dudley had never met them and he was a wizard
Dudley couldn't help but compare himself to his cousin
He had wanted to go somewhere really cool for his birthday, he wanted to really impress Harry and he was sure the zoo would do just that, he'd also invited Piers Polkiss along
finally a sleek black car parked in front of the house, and after a minute or two, a boy with raven black hair and emerald green eyes, got out, Dudley immediately recognised Harry, John Falcone followed right behind him.
Dudley gave Harry the once over, something his mother and father did constantly with everyone they met, Harry wore muggle clothing, black jeans, with a red t-shirt and a black leather jacket with a hood, although the clothes looked like everyday wear, if you looked closely, you could easily tell that it must have a cost a lot of money
Finally the sound of the door bell ringing could be heard, and Dudley did something he was unaccustomed to, he ran
He opened the door and yelled, "Harry, come see my presents", he grabbed the startled boy and dragged him into the living room
"I have thirty seven" he said proudly, grabbing a mount bike, "do you want to ride it" he asked hopefully, although he never shared, this was Harry
"I ride brooms not bikes" Harry said casually shrugging his shoulders, truth was Harry didn't know how to ride a bike and he wasn't about to confess
"Mr Falcone" Vernon Dursley said getting up to greet the man, he had learnt long ago not to call him John
"Vernon" John replied with a nod
Petunia suddenly entered the room, with slices of cake
"Mr Falcone" she smiled, "where so glad Harry could join us today" although they were uncomfortable with magic and the Falcone's in particular, they only saw Harry twice a year and Dudley really liked him
"Do you want some cake Harry?" she asked
"Sure" smiled Harry, taking a piece, "thank you"
She smiled at the boy's politeness
"I'll pick him up later this evening" John said
"That's perfect" Petunia smiled, as she showed John the door, less then a minute after John had left, the doorbell rang and Piers Polkiss had arrived
Piers was Dudley's closest friend and all he had heard the past few years from the large boy was 'Harry this' and 'Harry that' the entire street knew the name Harry Falcone, Piers didn't believe that one person could be as cool as Dudley made him sound, but he had been proven wrong.
They had been in the zoo for hours and Piers had stuck to Harry like glue, he was like the popular kids at their school that wouldn't talk to them, the ones that no matter how hard they bullied would never hang around them, the big difference was that Harry did talk to them
"Its time to go" Petunia said leading the boys to the parking lot
"I'm sitting next to Harry" Dudley yelled, if it had been anybody but Dudley Piers would have tried to argue but as it stood he just shut up
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It was the first week of August and the Falcone's were at Diagon Alley
"I still don't understand why I have to go to Hogwarts" Harry said as they walked to Ollivanders
"Because I said so" John said in a voice that left no room for argument, the truth was that ten years ago, Dumbledore had told him everything, from the prophecy to the fact that he believed that Harry could be a horcrux, so although John was not particularly fond of Dumbledore, he was the one wizard that could probably help, and that was why he was sending Harry to Hogwarts
"Hogwarts is one of the best schools in Europe" Oliver said
Oliver Falcone was the oldest of the brothers at fourteen years old, with short cropped brown hair and grey eyes
"Yeah" agreed Eric, "it might even be better then Durmstrang" he said, throwing his arm over Harry's shoulder, Eric had shoulder length curly blond hair and brown eyes
They entered Ollivanders
"Ah" said Ollivander, "I've been expecting you, Mr Falcone" he smiled, "shall we get started"
He measured Harry's right hand and then proceeded to bring out wand after wand, after Harry had broken a vase, his brothers wisely chose to stand as far away from him as possible
"I wonder" said Ollivander, touching his chin, "could it be" he said as he disappeared from view and came back with a box, he placed it gently in front of Harry and opened the box to reveal a wand, he smoothly passed it to Harry
The minute his fingers came into contact with the wand, the wind around him picked up and he felt a warm feeling spread up his arm
"Curious?" said Ollivander as he stared at Harry
"What is?" asked John highly uncomfortable
"That the wand destined for Mr Falcone, has a brother wand that belongs to the very man that gave him his scar" Ollivander said, as the room became deathly quiet
John quickly paid for the wand, and all but dragged Harry out of there, Diagon Alley looked like it always did but their was a big difference this time, their were wanted posters plastered everywhere, because just last week Sirius Black had broken out of Azkaban
"I didn't even get to ask him what core I have?" Harry complained, as he was dragged to flourish and Blotts his father suddenly disappeared into the store
"Phoenix" said Oliver
"How do you know?" Harry asked
"Its says it on the box Harry" Eric said
Before Harry could say anything he bumped into someone, causing them both to fall on the floor
"Watch it" yelled a voice
"You bumped into me" Harry lied, he would have apologised if the boy hadn't been so rude
The person he had bumped into was a tall skinny blond boy with an upturned nose
A haughty looking man rushed over helping the boy up
"Zacharias" said the man, "are you alright"
"No" said Zacharias, "this idiot just bumped into me"
"What did you just call my son" said cold voice, Harry turned to see his father standing behind him, if looks could kill the boy and his father would have been dead already and from the looks on their faces, Harry knew that they had recognised his father
"We didn't know" said the man petrified, he suddenly swatted his son's head, "apologise at once for your insolence" he said
Zacharias looked extremely put out but nonetheless apologised
"See to it that it doesn't happen again" said John
"It won't" said the man as he dragged his son out of the store
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"Remember to write to us" Oliver said hugging him; ignoring all the curious glances, they were currently standing in front of the Hogwarts express
Oliver and Eric wouldn't be starting school for a whole week, which meant they could see their baby brother off to Hogwarts, they had no idea why he couldn't come to Durmstrang but nobody argued with their father, ever
"You better take care of yourself" Eric said, hugging him, "but anyone gives you trouble and I'll break through those wards and kick their butts for you" he said ruffling Harry's hair
"I can take care of myself" Harry complained, trying to fix his hair, as a large bell rang, signalling that the train was about to leave
"Of course you can" said his father, hugging him, "you're a Falcone, never forget that"
"I won't" Harry smiled, "I'm going to miss you guys" he said wistfully
"You're going to have so much fun, that you're not even going to have time to miss us" said Oliver, as Harry got on the train
"Bye" Harry yelled as the train started moving, "see you at Christmas"
The three just waved backed as the train disappeared from view
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Harry dragged his trunk and his new Owl Hedwig down the train, everywhere he looked compartments were filled to the brink, halfway down the train Harry came face to face with a red headed boy around his age, who appeared to be looking for a compartment
The boy froze, as recognition crossed his features, "you're...you're " the boy said shocked, Harry glared at him daring him to say his name, seeing the glare, the boy changed tactics, "nobody" he said, "never seen you before" said the boy, "its not like you're famous or anything" the boy joked and Harry cracked a smile
"Ron Weasley" said the boy, holding his hand out
"Harry Falcone" Harry smiled shaking his hand
"Guess I'm not the only one looking for a compartment" Ron said looking at Harry, "there aren't any back their" he said jerking his head back to the front of the train, where he had just come from
"I haven't checked the back fully" Harry said as he turned around
"lets go then" Ron said following behind him, every compartment was full, but their seemed to be some room in the last one, it only had three boys in their, a blond haired boy and two rather large one's that reminded Harry of Dudley
"Gross" Ron said making a face
"You know them?" Harry asked
"Sadly yes" Ron said, "the one by the window is Draco Malfoy, the two sitting across from him are Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle"
"Might as well introduce ourselves" Harry said, at Ron's look of outrage he added, "or would you rather just sit out here till we reach Hogwarts" he said
"No" said Ron, opening the compartment door as three heads looked up at them
"Mind if we sit here" Harry asked, the two big one's looked at Draco, he looked like he was about to say no but his eyes suddenly landed on Harry's forehead and recognition entered his eyes
"of course not" he said to the surprise of everyone but Harry, "Crabbe, Goyle move it" he said hotly, as the big guys moved to sit next to him, Harry and Ron put away their stuff and sat across from Draco
"Draco Malfoy" Draco said extending his hand
"Harry Falcone" Harry said shaking his hand, and then Draco unwillingly turned to Ron and extended his hand
"Ron Weasley" Ron said just as unwillingly, shaking his hand
Draco Malfoy had always been taught to make friends with those more powerful then him, it built bridges his father always said, and because of those bridges, he'd sooner or later become their equal, in his eyes, Harry Falcone was just the type of person his father was talking about, the type with more money and influence then him, and if it meant being nice to Weasley for a little bit then it was a price worth paying, Weasley was at least a pureblood, and he and Falcone would soon enough be separated
Weasley would go into Gryffindor like the rest of his family and no one was sure which house Harry would go into, the Daily Prophet had a poll going on, because Potter's were normally in Gryffindor, it was expected that Harry would end up in Gryffindor too but he had been raised as a Falcone, they were seen as dark wizards, so then Harry would be expected to go into Slytherin, nobody was really sure which house he would go into, it was a nature verses nurture thing
The train ride was quite, with nobody but Crabbe and Goyle talking
Goyle had at one point insulted Weasley and Ron had returned in kind causing Harry and Draco to laugh, Goyle then decided to keep his mouth shut
They silently got changed into their school robes and exited the train
"First yers...over here...first yers" Yelled a voice
"Whoa" said Ron looking at the giant with ink eyes and a scraggly beard, wearing a large overcoat; they followed him down to a lake filled with boats
"Four to a boat" Yelled the large man
Ron jumped onto a boat, with Harry and Draco right behind him, Goyle jumped on before Crabbe could, seeing that Crabbe was going to come on the boat Harry said, "you can't come on Crabbe, it's four to a boat, and Goyle already equals two people"
Crabbe and Goyle were about to say something but a glare form Draco shut them, Crabbe then walked towards another boat, a few minutes later the boats started moving, and Ron and Goyle got into an argument about him being able to turn his rat yellow
"Yes I can" argued Ron getting his wand out, but instead of pointing it at his rat, he pointed it at Goyle, "how about I turn you yellow, you tosspot" Ron said, Draco suddenly realising how close he was to the wand jumped up, trying to get away from Goyle, the boat violently rocked as he fell on Harry
"You four" boomed the large man, from his own boat, "what do you think you're doing"
"Yeah Draco?" Harry asked furious as he pushed the boy onto Ron, the boat again rocked
"The boat" yelled the large man, "you'll fall into the lake if you're not careful" he yelled panicked
Goyle stood up trying to help Draco as Ron shoved him into Harry, who was on his feet, sadly Draco grabbed on to Ron as they fell on Harry, who in turn fell onto Goyle and in front of the entire first year class the four of them fell out of the boat and into the lake
Harry hit the cold water with a splash, the cold seeped into his clothes and stuck to his skin, he could feel the others splashing around him, he held his breath, trying to swim up, the water seemed to be dragging him down, his legs where getting tired from all the kicking and just as he believed he was a goner, his head broke the surface, and he breathed in fistfuls of sweet air, he opened his eyes, to see all the boats had stopped moving and everybody was looking him, he saw the relief in the large man's face as he pulled himself up out of the water and into his boat
"Where are the others?" yelled the large man, just as Harry was about to reply that he had no idea, another head broke the surface and Ron grabbed the edge of the boat, spitting out water, Harry moved to the edge and grabbed Ron and helped pull him up into the boat, just as Ron was in, Draco and Goyle broke the surface, and Harry saw the relief on Hagrid's face
He and Ron, quickly grabbed Draco and pulled him in and together the three of them pulled up Goyle, who threw his fist at Harry the second he realised he was safe, blaming him for them falling into the lake, Harry ducked and hit Goyle on the nose, a resounding crunch, let them all know it was broken, Hagrid's yelling could easily be heard from the other boat, as Draco and Ron got between the two boys
Blood covered Goyle's face and Harry's hand, whilst all four where soaking wet, the boat started moving again as the four sat down, a few minutes later they got off the boat and walked towards the entrance hall
"What, were you four thinking?" Hagrid asked, as everybody listened in, "look at you...yeh soaking" he said looking at their wet attire, "Madam Pomfrey will sort you two out" he said looking at Goyle and Harry, as a strict looking women exited the great hall and made her way to the first years
She made a quick speech, sternly looking at the four of them throughout it
"Get into alphabetical order" she said quickly, Harry moved to stand near the front, with the other F's, they silently walked into the great hall, as the rest of the school stared at them, a couple of people looked at him curiously, he was sure it was more to do with the wet clothes and the bloody hand, then the fact that he was Harry Falcone
The women he now knew as Professor McGonagall, set an old hat onto a stool,
The hat started talking, explaining that it would be sorting them, which was a big surprise to Harry, he couldn't wait to tell Oliver about it, Durmstrang didn't have houses so their where no sortings and Oliver had always been curious on how the pupils were sorted
Professor McGonagall started calling them up, alphabetically
"Hannah Abbot" she called, Hannah sat on the stool and a minute or two later, the hat yelled out, "Hufflepuff" to the delight of the Hufflepuff students
After a few more names, including Crabbe who was sorted into Slytherin
"Justin Finch-Fletchley" was called up and sorted into "Hufflepuff" yelled the hat
"Harry Potter-Falcone" said Professor McGonagall, and then the whispers started as Harry walked towards the hat
"Is that the boy-who-lived?"
"Heard his family where nothing but criminals"
"He comes from a bad lot he does; he'll definitely go to Slytherin"
"He stopped you-know-who; he's definitely coming to Gryffindor"
Harry sat down on the stool and saw hundreds of eyes looking at him, before the hat covered his view
"well, well" said the hat, "it's been a while since I've had a Potter...Gryffindor would be a good choice, you are brave to a certain point but you're definitely smart, you could be great you know, and Ravenclaw can help you on your way to greatness" said the hat, "you're not loyal enough for Hufflepuff and your certainly not hardworking, no, Hufflepuff would not suit you, but you are cunning, Slytherin would be a good house, yes it would, yes I know what house you belong in" said the hat, before it yelled out "Slytherin"
The entire Slytherin table jumped up and started clapping and cheering, as Harry whipped off the hat and went to sit with the Slytherin's , it really wasn't a surprise, Falcone's were seen as dark wizards, and in this case it looked liked nurture had beaten out nature
Harry sat down with a smile, he really had no preference on which house he would end up in, but he had noticed Draco's smile and Ron's look of disappointment, it seemed other people had preferences for him
Harry watched as Draco was sorted into Slytherin and sat across from him, he then watched a short while later as Ron walked towards the hat; it took a few minutes before the hat yelled out, "Slytherin"
Harry cheered absolutely shocked with the rest of the Slytheirn's as a pale looking Ron sat down next to him
"You all right" he asked Ron, who looked like he was about to throw up
Ron just looked at him fearfully, "I'm in Slytherin" he said horrified
"Yes you are" smirked Harry
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