The House of Black and White
Chapter Two: Upholding the house of black
Ron was just waking up from a dream of being a Quidditch star when harry sprang from the bed. "Merlin's Beard! What's the bloody matter with you?" Ron spat out when the shock was over.
"Sorry Ron, but I think…" slowing down in speech and picking back up after his thought had kicked back in "I think I'm going to have to talk with your dad." Harry quickly got out of bead and dressed in a fast manner.
After a lot of running around (and not to mention wrong turns) both of the boys had found themselves in the dining hall for breakfast. "There you are what took you so long" Hermione spoke to them both as they sat down and tried getting some food before they had to go.
"Harry was having a nightmare last night and almost scared me when he woke up" Ron said, leaving out all the wrong turns he had lead them down.
Harry was used to this treatment with Dudley, after all getting blamed for everything was kind of second hand to him. "Sorry, though it wasn't a nightmare but more of a dream I wish could come true." Harry said not positive if they where even listing to him.
"So what was your dream about harry?" Hermione seemed to take in interest in what harry said. Harry indulged her curiosity "well I was in some ones house and they offered for me to come and live with them." Leaving out parts about the durslys.
Hermione had cringed her eyebrows and look at harry with a questioning look but decided not to say anything. After some of the classes (and the big being late for transfiguration class) lunch time had finally come and harry had decided to fill out the scroll that was delivered to him.
After righting his name in a lot of the blank spaces that was highlighted for him. He packaged the scroll in a special envelope handed to him by one of the seventh year students. He then wrote the address of Ron's Father's Workplace on it and attached it to a very happy Hedwig who was chewing down on some ham.
Finish the rest of the day without much hassle he decided to spend the rest of the day in the homeroom. He pulled out a diary and started jotting down bits of information he thought would be use full in the coming years.
After a week of studding and hanging out with his friends, McGonagall had asked to speak with harry alone. She had escorted him to the headmaster's office where Dumbledore and Andreas Black were waiting on them.
"Harry, so it has come to my attention that Mr. Black here has adopted you. May I ask why you have agreed to be his Adopted son?" Dumbledore was asking Harry. "Well Headmaster, I never liked living with the durslys and was hoping that Andreas Black could help raise me from the abuse that I endured." Harry almost sounded like he was in pain.
"If I may headmaster" Black had interjected "it was that fact that the muggle family in question treated harry less than a house elf and I think that, since my brother serious was to be his god father, who in his absence I should raise harry. This would allow the boy to know of Families in the magical world."
"As it may be, I cannot change the fact of what this document will do. I will need to visit your house Andreas and put up protection wards as you know full well, and Mr. Potter here will need to have a long discussion with me for when he gets into learning about family lines."
"That would be fine with me Dumbledore. So I will expect him to be home for winter break, and I will see then as well harry." Andreas was cool and calm, almost as if he had held disruptions with Dumbledore before.
As Andreas turned to leave harry noticed a Rapier hanging from Andreas's belt. Finding this odd harry just stood there. Dumbledore had sat down and waved harry closer. "Harry, I want you to know that if you had come to me and told me sooner I would have moved you to a new family."
Harry looked puzzled "you say it like it's your fault that I was there?" "And in many ways it is Harry, you see on the night your parents died I had to find a place for you to grow up in."
"At first I was going to hand you to Serious Black but he was arrested for the murder of your parents. So the only logical please I could think have been your aunt and uncles." Dumbledore twirled his thumbs and look at his desk.
"but Dumbledore, how where you to know what was going on, y aim pretty angry with the fact that I was not told of this option, but you didn't even know so how could I be angry with that?" harry was trying to make the old man feel better.
"Harry there is one other thing that you should know" Dumbledore was looking harry in the eyes "there is a prophesy about you harry but I think now is not the time to tell you. I was waiting tell you got older so you could better understand the magical world. But when you turn thirteen I will show you the prophesy."
Harry didn't like that at all and made a scrunched up face. After thinking about it for a while he thought it was because he could not understand the prophesy at his current age. The rest of the day had gone as usual. Not a problem in sight that was until he got back to the home room and Hermione was going at it with Ron.
It would seem that they were arguing on the intellectual level of Ron and how he could never understand what a woman is feeling. Harry ducked out of this one thinking that he would get in the way. It ended with Hermione stomping up the stairs and Ron sitting in a couch exhausted.
The days never really got better between the two. Harry had tried to defend both of them equally but every time he took Ron's side, Hermione had yelled at harry to stay out of this. Finally harry decided that Ron was acting like a prat half the time and settled with Hermione's side.
The winter was coming and Halloween was around the corner, harry was existed to finally be able to celebrate a holyday for the first time. McGonagall had escorted Harry to her office where Andreas was waiting for him. "I will leave you to discuss amongst your selves." McGonagall had said right before she shut the door.
"Harry, I wanted to give this to you because I couldn't fit it in the letter with the other scroll." He pulled out what looked like a large scroll with the words HOUSE OF BLACK writhen in what looked to be blood. "Why does it look to be written in blood Andreas?" harry asked almost afraid "well this is written in blood because it was writhen over a hundred thousand years ago. It's an ear loom for the house of black.
Harry took it with question in his heart, part of him wanted to know all of what the scroll could do for him and the other half had warned him to stay as far away from it as possible. "what does this contain?" harry still questioning his motives "it contains all the family spells, any spell made by a black and any spell the black family thinks is important."
"Now I want you to be careful with this scroll harry because it's very powerful and any magic found in this book should not be given to any branch family. That includes Draco Malfoy" Andreas was pleased that the boy showed promise in his eyes.
"What? I'm related to Draco Malfoy?" Harry could not believe his ears. "Yes, as a matter of fact you are now of the head family and he is a branch family which means you have rule of his actions if you become active in the house of black." Andreas was starting to think this was a bad idea.
"And how do I become active, because there is a lot I want Malfoy to stop doing here." Harry adding the last part in a rush off emotion. "That's simple" Andreas pulled out a ring box and handed it to harry "when you where this you are swearing to uphold all of the house of black"
Harry was worried he would want to know the rules are "Andreas, just a question but what are the rules for the house of black?" Andreas had pulled out a thick book and handed it to harry it also had the crest from the letter he got from Hedwig. "This will answer most of your questions harry, now I must be going I have a lot to do"
After his step father leaving him and escorted back to class harry read the rules of black and over the short time before Halloween, learned a lot more than he thought possible. He even started wearing the family crested ring around. The only people that seemed to give notice were the slitherens who started leaving him alone.
That was until Malfoy opened his big mouth "Why are you wearing that Potter?" Malfoy had caught him alone in the hall. "Because I am now a member of the house of black, and I suggest you start being nicer to me and my friends Malfoy." "Or what potter? You going to cast a spell on me" his laugh had gotten to harry. Harry had remembered the code of black, some words that made all branch families shut up instantly. "Silent slither" harry said it and Malfoy's voice was cut off, almost like it was hit with a silencing spell. "There that better Malfoy, maybe next time you won't talk to the main family in such a rude manner."
It was finally Halloween night and he was sitting in Charms class when Hermione had used the levitation spell first try. After words Ron was talking to harry and spat out "it's no wonder she doesn't have friends" and almost a split second before harry could object Hermione had brushed past both of them.
Harry smacked Ron upside the head and said "now look at what you did, I swear if I didn't consider you a friend I would…" Harry stormed off trying to find Hermione but gave up after the fact he was positive she had hidden in a woman's only area.
It was getting late and harry had not seen Hermione all day. It was dinner time and harry went to the great hall, along the way he heard one of the other girls say that Hermione was balling her eyes out in the bathroom on the second floor. Harry was about to tell Ron and Remembered he had started this mess with his Prat mouth of his.
He decided that she needed personal time and that harry could tell her that he liked her over Ron any day of the week. But until then he would go get some food. After a long speech from Professor Flitwick the food was summoned to the table and everyone was enjoying their Halloween feast.
Threw the double doors and into the great hall limpet the defense against the dark arts teacher professor Quirrell. "Troll, in the dungeon, Threes a troll in the dungeon." He pronounced as he was heading to the headmasters chair. "I everyone should know" and then he passed out.
The entire Great hall was in panic, a Troll was unheard of roaming the school. "QUIET, now there is no need for alarm." Dumbledore had taken charge "I want all of you to head back to your Houses in an orderly fashion." Harry was happy that Dumbledore had taken control of the situation, but soon remembered Hermione had not been informed for she was still in the bathroom on the second floor.
Harry took off not caring for what happened when "Potter, where do you think you're going" Malfoy had caught him read handed. "Look Malfoy I'm going to save my friend, I don't expect you to come along." Harry knew that Malfoy was all too pleased with this. "But why would I let the head Family do this on his own, I have to accompany you at least to know your still alive after this Harry" Malfoy had Confused Harry
"You will help me safe someone you insulted just a week ago?" Harry thinking this was a joke but not complaining too much. "It's not a matter of who we save harry, it's the fact that I'm now technically your family protector, that is what the Malfoy family has done for generations." Malfoy talked with him in a calming manner.
After reaching the second floor on their own just in time to see a troll walk into what looked to be the girls Bathroom. "Merlin's… and we had to run into the giant troll. I swear potter if I get hurt from this I'm suing you for everything you have." Malfoy was scared.
"Don't worry I know some new spells from the family book that can help us here" Harry was trying to calm him down. "Now let's get in there before it finds…" at that point they both heard a female scream come from the bathroom. Not wasting time they both bolted into the bathroom to see a giant green wall of troll in their way.
Hermione was crouched in a stall trying to hide. The troll knew better and started smashing the stalls. "Luprintis" yelled as he swung his wand, a blue lighting bold had come out and smacked the troll on the head. This seemed to crab its attention. Harry was feeling better about this, and then the troll turned around and revealed a massive club in the other hand.
"Watch out" Draco had yelled as the club was starting to come down on the both of them. Harry was stunned; Malfoy had grabbed Harry by the robes and pulled Harry out of the way. "Snap out of it Potter" Draco was starting to lose any cool he had. Harry jumped up and shot another blue bolt at the troll.
"I don't think that working harry" Hermione was making herself known to the boys trying to save her. "Fine then let's try this, Ventos Vivis...hoof" harry was tackled by Malfoy to get him out of the way of another swing with a massive club, but that was not the worst of it. Harry had casted a spell that he did not know and the worst was it had hit Hermione dead in the chest.
With no time to spare Harry turned around and casted the spell he meant "Ventos Vivisolve" and the Troll stopped dead in his foot tracts. "Nice work potter, but might I ask what you did to it?" Malfoy seemed to be amused "I simply tuned his brain too much, kind of like putting it in a blen…" and then harry remembered the first one hit Hermione. "Oh! Shit"
Harry ran over the what looked to be an unconscious Hermione. He felt for a pulse, threw was one and Harry sighed in relief. After picking her up he turned to Draco "so I'm guessing you're heading to your House, and I will be staying here" Malfoy's Face lit up "and you take all the credit for saving the day? Not likely potter. This was both our doing."
