Maxville, Kansas

September 1, 2006

Sky High "Secret" Bus Stop

Harry, Hermione, and Ron waited together with Will and Layla at the bus stop to Sky High. It had been one of the best summers of their lives, and each of them had a wonderful memory that stuck in their minds. Harry's memory was getting a real party at the Paper Lantern instead of it just being him, his mom, and if he was lucky, Warren, splitting leftovers and watching Harry unwrap a present from his mom, and again, if he was lucky, a present from Warren. Layla, Hermione, Ron, Will, and Warren had surprised him this year. They even rented the room used for parties and he pushed in his own cake. Hero Support was there, too, not that Harry had minded. The best part was when Will and Ron brought in a puppy. A strangely big black puppy with shaggy hair, his mom seemed really horrified at the thought of it being in their apartment. Warren said if there was going to be a problem, Harry's dog could stay with him and his mother. Harry's mom then said it would be fine, as long as Harry walked and fed him and gave him a bath. Harry named his new dog Sirius, although he wasn't sure why.

Hermione's memory was when Ron and Harry flew her to the greatest library of secrets in the world, and she found out she could learn different languages just by touching a book in another language. She could now fluently speak Italian, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, and Latin. And that was just going through the top part of the library.

Ron's best summer memory was also his all time worst memory. He was finally let into the Secret Sanctum, only to be told he was adopted. His "parents" told him that they had always loved him like a son and had looked everywhere for his birth parents, but they just couldn't find a Weasley, no matter what continent they were on. The only reason they told them this was because they didn't know if he wanted to be known as a Stronghold or a Weasley in High School. His dad explained staying a Stronghold meant carrying on the family name. But this wasn't his family. Taking on his old name, his real name, meant being his own person and possibly finding his family in the future. Ron talked to Hermione and then Harry. Then he had his name official changed to Weasley.

And now summer ended and there the three fourteen year olds stood, talking about summer. The bus rolled up and all five got on.

Sky High School

Power Placement

Still September 1, 2005

Hermione was gripping tightly to Ron and Harry's hands as Coach Boomer called out pairs of threes to save the citizen. He was also calling out pairs of threes to be villains and she didn't want to be a villain. So when he pointed towards the three of them, despite her morals, she may have rigged what he said next.

"Granger! Potter! Weasley! You're up next as the hero's against!…" he took a look around the room. "Johnson! Maxwell! Riddle! You're the villains! Now go!" The three heroes huddled up to make a plan. Hermione could use her telekinesis to get

the 'citizen' off the hook, but Ron and Harry would need to distract the villains. They didn't think hard about who would hit them high and who would hit them low. Ron flew up in the air, while Harry transformed into a stag. On the other side, Bella Johnson was arguing with Jo Maxwell. Tom Riddle, however, had transformed into a snake and aimed his fangs for Harry. Seeing this, Ron dove for the snake tail, when a sudden searing pain filled his body. He fell on top of Harry. Suddenly a blast of energy left Harry's body and hit both Tom and Bella. Ron felt the pain leave him. He watched as Tom and the others hit an invisible barrier. He never felt so thankful for Hermione's powers. He look over at the citizen, then took off, shutting off the lights by mistake. When the lights came back on, Harry, Ron and Hermione stood side by side, holding up the citizen. Coach Boomer looked at the chart that measured their power. Then he gave them his final verdict.

"Potter! Weasley! Granger! Riddle! Johnson! Heros! Maxwell! Sidekick!" Jo Maxwell complained about how unfair this was, but Riddle and Johnson didn't care. They were too busy glaring at the three cheering heroes.

Harry had a strange feeling about Riddle. But he let it slide as he stood with his friends. Ron and Hermione were celebrating.

Then Hermione saw Jo's face and felt bad. What was her power anyway? Then Jo turned invisible and ran off. Hermione followed her thoughts to the library. She was upset, and didn't know how to tell her parents, generations of heroes, that she was a sidekick. Hermione looked at Coach Boom, unsure of what she was going to say, when his thoughts flooded into her mind. One thing stuck out in particular: NOW TESS WILL BE SORRY THAT SHE DIDN'T MARRY ME AND ENDED UP WITH THAT GOOD FOR NOTHING MATT MAXWELL INSTEAD.

"That isn't fair!" Hermione screamed at the top of her lungs.

"Side-what isn't fair, Granger?"

"You put Jo in hero support because you're in love with her mother and she doesn't love you back." Hermione stated matter-of-factly.

"How do you-I do not!"

"I'm telepathic. I can read thoughts, sometimes not by choice."

"Fine! Never reveal my thoughts again and Maxwell's a Hero! Deal?"

"Deal." Hermione then took off to tell Jo what had happened. Jo was overjoyed. Then it was time for lunch.

Layla was proud of what Hermione did after she explained what happened and why Jo was following her like a lost puppy. It was slightly annoying, actually, but at least Ron and Harry were enduring it with her.

"See? This is what I mean by making a difference!" Layla said happily as she hugged her sister.

"What about you, Red?" Will asked, using an old nickname of Ron's he hadn't used in years. Ron rolled his eyes.

"Turns out my power to turn off lights payed off after all. I'm a hero." Ron stuck out his tongue then said, "Harry's a hero too."

As the three got congratulations from the gang, a pain shot through Harry's scar. He never knew where he got it, but always liked it because it was shaped like a bolt of lightning.

"What's wrong Harry?" Ron asked.

"Nothing." Harry lied. "Just a headache."

When lunch ended, the pain went away. Tom Riddle was laughing in the bathroom. It really was Harry Potter. The boy who lived. And he had no idea who he really was. On the bathroom wall he wrote, in his own blood:

"LORD VOLDEMORT WILL RISE AGAIN"