Chapter 3: Meeting Harry Potter
The following morning, Alvar woke promptly at 5:30am. He got up and went to the 5th year boy's bathroom to get prepared for the day. Noticing that no one was up, Alvar grinned, happy that he would have the bathroom all to himself this morning. Once he took a shower he quickly put on his workout clothes, consisting of a pair of knee length silver basketball shorts and a white wife beater, and finally, a pair of running shoes.
Alvar quickly and quietly made his way past all of the other boys rooms and out through the common room entrance. He then got outside and began to stretch before going to take a look around the grounds. Alvar began jogging around the grounds. Along the way he saw the black lake with the giant squid bobbing at the top of the lake. As he made his way past the lake he soon came upon a small hut.
Alvar looked into the window but no one was there, he assumed that it was for the groundskeeper. He decided that that was enough for the day and doubled back to where he came from. He quickly entered back inside the Slytherin common room and noticed that no one was even up yet. He quickly made his way to the bathroom and took a nice quick cool shower to cool down before drying himself and getting dressed in his room.
He double checked his bag to make sure that he had everything that he needed and glanced at the alarm clock on his dresser. It was currently 6:30 so he assumed that people must be up by now. He made his way into the common room but surprisingly no one was there. He waited for another ten minutes until finally Daphne and Tracy came into the common room.
"Hey Alvar, ready for class?" Tracey smiled.
"Yes I am, by the way, why is no one up yet, I was surprised when I got up a little later than I normally do and yet no one was up."
"Surprise, surprise" Tracy muttered.
"Let me explain, most everyone in Slytherin is a Pureblood and most are bigoted hypocrites. They believe that everything should be handed to them and they like to keep up appearances. Looking less tired and showing up fashionably late is a part of that appearance." Daphne responded.
"Well let's head to the Great Hall now, I'm honestly quite curious as to what we will be learning. To tell the truth I feel that I will be quite disappointed." Alvar said sadly. He had been used to being quite far ahead and these classes will prove to be no challenge at all.
They made their way to the Great Hall while Tracy and Daphne filled Alvar in on all of the professors at the school. When they reached the Great Hall they quickly made their way to the Slytherin table. All of the other house tables were already beginning to fill up while the Slytherin table only had a handful of people with a few others slowly trickling in. Alvar, Daphne, and Tracy began filling their plates with scrambled eggs, bacon, breakfast sausages, kippers, and some fresh fruit. Soon after they began eating, the head of Slytherin house approached them.
"Well I must say that I am quite pleased to have you in my house Mr. Peverell. I believe that I will be able to expect you to do outstanding in all of your subjects." Professor Snape said coolly. "I will be looking forward to testing your knowledge in my class so that you can prove to be worthy of Slytherin.
Alvar eyed his head of house cautiously. "I look forward to your determining if your class will be of any use to me. I hope that you will prove to be worthy of being the head of the noble house of Slytherin."
Snape sneered at the arrogant child in front of him and roughly handed him his time table. He quietly handed Daphne and Tracey theirs as well and left swiftly with his black cloak billowing behind him muttering about their being another Potter at the school.
"Why would he think that you are like Potter?" Tracy questioned.
"Well, that's because myself and Potter are distantly related. The Potter family branched off from the Peverell family back in 584 when my family went into hiding." Alvar replied calmly.
"I apologize if you don't want to talk about it but I was just wondering how it's possible for you to be alive, the whole world believed the Peverell family to be dead." Daphne asked.
"I am the last living member of the Peverell family now that my father passed away 5 years ago. We were in hiding due to some… unfortunate circumstances. Since then, this is the first time that a member of the Peverell family has returned. Now let's see what classes we have" Alvar replied, trying to get away from the topic. There was no doubt that he would be questioned constantly about this but he will not give away his true mission to anyone yet.
Hogwarts Fifth Year Schedule
Alvar Peverell
Mondays & Wednesday: 9Am-10:30am Charms w/Gryffindor, 11am-12:30pm Transfiguration w/Ravenclaw, Lunch 12:30pm-1:30pm, 2pm-3:30pm Ancient Runes w/All
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 9Am-10:30am DADA w/Gryffindor, 11am-12:30pm Herbology w/Hufflepuff, 12:30pm-1:30pm Lunch, 2pm-3:30pm Arithmancy w/All
Fridays: 9Am-12pm Potions w/Gryffindor, 12pm-1pm Lunch 1:30pm-4:30pm History of Magic w/Ravenclaw, 11pm-1am Astronomy w/Hufflepuff
"Well let's finish quickly so we can get to charms class." Tracy said.
Right now Alvar was fairly excited as he normally was when he was when he was taught by his tutors but he easily hid his excitement behind a mask of indifference so that no one would get the wrong idea about him. The only reason he is here to finish his mission which has been passed down through the Peverell line. Once that is complete then he can leave. But still the thought of this new school with new challenges excited him.
When the three of them arrived in charms class, they quickly entered and took their seats off to the right and at the back. The class slowly trickled in with Gryffindors and Slytherins and then entered the boy he had been waiting for, Harry Potter. Harry entered the class with his two best friends, Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley. Alvar knew that Hermione was one of the top students at the school and exceptionally bright, although she was not very creative while Ronald was almost the exact opposite, not very bright but very creative if he puts forth an effort.
Alvar looked to Harry and as soon as he did the two of them locked eyes for a brief moment before Harry took his seat at the other end of the room. Soon all of the students had entered the class and Professor Flitwick came in and sat upon a tall stack of books in the middle of the classroom. He cheerfully welcomed the class and began his OWL warning speech. Alvar knew that he would have no trouble with his OWLs so instead he spent his time studying Harry but his attention was soon snapped back to the professor.
"Now class," Professor Flitwick began "today we will be reviewing some of the previous year's charms. Now I will be partnering everyone up and then the pairs will practice the spells together and against one another. Now here is the partnering: Dean Thomas and Millicent Bulstrode, Seamus Finnegan and Vincent Crabbe, Lavender Brown and Blaise Zabini, Parvati Patil and Gregory Goyle, Neville Longbottom and Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson and Theodore Nott, Ronald Weasley and Daphne Greengrass, Hermione Granger and Tracey Davis, and finally Harry Potter and Alvar Peverell."
All of the students moaned of having to be paired with those of other houses. Alvar made his way to a secluded corner in the class and Harry made his way over to him. But before they had a chance to speak Professor Flitwick announced "The charms that you will be going over are as follows: Wingardium Leviosa, Lumos, Incendio, Spongify, Skurge, Aresto Momentum, Cheering charm, Carpe Retractum, Glacius, Accio and finally Depulso. Now everyone get to work."
"Hello Harry, nice to meet you" Alvar said while extending out his hand.
Harry eyed him cautiously wondering why a Slytherin would show any kind of politeness to a Gryffindor. Harry accepted his hand and responded "Nice to meet you as well but why would a Slytherin show any kindness towards me?"
Alvar chuckled. How in the dark is he Alvar thought. "Well first off houses don't particularly mean much to be honest and second, were distantly related you and I"
Harry's eyes widened in shock at hearing this. He thought that the only family he had was the Dursleys and Sirius. "How are we related?" Harry asked.
"Well back in 584 when the Peverell family went into hiding, we created a few houses as branches of our main line, six of the eight houses are now gone but two remain, one of them being the Potter line."
"Which is the other one?"
"The Gaunt family."
Harry was once again shocked; he was technically related to Voldemort. But how could this be possible. He was completely stunned. Alvar continued.
"Now let's practice these charms and we can set up a meeting later with the Dumbledore to discuss this further."
Alvar then raised his wand. Alvar's wand was a wand that has been passed down through the Peverell family; it was custom made and chose Alvar to be its owner. It is 14.5 inches long, the wood is rosewood and it has a manticore hair core. The bottom of the handle has a sapphire the size of a large marble and the handle continues from it and the pattern on the handle has an ivy pattern going along it. Then the handle ends with a small bump in the wood. The shaft of the wand looks like two pieces of wood, twisting and curling around each other until it merges at the tip of the wand.
Before Harry had a chance to respond his feet were hit with the Spongify charm and he began to lightly bounce on the ground. Alvar lowered his wand and said "Tsk tsk Harry, if you plan on defeating Voldemort then you need to be on your toes at all times."
Alvar canceled the charm and allowed Harry to try. This continued on for the rest of the class until Professor Flitwick told everyone to stop and dismissed them. As they were leaving Alvar walked up to Harry.
"I assume that after dinner I will have a meeting with the Headmaster, you should come as well, just wait until I leave the Great Hall and follow me."
With that Alvar left with Tracey and Daphne leaving Harry to ponder all that he had learned today from this mysterious young man. The rest of the day continued on with more announcements on how difficult the OWLs will be and then the rest of the class being review. After Ancient Charms which Alvar had with Daphne and Tracey, the trio made their way to the library to complete their assigned homework.
Later at around 5:30 they made their way to dinner and sure enough, the Headmaster asked Alvar to meet him in his office once dinner was over. As Alvar left, Harry followed discretely behind as he made his way to the Headmasters office. Alvar waited for Harry and when they arrived, the gargoyle that guards the stairwell jumped to the side, allowing Alvar and Harry entrance. When they reached the top of the stairs, Alvar knocked on the Headmaster's door and hear a voice.
"Enter Alvar and Harry."