Chapter 4

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Harry and his friends including his new friend Luna Lovegood were making their way off the train and towards the path to Hogwarts, during the trip Luna was telling the trio about her life growing up and how her mother had died of a accident from a potion explosion that would have affected Luna as she was in the same room but not in the explosion, just outside of it.

The potion was supposedly a mind potion of some sort and would have left her somewhat dazed and confused for the rest of her life if her Father had not arrived a few seconds after the accident and taken her mother's body and herself to St Mungo's Hospital (The Magical Hospital) for a medical check up and they had soon sorted the problem before it became too serious and now people think of her as weird because how her father writes and edits the Quibbler and the rumor of the explosion and accident.

The three now second years say goodbye to Luna and Harry asked Ginny who was with them to keep an eye on her during the sorting and Boat ride which she agrees on as the upper years go by carriages towards the school.

Upon walking towards on of the White Carriages of which at first seems to have nothing pulling them but Harry activates his glasses and changes them to detecting unseen objects and sees a sort of outline that looks like a horse in front of the carriages but nothing more so he thinks to look for some info in the Library while returning the books he got near the end of the School last year.

So the group get on the strange carriage as it moves towards the road to the school and while this happens Hermione asks "Where's Ron he wasn't on the Train or the Platform."

Harry nods at this as he did not see him either and wonders if Fred and George are responsible, this reminds him of the Map as he felt something like a magical object belonging to him when he talked to them in Flourish and Blotts making Harry wonder if it was found by the Twins it as it would explain some of their Pranks last year as they seemed to know exactly where their prank targets were and when to trap them.

He resolves to get the map from them once he gets into the Gryffindor Dorm and to his bed later on at night after the feast. Once the three students make it to the entrance to the school Harry steps inside and once he does he feels the same rush of magic he got on the train go through him but stronger and hears a voice in his head like the way Hedwig's way of speaking to him through mind link but more like he is getting wrapped up in a hug as he hears "Oh Noble heir you have returned oh praise the founders I can finally talk to you as I have been trying to for the moment you first came to me, Lady Hogwarts" Harry mentally replies "Wait you're the Castle, you can talk to me and you have been trying to contact me for a while now"which the Hogwarts replies "Oh yes, I do not know how I could not as I can speak to all heirs of the founders but I could speak to the other one besides you" Harry replies shocked "Wait who is the other as I think that I may know why you are having trouble."

So Harry opens his mind and shows her the crimes that the headmaster has done to him and about the blocks placed on him which he can guess interfered with the natural magic of communication between the Founders Heirs and the Castle, He hears a low growl come from the female being and mild cursing about the Headmaster some of which Harry thinks of to use for later as he then hears the women say "Come to the Room of Requirement on the seventh floor in front of the portrait of a man dancing with trolls and walk three times back and forth while thinking 'I need to speak to the Lady of the Castle' and a door will appear, we will talk later once you are free to do so until then goodbye my child."

When Harry returns from his mental discussion he is in front of the doors with his friends who are about to step into the Great Hall and when they do so they make their way towards their table as Harry watches the stares he gets over his appearance especially the older years female side of the student population who eye him up like a new toy which makes him shiver unpleasantly.

Once they sit down Harry greets everyone but gets weird stares and Dean Thomas asks "Who are you and what are you doing here" Harry looks to his sides and can see his friends fighting laughter over the stares and confused look of his other house-mates so Harry says in a low whisper like voice that everyone can still hear and a mysterious tone that nearly sends his friends into hysterics at the fact everyone is leaning in to get the answer but they hold out as much as they can but it looks like the Weasely twins are failing so Harry says with more mystery "I am...(dramatic pause followed by deep drum beat that gets faster till it stops suddenly)... Harry Potter pleased to meet you" his voice changes to a happy and cheerful tone immediately after his dramatic pause and the shocked jaw hanging looks just set the friends off as they collapse into mad laughter and are holding each other so they do not fall off their seats and are banging their hands on the table and after a while they calm down.

This snaps the bewildered students out of their daze as Dean asks "Is that really you Harry cause you look" he lets it hang their as he cannot find the right words to describe Harry's appearance and neither can the others in the Hall as they were just as much bewildered as the Gryffindor's and Harry stood up and said to all "Yes I am Harry Potter and for any answers to how I look different I just was tired of being a small skinny guy and I wanted to look better and not so scrawny so thank you" Harry sat down and everyone got over the shock but he was still getting stares but he shrugged this off and heard the girl Lavender Brown say "Wow Harry you are gorgeous can I know your secret" Harry nods and leans into her ear while he says in a husky low voice "Sure I can even give you Private lessons" which make the curious girl go pink in embarrassment.

Harry loses it after that and laughs wildly while the twins give an "Alright Harry" in congratulation but Hermione has a frown on her face for some reason which Harry cannot ignore so with hidden humour Harry leans in and says in the same tone but in a teasing way he used before to Lavender "I will be sure to give you those lessons first my dear" which make Hermione squeak and blush like a red traffic light therefore forgetting being cross with him, this makes Neville give a thumbs up to Harry on dealing with Hermione.

They were all interrupted from their fun by a tall old man with a long white beard at the end of the Hall standing up at a podium in-front of the teachers table, the old man had a crooked nose as if it was broken twice and half-mooned spectacles along with a long purple robes and a golden hat.

This man was Albus Dumbledore, The Headmaster of the School who began his speech "Welcome students to another year at Hogwarts as we begin by sorting those new to Hogwarts and its people" as he says this Professor McGonagall opens the Hallway doors and leads the first years towards an old stool that appeared magically along with a old hat and as the new first years make their way towards it the Hat begins to sing.

(Don't know what to put for song as there was not one so just imagine one describing the Hats job and the Founders Houses Description and Values).

The School students clapped to the song and the sorting began but Harry only pays attention to Luna and Ginny as Luna goes into Ravenclaw, Harry gives her a wink and thumbs up when she passes by to go to the right table and Ginny goes to Gryffindor and sits beside the her brothers Fred and George Weasley.

Dumbledore then stands up and announces who the new defence teacher is as Harry begins plotting of how to get even with the idiot for the stunt in the book store along with him seeing Hermione swooning at him. He smiles at the diabolical ideas and pranks he thinks up on making him show a large smirk on his face that McGonagall notices with a pale face at when she remembers who used to have that smile and thinks "Oh no another one."

But we return to Dumbles who starts by explaining the school rules for the students especially the twins who look back innocently but their eyes shine with glee at disobeying of said rules.

The old man waves his hand and the feast starts with the food appearing magically on the tables and once the students are settled they begin talking while Harry plans for some major pranks for Locktwat and the grease hairball along with the candy sucking old man and these make Harry smile even more widely and makes McGonagall even more pale and when a curious Snape follows her line of vision he begins to look like he is about to crap himself at the smile as old images of pranks and tortures resurface in the man's mind and the old man is frowning at the smile as if his pet is not doing as if he is told (A/N: Man is he way off about that).

Once the feast is nearing its end the prefects begin telling the first years to follow them to the dorms and Harry calls Luna over to him before she leaves and says while bringing out a bracelet "Luna if you need me or want any help all you have to do is stroke this with your thumb and I will know where you are and how you are so I can find you" Luna gives Harry a wide smile and a quick hug for thanks of being protective of her.

Once Harry waves bye to the little girl he follows his friends waiting for him to go to their dorms and on the way Hermione asks curiously "What did you give Luna Harry and why did she hug you" Harry explains that it is a bracelet that he bought at a Magical Jewellery store in Diagon Alley the day he went with Remus for shopping and it was just a small gift for Luna getting into Ravenclaw.

This was of course a ruse as he made those himself while in Briarwood and gave them to Udonna, Claire and the gang at the store all in different colours (guess which ones) which appeased her for now as she looks like she is about to go into her bossy research mode but Harry stops her by saying "You might wanna wait before you go speeding towards the Library as they were done by a Goblin Jeweler near Gringotts and there may not be a book about it except in the restricted section and you know what happened their right" Hermione blushes and mumbles about it being interesting and boys who are being a Smart Alec to which Harry and Neville laugh about and reach the common room after giving the password that Hermione told them of during their journey to the Gryffindor tower, they all head up to their beds separately.

As Harry and Neville go to their new dorm, they see that their dorms are separated by two people per room which Neville seems Happy about when he sees the name plate on the entrance to the bedroom saying 'Longbottom and Potter' to which Harry understands and appreciates as Ron would snore like a foghorn if he was with either of them.

This also gets the traitor away from Harry and make a new start with Neville and away from certain spies and Harry suspects Hogwarts doing this so as to give Harry more rest and privacy and as they get ready for bed Harry mentally says "Thank you my Lady" and hears back in his head "Your welcome my child and remember about the other one I could not contact" to which Harry replies "Yes who is it?"

Hogwarts says back "It is the one with you at the moment, The one who you wish to befriend" Harry says "Should I bring him with me later tomorrow to the Room of Requirement to meet you and teach him all that I know and help him train" she says back "Yes you should but be vigilant as I sense the old fool will stop you somehow and remember to get the map tomorrow morning before you plan your grand return as a Marauder heir."

Harry can sense the smile and humor coming from Lady Hogwarts as he says back "Will do" and they cut off their mental connection as Harry and Neville go to sleep and get ready for tomorrow as classes start in the morning so they both drift off to sleep with Harry preparing for his Grand Introduction tomorrow.


I hope that you found the chapter much easier to read after I edited and fixed my mistakes and if you have any other tips or advice I would be glad to hear from it.