This is a Harry Potter & Familiar of Zero Cross Over Fanfiction Only.
If there was something we both agreed on we both didn't like the fact that we had to go all the way to King's Cross to board the school train. I mean for crying out loud, both Morgana and I live in the castle. Why in the world would we need to go all the way over there just to pretend we were the same as the other students?
As we got to the station and we saw that we weren't alone in our displeasure of the situation. We saw a woman having a hard time with several of her children, at least I think they were all her children since they all had the same flaming red hair she did.
"Now George, you will enter after barrier after Fred, and then I will enter with Ronnie here. Remember Ron to take a nice running start and don't stop till you are on the platform."
I saw the two guys that she called George and Fred and they had a shifty look about them. I decided to walk near them. I had no luggage since let's face it, mine was already in the castle. It would probably need to be moved after I got sorted but it was in the castle already. I will just have to apologize to the house elves when I get the chance.
I both looked at them and their mother, "Going to Hogwarts are we? Don't worry boys, the clown's college is still open for admissions." Both Fred and George began to laugh as I said that, their mother looked a bit embarrassed I said that.
"Oh, we tried to apply there first, but we didn't meet their high academic requirements, how about you?" I had to laugh as they turned my own joke against me. I had to admit I was going to have some fun on this trip, after all, Morgana was a laughing her head off inside the mark.
"Same thing happened to me, I couldn't pass their juggling exam and I also failed the woopie cushion part of the exams. Never had much of chance to practice either my pranking or my juggling growing up. The name is Harry James Potter and I already know both of yours, Fred and George, and your brother Ron, but who is the young lady hiding back there?"
That finally made almost the entire family laugh, I only said it to alleviate some of the tension they were feeling. "She would be my only daughter Ginevra, we like to call her Ginny and she is hiding because she has a little bit of a crush on you Harry. You are quite the hero for Magical England after all. My name is Molly Weasley."
"Are you also attending Hogwarts? My son Ronald here is too. Although if my two other son's grades don't improve I might have to consider your suggestion of sending them to clown college if their grades don't improve, they certainly love to clown around in our home."
As George left I could see the way they faked looks of utter shock at what their mother just said. They each ran through the barrier pretending to try and get away from her.
"Must be nice having a big family Mrs. Weasley, I had the experience of that for a little while. I guess you could consider how I grew up like having a big family too. Come on Ron, just hold on my arm I will help you get through the barrier."
He placed his hand on my arm and so did his mother as we all took a running start and got through the barrier. One the one side I thought it was a nice friendly gesture, on the other I could also see it as a nice way to start finding allies, being in battles was my life, and I knew that my war against the man who killed my parents was not over, not over by a long shot.
As we made it to the platform the red engine of the train was there. I rather travel using the nearby fireplace but then again there must be a reason why Dumbledore made me come this way.
"Harry where is your luggage?" I guess Ginny finally decided to ask me something. I couldn't hide my laughter as I heard the question. She hid behind her mother just as I looked at her.
"My luggage? I don't have any thanks for asking. I am an orphan after all. My clothes are already in the castle waiting for me to be sorted." Her mother looked rather sad that I said that, she placed her hand on my shoulder and smiled.
"I am sorry, we sort of forgot about that sad part of your history. Do you have somewhere to live? I think I could make room for you at our family home if you need it?" I smiled and I told her that would be appreciated but not necessary.
"You see Ginny, your brothers attend Hogwarts, and you may soon attend there, but that place is not just my school. I happen to live there. With that many ghosts, painting and fascinating people and creatures, I never get lonely there. Sorry for the misunderstanding."
Molly smiled as she placed the hand that was on me on Ginny as she slowly stopped hiding from me. "So you don't mind living in that drafty old castle? Isn't it cold?" Compared to how I grew up I actually was quite comfortable.
"Actually the castle is not that cold at all, it has wonderful chimneys, a vast library, and like I said you can always find someone to have an interesting conversation with. I have quite a few friends who just happen to be ghosts. Before I forget, Ron, if a poltergeist named Peeves gives you any trouble be sure to remind him of my name."
As I searched the compartments Draco and two other boys stood in my way. "Harry you should be careful with who you who choose to associate and be friends with. Some people might think less of you if you become friends with the son of the family of such blood traitors. The Weasley are as poor as they are many in number, I can help you make the right friends."
I looked at him and knew in a second there was an ulterior moment, I thanked Father for his guidance over the years as this proved him again correct. "Thanks for caring cousin, I think I can handle any trouble that comes my way. It is nice to see you care. Now if you will excuse me I got to find a compartment, I would advice you three to do the same."
I left and just a couple of door I saw someone who had bushy brown hair and she was reading a book. I decided to knock on the wall of the train compartment to gain her attention. "Excuse me, Miss, would you mind to share this compartment?" She looked at me and immediately smiled.
"I don't mind at all, it's just me a the moment. I was just reading a history book about our school to get a better feeling of the place. My name is Hermoine Granger. Might I know your name?"
I stepped inside and sat down. I felt a sudden movement from the mark of my hand and I saw Morgana come out and sit right on my lap. "I am Harry James Potter, and this sitting on my lap is my good friend and familiar Morgana."
"Hogwarts a magical history, a good book for some basic background knowledge. I would also suggest that you read the school charter and the treaties that were signed with the other Magical Nations. France, Germany, and Spain all signed treaties dealing with the education we will obtain at Hogwarts. If you plan to take a job in another nation, it would be best if you read them to be ready."
She immediately put down her book and smiled, "It is nice to see someone who takes their education as seriously as I do. Do you know a few spells? I know our current year materials by heart."
Morgana jumped up to my shoulder and rubbed her head against my cheek and peeked my right ear. I touched her head and she rubbed her head on my hand before she jumped down from my shoulder into a dive right into the mark on my hand.
I guess Morgana wanted to impress Hermoine. "I am a little different than most wizards, I don't use a wand. I got my ring to pretty much do the same thing. I just feel more comfortable since this ring I will always have with me. This world is not that safe, you must always be aware of your surroundings, constant vigilance."
A young man came into the compartment and he looked like he has been running up and down the entire corridor of the train. "Excuse me have you seen a toad? It's my pet, I haven't been able to find him."
I looked at him and began to smile, "Why don't you come in here and sit down, I think the lady with the food cart will be coming down the corridor pretty soon. I am Harry, and the young lady is Hermoine."
He came and sat down on my side of the compartment, "I am Neville, Neville Longbottom. Everyone know you are, everyone has been saying how the Boy Who Lived is on board. I heard that you were supposed to have a scar? But I don't see it. My toad is called Trevor I hope he comes jumping down the corridor soon."
I simply told him to open the door and I began to focus magic into my hand and my ring began to glow. "Accio Trevor." Out of nowhere, a fat looking toad began to float down the corridor and gently began to float till it was seated on my open hand.
I smiled as Neville took his pet from my hand. As I watched I realized he really cared about that toad. Must have raised him since he was a tadpole. "That is a summoning charm, that is not even in our year charms textbook. How did you manage to learn that?"
I smiled as I heard Hermoine say that, "It is simply Hermoine, knowledge is power. I decided to read any book I found interesting, so I decided to read past my current year. Like I said I am not what you expect from a typical wizard."
This made me gain two good friends, they both understood that being prepared and the way to becoming stronger was not just through physical effort, it was also by learning. We all agreed that if there ever was a place where we needed to learn and use that knowledge it would be in the school we were headed.
The thing that told Neville was when I looked into Trevor's memories and realized that he was not escaping out of boredom, the reason he escaped from Neville was that he was lured away from him by something that was both real and not magical. Trevor was hungry, and a certain young blonde fellow classmate felt that having Neville be humiliated by having him search frantically for his toad was a good way to get rid of his boredom.
Too bad for Draco he never learned the lesson I tried to teach him in that robe shop. I hate bullies, there is nothing that could ever happen that could change that. I was saddened to realize that my cousin was the perfect example of a bully, and I knew that I would have to keep making sure to never underestimate my cousin.
He had a jar full of flies just for this occasion, this bully was not only malicious in his act, he knew what Neville considered precious even before he boarded the train, he came actually prepared to pull off this malicious act. He was not just a bully, he was a methodical, and malicious enough to plan this act ahead of time.
"Neville next time make sure you feed Trevor before you leave your home. I get the feeling that the reason he left your hands is because he was hungry. If you ever can't find him again, it would help if you knew how to do the summoning charm. So how about it? Want to learn it by the time we get to the castle? It might be fun."
That is how I spent the rest of the trip on the train. I began teaching them the summoning charm, and sure enough, another person decided to come in when they heard we were practicing magic. It was not a typically dressed person, but then again I am not what you call typical either.
Turns out that one of the objects that Neville actually managed to summon was a rather underappreciated magazine, I had to admit they had been many copies of it in the library and I found the stories to be if anything to be hilarious.
As Neville managed to do the summoning charm the first thing he actually summoned was, in fact, the current edition of the Quibbler. Coming right after the magazine was none other that the daughter of the man who published the magazine. She had strange goggles on and several odd things in her hair, that is how I met my good friend and surrogate little sister, Luna.
"Would you mind returning my magazine? I see you were trying to do the summoning charm but why did you try and summon my magazine?"
Neville just pointed at me and smiled, "My friend Harry wanted to find the current edition of the Quibbler, according to him it would make the rest of the trip a lot more entertaining, according to him he has been trying to get a subscription to it, but for some odd reason the magazine doesn't have instruction on how to get a subscription."
She took the magazine and took off the goggles off as she looked at me with a very serious look. "Actually you can't subscribe to it. You win a subscription if you can find the secret message in the magazine and send it back to the publisher. My name is Luna Lovegood, I am the daughter of the man who publishes this magazine. Most people think we are insane, it's rather nice to meet a man who can appreciate my father's attempt to make the world a little brighter."
She looked at her magazine and asked me something I still found funny, "Did you find the secret message?" I couldn't help but laugh as she said that. I didn't get a chance to read it completely but I did find a rather interesting image in between two pages.
"Death loves to tickle the funny bone of a Thestral." It was an image hidden between the frames of two of the pages I only got to see it when to took the magazine for a second there.
Luna sat down with Hermoine who looked a bit confused. "So you have seen someone die? I was surprised you didn't think it looked like something that is scary."
I smiled and looked at her, "Actually Hogwarts has an entire flock of them, if the woods where they live weren't so dangerous I think more people would come to appreciate them as much as we do Luna. Have you ever seen a baby Thestral? They are so innocent and simply adorable aren't they?"
Luna began to smile and looked at me with a rather nice smile, "You are the only one outside my family that has ever said that about them. They are rather gentle creatures, you do surprise me, Mr. Potter. What would you say this says about you?"
I couldn't help but to laugh, "If it's only members of your family that like Thestrals, then I guess that means I am your surrogate brother. So how about it sis can I finish reading that sis? I was just getting to the joke section."
She handed me the magazine and that made both Neville and Hermoine laugh, "Why yes brother, I do happen to like this issues jokes, after all, I wrote them. Just give it back before we reach the castle. You want to read the next issue just tell me. "