I don't own Harry Potter at all

A/N: had this idea and though why not. Merlin teaching Harry early along with others too. Warning this might not too much sense to some since this is sort of a prologue to the story. Harry/Hermione and Neville/Susan.

Harry Potter and the Merlin Intervention

By: Sheltie

Eleven-year-old Harry Potter smiled up at the castle that would be his home for the next seven years. He had walked in through Hogsmeade instead of the train like most students. He didn't take the boats like all first years did.

"Are you ready, Harry?"

"Always, love" Harry said smiling.

Harry took the hand of the person beside him and kissed their hand. The person smiled back then looked down to her left hand where a glint of gold was spotted. Harry looked around him and smiled. Surrounding Harry were a small group of friends that he trusted and they were ready for what would be the most exciting year Hogwarts will ever have.

"Well, enough standing around here, shall we" Harry said.

The group walked in and the doors opened.

/Scene Break/

The Great Hall was loud and noisy as the students waited for the first years to be sorted. Up at the head table Dumbledore sat beaming at the students chatting away. He had many plans for a certain new student and couldn't wait to get started. The sorting went smoothly, but Dumbledore frowned when the name he was hoping for wasn't called. Murmurs were heard and speculation was already beginning. When the sorting was done Dumbledore stood to speak, but before he could utter his first words the doors of the Great Hall burst open.

"Sorry we're late!"

Every student and staff member was shocked to find a grinning Harry Potter standing there. Harry and the people with him marched forward ignoring the looks they were getting. The people with Harry were dressed in black traveling cloaks with the hood covering their faces. Once they got to the front of the hall Harry turned to the stern looking teacher.

"Professor McGonagall, I believe we need to be sorted" Harry said pleasantly.

McGonagall jumped out of her seat and conjured a stool as the sorting hat appeared from out of thin air to land on the newly conjured stool.

"Well about time Potter, I've been waiting" the hat said aloud.

"Sorry Elijah, but you know how I love to make an entrance," Harry said smirking.

Elijah chuckled.

"That you do. Now, where should I place you all?" the hat said.

"You know where Elijah" the person beside Harry said.

"As you wish my lady" Elijah said as he crinkled its point like it was bowing.

Suddenly a new table appeared in the hall. This table was smaller than the rest of them in the hall and only had enough spots for the group.

"Your table awaits" Elijah said.

"Thank you Elijah, have a good year" Harry said.

"That I will, my lord" Elijah said bowing again.

Elijah disappeared and the stool vanished too. Harry and his friends went to their table and sat down.

Dumbledore was speechless, never had this ever-happened in Hogwarts. A group of students, first years no less appear after the sorting and are sorted without even trying the hat on. Not to mention the fact that they are placed in none of the four houses, but at a new table. He had to think on this, but not now. He began his usual speech welcoming the new students to Hogwarts and greeting the returning ones.

After the speech the feast began.

Harry and those with him ate and didn't even look around the hall. If they did then they'd see many eyes looking at them and wondering who they were. Since Harry Potter was the only one that had his hood off. The only other person they had a clue about was the one sitting to Harry's left. She was female from the sound of her voice.

After the feast Dumbledore rose and told the students to stay away from the third floor corridor and a few other reminders that the older students should know by now. His last note was asking Harry to come to his office. After that the students left to head to their dorms leaving Harry and his group alone.

"Well, I guess we're off to see the wizard" Harry said.

Giggles and chuckles were heard when Harry said this.

"Mr. Potter, I'm here to escort you to the headmaster's office" McGonagall said.

"Alright, lets get going" Harry said standing up.

The others followed suit.

"Mr. Potter, the headmaster requested just you" McGonagall said.

"Sorry professor, but where I go, so do my friends, and besides he didn't say that I couldn't bring anyone else" Harry said.

McGonagall didn't know what to say. She wanted to reprimand Harry for his cheek, but found that she couldn't. The boy had a point.

"Very well, follow me" she said.

Harry and his friends followed McGonagall to the headmaster's office. She said the password then left them.

"Alright, shields up" Harry said.

They climbed the steps to the office and waited at the door to be let in. Once allowed entry they stepped into the office. Dumbledore was sitting behind his desk. He wore a frown on his face when he saw that Harry wasn't alone.

"Harry, I asked to just see you," the headmaster said in a disapproving tone.

"Sorry sir, but I don't go anywhere without my friends by my side" Harry said.

"Very well then, take a seat," Dumbledore said.

Harry sighed and looked at his companion on his left and they both took out their wands. With synchronized waves of their wands the chairs in front of them changed to three loveseats that curved inwards so they would all face the headmaster as well as each other. Harry took the middle loveseat with his companion on his left sitting next to him. The four others arranged themselves into the other two loveseats.

Dumbledore was amazed at the skill that Harry and this unidentified magic user used. That was advanced magic, especially for two first years.

"Now Harry, I want to know why you weren't on the train like every other student and what just happened in the Great Hall" Dumbledore said.

"What business is it of yours?" Harry asked.

Dumbledore frowned, "I am your magical guardian Harry that means I have legal control over you until you come of age."

"You're behind on the times old man" Harry said.

Dumbledore frowned.

"What do you mean Harry?" he asked.

"Well, I'm emancipated that means I have no need for a magical guardian" Harry said, "oh, and I prefer if you don't address by my first name since we don't really know one another. I am just a student after all."

Dumbledore paled slightly. He was afraid of this that he barely heard what Harry said afterwards.

"Well, if that's all you wanted to talk to me about then we should get going" Harry said as he got up.

Dumbledore was still too stunned to even say a thing. So Harry and his group left.

Once in the hallway the group burst out laughing.

"That was brilliant!"

"Absolutely, we've got to get this memory into a Pensieve quick so I can watch his face again."

"Bloody priceless!"

Harry and crew wandered down the hall until they reached a part of the castle that doesn't see much use.

"So this is where our quarters will be?" one of them asked.

"Yep, Hogwarts picked it herself" Harry said smiling.

In front of them was a large portrait of a raven, a badger, a snake, and a lion. All of them were sitting on their own throne.

"Greeting Harry Potter and friends" the raven said.

"Hello Raven" Harry said pleasantly.

The raven in the portrait rolled its eyes.

"Raven?" one of Harry's friends asked.

"Yeah, don't ask me why that's its name, but it is" Harry said with a shrug.

"Rowena was a bit drunk when she named me," Raven muttered sullenly.

"Drunk?"

"Yes, now, can we move on" Raven said impatiently.

"Alright, well you know who I am, but the one standing beside me is my lovely girlfriend and betrothed Hermione Granger" Harry said taking hold of the hand of the person standing on his left as she removed her hood, "the one on my right is my best mate and comrade in arms Neville Longbottom," Harry said tipping his head to the cloaked person, who removed his hood on the right, "behind me are my other friends and comrades Luna Lovegood, Susan Bones, and Daphne Greengrass" Harry said as the three behind him removed their hoods.

Luna had pale blond hair that went down to the middle of her back and large blue-gray eyes that had a misty quality to them. Susan had long red hair that was done in a plait and her eyes were sharp crystal blue color. Daphne had blond hair like Luna, but shoulder length and it was shiny with many natural highlights that could be used in shampoo commercials and her eyes were grey and stormy. Neville had mousy brown hair and sharp brown eyes. And Hermione had bushy/curly brown hair that went down to her shoulders and had sparkling intelligent brown eyes.

"Nice to meet all of you, you may enter" Raven said.

The portrait opened and the group headed in. Once inside they relaxed on the various seats near the fire. Each of them took off their cloaks.

"Glad to have this off, it's a bit hot" Susan said shrugging her cloak off and putting it on the chair before sitting.

"Yeah, well you're the one that didn't go shopping with us when asked" Daphne said.

"Hey, I was busy, remember" Susan said snappishly.

"You were just playing that board game with Neville" Daphne said smirking.

"So, I was busy" Susan said still defending herself.

"Come on now you two, Daphne, must you keep teasing Susan about that" Harry said smiling.

"What, it's funny" Daphne said smiling too.

Harry sighed, Daphne loved to tease Susan about her supposed feelings for Neville. It was humorous at times.

"Come on, we better get to bed, we traveled a great distance to be here" Hermione said.

"Yes, dear" Harry said.

The others laughed at this as Hermione shot a glare at Harry.

They got upstairs and found they each had their own room with their name on the door.

"Looks like Hogwarts spared no expense" Neville quipped.

/Scene Break/

The next morning Harry and his friends met with one another in their common room. They were wearing unique robes that weren't standard Hogwarts robes. Their robes were quite stylish with several crests on the left lapel.

"Did you all have a good night's rest?" Harry asked.

"Yeah, the bed was great" Neville said.

"The rooms were quite nice too," Susan said.

Luna just smiled and Daphne yawned.

"Well that's good, let's get to the Great Hall" Harry said.

They all took their positions with Harry and Hermione leading followed by Susan and Neville then bring up the rear was Luna and Daphne and with that they left their quarters. When they got to the Great Hall they found that the hall was only somewhat full as it was still a bit early. The group headed to their table and as they did everyone in the hall got a look at who Harry's other companions were.

"Mr. Potter, since you weren't sorted into any of the houses we have yet figured out a schedule for you and the others" McGonagall said.

"That's alright professor, we have one right here" Hermione said pulling a piece of parchment from her pocket.

McGonagall looked it over and saw nothing she had to change. She nodded and handed the parchment back to Hermione.

"Very well" she said and left.

"How'd you get a schedule done so fast, we never had the time?" Susan asked as soon as McGonagall was gone.

"Hogwarts" Hermione answered simply.

Susan looked ready to say something, but Neville took her hand and when she looked at him he just shook his head. That ended the debate that never really started. The group ate and chatted a bit about what classes they had. They ignored the stares they were getting and when it was time for classes they headed off with Harry leading the way with Hermione by his side.

Their first class was Charms. It was taught by what Harry thought was a wizard who probably had some goblin blood in his ancestry. The teacher was quite energetic and when he called Harry's name off the roster he fell off the tower of books he was standing on. After that the class went smoothly. Their next class was Transfiguration. They found seats close to the front of the room. Time past and soon most of the students were seated when in came a redhead with two other boys following him.

"Whew, lucky the teacher isn't here or we'd be in trouble" one of the boys said.

"Yeah, I heard McGonagall is strict" the redhead said panting slightly.

The cat that was sitting on the desk since Harry and his group came in jumped from the table and turned into the professor. This shocked the entire class. After a light scolding by the professor the three boys sat down and the professor got on with the lesson. She drilled into them that she wouldn't take any funny business in her class and anyone who makes trouble will be shown the door. After the lesson Harry and his group went to lunch.

"Well that was fun" Harry said.

"Yeah, it looks like we have some good teachers" Hermione said.

"It's still early and we don't know how the rest of the professors will be," Daphne said.

"Daph's right, besides I heard that the potions teacher is a bloody bastard" Neville said.

"Neville, language" three of the girls chided.

This made them all crack up in laughter, which of course caused more eyes looking at them.

After lunch was potions, that's when the real excitement began. After the greasy haired teacher did roll call he quizzed Harry on many things with Harry answering each one correctly. The greasy one then tried to take points off of Harry, but couldn't since Harry wasn't in any of the four houses. And there was no hourglass counter for them.

"Detention Potter" the greasy one said.

"What for sir?" Harry asked.

The greasy one swept off with his cloak billowing and began the lesson. Cauldrons soon began to explode leaving the greasy one to take points off, but Harry and his group prepared perfect potions. The greasy one took them, but claim they were cheating and tried to deduct more points only to realize once again that they weren't in a house. This of course infuriated the greasy one. Once class was let out Harry and his group along and finished the day and soon they were back in their quarters.

"Man, that was an interesting first day" Neville said plopping down on the couch.

"You said it Neville" Susan said plopping down next to Neville and resting her head on his shoulder.

"Well it is nice to relax some and review the day" Hermione said.

There were groans heard, but they all sat up.

"Come on, we must do this" Hermione urged.

"Later Hermione, we're tired" Daphne said.

Hermione put her hands on her hips and glared at her friends.

"Easy there Hermione, we'll do it, but why don't we do it after dinner" Neville said trying to placate his friend.

Hermione huffed, but nodded her head.

"Fine, but after dinner" she said firmly.

The others knew that they had to agree or they'd never hear the end of it. So they agreed though reluctantly.

/Scene Break/

Dinner was fine for the group as they chatted away about stuff not dealing with school. They talked about times before Hogwarts and laughed at the funny stories. Soon it was time to head back to their quarters and once there Hermione had them ready for their reports.

"Well so far I don't see us doing anything different. We still need to get the lay of the land here before we start doing anything rash. I also think we should look for allies here so we have more resources available" Daphne said.

"I agree with Daph, we need more time to get situated here," Neville said with a nod.

Susan and Luna nodded in agreement.

"That sounds good. So the plan is to not do anything yet until we have a better lay of the land and know who the players are" Harry said.

Everyone nodded.

"What do you think Hermione?" Harry asked.

"I think we've got a plan," Hermione said nodding her head.

"Well, I better go to that detention that I've got with Mr. Greasy" Harry said getting up.

The others nodded.

"Be careful Harry" Hermione said.

"No sweat" Harry said with a grin.

Hermione sighed and shook her head.

/Scene Break/

Harry made his way to the dungeons where he'd serve his detention and found the greasy one. He knocked on the door.

"Come in."

Harry entered to find the greasy one sneering at him.

"Good evening sir" Harry said.

"Sit down Potter" the greasy one said.

"Yes sir" Harry said and sat down at a desk.

"You will be sorting all of my potion supplies by hand Potter" the greasy one sneered.

Harry just shrugged and got to work. The greasy one just kept glaring and sneering at him. Harry just ignored him. It was late when Harry finished and let go. When he got back Hermione was still awake waiting for him. She had a book open and reading until she heard the portrait open to admit Harry.

"So what happened?" Hermione asked.

"Nothing much, the greasy idiot just made me sort his potion ingredients by hand. I think he mixed them up so it would take so long," Harry said.

Hermione frowned, "what should we do about it?"

"Not sure right now, but lets get to bed, we have a long day tomorrow" Harry said.

Hermione nodded and followed Harry up the stairs.

/Scene Break/

The next several days Harry and his friends got used to the castle they explored what they could of it and even mapped it out. While the group was doing that everyone else in the castle were watching them with curiosity. Harry ignored them the best he could, but they annoyed him. He hated to be stared at. Especially a certain redhead that wouldn't take the hint that he didn't want to be his friend.

"For the last time Weasley, leave me alone" Harry said trying to hold back his anger.

"Come on Harry, I'm your mate" the thick redhead said.

"No, you are not. That title belongs to Neville" Harry said.

"Longbottom, he's a squib," the thick redhead said obliviously.

Harry had to fight the urge to hex the idiot for insulting his friend, but he stood firm.

"Come on Harry, let's play some chess," the thick redhead said grabbing Harry's arm.

"I told you to leave me alone Weasley, what part of that doesn't penetrate that thick skull of yours" Harry said wrenching his arm out of the redhead's grip.

"Come on Harry" the thick redhead said.

"Oh will you shut it Weasley."

Harry was relieved upon hearing one of his friends. He turned to find Daphne and Susan.

"Hey you two" he greeted.

"Hi Harry" Susan said with a smile.

"What are you two doing here, and quit bothering my mate," the thick redhead said rudely.

"I think you're the one bothering Harry. Harry, would mind if we take care of him?" Daphne asked.

"Be my guest, but please don't go overboard" Harry said.

Daphne nodded and pulled out her wand. Susan followed suit. Soon you heard screams and the thick redhead was stuck to the wall without any clothes on.

They walked away feeling like they taught the redhead a lesson.

"Uhg, that's a horrible image, I'm going need to Obliviate myself," Susan said shaking her head.

"You said it, that has got to be the ugliest thing I ever saw" Daphne said with a look of disgust evident on her face.

"I don't know, remember that mummy we fought a few years ago" Harry said walking in-between the two girls.

"Don't remind me, I had to burn those robes I was wearing. I couldn't get that smell out," Susan said shivering.

"You were lucky, that thing kissed me," Daphne said making a look of disgust.

Harry just laughed, which made the two girls glare at him.

Later when they were back in their quarters both girls attacked Harry and proceeded to tickle the living daylights out of him. It was when Hermione came in that's when they stopped.

"What did my dear betroth do this time to warrant such a brutal attack?" Hermione asked curiously.

"He made us remember the fight we had with that mummy," Susan said.

"He did, now how did this come about?" Hermione asked now with an arched eyebrow.

Susan, Daphne and Harry told Hermione about the thing with a certain redhead.

"I see, well I think you've been punished enough Harry, and I hope you've learned your lesson" Hermione said firmly.

"Yes ma'am, I have" Harry said.

"Good, now we'll just have to see what the backlash will be" Hermione said.

The backlash didn't take long since McGonagall was at their door asking to come in. Once inside McGonagall started on lecturing them about using spells in the halls and using magic against a fellow classmate. The three took the lecture and when she was finished they told their side of it. Their side sounded more plausible to McGonagall than what the thick redhead told her. But she still had to punish them. When she left they felt satisfied.

A/N: well this one will need some explaining mainly since this is kind of the prologue to it all.