Harry Black nee Potter was nervous. His stomach was doing flips and he felt as if he was going to throw up. He was sweating, he was sure of it. Harry was wondering how Draco, standing next to him looked as if he wasn't nervous. Draco Black nee Malfoy was his brother in all but blood, which he was sure they were related in some way. Most pureblood and half-blood families are, he had said. Draco was the smarter of the two, but Harry wasn't dim witted either. Harry was also the one to think things out before acting. Draco had the power in his family, being older than him, with more stance to threaten people with, but while Draco would outright threaten, Harry would rather be more subtle, more conniving you could say. One of the most alike things they shared would be that they would be lost without the other.
"What do you think it's going to be like?" Harry asked his brother for what felt like the hundredth time that day.
"If you will just wait, maybe you could find out for yourselves, since you never seem to be able to listen to me" Narcissa drawled behind them. Harry blushed. Okay, so maybe he didn't listen as much as he should have, but he was just doing better and more important things. He had to make sure to build up his occlumency walls as well as make sure he read a bit too. He may have come from a half-blood family and raised in a pureblood home, but he still didn't want to seem like he didn't know anything. According to his mother, he was going to be a womanizer at Hogwarts, although her opinion was to be taken with a grain of salt, as she was obligated to say things like that as his adopted mother. He couldn't deny the fact that he wasn't scrawny, but he wasn't any Draco, who was more attractive than he.
"Is it true that there are actual ghosts at Hogwarts mum?" Draco asked with a look of barely concealed excitement on his face.
His mum sighed. "Yes, but some are quite the pain. Like Peeves, he's a poltergeist. He tends to cause trouble, so you best stay away from him." The two boys exchanged looks. They were going to do the exact opposite. They were always troublemakers, with pranks that didn't harm anyone, at least most of the time. His mum caught the look and sighed. Harry knew that Narcissa wasn't his actual mum, that his real mum had been killed when he was only a year old along with his dad, but Narcissa was the closest to his mother that he had. Besides, he still visited his parents' graves every Halloween. They always honored their memory, although that didn't stop the boys to play a few pranks on Halloween. His mum wasn't very happy about it, but she did nothing to stop it. Harry secretly believed that she liked them. They turned the corner of Kings Cross to see the Weasley family. They were talking loudly about muggles and the platform. Harry and his 'family' walked straight past them and onto the platform with only one comment from Narcissa. They hurried to put their trunks on the train, then went out to say goodbye to their mother. Harry let Draco hug her first as he was more embarrassed about showing affection with many people around. Draco hugged their mother tightly, saying goodbye, then Harry stepped up and pulled Narcissa into a hug. No words were needed for him and Narcissa. They broke apart and she spoke to the both of them.
"As much as I would love to have you home all year, I do not want to hear that in the first week of school you've wounded someone with one of your pranks and got suspended, okay?" Both boys nodded. "You have everything?" Harry went over his mental list and responded in the affirmative after Draco did. "I'll send you both sweets at least once a month, okay? I love you boys!" They both nodded and said they loved her too, then headed into the train, both having tears in their eyes. The boys found a compartment and they both pulled out a book to read as the train lurched to a start and they began their vast journey to where they would spend their next seven years.