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1. Chapter 1: A Shift in Fate2. Chapter 2: Diagon Alley3. AN: PLEASE READ4. Chapter 3: Hogwarts Express and the Hat5. Chapter 5: Facing Yourself and Magical P6. Chapter 6: AN

Rated: M - English - Fantasy/Adventure - Reviews: 35 - Published: 12-27-10 - Updated: 07-14-11

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'This represents Inner Persona Talk'

Chapter Four: Facing Yourself and Magical Politics

Last Time

"Difficult, very difficult, plenty of courage, I see. Not a bad mind either. There's talent, oh my goodness, yes — and a nice thirst to prove yourself, now that's interesting. . . . So where shall I put you?" The Hat mused "I suppose the best house for you would be..."

And now the moment you have been waiting for...

"SLYTHERIN!" The hat shouted to the Hall that had been waiting in baited breath. The Slytherin table erupted into massive cheers whistles and ground stomping as the rest of the houses seemed a bit put out that Jade wasn't sorted into their house.

'Great, more leeches.' Jade thought irritably as she ignored the many places that were quickly being made and plopped herself down beside Ryu "I swear," She groaned "I think they're just happy I'm here because I'm a celebrity."

Ryu grimaced in sympathy as he patted her shoulder reassuringly as Dumbledore stood up after Zabini; Blaise was sorted into Slytherin "Welcome," Dumbledore greeted "Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet I would like to say a few words. And they are: Nitwit, Blubber, Oddment, and Tweak! Thank you, enjoy your dinner."

Both Ryu and Jade had trouble suppressing their snorts of laughter "Few eggs short of a basket isn't he?" Ryu asked sceptically.

A blond haired purple eyed girl a few inches taller than Jade that sat across from them shrugged "Dad always said Dumbledore was an odd one," She explained as she loaded her plate with the food that appeared "Ingenious, but definitely odd. My names Daphne Greengrass by the way."

"Ryu Hisanaga." Ryu greeted absently as he eyed the appearing food with a grin.

Daphne looked to Jade with a raised eyebrow as Jade sighed and rolled her head "Jade Potter," She greeted with a slight smile grabbing a plate of steaks and loading some on "But everyone knows that."

Daphne snorted at the annoyance in Jade's tone as the girl beside her giggled slightly "I'm Tracey Davis," The girl greeted, she was the same height as Jade with black hair and blue eyes "And don't worry, me and Daph, here could care less about who you are, the whole thing was over blown I think, might have miscast the spell somehow."

Jade grinned widely at the two girls "Then we'll get along just fine," She assured "You two are born Wizards right? Then what was it like growing up as one?"

Daphne shrugged "Boring," She declared "Proper etiquette this, proper etiquette that."

Tracey laughed slightly "Her family is one of the Ancient Houses," She explained for Jade and Ryu "They've been drilling stuff like that into her for quite a while, actually I was lucky, I'm considered a 'Half-breed', my Mom's a Muggle while my dad was a Wizard, mom was pretty shocked when Dad told her, he waited until they were married to tell her too."

Ryu snorted in amusement while Jade giggled "So you're a Muggleborn?" Daphne asked Ryu who nodded "My Dad is muggle," Ryu explained "He adopted me and as far as we could find out about my family they were not magical."

Daphne and Tracey shared a worried glance with each other "You'll want to watch your back then," Daphne warned "Slytherins have mostly believed that only the purebloods should be sorted into their house, Half-bloods are orchestrated... but a Muggleborn."

Ryu snorted ate some steak "They won't find me an easy target," He declared grinning "If they try anything they might just earn a broken bone or two."

"Still watch your back, they will not like you in Slytherin," Tracey said and sighed "I'll be getting some flak too because of my heritage of being a Half-blood."

"Then perhaps we shouldn't make ourselves an easy target," Ryu suggested "After all, the 'bully' mentality type of people do not like targeting larger groups of people."

"True and they'll be slightly more hesitant if I'm with you as I am the eldest daughter of one of the Heads of the Ancient houses and Jade, I know you're going to hate me saying this, but if you play your cards right they'll definitely leave you be with your celebrity status as well as the Potter's being an Ancient House as well."

"Wait, the Potter's are an Ancient House as well?" Jade asked in confusion "I mean I know my parents were rich..."

Daphne stared at Jade "No one told you?" She asked in shock "The Potter's are the only surviving descendants of Gryffindor."

Jade stared at the blond across from her in shock before groaned and slamming her head into the table "Great, just what I need more fame." She groaned in misery.

"That's not it Jade," Daphne said in worry "Your magical guardian should have told you about your heritage before you started school, this is major and can be seen as an offense in Wizarding law! Do you know who your Magical Guardian is?"

Jade shook her head "No, I was left in the 'care' of my aunt and uncle before Ryu and Sean got me out of there," She explained "And those bitches and bastards hated everything not 'normal'."

Ryu snorted "Like having a killer whale sized son is normal." He growled in slight anger "How they can be related to you I have no clue Jade."

Jade shrugged with a scowl of her own "So you're saying that somebody has by gypping me of info and my heritage?" She asked Daphne for confirmation who nodded "Fucking hell. Why does this bullshit happen me?"

Ryu rubbed her back soothingly as the two of them thought about it "Is there any way of finding out who is responsible for this?" Ryu asked looking over to their new friends.

Daphne placed a hand on her chin as she frowned in thought "Possibly, I think the best bet would be to talk to the goblins," She said "A lot of the Ancient House business is recorded with them for records keeping."

Jade nodded "I'll contact them as soon as I can then." She confirmed before seeing Ryu twitch and look over to the staff table with an intense look "What's wrong Ryu?"

"I'm not sure," He said narrowing his eyes "Hey isn't that the Quirrell guy from the Leaky Cauldron?" He asked pointing to the nervous looking man wearing a turban "I got a bad feeling from him."

"Really?" Jade asked in concern looking over at Quirrell before flinching and grabbed her forehead as her scar flared in pain "Shit! Fuck, it's never done that before."

"Are you alright Jade?" Ryu asked turning away from Quirrell and grabbing her shoulder to support her.

"Yeah," Jade assured smiling "Just my scar acting up, it's odd though, it would twinge occasionally, but flare in pain..." Looking over to Quirrell once again she frowned as her scar seemed to tighten, but other than that it didn't hurt "We definitely need to keep an eye on him."

"Who's the greasy one next to him?" Ryu asked Tracy and Daphne pointing out the hooked nose man next to Quirrell "Doesn't seem to like Quirrell much."

"Professor Snape," Daphne said "He's our Head of House and the Potion teacher of the school, I hear he is quite hard on the other Houses but lenient on Slytherin."

Ryu nodded with a contemplative look on his face as Snape looked to the group with a blank look, locking eyes with the man Ryu could feel something brush his mind surprising him as he jerked suddenly his eyes widening behind his glasses slightly before Snape broke eye contact and looked away 'What the hell was that?' He wondered eying the Professor for a second longer before reluctantly turning back to the group and dug into his dinner.

Staff Table

Snape frowned as he looked back at the boy who was sitting next to Lily's daughter with a furrowed brow 'How the hell does that boy have mental shields?' He asked himself after being repelled from brushing the boy's mind 'He looks so carefree yet his mental discipline is intense, what is with that boy, not even Seventh Year Ravenclaws have that much discipline over their thoughts, and to repel even a brush from me... what is he?'

Looking back at the smiling red headed girl that looked so much like Lily, Snape couldn't stop the small twinge in his heart as he stared at her 'And who are you Jade Potter?' He asked mentally 'Are you your mother? Or are you your father?'

Unknown to him Dumbledore was also inspecting the unusual pair of first years, the Jade that had walked into the Great Hall was completely different than the Jade he was expecting, instead of the nervous and frightful girl he was expecting, a confidant and calm one walked in, he frowned as he overheard what she and the other three were talking about and the near criminal actions that had been done against her 'Was I wrong to send her to the Dursley's?' He wondered 'I wanted her to know nothing of her fame so that she would not grow up arrogant, so I sent her to the Dursley's who despise magic, but from what McGonagall said they did not treat her as a niece, but as a slave, even less actually, oh how I have sinned against you Jade Potter, was my entire plan flawed?'

With Jade

Jade sighed contently as she patted her stomach feeling full "That was some good grub." She announced happily.

Ryu chuckled in agreement "Better than the rations we used when Dad was giving us wilderness survival training." He said grinning with Jade who barked a laugh.

"Anything is better than field rations." Jade agreed while the two across from them looked slightly confused but laughed all the same.

"I can tell already that you guys will definitely make life interesting." Daphne prophesied shaking her head "You certainly don't act like a Slytherin."

The pair shared a look and smirked "Ambition and Cunning," Ryu said "I think we have cunning covered."

"Ambition, not so much, Jade finished with a shrug "I'm only eleven; I'm not sure what I'm going to do when I'm older."

Daphne shrugged "Tossup between Ravenclaw and Slytherin for me," She revealed "But my ambition to become the next Head of the Greengrass line won out over my love of learning."

"Hufflepuff was the Hat's second choice for me," Tracy admitted with a shrug "I'm a fairly loyal person... if you earn it that is."

Ryu chuckled while Jade grinned as Dumbledore stood up once more causing silence to fall onto the Hall.

"Ahem — just a few more words now that we are all fed and watered. I have a few start-of-term notices to give you. First years should note that the forest on the grounds is forbidden to all pupils. And a few of our older students would do well to remember that as well." Dumbledore's twinkling eyes flashed in the direction of the Weasley twins. "I have also been asked by Mr. Filch, the caretaker, to remind you all that no magic should be used between classes in the corridors. "Qudditch trials will be held in the second week of the term. Anyone interested in playing for their House teams should contact Madam Hooch. "And finally, I must tell you that this year; the third-floor corridor on the right-hand side is out of bounds to everyone who does not wish to die a very painful death."

"That's rather vague," Ryu stated as he narrowed his eyes "That would only make people want to try and see what it is even more."

Jade nodded in agreement "Do you think that it has to do with the thing Hagrid got a Gringotts?" She asked looking over at her friend who shrugged.

"And now, before we go to bed, let us sing the school song!" cried Dumbledore. Jade noticed that the other teachers' smiles had become rather fixed. Dumbledore gave his wand a little flick, as if he was trying to get a fly off the end, and a long golden ribbon flew out of it, which raised high above the tables and twisted itself, snakelike, into words. "Everyone pick their favorite tune," said Dumbledore, "and off we go!"

And the school bellowed:

"Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts,

Teach us something please,

Whether we be old and bald

Or young with scabby knees,

Our heads could do with filling

With some interesting stuff,

For now they're bare and full of air,

Dead flies and bits of fluff,

So teach us things worth knowing,

Bring back what we've forgot,

Just do your best, we'll do the rest,

And learn until our brains all rot."

Everybody finished the song at different times. At last, only the Weasley twins were left singing along to a very slow funeral march.

Dumbledore conducted their last few lines with his wand and when they had finished, he was one of those who clapped loudest. "Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you trot!"

The First Year Slytherins all gathered around a tall blocky man who swept his hard eyes over them "Follow me." He ordered heavily as he turned and stalked out of the Great Hall with the First Years following after him. He lead the group deeper into the Castle headed down into the dungeons, and stopped at a stretch of bare, damp stone wall "The password is Supremacy." The Prefect announced loudly so that the First Years could hear it as the stone wall slid away revealing a doorway, following the Prefect in they looked around The Slytherin common room was a long, low underground room with rough stone walls and ceiling from which round, greenish lamps were hanging on chains. A fire was crackling under an elaborately carved mantelpiece ahead of them with a grouping of high backed chairs around them with a couple of older students sitting in them "Women's Dormitories are on the right while Males on on the left, your name's are engraved on the door with your trunks on your bed, three people per room." The Prefect said in what seemed to be irritation.

The Prefect left without another word presumably heading for his own dorm, Ryu looked to Jade who shrugged and yawned indicating she was ready for bed, nodding his agreement they separated and headed for their own room. Ryu's found his easily enough, he apparently was bunked with Blaise Zabini, a blond haired brown eyed kid if he remembered correctly from the sorting ceremony and another one named Marcus Blaire, frowning Ryu entered not recalling the person and shrugged uncaringly, looking about the room he had to admit that it wasn't all that bad, if a bit dark, glancing at his two roommates he quickly sized them up, he remembered Blaise correctly and dismissed him as the boy seemed pretty nervous of him and the other and turned his gaze to the second occupant, Marcus was about five feet even with yellow eyes and black hair with a lean runners build.

Taking it all in in less than a second Ryu nodded politely and headed for the remaining bed and checked his trunk to make sure everything was there, letting out a yawn he quickly used the cover of rooting through his trunk to place his pistol in the said trunk while placing his knife under the covers of his bed.

Pulling out a t-shirt and shorts he quickly changed behind the curtains of his four poster bed and placed his trunk by his dresser letting out a yawn, settling into his bed he moved his knife so that he was gripping it under the pillow and removed his shades and placed them on the night table at the head of his bed before settling into a light sleep.

Jade

Jade sighed as she found he room and smiled upon seeing Tracey and Daphne's name on the plate "Looks like we're in the same room," She commented to the two girls who grinned and nodded and followed her into the room "Nice room." She stated impressed.

"Yeah, nice and comfy beds too," Tracey agreed with a grin jumping onto her bed with a content sigh "So tell me Jade... what exactly is the relationship with you and Ryu? I mean you kinda act like siblings, but there seems to be more to it."

Jade blushed brightly as the two girls stared her down with identical 'gossip grins' "Um, well," She stuttered her eyes darting about for an escape "Ryu was my first friend," She admitted finally with a sigh "He had moved into our neighborhood when we were six and we became friends soon after, we were both isolated from everyone else, Ryu because of his militaristic attitude and me because my family, I was living with my aunt and uncle at the time, was abusive and had their son, my cousin, drive off anyone who tried to befriend me, he tried with Ryu, but well, Ryu showed him he wasn't to be messed with," Jade let out a giggle of the memory of Ryu taking Dudley out with a single hit to the boy's stomach "About a year later when my uncle's sister was visiting she had brought her pit bull named Ripper with her and set the dog loose on me for entertainment, I had went to the safest place I could think of, Ryu's house, thankfully he lived next door, when I rushed into the house with the dog at my heels Ryu, Ryu he attacked the dog killing it by snapping it's neck to protect me while Sean, Ryu's Dad, and a friend of theirs went over to the Dursley's in a right rage."

Jade sighed heavily as she drew her knees up to her chest "I'll admit I was scared of Ryu right then, I mean I always knew he was strong but... Ryu saw my fear and he seemed broken, as he apologized for scaring me and said he wouldn't blame me for not wanting to be friends," a couple of tears streaked down her cheeks "I felt so bad right then and hugged him, it surprised us both really, I kept apologizing to him and begged him not to stop being my friend, that he was the best friend that I could ever hope for," Jade smiled softly as she let out a sigh "It was the only time I actually saw him cry as we hugged each other, especially when Sean and their friend returned saying that I'll be living with Sean and Ryu from then on. Ryu, he was always so calm and reserved, seemed so distant, but whenever he was beside me, it would always warm me."

"Wow," Daphne breathed in awe "That's quite the story, and Jade, you really have it bad for him."

Jade blushed brightly at the accusation and nodded slightly "Yeah, please don't tell him," She begged "I don't want to lose what we have by making him feel uncomfortable around me."

Tracey and Daphne sighed and shook their heads in frustration "Jade, chances are this guy is probably head over heels for you," Tracey pointed out "I mean, when he looks at me and Daphne he's guarded and on alert, when he looks at you though, he's relaxed and by god does he have that 'I love you but I'm afraid of something' look in his eyes."

The two girls stared and blinked at Tracey who looked back at them "Tracey?" Daphne said getting the blackette's attention "How in the hell did you get that from just a couple of hours of talking with him and watching his eyes?"

Tracey blushed slightly "My mom is a psychologist," She said "They study the human mind and behavior."

"You really think he's like that with me?" Jade asked hesitantly "I mean, I really don't want to lose his friendship, I don't really care if he likes me in that way or not, I just want to remain near him."

"Definitely," Tracey confirmed "But if you don't want us to say anything I won't say anything, right Daph?"

Daphne hastily added her agreement when Tracey sent her a glare "I wouldn't hesitate on for long if I were you either," Daphne added "I mean, looking at him now I would think that there will definitely be quite a few after him, he is quite the looker already." The two other girls looked at her in confusion "What?"

"Aren't you a bit young to be saying something like that?" Tracey asked raising an eyebrow.

Daphne shrugged "Aren't we a bit young to be talking about love?" She countered looking at her friend pointedly "What I'm saying is that right now it may just be a childhood crush, but even if it is you really should talk to him about how you feel before someone else captures his eyes, because then you would never know."

Jade sighed and nodded "Yeah, maybe it is too soon to know if it really is love or a crush," She agreed with a slight amount of reluctance "It's just I really don't know what to do."

Daphne shrugged "Who knows, maybe you'll figure it out," She said before yawning widely "As for me though, I'm going to sleep."

Jade and Tracey shared a giggle as they nodded in agreement and after changing and exchanging some goodnights climbed under their covers and drifted off into sleep.

As Jade lay their she thought again about her relationship with Ryu 'Right now we're just two 'siblings',' She thought to herself 'I want it to be more, but Daphne does have a point, is what I have actually love, or just a childhood crush?'

'Cha you better lay claim on that hunk of man meat or I'll take over and do it for you!' Her inner self shouted out causing her eye to twitch.

'Shut up,' she thought back 'It ain't that simple, I don't want to ruin our relationship because I decided to act on a simple crush rather than genuine feelings for him!'

She could hear a sigh of irritation 'Yeah but how would you know if you don't confront him with it!' Her inner shouted back 'Better to just do it and get it over with and pick up the pieces from there right?'

'Who knows,' Jade thought 'What are you anyways?'

'I'm the reflection of your innermost desires and wishes,' the inner replied 'Don't ask me how I came about but here I am, think of me as a less dangerous type of multi-personality disorder, I can't take control or anything, but we can communicate like this.'

'Is it possible to see each other face to face?' Jade asked curiously.

She could feel her other self shrug 'No clue,' she replied 'But I am in a copy of your room at home, except the window show's what you see and hear instead of the backyard.'

'Hmm, maybe meditation?' Jade suggestion 'Ya know, like going into a state of Zen?'

'Possible, try falling asleep,' Her inner suggested 'I'll try and pull you in from here.'

'Right' Jade agreed relaxing her body like Sean had taught her for when she was younger and stilled her mind, she suddenly could feel a slight spinning sensation and felt herself on her feet.

"Hey it worked!" A voice shouted in surprise.

Opening her eyes Jade blinked in surprise to find herself in her room back home facing a person that looked like her, only her opposite had black hair with red eyes, while Jade was wearing the white spaghetti strap shirt and a pair of shorts her opposite was wearing a pair of tight blue jeans that hugged her hips and a black tube top that showed off her navel and a bit of cleavage "Whoa," Jade said in surprise getting a laugh from her opposite "Nice to finally meet you in person I guess."

"Quite," Her opposite agreed "Nice to see the person I am based off of."

"Umm, what should I call you?" Jade asked nervously "I don't want to call you, well you."

Her opposite tapped her foot for a second in thought "How about Onyx?" She asked "Like my hair color."

"Sure, Onyx." Jade agreed giggling with Onyx before sighing "I really have to wonder how sane I truly am if I am talking with an inner persona of myself."

Onyx laughed happily "Well with our 'family' can you blame us, um you, uhh, me?" She said air quoting family and getting confused towards the end.

"Us," Jade confirmed "After all you are just a manifestation of my most inner most desires right?"

Onyx nodded "Yup," She chirped "I have to say this will certainly be an interesting experience, after all how many people can talk to their inner self?"

"Not many," Jade agreed "I wonder just what is possible with this?"

Onyx shrugged "Not a clue," She admitted "But I do know that I can help with your mental defenses, during the dinner someone tried to subtly enter, kinda like entering through the back door or a window, but when I told them to fuck off, they left pretty quickly."

"Huh, wonder who it was?" Jade wondered in confusion "Dammit, not even here for a full day and someone is trying to fuck with me."

Onyx frowned "Unfortunately that's not all," She said grimly "Remember when your scar acted up during dinner?" Jade nodded "Well take a look at this."

Onyx moved over to the closet door and opened it showing a different room, but this one was pitch black with a feeling of corruption and evil emanating from it.

"What the fuck?" Jade shouted in convulsion recoiling from the room with a green face.

Onyx nodded in agreement as she closed the door "My sentiments exactly," She agreed "It suddenly showed up when your scar flared and it took everything I had to force it into the closet," She shuddered in slight fear "Whatever it is please be careful Jade," She pleaded fear evident in her eyes "Whatever it is it would consume and destroy us."

Jade pulled Onyx into a hug "No worries on that," She assured soothingly "No way am I letting that... thing out."

Onyx sighed in relief and hugged Jade back "Thanks sis." She said getting a jolt in surprise from Jade.

"Sis?" Jade questioned in confusion pulling back to look at Onyx who was grinning.

"Why not, we don't have an actual sibling, and it's better than referring to us as the same person." Onyx replied with a shrug.

Jade looked at Onyx for a second before shrugging "Why not," She agreed "Eh, Onyx-nee."

Onyx laughed as she pushed Jade slightly shaking her head "Your obsession with Japanese is just as bad as Ryu's Dragon obsession."

Jade merely grinned happily with a twinkle in her eyes that would put Dumbledore to shame.

Next morning

Jade yawned as she rolled out of her bed with a slight grunt "Uhh," She groaned looking about blearily scratching her head wincing as it got caught up in some tangles 'Urgh, why do I always get tangles in my hair when I sleep?' She thought to herself grabbing some clothes and a towel and headed to the girls shower room.

'Cause you have it so long,' Onyx inputted 'If you had it short then it wouldn't tangle so much.'

Jade mentally pouted 'But I like long hair.' She replied 'It makes me feel pwetty.'

Jade could feel Onyx's irritation at using a child like voice 'Never do that again please,' Onyx requested 'It makes me worry about our sanity more than usual when you do.'

Jade let a smirk show on her face as she mentally laughed at her inner persona's comment.

By the time she was finished her shower and was working through her hair the other female students began waking up and trickled into the showers, some remained to put on makeup and comb their hairs like Jade while others simply showered and left, Jade smiled at Tracey and Daphne as they walked in and was still working on her hair as they got out of their showers.

"Having troubles with your hair?" Daphne asked in amusement sitting next to Jade at a vanity as Tracey sat on the opposite side of Daphne.

Jade rolled her eyes and nodded "Get's tangled up nearly every night," She said wincing as her brush found another tangle "It's gets annoying after a while."

Tracey giggled "Glad I decided not to grow my hair that long then," She teased gesturing to her hair that was slightly longer than her neck "I have enough troubles with it as it is."

Daphne humphed "When I go home for Christmas I'm going to have my mom teach me the charm she uses to keep hers untangled." She declared as she began to brush her past shoulder length hair.

Jade grinned at her new friend "Mind teaching it to me when you learn it?" She asked as she began to braid her hair "It'll make my job a lot easier."

Daphne giggled "No problem." She agreed "If you teach me how to braid my hair that is."

Jade laughed and nodded finishing off her own braid and set about teaching Daphne.

Later, Great Hall

Jade entered the Great Hall with Daphne and Tracey, the three of them where giggling over the story Jade was telling them about sending Draco to the washroom multiple times and saw Ryu sitting at the end of the Slytherin table digging into some bacon and eggs loaded on some toast "Morning Ryu!" Jade chirped sitting down next to him with a smile as Tracey and Daphne sat down across from them "How was your sleep?"

Ryu shrugged nonchalantly "Pretty good," He said "How about you three?"

"I slept well thank you." Daphne replied with similar sentiments from Jade and Tracey "Ryu? Why are you wearing your sunglasses when we're indoors?"

"Acute Hyper-Sensitivity to light," Ryu replied "My eyes are sensitive to all forms of light so I wear these so that I'm not blinded or in pain constantly."

"Ah, that explains it pretty well then," Tracey said "I thought it you would've said it made you look cool and mysterious."

Ryu and Jade snorted in amusement from her thought "Yeah right," Jade said "Ryu may have that 'tough and mysterious' look about him but he really is just a softie once you get to know him."

"Hey!" Ryu said indigently "I worked hard to put that image up thank you very much!"

The girls giggled as Ryu huffed in irritation as Marcus approached them "Uhh, do you mind if a join you guys?" He asked nervously "You guys seem like a much more... friendlier group."

The group looked at each other and shrugged "Sure, pull up a chair," Jade said inviting him into the group "I'm Jade; this is Ryu, Daphne and Tracey."

Marcus smiled in relief and sat down with them "Name's Marcus Blair," He said introducing himself "I'm actually Ryu's roommate."

"Who else you guys with?" Jade asked in curiosity.

"Blaise Zabini," Ryu answered looking for the boy in question "Actually he's just coming in now."

The three girls looked up to see the blond come in looking over the table nervously "Why don't we have him join our little 'Alliance'?" Jade asked "You know, roommates sticking together."

Ryu shrugged as Marcus looked at them oddly "What alliance?" He asked in confusion.

"Slytherin will most likely target me being a Muggleborn since they believe that for some reason only Purebloods go into our house," Ryu explained "So by providing a united front we make ourselves a less appeasing target."

"Bullies prefer the weak and alone," Jade continued "So, by being in a group..."

"Then their less likely to target you," Marcus finished understanding dawning in his eyes "That makes sense, then Blaise would definitely help as his family is an Ancient house."

Ryu nodded and waved getting Blaise's attention "Come on, join us!" He shouted getting a relieved yet confused look as he sat down next to Daphne across from Marcus "You were looking a bit lost there Blaise."

"Uhh yeah," Blaise agreed slightly nervous "Not sure who to sit with."

Ryu shrugged "You can sit with us, your roommates with me and Marcus here anyways." He said biting into an egg sandwich "Name's Ryu by the way, the girls are Jade, Daphne and Tracey."

"Nice to meet you all," Blaise said relaxing "And good to see you again Daphne."

"Same here Blaise," Daphne agreed "Haven't seen you since the winter equinox celebration."

"You two know each other?" Jade asked in confusion.

"The Ancient Houses typically get together for celebratory parties on the summer and winter equinox," Daphne explained "It's a real fancy to-do with a lot of political manoeuvring and back deals going on while trying to set their children up with each other and making marriage contracts."

"Marriage Contracts?" Jade asked "You guys still use those?"

Marcus nodded "Yup, there's a lot of ancient magic involved that bind the two betrothed together," He explained "But it's mostly used as proof of a political union or alliance."

"Some non-magical communities still use it as well, India is a prime example," Ryu stated "Still surprising to hear though."

Daphne nodded "So don't be surprised if you get an invitation to the winter equinox this year Jade," She warned "Now that you're back on the radar many people are going to try and get into your good books, and unless you want tons of enemies after your blood politically."

"So pretty much, smile, play nice and don't promise anything," Blaise added "That's how my Grandma described it."

"Wouldn't be surprised if many people tried to throw you into the Light or Dark category too," Marcus added and got confused looks from the two Muggle-raised in the group "Pretty much there are three groups in the Political scene, Light, Dark and Grey or Good, Evil and Natural, my family, while not an Ancient house, is a Grey family while the Malfoy Family is Dark and the Weasley's are a Light family."

"So people are going to try and get me to throw my lot in with them?" Jade asked for confirmation.

"Pretty much," Daphne agreed "Dark Families are mostly blood supremacists, with some exceptions, and supported the Dark Lord during his rise, some publicly, later claiming to being controlled and manipulated into his side, while some did so from behind the scenes. Light side has some blood supremacists, but most are trying to push some rights for Muggleborns. Grey families simply don't take a side, while for the most part they do support Muggleborns, they also observe the old traditions that the light has declared 'evil'."

"So what are you and Blaise then Daph?" Jade asked tilting her head.

"We're Grey families that many believe to be Dark because we have some tendency towards the dark arts." Daphne explained shrugging "But since we heavily support Muggleborn rights as well as partial human rights we are considered a Grey Family."

"Partial Human?" Ryu asked his curiosity perked.

"Werewolves, Centaurs, Half-anything really," Daphne said "They are heavily discriminated against and the hard working honest ones are distrusted because of the bad ones who make the bad name for the race."

Ryu nodded in understanding his eyes narrowed in contemplation behind his sunglasses as the group drifted their chat off to different subjects while Snape came around passing out the time tables.

"Alright, we have Herbology First with Ravenclaws followed by Transfiguration with Gryffindors, then lunch, Potions with Gryffindors followed by Charms with Hufflepuffs and Defense against the Dark Arts also with Gryffindors" Tracey said "And then Astronomy at midnight with Ravenclaws seems like an interesting day ahead of us."

Ryu shrugged "Wonder what defense will be like?" He wondered out loud.

"Don't get too excited about it," Marcus warned "Don't learn anything really interesting in the first year unfortunately."

"Dammit."

END CHAPTER

AN: Ending here cause just felt like it was a good point to end it at, anywho please review!

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