Talktalk = thoughts between Harry, Hermione and Ron

Talktalk = letters of spells

~talktalk~ = harry is speaking with a animal

Talk talk= conversations

{ talk talk } = parseltongue

Chapter 7: Hogwarts Express

Harry stepped out of his trunk in to his master bedroom. There were the 10 house elves waiting for him. When he finally came out, the elves came running to him and gave him a hug. He hugged them back and said

"It is good to be home"

The elves took him again on a tour to show their work. Everything was clean and beautiful. They had really made this in a beautiful home. He thanked the house elves and said

"It is very beautiful. You can continue with your tasks. Tomorrow I will go to Hogwarts. Reddy will come with me to help me in Hogwarts and I will take Hedwig and Shadow with me. I will come once in a while to check to house and if you have problems with something and I mean anything, you can come to Hogwarts and tell me the problem. I will check if I know the solution and I will come help you. Oke?"

The elves nodded and went their own ways. Reddy stayed behind and walked with Harry to his master bedroom. When they arrived, the first thing Harry did was say hello to Hedwig and Shadow. He had missed them. Hedwig began biting affectionately his ear and Shadow wrapped himself about Harry's left arm. He began patting them both, but after a while he said

~Hedwig, We are going to Hogwarts tomorrow. Are you excited? ~

~Yes, Harry. I will be a good owl and make sure you will always get your mail or will be able to sent mail. I promise. ~

~ I know you will. Sleep. We have to get up early tomorrow to go with the train to Hogwarts~

And Hogwarts flew to her perch

{hey Shadow, did you have fun while I was gone?}

{ yes, Harry. These elves took good care of me. So why were you away for that long} whined Shadow

{I have told you, I had to train for Hogwarts and to fight Voldemort. It is all part of the plan to prevent the war and defeat Voldemort early.}

{oh}

{ we are going to Hogwarts tomorrow, are you excited?}

{yes, I want to see the castle and hunt in the forest.}

{ but remember, you are not allowed there. So you are staying in my trunk in your glass tank and I have put a spell on the trunk, so you have get out and in the trunk very easily, so you can hunt in the evening. Remember no one is allowed to see you, only when I am in danger, you can help me, oké.}

{ yes,yes. I get it.}

{ please shadow, listen to me. I don't want to lose you, because we are not careful enough.}

{ Oké, master. I will listen to what you said.}

{ good boy. Go to your glass tank and you will put you in my trunk, oké}

And Shadow slipped from Harry's shoulder to his tank.

Harry began packing for school. He put all his clothes and school books in the first compartment. All his other books in the second compartment. He stocked his potions lab fully with some standard and some more expensive ingredients. He had the venom and skill from his basilisk form, a phoenix feather, a hippogriff and griffin feather, a lion's hair and a thestral' hair. He had used these for the more darker potions. There was a potion to help him remember more of things he practice, a potion for Hermione and Ron to help them with their sword and daggers, a potion to make sure Hermione and Ron had the same condition as Harry, more complex healing potions and his most important potion and spell. He had found his mother's journals and found out she was trying to make a potion or spell to remove the dark mark. She didn't have the time to finish it, but Harry did and that was what he did. He had used it. He had found the way to remove the dark mark from Snape's arm. Now he only needed a way to convince Snape to take the potion to remove it. He wanted to help Snape, because he died for the greater good and this time he would not die. He thought about his potions master.

Voldemort had found out that Snape was a spy. He made Harry watch everything and after fifteen hours of torture dropped Snape outside Hogwarts. Harry had sprinted to the place and he had found the nearly death potions master. He tried to heal him and to get him to Madam Pomfrey, but Snape just shook his head and said with his hoarse voice

"iiit…s too l…ate, p-p-pot—ter, I .. am ..die dieing"

He looked Harry in the eyes and said

"you ha.. have your mo.. moth.. mothers e.. ey.. eyes and after that the light went out in Severus Snape's eyes. He died in Harry's arms.

But this time he would not die. This time he would save him, before that day. This time Voldemort would not be alive to hurt Severus.

He saw he had everything packed in his trunk. It was now eleven p.m. Tomorrow he would leave for Hogwarts and finally see the castle, his first home again.

He thought about Hermione and Ron and they responded almost immediately

Hey mate, how have you been? We didn't hear something in a while now, right Hermione

Yeah, Ron. We were getting worried, Harry.

I am alright, guys. I was just busy training and just now I finished packing for Hogwarts.

Cool. We are seeing together tomorrow. I cannot wait. Thought Ron

Yes, finally. Responded Hermione

So, about meeting tomorrow. I will go to the platform and through the barricade to go to the train. I will make sure to get a compartment alone and ward the place, so only you two can come in. There we can discuss our plan to convince the hat to place us in Slytherin.

Oké, he heard Ron and Hermione thinking

Well, I am see you tomorrow, sorry, but I am a little tired, so I am off to bed.

"oké, harry. Sweet dreams.

See you tomorrow, mate.

And he closed the connection. He went to bed.

Next morning.

Harry woke up at eight a.m. He went to the bathroom, showered and then went downside to eat a English breakfast. He was finally done at 9.15. He went upstairs and took his trunk, shrank him and put it in his pocket. He went to the mirror and looked at himself. He almost didn't believe the boy staring at him wasn't him. He had changed in these months training in the trunk. He was now taller and more muscular. His bright emerald eyes shone brightly. His hair was now till shoulder length and was black with red stripes in them. He was wearing a green t-shirt with a black snake, he had a black torn by his knees jeans on and his black sneakers. He wear his necklace and his rings. So basically everything was changed. He was more confident and sure of himself and he would not fail this time. When he saw it was now 10 a.m he decided to go to the platform. He went downstairs and said goodbye to his elves. He told Reddy to go to Hogwarts and to go to the kitchen. The elves there would help him. with a pop Reddy disappeared.

Harry walked out the door and after a mile he was finally out the wards of his house and he apparated to King Cross Station. He landed in some small alley. He walked to the pillar which said platform 9 and platform 10. He breathed deep in and walked to the pillar. He closed his eyes and when he opened them, he saw the Hogwarts express. He was happy. He would really see the castle again, his home. He quickly went abroad and found a empty compartment. He warded the door and waited on Hermione. Around 10.30 he felt that Hermione was searching for him and he told her where to found him. when she opened the door, she was surprised. This boy looked nothing like the Harry she knew. Her Harry was a little scared boy when he came to school. This Harry was a confident boy with a sniff of leadership around him. She just stared at him. He stared back at her and said with a sigh

"It is really different, than the first time we met."

Hermione only nodded her head. She was too shocked to do anything else. She looked like she wanted to tell something, but then they felt Ron searching for them and told him which compartment they were. The door opened for the second time and like the first visitor the second was shocked.

Harry sighed and told them everything what happened with his training and what he had brought in the Diagon Alley and in the muggle world. He showed them his tattoo's. The snake they already saw, but Harry showed them the tattoo up close and told they why he had picked it out. He said

"I have three tattoo's. The first is this black snake crushing a skull with red eyes. It presents me as the snake and Voldemort as the skull." He turned around and showed them his back and said "the second is a lily for my mother with the words "I Love You" and the third is the marauders in their animal forms without peter and the words Mischief Managed for my father, godfather and honorary uncle."

He asked what they had done for getting their strength back. Hermione and Ron had been running lapse, but it wasn't good enough. So he took his trunk out of his pocket and expanded the trunk. He opened the first compartment and said

"Accio Ron and Hermione's gifts"

A minute later there came two potions and 2 packed presents out of the trunk. He gave hem each their presents and explained what the potions were.

"It is a potion which is to help people raise their stamina. You will have the same stamina as me and you will remember the exercises, so you can continue the routine. Drink first the potion and then you can open your presents."

They both drank their potions in one gulp and Harry gave them their presents. They were shocked. Inside were the sword and daggers Harry made for them and another potion to show the way how to use them. They both drank the potion and felt the knowledge they wanted.

Ron looked at this sword. It was beautiful, it was a long sword with a ruby and a lion and in the blade engraved, Ron Weasley with gold letters. He looked at Harry and said

"Thanks, mate, this must have cost a fortune."

"no, not really. I made them myself"

Ron and Hermione looked at him surprised. Finally Hermione said

"You made these" and she pointed to the daggers and the sword.

"Yes"

"How?"

"It is one of my gifts."

Harry took the list Scrapbeak had given him and showed it to Hermione and Ron. They looked at him surprised.

"Why would you block your powers, mate?"

"Eh... that is because..." stammered Harry

"That was because you wanted to be normal for your family, right Harry" said Hermione softly

Harry looked at her and nodded.

Ron let a very long swear out his mouth, he sure wasn't allowed to use.

"Don't worry about it Ron, I am free from them and I won't ever go back to that place."

"Thank you, Harry for the daggers" Hermione said to him.

Harry just smiled at her and said

"When Death said you were my protectors and protectors have swords or at least weapons."

At this they all laughed.

After a while Hermione began serious again and said

"How are we going convince the hat to put us in Slytherin?"

"Simple" said Harry "What are the traits of Slytherin?"

"They are cunning and ambitious." Said Hermione understanding what Harry meant.

"We have to have use cunning and a great ambition. My first" said Hermione. "What is my ambition? Let me think."

Harry thought a little while and said to Hermione "You are the smartest witch in our time. Prove it. Prove that blood doesn't matter. That will be your ambition. To show everyone that blood doesn't matter."

Hermione nodded and said "That can work. What for you, Harry?"

"I will use the ambition to defeat Voldemort and to change the Wizarding World for the better."

They looked at Ron and said "What happened to you, ron. Think about something"

"I will use the ambition to protect Harry, my family by becoming strong and let nobody stop Harry from killing Voldemort, even if it means dead for me."

Harry looked at him shocked. "You are not going die, Ron. I-won't-let-you-die understand" Harry almost growled at Ron.

Ron just looked at his best friend and said "Yes"

After a minute, Harry said

"I want you to meet someone" and took the glass tank with Shadow out of his trunk.

"This is shadow, my snake. He is a black Seth."

Hermione and Ron looked at him and then at the snake and saw it was black with eyes which were the same which Harry had.

"You brought a snake and took it with you to Hogwarts?" said Hermione

"Yes" was Harry small, but confident answer.

After that they just sat in their compartment. Hermione was reading a book and Ron and Harry were playing a game of chess. It was hard, in all these years Harry was getting pretty good in chess, but Ron was still the king. They took some candy when the trolley lady came and finally talked small talk, until they heard a lady say that we were arrived at the Hogsmeade station and must leave behind their trunks. Harry had his trunk already shrunken and had returned it back in his pocket. He, Ron and Hermione walked off the train and walked at Hagrid and waited till he lead them to the boats. They climbed together in a boat and took off about the lake. And there it was. Hogwarts. He felt a smile on his face.

"I'm home."

You could say he was surprised when he heard someone talking with in his mind

"Welcome home, my master