"So what's your schedule this year?" asked Harry.
Daisuke handed him his schedule. Harry had gone for Ancient Runes, Care of Magical Creatures, and Advanced Transfiguration.
Daisuke had chosen Ancient Runes, Divination and Care of Magical Creatures.
"Isn't Divination on during the same time period as Ancient Runes?" asked Harry.
Daisuke smirked and said in Japanese "McGonagall gave me a Time Turner so I can attend both. She would have given it to Hermione, but she was afraid the girl would over use it for her classes."
"Didn't she sign up for Muggle Studies?"
"Yeah, which is why I got the Time Turner and she didn't. She has to ask for the homework from the other students since she's a muggleborn."
Harry grinned.
"So are you going to keep the Time Turner if you drop one of them?"
Daisuke smiled, and said with a straight face "Why I have no idea where it went, Professor! By the way, which house should I implicate for the theft?"
Harry's innocent smile wouldn't fool anyone who knew him.
"I would say Slytherin, but there's a high probability that they would look for it. How about Sirius?"
Sirius' poster had been plastered everywhere. Everyone was convinced he was a sociopath for some reason.
They had no idea that he was the rather large and playful hound that Harry had brought in with him from Japan.
"Give him the Time Turner to send home, and then claim with all honesty that he has it?"
"Exactly."
Daisuke cocked his head. That could actually work. If the rumors he heard about Divination were true, it was highly unlikely he or Hermione would continue it past Christmas anyway.
Harry sat patiently in the classroom. Ancient Runes sounded like it would be interesting. Plus his aunt had told him that it would help him in the family business when he turned fourteen.
Hermione was right next to him, and he grinned at her.
"So how was Divination?"
"It was annoying. She actually had the gall to predict Daisuke's death when he turned fourteen!"
"No wonder people keep saying she's a fraud. Anything interesting happen?"
"Aside from Ron burning his mouth from drinking the scalding tea too quickly, no."
They sat there, and listened attentively to the teacher. The class was definitely interesting. For the most part they would be translating mythology from whatever civilization they were studying that term.
This term it was Greek runes.
Harry, Daisuke and Hermione walked down to Hagrid's hut. For some reason Dumbledore had upgraded the rather wild looking man to 'sane adult', even though Hagrid's view of harmless was a bit more broad that normal.
But what they encountered was at least sane, for Hagrid.
Hippogryffs.
Daisuke was impressed with the creatures, and was one of the few able to get his book open.
"Alright, so who wants to go first?"
Harry and Daisuke were the only ones who weren't trying to hide behind the fence.
The two cousins looked at each other and grinned.
They gave their hippogryff a proper Japanese bow, and then proceeded to set it purring.
Of course neither boy expected Hagrid to lift them up and set the creatures flying.
"So who are we facing first?" asked Harry.
"Slytherins, who else?" laughed the twins.
Harry made a face.
"Great. Malfoy... You just know he's going to be a pain in the morning."
"Just don't lose then!" laughed Fred.
Harry mounted his beloved broom, and prepared to take flight. This was the first match of the year, and was the only reason he got up this early.
Plus if they won, Wood would shut up. It was a win-win.
When the whistle sounded, Harry kicked off hard. The rain was pouring like mad, but Daisuke had charmed his glasses so he could see. Alas, he still couldn't see the snitch. He could barely tell where his own team was.
He just heard the time out whistle, and he gladly landed.
"How are you holding up Harry?" asked Wood.
"Fine, but I can't really see anything!"
Hooch looked at them impatiently, and they reluctantly took back to the air.
"Who's dumbass idea was it to have a game today?" he snarked.
Suddenly he heard screams, and looked down.
Dementors had flooded the pitch!
He tried his best to stay conscious, but it was hard. Dementors seemed to effect him more than most.
He could feel himself started to pass out. Then he realized why.
There were dementors in the air with him! His anger at them interfering with the game fought against their foul presence. He wasn't going to let them knock him out of the air!
Somewhere deep inside, he heard a chuckling. Slowly he could hear it much more clearly over the screams of his parents.
"I like you kid. I may not be able to manifest in you just yet, but I can still help you."
'Who...who are you?"
"My name...is Kaito Dark Mousy. But you can call me partner."
It was right then that a dementor came right in front of him, and he lost control of his body. Kaito Dark was awake, and he didn't want to lose his partner just yet.
Harry awoke in the hospital wing, to find his cousin looking at him with concern.
"What the hell happened?"
"You nearly fell off your broom. Somehow you caught the Snitch before your broom went out of control," said George.
"Why the hell were those...things on the pitch?"
"Dumbledore and McGonagall are furious. They're only supposed to guard the gates. But they've grown so hungry that the Quidditch match seemed like an all you can eat buffet to them."
"Cousin, what happened on the pitch?"
"The dementors were effecting me like usual, when I heard something. Next thing I knew, I was passed out and woke up here."
"What did you hear?" asked Hermione, concerned.
"Something I'm going to ask my aunt about," said Harry firmly.
He learned the hard way last year that hearing voices was a bad sign in the magical community. He had just barely kept the entire wizarding population from thinking he was evil last year, the last thing he needed was for everyone to find out that he had a voice in his head!
Emiko read the letter with a bit of shock and envy. It seemed Harry awoke faster than normal. First the wings manifested and now he could hear Dark.
"Dear Aunt Emiko...
What do you know about a Thief known as Dark Mousy? During our last Quidditch match, I heard a voice that said his name was Kaito Dark Mousy. Next thing I knew I had apparently caught the Snitch and had kept a hold of my broom with dementors around.
He mentioned something about manifesting in me. Could you please explain what he meant?
Love, Harry."
"Dad, is it possible to manifest Dark before fourteen?" asked Emiko.
"No. Every record of Dark's appearance start at fourteen and no sooner. Why?"
"Apparently Harry has heard Dark's voice."
Daiki choked on his tea. Dark normally didn't speak until the current heir had at least awakened to his blood. To be able to hear his voice a year early...
"I have only heard of a few accounts where Dark could be heard before the awakening. But the person who could hear him could also give him his own body for small amounts of time."
Emiko's eyes widened. Did this mean that Harry could bring Dark out when he awakened to the bloodline?
"Dear Harry,
While it is unusual you can hear his voice early, Dark has been a part of the Niwa clan for four hundred years. When you come home for the summer, we'll explain everything when he fully wakes up. For now, try to keep him a secret, because he is part of your heritage and we don't want the old man finding out just yet. At least not until Dark fully wakes up.
Love Aunt Emiko."
To the annoyance of Harry, Dark turned out to be quite the talkative spirit. He seemed very interested in the school (and to his private horror the girls).
The only person who was sympathetic to his problem was his cousin. Though that was only because for some odd reason he could actually hear Dark.
At least he could get the spirit to shut up by finding interesting books (and through the power of magic) sending them to Dark so he would read them and be quiet for a few hours. How he did that, he didn't care.
However halfway to Christmas, he did find a perk to having a second spirit in his head.
The potions classroom no longer gave him immense migraines.
Then again, that could have been because of Snape.
Harry was highly amused by his dog. Every time he had a bad day (usually caused by Dumbledore getting on his nerves), Orion the hound would cause mischief and make him laugh.
The twins adored the dog, and it didn't take long for a string of pranks to hit the school.
Sensing they could cause even more mayhem if he let them know his real identity, Orion led them to the Room of Requirement, and then had Harry undo the collar.
Needless to say the twins were shocked to find out Orion was in fact Sirius Black.
Sirius easily got them to lower their wands with a single sentence.
"You do realize that I am one of the Marauders, right?"
Finding out that not only was Sirius Black innocent, but he was also Padfoot of the Marauders, the twins threw themselves on the ground chanting "We're not worthy!"
Harry was on the floor, laughing his ass off. It was too funny!
Remus realized that something was wrong when the twins stayed behind during his last class of the day.
It was Fred who told him how doomed he was.
"Why did you never tell us that you were Moony?"
"Oh bloody hell..." said Remus, and found himself cornered by the twins...and as soon as Harry removed the collar (he had gone in to watch the prank) Sirius.
Remus looked at Sirius, amused and said "You do realize McGonagall is going to kill me when she realizes I'm helping them prank the school."
"Yeah? How is that different than those times we used to have Prongs around?"
"If you three cause any destruction, I am blaming you Padfoot," he said flatly.
The school was hit with a rash of pranks that sent shivers of fear down the spines of the teachers. McGonagall recognized the handiwork immediately.
"Remus Lupin, I thought you agreed not to help the twins."
"I wasn't helping them. I was aiding and abetting, there's a difference."
"Which would be...?" she left it hanging.
"Helping would be giving them ideas. Aiding and abetting means I was participating with them. Along with a few others..."
"Oh dear lord...not Harry and his cousin?"
"Harry, his cousin and their dog," Remus confirmed.
McGonagall whined...then went back to her office and poured a large amount of scotch. If Harry and Daisuke were going to prank, then she was going to need it.
Harry was determined not to let anyone ruin Daisuke's first Christmas at Hogwarts. The twins had decided to stay back, if only to learn more from their idols of Padfoot and Moony.
Though Harry still snickered when he heard Remus' excuse for helping the twins pranks.
Orion of course, was sticking as close to the fire as possible. Remus promised to teach the cousins how to cast a Patronus, once he realized exactly how much the foul creatures were attracted to Harry.
To his surprise, he found out that the boys had already seen an actual patronus before.
"Expecto Patronum!" shouted Harry. His happy memory was one he held very dear.
It was the day he realized that he would never have to go back to the Dursley clan, and that he would have an actual family that loved him.
The result of that memory was a semi solid fog.
Daisuke had something similar, as he focused on the day he first found out about his cousin.
Harry was the kindest, most open boy he had ever met, and that was saying something. He would go out of his way to help people and had a witty sense of humor that occasionally surfaced.
Riku once commented that his odd sense of humor only came out around his cousin.
His patronus wasn't nearly as solid as Harry's.
"Frankly boys you should be proud to even have fog. Not many can properly cast a Patronus charm. And corporeal ones are so hard that it's considered an accomplishment in itself.
"Corporeal?"
"A corporeal patronus is usually in the shape of an animal, though a few have more distinct human shapes. The most difficult issue with the charm is pushing your memories and feelings through the wand."
"What do you focus on Sensei?" asked Daisuke.
Remus gave him a half smile.
"The day I realized that my new friends didn't care about my condition, and were willing to go to Azkaban to keep me company on those rough nights."
Orion barked in good humor. Remus could easily translate it to 'Love you too Moony!'
Every other day, they would practice the charm. Harry seemed to make more headway against his cousin.
Dark would always watch with interest, and suggest new methods.
It was Christmas when in a fit of annoyance, Harry told the spirit to shut up...in the presence of Remus.
Remus and Orion gave him an odd look. Remus hadn't said anything to warrant such an outburst.
"Dark, shut up already!"
Seeing the looks between the two grown wizards, Daisuke quickly explained.
"Harry and I can hear a spirit called Dark Mousy. He has been giving really idiotic advice on magic for days now."
"And if he was here right now I would strangle him!" said Harry angrily.
"O...kay...?" said Remus unsure.
It was then that With, Daisuke bizarre pet that Emiko insisted he take with them, made his appearance. The utter oddity that was the rabbit familiar actually made Remus laugh on occasions.
Mainly because the rabbit had a strange habit of stealing the strawberries from countless cereal bowls, to the mortification of Daisuke who could hear the angry complaints of his classmates.
Everyone else (aside from the people With filched the strawberries from) found the little rabbit hilarious.
Particularly his dorm mates who occasionally woke up to the sound of Daisuke tossing the fur-ball at his cousin for nearly suffocating him in his sleep.
Harry had absolutely no issues with the rabbit, because he made it very clear to the innocent looking creature that it wasn't allowed anywhere near his pillow. With usually curled up next to Orion.
With made his usual sound, which had the expected tendency to send any female into coos of delight, and looked at Harry expectantly.
Harry picked the rabbit up, and scratched his belly. With loved Harry for good reason.
Apparently he got a really itchy spot, because he kept squirming like mad. Right up to the point where he abruptly shape shifted into Harry.
Everyone blinked twice. There were now two Harry Niwa in the room.
"Kyu?" said With, tilting his head.
Remus noted with great amusement that if any of his nephew's fan girl saw that they would pounce on him without hesitating. It was without a doubt 'cute'.
Harry saw another thing however.
He saw the perfect means to an alibi.
"We must never allow the twins to learn of this," he said.
Daisuke nodded, still in shock.
And with that, the pranks that hit Hogwarts became even worse. To top it all off, most of them were of the more cheesy overused Muggle variety, which immediately ruled out the twins.