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Last Chapter,"I grab the other potion from where it is beside her. I twist the cork out of the phial and then I poise it, so I can pour it into my mouth. I feel Hedwig hold my hand, as I pour the liquid down my throat. Then I clench my jaw, really hard. This hurts like hell. I vaguely hear Hedwig counting down. Then it's over. Hedwig hugs me. I hug her back. Then I feel very tired all of a sudden. So does she. I yawn and then I see darkness. I can feel Hedwig follow me into the abyss. "

Chapter Six- Start Of Term

-A few months later: On September First-

Harry's POV:

Hedwig and I eat our breakfast. I havemine and Hedwig's things already packed and ready to go. My trunk, with both of our things in it, is shrunken in my pocket. The Dursleys were furious when they found out that my "freakishness" made Hedwig 'human'. They tried to kick her out, but then I reminded them of our agreement, making my eyes flash red. Needless to say, they let her stay. There may have been a few more threats, but eh. It worked.

I had gotten Vernon to agree to drive us to kings cross, so we don't have to worry about transportation at least. On the actual day, that I was supposed to receive my letter, I read it openly at the kitchen table, while the Dursleys were having breakfast. Oh man, it was so fun to watch Petunia and Vernon pale so quickly, once they realized what I was reading. I laugh a bit as I recall that. My reply to the letter was:

"Dear Professor McGonagall,

I will indeed be attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on the start of term, September first. Thank you so much for informing me that I have been accepted into this wonderful school. It is a pleasure. Now, you needn't worry yourself about my getting my supplies or having transportation to get to the train. I'm looking forward to Hogwarts.

Regards,

Harry James Potter"

I wonder what she'll think when I don't get sorted into Gryffindor. I laugh a little bit as I put my plate away, imagining her reaction. Well everyone's collective reactions. I refuse to be manipulated this time around. Hedwig raises an eyebrow at me. I shake my head, snickering. She gets up a moment later, to put her plate in the sink as well. We go and wait over by the door, in a conjured chair. Hedwig, to her surprise, had gotten a letter as well. It said:

Miss H. Potter,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.

Yours sincerely,

Minerva McGonagall Deputy Headmistress.

It was the same as my letter, with the list of requirements, but we were surprised at her title in the letter. It called her "Miss H. Potter. " We had researched it, and discovered that we have a soul bond. We had decided to date. We're still best friends, but we can do couple-y things now too. (Like a peck on the cheek, cuddles, holding hands, etc. Things that young couples their age do.). We had taken another trip to Diagon and Knockturn Ally, to get her, her school things as well. Her wand had thestral and unicorn hair in it and the wood was Oak, 12 and 1/4 inches. It was custom as well as the second one that I bought for her. I also bought a second one for myself. You can never be too careful, after all. When we get to Hogwarts, we are going to demand the quarters reserved for soulmates, in whichever house we get.

-Time Skip(of five minutes) Brought To You By Nargals-

It takes five minutes, according to a Tempus charm, for Vernon to finish his breakfast. He walks past us and out the door to start the car. We stand up, and I shrink the transfigured chair, and put it in one of my jeans pockets. Then we head outside. I hold the door for Hedwig, and then I walk outside, shutting the door behind me. I repeat the action once we reach the car. I hold the back door open for her and let her get in, then I get in beside her. Vernon sneers at us. I make my eyes flash red, and he pales. I smirk. Vernon starts driving the moment that we have our seatbelts on.

-Time Skip To When They Get To Kings Cross-

Vernon pulls up to a curb and I get out of the car, holding the door open for Hedwig. She steps out, and I shut the door for her. She pecks me on my cheek. I blush a bit. She smiles at me and I smile back. Then, we start walking. After we have taken not three steps, Vernon drives away. I roll my eyes. Same old Vernon. I look up at the station clock and I see that we have about thirty minutes until the train leaves. Good. Plenty of time to find an empty compartment and ward it, so no one comes to bother us.

We make our way over to platform 9 3/4 and I let Hedwig go first, following closely behind her. We see families bustling about and seeing their children off, as we get onto the train. Hedwig follows me, as I go the opposite way, than what I did last time. Less of a risk of running into Weasley or Granger this way.

We find an empty compartment in three minutes. I let her go in first, then I shut the door behind me and sit down beside her. Then I pull out my wand and I start casting repelling wards, using parselmagic.

Once I'm done with that, I put my wand back into its holster on my arm. I see Hedwig looking at me, curiosity evident in her eyes. I sheepishly smile, and explain that I warded the compartment so no one would disturb us. She says, "Oh ok." Then she smiles at me. I blush a bit and smile back.

We ended up laying down, cuddling, after I transfigured the seat into a comfortable couch.

-Time skip to when the train starts to slow down-

When the train starts to slow down, Hedwig and I get off of the couch and stretch. Then I accio our robes, button up shirts, and pants, out of my trunk.

I hand Hedwig her clothes, and I go down into my trunk, in the compartment that's a small apartment, to give her some privacy and for me to change as well.

I quickly put my clothes on, changing out of my muggle clothes. I send them to the room in here, meant for laundry. Once I'm done, I walk up the stairs and knock on the ceiling. There are stairs instead of a ladder, because it's safer that way, and I transfigured the ladder into stairs.

Hedwig calls, "You can come up. I'm dressed."

I walk up the rest of the stairs, and step out of my trunk. Then I shrink my trunk again, and place it back into my pocket. I smile at Hedwig, then I cast a quick spell to get rid of the wrinkles on our clothes.

Hedwig smiles. She says, "Thank you Harry. "

I smile back, blushing. I say, "You're welcome."

Then I feel the train pull to a stop. I cast a one-sided transparency spell on the door, and we watch as students clamor to get off of the train.

I undo the wards that I placed and I slide my wand into its holster, once the train is relatively empty. Then I remove our magical traces from the compartment wandless-ly, by hissing a spell in parseltongue. Then we leave the compartment and head off of the train.

I let her get off first, then I follow her. We see first years scrambling to get to Hagrid, who is shouting for first years. We wait a moment and then walk over, standing at the back of the group.

Hagrid stops shouting for first years, once we are all here. Then he tells us, "No more 'en four ter a boat." More students scramble to get onto the boats. Hedwig and I stand there patiently, until the crowd clears. Then we walk over to a boat, that a young Theodore Nott and Hannah Abbot are in. I sit down by Nott and Hedwig sits across from me. We watch the scenery pass us by.

The ride is relatively quiet, minus the part where Hagrid shouted for us to duck.

Then we see the castle, and although I have seen her many times, I'm still in awe. I swear, that when I look at the castle, its lights brighten and a familiar warmth encompasses me, as if Hogwarts herself is welcoming me home. I can't help but smile in response. I think Hedwig felt it too, because she is also smiling.

Then we're there. I get off of the boat and then I help Hedwig out of it. I hold her hand, steadying her, as the path is slippery. We walk over to the start of the path up to the castle, where Hagrid is waiting. We wait near him, for all of the other students to make their way over here. I watch as Granger and Weasley join the group and I bite back a scowl. I school my face into an expressionless mask, not unlike Snape's. Occlumency sure pays off.

I see Ron's eyes flitting around and disappointment written all over his features. I mentally scowl. The git's probably looking for me. Hedwig sees this and squeezes my hand. I smile at her, silently thanking her. She smiles back.

Once everyone has gotten off of their boats, Hagrid leads us up to the castle.

The same scene plays out as before. Hagrid knocks on the castle doors and McGonagall takes us to wait outside of the great hall. She describes each house the same as before, spitting out 'Slytherin' with a look of disgust on her face.

This part is different because there is no Weasley beside me, nor a Malfoy to notice me and bring attention to my person. Just my Hedwig. I smile at that thought, not realizing that we are still holding hands.

It is actually really nice how smoothly waiting for McGonagall goes, this time around.

McGonagall comes back some minutes later and tells us, "We are ready for you." She leads us into the Great hall. Hedwig is at my side, following me. I hear Granger whispering about how she read in 'Hogwarts a History' about the ceiling being enchanted to look like the night sky, and then a collective gasp as everyone looks up at the ceiling. I don't bother looking up, having seen the ceiling millions of times before. Hedwig doesn't look up either.

We walk forward with the others and we watch as McGonagall brings a three-legged stool out and sits the sorting hat on it.

The sorting begins the same as before. The hat sings and then McGonagall starts with 'Abbot, Hannah'.

I tune her out until I see a familiar head of platinum blonde hair, walk up to the stool. I tune back in and the hat is just placed onto his head, when he's sorted into Slytherin. I see that familiar smirk on his face, and I watch as he walks over to the Slytherin table and takes a seat. I remember my plan to get him to be friends with me, this time around. I pay closer attention as McGonagall nears my name.

Then she calls out my name, "Potter, Harry. " and the whole hall goes silent. I hear whispers of "did She say harry potter? ", "Harry potter as in the harry potter? ", and from the Gryffindor table, "I hope we get him! ". Hedwig squeezes my hand again. I smile at her. She smiles back. I let go of her hand and walk up to the stool.

I pick up the hat and sit down on the stool. The hat tries breaching my Occlumency barriers, and when it can't, it calmly says to me "please lower your barriers Mr.Potter, so I can sort you. "

I reply, "Can you swear on the magic of Hogwarts that any Legilimens in the hall can't get into my mind or Hedwig's and that you won't relay anything in mine or her mind back to them, or anyone else?"

To my surprise, the hat swears. I lower my barriers.

The hat mutters in my head, "Let's see... You have a strong mind, a love for books, and appreciation for the knowledge that comes from them, like Ravenclaws. You have bravery, but a sense of self-preservation instead of the typical brashness in Gryffindors. You are firmly loyal to your soulmate and yourself, and after that, only your friends until they betray you, like Hufflepuff. You have cunning and ambition like Slytherin, as well as that sense of self preservation... "

The hat then says to me, in my mind, "Well Mr. Potter, it seems that you can choose which house you'll be in. What'll it be?"

I reply, "Well, I would like to go to Ravenclaw, but only if my soulmate goes there too. "

The sorting hat says, "From what I've seen lad, your soulmate acts about as Ravenclaw as you do. I can almost guarantee that she'll be in that house."

I say, "Then Ravenclaw... But before you announce it, can I make a request?"

The hat says, "You can ask lad."

I say, "Well, as I'm sure you've seen, Ronald Weasley, my former best mate who betrayed me, had more cunning than bravery. More self preservation too. I think that he'd do better in Slytherin, don't you agree?"

The hat laughs. He says, "Actually yes laddy. Sure. I'll put him in that house."

I chuckle a bit, "Thank you."

The hat replies, "You're welcome laddy. And please call me Alistair. I'm not just a hat you know."

I say, "Okay. Alistair then."

Alistair chuckles. Then he calls out, "Better be... RAVENCLAW!"

I smile and take Alistair off of my head, sitting him gently on the stool. I walk to the Ravenclaw table and sit down near the end, where it's relatively empty. I save Hedwig a seat, then I wait.

Whispers had broken out when I sat down. I just ignore them and the teachers. The only thing that I pay any attention to, is when McGonagall calls out, "Potter, Hedwig."

Whispers break out again. I hear people openly questioning each other who she is, as she walks up to the stool. She puts the hat on, and it only takes a moment, before Alistar calls out, "Better be... RAVENCLAW!" I smile and clap for her. She takes the hat off and sits him gently on the stool. Then she walks to the Ravenclaw table, where I'm sitting. She sits down beside be. I smile at her and she smiles back.

We talk, while we watch the rest of the sorting. The highlight of it was when Weasley got sorted.

Alistair sorted him into Slytherin like I asked. Weasley had thrown Alistair down and demanded to be sorted into Ravenclaw with his best mate, Harry Potter. The funny part of it was when Draco called out, "Bet he isn't Weasel!"

Weasley's face had gone fire engine red. He replied, "He is! You slimy, good for nothing snake!" I just sat quietly in my seat, watching. Hedwig and I were both amused.

Then Draco drawled, "I doubt it. Oh and you just insulted yourself."

Weasley yelled angrily, "I DID NOT! I INSULTED YOU! YOU CONNIVING SNAKE!"

Draco chuckled. He drawled, "Oh but you did, seeing as you are now a 'good for nothing snake' as well as a 'conniving snake' as you put it. I doubt that I'm deaf Weasel. You were just sorted into Slytherin, after all."

Weasley made a frustrated noise and charged at Draco. McGonagall stopped him, before he got far. She just petrified him and levitated him to a seat at the end of the Slytherin table, looking like she was done with his shit. I don't blame her. I would've been too. Then she continued on with the sorting. She concluded the sorting with, "Zambini, Blaise." who surprisingly went to Hufflepuff.

After that, Dumblefluff said the same speech as last time. Somehow, he looked more insane this time, than last. Then he spread his arms wide, as if to hug to whole hall. Hedwig and I both wrinkle our noses in disgust. Then he says, "Let the feast begin."

I accio my potion/poison detecting glasses out of my shrunken trunk. Hedwig waits. They look like regular yellow sunglasses. I call them 'mage eyes.'

I mutter a spell in Parseltongue and a message appears in front of Draco, that only he can see. It says, "Hey Draco. Wait a second before you eat. I'm going to check the food and make sure that Dumbledore didn't have the elves lace it all with potions. -Hopefully your friend in the future, Harry Potter." I see him read the message and then he looks at me and nods.

I put on the special glasses, and I look down the Ravenclaw table, then around the hall. I sneer in disgust. Everything is laced with liquid imperio and loyalty potions, that are keyed to the staff and the dumb old coot himself.

I hand the glasses to Hedwig and she looks around the hall, after putting them on. When she takes them off, her face matches mine. I see Draco looking at us curiously. I send the glasses over to him, in a discreet form of teleportation. He looks around and then takes the glasses off. All three of our faces match. I accio the glasses back to myself.

I send Draco another message, that only he can see. It says, "Damn. The old fool must really be desperate. Can you write to your father and have him come here tomorrow morning, so we can show him our memories of this event? I have a pensieve and I know the incantation... (To reply back, say the incantation 'Respondeo nuntius' and trace a circle in the air, followed by a flick of your wrist, while you think about who you want to send the message to.) Also, Can we be friends? -HP"

A message appears in front of my face in smoky green letters. It says,"Yes, my father will definitely hear of this. You have a pensieve? Sure I can. I will do that once I'm in my dormitory. Yes we can. You seem cool. Don't tell anyone that I said that last bit, though, okay? And, I was going to ask you if you wanted to be friends on the train, but I couldn't find you. -DM"

I send another message in reply. It says, "Okay. Yeah I do. Got it in Knockturn. Yay! Hehe. Would you mind if I only tell Hedwig? She is my soulmate and I don't like keeping things from her. Also, that was my fault. I put repelling wards on our compartment, in another language, so no no one would bother us. -HP"

He replies, "Cool. What shop? Yeah sure, if you only tell her and no one else. Ah, clever. -DM"

I reply back, "I think it was called Madam Raja's or Raja's. I don't think the shop lady had any more though. Only her, I promise. I don't have anyone else, that I trust anyways. Well yeah. I am a Ravenclaw after all. :P -HP"

Draco replies, "Oh I know that shop. Father and I go by it all the time when we go to Knockturn. Okay good. Yeah. Not like you can trust anyone in the hall, but ourselves, now anyways. What with the potions... What are we going to eat in the meantime anyways? No. Your a badger. -DM"

That last bit sounded sarcastic. I chuckle a bit. I reply, "Cool. Yeah. Do you have a house elf that could make us three, something? Oh yeeeaaaahhh. When the giant squid flies. -HP"

Draco replies,"Yes. His name is Dobby. Sure, I just have to summon him. What do you mean? Ô-Õ -DM"

I reply, "Okay (: . I was saying that it wouldn't happen hehe. The muggle saying is 'when pigs fly' but I made it wizard-y. :P -HP"

Draco replies, "Okay. I'll summon him then. Ah okay, hehe. I like you already Harry. (: -DM"

I reply, "Okay. Hehe. Yay! You can call me 'Ry' if you want. That's what I'd have my friends call me. (: -HP"

Draco replies, "Okay. Ry then. You can call me Drake or Dray. That's what my friends call me."

I reply, "Okay. I'll call you both or either. :P. Can you summon this Dobby now, please?"

Draco replies, "Ok (:. Yeah yeah. I'm on it."

I see Hedwig looking at me curiously. I summarize our conversation.

She nods her head, then smiles. She says, "I'm glad that we have a new friend."

I smile back.

We both wait for Dobby.

He pops in the hall, by Draco, a few minutes later. They talk for a minute, and then Draco sends me a message, " what would you guys like to eat? - DM"

Hedwig and I talk it over for a moment and then I reply back with our choices, adding a 'thank you' to the both of them at the end of it.

Draco replies back, "You're welcome."

Time Skip To After They Eat The Food Made By Dobby

Our plates and goblets disappear, once we are done. Then, minutes later, the rest of the plates and goblets disappear from all around the hall, in sync. Then Dumblefluff stands up and starts his speech.

Hedwig and I ignore him, instead whispering to each other in a conversation, about us demanding the soulmate quarters, when we get to the Ravenclaw house.

After a few minutes, Dumb-dumb finally shuts up and lets us go to our houses.

Our prefects lead Ravenclaw, up to our house in the Ravenclaw tower. A prefect explains that you have to solve a riddle to get in, and then they solve it.

The prefects give a rehearsed-sounding speech about Ravenclaw house, and then the prefects dismiss every year except first, to their dormitories. Then Professor Flitwick comes in and he explains all of the rules of the house to us, telling us that the riddle changes every day. He shows us the house message board, which is self updating. He tells us to look at it and memorize the riddle every morning. Then he tells us to stay behind, only if we have any questions.

Hedwig and I are the only ones to stay behind, everyone heading off to the dorms to sleep. Professor Flitwick turns to us. He asks, "What are your questions Mister and Miss Potter?"

I say, "Well it's only one question really. We wanted to ask if we could stay in the soulmate quarters provided for this house. Our bond is new and if we don't sleep in the same room, our magic transports one of us into the other's room anyways."

Flitwick's eyes widen. He says, "You are soulmates?"

Hedwig and I nod.

Professor Flitwick says, "Well of course you can, young ravens. Follow me."

Hedwig and I follow him, as he takes us behind the statue of Rowena Ravenclaw. We go up some steps, and take a right, and then we're there. He motions to the portrait. He says, "You can set your own password, but it is required for you to tell me what it is afterwards, in case you forget it. And, you have to let me know if you change it."

Hedwig and I nod. We talk it over for a moment. I say, "The password that we choose is 'Egyptian Eye of Ra'."

The portrait surprisingly changes. It now is an image of a raven and a snowy white owl on a perch. The owl in the image nods. Flitwick's eyes widen again, in what looks like excitement. He turns back to us, " Well, I will leave you to it Mister and Miss Potter. Get some rest, and I will give you both, your schedules in the morning."

We both say that we will, and Flitwick leaves. Then, we go inside our new quarters. Hedwig and I look around. It looks beautiful. There is an entrance hall that leads to the living room. The living room is a circular room that has quite a few bookshelves surrounding it, at the walls. There is a couch, a couple of beanbag chairs, two recliners, and a love seat. The love seat is in front of the fireplace. There is also a cerulean blue rug in front of the love seat, and a few cerulean blue and lilac purple rugs, scattered around the room.

We both decide to explore more, later, and I cast a 'point me' spell to our bedroom. It leads us to it. You take a right from the living room, then a left, and then you're there.

The room is set up just like, how our room looks at the Dursleys, minus the bed. The bed has purple and cerulean blue draperies. Other than that, the comparison is uncanny. I wonder how Hogwarts knew.

Then I shrug it off.

I love Magic!

I see a door over by the wardrobe on the left side of the room. I go over to it. I open the door.

I say,"Cool. We have our own bathroom."

Hedwig corrects me, "Bathrooms."

I look over to her. She's by her wardrobe on the other side of the room. There's a door there too. I smile. I say, "Cool." She smiles back.

All of a sudden, I feel really tired, as if all of the energy has been sapped out of me. I cast a cleaning spell on my teeth, and then my mouth tastes minty. I get underneath the covers of the bed, and then I lay down, falling asleep before my head even hits the pillow.

A/N: I just realized that I forgot to update my story on here. Oops. I updated it on wattpad like last month, but forgot to on here. Sorry guys.

So, want to know why Harry and Hedwig chose that password?

Cerulean because that was the color of the time turner that brought them back in time. And the Eye of Ra because that is what is on their twin necklaces, that brought them together.

Wonder why Harry felt so tired? He used a bunch of wandless magic, sending Draco those messages. Yes, he didn't use his wand. :P

Oh and 'Respondeo nuntius' means "respond message" in Latin, according to Google translate. I was going for 'Respond to message' but that works too. (:

I hope that you liked it! See you next time (:.