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Chapter 7: First Year at Hogwarts(Part 1)

Harry took his trunk and entered the King's Cross Station. Looking around Harry saw a family of red-heads and immediately narrowed his eyes. Avoiding them, he quickly entered platform 9 ¾. When he 1st saw Hogwarts Express, he wasn't impressed. I mean who used such a medieval type of steam engine today.

Shaking his head, Harry entered the train and started looking for an empty compartment. Finally finding one at the end of the train, he entered the compartment and placed his trunk on the luggage rack. Sitting down he started looking outside the window, feeling melancholic and once again swearing that he will take revenge for his parents.

He saw the family of red heads and muttered a spell for eavesdropping and heard that they were conversing about him,

"Did you spot the Potter boy?" Molly asked looking around.

"Can I see him mummy? Should I look for him on the train?" Ginny asked.

"Don't even think about it young girl! Ron! I want you to look for him and try and become his friend. Dumbledore gave clear orders that you have to keep him away from his studies. I don't want you messing up. Do you understand?" Molly fiercely whispered.

"Yes mom. I will do my best." Ron nodded.

Harry had heard enough and sighed sadly ending the spell. He had hoped that atleast the Weasley children weren't like what her mother had described but he was sorely disappointed. He took out a book on his potions and started reading so that he was sure that he remembered everything.

Soon the train whistled and started leaving the platform. Few minutes later he heard the compartment door slide open and turned to see the boy named Ron standing awkwardly in the doorway.

"Can I sit here? Everywhere else is full" Ron said nervously.

Harry nodded his accent and Ron sat down opposite to him. Harry turned back to his book hiding his face with the book. Ron cleared his throat and said, "My name is Ronald Weasley."

Harry lowered his book and looked at him, then nodded and resumed his reading. After a few minutes Ron again cleared his throat and asked, "What is your name?"

Harry sighed and asked, "Are you blind?"

Ron looked confused and said, "No."

"Then you can see that I am busy at the moment and it is impolite to interrupt people when they are busy doing something. Or your mother never spent time to teach you manners" sneered Harry.

Ron flushed in anger and embaressment but said nothing. Just then the apartment door opened and Draco Malfoy entered.

"I heard that Harry Potter will be on the train this year. Are you him?" He asked looking at Harry.

When Harry nodded Draco entered the compartment and introduced himself, "I am Draco Malfoy, Heir to the Malfoy family. Soon you will find that some families are better than others Potter. I can help you make the right choice."

Harry narrowed his eyes at Draco and said, "Malfoy, what do you have to offer that I will consider you for making an alliance with? I already have political sway in the ministry, have lots of Gold to spare, even more than that of your family, and don't forget that the House of Potter is an Ancient and Noble house whereas the Malfoy family is only considered Noble. So you see, its not me that needs you, but rather you that needs me. So don't go around making empty offers."

Malfoy's face turned red with anger and he said in a dangerous tone, "You will do well not to make enemies with my family Potter. When my father hears…"

Harry's laugh interrupted Malfoys rant. Harry said, "Don't forget Malfoy, that I defeated your so called father's master when I was 1. It is infact you who would do well not to cross me."

Malfoy turned around angrily and left as Harry returned to his reading. The rest of the train ride went peacefully unless you counted a pudgy boy looking for his toad or a buck toothed bossy girl who seemed to be helping the former boy in looking for his toad.

Soon they reached Hogsmead station where they all clambered off the train and then they heard a gruff voice calling, "first years! First years over here!"

They followed the voice and saw a giant of a man holding a lantern and collecting the first years. After a few minutes when the man saw that there weren't any other students left, he lead them to the lake where they all clambered on to the boats there. Soon the small fleet of boats could be seen floating slowly over the smooth surface of the lake towards the huge castle in the distance.

Harry and the rest of the first years entered the castle with Hagrid who left them with a tall stern looking witch. She explained to them about the house points and the sorting then lead them to the great hall. Harry looked around and saw that the great hall had a very high cealing which looked like the night sky outside. They saw Mcgonagall bringing a hat on a stool which started singing. Amused, Harry looked on as the sorting started. Soon Mcgonagall announced his name,

"Potter, Harry"

Whispering started around as soon as his name was announced. "Did she say Harry Potter?" "The Harry Potter?"

Ignoring the whispering, Harry strode towards the sorting hat and put it over his head. The hat fell over his head and everybody became silent.

"Would you mind lowering your occulemency shields Mr. Potter?" A voice whispered in his head.

Harry understood and asked first, "Do you share what you find in a student's head with the headmaster?"

The sorting hat huffed indignantly and said, "Ofcourse not! What do you think of me? I just do the sorting and even the headmaster is not privy to the information that I find in a student's head.

Harry nodded mentally and lowered his occulemency shields. The hat looked around and said, "Hmmm… interesting… you are the heir of the founders… you don't have a bad mind.. plenty of ambition… you are loyal as well… and you have immense bravery as well… you are the first in centuries who is so perfectly balanced…"

"Just sort me already," Harry said impatiently.

The hat nodded and said, "Very well, I will do my duty. As you are the heir of the founders, I will sort you in a house that hasn't had a student in nearly 500 yrs. HOGWART'S HEIR!" The hat said the last two words loudly. Harry groaned and removed the hat and stepped down. As soon as he reached the house tables everyone started hearing a grinding of stones. Soon, in the middle of the great hall, a new table emerged from the floor with the Hogwart's Crest hanging over it. Also a staircase opened opposite to the teacher's table behind the centre table also with the hogwart's crest over the doorway.

Everyone was shocked and more whispering started. Dumbledore was furious. He had specifically told the hat to sort him in Gryffindor. He stood up and shouted in a loud voice, "SILENCE!"

Everyone quieted down and looked towards the headmaster. Dumbledore turned towards the sorting hat and exclaimed, "What is the meaning of this! I have never heard of the fifth house in Hogwarts!"

The hat calmly replied, "That is because there has never been a direct heir to one of the founders coming to Hogwarts before now in 500 yrs."

Furious that his plans were thwarted again, Dumbledore sat down again muttering indignantly. Harry looked around then shrugged and sat down at his table. Dumbledore clapped his hands from the table and food appeared on all the tables.

While Harry was eating, Hogwarts contacted him and started coaching him on all the school rules that were set down by the founders. Harry nodded mentally when he understood all the rules and continued eating. Once the dessert was over, Dumbledore stood up again and explained the essesntial school rules and then sent everyone to bed.

As Harry got up, McGonagall came up behind him and said, "Mr. Potter, the headmaster would like to speak with you."

Harry nodded and followed McGonagall to the two gargoyals guarding the staircase to the headmaster's office. McGonagall whispered a password that strangely sounded like a name of some muggle sweet to Harry and then both of them stepped on the moving staircase and reached the door of the Headmaster's Office. McGonagall knocked on the door and they soon heard a quiet 'enter'.

They both entered the office and Dumbledore looked to Harry and said, "Sit down Harry, I would like to discuss a few things with you."

Harry nodded and sat in a chair in front of Dumbledore. Dumbledore looked to McGonagall and said, "thank-you Minerva, I think that was all."

McGonagall bristled inside and said calmly to the Headmaster, "I think Albus, it is necessary that I stay here as I am the deputy Headmistress of Howarts"

Dumbledore flushed angrily but said nothing. He regained his composure quickly and looked towards Harry and said, "Harry, as this hasn't happened before, we were not prepared for it. I think it would be better if you stayed in the Gryffindor house and continued your lessons with them." Dumbledore finished with a grandfatherly smile with a benign I-KNOW-BETTER-THAN-THOU look.

Harry snorted and said, "Excuse me headmaster, but it has come to my knowledge that once sorted, you cannot join any other house or enter their dormitories."

Dumbledore looked at him and said over his half-moon spectacles and said, "But Harry, you don't have any head of the house and that is necessary. You will have to wait unless we can get you a head of the house, at least till that time, you will have to stay in Gryffindor house dormitory."

Harry said in a calm tone, "I beg to differ headmaster, according to the founder's rule, apart from the heads of the houses, the next most experienced teacher is eligible to become the head of the house."

McGonagall nodded in agreement and said, "Proffessor Bathsheba Babbling would be that teacher then. I will inform her of her new duties."

Dumbledore seethed silently and said, "I think that will be all Mr. Potter. Goodday."

Harry left the headmaster's office with a sigh of relief and entered his dormitory. When he entered, he saw that the dormitory common room was decorated in all the house colors. He looked around and saw a door marked as the library. He entered it eagerly and saw a single book on a pedestal. There was a note over it. It said,

Dear heir,

This library is a self updating library. It contains texts from our times till the current year. All the texts and books that are ever published on any subject, you will find them here. Be careful with these books dear heir. They can do much harm. Don't share this library with anyone who isn't an heir to us. We are entrusting this library to you. You may ask as to how we know that we will all have a single heir. Well, as it is, your many times great grandmother Rowena Ravenclaw was a seer where our blood will combine in a single heir. You have a great future. However, it is a talk for a different time. You are not ready yet. Learn as much as you can from these books. Take care darling.

The Founders

To say Harry was shocked, would be an understatement. Having enough of an excitement, Harry started planning the return of the marauders prank. After everything was planned, Harry slipped out and prepared everything for the morning and came back to his dormitory and slept.

Next morning Harry entered the great hall for breakfast and sat down and waited for everyone to arrive. As soon as he saw that all the students and teachers were present, he wandlessly activated the prank. Suddenly in a burst of feathers the Gryffindor students were wearing a chicken suit and were clucking away like chicken. The great hall burst into laughter. Suddenly they all heard trumpets blazing and quieted trying to see from where the sound was coming and they saw a writing appear in the air above the head table.

In the memories of

The True Marauders

Moony, Padfoot and Prongs

By the new generation of Marauders,

Mr. Smokey.

Whispering started around but soon quieted down as everyone resumed their breakfast. Professor Babbling came to Harry and gave him his schedule. Harry looked at his schedule and saw that he had potions and transfiguration with gryffindors and slytherins whereas he had charms and herbelogy with the ravenclaws and hufflepuffs. Dada and astronomy was with again gryffindors and slytherins whereas history of magic was with ravenclaws and hufflepuffs.

His first subject was potions with the gryffindors and slytherins in the dungeons. Harry got ready with his book bag and soon entered the potions classroom and sat at the last seat of the room. Soon students started entering the classroom. The pudgy faced boy whose name was Neville Longbottom, came and sat next to him nervously. Harry knew what had happened to the Longbottoms so smiled at him encouragingly. Neville smiled back nervously and jumped when suddenly the potions professor Severus Snape entered the classroom banging open the door.

Snape looked around and then slowly started taking attendance. When he came upon Harry's name he stoped and said, "Aah… Mr. Potter… our new… celebrity…"

Harry remained indifferent and started back at Snape. Soon the potions professor finished role-calling and looked around the class and said, "Potions is a very subtle art which very few of you may be able to appreciate. If you pay attention, I will be able to teach you to brew luck, bottle fame and even put a stopper to death. Mr. Potter! What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?"

Harry stood up and calmly replied, "The draught of living death sir."

Snape again asked, "Where would you look if I asked you to find me a bezoar?"

Harry replied, "In the stomach of a goat sir."

Snape again asked, "And what is the difference between monkshood and wolfsbane?"

Harry replied, "They are one and the same sir. They also go by the name of aconite."

Snape looked at Harry closely then nodded to him and looked around. "Well, why aren't you taking notes? Start writing." Snape said.

After the class ended Harry immediately left the classroom and went for his next class. It was gonna be a long month.