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Harry Lord of SlytherinPosted originally on the Archive of Our Own at /works/28744458.

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Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

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Relationships to be added, Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Harry Potter & Slytherin Students, Harry Potter & Malfoy family, Theodore Nott & Harry Potter, Harry Potter & Salazar Slytherin

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Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Albus Dumbledore, Gringotts' Goblins, Salazar Slytherin, Ginny Weasley, Molly Weasley, Godric Gryffindor, Ignotus Peverell, James Potter, Ernie Macmillan, Narcissa Black Malfoy, Draco Malfoy

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Betrayed Harry Potter, Albus Dumbledore Bashing, Ron Weasley Bashing, Hermione Granger Bashing, Ginny Weasley Bashing, Molly Weasley Bashing, Inheritance Test, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Book 3: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Red-Haired Harry Potter, Mentor Salazar Slytherin, Good Slytherins, Not Beta Read, Good Narcissa Black Malfoy, slight Rubeus Hagrid Bashing, Good Draco Malfoy, Smart Harry Potter, Good Percy Weasley, Good Fred Weasley & George Weasley

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Published: 2021-01-14 Updated: 2021-01-26 Chapters: 6/? Words: 25426

Harry Lord of Slytherin

by Graydove71

Summary

After blowing up his Aunt Marge Harry spend the rest of the summer before his Third Year in Diagon Alley. Having heard about Inheritance Test he decided to take one only learns about the betrayals from his friends. Only to find out that what they had done caused even more harm they could imagine.

Notes

I do not own Harry Potter, or any of the characters. Nor do I write this for anything other reason than to get it out of my mind.

See the end of the work for more notes

Betrayal and Lordship

Chapter Summary

Harry finds out he has been lied to after going in for a cleansing and tries to claim his Heir/Lordship rings.

Chapter Notes

See the end of the chapter for notes

Harry was utterly furious and devastated as he looked down at the results of the Inheritance Test he had just taken. Having arrived at Diagon Alley a couple of days ago, after he had run away from home after blown up his Aunt Marge, Harry had decided to head to Gringotts to take the test. Having overheard Seamus telling Dean that by taking the test it could reveal if the Muggleborn boy's absent father was in fact Magical as well as line he might belong to. Harry decided to do it in hope of finding out more about his family than what most people tended to tell him, which usually was that he looked like his Dad but had his Mother's eyes, or that his dad was good at Quidditch.

He had gone in to take the test his second day in the alley which seemed to make the Goblins happy as they told him they had been trying to reach him for the last two years but each of their letters to have been returned unopened. Harry had been mystified for he had not know of any mail that he had not gotten from the Magical World after his Uncle had tried to outrun his Hogwarts' letter. Harry was lead into a back room where the test took place before the Goblin left him alone with his results to set up a cleansing for him.

Harry James Potter

Parents:

James Potter (Dead)

Lily Potter nee Evens (Dead)

Godparents:

Sirius Lupin nee Black (Wrongfully Imprisoned-Escaped)

Alice Longbottom nee Bismarck (Mentally Compromised)

Gregory Smith (Dead)*1

Narcissa Malfoy nee Black

Family Lines:

Potter

Gryffindor

Peverell

Slytherin (by right of conquest)

Enchantments/Potions on person in order of age:

Hocrux (bonded to Soul)

Magical Core Blocked 58%

Poor Eyesight jinx

Hair/eye Color Changed Jinx

Martyr Jinx

Distrust of Authority Jinx (with the exception of Albus Dumbledore)

Mail Ward

Wand control Jinx*2

Glamor

Eros Blade (Keyed to Ginevra "Ginny" Weasley.

Hatred Potion Keyed to anyone in Slytherin House, a Dark Core

Trust Potion Keyed to Albus Dumbledore, Gyrffindor House, Rubeus Hagrid, Ronald "Ron" Weasley, Hermione Granger, Molly Weasley, Ginevra "Ginny Weasley,

Intelligence Dampening Potions (Once a Year since July 1991)

Vault discrepancies:

1,500 Gallons a Year transferred to the vault of Albus Dumbledore starting in November, 1981

500 Gallons a Year transferred and exchanged into Muggle currency to the accounts of Dursley family starting in November,1981

500 Gallon a Year transferred to the personal vault of Ronald "Ron" Weasley started in July, 1991

500 Gallons a Year transferred to account of Hermione Granger starting in October, 1991

Numerous tomes and books removed from family vaults to the possession of Hermione Granger in October, 1991

600 Gallons a Year transferred to the personal vault of Molly Weasley starting in July, 1992

400 Gallons a Year transferred to the personal vault of Ginevra "Ginny" Weasley starting in July, 1992

Sword of Gryffindor not returned to vault after removal of Harry Potter taken into personal vault of Albus Dumbledore in May, 1993

Harry could not believe that his two best friends have been stealing from him since before they even became friends, let alone Mrs. Weasley and Professor Dumbledore who had shown him more love and kindness than any adult he had ever meet. Also he could not figure out why there was a spell on him to change his eyes or hair color and what it could accomplish. Harry of course knew about the Glamour spell being on him having applied it on himself before he had gone to his first year at Hogwarts to hide the signs of abuse his family had done to him. He was glad that the Goblins had offered to give him a cleansing just based on the length of his results as he was to get the cleansing. As he was getting ready to go through the cleansing a Goblin informed him after he woke back up he would also be given his Heir/Lordship rings which should have been done during his first visit giving him another reason to distrust Hagrid more than just having the large man being on his results of someone he was enchanted to trust.

Seething with anger at all the betrayal that had been done to him Harry fell unconscious to go through the cleansing. He was still angry when he woke up in a warm bed and the smells he associated with the Hospital Wing. Other than the anger he was still filled with Harry felt lighter and more powerful than he ever felt before. Swinging his legs over the bed he was on he saw that someone had set up a mirror beside his head. Climbing to his feet he walked over to the mirror and gasp at seeing his normally black rat nest hair now a deeper red than any of the Weasleys and now hung smoothly down to his shoulders. The only other change he saw was that his eyes were no longer vivid green but bright blue it took him a few moments as he took in his new look before he realize that he was not actually wearing his glasses. Unfortunately the lightning bolt scar was still there, as were several scars given to him by his Uncle peaking out over the top of his shirt. He wished he could apply his Glamor but did not want to cast underage magic and get in trouble again.

"Ah Heir Potter you are awake I hope you feeling better now," a Goblin in pale green robes said peeking their head into the room. "If you follow me Account Manager Fangtooth is ready to give you your Heir/Lordship rings." Harry followed what he assumed to be a Healer Goblin to an ornately carved door and pushed who pushed it aside to reveal a a well dressed Goblin behind a desk with four rings, one black, one gold, one silver, and the last one an emerald one.

"Welcome Heir Potter I am the Account Manager of the Potter Family, Fangtooth. You are a little late in getting your rings but as you Humans like to say no time like the present," Fangtooth said as Harry took the seat across from him. "Now as you place each ring on your finger you will be judged by it to see if it accepts you if the ring takes to you you will gain your proper position in the family line. As most of these lines are close to ending leaving you as the only person that can claim them. We shall start with the Potter family ring," Fangtooth said as he pushed the black ring forward.

Harry lifted the ring up finding it rather cold as he slips it onto his left ring finger. For a moment it felt as if large needles were being jammed into the finger making him black out.

"I can't believe you son," a voice said making Harry snap his eyes open and look upon the face he only recognized from the photo album that he got at the end of his first year.

"Dad?" Harry asked.

"Yeah hello," James said with a smile which quickly fell of his face. "I was chosen of all the family to talk to you since I would be the only one you would know. If it was up to me I would let you take the ring, but unfortunately I can not since you had money taken from you and trusted the thieves."

"So does this mean I am no longer a Potter since the ring is to be denied to me?" Harry asked.

"Not yet the family has some guidelines if you wish to prove your place in the family you must either get the money back with no help from the Goblins or make them pay for taking it for you," James said before he vanished.

Finding himself back in the normal office Harry slipped off the Potter ring and set it aside while the Fangtooth looked surprised as he pushed the second ring towards him. Once more the ring was cold as he slipped the gold band around his finger. Rather than needles this time it felt like his finger was being bit off as he once more lost conciseness.

"How dare you let someone claim my Sword," a large muscular man wearing furs called out as Harry opened his eyes.

"Godric Gryffindor I assume," Harry said.

"Don't be an idiot. You want to lead my family get my sword back and gain some allies which can help you stand against your foes," Godric said as he smacks Harry waking him back up.

"Again how strange," Fangtooth said as he placed the Gold ring back into the box next to the black ring of the Potter family. Taking up the silver ring Harry was not feeling good as he felt the familiar cold before placing it on his finger. This time he felt nothing at all but still passed out.

"To think my family line came to this," a tall skinny man said.

"Who are you?" Harry guessing this was the representative of the Peverell family.

"I am Ignotus Peverell and if you wish to take your place in our family you need to hold multiple lines that come from my family lines you have failed in gaining anyas of this moment but there is still a chance to get one line." Ignotus said as he gently pushes Harry who found himself back in the Goblin's office

"This has never happened before," Fangtooth said running a hand over his head. "If this ring does not take I am sorry to say I will have to cut you off from all your vaults." Harry was not sure about this ring even if it was his last chance not wanting to be associated with the blood supremacist. As he picked up the ring, however, unlike the others he found it slightly warm to the touch, and as he slipped the ring onto his hand it felt warmer yet.

"Ah hello young Heir I hope you take your role in our family more seriously than your immediate predecessor did," a slim man in a dark green robe said smiling as he leaded on a short cane.

"Salazar Slytherin?" Harry asked.

"Indeed young Heir you have gained your place with talent with Parslemouth, and your victory of the previous Heir and my Familiar, Sharus. Not that I like that but after how the previous Heir corrupted him away from his real purpose of protecting the school."

"You had a giant serpent whose very gaze could kills someone as a protection for school children?" Harry asked.

"Well he was not to be around the students but there in case some outside force ever tried to attack," Salazar explained.

"So you did not have an issue Muggleborns?" Harry asked.

"No of course not my own mother was what you call a Muggle," Salazar said making Harry's mouth fall open at this fact.

"As Lord of my House you can claim one fourth of Hogwarts Castle and enter Slytherin portions of Hogwarts without having to use passwords. And since I sense you have no knowledge of such things wearing a ring that has you have bonded with it will let you know if someone is trying to dose you with any potion or cast a spell on you without your knowledge. The ring will also protect you from them short of the Unforgivable Curses," Salazar said.

"Unforgivable Curses what are those?" Harry asked.

"Wow the teaching at the school has gone down hill since we started it," Harry heard Salazar mutter to himself. "Alright there are four curses that are considered the worst of the worst. One that kills another person which is Avada Kedavra which can only be stopped by an act of true love from another person the curse is cast on within one days time. The next is a spell that causes pain to a person's body in ever changing ways that can drive someone insane if it is used long enough called the Cruciatus Curse. Third there is a basic mind control spell which if used makes the person it is used on becoming the casters puppet known as the Imperius Curse, and only by having a strong will and some great luck can this spell be stopped. The last one's status has been changed from my day but it is a spell which akin to the Imperius Curse, but rather than make someone a puppet changes their personality to make them fall in love with someone known and is Know as Eros Blade. This spell only needs to be cast once on a person and the only way to remove it is through the most powerful cleansing.

"Would that include a cleansing done by the Goblins?" Harry asked recalling such a spell being on his results.

Salazar tilted his head to the side for a moment before responding, "You don't have to worry to get rid of the Horcurx the Goblins performed a cleansing that rid you of that spell. One last thing young Heir if ever you need help that you think I can provide rub your ring and call my name and I shall come," Salazar said before bowing to Harry.

"Ah at least one ring has accepted you that is good," Fangtooth said as Harry once more found himself back in the Goblin's office. "However, as I am not in charge of the Slytherin Vaults I must take my leave of you."

"Wait while the rings were judging me I was told that I could have a chance to take my place in the families later how do I do that?" Harry asked as the Goblin made to leave the room causing him to stop as if hit by a freezing spell.

"Did they now interesting," Fangtooth said stroking his chin. "If that is correct if you pass some challenges or do some task that the ring approves of it shall appear for you and you shall resume your place in the house."

"Thank you," Harry said.

"Don't mention it Heir Slytherin may the blood of your enemies floo like rivers at your passing," Fangtooth said.

Harry was horrified by what the Goblin said but the response entered his mind with a warm flash from his ring, "And may your coffers never be empty." Fangtooth gave him a smile as he left the room, but as Harry was not told if he should head out as well he stayed in his seat.

It turned out good that he did as the door opened a few minutes latter and a second Goblin came in. "Hello Heir Slytherin I am Bonecrusher your Account Manager I have been told that you have had quite a bit of money taken from you I assume you would like my help getting it back," the Goblin said taking the seat that had been vacated by Fangtooth.

Recalling his father's task to earn his place in the Potter family Harry said, "No thank you I think I need to do this on my own."

'Very good Heir Slytherin, though I might suggest you find some allies so as to not go at it alone," Bonecrusher said leaning forward.

"I think that is sound advice," Harry said nor revaling that that was one of the task he had been given to claim the Gryffindor Heir/Lordship ring.

"Good now is there anything else you might need today?" Bonecrusher asked.

"Yes according to my results my Godfather Sirius Lupin was wrongfully imprisoned and has now escaped is there a way to prove his innocence or to contact whomever he married to to take care of it?"

"I will look into it Heir Slytherin is there a place I can reach you for the time being?" Bonecrusher asked.

"I am staying at the Leaky Cauldron for the time being before I head back to Hogwarts," Harry said as the Goblin took down the room Harry was staying in.

"Anything else?" the Goblin prompted.

"Yes is there a way I could get a Glamor cast on me to hid the signs of abuse I had one in place myself but the cleansing clear it from me," Harry said. Bonecrusher just leaned forward and spoke some words that Harry assumed was his species language before he felt his Glamor return on his body. "Thank you Master Bonecrusher that is all I needed," Harry said and slowly got out of his chair in case the Goblin had anything to add before he left the room.

Heading back to the Leaky Cauldron he spoke to Tom the landlord to explain his change of appearance before heading up to his room to take a nap. As he laid in the bed he tried to think of any allies he had, but Ron and Hermione had basically cut him off from everyone else in Gryffindor House. The only one that they had not seemed to mind him spending time with, other than themselves had been Neville, but while there had been nothing on Neville in his results the pairs seeming alright with the other boy raised some flags. He hoped he could see some of his classmates in the alley before it was time to head back to Hogwarts to hopefully start making some real friends or at least some allies.

Chapter End Notes

1 I just needed a second male to be Harry's Godfather so it is just a dead NPC

2 A spell which forced him to only bond with a certain wand.

Some new allies

Chapter Summary

Harry takes another trip to Gringotts and makes some new allies.

Chapter Notes

See the end of the chapter for notes

As Harry slept he was once again visited by Salazar Slytherin. "Alright just to let you know I can access some of your memories, so I know to gain the Potter Heir ship and future Lordship you could not ask the Goblins to get your money back from those that betrayed you. This does not mean that you should let the payments continue," Salazar said leaning on his cane.

"I guess I did not even think about that having other things on my mind," Harry said.

"Now that is understandable my Heir which is why I am bringing it up now. You should also grabs some books dealing with the duties of an Heir/Lord as well as some on the procedures of the British Wizengamot. Not to mention a brand new wand since the one you have now was forced on you," Salazar said.

"Alright I shall pick them up with my school books for the coming year," Harry said before pausing for a moment. "I think I should also make some changes to my classes as I chose all my electives based on one of my betrayers."

"Just make sure you write a change of class form for your Head of House," Salazar said.

"I don't think that will be enough I think the best way to do it would be to contact all four Heads, through the Owl Post in the alley and send a second letter to Professor Flitwick through Gringotts having heard some of the older students say he had some Goblin blood in his lone," Harry said as if making a plan to storm a castle.

"Ah there is the stereotype of our family line at work. Good work my Heir," Salazar said lifting his cane to hold with his arms as he clapped at Harry's idea.

"You can just call me Harry, Sir," Harry responded back.

"Alright Harry as long as you call me Salazar," Salazar said.

"Alright than Salazar," Harry said holding the hand in which the Slytherin ring was on to shake the man's hand.

"Now all you need to do is wake up Harry," Salazar said giving his hand a single pump as the sound of the alarm clock in the room he was staying in went off.

As Harry turns onto his side to shut off the alarm he is shocked as his magic shots out and smashes the thing flat. Harry gulped having not meant to do that and afraid of an Owl from the Ministry to come flying into the window. For while the Minister himself forgave Harry for accidently blowing up his Aunt Marge he did not think it would happen again from just trying to turn off the room's alarm clock. When no Owl came flying in as he laid in bed for nearly five minutes he finally decided to climb out of bed and hastily threw a cloak over his form lifting the cowl over his face. Doing his best not to get noticed by anyone, Harry left the pub and made his way down the street and into Gringotts. "I would like to see Bonecrusher if he has time," Harry said once he had made his way to a free Goblin. The Goblin was about to ask what the human wanted with the current Goblin Prince only to notice that the hand Harry was using to keep his cloak on tight showed the Slytherin ring.

"Ah Heir Slytherin I was about to send for you there has been some developments," Bonecrusher said as Harry was shown into the Goblin's office.

"I have some thing to discuss with you as well Master Bonecrusher but I used some Underage Magic so I might be getting an owl at some point," Harry said.

"Where did you do this magic?" Bonecrusher asked.

"Um in the room I am staying at the Leaky Cauldron, by accident mind you I went to turn off my alarm and accidently crushed the clock," Harry explained.

"Ah that deals with one of the things I wish to discuss with you today. It seems that Fangtooth had been so distracted when the three rings did not take to you he forgot to give you this," Bonecrusher said pulling out what looked like a simple leather cuff covered in runes before passing it over. "Due to you having some of your Core blocked off for a while you will have trouble controlling your magic. This Modulator Cuff will help you control it as well as slowly allow you to get used it your higher lever. As soon as you are able to fully control your magic the cuff will instantly return to us here at the bank. As for worry about using any underage magic that can only be detected areas with low level of Magical use such as if you are alone in the Muggle world."

"So I could have cast the Glamor yesterday myself?" Harry said astonished.

"You could of though based on your magic it is a good thing you did not who knows what may have happened," Bonecrusher "now was there another reason for you to come back?"

"Um yes while I would like to get the Money stolen from me back for myself I forgot to mention that I would like to to stop all payments that they are using to steal from me,"

"Easily done," Bonecrusher said not even making any form of a note. "I actually stopped the payments last night after you left. I would also like to teach you how to access your funds. Now unfortunately since you could not claim the rings of the Potter, Gyrffindor, and Peverell lines all you will be able to access of those vaults for the time being is the trust vaults your parents had set up for you. If you can not claim the rings before you come of age that is seventeen years old you will be unable to claim your lines and the main vaults. You do have full access to all Slytherin Vaults which not only includes a trust vault but three main vaults all of which have well over 71 Billion Gallons in them as well as numerous family heirlooms and artifacts that belong to the Slytherin line, which if you choose to sell could be up to over 849 Trillion Gallons," Bonecrusher said making Harry mouth fall open in shock at how much money were in the vaults. He had thought that the money in the vault which he now guessed was the Potter Trust Vault had been a lot of money but that could hardly been more than 100,000 Gallons. For the next ten minutes Bonecrusher showed him to both make out a money order and use a Vault key to make a purchase, after giving him a whole new set of keys for his trust vaults. As well as how to use his Slytherin ring to make even larger purchases than could be done by money order such as buying properties.

After Bonecrusher had finished his explanation he moved on to the next order of business. "Now I have some good news and some bad news Heir Slytherin," Bonecrusher began. Unfortunately we were unable to locate your Godfather's husband nor would the Ministry listen to our claims that Sirius is innocent. We were, however, able to find your parent's wills which for some reason have been sealed which we think would clear his name."

"That is good news," Harry said smiling at as Account Manager only for the Goblin to shake his head sadly at him.

"While that is good news we can not open the wills for whom ever sealed them made it so they could only be opened by the Potter family ring so until you can claim the ring they are still blocked from us," Bonecrusher said.

"Well fuck," Harry said.

"My thoughts exactly Heir Slytherin, but I do have some good news we were able to get in contact with the last of your Godparents and they are willing to come to the bank and meet with you. The have scheduled the meeting for around noon if that is alright with you," the Goblin said. Harry was sort of conflicted having never really gotten along with Malfoy at school, plus what his dad had caused with the opening of the Chamber. He could not figure out why his parents would have chosen Mrs. Malfoy to be one of his Godparents, but he knew the only way to find out was to actually meet with her so he agreed to meet with her.

"Um before I go do you know of any other place that sells wands besides Ollivanders?" Harry asked.

"Well there is Master Treyco, but his shop is in a different alley, there is also Crone Ophelia but she tends to add a little darkness into each of her creations letting her have some small access to a person's wand. But we Goblins also know some Wand craft if you wish to get one from us," Bonecrusher said.

"I think I would prefer to get it here than," Harry said.

"Very good I will send for one of our Wandmakers," Bonecrusher said as he left the room to go get one of the Goblins who could craft magical artifacts such as wands. He did not say it but the wand purchased from the Goblins while being a little bit superior than a human made one was a lot more expensive though he knew the boy could afford it, not that it mattered as due to what they had failed to prevent in the theft of the young Heir's property. The Head of the European Gringotts Branches had decided that the cleansing as well as any issues on the boy's results would be free of charge if take care of by the bank.

Four minutes after Bonecrusher left a Goblin came in dressed in in a red robes with the symbol of a magnifying glass with a gemstone under the "glass." "Ah Heir Slytherin I was told you wished to have a wand created," the Goblin said.

"That is correct," Harry said bowing to the Goblin.

"Alright I am Artifector Slashvolt and I am here to guide you in creation of your new wand," the Goblin said as he pulled off a bag and placed it onto Bonecrusher's desk. Harry assumed the bag was magical as the Goblin began to pull numerous large cases out of it placing them before Harry. "Now unlike Human Wandmakers rather than blindfold you and have you find items that call to your magic all you have to do is place your wand hand on each of these cases. Each case has an undetectable expansion charm on it so any thing that can be used to create a wand is inside it. Once you place your hand on the top of the case your magic will summon the item itself to you," Slashvolt stated as he pushed the first case forward.

Taking a deep breath Harry placed his right hand on the case and barely two second latters he felt something thumb into the lid under his hand. Slashvolt reaches out and taps the case with a single gnarled finger as a panel opened up and he pull out two hunks of wood. The same thing was repeated for each of the five cases some of which he was unable to collect an object. When he was done Slashvolt informed he that his magic had selected both Cedar and English Oak as the wood for the wand to be crafted out of. Harry's wand would not only have two woods but two cores as his magic drew froth hairs from both a Grim as well as a Thestral with the last item he had brought forth which Slashvoly had told him was a focusing Gem and was rare crystal that was both black and white looking like a Yin-Yang symbol. After he collected all the items that would be used in his new wand's creation the Goblin also took some measurements from Harry to determine the wand's length and flexibility. Slashvolt informed him that by the time he returned for his lunch meeting with his Godmother the wand would be finished.

Leaving the bank Harry feeling hungry as he had left the Leaky Cauldron this morning without eating, and had spent almost the entire day yesterday at the band due to his cleansing he had not really eaten since the morning before. Stopping a small café Harry ordered a full English breakfast as he wrote the five notes to inform his change of plans for his electives with him dropping out of Divinations and Care of Magic Creatures in favor of Study of Ancient Runes and Arithmancy. Harry sealed each letter addressing two to Professor Flitwick and the other three to the one of other Heads of House apiece. As he finished off his meal he went to the Owl Post and sent all but one of the letters for Flitwick out using the last of his physical money.

Once his letters were sent he decided to go get his books heading into Flourish and Blotts and was nearly pushed aside by one of the shopkeepers. "Coming for your new books?" the man asked as he started to put on some heavy duty gloves.

"Um yes though I am not sure of my full list," Harry said making the man pause and turn to look at him.

"What do you mean?" he asked one glove held in his arm.

"Well I recently decided to drop two of my class choices and take other subjects," Harry said.

"What subjects," the man said with a small wince as the sound of tearing was heard from the front of the store.

"I decided to added Ancient Runes and Arithmancy just this morning so I do not know what books to get." Harry said and saw the man break out into a smile as he put the gloves aside.

"Oh thank Merlin I was afraid you were taking Care of Magical Creatures the fool who is teaching it this year chose the Monster Book of Monsters to be their course book. Nasty things I know the owners do not wish to stock them ever again," the man said as he used his wand to separate said books two of which were trying to pull apart a third. "As for finding books for those subject don't worry Hogwarts as well as other local schools send us their book list so if anyone loses theirs we can help them get the right books," the salesperson said as he helped Harry pick out all the books for his new classes.

Rather than go to check them out Harry put his books into a basket and went to go search for the books that Salazar had mention he should get. Finding an entire section he had never noticed before dealing with duties of an Heir/Lord/Ladyships as well as about the Wizengamot he began to look for ones that he though could help him. As he skimmed through the numerous volumes he was not really paying attention to his surroundings so the he ended up bumping into someone. "Sorry about that," Harry said rubbing his head where he had bumped into the person.

"It is alright," a familiar voice said making Harry look up to see Ernie Macmillian.

"Oh hey Ernie," he said.

"Do I know you?" the Huffelpuff asked taking a good look at Harry's face. "Bloody Hell Harry? What happened to you?"

"Oh had some time so I went to Gringotts and underwent a cleansing," Harry said.

"Why did you need a cleansing?" the normally pompous boy asked.

"Well it seems I had had some spells and potions placed on me after my parents had died," Harry said seeing the other's mouth fall open in shock. "Oh by the way it turns our you were right after all I am the Heir of Slytherin though not by blood but by Right of Conquest.":

"Seriously Bloody Hell," Ernie said "but you were not the one sending the monster after everyone right?"

"I was not," Harry said.

"Can you tell me who was I mean Headmaster Dumbledore said you had taken care of it but had never told us anything else?" Ernie asked. Harry almost hesitated not wanting to talk about it before he realized that the truth might be a way to get some revenge against Ginny.

"Oh sure the truth was that it was Ginny Weasley," Harry said.

"Really but wasn't she taken into the Chamber by the person who had opened it?" Ernie asked confused.

"Well in a way you see somehow Ginny got a cursed book which over the course of the year she had written in letting the spirit resting in it to take over her and opening the Chamber," Harry explained.

"Wait over the course of the year? So it did not happen all at once and she did not report it?" Ernie said sounding both angry and shocked.

"She said she was worried that she would be kicked out and did not want to get into any trouble having wanted to come to Hogwarts since her eldest brother went there," Harry said hiding a smile as he sees the Huffelpuff's reaction to the news.

"That does not make it right. From what my Mother told me, apart form Hermione and Heir Clearwater, the students who had been petrified had to either repeat the last year or go through tutoring over the summer," Ernie started only for Harry to interrupt him.

"How would your Mother know something like that?" Harry asked.

"Oh she is a member of the Hogwarts' Governors," Ernie said with a little bit of his old pompoms attitude.

"She is a Governor so you were threatened last year to be cursed?" Harry asked a little shocked.

"Wait What?" Ernie asked once more sounding confused.

"After getting out of the Chamber Ron and I took Ginny and Professor Lockhart to Professor McGonagall's office where Dumbledore was waiting. When Draco's father came in wondering what Dumbledore was doing there after he had been voted out," Harry said doing his best not to call the man Dumbles or any other childish nickname in front of the other boy. "The Headmaster said he had come back after all the Governors apart from Mr. I mean Lord Malfoy had begged him to come back. He said that the Governors told him that Lord Malfoy had threatened to curse the families of his fellow Governors if they had not voted him out in the first place."

"The bloody idiot he was voted out fairly, from what my Mother told me and only brought back by the narrowest of margins," Ernie said as he balled his hands into fist. "As I was saying how is it that Ginny did not get any punished for not reporting the cursed book? She should have at least been suspended for a couple of months."

"Yeah instead she joined her family on a trip to Egypt," Harry said recalling the article Ron had sent him with his birthday present.

"That is correct. I know she is your friend but I think I should have to talk to my Mother about this so she does not get off Scott Free for not reporting her interaction with the book,"

"Go right ahead no one is above the rules," Harry said. As he said this he noticed something from the corner of his eye causing to look to the side where what looked liked the Potter and Gryffindor rings to be on one of the shelves for just a moment before they vanished.

"You know I was not expecting that," Ernie said "by the way why are you looking at the Heir and Wizengamot books?"

"I just trying to figure out my what to do as an Heir only finding out I was one yesterday," Harry said shocking Ernie more than when he told about Ginny being the one to open the Chamber.

"You did not know, but we were always told you were informed about our world... by the Muggles you lived with. Wait that makes no sense now that I think of it," Ernie said.

"Yeah I was told nothing about it even by the Weasleys," Harry said. "I don't even know what is happening to my families' seat.

"If I had to guess, it is just a guess mind you, is that whomever your Magical Guardian is the one to cast your families vote," Ernie stated with a small shrug of his shoulders.

"A Magical Guardian?" Harry said in confusion.

"If memory serves I think the Headmaster is your Magical Guardian," Ernie stated. Harry saw red thinking that the man that was responsible for stealing and enchanting him was also in charge of his votes in the Wizengamot. He hoped that the Goblins could help him remove the man from his seats in the Governing body. With Ernie's help Harry was able to take some of the better books for Heirs/Lordships and the Wizengamot and add it to his order before wishing the Huffelpuff boy goodbye Harry decided to go get some new robes since all he had was his school robes and if he was a Heir he should probably get some better quality and different robes like all the Magicals on the books of the Wizengamot were wearing.

Avoiding Madam Malkin's since he did not actually need any new school robes he went to a robe shop he had found on his first day of expiration of the Alley called Radagast's High Quality Robes. Stepping into the shop he had to groan a little for just like his first time in Madam Malkin's shop standing on one of the platfoms and getting measured was none other than Draco Malfoy. "Isn't this place a little out of your price range Weasley or are you finally starting to spend Potty's money. I should warn you Mother and Father said he is staying at the Leaky Cauldron so he might see you and wonder how you can afforded shopping here."

"Does everyone knew they were stealing from me?" Harry asked feeling flabbergasted.

"Potty?" Draco asked his eyebrows shooting up into his blonde hair.

"Malfoy," Harry responded back.

"What happen to you?" his school rival asked for once with no hint of his normal arrogance in his voice.

"Let see inflated my Muggle Uncle's sister, rode the Knight Bus, meet the Minister of Magic, took an Inheritance test, found out my so called friends were stealing from me and I had been enchanted oh and your Mother is my Godmother, so nothing much," Harry said laughing a little at both Draco and the sales people's expressions after his statement.

"So that is why Mother brought me here today," Draco said after he composed himself and Harry had taken the platform next to him to get measured for his new robes.

"Yes I have a meeting with her around noon," Harry said as the sales person began to takes notes as the magical measuring tape took his sizes.

"Why would any one enchant your hair and eyes though, apart from making sure you don't look like a weasel?" Draco asked.

"Your guess would be as good as mine to be honest," Harry said with a small shrug earning him a disapproving glare from the sales person.

"So I am guessing it was he bunch of Blood Traitors that enchanted you than since you have not got on my case for referring to them as Weasels?" Draco guessed.

"Well they did not do it but I was evidently slipped Potions which would make me trust some of them as well as Granger," Harry said.

"I did warn you about them if you recall," Draco said smirking over at him.

"Yeah yeah what you want a cookie or something," Harry shot back.

"A cookie is that some sort of Muggle tradition? Being proved to be wrong give the person who told you so a treat?" Draco asked actually making Harry start to laugh.

"No it is just an expression," Harry said after he was able to compose himself.

"Muggles are rather strange," Draco said shaking his head.

"You will get no argument from me on that one though of course Magicals are just as strange," Harry pointed out.

"True," Draco said "you know it feels strange to be both agreeing with you on something but also not changing barbs."

"Indeed," Harry said as the bell at the entrance to the shop rang out.

"Draco dear are you not done yet it is almost time for my meeting at the bank," a voice called.

"Just about but don't worry about it," Draco said shooting Harry a look.

"Now you know how I feel about punctuality Draco we can not be late for this meeting," a woman who Harry now assumed was Narcissa Malfoy said.

"It will not matter if you are late Mother," Draco said looking as if he was stopping himself from laughing.

"Why do you think that Dragon?" the woman asked as Harry took her in seeing she was around six foot tall with her hair, which was both black and white in color, in a braid that hung down to the middle of her back and was dressed periwinkle blue robes.

"Cause the person you are having the meeting with is standing right beside me," Draco said who it seemed had reached his limit and began to laugh which much to Harry's surprise included a couple of snorts.

"Ah yes very funny Draco I was told I was meeting my Godson I know you are not a fan but that is no reason to try to make me skip the meeting," Narcissa said looking anything but impressed with how her son was acting.

"He is not lying Lady Malfoy your meeting is with me," Harry said turning to her and lifting his bangs out of the way so she could see his lightning bolt scar.

"Good Avalon*" Narcissa said clutching at her chest.

"Sorry about that Lady Malfoy," Harry said in apology "I know I look rather different than what I have done before now."

"You have your mother's hair and your father's eyes," Narcissa said in shock.

"Yeah I still don't know why anyone had them reversed," Harry said stepping off the platform since the worker was done taking his measurements.

"If I had to guess it was for Severus," Narcissa said after a moment of though as Harry began to pick out some material for his robes to be made from as well as the color of them.

"Why?" Harry asked looking away from a forest green that matched his old eyes.

"Well both Severus and myself were your Mother's best friends while we were at Hogwarts, but he always hated your Father so it could be that someone wanted him to see James rather than Lily in you," Narcissa hazarded a guess.

"So that is why you were chosen to be my Godmother you were her friend?" Harry asked.

"Indeed it was and we would have taken you in if nor for," she started only to realize where they were "maybe we should head to the bank before I continue."

"Okay," Harry said a little mystified as he placed his order for his new robes which would hopefully be done by the time he returned to the bank.

"So how is Gregory Smith?" she asked as the Harry and the two Malfoys walked to the bank.

"Who?" Harry said recalling having seen the name on his results but never having heard of the man before.

"Gregory Smith the person you were sent to live with after James and Lily died. We were told for your protection you were to live in the Muggle world and as Gregory was your mother's favorite Uncle he had been chosen to take you in.

"Um I was brought up by my Mother's sister, Petunia and her family," Harry said as Narcissa stopped in her tracks.

"Not Tunafish Lily would never have wanted you anywhere near the beast. Not after the childhood she had," Narcissa said shaking her head solemnly as Harry tried not to laugh at the nickname for his Aunt.

"I don't know what happened I just know they took me in and according to the Goblins my Mom and Dad's Wills are sealed so they can't tell what was really meant to happen to me after they died," Harry said. Hearing this Narcissa grabbed both his and Draco's hands and speed to the bank. She did not even wait for a free Goblin as she lead the two mystified thirteen year olds out a back door and down a corridor to a well appointed meeting room.

"Ah Lady Malfoy you are early and I see you have found your Godson as well," Bonecrusher said looking up as the three entered.

"I have indeed now what is this about Lily and James' Wills being sealed.

"As I explained to Heir Slytherin since they were sealed so long ago they can only be opened by a Potter family Heir or Lordship ring which he unfortunately does not possess," Bonecrusher said "I am surprised you had not mentioned that to her Heir Slytherin."

"It had not come up yet," Harry said slightly blushing.

"Wait you really are Slytherin's Heir?" Draco asked his voice rising a little in shock.

"What do you men he does not posses a Potter family ring?" Narcissa asked.

"It did not accept me, neither did the Gyrffindor or Peverell rings only the Slytherin ring that I gained through the Right of Conquest accepted me. I was given some task to take care of before I earn the right to them though," Harry said seeing both Malfoy's mouths fall open in shock.

"Alright fine I can only assume this is the reason you called for this meeting today Prince Bonecrusher," Narcissa directed at the Goblin.

"Indeed it is Lady Malfoy," Bonecrusher said before turning to Harry " do you mind if I share with her your results.

"Might as well it would save us some time," Harry said as the Goblin pushed over a copy of the results of Harry's Inheritance test followed by a glass of what looked like water as her face paled.

As Narcissa read the results and took time to calm down Bonecrusher also passed over Harry's new wand which was eleven inches long and highly flexable. "Mast Bonecrusher is there a way to remove the Headmaster from control of my family seats in the Wizengamot even if the rings rejected me?" Harry asked.

"There is a way but it is slightly underhanded," Bonecrusher said with a savage smile. "As of right now only the four of us plus Fangtooth knows that the Potter, Gryffindor, and Peverell rings did not accept you. And while you are not a Heir your status could be considered a trial family member which still gives you the highest claim on the seats. And while you can not claim them for yourself until you are the heir or Lord of the House you can decided who can use them, or in this case not use them."

"So I can just declare that Albus Dumbledore does not have access to the Potter, Gryffindor, Peverell or Slytherin seats and he can't use them?" he asked.

"Actually by saying it like that you just did," Bonecrusher said with a rough laugh which would have been creepy to Harry but for the moment found himself laughing along side the Goblin.

"You said I could also put someone in the seats as well," Harry asked "What happens if I just leave them vacant?"

"Well as the Headmaster had used those seats to gain his Party's Majority in the Wizengamot the Light Party would drop in ranking and ousting him as the Chief Warlock," Narcissa said having finally calmed down.

"Who does that leave in charge?" Harry asked.

"It usually goes to the eldest person of the leading party and since the Dark Party was just a few seats lower than the Light Party that would mean Lady Greengrass would be the new Chief Warlock. That is unless you wish to add your seats to another Party," Narcissa stated.

"I think for right now I will leave the seats vacant. Lets make him wonder what's going on for a bit and give me a chance to find someone I can trust to fill them," Harry said.

That is surprisingly devious," Draco said nodding in approval.

"So what were you saying in the Radagast's earlier about why you did not take me in, besides having me live in the Muggle Worlds? Harry asked.

"Ah yes you see most people thought and well still think that my husband was a Death Eater, supporter of He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named," she added seeing his confusion. "But in truth he was working as a spy for the Department of Magical Law Enforcement after one of your father's old friends Amelia Bones." Harry suddenly recalled Ron talking about Draco's Dad being always in the Ministry.

"Um if he was a spy why did he use Riddle's Diary?" Harry asked.

"Ah well some of the Death Eaters still remained free and had put pleasure on him to use it, so to keep his cover he had slipped it into the cauldron of one of the Weasleys knowing that Arthur being head of the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts office would have instilled on his kids to report the Diary once they noticed it was enchanted. He never would have imagined that it would have actually be used to open the Chamber," she explained.

"Yeah I was talking about that with someone earlier but it seems we all overestimated the Weasette," Harry said making Draco laugh at the nickname he had started for the girl while his mom tried to give Harry a disappointed look that was ruined with a twinkle in her eyes. "Oh that reminds me," Harry said snapping his fingers "it may be too late for this now but it would be a good idea to clear out the chamber beneath the drawing room."

Both Malfoys' eyes widen at his words as Narcissa asked, "And why shall we do that?"

"Well when my former friends and I thought Draco was opening the Chamber the Weasel and I used some Polyjuice Potions to sneak into the Slytherin dorms as Crabbe and Goyle. Draco you told us about the Ministry raiding your place and than let it slip about the hidden room. I know for a fact the Weasel was going to send a letter to Mr. Weasley but we were busy so I don't think he ever did it but he might have told him this summer. And since you say Lord Malfoy is still working as a spy for those Death Eaters which are still free it would raise some concerns for people who don't know his status."

"Why thank you Harry I shall let him know when we get home," Narcissa said bowing he head slightly.

Chapter End Notes

akin to saying Good Heavens sort of like saying "for the love of Merlin" would be "for the love of God"

Breaking Free and Putting on a Show

Chapter Summary

Harry leaves Diagon Alley to stay with his Godmother before going to Hogwarts

Chapter Notes

See the end of the chapter for notes

"Speaking of homes where are you staying at the moment for I do not see Tuna Fish or that rotten apple of a husband of hers letting you come to Gringotts and finding all this out,"Narcissa asked tapping the results of Harry's test.

"I have been staying at the Leaky Cauldron after I accidently inflated my Uncle's Sister, Marge," Harry said.

"By yourself?" Draco asked with a hint of jealousy in his voice.

"Yes after the Minister let me go for my use of underage magic," Harry said.

"That man always has been a fool he left you with no protection or minder?" Narcissa asked rubbing the bridge of her nose.

"Well he did say that Tom was going to be keeping an eye on me," Harry said.

"Oh yes for the man has so much free time running a bar/inn that he can keep track of you as you got through the alley. Yes he is worried about you being found by Sirius but there are actual Death Eaters that still walk free. Not to dismiss your skills Harry, but you are still a kid, and it would not take much for them to hit you with a spell to force you to follow them down a deserted side street and harm you. I know you may not fully trust me or members of my house but I would like you to come stay with us for the couple of weeks before you head back to Hogwarts," Narcissa said patting his arm.

"But won't I get in trouble the Minister himself told me to stay here?" Harry asked.

"You will not if anyone tries to I will point out that I am your Godmother and we had recently found out about it. If they still have problems with that we can have them talk to the Goblins about it," Narcissa said as Bonecrusher, who was working in the corner to not interfere with their conversation, gave a nod of confirmation.

"If you are worried about staying with us we have plenty of room so you don't have to even see us," Draco said misreading Harry's silence.

"What do you want in return?" Harry asked knowing that most people would want something for taking him in.

"Nothing," Narcissa said sounding horrified that he felt the need to ask. "We have House Elves to take care of most things all you need to do is be a kid for once in your life."

"But won't Lord Malfoy be angry at me for freeing Dobby?" Harry asked since she brought up House Elves.

"Who?" Both Malfoys asked giving him confused looks.

"Dobby was the Malfoy family Elf who warned me about Riddle's Diary as well as trying to keep me away from Hogwarts," Harry said wondering if they were really these so called Death Eaters and were trying to trick him to come to their home.

"Bartholomew," Narcissa said leading to a House Elf pop into the room. Harry looking at the Elf saw the way he was dressed was vastly different from Dobby for rather than a toga this Elf was dressed in a small smartly dressed suit with what he assumed was the Malfoy family crest on his right breast pocket.

"You called for me Madam?" the Elf asked letting Harry notice another change as Bartholomew spoke in a slightly posh voice.

"Yes Bartholomew is there a Elf named Dobby as part of your crew?" she asked.

"Not to my knowledge," the Elf said snapping his fingers and summoning a roll of parchment and began to look through it. "No Madam I have no record of a Dobby. Is this a new Elf you would like to add to the crew?"

"No thank you just checking on something," Narcissa said.

"But he accompanied Lord Malfoy to meet with the Headmaster at the end of last term I freed him when I handed him Riddle's Diary with my sock in it," Harry said mystified.

"No Elves accompanied Master Malfoy to Hogwarts the current Headmaster does not approve of Elves that do not work at the castle to be on grounds young Master," Bartholomew explained.

"Um just out of curiosity could you cut off the barrier between Platform 9 3/4 and the rest of King's Cross, cause a Bludger to single a person out, or take letters from a person with a mail ward on them?" Harry asked the Elf.

"I could maybe do the letters if it was a member of my Master's family involved but the others one would need over all permission from a high placed member at Hogwarts to shut off the barrier or have access to a Hogwarts' Bludger," the Elf said.

"What is up Harry?" Draco asked finding the whole line of questionings strange.

"Those are the ways that Dobby tried to keep me away from Hogwarts last year, he collected letters from people who sent them to me trying to make me think I had no friends, which turned out to be true I guess," Harry said. I was rescued by the Weasel and the twins, but when we went to get on the train the barrier did not let us through and than you recall the Bludger in our match last year."

"So this Dobby was working for Dumbles," Draco guessed.

"I can only assume," Harry said with a shrug before turning to Bartholomew and asking "are you treated alright?"

"My entire crew are all treated very nicely," the elf answered with a small smile liking this human.

"Alright I will stay with you though I need to pick up the robes I had just got measured for as well as the rest of my stuff in my room," Harry said.
"Very well Bartholomew be a dear and get a room ready for Harry. Maybe in Abraxas' old wing for the time being," Narcissa said dismissing the Head Malfoy Family Elf. "Now we shall go get your robes and show Fudge that he made a mistake by not leaving you any protection by spiriting you away from here right under Tom's nose." Narcissa suited actions to words as she lead Harry and Draco back to Radagast's shop to pick up both Harry and Draco's robes before they headed to the back door of the Leaky Cauldron where she told them her plan.

Harry went up to the room he was staying in while she stayed outside and Draco made himself the center of attention in the pub complaining about how dirty it was and being a basic brat. Once in his room Harry only collected his Invisibility Cloak and bring it outside to Narcissa where she would put it on and follow him back to his room where she would shrink all of his possessions for easy travel. Harry would once more leave the pub, with Narcissa invisibly holding onto his shoulder to go get some ice cream and work on some homework as Draco walking out, unless he had already been tossed out, and join the pair of them at the side street leading where the trio would Apparate away. Narcissa's planned worked almost to perfection though Draco was thrown out of the place when Harry walked out the first time to deliver the cloak to Narcissa, which they both saw had the Blond smiling as he was lead out by Tom.

Arriving at the gates to Malfoy Manor Narcissa lead Harry up to the front doors where they were greeted by both Bartholomew and Lucius. "Narcissa dear? Lucius asked sending a look at Harry who was looking in wonder at the large foyer which could have fit both the bottom floor of the Dursley's home as well as their attached garage easily inside.

"Lucius honey I would like you to meet Harry Potter," Narcissa said seeing her husband's eyes widen at the redheaded boy's identity. "It seems we were lied to Luci, Harry had not gone to stay with Lily's Uncle in fact he is dead. It could have been from natural causes or not I haven't looked into it yet. And I was not just going to let my Godson stay at the Leaky Cauldron with only the barmen to look out for him. So he will be staying with us until term starts," Narcissa said in a tone that broke no argument. Harry actually had turned back to see if Lucius would but saw him slightly cowered by his wife.

"Yes dear," Lucius said before turning to Harry. "I assume my wife has informed you of my status as a Ministry Spy within His ranks?"

"Um yes Lord Malfoy," Harry said.

"Good now every once and a while some Death Eaters who are free stop by the manor so you will need to be out of view during their visits," Draco's father said.

"It is alright I have plenty of experience doing that," Harry said thinking of the times his Uncle would either lock him in his old cupboard or just shut him in his room while their were "important" guest over. "If I may asked if you are a spy and you know they really supported Him why are they still free?"

"Ah well some believe that the man did something to starve off death and would come back so Madam Bones and I agreed to let them walk free in hopes that they will lead us to what ever from he may be in at some point," Lucius explained. "Also since I am a spy I have to act a certain way even in public so I apologize for the way I treated the Weasleys I know from what Draco has told me you are found of the family," the man said evidently trying to make Harry comfortable in his home.

"There is no reason to apologize for how you treated them, even if you were acting some of the family deserve it and more some," Harry said clenching his fist.

Lucius was about to ask more when Harry, who had not had lunch yet stomach began to growl. Bartholomew stepped forward and offered to take him to the dining room which after a nod form Narcissa let himself be lead away. "What was that all about?" Lucius asked his wife and son after the door closed behind their new temporary ward and the Elf.

"It seems that what we were told was partiality true for he did grow up with Muggles but rather than Gregory he was living with Tuna Fish," Narcissa explained making Lucius groan having heard stories about the Muggle woman from both his wife and Severus. "But what is more having run away from her he had decided to get tested, evidently not doing it before his first year due to the Headmaster I suspect. Anyway it seems that Molly and her two youngest as well as the Muggle girl who is near the top of their class have been stealing from Harry along with the Headmaster himself." Lucius felt his skin crawl and saw his wife's Godson had been right about the Weasleys deserving worse than what he had given them it was a clear case of Line Theft that even a new lawyer could not fail at winning a case with. The only problem was to retain his position of a Spy he could not take the case or bring it up at within his firm without questions being asked. He doubted even if he could play it off as him trying to free Harry from Dumbles control to bring him to His camp for there were still many Death Eaters who wanted to kill Harry just cause that is what He wanted. "There is some good news, however," Narcissa said with a smile.

"What is it?" Lucius asked worriedly knowing full well what that smile sometimes meant.

"Dumbles is no longer the Chief Warlock," she said laughing a little when he mouth fell open in shock. "Yes it seems he had been using Harry's seats which Harry has now claimed and left them vacant, for the moment. Lucius felt like dancing knowing full well what that meant for while some claimed that the Dark Party was full of Death Eaters who had wiggled out of getting caught in truth only maybe one or two members were actual supporters of Him. The rest were normal Magicals which had Dark Cores and were trying to keep Magical Traditions alive and those with Creature blood free from persecution.

Harry marveled at the dining room as he was brought into it and fed, what Bartholomew had called, a simple meal which to him had been a real feast chatting with the Elf to find out more about his kind. Bartholomew seemed to like the positive attention as he cleared up some of the things Harry had learned from Dobby. Yes a House Elf could be freed by presenting it with clothing, but no the clothing had to be knowingly given nor did it apply to large amounts of clothing. Harry was slightly disappointed to learn that bit for when Dobby had told him clothing could free Elves he had pictured Draco being forced to do his own laundry. Neither did the House Elves consider their service as a form of slavery but as a form of duty to their families which took them in. Harry listened in fascination barely paying attention as he ate as the Head Malfoy Elf told him that unlike most beings Magical and otherwise House Elves were sustained by Magic itself and while they could live off pure Magic it sometimes caused them to get sick so they would turn to Humans and other Beings who used Magic so it would be filtered through them before reaching the Elf. Harry suddenly had the vision of Draco as a coffee filter and the Bartholomew taking the coffee from the pot after it had been made. Harry snorted a little into his food leading to the Elf giving his back a could of smacks as he nearly choked on his mashed potatoes.

A few days latter Harry saw that Draco had been right about the size of Malfoy Manor for even without trying to he could not see another living human for hours on end. Though he did see the Malfoy family Elves quite a bit as they would help make sure he did not get lost as he moved about the place. Not that he did no his first full day there having only gone to one out of seven libraries, according to the Elves, that the manor contained so he could finished off his Summer homework. Even than the room was so large he had not realized that Draco was doing the same thing until they had both went searching for the same book. Thereafter the pair decided to work together to finish their work that much sooner with each helping the other out Draco correcting Harry's Potions work and Harry pointing out some of the mistakes Draco had made in his Charms paper. If someone told him on his birthday that he would start to see Draco as a friend he would have told them to go see Madam Pomfrey, but it was happening even if they still traded barbs with each other now and then.

In the short time that Harry was at the manor he had been told to keep to away from the main rooms, due to "visitors," no less than four times not that he minded for having finished his homework, and having the potion to reduce his intellect out of his system Harry had taken to spend a lot of time reading books. It had started with the books Salazar and Ernie had him check out but he soon finished them as he also discovered he had a near perfect memory when not enchanted making him able to recall the majority of the books. After finishing his homework, the books on being a Heir/Lord and on the Wizengamont Harry just started going through the library nearest the room he was staying in and taking out piles of books on various subjects to read. Some of which he wished he had read earlier like William Chang's The Muggle in Court: A Muggleborns' Guide to Pureblood Society, or I Cast You Out: a Study in the Historical/Philosophical Use of Spell Casting and Crafting.

That did not mean to say he avoided the others as every couple of days he would join Draco on the Malfoy Family Pitch and the pair would just fly around some times in a quick Seeker's game but most just showing off their skills on their brooms. When Narcissa was free, having learned that she was a high ranking Healer at St. Mungos, she would tell him tales of his parents during their time at Hogwarts as well as latter in life. She even told him about meeting both Vernon and Marge as she had accompanied Lily to Tuna Fish and Vernon's wedding. "They were a nasty lot I can tell you," she said taking a sip of her hot cocoa "Marge keep harassing your mother and me just cause I came as Lily's date, this was due to your father being called away for a surprised training session. For some reason the woman just kept calling us dikes?" Narcissa said shooting Harry a questioning look but he preferred not to explain having dealt with the Homophobic leanings of the Durlseys for years.

It had taken him time to get over it and admit even if it was just to himself that he fancied males rather than females. It had confused him when he would sometimes get a feeling in his gut around Ginny at least until his results and Salazar telling him about Eros Blade. For a while he though he might be Bisexual but with the spell cleared from his system he was pretty sure he was only into males. Though of the males he spent the most time with he did not see himself falling for them for one Ron had never been his friend and was most likely in it for the Money and fame that came from being his "friend." The twins while nice he just did not see happening for sometimes they were to wild for him. Percy while being more calm and collected, not to mention slightly cute, from what he heard had a girlfriend and even if he did not most likely would not want to date someone so much younger. Neville while also calm was too timid in Harry's mind for whenever Harry pictured himself going out with someone he could not see himself taking the lead all the time, and he had to admit that might have been from the Dursleys. Than there was Draco and while they were becoming what, frenemies, he could not see himself dating the blonde due to both their history but also how active Draco was. Harry could admit his ideal date, at the moment at least, would be to snuggle up with someone as they read books together, or maybe his partner reading to him.

He did not really interact with Draco's dad that much usually at meal ties when no visitors were there and most of the time they just shared polite, but over all meaningless, conversation about what had happened that day. Though one day a group of visitors had been to the manor arriving at nearly eight in the morning and leaving well past midnight the man had shown up to the room Harry had been sleeping in. Lucius had than proceeded to show Harry something he called a "Dark Mark" which looked like a Skull eating a python tattooed onto Lucius's right forearm. Lucius explained that all of His servants were marked thusly though he and a few others had found some ways to alter the mark a little. "If you find someone with an altered mark it means like me they are one of the various spies against him. I know of only two others, besides myself, who were spies Severus who worked for Dumbles and Regulus Black who was working for his own Father after his mother had forced him to join," Lucius explained pointing out the differences between a real mark and his altered one in great detail letting Harry memorize it all.

On the day that Harry and Draco were to head back to Hogwarts Narcissa brought Harry and Draco in as soon as the Barrier would allow thus getting Harry their with few witnesses to him being with her and Draco. Rather than find a compartment right away Harry decided to take out one of the books he had borrowed from the Malfoy's library and began to read it giving other students a chance to arrive. After nearly a hour spent reading Harry finally started to look for a place to sit as the train was only a half hour away from leaving the station. He did not want to sit by himself, just in case Ron and Hermione showed up and somehow able to know it was him despite his new look, so he skipped all empty compartments. He also skipped a compartment which had ragged looking man placing his luggage up in the rack not trusting why an adult was taking the train. He of course avoided Draco's compartment as well to keep up the idea that they did not get along. He was just wondering if he should find some random people to sit with when he found Ernie's compartment. "Hey Ernie mind if I sit with you guys?" he asked sticking his head in.

"Oh hey Harry fine with me any one have a problem if he joins us?" Ernie asked his friends, which Harry saw included Susan Bones, Hannah Abbot and Justin Finch-Fletchley, who all gasped at his new look but agreed they had no issue of him riding with them.

"So why are you not going with Ron and Hermione?" Susan asked as Harry lifted his trunk into the rack.

"Well I have spent the last two year with just them, basically, I thought it might be a good idea to meet and hang out with some new people," Harry explained.

"Oh Harry I never got a chance to tell you I was sorry to think you were the Heir of Slytherin," Justin said reaching out to shake Harry's hand. Both Harry and Ernie let out a small chuckle at that. "What?" Justin asked as Susan and Hannah also looked confused.

"Sorry over the Summer I had an Inheritance Test done and I found out I am actually the Heir of Slytherin by right of Conquest. It seems that He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named was the previous Heir and when he came to kill me and was stopped I claimed the title," Harry explained only to see the three other students begin to shiver in fear.

"Are you saying He was responsible for opening the Chamber last year?" Hannah asked her voice coming out in a sort of croak due to her fear.

"No it seems that the Chamber was opened by a cursed object which enchanted Ginny Weasley to do it," Ernie said. "I heard from my Mum that when that bit of information was shared and Ginny not receiving any punishment from the Headmaster the Governors were beside themselves in anger."

"So does that mean she got punished?" Harry asked shocking them with a hard glint in his eye.

"Yes according to my Mum she got a six month suspension as well as mandatory meetings with a Mind Healer, not only due to the possession but also to find out why she never reported the object in the first place," Ernie said seeing Harry's face break into a huge grin.

Harry had he most fun he ever had during that trip getting to know the four Huffelpuffs thinking that if he had done this before they would not have suspected him for being the one to unleash the Basilisk on the Castle. Thinking maybe that is why the Headmaster made his former friends basically prevent him from getting close to anyone else so that they would turn on him just like they had the last two years. He was going to make sure it did not happen this year at all making a vow to himself to follow Godric's directive by making some friends or allies in each of the four Houses. He decided the best way to start it off was to tell Ernie and his friends the truth about what he had gone through not only with entering the Chamber but also the events of the first year and the stone.

He must have lost track of time for the train seemed to be stopping, but he saw Ernie look at his watch and Susan wipe the window showing that rather than Hogsmead Station the train was in a forest. Harry and the others watch as the window seems to frost over as with a sudden stop the lights go out, well most of them. Justin gasp as he points at Harry's hand making him look down to see that the Slytherin family ring was glowing slightly giving off a greenish light in the almost pitch black cabin.

Harry was about to ask Salazar what was going on only for his body to suddenly feel as if he had jumped into a freezing lake. He almost felt as if he was about to pass out when his ring glowed even brighter and what looked like a shield surround his entire body letting the heat come back to him. Harry and the others watched in horror as a skeletal hand pulls their door open revealing a dark creature in a black covering making Harry think of the Muggle idea of the Grim Reaper. The dark form took a ragged breath as if trying to suck the very heat from all of them. Seeing the four Huffelpuffs beginning to shiver Harry reached over and took Susan and Ernie' hands which seemed to expand the shield to them as well. Justin and Hannah were soon brought in as well as the five of them stared down the creature which floated before them for another minute before leaving them along. "Thanks for that Harry," Susan said giving his hand a squeeze before she let go. "I wish my Aunty had told me the Dementors would be searching the train."

"Why would they do that?" Harry asked thinking that no child should have been put in such a situation as meeting one of these Dementors.

"Why to search for Black of course," Susan said "though I do admit I wish they did not need to."

"Are you alright in here?" the man who Harry had seen earlier storing his trunk asked as he stuck his head into their compartment.

"Yes sir we are fine," Justin said in a slightly shaking voice.

"Here have some chocolate it should help," the man said snapping off a bit of chocolate and handing it to Justin before offering some to the others. Harry only took some when he saw Justin relax a little after eating his piece, and not getting any type of warning from his ring. He was still having the old "not taking candy from strangers" lessons in his head which he was going to keep so as to not get enchanted again.

Arriving at the station Harry joined the four in the horseless carriage up to the Castle. "Will you guys help me pull a prank?" Harry asked as an idea came to him.

"Doing what?" Susan asked not wanting to do anything that would cause a lot of trouble.

"Due to my new look I know that not many people would be able to recognize me so I just want to sit with you at the Huffelpuff table to see how long it takes for them to see I am gone," Harry said giving her a gentle and innocent smile.

"I guess that does not sound to bad," Susan said as the others agreed to let him sit with them. In truth Harry was doing it to see who would be the one to report him being missing as well as how long it took. If Ron and Hermione were the ones to report it, Harry saw it, as them letting Dumbles know they lost track of him, but if the let someone else report him being gone, it showed they were not really his friends. So no matter what happened the pair were doomed, but if someone else did it it would show where he could find allies if it came from Gryffindor House.

Arriving at the castle Harry walked with Ernie and his friends over to the Huffelpuff table and sat down as everyone talked about the Dementors on the train. Harry sent a quick glance and Draco catching the blonde's eye and giving a small wink. Draco gave him an almost imperceptible nod of understanding as he talked to his friends. Looking around the hall Harry saw the man from the train sitting beside an even angrier than normal Snape, but when he got to the Gryffindor table he was shocked to see Ron sitting alone making him wonder where Hermione was and causing him to think without the fund she was stealing from him she might not have been able to afford coming the the school.

Hermione, unfortunately, did show up as Professor Flitwick put the Sorting Hat away, Professor McGonagall having also been absent from the event. As Dumbles stoop up to start the feast there was a gasp as for the first time in anyone's memory he was interrupted. "Professor Dumbledore we have a problem,"

"Yes Mr. Weasley?" Dumbledore asked in a kind voice but Harry saw his eyes had turned to steel as he gazed upon Percy Weasley who was standing up at the Gryffindor Table.

"It seems, sir Harry is missing no one has seen him I am worried he has gotten hurt," Percy said making Harry almost smile for while the twins playfully teased him, and Ron and Ginny made fun of him in a negative fashion Percy was a good guy. Which is why Harry had a slight crush on him as he had been the person to finally get Harry to realize he was gay.

Dumbles' demeanor changed in an instant as his full "grandfatherly" persona was back and the man next to Snape seemed to tense up a little. Dumbledore pulled out his wand and with a flick of it caused two rolls of parchment to appear. The entire hall watched as he tapped both rolls with his wand as they started to unfurl for a bit letting him read something on them. "Harry is listed as being on the train as well as having entered the castle so he can't be to far maybe he has just gone to use the bathroom," Dumbles said with a smile which Harry now saw as false as an American three dollar bill. Looking over at Draco he saw the blond almost drawing blood as he bit his bottom lip to stop himself from laughing. Harry wondered what Dumbles would do only for Ernie to nudge him with his elbow making Harry roll his eyes a little before standing up.

"I am not missing I guess I was just got so wrapped up in my conversation I went to the wrong table," Harry said running his hand over the back of his neck as if embarrassed as he headed to the Gryffindor table. There were some laughs accompanied by gasp and mutterings as everyone took in his new look as he walked over to the Gryffindor table and sat down not next to a flabbergasted Ron and Hermione but Percy and the other Seventh Year Lions. Looking back up at the head table Harry took in Snape's shocked look at his new look, while the man beside him gave him a smile and a friendly wave. Harry had to imitate Draco and bit his lip to stop himself from laughing seeing Dumbles who looked as if he had just downed two full cups of Skele-Grow with a Lemon Drop chaser.

Chapter End Notes

By the way Harry just has a slight childish crush on Percy this will not be who he ends up with.

Pest 1 and Pest 2

Chapter Summary

The first night in the dorms with Pest 1 and 2 being a nuisance

Harry ignored the talk about his new look as he took an open seat close to Percy and the other Seventh Years utterly ignoring his former friends though he once more caught Draco's eyes to see the blonde also acting surprise, winking at him when he saw Harry looking. It took Dumbles a moment to remember himself as he starts spouting something about to banish the darkness all one had to do was turn on the light. Harry just picked up the silverware before him as he waited for the feast to start. Once the food finally appeared Harry began to load up his plate filling it more than normal, as he was for once not having to wait a few days before his stomach could handle it after being starved at the Dursleys.

"So how was your Summer Harry I see that your family let you, oh what's it called? Oh yeah dye your hair and give you I think they're called contacts?" Percy asked

"They did not I actually ran away from home," Harry said starting on his meal making the Seventh Years around him, apart from Percy, look confused having always told he lived like a Prince at home.

"Why would you run away?" one of them asked.

"Well it all started with my Uncles' sister came over and started bad mouthing my mom and dad leading me to accidently use some underage magic and inflated her," Harry said making one of the Seventh Year boys who he was sure was named Thomas Duncan snort into his mashed potatoes.

"What did you Aunt and Uncle do?" Percy asked placing a comforting hand on Harry's back having heard from the twins about how Harry had been living last year.

"I did not give them a chance to do anything as my magic unlocked the cupboard where they had stored my stuff before doing a runner," Harry said as he told Percy and his friends all about ending up in Diagon Alley and having an Inheritance Test. Letting them all know that he had been enchanted but not the full extent or even the fact that Percy's Mother and youngest siblings had been stealing from him. "So how was your Summer Percy? I think I read that your family went to see your older brother in Egypt was that Bill or Charlie?" he asked after he had finished.

"We went to go see Bill, and it was fun at least until we got back," Percy said.

"Oh how come?" one of the other Seventh Years asked.

"Well it seems the board decided to suspend my sister for her part in opening the chamber last year," Percy said as his friends mouths fell open. "And to be honest Fred, George, my father, as well as my older brothers and I think she got off easy for they could just as easily expelled her for not coming forward. This news came to us when we arrived at Diagon Alley to pick you up," he said looking at Harry. "But when we could not find you Mum got even madder than when Ginny got suspended and Dad was worried for you. If you do not mind me asking where were you?"

"How did you know I had been in the Alley?" Harry asked thinking there were two ways they could have learned of it Fudge or Dumbles.

"I think Dad got a letter from Fudge asking him to have us take you to King's Cross due to our previous relationship with you and Dad working for the Ministry. And you are avoiding the question," Percy said arching an eyebrow at him making some butterflies seem to flutter in Harry's stomach.

"Well when I got the Inheritance Test the Goblins got me in contact with one of my Godparents and I stayed with them for the rest of the Summer. They seemed to think it was safer than having me stay with minimal supervision in the Alley." Harry explained making sure not to mention who his Godparents he had stayed with.

"As long as you were safe," Percy said reaching over and giving his shoulder a quick squeeze making Harry blush a little.

"There you are Harry we save you a seat why are you sitting by Perc?" Ron's voice called out from behind him making Harry clench his hand under the table lest he acted out on his anger at the other boy.

"Oh I just thought I would sit by someone who actually noticed I was gone. I saw it was Percy who brought up that I was not at the table not you or Hermione," Harry said through gritted teeth.

"Oh well I thought you had been told to talk to Madam Pomfrey having heard that you passed out when the Dementors checked your compartment," Ron said trying to squeeze into the spot beside Harry.

"I have no idea what you are on about Ron I did not pass out from them," Harry said shifting in his seat so no matter what side Ron tried to sit on there was not room.

"I had not heard that anyone passed out from the Dementors either," Percy said arching an eyebrow at his youngest brother.

"I heard Malfoy and his cronies laughing about it," Ron said which Harry knew was a lie for while he and Draco were not great friends, at least yet, the blonde would no longer come up with a story like that about him.

"Well than he needs to get his facts checked and you should know not to believe everything he says," Harry said turning back to his meal.

"Oh come on Harry Hermione wants to see you," Ron said placing a hand on his shoulder. As Harry shrugged it off he felt a small tinge from the Slytherin Ring which he recognized as a warning that some spell was being cast on him.

"Well she can see me later after all the feast is nearly ended," Harry said before turning back to the Seventh years around him. "By the way Percy Congratulations on becoming the Head Boy. I hope you can handle it."

"Handle it?" Percy asked confused.

"Well I know your N.E.W.T.S. are this year so you will be studying for them as well as being one of the top students in the castle I don't want to see you over work yourself. Just remember to delegate if you need to," Harry said giving Percy a somewhat shy smile.

"Thanks Harry that is very kind of you," Percy said giving him a smile in return making the butterflies in his gut feel like they had become a tornado.

Ron looked like he was about to say something but Dumbles got to his feet and gave a small cough to signal his start of term announcements forcing his former friend to head back to the spot by Hermione. As the man spoke Harry started to zone out a little at the same old messages, only to snap his eyes open as he heard the new teachers. Hagrid and someone named Lupin, who he guessed was the man sitting next to Professor Snape. Thinking back to his results he wondered if the man was related to his living Godfather's mate and made a mental note to ask him about it when he got the chance. As Dumbles had them sing the school song Percy leaned down and gave Harry the password to the Common Room so he could get in right away after they were dismissed without waiting for a Prefect.

As soon as Dumbles finally let them go Harry left with the rest of the hoard of students and using his knowledge gained from his late night trips around the castle, as well as some passages ways that seemed to appear as he got close to them, he was the first to come to the Fat Lady's Portrait giving her the password Percy had given him. Rather than wait in the main Common Room for his Housemates Harry rushed up to the now Third Year male dorms and went inside. Seeing that his bed was as usual between Ron and Neville's Harry called for a Hogwarts Elf. Rather than a Elf with a Gryffindor crest on his uniform like what Narcissa told him would happen the Elf had a Slytherin Crest. "How may Linka help you tonight Lord Slytherin?" the Elf asked with a slight bow.

"Um hello I was wondering if you could rearrange the beds so I am between those two?" Harry asked pointing out his stuff before pointing out Dean and Seamus' belongings.

"It shall be done young Lord," Linka said snapping his fingers. "Are you aware that there are high level wards around your trunk young Lord?"

"I know Linka I had someone put it on so others may not go through my belongings," Harry said.

"I can help you with that as well young Lord," Linka said "I can put on a spell so that anytime you touch your belongings you will receive a report on who tried to access them, as well as making it that no one else can shift the beds to how they were before."

"Thank you very much Linka," Harry said with a bow making the Elf beam at him before he popped off. Harry than reached into his trunk and pulled out one of the books he had borrowed from the Malfoy Family library, about famous Magicals from the time of Merlin and the Founders, before heading back down to the Common Room.

Getting down there Harry saw people slowly coming into the room as he took a seat in one of the back corners to start reading his book before Percy gave the start of term notices. He had learned that in the other Houses, thanks to both Draco and Ernie, their Head of House gave these same notices, but he guessed since Professor McGonagall was Head of Gyrffindor House, Transfiguration Professor, and Deputy Headmistress she could not find the time to do it herself.

As Harry read the book he felt something jump onto him making him peek over the cover to find a large fluffy orange cat, that sort of reminded him of the comic strip cat Garfield, had curled up on his legs. Not recognizing the cat, but knowing it had to belong to one of his classmates, possibly bought over the summer Harry reached down and scratched its ears, producing a purr, as he went back to his book. "Hey Harry I see you meet my new cat Crookshanks," Hermione said making him look up from his book. He was actually surprised by this. Not only that she had gotten a cat, but based off of what happened when someone disturbed her reading that she would do it to him. He gave a non-committal grunt before shifting his eyes back to his book and starting to read again only for her to ask, "So have a good Summer?"

"Hermione I am trying to read before Percy gives the announcements for the year," he said sort of wishing he could adopt her own tactics against her and using his book as a bludgeon on her.

"Yeah but we have not seen each other for the whole Summer," she said pulling a seat over to him "I was surprised that I did not see you in Diagon Alley."
Harry shut his book with a somewhat load smack and gave her a small glare. "Considering that you get angry anytime Ron, or anyone else talk to you while you read you would think that you would not talk to someone else as they are in the middle of reading," Harry said noticing some nod from some of the people around him who had looked over as he snapped his book shut.

"Well that is because I read for our school work Harry," she said seeming off put by his statement.

"Oh I am sorry if my reading for my own fun is not the same as you doing your homework. Merlin knows you have to be well read so you can basically copy the material of the book for your homework," Harry said glaring at her as he gently moved her cat off his lap before leaving his seat. Hermione started to follow but the crowd closed up behind him as they let him through to get away from her.

This time he headed towards where the Twins and Lee Jordan were sitting as the twins told about trying to trap Ron in one of the tombs/ Harry laughed at that as he sat down and greeted the three as he was pulled into a tight hug by the twins. "Must say Harrikins loving your new look."

"Thanks Fred," Harry said earning him a smile from both twins being one of the few people who could tell them apart. Which granted did include the other members of the Gryffindor Team, Lee Jordan and Percy but that was about it in the house. He knew it sort of irked the twins that last year Ron, Ginny, or even Hermione had been unable to tell which twin was which. "I must say it was back luck that your plan did not succeed," Harry said giving them a smile making Lee let out a laugh as George pulled him in and giving him a playfully noogie. George stopped as Percy got everyone's attention and gave the start of term notices such as Wood still being the Quidditch Captain and was trying to schedule time on the pitch for their first practice. To Harry's shock Percy actually brought up Ginny's suspension, though that could be to explain her absence for those who had not heard about it. There were some gasp as Percy told everyone the suspension had to do with failure to report a cursed object with a reminder that if anyone found such a thing to let one of the staff know about it right away.

As Percy sent them all to bed, so that everyone would be well rested for their first day of classes Harry went to his dorms smiling as he got his sleep clothing out of his trunk and began to change. "Nice new clothing Harry," Dean said who was now the bed on his left.

"Thanks I got them over the summer and finally got rid of the circus tent that was my Cousin's old clothing," Harry said slipping into the satin sleepwear Narcissa and Lucius had helped him pick out when he started staying with them.

"Thank Merlin those things looked sickening I was always afraid you would catch something from them," Seamus said as he slipped on his own sleep clothing which had patterns of the Irish National Quidditch team on them.

"Tell me about it I am just glad I did not get sick when I burned them," Harry said making Dean and Seamus laugh.

"What's going on who moved our beds?" Ron asked as he stepped into the room to find that he was on the opposite side of the rooms heater from Harry's bed, between Dean and Neville's beds.

"How would we know it was like this when we got up here," Dean said rolling his eyes.

"Yeah maybe Hogwarts decided that since we are in our Third Year it would change things up a little," Harry said hiding a smirk as he climbed into his bed and picked up where he left off in his book. When Ron would not stop grumbling and basically begging Dean to change beds with him Harry just rolled his eyes and closed the hangings around his bed before dong a low level warding spell which would block out all the noise from the room as he could finally read his book in peace.

The next morning feeling well rested, since he had not stayed up late with Ron as his former friend liked to do the day before their first classes for some reason. Harry got out of bed and quickly dressed in his school robes leaving the room without bothering to wake up Ron at all as he headed down to breakfast. Sitting with Dean and Seamus, Harry was a little shocked to learn that just like Ernie, Seamus' Mum was a member of the Hogwarts' Governors. Seamus told them about the vote to suspend Ginny, which according to his mom had been rather close and suspension had just barely beat out her getting expelled. Harry had to bite his lip a little so as to not laugh at the though of the girl getting expelled for what had been done to him with the Eros Blade spell as well as the "Sing Valentines" from last year. As the three were talking Hermione came into the hall dragging an annoyed Ron behind her as the pair sat in the last open spots on the table, which were thankfully far away from Harry, Seamus and Dean.

As Professor McGonagall handed him his schedule Harry looked at it with a small scowl seeing that he was still down for Care of Magical Creatures and Divinations. "Um Professor didn't you get my message saying I was dropping these classes and taking up Ancient Runes and Arithmancy?" Harry asked pointing at the classes on the schedule.

"I did not but it is too late now the last day to change classes was a week ago," she said sharply as she handed Dean and Seamus their schedules.

"Professor Flitwick did you get my message about them?" Harry ask as the Charms Master moved past handing out his own Houses schedules at the next table.

"I did Harry though I could not figure out why you were sending the message to me through the bank," Flitwick said looking over at him.

"I did it just in case this happened," Harry said showing him his time tables.

"Ah I see," the Charms Master said "very prudent of you I assume you sent one to Professor McGonagall as well?"

"I actually sent one to each Head of House not sure whose permission I would need to approve the change. And just to be on the safe side I also sent you two one through my Account Manager and the other through the normal post," Harry explained.

"How very interesting," Professor Flitwick said "I will have to check on that, but in the mean time hand over your schedule and I will fix it for you."

"Now Filius just a moment," Professor McGonagall said as Harry handed his document to the Head of Ravenclaw who tapped it with his wand to fix it.

"He sent the message to us almost a month ago which is in the proper time line to change courses Minerva it is not our fault that we did not receive them. It is just a good thing he sent out more than one request form in various way," Professor Flitwick said as Harry bowed to him in thanks.

"I have no issue with that Filius I was more thinking that as his Head of House I should also be involved into looking for the reason I did not receive his notice," Professor McGonagall said. The two heads decided to look into it together as they passed out the rest of their students' time tables.

Looking down Harry saw that he had Arithmancy first thing in a class room on the sixth floor west side of the castle. Saying goodbye to both Dean and Seamus who were both taking Divinations Harry made his way to his new class. Despite heading out as soon as he got his schedule he was not the first to arrive as he noticed a familiar blond head of hair sitting at one of the seats. Harry had known Draco was taking this class due to their talks over the Summer he just wish he knew who else was going to take it. By the people Draco was sitting with there were at least three Slytherins, besides Draco, but there were a scattering of Huffelpuffs and Ravenclaws as well. Knowing that Hermione had shown interest in the class Harry decided to sit among the Slytherin students to hopefully ward the pest away from him. As he sat down he got an arched eyebrow from Blaise Zabini and Millicent Bulstrode, while the last Slytherin, Theodore Nott II did not even seem to notice him with his head already in the class book. Giving Draco an gesture the pair had come up with over the Summer to say "Hello" Harry also took out the course book and waited for class to begin.

Star Wars and Bogarts

Chapter Summary

Harry's first day of classes of his Third Year.

Chapter Notes

I used the class schedule for Harry for Thursday as shown in https//topic/show/588233-third-year--schedules#:~:text=THIRD%20YEAR%20SCHEDULE%20Number%28s%29%20before%20each%20class%20tell,the%20Dark%20Arts%203-4%20Charms%20Friday%3A%201-2%20Potions for reference

See the end of the chapter for more notes

Ignoring the looks most of the class was giving him Harry took the seat behind Theodore both for him being the only Slytherin, beside Draco, who had not reacted to him coming over and the hopes that his larger size would hide him from Hermione if she ended up taking the class. As Harry waited for the Professor to come along to start the class he pulled out one of the three course books and began to peruse it one handedly while bringing out a notebook and some quills. When the Professor, who introduced herself as Septima Vector, came in she called the class to order right away informing everyone of them that as her class was more intellectually bent than most at the school they usually would not require their wands. Professor Vector then explained how she would be grading their homework, most of which she assured them would be projects they could do by themselves or in a group of no more than groups of five.

She was just handing out her class syllabus which showed what topics they would be covering for the month when the door opened and Hermione walked in. Most of the students arched their eyebrows at her while Professor Vector told her off for being tardy, however, Hermione did not even seem to take offense at being told off as she saw Harry in the room. After being told to take a seat the bushy haired Witch started towards Harry only to take in who he was sitting next to and angle towards the area by the Ravenclaws. As Professor Vector finished with her introduction she gave them all a simple worksheet to do where they had to use Arithmancy, with help from the first chapter of their books, to set up a ritual circle giving them permission to work in groups if they wished.

As everyone got started Hermione got out of her seat and came over, "Why don't you join me Harry after all we are the only two Gryffindors here, plus you will need my help to pass the class."

"Yeaaaaaah, I am gonna have to have a hard pass at that Hermione," Harry said.

"What why?" she asked seeming startled by his refusal, as were Blaise, and Millicent.

Harry really wanted to bring up what he found out over the Summer, but knew it would but Dumbles and the other bastards in his life on edge, so he said "I know we spend a lot of time together but I think I need to make some friends in the other Houses. You know for when we leave Hogwarts."

"But that is still years away," she said as if he was an idiot.

"True but as the old saying goes it is never to early to start," Harry said as he turned away and tapped Theodore on his shoulder.

"Um yes?" Theodore asked turning around.

"Do you want to work together on this?" Harry asked knowing it would really irk the Witch off as Theodore and her were always ranked in the top spots of their year.

"You want to work with me? Why?" Theodore said arching an eyebrow as if expecting some sort of prank from Harry.

"No reason just thought it would go faster," Harry said with a nod of his head showing that most of the other students in the class were working in groups as well.

"Very well, but if you hold me back I will end it," Theodore said.

"I would have it no other way," Harry said before looking up at his former friend "is there something you need Hermione if not let us work." The bushy haired Witch gave a grunt of annoyance as she headed back to her seat to start on her own form.

Harry actually had a great time working on the measurements of the runic circle with Theodore, who told him to call him Theo. It seems without both the Intelligence Dampening Potions and not caring if he out performed Hermione, he had not issue with the work. So despite the pair of them starting after all but Hermione they were the first to get their work done. As Professor Vector informed them earlier that if they worked in groups she would cast a charm on any group projects handed in to make sure the members were pulling their share of the work. When they handed it over to them she smiled seeing they had both had done near equal work, though Theo had done a bit more having wrote everything down so it would be more legible, and gave them a passing grade for the day. As there was still a few minutes before the class got over with Harry asked about the book Theo had been reading before class, since it had not looked like a course book. Theo had blushed as he pulled out a copy of Star Wars Heir of the Empire. To say Harry was shocked would be putting it mildly as he looked at the Muggle book the other was reading. He of course knew about Star Wars but had never had a chance to see any of the movies or read any of the books and comics about it, and Hogwarts was not a place he would have expected to run into it. "Is it a good book?" he asked as Theo put it away.

"I guess, I mostly read it for the villain of the series reminds me of Sherlock Holms," Theo said with a shrug. "Also the last book in the series just came out so I started to reread the others two before starting it."

"Do you read other Muggle book?" Harry asked making Theo actual scoff at him.

"As if the world of literature is divided into Muggle books and non-Muggle books. I know most families have large selections of books written by Muggles that they will read for fun," Theo said which confused Harry having not come across any in Malfoy Manor but of course he had spent most of his time in only one of the libraries of he place.

"I guess that makes sense," Harry admitted "does Hogwarts also have some I have always wanted to see what the fuss was all about Star Wars."

"You never read or watch Star Wars, but I thought you lived with Muggles," Theo said with his turn at being shocked.

"Yeah and treated like a House Elf," Harry said.

"Not sure if Madam Pince has any of the books from the Universe but I will write home for my dad or Granddad to send me a copy. No one should not know Star Wars," Theo said as the bell rang to end the class. Harry offered him a quick thanks, giving a quick sign to Draco as he headed to Transfigurations.

Harry was glad that he had somehow lost Hermione on the way to class as he entered to most of the his classmates already there. As it was a plain Gryffindor only class was the last person to enter seeing Hermione somehow having beaten him to the room and was now sitting next to a scared looking Ron. Just a month ago he would have asked what was wrong with him but instead just headed to one of the empty seats in the room by Dean and Seamus. It seems the entire class was distracted as Professor McGonagall performed some spell which amazed Harry but the others did not even seem to notice in the slightest. Asking about it Parvati mention that the rest of the class had come from Divinations. Professor shocked everyone as she asked who was going to die, which Harry thought was a little harsh for how casual she had said it. She than explained that the Professor from the class would always start the class with predicting one of the student's death a year. In Harry's mind her explanation seemed to show that whomever was teaching the class was as big as a fraud and Lockhart making him glad he had dropped it. However the rest of the class was unconvinced as Parvati whispered to Lavender something about Neville and a cup. If Harry had to guess based on Neville's history the teacher had guessed Neville would break a glass or something and it had happened which had "proven she could see the future." Harry wanted to roll his eyes but rather just got back to the lesson.

After Transfiguration Harry situated himself in between Dean and Seamus as they headed down to Potion. For the first time since his first Potions class Harry did not have any trepidation making his way down to the dungeons. He was the only Gryffindor feeling that way he soon left the others fall behind going as slowly as they could to put off the time with Professor Snape and the Slytherins. Thus Harry was alone as he walked past a blank stretch of wall and his ring glowed. Stopping in place he wondered why the ring was glowing when he suddenly realized he was at the hidden entrance to the Slytherin Common Rooms. Recalling Salazar mention that he would be able to access to portions of the castle without Passwords he wondered if he could enter the Common Room itself. He almost checked it out raising his hand towards the wall only for the sound of his trailing classmates to reach his ears. Quickly lowering his hand Harry hurried on to the classroom with his left hand safely hidden in his robes to hide the glow.

Entering the classroom and seeing that the Slytherin students were already there Harry made his way over to one of their tables so as to once more not sit by his former friends. Only after sitting down did he realize that he was sitting beside Theo, Draco and Blaise again. "Again Potter?" Draco said in an annoyed voice that Harry was sure would not fool anyone since the blonde had called him Potter other than "Potty" that he normally would call him

"Hey I meant what I said in Arithmancy about spreading my wings and making friends in Houses other than Gryffindor Malfoy," Harry said loud enough that the Slytherins who had not been in the class with them would know why he was seated next to his nominal school rival.

"Very well but don't expect us to fawn over you or help you with your Potions," Draco said with a board sounding drawl.

"Like I could trust you to give the proper help you would tell me the wrong thing just so I would ruin my Potion," Harry shot back hiding a small twinkle in his eye.

"As if you need my help with that," Draco said with a similar twinkle.

"Oh would you two just knock it off already," Theo said in an exasperated voice rubbing the bridge of his nose. "Draco if you don't stop I will no longer help you in History of Magic, and Harry though I don't really interact with you if you keep it up you can forget about borrowing a New Hope."

Draco and Harry pretended to hesitate for a moment before they gave in and quickly shook each other's hand as Theo gave a sharp nod of approval and Blaise looked on in shock as if he had just witnessed a miracle. Truth be told Harry and Draco had been trying to think of a way for them to look as if they buried the hatchet in front of everyone; they just had not expected it to happen so soon. As Harry and Draco ended the hand shake and brought their hands back to their sides the members of Harry's House finally entered the room and looked on in shock to see him sitting beside Theo across from Draco and Blaise. Though their shock was nothing compared to when Professor Snape entered the room to see Harry sitting with his snakes rather than his fellow Lions.

For the entire lessons Professor Snape did not seemed to know how to treat Harry, though Harry was not sure if that was based on his new look or where he was sitting. In the end the Potions Master ended up acting as if the seat where Harry was at was vacant like it normally was making Harry shoot a look at Draco who gave him his usual superior smirk having guessed that would be the man's reaction. Harry also found that without Snape breathing down his next, or the Slytherins messing with his work, something that Draco informed him they would often do during a conversation the pair had at Malfoy Manor, Harry was actually able to produce the desired results of the days assignment. Once more Professor Snape surprised Harry by not taking points off accusing him of cheating off of his table mates but just marked it down with an EE, the highest grade Harry had ever received in the class.

Harry was looking forward for the afternoon, as he left the Potions class, since after lunch all he had was D.A.D.A before having the rest of the day off as the Study of Ancient Runes did not meet until tomorrow right after lunch. Harry had thought about packing his bag slowly letting his former friends leave before he did but saw them also going slowly evidently waiting for him. Changing tactics Harry finished packing in a hurry as he walked up to the Great Hall with the Slytherins asking Theo about Star Wars. As they walked Harry realized he had never really heard the tall pale skinned male speak before. For though just like Blaise the pair were considered, at least among his fellow Third Year Housemates, part of Draco's "gang" neither boy had joined in teasing or bullying the other students like Crabbe and Goyle did. Harry found Theo's voice quite nice just a tad low and clipped but also formal making him think of Percy when he was explaining the rules to someone, usually the twins, in the Common Room. Harry was almost disappointed to say goodbye as they reached the Great Hall for lunch. Spotting the twins and Lee Jordan already at the table Harry made a beeline towards them and without even asking the twins made a space between them for him to sit.

"So young Harry how are your electives going?" Fred asked.

"It is going fine," Harry said making himself a plate of food of two foot long hot dogs in buns and some ranch flavored chips.

"Oh don't tell me old Trelawney picked you as this years death?" George asked.

"Who?" he asked

"I thought you were taking Divinations with Ron and Hermione?" Fred asked a spoon of the soup he was having halfway to his mouth.

"Oh no I dropped that class before school started and took Arithmancy," Harry said causing the three Fifth Year students to let out low whistles as he wondered about Hermione taking Divinations since she had been in class with him that morning.

"Well hope you do better at it than we did," Lee Jordan said "the three of us barely lasted a month before we had to drop the class based on how tough the class work was.

"I don't see myself having a problem I always did well in Maths back at in my Muggle school and the assignment for today my partner and I got the only O in class," Harry said making the three mouths fall open in shock.

"Good on you Harry," George said slapping Harry on the back. "But if you think that is good wait until you have your Defense class."

"Why," Harry asked as he took a sip of his drink.

"Well for one Professor Lupin is actually competent, and for another well we don't want to ruin the surprise," Fred said raising an eyebrow at Harry's reaction to the Professor's name.

The only downside of lunch was while Harry sat between the twins and Lee was across the table from them Ron and Hermione showed up sitting next to Lee. Ron started to complaining about the Professor Trelawney finding the Grimm in his tea cup. Having no idea what that even meant but guessing, by the twins and Lee's expressions that it meant Ron was this years student who was going to die, Harry just ignored the other boy. To his slight surprise Hermione did not ask about Ron's problem not being in the class as well. in fact she did not mention anything about their class either. Which Harry saw as a good thing for it meant she was not getting on his case for getting the O with Theo while she had only managed an EE.

After about only ten minutes of non-stop complaining, unless one counted the moments Ron was shoveling food into his mouth as if it was about to disappear from the table Harry had had enough so he pulled his bag onto his shoulder and left the Hall heading up to the D.A.D.A class room. Though as he got closer he realized he could also use his early arrival to ask Professor Lupin if he had any siblings which might be his Godfather's spouse only to find the man was not there. At least on the upside the man had keep the single desk arrangement like Lockhart had set up the room rather than the small tables from under "Quirrellemort." Granted that would do nothing to stop Ron and Hermione from sitting next to him it would offer some space between them. As an added precaution Harry took the seat in the front row at the end so he could only be blocked to the side of his non-writing arm and the back. If it was another class he might have sat in the back row to prevent say Ron from sitting behind him and kicking his chair, but he actually liked Defense Against the Dark Arts even after the two horrible teachers they had had so far in the subject.

As he had predicted Ron took the seat behind him and Hermione to his left when they entered the room before the class started. Thankfully the were barely sitting five minutes, which Harry was able to avoid any conversation as he pulled out one of his Arithmancy books and looking through it until Professor Lupin showed up. After quickly greeting the class he had them put all but their wands away and follow him out of the room. For once Ron and Hermione did not act like pest as they along with everyone else wondered what was going on. Professor Lupin just smiled at them as he lead the group to the teachers lounge and had a quick and terse talk with Professor Snape before the man left. The Potions Master once more gave Harry a strange look as if not sure what to do about him any longer as he left making Harry miss a little as Lupin tried to build Neville's confidence. Telling the class they would be facing a Bogart which after hearing about what it was made Harry sure it was the inspiration to the Muggle boogeyman. Without really paying his full attention Harry was able to answer one of the questions the Professor put to him about the creature before they were told to think about what scared them the most.

For less than five seconds Harry thought about Voldemort, but that was soon replaced by Dumbles who himself lasted just under ten seconds. Harry decided what he really feared was disappointing his father and losing the three family rings that had rejected him. Sure he felt as if they were being a little unfair since he had no control of getting hit my the spells or douse by the Potions he had been under, but he knew they were acting on old family Magic, according to Narcissa, which failed to take into account his special circumstances. It was still a scary thought that he would let his father and the other Rings down but he could not figure out how to make them less "scary" besides proving his worth. Something he did not want to show in front of a class that contained two maybe three of Dumbles pawns.

Thankfully when it was his turn and the Bogart started to change forms from the Mummy who had found both their feet wrapped together Professor Lupin moved forward to become the next person the Bogart focused on. As the class looked around his Bogart was spotted as an orb floating just above his head. When Professor Lupin cast his spell in an almost board voice Harry was confused why the others felt that the item had been a crystal ball when it was obviously a representation of the moon. After all how many crystal balls floated above ones head and had what looked like clouds around it. At his spell the Bogart was sent back into the wardrobe from whence it came so that the other four Houses could tackle it before the Professor let them go. As Harry was the only student who did not have to rush off to his next class, with this one being his last one for the day, he stayed behind to talk to the Professor.

"If you are wondering why I got in your way Harry I just did not think it would have been a good idea for Lord Voldemort to appear within the school grounds," Professor Lupin said once the pair of them were alone in the room. Harry was slightly shocked to find that the man actually said the Dark Lord's chosen name rather than He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named or some such thing.

"Actually I he was not the thing I felt scared me the most, and I had not come up with a way to face it, at least one that I wanted to show everyone," Harry said making the man give him an odd look.

"Than what is it Harry?" he asked.

"Do you have a sibling or cousin perchance?" Harry asked.

"Um not really I am an only child and all my cousins are Muggles like my father had been before finding out he could do magic. Why do you asked?" the man asked.

"Well before school started I got an Inheritance Test and it listed my Godfather as Sirius Lupin nee Black so I was wondering if he was your brother-in-law or something," Harry said seeing the shocked look on the man's face. "Well if he is married to one of your Muggle cousins or something you can let them know that according to my results he was wrongfully imprisoned," Harry said before he left the stunned man alone in the room.

As he left Harry was unaware of the battle going on inside the mind of his newest D.A.D.A Professor. For the man knew the only person that his old friend could have married to gain the name Lupin was himself, but he had no memory of every getting married at all. He also marveled at the fact that Harry had stated Sirius had been wrongfully imprisoned though the only way that could be possible was if Peter had betrayed Lily and James. Biting his lip a little he wondered if someone had somehow placed some enchantments on him despite how hard it was to cast them on a Werewolf. Though of course it was only hard not impossible and the old Professor who helped him gain his Mastery in D.A.D.A. always said "With Magic even the Impossible becomes Possible and Hard is nothing but a walk in the park." Deciding next chance he got he would go in for his own test Remus Lupin headed back to his classroom for his next class.

Chapter End Notes

If you could not guess at the moment I am leaning towards a Theo/Harry pairing not tagging it as of yet so I can build their relationship a little.

Blood Traitors and the Hospital WIng

Chapter Summary

Harry enters the Slytherin dorms and learns some facts about the Magical World.

As he had no class for the rest of the day Harry decided to go test to see if he could actually get into the Slytherin Common Room without knowing the password, or if his ring had just glowed to let him know where it was located. Thinking that most students would have a class now, such as Draco who was taking Care of Magical Creatures using the book Harry had gotten for his birthday, Harry headed down to the dungeons. Reaching the wall in which the Slytherin Dorms used as an entrance his ring began to glow again. Working from the memory of last year Harry put his hand on the wall. As he laid his hand flat on the the stone the Slytherin flashed green and Harry once more found himself before Salazar.

"Testing out the family ring already?" Salazar asked with a slight smile.

"Yes for you told me earlier that I could access Slytherin parts of the school with out having to use passwords, so I was checking to see if the ring's glow is just pointing out such spots or if it is also the key to them," Harry said simply.

"Very well reasoned Harry, also you do not need to worry about the glow, as I sense you have doubts about in your mind, only you and anyone you chose to can see the glow at all," Salazar explained. "Now are you sure you want to go into the dorms there will be no going back from this?"

"I am sure after all from the way Ronald and Dumbles speak they tend to easily make enemies of Your Noble House so where better to get some allies," Harry said as he once more spotted a flash of the Golden Gryffindor Lordship ring before it vanished. Rather than answering Salazar used one hand to tap his walking stick on the floor while he snapped the fingers of the other making the fake wall open up to let Harry inside.

Harry had barely passed the threshold when he saw that unlike what he had thought would be an empty room held several older years as well as Blaise and Theo. Harry bit his lip knowing not to show any weakness as he walked deeper into the room as bold as brass. "Potter?" Marcus Flint asked crossing his arms over his chest right below both his Slytherin Quidditch Captain and Prefects Badges. "Now how in Morgana sagging sports bra did you manage to get into this room without setting off any alarms?"

"Alarms?" Harry asked confused recalling no alarms going off last time when he and Ron had snuck in under the Polyjuice Potion.

"Yes alarms, Potter you know the kind that go off if a student enters a dormitory that is not their's. Now stop playing dumb and answer the question," Marcus ordered cracking his knuckles menacingly.

"First off I am not playing dumb I never knew about any sort of alarm like that. And secondly as to how I got in," Harry said with a smile as he lifts his left hand up and shows off the Slytherin Lordship ring.

"Holy Milking Sith," Theo ejaculates as the whole Slytherin House went silent at the sight of their Founder's ring on the Gyrffindor's Golden boy.

"Rightly put," Marcus said running a hand over his forehead. "So you really are Slytherin's Heir?"

"Only by conquest and I only found it out this last summer," Harry said slowly lowering his ring. "Would that prevent the alarms from going off?"

"It would since as the Heir or Lord of Slytherin this would be considered part of your domain in the school," Marcus said seeming to be in a state of shock that prevented him from even thinking about lying.

"Um would the alarm go off if I was not wearing the ring or say under the influence of Polyjuice?" Harry asked.

"That was oddly specific why do you ask?" Theo said seeming to be the only one beside Marcus who seemed to be able to process Harry's new position.

"Well last year when everyone thought I was Slytherin's Heir I an a former friend snuck into here under a Polyjuice Potion.

"Alright first of all no everyone thought you were the Heir, no one hear ever believed it, which is why they all seemed to have trouble with it now," Theo said the last part in a whisper as he indicated everyone else in the room. "As for being under a Polyjuice Potion if you had not been the Heir yeah the alarms would have gone off as soon as you entered, but as it were you were not only able to pass but bring Weasley in as well."

"How did you know I meant him?" Harry asked giving the other boy a searching look.

"Elementary my dear Harry," Theo said making several of the students roll their eyes at him making Harry think he was witnessing a normal event from the normally quite boy.

"Seeing how you have reacted to Ronald so far this term, as you went out of your way to sit with Draco, Blaise and myself, plus the fact the cold shoulder you gave him at the opening feast makes it easy to spot that you had a falling out with both him and Granger."

"Remarkable," Harry said impressed.

"Child's play," Theo said waving away the complement though Harry noticed with a slight blush and beginnings of a smile. "It was also easy to spot that you and Draco had become sort of friendlier towards each other based on the looks he sent you during the feast and how quickly you both accepted to shake hands and make up during Potions earlier." At each statement Harry nodded along showing that the almost six foot tall Third year was correct.

"While that is all rather interesting why did you come here in the first place?" Marcus asked hoping to end more of Theo's analyst over Harry's relationships.

"Well when Slytherin's ring accepted me I was informed that it would allow me to have access to Slytherin parts of the castle with out trouble and I wanted to test it out," Harry explained.

"Fascinating, but wouldn't you find it easier to do the same with the Gyrffindor ring since the Potter line is derived from it?" Theo asked. Harry wanted to know how the other boy knew that, based on startled looks from the others in the room showed that it was not common knowledge, but instead shared his story of what he had learned over the summer as well as the three family rings rejecting him based on what had been done to him. Many of the Slytherins believed the Potter ring had acted too harshly since being raised by Muggles he would never had access to his own Vaults, and when he did he had been closely watched by those who were betraying him. And while they disliked how the Gryffindor ring reacted they did see it having some small point in getting angry at Harry turning over such a priceless artifact from the house to the Headmaster.

"So let me get this straight," Blaise said after Harry had finished his story, "the Potter ring said YOU can not rely on the Goblins but what about an secondary party working through the Goblins?" Harry was not sure so he rubbed the Slytherin ring in hopes of some form of confirmation or denial.
When he saw in his Mind's Eye Salazar smiling and nodding at him he said, "That could work but who would want to do something like that?" To his surprise almost ever person in the room raised their hands. "What why?"

"Well to think a Muggleborn, and several Blood traitors stealing from a Noble family is just sickening," Theo explained.

"Not all the Weasleys did it," Harry pointed out.

"Wow the Headmaster did not want you to know anything about our world did he?" Marcus asked shaking his head with a look of shock. "While Ron and that banshee of a Mother of his like to say their whole family is blood traitors it is in truth just a few of them. The Twins, Headboy Percy, their older brothers do not have that stigma attached to them. Mr. Weasley has only a partial stigma attached to him since he utterly refuses to take up the Position as Lord Weasley letting his upstart second cousin hold the position."

"Why does that matter?" Harry asked getting rather into this having never really learned what was the direct cause of the Blood Traitor stigma.

"Well his second cousin in hopes of holding onto the position of Lord Weasley tires to besmirch Arthur's name in the vain hope that it would prevent Arthur from taking the role from him. Not that it would work for if he wanted to Arthur could easily claim the position which would make the current head into the real Blood Traitor, but from what you said Arthur might not take it so as to keep the power and money of being Lord Weasley away from his wife and two youngest kids," Marcus stated.

"So how are Fred, George, Percy and the others not considered Blood Traitors while Ron, Ginny and Molly are?" Harry asked as he moved to one of the chairs in the room tired of just standing in place during this whole conversation.

"Well lets see, I believe Molly earned her status as a Blood Traitor when she got pregnant with Arthur's kid while they were still in school thus forcing him to break a Marriage Contract with the Greengrass Family," Blaise said.

"Wait if the contract was broken by Percy's eldest brother why was Mr. Weasley not given the status as well? Harry asked looking around at everyone.

"Well when a contract is broken it also shows if one or more of the people involved were under the influence of any spells or Potions," Marcus said "from what I recall hearing about it as my mother gossiped about it at a party a few years ago. Mr. Weasley had been under a love potions which had lead him to produce the child with Molly, now if he had left her and the child everything would have been fine, but he could not bare to leave his son alone so had agreed to marry her. From what my mother had shared at the party, every couple of years after the child's birth she would douse Arthur with another potion to produce another child evidently thinking he would come to love her." Harry recalled the time he had spent at the Burrow the summer before last and in hind sight saw that while Mr. Weasley loved his children there was some tenseness between him and his "wife."

"Another reason Molly, Ron, and Ginny have earned the stigma as Blood Traitors is their turning back on our old customs for even with out Arthur being the Lord of the house the rest of his kids pay tribute during all the major holidays and have made pledged themselves to the House of Weasley. Molly and your two former friends have not following our Dear Headmaster's belief in getting rid of the rituals and pledges for a more "equal" society." Theo said using finger quotes as he said "equal."

"Wouldn't that make me a Blood Traitor as well since I have never taken part in any of the rituals or pledged myself to my House?" Harry asked a hint of worry in his voice.

"Not actually," Theo said gently "since you were Muggle raised some exceptions are given to you until you are of age. Also as a Lord of a House you do not pledge to it you control it."

"I guess that makes sense," Harry said nodding when suddenly an alarm went off.

Thinking of what Marcus had said when he had first entered the room he turns to look at the entrance but saw no one there. Rather all the students in the dorms had become tense as they turned to look at a small desk in the corner as a Quill without a hand holding it wrote something down before it returned to an ink well. Marcus used his wand to summon the sheet over to him and quickly read it to himself before turning to Blaise and Theo. "Draco has been sent to the Hospital Wing you two better get going."
Without a word Blaise and Theo got up and rushed out of the room, as Harry followed them wanting to make sure Draco was alright.

"What was all that about I thought the alarm rang if someone from a different House entered?" Harry asked as he caught up to the other two, who due to their larger size were moving quicker than he was. Theo looked around before nodding to Blaise a he pulled Harry into a nearby empty class room.

"You are correct about an alarm being raised if an intruder enters the dorms but due to how Slytherin students are treated by several people in the Castle ever since the Headmaster had come to this school spouting how evil our House is. At the start of each year the Head of House cast a spell that lets us know if anything happens to a member of the House which lands them in the Hospital Wing, apart from Quidditch injuries.

"That sounds like a good idea," Harry said receiving a sad smile from Theo.

"You do get I am only telling you this due to you being Slytherin's Heir right. This is not to be spread around for some students might look for a way to bypass the spell and attack us out in the main school. It is also for this "fear" of attack," Theo said once more finger quoting on the word "fear" before he continued "that has Professor Snape tell us to always travel in groups as we go about the castle."

"That is horrible that people do that," Harry said recalling last year when students had sent curses and jinxes his way when ever he traveled alone and was out of sight of a teacher.

"I have a feeling you have knowledge of that yourself," Theo said making another observation.

"I do and don't worry I will keep this to myself no one should fear just going to class or walking around the castle," Harry said getting a nod and another smile from the dark haired boy, which to his slight surprise made butterflies flutter in his stomach like when Percy smiled at him. Doing his best to prevent a blush from forming Harry nodded to the door to signal they should get moving.

Arriving at the Hospital Wing Harry saw that all the Third Year Slytherins were waiting in the room as Madam Pomfrey worked on, who he assumed, was Draco behind some curtains. Beside Blaise the gathered students gave him a weary look as he entered the hall right beside Theo. Pansy gave him a quick once over before she said with a dark tone,

"You can leave now Potty just cause your Blood Traitor friend told you about Draco does not give you the right to come laugh at him just caused you skipped the class."

"First of all Ron can jump into a boiling cauldron of poison ivy and frog livers, secondly I did not skip the class I had dropped it, and finally I would never laugh at someone's pain no matter how I feel about them," Harry said not even raising his voice.

"Yeah right Potty being all noble and everyone's friends get lost," Pansy sneered.

"Drop it Pansy," Theo said sharply making the pug nosed girl goggle at him.

"Oh does Theo have a little crush on the Boy-Who-Lived?" she asked in a mocking tone.

"You know my preferences Pansy, and Harry is correct he did not learn it from Ronald he was with Blaise and I when the message came through," Theo said quelling the girl with a look though making some of the other gathered students start when he mentioned the message. Harry had a feeling they would have asked for some more information if they were not gathered in the Hospital Wing. Harry himself could not help but wonder what Theo had meant by "his preferences" but did not want to asked it leaving the group just standing around in a awkward silence waiting for the Matron to finish working on Draco.

It took Madam Pomfrey almost a full twenty minutes, from when Theo and Harry entered, for her to finish up with Draco and let them all come forward to see him. She did arch her eyebrow at seeing Harry in the group but made no mention of it as she headed back to her office to give them all some privacy with the blonde boy. "How you doing Drackypoo?" Pansy asked in such a love sick voice it was all Harry could do not to start laughing as he saw Theo and Blaise roll their eyes at her.

"I am fine, well not really but it was not my bloody fault," Draco said giving them all a series look. As Pansy moved to fluff his pillow she sent Harry a look as if she expected him to start making fun of what had happened to him.

"So how did you get hurt?" Harry asked.

"It was that former friend of yours complaining that you were not in class doing a perfect imitation of his mother," Draco said as everyone looked at Harry to see his reaction to the dig at Ron.

"And his shrill voice caused an creature to attack you?" Harry asked.

"Well no but he made it hard to hear "Professor" Hagrid as he told the class that the creatures we were working with were proud beings who answer any insult with deadly force. And when he called for volunteers no one stepped forward, though more than a few stepped back leading to my being chosen. It was all going well, I bowed and got a bow in return and was just petting the hippogriff when I accidently insulted it leading it to slash open my arm," Draco said holding up his arm in a cast, which thankfully was not his wand or writing hand.

"I am so glad I decided to drop that class you know I did tell you it would not be worth it," Harry said shocking the Slytherins which had not come from their Common Room.

"And I told you I need the class so I can become a Wand Maker, just cause you thought taking up warding would be fun does not mean I should," Draco said making Pansy, Crabbe and Goyle goggle at seeing the pairs playful banter. Which only increased as Draco's parents entered the hall and actually greeted Harry with smiles on their faces.

"Draco how could you have done something so unintelligent?" his father asked.

"It was not my fault I did not hear all the instructions or even volunteer myself to meet the creatures," Draco shot back to his father.

"Draco honey why are you in a cast your arm should have been easily healed," Narcissa asked as Lucius threw an arm around Harry so as to not over crowd Draco on the bed who was being looked at by her.

"Madam Pomfrey said that a hippogriff's talons sometimes have a paralyzing agent on them so just until she can make sure it did no lasting damage to me she is making me wear the cast," Draco said with a slight shrug.

"Very well but just make sure you drink plenty of orange to replenish as well as eating foods with high concentrations of vitamin E and iron," Narcissa said finishing her quick examination of him.

"I know Mother," Draco said somehow pulling off a bored and happy tone at her overbearingness when it came to his health.

"And I know you know but I can't help myself," she said ruffling his hair a little making him blush as it was done before all his friends and Housemates, even though no one apart from him and Harry looked the slightest bit disturbed by the interactions between mother and son. Harry for his part felt like he was intruding on a private event and hastily made an excuse to leave the room.

As it was nearly time for supper Harry decided to just head back down to the Great Hall for the meal. Walking in he received some discreet nods from several Slytherin students as he took a seat next to Dean and Seamus. A moment latter he wish he had chosen to sit by the twins as Ron and Hermione showed up followed by Neville. Ron had instantly started to share, while laughing harshly, the story of how Draco had gotten hurt in Care of Magical Creatures. All the while Hermione had gotten on his case for skipping classes as well as taking some that he had not signed up for at the end of last year. Harry did his best to ignore them both, which was hard when Ron was sitting beside him elbowing him wondering why he was not laughing at Draco's misfortune, or as Ron put it the bloody snake getting what he deserved.

Harry had finally had enough after about just five minutes as he caught Ron's elbow from going into his side again telling the redhead to knock it off before setting Hermione straight about his change of classes. She scoffed and said he should not be able to change it after he had selected it making him just shake his head and stand from his seat and go over to the twins who quickly made a space for him between them letting him have his meal in peace. As he ate so as to not look at Hermione and the two youngest Weasleys he turned his attention to the top table and was shocked to see Professor Lupin was not there making him believe that the man must be out of the castle passing on the message he had given him after his class. Thinking of messages he though that both the Twins and Percy had a right to know what he had learned over the summer so in a voice that he knew would not carry to any other student asked them to meet with him after supper in the closest unused classroom to Gyrffindor Tower and to bring Percy along as well. The Twins shared a look before they both shrugged, in unison, and told them they would meet him there.

Afterword

End Notes

The idea of this story came from the fact is that in the stories where Harry goes up to get either his Heir or Lordship rings, at least in the stories I have read, the rings always accept him. This lead to an idea of what if the rings did not accept him, at least right away.

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