Chapter 23
Harry and his three friends found a compartment on a train, where levitated their trunks on the racks, while Susan and Hannah went to go sit with some of the members from their house. Harry placed some wards on the door to keep others out, and so that they wouldn't be disturbed, finishing his work he took a seat near Daphne. His friends were angry at what Dumbledore did when giving the gryffindors those points as he cheated. Among the group Tracey was the most vocal.
"That dirty cheating old goat" she exclaimed.
"He purposefully made it possible so that Slytherin's would not win the house cup this year" Tracey continued.
Blaise perked up to add his bit in "I'm not happy about it anymore than you are Tracey. None of us do, but we already knew that Dumbledore would do something sneaky."
Tracey turned to him "that doesn't mean we have to like it." She was irritated at the moment.
"True but we also learned something" came Daphne. Everyone looked at her "his little stunt only proved that he was desperate to make sure that the gryffindors would win."
"What are you talking about" Tracey asked.
Harry was the one to respond "think Tracey. Dumbledore had a chance to give us points earlier, but he waited till the last minute. Also, he gave the house so much! Granger got points for cool logic, Weasley got points for chess, and he gave me points for demonstrating advanced magic."
Realization donned on them. Daphne was the one to speak "he personally made sure that the lions would win. Never in history has any professor given that many points for reasons like those. I do not know what that old man is thinking, but I think he is trying to repair his damaged reputation."
Harry flashed her a smile, the time he spent were her was great as the two quickly became close friends. "Daphne is right, after the trial and the statement from the International press, I bet he going to try and do whatever he can to get back into the public good graces."
Blaise was the next to speak "you really think he go that far? "he inquired "but what would the purpose be, why would he go to extremes?"
Harry crossed his arms and closed his eyes. "If I had to wager a guess, I think he wants people to think that he is still in control. Whether the people in magical Britain want to admit it or not the magical population here is weak as there are people who are so happy to give him what he wants."
"You're saying that the people have the mentalities of a goat" Tracey perked up. Harry gave her a nod and continued.
"Dumbledore is powerful not just magically but politically and garnered lots of favors over the years. No way he will go down easy. Leaders like him feed on the minds and emotions of people and Dumbledore thrives on it, he may promise certain rewards or even hand out gestures. But when it comes down to it all he wants is power and total control; if anything, he is like Voldemort."
The two girls froze. Blaise on the other hand had gotten use to Harry saying the fools name. Harry just sighed and continued "here's an example the situation at Hogwarts. On the outside it looks like a prestigious school but on the inside it's not so grand."
"You mean the curriculum and the teachers we have" Daphne commented.
"Yes" Harry confirmed "back in the day, before Dumbledore took over the curriculum may have been harder, but it was more rewarding. The goat may say that the wizengamot did it, but he has a right to stop them from carrying it out as it's his job to make sure that the students become the best they can be. As for the classes let's be honest History of magic and Defense Against the Dark Arts are practically jokes."
His friends agreed as they were aware of that Hogwarts was not what it seemed to be. Binn's their history of magic teacher was a ghost and only went on about goblin wars, it didn't help that his voice was enough to make them fall asleep. Harry told them to put on some headphones to drown the ghost professor out, so they could stay awake in the class.
When it came to their defense class Quirrell was an idiot despite having Voldemort attached to the back of his head and was not a good teacher. After him Dumbledore took over the class, Harry had to grudgingly admit that he knew a lot about the subject, but he played favorites; until Tracey mother Isabella stepped in. Lady Davis was a brilliant teacher and had earned her mastery in the subject, demonstrating her proficiency in the course.
"The fact that we have to suffer this at school is frightening" Daphne started "if this keeps up. Then, we will have no hope of rising further." She then turned her head to the left "Harry would it be possible for your dad to tutor us in Defense?"
Harry eyed for a minute before looking at the other two who looked like they wanted in. "I'll speak to him, but don't get too excited. I don't know if he will agree" he said.
The three leaned back in their seats, deciding to change the atmosphere Harry came up with an idea. "Do you guys want to listen to some music?"
"How are we supposed to do that?" asked Tracey. "We don't have any stereos!" Harry smirked at her and reached for trunk on the rack, opening it he pulled out a portable CD player. Flicking his wand out he casted a spell that would make the device work with magic. "How did you do that?" she astonishingly asked.
Harry smiled as he knew his mother was a charms mistress. "My mother created a spell that made muggle appliances work with magic" he admitted. "I have three different CD's: Linkin Park, AC/DC, or The Goonies; which one do you guys want?"
Tracey bounced in her seat, she may have grown up in the magical world, but her mother insisted that her daughter learn about muggles and what they had to offer. "Play AC/DC" she said before looking at Daphne and Blaise. "What muggle music is better than magic music!"
"Debatable" Daphne said. Harry put the CD in, hit play and placed a low powered sonorous charm on the device. When the music started the mood in the compartment lifted up as they all were enjoying the music.
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When they were halfway to the station, the compartment was full of energy as the kids continued enjoying the different songs that played. Especially, Tracey who would sing along to a couple of songs. That was until Harry heard a knock on the door, pausing the music much to his friends dismay, he looked to see who it was. Standing on the opposite side was Ulrich Moon and Bianca Parker, flicking his wand out he unlocked the door to let them in.
What they saw was surprising the two older years were holding hands, they assumed that Moon finally got the courage to ask her out. "Well, it looks like you finally got off your butt and asked her out" Harry said with a smirk on his face. He had a feeling that Ulrich would eventually ask the girl out.
The pair blushed a bit "shut up Potter" Ulrich mumbled. "We just came to say thanks for what you did for us as we never would have had the courage to voice our concerns."
"Don't worry about it" Harry waved it off. "I'm just glad that Dumbledore got the public slap he deserved, as it was long overdue."
His girlfriend giggled in agreement "that it was, it's a shame that it had to take this long for it to happen" she commented. "You really should have been sorted into either ravenclaw or slytherin, Potter. Your plan worked brilliantly!"
"You may call me Hadrian or harry if you like" he said. "It wasn't just me, you and the rest of slytherin and a few of the houses helped out."
She gave him a smile and nod "then you may call me Bianca if you like" Harry nodded at her. "So, what are you going to know, that you've graduated?" he asked her.
"If I get the required results for my NEWT's, I will apply at Gringotts's to become a curse breaker" she replied.
Tracey chuckled "that should be exciting" she commented. "I remember my grandfather telling me that he was a curse breaker back in the day. And that the goblins only hire people who have gotten the necessary scores on their exams."
"That's why I'm nervous" she admitted. "I hope I received the necessary marks."
Ulrich chuckled, "they would be fools to not have you in their department" that earned him a kiss on the cheek. Tracey sported a cheeky grin "when did this happen" she indicated to the new relationship between the two.
"It happened during the last hogsmede" she replied. "This git finally got off his arse and asked me out" she poked her boyfriend in the ribs. Ulrich looked elsewhere while whistling.
To avoid any other embarrassment, he quickly said "well we have to go. I need to go check on my sister" with that he left the compartment with Bianca. While the four juniors laughed.
Daphne turned the music back on, while Hadrian was about to close the door and reactivate the wards but was stopped by Adrian Puecy. Harry looked behind him and saw that his older sister and Aaron Vaisey "we do not want to fight, only to talk." He assured and the other two nodded.
Harry retook his seat let them in and motioned for Daphne to turn off the CD player.
The three older slytherins stepped in and allowed Harry to ward the door again. The Puecy was silently impressed as an eleven year old was able to put wards up, but then remembered that Potter does Japanese courses. Silence engulfed the compartment as neither student knew what to say.
Aaron Vaisey was the one to break the silence. "What kind of music was that? "It's not one I remember!" the boy was intrigued. Harry replied, "it was Linkin Park a muggle band."
"You all listen to muggle music" his sister raised an eyebrow.
Harry respond, "just because we're purebloods does not mean that we have to act like those stuck up pricks who think they can run everything!" While he didn't like muggles that much, he couldn't deny that they had things to offer the world. There were only a few muggles he despised, like his muggle relatives. He had no feeling for them and was glad to be rid of those filthy muggles.
"He is not wrong!" Puecy commented. Her brother nodded in agreement. She just shrugged it off, then looked back at the raven haired boy.
"I never would have thought that this would have been such an eventful year" she started. "Truth to tell I was surprised to see that you would go against Dumbledore and some of his followers, as many believe you were to be his right hand."
Harry just kept looking at her. She continued "however after the Wizengamot and your speech in the great hall leads me to believe that their more to you than meets the eye."
He simply grunted. "I'm full of surprises."
"I'll say" she admitted "your diplomacy skills are rather impressive for one so young. I can't help but wonder where you learned to do that."
Harry was about to respond when he heard banging on the door, turning his head he saw Granger and Weasley trying to get in. Using his wand, he just closed the blinds of the door and hit it with a silencing charm. "Insufferable idiots!" he said.
"I had some good teachers" he said while looking back at her. A tiny smile formed on her face "your shrouded in mystery. Very slytherin, being aware of your surroundings."
"That's enough Nicole" her brother said to her. Then turned to Potter "sorry about my sister, she can get rather curious."
Harry waved it off "it's fine. She has a right to be curious about me" he casually said. "But I will say this that I am never nor will I never be Dumbledore's right hand man."
"That I have no doubt about" the third year said. "The look on your face said it all when the old goat gave away those points away."
"So, you three know that I have no allegiance to Dumbledore!" Harry watched them nod. "If I may ask what are you three after? I'm pretty sure you didn't just come here to comment on Dumbledore and my allegiance to him."
The three older slytherin were surprised as they had been found out, Nicole was the first to recover "your pretty sharp" she commented. The boy in front of her was very intelligent and appeared capable of seeing through people.
She continued "and your right there is something that we would like from you!" pausing for a few minutes. "As those three have no doubt already informed you, life in Slytherin's house is not that grand as we have a rules that we are governed by."
Harry nodded at her and knew what she was getting at "to put it simply you three want the protection of the Potter family."
Their eyes bulged at what he said. Potter was incredibly smart for his age "something I want to clarify first. The Vaisey family though might be a dark family already has an alliance with my family; as for the House of Puecy not so much."
"You are quick," Adrian said with a grin. "Though, I hope you won't judge us for being members of the dark faction."
Harry narrowed his eyes at him "I think I made it pretty clear that I don't care if people are from either factions. Just because your family is one of them does not define who you are."
The older boy smiled "I had to be sure!" he sat back in his seat. "But there is something I like to ask you?"
Harry motioned for him to ask his question. "I would like for us to be civil with one another and to hopefully have an alliance between our houses."
Harry eyes widened "I may be the last of the Potter's, but I do not have the authority to make alliances yet." He watched the boy get have a disappointed look on his face. "That said my uncle Lord Black might be able to help and if possible, in the future there could probably be an alliance."
Adrian sucked in a breath, "that's all I ask."
Hadrian turned to the Vaisey siblings "as for you two. It doesn't matter that your members of the dark faction as I understand that it was your uncle that had your family transferred from the neutral faction."
Nicole spoke "what you say is the truth! And believe me when I say this our uncle is not nor was, he ever fit to become the head of the family."
Aaron picked up after her "that man is a devil and has no honor" he said with venom. Him and Nicole had to suffer under the bastard way of life as he was strict with them. Their father was his younger brother and often protected them, even after their mother died.
"Before, I agree to anything with you three. I will have to consult my uncles" he said in a firm voice. "It's the best I can do!"
The three older years looked at each other before silently agreeing. Then turned back to him "that is fair" Nicole said.
"Would it be alright if we stayed here the rest of the journey back" she asked.
Harry looked at his friends and they all gave a nod "that is fine with us. But word of warning do not give me a reason to regret this."
All three gave genuine nods.
The rest of the train ride went by smoothly, Daphne reactivated the music players, and the kids enjoyed the music the way back home. When the train signaled that it pulled up into the station, Harry undid the wards, and everyone grabbed their trunks except for the three students as they had their trunks in their pockets. Leaving the train, the three went to go find their guardians, while Harry and the others went to go find their families.
The four walked a bit until they spotted until they spotted the adults. They appeared to be having a conversation over something. Harry saw that his sister was there to and when the little sprite saw him, she ran towards him and grabbed him in a hug. Harry returned it and put her down.
Flashing her a grin "you missed me that much little one!"
He was met with a pouty face "maybe" she said. Harry rubbed her head "yeah I missed you to Em."
"I like you to meet Daphne Greengrass and Tracey Davis" he gestured to the two girls next to him.
Emily stepped away from her brother and faced the two older girls "it's nice to meet the both of you. I am Emily Stevenson, Harry's adorable sister."
"So, you're his little sister" Tracey marveled at the little girl. "You sure are cute for someone your age."
Emily grinned at her.
Blaise decided to utter a comment "be careful of her, Tracey. She may be cute, but she is dangerous" he warned.
Harry chuckled "he speaks from experience" he remembered the many time Blaise called her short and would get kicked in the knee. Looking down at her "you ready to go home?"
She nodded her head, grabbed his free hand and dragged him to where her mom and the others were.
When they all got to their parents, they discussed a few things and were about to leave until.
"You think you're so perfect don't you" an irritating voice said.
Not even turning around Harry knew who it was "what do you want Weasley" he drawled.
"I can't believe you willing worked with slytherins and did that to Dumbledore, he is the greatest wizard who had ever lived" Ron said hotly.
"That's what you think!" Harry not in the mood to deal with the idiot. "Now can you shut your trap, I like to go home with my sister and relax a bit."
Ron didn't even get to say anything as Harry and Emily were apparated out of King cross by Sarah.
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Arriving back at Potter Castle Hadrian opened the gates to allow them in. Walking through the garden Harry reveled at the fact of being home, where he could relax. When they got to the door, he opened it and went into the main sitting room only to see Arcturus, Cassie, and Sirius sitting on the couch talking about family business. Aunt Cassie got to her feet when she saw her nephew.
"You" she narrowed her eyes and walked towards him. Harry was wondering what he had done until she wrapped him in a surprise hug, that shocked him. "You really are a Black with that stunt, you pulled on Dumbledore" she praised and laughed at seeing the report from the press.
Sirius for a moment thought he was seeing things; his own great aunt Cassiopeia Black just gave his godson a hug. Shaking out of his surprise he and Arcturus walked over to them.
Arcturus looked at the boy with pride "you should have been put into slytherin with what you did to that goat." Goat was not the word he wanted to use but dialed it down because of the boy sister next to him. "Not only did you rally most of the student body against him, but you also proved that Dumbledore is not untouchable. I think you a little too well."
"What can I say I am your nephew" he casually said.
The older man started laughing "that you are!" He said before composing himself "you received your results for this year I take it" he eyed him seriously. Harry took the report out of his pocket and handed it to the old man.
Arcturus read the boy transcript and was impressed with what he saw.
The results of Hadrian James Potter Fourth Year Class-A
Passing grades: O- Outstanding, E- Exceeds Expectations, and A- Acceptable
Failing grades: P- Poor, D- Dreadful, and T- Troll
Defense Against the Dark Arts: O
Charms: O*
Transfiguration: O*
History of Magic: O*
Herbology: O*
Ancient Runes: O*
Arithmancy: O*
Dueling: O*
Astronomy: O*
Potions: O*
Alchemy: O*
Rituals: O*
Note: The star * means distinction as you tested out of 4th and 5th year class. Congratulations Mr. Potter you are one of the two students that have made grades as high as these in over four centuries. It has been decided by the staff that you will be placed with the 6th years in Class-A; for the accelerated program when school starts in September.
Signed, Arata Yoshi Headmaster of Mahoutokoro
Sirius read over his uncle shoulder and words could not describe how happy he was at his godson.
"Merlin, Harry not even James and Lily were able to receive marks as high as these" he said proudly.
"I had a motivation to help me achieve my goal, Sirius" he said shrugging his shoulders.
"You know we have to celebrate" Sirius said. Harry put up a hand to calm him down "can we do that tomorrow. I much rather spend time with my sister" he said while looking at her.
"That is acceptable" Arcturus agreed. "You two go have some fun, dinner will be served soon" he dismissed them.
The two went outside to go enjoy the nice air. Harry raised his shirt and allowed Byakko to roam free. The tiger stretched as it was happy to be free. Emily was happy to see the white monarch again and started scratching behind his ear, the way he like it.
Byakko licked her hand and went to go for a run around the home. Leaving the two alone. "So, what do you want to do Shizuku" Harry asked.
"Can we go flying" she asked. Emily missed playing with him and wanted to use the time she had with him before he left to go to Greece.
Harry smiled at her. "Of course, let's find some brooms." They went to the shed that contained all the quidditch brooms they had. Harry grabbed two Nimbus 2000 and handed one to her.
She immediately mounted the broom and kicked off, with Harry right behind her.
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At Greengrass manor Daphne was met by her father and little sister. The former was looking over some of his reports, while her sister greeted her with a hug and the three went over to their father.
Cyrus looked up from his papers to see that his wife and oldest daughter had returned. "Welcome back home Daphne" he got up from his seat and gave her a hug which she returned.
"Thanks daddy" she said, "it's nice to be home from school."
"How was your time at school?" he asked.
Daphne shrugged her shoulders "it was nice except for a few ups and downs. We would have won the house cup, but Dumbledore cheated" she admitted.
"What do you mean cheated?" Roxanne asked.
Daphne explained to her parents how Dumbledore gave Harry, Granger, and Weasley points at the last minute. She further explained that he could have done that at any time, but he chose to do it at the last minute when the slytherins had the most points. While Granger and Weasley were celebrating with the gryffindors over their victory Harry was angry at what the old man did.
Both her parents were shocked and angry as Dumbledore purposefully made sure that the gryffindors won. They had a feeling the old goat was low, but they never expected this. The news report must have damaged his reputation really bad if he was resorting to underhanded things like that.
Cyrus remembered that his wife sent an angry howler to the old man and boy was it a sight to behold. To him she was a very caring woman who loved her children very much, however she had another side. That was her bad side as he had seen it many times when they were married and when they dated. He remembered the painful spells she used on him when he did something wrong or made her mad. Secretly, he was glad that Daphne took more after her not that he would ever admit that to them.
Getting over his anger, Cyrus composed himself "did you receive your final grades for the year?"
Daphne reached into her pocket, pulled out her results and handed it to him.
The results of Daphne Anne Greengrass First Year
Passing grades: O- Outstanding, E- Exceeds Expectations, and A- Acceptable
Failing grades: P- Poor, D- Dreadful, and T- Troll
Charms: O
Defense Against the Dark Arts: O
Transfiguration: O
Herbology: O
History of Magic: O
Astronomy: O
Potions: O
Note: Congratulations, Miss. Greengrass you were ranked 1st place in your year. Your head of House Severus Snape has recommended that we skip you, ahead in school. The staff will decide after the next school year if you are to be placed with the older years.
Signed, Minerva McGonagall Deputy Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
"That's my girl" Cyrus said looking from her transcript with pride on his face. He handed the paper to his wife who viewed it as well.
Roxanne was equally as happy with her grades and gave her a hug in congratulations.
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July 5 soon came quickly meaning that it was time for Severus to present his latest project in front of the International Society of Potioneers. He along with Harry, Byakko and Arcturus were staying at one of the homes owned by the Black's, the family owned the island of Crete and sometimes used it for vacation spots. Harry would wake up do his morning workouts and then return to relaxing on the beach. At the moment though he was waiting for his father to return; Severus said that he could listen through their link, but he still wanted to be there to see it. Resigning himself he decided to watch through his father eyes.
At the moment, the conference to determine if Severus Snape should be given the title of Sorcerer had begun. The interview was held in the Athens of Greece a magical settlement for people and generally served as a meeting place for the members of the International Society of potions would evaluate the progress of upcoming potioneers. At the moment there were only twenty masters and mistresses, Severus being one of them was currently being interviewed by the lot of them.
Severus could see that Hayato was in the first row and looking expectantly at him, as the rules state he had to send the written form of his research project in first so the board can review it. When he got the green light Severus was told to come and present his project. He explained that the potion was not a drinkable one but that the person would have to bathe in it for a different amount of time depending on how severe their injuries were. Severus was showing the board that his project was not only capable of relieving the person of mild dark magics, but also capable of repairing the body by repairing the bones structure, fixing ligaments, and basically making the body regain its natural state without any problems. There were no side effects, and the individuals would not need to keep reapplying ointments or have daily checkups. The only downsides were that if a limb had been separated from its host then there was no way of reattaching it and the potion could not restore a person's magic levels should he or she use a lot of it.
At the moment they were all watching the recording of how the potion should work, they were startled by what they saw. Severus would create a three human test tubes, add the light blue potion, before Severus told them to go in, he put them on mild sleeping spells and put bubble-head charms on everyone one of them so they could breathe. When that was done and they were inside, he add an array of runes to make the potion fill to the top of the tank.
Everyone watched in amazement as each subject were being healed by the potion. After a half hour the potion changed from light blue to white indicating that the process was complete. Severus deactivated the array and watched the potion dwindle back down to calf length for them all, opening the tubes to let them out Severus conjured three beds and levitated them onto each one.
Walking up from his seat Severus took out his wand and pointed it at him. "I Severus Tobias Snape hereby, swear on my magic that everything that was witness here today was the truth; the subjects did survive and were relieved of the injuries they suffered. So, mote it be" When he finished, he was engulfed in a white light signaling that the vow had taken effect. Severus used the lighting charm to show that he still had his magic indicating that he was telling the truth.
The entire room erupted in a rounds of applause as they were impressed with his project, none more so than Hayato who was beaming with pride and had a smile on his face. When the applause died down Hayato stood up "Mr. Snape you have presented a new potion that will revolutionize the way we currently use other potions that are meant to heal. If you would step outside for a while, we will decide whether or not you are to be granted the rank of Sorcerer."
Severus walked out of the room his robes billowing for affect, leaving the others to decide if he is to ascend further. After 25 minutes of waiting, he was told to come back in where he stood before everyone "Severus Snape after much discussion we have agreed to award you the rank of Sorcerer" Hayato began. "We will send out your research paper along with the instructions on how to create the potion to other settlements where they will be distributed. Congratulations!"
The older man walked up with a golden cauldron and a certificate that said: Sorcerer, Severus T. Snape. They shook hands and were photographed by one of the many journalist in the room. Severus was not a photogenic person and after he shook hands with his former master answered a few questions about his project and his reasons for why he developed the potion.
Having to suffer a few more questions finally got on Severus's nerves and he left the building and apparated to the home in Crete. Apparating to thew home he saw his son relaxing by the tree enjoying the sun, when the boy saw him, he got up from his where he was sitting and went to him. "Congratulations, dad" he indicated to the awards in his hands.
Severus grunted and they went inside. Harry continued "I have a feeling your invention will help and save a lot of people in the future. This is what the Wizarding world has been missing ambition. The willingness to move forward."
Severus ruffled his hair affectionately. "Keep in mind Hadrian that the wizarding world is full of lazy idiots who are just too happy to let things be the way they are. Always strive to become better and always rise above."
"Always" Harry replied.
Soon they were approached by Arcturus who got up from the couch after talking with his sister via crystals. The aged man looked at the younger adult with his grey eyes "very good Severus you accomplished your task" he praised.
"Thank you, Arcturus," he said in a silk voice. "Now if you excuse us, I promised my son I take him fishing after the conference, was completed."
The aged man left the house to go conduct some meeting that he had scheduled, while Severus went to one of the rooms he chosen and put his award on the bed. He quickly changed out of his robes and pulled out some muggle clothes, a black under armour shirt and a pair of blue jeans. Dressing himself quickly he didn't look like a professor from Hogwarts, but a father who was on vacation with his son.
Going back downstairs he saw Hadrian sitting on the couch reading a book while idly petting Byakko as the god sat by his left leg. "We are leaving!" was all Severus said. Harry placed the book down and rose from the couch and left with his father, leaving Byakko to go relax in silence for the time.
As they made it to the beach, Severus pointed to a speed boat that he rented. The two hopped on and, while Severus went to go start the engine Harry took a seat next to the fishing poles. Without warning Severus started the motor and drove off, Harry just laughed a bit. As the two went further out to sea, Severus stopped the engine and went to go grab one of the poles where the boy was.
"Alright, Hadrian the key to catching fish is the right bait and patience" he instructed him through the proper methods of casting the line and how to reel in a catch when he felt one of the fish took the bait. He then picked up a worm from the bucket and tied it on the hook, making sure that it was secure. Severus raised the pole above his head and casted the line sending it a few feet away where it hit the water.
Harry watched patiently waiting for a fish to take the bait, luckily, he didn't have to wait long as his father caught a bite. "Hadrian quickly" was all Severus said that got Harry out of his seat. Severus handed him the pole, which he took without hesitation and he felt that the fish was really fighting him. Holding on the pole in his firm hand he started to reel the thing in, and boy did this thing not going to give up. All the fish efforts were in vain as Harry managed to reel the sucker in.
They had caught a flathead mullet. "Set him free" Severus said. Harry complied and released the fish back into the sea. "Your turn" he said.
Harry gave him a nod, handed him back the pole and grabbed his own. He grabbed some bait, secured it on the line and casted it. Remembering what his dad said he waited patiently for a bite, having to wait a few minutes he finally felt a tug against the line. This fish was not putting up much of a fight as the first, but it was still difficult to reel it in. Using all his might he got the fish out of the ocean, looking at it he caught a tuna fish, the thing looked like it was still growing. So, he tossed it back into the sea a smile appeared on his face when he did it. This was fun in his opinion.
The two continued until the sun was starting to set. Hadrian managed to catch tuna, pearly razorfish, and flathead mullets; Severus on the other hand caught some amberjacks, flatheads, tuna, and some saddle seabream. Both father and son enjoyed themselves immensely and were happy with their catches. Severus turned the boat around and headed for shore, there they were met by one Arcturus Black, well the man was always did have an expressionless face, so it wasn't anything new.
Leaving the boat with their poles and equipment. Arcturus summoned one of the elves and had it transport the equipment back to where it was before they got it.
Not long after the news of Severus accomplishment reached the British isles as the Daily Prophet wrote about it.
Severus Snape is granted the rank of sorcerer by the International Society of Potioneers
Surprisingly, it was well detailed and truthful which was rare as the Daily prophet was known to print lies that were meant to slander people. Hayato and a few other spoke about how Severus new potion would be able to save more lives and was a wakeup call for everyone to keep rising.
Severus was sent many letters of congratulations by the healers as they could now treat their patients more effectively and it would make their jobs easier. They celebrated with a wide variety of Greek food Arcturus ordered the two adults shared some Firewhiskey while Harry was given butterbeer.
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After the conference with the potioneers Harry and Emily were taken to Japan as neither of them wanted to miss the fireworks festival. They were accompanied by Cassie and Sarah the two were happy to be back in Japan as they could enjoy the atmosphere. Severus and Arcturus voted to go back to Britain as they wanted to relax and deal with the growing masses.
The kids understood and went to go enjoy themselves. Miwa was happy to have the two back mostly Harry as they could train together for the upcoming tournament. She told him that she was accepted into the accelerated program like he was and declared that she would be the own to come out on top. Harry naturally welcomed the competition as it always brought out the best in him. After all, magic sharpens magic.
The two continued to either train in the dueling room either with magic, swords, or in hand to hand combat. So, far the two were evenly matched in hand to hand combat as they infused their bodies with magic to give their attacks some extra power and to strengthen their bodies. Harry was impressed as she started to do silent casting at the moment, from what he could tell she was soon approaching mid-level and if she continued the way she was then she will soon be able to almost reach the advanced level by the time she is in her seventh year.
When the time came for the fireworks festival, they all rented some yukatas and enjoyed the festival before the fireworks began. Since they were in the magical equivalent of Japan, they got to see the magical fireworks go off instead of the muggle ones. As they walked from booth to booth, they soon saw yellow sparks shoot up into the air signaling that it was almost time to begin the fireworks.
The three were apparated to Kawada Manor courtesy of Cassie, where they were met by Miwa parents. Finding a couple good spots, the first of many fireworks shot up in the air. Then the real show started and as always, the show was exceedingly beautiful as many exploded into different types of animals that danced around in the sky. The last firework that shot up exploded releasing a giant wingless dragon that soared through the sky in a dance.
When the skies cleared Harry was the first to speak "that was even better than last years" he commented. Last year's firework festival was great as it depicted magical animals dancing amongst each other, the last one fired into the exploded and formed a sizeable W. It meant Witches and Wizards.
"You can say that again" came Emily "it seems that every year they get better." She remembered her first fireworks festival as it was only yesterday, the show was beautiful, and she was able to take pictures.
Harry turned to the right and looked at Miwa "so can you come with us to Massachusetts or not?"
Her expression turned grim "unfortunately I won't be there until the 7th." As much as she wanted to go early, her family had to attend a meeting in china much to her annoyance.
Harry placed a hand on her shoulder "tell you what before me and Emily leave for MACUSA how about we have a hand to hand combat match!"
That seemed to brighten her mood a bit "you're on" she said with determination on her face.
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Three days later Hadrian and Emily were soon in Magical Massachusetts with the Zabini's, Greengrasses, along with Severus and Sirius. The Potters owned a few sizeable houses in the states, the one they were staying at was near the countryside of Massachusetts. There were anti muggles wards up to keep them out and the place was secluded enough for them to have their privacy. Harry invited them to stay at his house but the Zabini's declined as they owned a cottage nearby. The others chose to stay.
The girls were excited to explore the magical attractions of the in North America often having to drag Harry and Blaise along to the different stores, much to their dismay. They just sucked it up and went with along with them. While they were walking the streets, Harry began noticing that Daphne was looking particularly cold as she was often shivering. The weather at the moment was about 99 degrees and yet she was trying to get warm, resolving to talk to her about it later he was dragged to a branch of Twilift and Tatterings.
The boys were dragged in and forced to try on different outfits as they have gotten taller. Blaise while didn't like shopping had to bend to the wishes of his mother as she forced him to try on different clothes. Harry wasn't fairing much different either has he often had to watch his sister model a few outfits, often stealing glances at Daphne. They had spent the next three hours trying on clothes or in the boys case having to be judged by the girls. When they checked out, they had a few bags to carry, Harry thought that was the end of it, but he was wrong.
As they went to other clothing stores where it wasn't much better. While Blaise was groaning and muttering on about girls and shopping; Harry just kept quiet and followed along. If this were enough to make Emily happy then he would suffer through it. The girls continued dragging them around from store to store for the next three hours until they decided to go home for the day.
When Harry and the other made it home he dropped the bags and boxes he was carrying and collapsed on the couch, much to Sirius enjoyment. The girls simply went up to their rooms to put their stuff away.
"Did you have fun" Sirius asked in between laughter.
Harry gave him a look that said shut up I'm not in the mood.
Sirius continued to enjoy his godson misfortune "here I would have thought you would have gotten used to it. Considering you have a new family!"
"I am mostly use to it by now" he admitted "when it comes to Aunt Sarah, Miwa, and Emily, but they wore me out today with the constant does this look good on me or forcing me into some clothes they picked out."
Sirius got over his laughter and looked at him "you got to get use to that. Just be glad it wasn't my mother. That woman may have had a set of lungs, but the woman loved to shop especially for clothes. It usually drove me, my father, and brother up a wall." He remembered the few times during his childhood when his mother would drag him shopping, it was a pure nightmare.
The next moment Severus and Byakko came into the room. The former noticed his son sprawled on the couch and looked at Black with an amused smile. "Let me guess he just got home from shopping with the girls."
Sirius just gave him a nod that made the god laugh at his partner. Severus didn't laugh but he was sporting a smile as he was glad it wasn't him that had to endure the shopping venture.
Harry raised his head at the laughing god, giving him a mock glare "keep laughing you overgrown cat. You don't know what it's like being forced into clothes."
Byakko just continued laughing and gave the boy a lick on his head. "You will live."
With great reluctance Harry got to his feet, grabbed his bags and headed upstairs to his room. The room he occupied was on the third floor first door on the right, opening the door he dropped the bags on his bed and went to his closet to find a change of clothes. Pulling out a white V-neck shirt and a pair of blue jeans he got dressed and headed back downstairs, where the girls were sitting on the couch talking about the clothes they got.
Blaise and his mother arrived a few minutes later and Harry could tell that he was just as tired as he was. Mrs. Zabini on the other hand looked like she still had a lot of energy left. While the adults were talking the kids went to go have a conversation of their own.
As the kids were talking about the upcoming tournament, that Harry and Blaise were participating in. Severus and Sirius announced that they were going to get Italian for the night and asked what everyone wanted. After getting everyone's orders they were about to leave but Harry stopped them.
"Before you two leave I have something to say" he took a breath, as everyone watched him. Harry looked from the Greengrasses to Sirius "seeing as you three have improved your occlumency skills I feel like it's time for you all to know a secret of mine."
Severus had a feeling he knew what his son was about to reveal. "Are you sure you're ready for them to know?"
"I am" he said firmly.
"What is it that you have to tell us pup" Sirius asked looking from Severus to Hadrian. The boy responded, "before I left for Hogwarts I connected with my magical core and something amazing happened" he paused wondering if he should either say it show them.
Astoria spoke up "well don't keep us in suspense tell us" she said somewhat desperate for him to continue.
"I am an animagus, have been since I was ten" he said.
Sirius just started laughing "come now Harry that's a nice attempt of a joke but" he didn't get to finish as Harry transformed into a tiger and let out a ferocious roar.
The ones that didn't know that he was an animagus were staring with amazement, he was telling the truth. Sirius looked at him with pride on his face not only was Harry's animal an apex predator that could tear anyone apart, but it was also a show of how powerful he was.
Harry sat on his hind legs for a few minutes before transforming back into human form. "What do you all think?"
"Damn Harry how are you an animagus already" Sirius exclaimed. "It took me and your dad forever to attain our forms."
"Like I said it happened when I was ten" Harry responded, "I was connecting to my magical core then I suddenly transformed into the creature you saw before you!"
Sirius couldn't conceal the smile on his face "well when me and Severus get back you and I are going to have a talk about that form of yours. I can't believe it my godson! My proud godson became an animagus before me. Just wait until I tell Arcturus and Cassie, they're going to get a kick out of this."
"They already know" Severus said bringing the attention to him.
"You knew" Sirius eyes widened "why didn't you ever say anything?"
Severus kept a straight face and looked at him "it was not my place to say, besides how do you think he got registered!" he said with a smirk.
"Cassie" Sirius said fully surprised as he never would have assumed that his great aunt would register the boy. Harry reached into his pocket pulled out his wallet and took out the license indication that he was indeed registered.
He was about to speak again but Severus cut him off "you can praise him later. We need to go get the food!" he said ruining the man's fun. Sirius grumbled fine and the two left the house.
No one seemed to notice them leaving as their eyes were all on Harry. "I'm going to go outside for a while" he said not waiting for a reply from the others.
Astoria and her mother were asking Blaise and Emily how long they've known and didn't even notice Daphne slip out of the room to go follow him. Walking into the backyard she found Harry sitting underneath a tree with his head leaning against the base of it.
She approached him and asked, "mind if I sit with you?" Hadrian just scooted to the left to make room for her. Taking a seat next to him, they sat in silence for a minute until Daphne broke it "Harry I understand why you didn't tell me" she began "and I'm not mad at you. But I have to ask do you trust me?"
Harry sat up and looked at her "I do trust you" he said. "It's not that I didn't want to tell you, I just couldn't do it while we were at school!"
"Because people will start bagging on you for doing stuff they couldn't" she said in a n understanding tone. It was true he did get a lot of unwanted attention and after spending enough time around him, she learned that he hated his fame as it was like a curse. In any case
she couldn't fault him as some people would try to use him for his popularity and political status.
"You know I will never betray you, but trust is a two way streak" she pointed out. "I know you're not prone to sharing and you are entitled to some secrets but let me ask you this. How am I to trust you if you can't trust me?"
Her words rang in his ears and felt like he had just been hit by a bludgeoner to the stomach. As much as he wanted to retort he knew she was telling the truth. "Your right" he said.
"Let's take it slow and build up on each other, okay" she said with a smile on her face.
Harry didn't want to admit it, but he actually liked having her around. There was something about her that said he could trust her. He didn't know what it was, but something was telling him to be more open with her.
The two were sharing a heart to heart moment as they slowly began to open up to one another more.
"I am also an elemental, along with having other abilities" Harry said lowly.
Daphne was surprised at what he said, it was rare for anyone to be an elemental, shaking out of her surprise she looked at him "how? I mean elementals are rare and from what I've read they carry a variety of different abilities."
Harry stood up and took a few steps away from her, channeling his magic he was suddenly wrapped in flames. Daphne marveled at what she saw the flames erupted from his body and he didn't even seem to mind it. He then vanished the flames covering him, held out his hand and balls of air came out, he transformed them into different animals: eagle, dog, turtle, and horse. The animals hopped to the ground and ran around him a bit, then morphed back into pure wind.
Flicking his wand into his hand he summoned a rock to his hand. The next moment a small rock came rushing to him, which he caught using his other hand. Levitating the rock, he transformed it into a mini dragon, before dropping it on the ground. After that he waved his hand around and pulled water out of the air. Using his free hand, he transformed it into a small snake that rested on his shoulder, before he turned it back into just pure water. For his last trick he formed a ball of lightning in his hand and shot it into the air.
Daphne was completely shocked by what she saw. Harry was an elemental who could control fire, water, earth, air, and lightning; that was unheard of as she never would have guesses that he could even do that. "How is that even possible?" she asked still marveled by what she saw.
Hadrian sat back next to her "I was born this way, apparently I inherited it from my parents and grandfather."
Daphne replied, "I didn't know that being an elemental was hereditary."
"It is and yet it isn't" was all he said.
She was about to say more but she suddenly realized something "wait does that mean that your sister is an elemental as well?" Just yesterday she saw his sister moving a bowl of water around, with nothing but her hands.
"You can ask her yourself, she's behind the tree" he said nonchalantly. Daphne immediately got to her feet, when she saw the little girl come from behind the tree.
"How long have you been behind there?" she didn't even see the girl come outside.
Harry was the one to answer "she came out when I turned the balls of air into animals" he said, then turned to his sister "your disillusionment charm is capable of fooling most but not me. That said you are getting better with sneaking up on people" he commented.
Emily just smiled at him. "I just came out to ask if you could help me with my water abilities. Also, because I wanted to talk to you about something."
Harry got to his feet, turned to Daphne "I'll be back in a few minutes" he said and motioned for Emily to follow. The two walked a few feet away from the tree he was under.
"Hey bro I think Daphne is an elemental, just like us" she said.
Her brother just grinned at her "you noticed it to huh! I had a feeling she was as the magical aura around her was morphing between ancient and ice blue."
"Do you think she know?" Emily asked.
"I doubt it!" he replied, "if anything she is in the beginning stages. Judging by her shivering the cold is starting to manifest within her."
The two talked for a while longer as they were judging the possibility of Daphne actually was an elemental. Making up their minds they walked back over to her.
"Daphne their a few questions we need to ask you" he started off "which part of you is the most cold?"
She was surprised by his question as she didn't know what he was talking about. "What do you mean?"
"I'm talking about your shivering" he pointed out. "It's summer vacation and yet you were shaking like a leaf attempting to get warm."
"That's not natural" Emily added.
The blonde responded "I have been feeling rather cold lately" she admitted. "But what does that have to do with me shaking in the summer?"
"We may have a theory, but we have to make sure" Harry stated. "For example, how long have you been feeling cold?"
"It started two weeks ago" she answered "ever since, I woke up I kept of feeling cold.
Harry continued "what feels more cold your body or your magical core?"
"My core feels the most cold."
Harry and Emily looked at each other and shared a knowing look.
「彼女はエレメンタルです」 Emily said in Japanese. ("She is an elemental")
「確かめよう」 Harry replied. ("Let's be sure").
He then turned back to Daphne. "Last question: does it feel as if the cold is emanating from your core?"
She nodded at him. "I thought so!" he looked at Emily "she is one of us."
The little girl nodded in agreement. She was about to say something, but Daphne beat her to it "what do you mean I'm one of you?"
"You're an elemental like us" Emily replied.
Daphne was now gaping like a fish. "How is that possible?" she asked.
"If I had to take a guess, I say that one of your ancestors was an elemental as well or your magical core decided to grant you that power" Harry said.
"But what element do I possess?" she partially regained herself.
Harry casted an elemental diagnostic spell on her, when he was done the tip pf his wand glowed light and dark blue. "You're an ice elemental" he smiled at her.
"Ok we figured that part out but what does that have to do with me shivering?"
"The elements are based on the users control and each of them are powered by their wills" he started off "one day when I woke up my body was wrapped in flames, odd enough it didn't hurt. After that I started forming little tornadoes in my room" he went on to explain the other three, with Emily coming in every so often.
Daphne soaked up the information they told her. "Well, any advice on how to make me stop shivering!"
Emily replied "if you want to stop shaking then you have to let it out. At the moment you are keeping it locked away."
"How do I release it then" Daphne asked her teeth were chattering now.
"You have to let it out all at once" Harry began "reach deep in your magical core to find the source of the cold and when you find it set it all free. The ice doesn't control you; you control it."
Daphne gave a nod, closed her eyes and searched for her core. It was an entirely different experience as she had never attempted something like this before. Harry had been teaching her how to connect with her core while they were at school, but this was something entirely different. Her core was glowing the blue, the more she got near it the brighter it got. Linking herself to it she felt the familiar sense of cold, opening her eyes she was marveled with what she saw.
She was no longer outside with Harry or his sister, instead she was in her magical core and it was a realm of ice. Looking around she saw her core floating in the distance and appeared to be trapped in ice, she walked up to it and extended her hands to grab it. Her core felt like a mixture between hot and cold, feeling that it was trying to get free she started summoning as much magic as she can to release it.
The more she pushed the more the ice started to wrap itself around her. Ignoring it she proceeded to put more magic into it "you do not control me, I control you. Now be free!" she yelled and was determined to overcome the challenge. When the last bit of ice wrapped itself around her, the ice surrounding the core exploded freeing it and Daphne, while knocking her back to reality.
In a blinding blue light Daphne was knocked to the ground free of the cold sensation. Relief washed over her as she got to her feet "I did it I'm no longer cold" she exclaimed happily. "Harry look I'm" she didn't get to finish as she saw him, and Emily were frozen solid.
She was frantic and was about to yell for help but saw the ice melting. Harry summoned the fire from within him, started cracking the ice around him until he finally broke free. Still wrapped in flames he looked at her and burst out laughing "merlin Daphne that was incredible. I didn't know you were capable of this kind of power."
Daphne stared in amazement "you're not mad at me for accidently freezing you?" she was a bit worried he might be angry at her.
"How could I be mad" he asked happily, "you were able to free your core from its icy prison" snapping back to reality he saw that Emily was frozen as well. Placing a hand on the ice surrounding her, he transferred the flames to melt her free. The next moment the ice around her shattered releasing her.
Emily was shivering from the ice prison she was in, Harry placed a hand on her shoulder and sent the flames to warm her up, wrapping the flames around her he was careful not to burn her. Feeling that she was back to proper temperature he stopped the flames around her and returned it to himself ending his flaming body.
"You ok Shizuku" he asked. Emily turned her head "well I'm no longer frozen or cold."
She then turned to the older girl "I wasn't expecting to be frozen in ice. I just assumed that you would have been knocked down freed of the cold."
"I'm sorry I didn't mean to" Daphne said looking embarrassed.
"It's fine" Emily waved it off "just promise you will work on controlling your new ability and we will be alright."
"I promise, I will" Daphne immediately said.
Emily gave her a critical look for a minute, then went back inside. Followed by the other two.
A/N: The student are now done with school and were waiting to go back home for summer vacation. Yes, I know that Linkin Park came out after 1992 and I intend to add some more music from the future up till now in the story. Moon and Parker are now together and Puecy and Vaisey siblings would like an alliance with the House of Potter, but someone stands in the way. That will be dealt with later in the later chapters.
Harry and Daphne received their grades, and their parents/guardians couldn't be happier. I intend to have Harry finish his schooling after his fourth year at Hogwarts as for Daphne I'm still debating about having her skip a year. Severus was given the rank of sorcerer and his project was something I pulled from Dragon ball super. If you don't like it then that's y'all opinion.
To answer a few of the comments I got Harry and Daphne will not move to Japan it will just be a vacation spot for them. They will continue to have moments similar to the one when they were having a heart to heart when they were outside.
As for Daphne going into her magical core, that was just for fun as I believe that the core is constantly trying to speak with its user.
Next Chapter: The dueling circuit begins. Just so you all know I'm not going to go explain everyone's duel. Dumbledore will request an audience with Jack to discuss what Harry did at school.