The Potter Twins and The Philosopher's Stone

Chapter 3: The Boys Who Lived

Later, back in the Leaky Cauldron, Hagrid, Michael and Harry, are at a long table, eating soup. Harry and Michael had named their new pets Hedwig and Fleet, respectively. Everything is too quiet, Hagrid soon notices this.

Hagrid, "you all right, boy's? You seem very quiet."

Harry, "he killed our parents, didn't he? The one who gave us these. You know, Hagrid, I know you do."

Michael, "please, tell us?"

Hagrid sighs and pushes his bowl away, "first, and understand this, boy's, 'cause it's very important. Not all wizards are good. Some of them go bad. A few years ago, there was one wizard who went as bad as you can go. And his name was V…. His name was V…."

Harry, "maybe if you wrote it down?"

Hagrid, "no, I can't spell it. Alright", he says as quietly as he can, "Voldemort."

Harry and Michael, "Voldemort?"

Hagrid, "shh!"

Hagrid looked like he had wanted to scream over the sound of the name!

Harry looks around to see if anyone heard it as Michael says, "alright, calm down."

Hagrid, "it was dark times, boys, dark times…."

….

We flash over to a flashback on the night at Godric's hollow, consisting of a cloaked man walking towards a house, breaking in with his wand, and proceeding to terrorize. Hagrid narrates, "Voldemort started to gather some followers, brought 'em over to the dark side. Anyone that stood up to him ended up dead. Your parents fought against him, but nobody lived once he decided to kill 'em", Harry's mother, Lily, screams in pain as she is killed by Voldemort's wand. Green flashes are seen from the windows outside the house. Then, we see Voldemort pointing his wand at an infant Harry and Michael's heads, "nobody…. Not one. 'Cept you two."

….

We flash back to the present time.

Michael, "woah…."

Harry, "us? Voldemort tried to kill…. Us?"

Hagrid, "yes. That ain't no ordinary cut on your forehead and cheek, boy's. A mark like that only comes from being touched by a curse…. And an evil curse at that."

Harry, "what happened to…. To You-Know-Who?"

Michael, "yeah. I'm guessing something happened to him after that night."

Hagrid, "well, some say he died. Codswallop in my opinion. Nope, I reckon he's out there, still, too tired to carry on. But one thing's absolutely certain. Something about you stumped him that night. That's why you two are famous. That's why everybody knows your names. You're the boys who lived."

….

Later at King's Cross Station. Up on a crossing bridge, Harry and Michael, with their cart's of their baggage, equipment, Fleet and Hedwig, walk beside Hagrid. A couple look at Hagrid, suspiciously.

Hagrid, "what're you looking at? Heh", he then checks his watch, "blimey, is that the time? Sorry, boy's, I'm gonna have to leave you. Dumbledore'll be wanting his- well, he'll be wanting to see me. Now, uh, your train leaves in 10 minutes. Here's your tickets'", he hands the train tickets to them, "stick to it, Harry, Michael, that's very important. Stick to your tickets."

Harry looks at his ticket, and when Michael does, he says, "huh?"

Harry, "platform 9¾? But, Hagrid, there must be a mistake. This says Platform 9¾. There's no such thing…. Is there?"

Harry and Michael look up, but we now see that Hagrid has vanished and Harry and Michael are all alone with their carts!

….

Harry and Michael are walking down the lane between trains. A man rushes by and says, "sorry."

Harry sees a guard, and quickly goes to him with Michael in tow, muttering, "this is gonna take awhile."

Harry, "excuse me, excuse me."

The guard, "right on your left, ma'am."

Harry, "excuse me, sir. Can you tell us where we might find Platform 9¾?"

The guard, "9¾? Think you're being funny, do ya?"

Michael groans as the man walks off, leaving the boy's to try and find for themselves.

Harry then notices a woman, daughter, and four boys walk by, pushing carts. Michael notices too.

The woman says, "it's the same year after year. Always packed with Muggles, of course."

Harry, "Muggles?"

Michael, "that's what Hagrid called Uncle Vernon! She must be a wizard too!"

The woman, named Mrs. Weasley, says, "come on. Platform 9¾ this way! Alright, Percy, you first."

A tall boy with red hair, called Percy, comes forward and runs towards a brick wall. Amazingly, he disappears right into it. The brothers are once again amazed.

Mrs. Weasley, "Fred, you next."

'Fred', "he's not Fred, I am!"

'George', "honestly, woman, you call yourself our mother."

Mrs. Weasley, "oh, I'm sorry, George."

'George' moves towards the wall and says, "I'm only joking. I am Fred", he runs through the wall, and is followed by his twin brother.

Harry shakes his head in disbelief, and Michael says, "well, that's quite the party trick..."

Harry, "excuse me! C-could you tell us how to-"

Mrs. Weasley, "how to get on the platform? Yes, not to worry, dear. It's Ron's first time at Hogwarts as well", we see a red haired boy, called Ron, who smiles, "now, all you've got to do is walk straight at the wall between platforms 9 and 10. Best do it at a bit of a run if you're nervous."

The woman's daughter, Ginny, "good luck."

Harry takes a breath and runs at the wall. He shuts his eyes and emerges on the other side a magnificent station at Platform 9¾ with a red train, which is the Hogwarts Express, and bundles of people!

Michael soon follows suit, and says, "this just keeps getting more amazing by the moment!"

A whistle blows, and the boys sigh with relief.

….

Later on, the Hogwarts Express is travelling through the countryside. Harry and Michael are sitting alone in a train compartment. Michael was allowed to keep Fleet with him, so he allowed the Ferret to run across his shoulders. They had run into Professor Quirrel earlier, who was still as nervous as ever.

Suddenly, Ron appears in the doorway.

Ron, "excuse me, do you mind? Everywhere else is full."

Harry, "no, not at all."

Michael, "the more the merrier."

Ron sits across from Harry and Michael, "I'm Ron, by the way. Ron Weasley."

Harry, "I'm Harry. Harry Potter."

Ron goes agape.

Ron, "no way! So, that's makes you-"

Michael, "Michael Potter, at your service."

Ron, "so-so it's true? I mean, do you really have the…. The…."

Harry, "the what?

Ron, "scars…?"

Harry, "oh", he lifts up his hair bangs to reveal it.

Ron, "wicked."

Michael gave a bitter chuckle and said, "at least he can cover his scar."

Ron, "what're you talking about? Your scar looks cool too!"

Michael smiled and said, "thanks Ron."

A trolley comes by the compartment, full of sweets.

A woman asks, "anything off the trolley, dears?"

Ron holds up his mushed sandwiches, "no, thanks, I'm all set", he smacks his lips.

Harry, "we'll take the lot!"

Michael smirks and pulls out coins.

Ron, "whoa!"

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A bit later, Harry, Michael and Ron are not sitting together eating bundles of sweets. Ron's rat, Scabbers, is perched on Ron's knee, a box over his head.

Harry, "Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans?"

Ron, "they mean every flavour! There's chocolate and peppermint, and there's also spinach, liver and tripe. George swore he got a bogey-flavoured one once!"

Michael, "that's the grossest thing I've ever heard. And I once saw Uncle Vernon in the shower by accident."

The brothers shuddered at the memory.

Harry quickly takes the bean he was chewing out of his mouth.

Fleet chewed on a bean, but immediately spit it out.

It was the booger flavour.

Harry picks up a blue and gold package, "these aren't real chocolate frogs, are they?"

Ron, "it's just a spell. Besides, it's the cards you want. Each pack's got a famous witch or wizard. I got about 500 myself."

Michael, "neat."

Harry opens the package, and a chocolate frog jumps onto the window and climbs up.

Ron, "watch it!"

The frog reaches the open gap in the window, and jumps out.

Ron, "oh, that's rotten luck. They've only got one good jump in them to begin with."

Harry sees Dumbledore's image in the card, "I got Dumbledore!"

Ron, "I got about 6 of him."

Harry looks at the card again, but Dumbledore has vanished.

Harry, "hey, he's gone!"

Ron, "well, you can't expect him to hang around all day, can you?"

Michael opens his own chocolate frog, but manages to grab the frog and takes a bite out of it. It tasted pretty good.

He looked down at the card and said, "I got, Newt Scammander?"

Ron, "oh, he's quite interesting. Has an entire case of fantastic beasts that he found. Don't ask me where he found them. I've got eight of him."

Michael then picked up a strange looking candy. He bit into it, and a moment later, he opened his mouth, and the sounds a hippo made came out!

Michael quickly closed his mouth and asked, "what was that about?!"

Ron, "oh, those candies can make you make animal noises. I've had them before. I made a tiger noise last time."

Scabbers squeaks, and Ron says, "this is Scabbers, by the way, pathetic, isn't he?"

Harry, "a little."

Ron, "Fred gave me a spell to turn him yellow. Want to see?"

Harry, "yeah!"

Michael, "sweet!"

Ron clears throat, "ahem. Sun-"

A girl with bushy brown hair, dressed in robes, appears at the doorway.

She asks, "has anyone seen a toad? A boy named Neville's lost one."

Ron, "no."

Michael, "sorry."

The girl, "oh, are you doing magic? Let's see then."

Ron clears his throat again, "sunshine, daises, butter mellow, turn this stupid fat rat yellow!"

He zaps Scabbers, but nothing happens. Ron shrugs.

The girl, "are you sure that's a real spell? Well, it's not very good, is it? Of course I've only tried a few simple spells myself, and they've all worked for me. For example….", she goes over and sits across from Harry. She points her wand at his glasses and Harry tenses, "Oculus Reparo", the tape on the nose-band vanishes, repairing his glasses as if they were good as new. Harry takes them off, amazed.

The girl said, "that's better, isn't it?"

Michael, "I'll say. Those glasses have been broken for months!"

The girl looked at Michael and said, "Holy Cricket, you're Michael Potter!"

Michael, "er, yeah, that's me."

The girl then looked at Harry and said, "and that makes you Harry Potter! I'm Hermione Granger…. And you are...?"

Ron says with his mouth full, "I'm…. Ron Weasley."

Hermione, "... pleasure. You three better change into your robes. I expect we'll be arriving soon", she gets up and leaves, then comes back and looks at Ron, "you've got dirt, on your nose, by the way, did you know? Just there", she points to the dirt mark on Ron's nose. Ron scratches his nose, embarrassed.

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It is hours later, nighttime at Hogsmeade station, the train blows its whistle and pulls into outside the station. Hagrid walks along the side aisle, with a lantern. People, in their robes, begin pouring out of the train.

Hagrid, "right, then! First years! This way, please! Come on, now, don't be shy! Come on now, hurry up!"

Harry, Michael and Ron, now in their robes, walk up to Hagrid.

Hagrid, "hello, Harry, Michael!"

Harry, "hey, Hagrid"

Michael, "good to see a familiar face."

Ron, "whoaa!"

Hagrid, "right then. This way to the boats! Come on, now, follow me."

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Later, a large number of boats are plugging across a vast lake, where up ahead a huge castle, known as the Hogwarts Castle, can be seen. People are in awe.

Ron, "wicked."

Michael and Harry could only nod in agreement.

They continue on further towards the castle.

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Later on, the first year students walk in the castle, and up the staircase. As they do so, we see on a higher level, Professor McGonagall is waiting. She taps her fingers on a stone railing, and then goes to the top of the stairs to greet the newcomers.

McGonagall, "welcome to Hogwarts. Now, in a few moments, you will pass through these doors and join your classmates. But before you can take your seats, you must be sorted into your houses. They are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Now while you're here, your house will be like your family. Your triumphs will earn you house points. Any rule breaking, and you will lose points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the house cup."

A scared looking boy, the one Hermione called Neville Longbottom, spots his toad sitting near McGonagall. He jumps forward and yells, "Trevor", and then catches his toad.

McGonagall stares down at him as some of the students laugh.

Neville says, "sorry", and then he backs away, embarrassed.

McGonagall, "the sorting ceremony will begin momentarily."

She leaves to go into the Great Hall.

A young evil looking boy, with short blonde hair, speaks up.

He says, "it's true then, what they're saying on the train. Harry and Michael Potter have come to Hogwarts."

Some of the students are heard whispering, "Harry Potter? Michael Potter?"

The boy introduces his two friends, "this is Crabbe and Goyle. And I'm Malfoy…. Draco Malfoy."

Ron snickers at his name.

Draco, "think my name's funny, do you? No need to ask yours. Red hair, and a hand-me-down robe? You must be a Weasley. Well, soon find that some wizarding families are better than others, Potter's. Don't want to go making friends with the wrong sort. I can help you there."

He extends his hands to Harry and Michael.

Harry, not going to take Draco's arrogance, says, "I think I can tell who the wrong sort are for myself, thanks."

Michael, "yeah. Especially since Ron didn't insult anyone they just met."

Draco glares. McGonagall returns and taps Draco on the shoulder with a paper. He leaves Harry and Michael with one last glare.

McGonagall, "we're ready for you now. Follow me."

She leads everyone through two large doors and into the Great Hall, where there are four long tables with thousands of students, as well as floating candles. The roof appears to be the sky.

Hermione, "it's not real, the ceiling. It's just bewitched to look like the night sky. I read about it in Hogwarts: A History."

McGonagall leads the first-years to the front where the Sorting Hat lies on the stool.

McGonagall, "will you wait along here, please? Now, before we begin, Professor Dumbledore would like to say a few words."

Dumbledore rises from the main table.

Dumbledore, "I have a few start of term notices I wish to announce. The first years; please note that the dark forest is strictly forbidden to all students. Also, our caretaker, Mr. Filch", we see a ragged old man, called Mr. Argus Filch, with his cat with red eyes, called Mrs. Norris, "has asked me to remind you that the 3rd floor corridor on the right hand side is out of bounds to everyone who does not wish to die a most painful death. Thank you."

He sits back down.

Michael and the other first years don't know whether Dumbledore was joking about the painful death part or not.

McGonagall, "when I call your name, you will come forth, I shall place the sorting hat on your head, and you will be sorted into your houses…. Hermione Granger."

Hermione whispers to herself, "oh, no. Okay, relax."

She goes up.

Ron, "mental that one, I'm telling you."

Harry nods in agreement.

Michael whispered, "be nice. At least she's better than Malfoy."

Hermione sits on the stool and McGonagall places the sorting hat on her head.

The hat then begins to speak, a face forming on it.

Sorting Hat, "ah, right then…. Hmm…. Right. Okay…. Gryffindor!"

The students cheer; Hermione jumps off with a smile.

McGonagall, "Draco Malfoy."

Draco saunters up proudly. The tattered hat nearly freaks before touching down on Draco's head.

Sorting Hat, "SLYTHERIN!"

The students cheer, not as loudly.

Ron, "there isn't a witch or wizard who went bad who wasn't in Slytherin."

McGonagall, "Susan Bones."

A small, redhead goes up. Harry looks around and notices a black greasy haired, pale man, called, Severus Snape, giving him sinister looks. His scar hurts.

Harry, "ahh!"

He puts his hand on his forehead in pain.

Ron, "Harry, what is it?"

Michael, "are you alright?"

Harry, "nothing…. Nothing, I'm fine."

Michael turns to look at Snape. But unlike with Harry, Shape seemed to give Michael a kinder look. Michael touched his own scar, despite feeling no pain from it.

Sorting Hat, "let's see…. I know…. Hufflepuff!"

The students of Hufflepuff cheer.

McGonagall, "Ronald Weasley."

Ron gulps and walks up. He sits down and the hat is put on.

Sorting Hat, "ha! Another Weasley. I know just what to do with you…. Gryffindor!"

The students cheer as Ron sighs in relief.

McGonagall, "Michael Potter."

Everything goes silent. Michael walks up and sits down on the stool as the hat is placed upon his head.

He hears the hat whispering, "hmm…. Let's see here…. A brave spirit…. A kind heart…. Right, I know the perfect place for you…. Gryffindor!"

Michael smiled to be in the same house as his new friends. Gryffindor cheered in joy at having one of the Potter twins in it!

McGonagall, "Harry Potter."

Everything goes silent again. Harry walks up and sits down on the stool. The Sorting Hat is placed on his head.

Sorting Hat, "hmm…. Difficult, very difficult. Plenty of courage I see, not a bad mind, either. There's talent, oh yes, and a thirst to prove yourself. But where to put you?"

Harry starts whispering to the hat, "not Slytherin. Not Slytherin."

Sorting Hat, "not Slytherin, eh? Are you sure? You could be great, you know. It's all here in your head. And Slytherin will help you on the way to greatness! There's no doubt about that. No?"

Harry is still whispering, "not Slytherin…. Anything but Slytherin."

Sorting Hat, "well, if you're sure…. Better be…. GRYFFINDOR!"

There is an immense cheering and Harry goes to the Gryffindor table.

Fred and George, "we got Potter! We got both of them!"

Harry sits down at the table right beside his brother, who was ecstatic that they ended up in the same house. Harry and Michael both look at Dumbledore, who lifts up his goblet and slightly waves it, as if he was wishing congratulations.

Later, after all of the first years were sorted in their houses, all of the students were talking to each other. McGonagall dings on a cup.

McGonagall, "your attention, please."

Dumbledore rises from his chair and says, "let the feast…. Begin."

Food magically appears on all the tables, and the hall is filled with awe and chatter!

Harry, "wow."

Michael, "this food looks so good!"

Draco looks at all the food, raises his eyebrows and digs in. Ron stuffs his face. Michael starts munching on a rather large chicken leg.

A kid named Seamus says, "I'm half and half. Me dad's a Muggle. Mum's a witch. Bit of a nasty shock for him when he found out."

Neville laughs.

Harry, who is sitting next to Percy, leans over and asks, "say, Percy, who's that teacher talking to Professor Quirrell?"

Percy, "oh, that's Professor Snape, head of Slytherin house."

Michael, "looks very grumpy."

Harry, "what's he teach?"

Percy, "potions. But everyone knows it's the Dark Arts he fancies. He's been after Quirrell's job for years."

Ron, having just finished a chicken wing, reaches into the bowl for more, and a ghost, called Sir Nicolas, pops out.

Ron, "ahh!"

Nick, "hello! How are you? Welcome to Gryffindor."

Numerous ghosts come pouring from the walls, sailing along.

One called the Bloody Baron flies across the table going, "whoo-hoo-hoo!"

One girl yells, "look, it's the Bloody Baron!"

Percy, "hello, Sir Nicholas. Have a nice summer?"

Nick, "dismal. Once again, my request to join the headless hunt has been denied."

He begins to leave.

Ron, "I know you! You're Nearly Headless Nick!"

Nick, "I prefer Sir Nicholas if you don't mind."

Hermione, "nearly headless? How can you be nearly headless?"

Nick, "like this", he grabs head and pulls it to the side. His head is hanging on just by a thread.

Ron, "ahh!"

Hermione moans in disgust; Harry just simply rolls his eyes as Michael looks on, impressed to see a ghost. Nick reattaches his head back to his body.

Michael asked, "so they didn't let you join, because your head is still partially attached?"

Nick nods and says, "I wish they had bothered to finish the job…. Now, if you'll excuse me, I must run off before Peeve's ruins my day…."

Nick flies off as Michael asks, "Peeves?"

Suddenly, a roll hits him in the back of the head!

Michael, "ow!"

Percy shouts, "Peeves! Knock it off!"

They see a ghost who looked like a short and stumpy jester cackling to himself before flying off and thwacking Malfoy in the back of the head on his way out.

Percy said, "Peeves the Poltergeist. Resident trickster of Hogwarts…."

Michael rubbed the sore spot on his head as Harry shrugged, and the group of students continued their meal….

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Later, Percy is leading the Gryffindors to the staircase tower.

Percy, "Gryffindors, follow me, please. Keep up. Thank you."

Another boy says, "Ravenclaws, follow me. This way."

Percy, "this is the most direct path to the dormitories. Oh, and keep an eye on the staircases…. They like to change."

We see a vast amount of staircases, people walking on them, and some switching places.

Percy, "keep up, please, and follow me. Quickly now, come on. Come on."

They begin walking up the stairs, several of the portraits begin greeting them.

Neville, "Seamus, that picture's moving!"

Ron, "look at that one, Harry!"

Harry, "I think she fancies you."

Michael snickers.

One girl says, "oh, look! Look! Who's that girl?"

A man in a painting, "welcome to Hogwarts."

Another girl asked, "who's that?"

A bit later on the seventh floor, They are in the corridor leading to Gryffindor Tower. They come up to a large painting of a large woman in a pink dress. She is known as "The Fat Lady."

The Fat Lady, "Password?"

Percy, "Caput Draconis."

The Fat Lady smiles and nods in confirmation. The painting opens up to reveal a doorway in the wall, leading to Gryffindor Tower.

Percy, "follow me, everyone. Keep up, quickly, come on."

Once they are inside the common room, Peecy said, "gather 'round here. Welcome to the Gryffindor Common Room. Boy's dormitories, upstairs and down to your left. Girls, the same on your right. You'll find that your belongings have already been brought up."

The kids all made their way to the rooms, tired from the eventful day.

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Later at midnight. Michael and Harry are sitting by a window in their pj's, with Hedwig and Fleet. Harry pets the owl and looks out the window, as Michael does the same while scratching Fleet on the head. The boys sigh with content, knowing that they will love it here at Hogwarts….

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Reviews:

Bailey Radcliff: well, I'm glsdyou are enjoying this story so much and are excited for more. But as for the Secret Saturday's story you keep talking about... It's not gonna come out for awhile. It's gonna take a long time for me to write it. So you don't have to keep commenting about it.

Guest: um... Why wouldn't I put Michael in Gryffindor? It'd be kind of cruel to seperate the brother's like this. Kind of like how every Weasley sibling thus far has been in Gryffindor. So, Michael is going to be in Gryffindor, since it would be a major dick move to seperate hin and Harry.

Canadude2029: Thanks. Glad you liked the chapter and my choice for Michael's pet.

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