Harry and Jordan waited so that they would be among the last on the train.
They didn't want people fighting over sitting with Harry, nor a mob on the
platform. When they got on the train, they found that only one compartment
had room for two more. One of the people already in it was Ginny; the
other was a first year.
"May we sit here?" Harry asked, smiling at Ginny.
"Harry Potter? Yes, yes, of course."
"Thanks Ginny."
"You remembered?"
"Sure, you showed me to Gringots about a month ago. Thanks again. This is Jordan, a friend of mine."
"This is Tina, she's kind of shy, a first year."
"Nice to meet both of you." Jordan said.
Somehow Jordan managed to strike up a conversation with Tina on one side of the compartment, Ginny and Harry sat on the other side.
"Oh, we were sorted over the summer, both Gryffindore, like you." Harry told Ginny.
"My brothers are in Gryffindore, Ron is in your year, Fred and George are seventh years."
"Cool."
Just then the sweet cart came around. Harry got himself a huge bag of every-flavor beans, and a few chocolate frogs. The others got some, and Harry paid for all of it. He pretended to pull a small leather bag out of his pocket; he really conjured it up, and began putting some of the every- flavor beans into it, one at a time, leaving others in the bag they came in. After about an hour, he held out the original bag.
"If anyone actually likes these flavors they are welcome to them. I don't like these flavors."
"You can tell just by looking?"
"Yes"
"So what flavors are in there?"
"Shoe polish, wood polish, saw dust, rusty iron, vomit, guano, mud, sand, rotting meat, pickled pig brain, and tasteless.
"Didn't know they made tasteless."
"Well, it is a flavor: no flavor at all."
Just then the door opened and a white haired boy with two other that looked like thugs walked in.
"Potter, looking everywhere for you. Forced to sit with these mudblood lovers? Come on. Sit with us. I'd be happy to be your friend, name's Malfoy, the greatest of the Slytherin students."
Harry reached into the bag of bad beans and pulled out several.
"Care for some chocolate every-flavor beans? I'll be along in a minute, just go on ahead." He handed them the terrible tasting beans.
They had no clue he was tricking them, and left, popping a few into their mouths. As soon as they left, the other three laughed. Harry smiled. He had put a charm on those beans that would make any food taste like them for ten hours. He had also made sure they would get back to their compartment and find themselves locked in before they tasted them.
A few hours later, they pulled up to Hogsmeed station.
A half-giant, Hagrid, was calling for first years and Harry. Harry got on a boat with Jordan, Tina, and another. He had traveled across the lake before, but he enjoyed it. The giant squid and the mer-folk that live in the lake were quite surprised at the dolphin that could speak their languages and do magic, but they adapted. Harry loved swimming as a dolphin as much as he loved flying as a phoenix.
* * * * * * *
The sorting and the feast were over. Dumbledore got up to make his announcements.
"First, I would like to welcome back professor Lupin as the Defense Teacher. Second, the forbidden forest is still forbidden. Third, two new students were sorted over the summer. I introduce the Gryffindore first year Jordan Finn and sixth year Harry Potter."
Gryffindore table cheered very loudly for their celebrity.
After arriving at the common room, Harry got everyone's attention. Finally, he made his voice louder and quieted them all down. Then in a normal voice, he spoke.
"I am Harry Potter. I will not tell you where I have been. I have never played quidditch. Here, take a good look at the scar," Harry held his hair out of the way. "If anyone wants something other than that, maybe later. Goodnight."
He walked up to the sixth year room. Ron, Ginny's brother, was waiting for him.
"You must be Ron."
"How do you?"
"I sat in the same compartment as your sister on the train, she mentioned you. I also talked to her a month ago in Diagon Alley, she showed me the way to Gringots."
"Oh."
"Night." Harry drew his curtains.
Help! I need a beta reader, please. Some people have voiced that this is moving too fast; this fic is intended to be very long, past Hogwarts long. And notice that now it is just the first day of school.
"May we sit here?" Harry asked, smiling at Ginny.
"Harry Potter? Yes, yes, of course."
"Thanks Ginny."
"You remembered?"
"Sure, you showed me to Gringots about a month ago. Thanks again. This is Jordan, a friend of mine."
"This is Tina, she's kind of shy, a first year."
"Nice to meet both of you." Jordan said.
Somehow Jordan managed to strike up a conversation with Tina on one side of the compartment, Ginny and Harry sat on the other side.
"Oh, we were sorted over the summer, both Gryffindore, like you." Harry told Ginny.
"My brothers are in Gryffindore, Ron is in your year, Fred and George are seventh years."
"Cool."
Just then the sweet cart came around. Harry got himself a huge bag of every-flavor beans, and a few chocolate frogs. The others got some, and Harry paid for all of it. He pretended to pull a small leather bag out of his pocket; he really conjured it up, and began putting some of the every- flavor beans into it, one at a time, leaving others in the bag they came in. After about an hour, he held out the original bag.
"If anyone actually likes these flavors they are welcome to them. I don't like these flavors."
"You can tell just by looking?"
"Yes"
"So what flavors are in there?"
"Shoe polish, wood polish, saw dust, rusty iron, vomit, guano, mud, sand, rotting meat, pickled pig brain, and tasteless.
"Didn't know they made tasteless."
"Well, it is a flavor: no flavor at all."
Just then the door opened and a white haired boy with two other that looked like thugs walked in.
"Potter, looking everywhere for you. Forced to sit with these mudblood lovers? Come on. Sit with us. I'd be happy to be your friend, name's Malfoy, the greatest of the Slytherin students."
Harry reached into the bag of bad beans and pulled out several.
"Care for some chocolate every-flavor beans? I'll be along in a minute, just go on ahead." He handed them the terrible tasting beans.
They had no clue he was tricking them, and left, popping a few into their mouths. As soon as they left, the other three laughed. Harry smiled. He had put a charm on those beans that would make any food taste like them for ten hours. He had also made sure they would get back to their compartment and find themselves locked in before they tasted them.
A few hours later, they pulled up to Hogsmeed station.
A half-giant, Hagrid, was calling for first years and Harry. Harry got on a boat with Jordan, Tina, and another. He had traveled across the lake before, but he enjoyed it. The giant squid and the mer-folk that live in the lake were quite surprised at the dolphin that could speak their languages and do magic, but they adapted. Harry loved swimming as a dolphin as much as he loved flying as a phoenix.
* * * * * * *
The sorting and the feast were over. Dumbledore got up to make his announcements.
"First, I would like to welcome back professor Lupin as the Defense Teacher. Second, the forbidden forest is still forbidden. Third, two new students were sorted over the summer. I introduce the Gryffindore first year Jordan Finn and sixth year Harry Potter."
Gryffindore table cheered very loudly for their celebrity.
After arriving at the common room, Harry got everyone's attention. Finally, he made his voice louder and quieted them all down. Then in a normal voice, he spoke.
"I am Harry Potter. I will not tell you where I have been. I have never played quidditch. Here, take a good look at the scar," Harry held his hair out of the way. "If anyone wants something other than that, maybe later. Goodnight."
He walked up to the sixth year room. Ron, Ginny's brother, was waiting for him.
"You must be Ron."
"How do you?"
"I sat in the same compartment as your sister on the train, she mentioned you. I also talked to her a month ago in Diagon Alley, she showed me the way to Gringots."
"Oh."
"Night." Harry drew his curtains.
Help! I need a beta reader, please. Some people have voiced that this is moving too fast; this fic is intended to be very long, past Hogwarts long. And notice that now it is just the first day of school.
