Chapter 05 The Rest of the Summer
"Mom, what's wrong with Harry? I can't wake him up." Said Paul to his mother, the next morning when he went to the Hall for breakfast at 10.00.
"Let him rest. I casted a spell on him to make him sleep for another 6 or 7 hours." Said Lily to her son.
"He needed that." Said Dumbledore with a worried tone of voice.
"Why? What happened?" Asked James concerned and confused.
"He woke up last night wet in sweat from a nightmare. I found him at the kitchens near the 4 in the morning drinking coffee." Explained Lily to her husband.
"Did he reveal something else?" Asked Remus listening her words.
"Yes, that he wasn't joking when he said that he can wreak havoc without playing pranks." Chuckled Albus.
"What do you mean?" Asked Sirius confused.
"He left his home without Minister after his trial." Said Dumbledore with a smile.
"WHAT???" Asked the kids and the Marauders shocked at the same time.
Dumbledore and Lily told them about the story that Harry had told them that night at the Kitchens. They decided to leave the part of it that involved Cedric. Harry had the right to tell them if he wanted. They would leave that to him.
"Wow." Said Paul shocked by the story.
"I don't want to imagine what he's capable to do this year at the School!" Laughed Remus.
"Neither do I." Said Minerva and Albus at the same time.
"What shall we say about him? I mean, Harry can't appear suddenly saying that he's your son to everybody. For the Wizarding World he died 14 years ago!" Said Remus to James and Lily.
"I guess that we can say that he's our nephew or a cousin from far." Said Lily after thinking about Remus' point.
"We'll talk to him later." Said James agreeing with his wife.
"When will born the Phoenix, Albus?" Asked Lily to her father remembering about Harry's pet.
"In 1 or 2 days I pressume. I wonder where will Harry keep him. In a dorm would be too notorious." Said the Headmaster with worry.
"What Phoenix?" Asked everyone else, without understanding what they were talking about.
"Harry brought a Phoenix's egg with him. It's in my Office." Explained Dumbledore.
"Who's Harry?" Asked Hagrid entering in the Hall and listening the Headmaster's words.
"Hey, Hagrid, welcome back!" Greeted Remus when the Half Giant sat to eat next to him.
"How was the Hollydays?" Asked Lily.
"Interesting." Said Hagrid with a little smile, before he asked again: "Who's that Harry that you mentioned?"
"Our nephew. He comes from far. You'll met him at dinner." Said Lily returniong her atention to her breakfast.
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When Harry woke up, it was almost 5.30 p.m. He began to wonder why they had left him sleep so much, but then he remembered vaguely to her mother casting a spell on him.
"I guess that's the reason that I feel so rested." Thought the teen before he took a shower.
When he left the bathroom, he found Mary reading a book on a couch. The book was "Hogwarts: A History of Quidditch." He went silently without being noticed behind her.
"Is it an interesting book?" Asked Harry laughing when his sister almost jumped a meter by the surprise.
"Harry! You scared me!" Said Mary hitting him in the arm when she recovered herself from the surprise and shock.
"Sorry, I just couldn't resist it." Laughed Harry before he went to change his clothes.
"Harry, can I ask you something?" Said Mary when her brother sat down at the couch with her.
"Sure."
"Will you return to your Universe?" Asked the girl hoping that her brother wouldn't hate her for asking that.
"Don't know, Mary. I'm not sure if I want to do it." Said Harry after thinking in the question.
"Why? Don't you miss your friends?" Asked Mary confused.
"It's not only that. In my world, I lost mom and dad when I was 1year old. I went to live with Mom's sister. To make the story about my life with them short, I'll tell you that if it wasn't for Hagrid, I would never have known that I was a wizard.
"When I went to Hogwarts I knew everything, the fame that I got for defeating Voldemort that night and surviving the Avada Kedavra. In my Universe, I'm a hero. But I hate it. You can't do any mistake, because if you do it will be made 10 times worse. Every one of my mistakes or things that happens to me, it becomes a wave of rumors, and the worst part is that many of them are far away from the truth.
"Everyone keeping secrets from you, doesn't help, just makes the things worse. For them, they are protecting me, it only makes the things bad. Sirius being my Godfather, Minerva my Godmother, Dumbledore our Granfather. All of that, I knew that after something BIG happened.
"There, almost everyone looks at me as the weapon to kill Voldemort. I'm just that, a tool, a weapon. Few people doesn't do it. I lost 2 this summer. Here no one looks at me as a tool. It's just Harry. That's why I don't know if I want to return there." Finished the teen without looking to his sister.
"Hey, I'll see you always as my brother!" Laughed Mary hugging him. She understood him very well and realized that he needed support of someone right now.
"Thanks." Said Harry with a little smile when they separated.
"You are welcome." Said the girl, before she changed of subject: "It's really interesting the book. I read about your team. Is it true that you lost only one match?"
"Yes, because Dementors came in the Pitch and I fell from my broom." Said Harry happy to change the subject to one better.
"What happened with the Bludger? In the book says that you had a problem with one in your Second Year." Said Mary really curious and interested in the matches of her brother.
Harry burst out in laughter and began to tell her all about Dobby and the Bludger of the Gryffindor-Slytherin's match of that year. Then he continued with the Twin's action, Wood's behaviour and everything about the game. She laughed when he told her about Lockhart removing the bones from his arm.
"Hey, it isn't funny!" Said Harry with a laugh hitting her with a pillow in the head.
Mary's reaction was a hit of a pillow in his head. 2 minutes later both of them were in a war. They continued with it for 10 minutes till Lily came in and told them to stop it. Instead of doing that, Harry hit her with another pillow.
"That means war, Harry!" Said Lily with an evil grin taking her wand and beggining to shoot courses to both of them.
"I'm ready for you!" Said Harry with a big smile taking his own one and doing the same that his mother.
Mary went to cover herself to avoid being hit by one of the spells that flew in the room. It was like a rain of fireworks. Both of them shot everything that they knew trying to hit the other and avoiding the other's spells at the same time. Although Lily knew more than Harry, he had the advantage of the Quidditch trainings and the reflexes got in them. Lily had problems to avoid her son's spells. Very soon, she discovered that it wouldn't be easy to defeat the teen.
"What is...?" Began to ask Dumbledore entering the room and watching the war. Before he could finish, Harry had sent a stunning Charm to him.
"Oops." Said the boy sheepisly saying the counter course.
"Are you ok, grandpa?" Asked Mary helping the old wizard to satnd.
"Great aim, Harry." Said Albus amused, when he sat in a chair.
"I've warned you that you NEVER EVER should take me by surprise when I'm dueling or inmediately after one. I still have my reflexes put on it." Explained Harry with seriousness.
"I guess that I forgot." Said chuckling Dumbledore.
"What do you need, dad?" Asked Lily after cleaning the mess that happened in the room thanks to their duel.
"Oh, a little bird has born in my Office. I thought that his master would like to see him." Said Albus to Harry with a smile.
"Let's go." Shouted Harry leaving the room and going to the Headmaster's Office.
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When the 4 of them reached there, they saw a little phoenix that was with Fawkes. The newborn was a mix of red, gold and green It was beatiful. Harry went to him and began to stroke his lettle feathers carefully with a big smile in his lips. The little bird sang a few notes recognizing him as his new Master.
"What kind of Phoenix is him, Mom? I've never seen anyone like him." Said Mary confused watching her brother's new pet.
"I never thought that I would see one. They are very rare and specials." Said Albus impressed by the little bird.
"What kind is him?" Asked the 2 teens and Lily curious.
"He's a Peregrin Phoenix. They aren't found easily and there isn't very much information about them. The books usually says that they are like the normals, live more than them and burnt in flames once every 10 years. They make a special bond with their Master, although it isn't explained what it means exactly." Explained Albus watching a book about phoenix that he had in a bookshelf near his desk.
"Cool!" Said Harry with a big smile.
"Impressive." Said Lily shocked about the bird.
"How will you name him?" Asked Mary with curiousity.
"Falcore." Said Harry after thinking a few moments. The bird sang a few notes showing his agreement to the name.
"He likes it!" Chuckled Albus.
"It looks like he does." Laughed the boy.
"Where will you keep him? A normal Phoenix would be very notorious in a dorm. And him, will not pass unnoticed easily there." Warned Albus in a serious tone of voice.
"I'll keep him at their quarters. In my room, of course." Said Harry seriously, pointing to his mother.
"We'll be happy to have him there. I only hope that he doesn't start to sing in the middle of the night. James' snores are enough for me to add Phoenix's songs to them." Laughed Lily.
"I'm sure that he'll be more quiet than Pig." Assured Harry stroking the bird and thinking in Ron's owl.
"Who's Pig?" Asked the other 3 confused.
"The tiny Hiperactive owl of my best friend Ron. Sometimes, I wonder what was Sirius thinking when he sent him to Ron." Laughed Harry remembering the letter that Sirius sent him when he returned to Privet Drive after his Third Year.
"Why Pig?" Asked Mary curious.
"Pis is the short name for Pigwidgeon, his real name." Explained Harry with a smile.
"Nice nick." Chuckled Albus, before he suggested: "Why don't we go to dinner? Hagrid wants to meet you."
"What did you tell him about me?"
"That you are our nephew." Said Lily.
"Let's go, Aunt Lily." Said Harry with a mocking tone of voice that caused laughter of everyone.
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"You must be Harry, right?" Asked Hagrid when the group sat down to eat dinner a while later.
"Yep, nice to meet you. You must be Hagrid, right?" Said Harry shaking the Half Giant's hand.
"That's my name." Smiled Hagrid.
"So, the Phoenix was born?" Asked James to his son.
"Yes, a Peregrin one. His name is Falcore." Said Harry with a smile of pride.
"A Peregrin Phoenix?" Asked the adults ahocked.
"That's acording to Dumbledore." Said Harry pointing his Grandfather.
"How did you get one of thoses?" Asked Remus impressed.
"I was looking for a new pet, and the owner of the shop showmed me the egg. I liked the idea of having a Phoenix and bought it." Explained the boy.
"Cool." Said the Marauders at the same time.
"Where will you keep him?" Asked Minerva curiously.
"In my room at their Quarters." Said Harry pointing his parents.
"Now, besides James' snores, I'll have to deal with Phoenix's songs." Laughed Lily hitting playfully her husband's arm.
"I don't snore!" Said defensively James.
"You say it because you don't hear sleep to yourself!" Said Lily, Remus and Sirius at the same time.
"Umph." Was james' answer.
Everyone burst out in laughter with that. Suddenly Harry began to take deep breaths, thing that everyone noticed. His ribs began to ache again. He had thought that he had recovered from the injuries completely, but it looked like he was wrong.
"Is something wrong?" Asked Lily worried to her son.
"Nothing, an old pain. Just that." Said Harry when the ache ended.
"Are you sure?" Asked Albus looking him not very sure of his words.
"I'm fine." Assured the teen to the others.
Everyone looked him suspitiously, but they dropped the matter. If he said that everything was ok, they would believe him. Although they weren't very sure of that.
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During the next few days, Harry went on practicing Quidditch, taking care of Falcore, playing a few pranks and getting as much fun as he could. He didn't have more aches in his ribs. He was thankful for this. It looked like he was recovered from all the injuries that Vernon had done to him.
In the nights, he slept very well. He had stopped having nightmares with Cedric or with Voldemort. In those moments he began to wonder how would be the things at his own Universe. Was Voldemort still alive or he had died in the Duel at the Alley? Who was the new Minister?
He felt a little pain every time that he thought about Ron and Hermione. He was sure that they were thinking that he had died in the attack. He hoped that they could go on with everything and not get depressed. He really missed them and was the only reason why he doubted if he wanted to return there or stay here with his family. They were the only persons that he cared about to take him back there.
With Hagrid, he got a lot of fun too. They used to talk about Creatures. Hagrid asked him about the whole details of his encounters with Dragons. He had curiousity about them. With him, Harry felt like at home. There wasn't many diferences about this with his own Hagrid.
With his brother and sister the things were great. Paul was prankster and had a great sense of humour. He could talk with him about jokes, products for pranks for hours without being disturbed by anything.
Mary was like Hermione, but the diference was that she loved the Quidditch as much as him. They could talk long times about Quidditch, discussing tactics, teams, players and other things. With her, he also used to speak about books and School things. She had explained him about his mom and dad as teachers: Lily was a serious person and didn't allow jokes very much. James was completely different. He knew a lot about the Dark Arts, but he allowed a few jokes in class and sometimes he gave advices about them too.
The biggest diference between the teacher's staff here, was that Sirius was the Potions' teacher instead of Snape. In class, he was like James about the pranks. He was fair with all the Houses, although he disliked the Slytherins.
The Head of Slytherin here was Sinistra, the Astronomy's Professor. She never showed any kind od preference with the students. She was hard with all of them, including the ones of her House.
During that time he had the chance to see his dad as Prongs during the full moon. It was like seeing the 4 Marauders in all their plenity again.
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"Professor, can I ask you something?" Said Harry to his Godmother one day at her Office.
"Sure, what is it?" Asked Minerva surprised, inviting him to sit.
"Can you train me?" Asked Harry going straight to the point.
"To become an Animagus?" Asked McGonagall surprised.
"Yes." Said Harry seriously.
"Of course I can. Why do you ask me instead of your father or Sirius? I don't complain, but I have curiousity." Said Minerva surprised by the request.
"I want to do it in secret. I don't want they to know it yet. That's why I came to you. If I learnt something in 4 years with you as my Head of House, is that you are one of the more discret persons at this School, if not the most of all." Explained Harry with a serious tone of voice.
"Very well. Thanks for choosing me. Don't worry, no one will know this. But we'll begin when the term starts. I have a student that asked me to train her last year, but she had to wait till this term to become one." Said Minerva seriously looking from her glasses to her Godson.
"Thanks." Said Harry and he stood to leave. Before he left, he turned and asked Minerva: "Who's the student?"
"Alicia Spinnet. The Captain of the Quidditch Team." Said Minerva seriously.
"See you later, Professor." Said Harry leaving the Office and going to the Library.
There was a matter that had rounded in his head all the time that he had been in this Universe: What happened the night of Halloween of 1981? He knew that he had died, but it wasn't enough. He needed to know everything, not just that part.
When he reached to his destination, he went straight to the part of the History and began to look for the books about the last part of this century. He took a few ones and went to a table. The table was far from the entrance. He wanted to be alone and not disturbed if someone came in to read a book or to do homework.
Half an hour later, Harry had had all the answers that he wanted. Voldemort had died that night with him. No one could explain why, but when Harry died, also Voldemort died. Peter Pettigrew was given the kiss of the Dementor for betraying his parents. Many Death Eaters were sent to Azkaban, including Severus Snape, who in this world never became a spy for the Headmaster. Harry wasn't surprised when he read that not all of the Death Eaters were imprisoned. The ones that saved their lifes from being sent there, gave the same excuses that in his Universe: they were under the Imperius, they didn't have any idea of what they were doing, and blah, blah and more blah.
"Looking for something in special?" Asked Lily going to her son's table.
"One or two things." Answered vaguely Harry putting the books in the right shelves again.
"Did you find it?" Asked Lily recognizing the books and realizing the research that Harry had done.
"Yes, I've found the answers that I needed." Said the teen, before he changed of subject and asked: "Were you looking for me?"
"Yes, Mary and Paul will go to the Alley. Neither me, James, Remus or Sirius can go with them. Could you?"
"Sure. Is there any diference between the books that I bought in my Universe and the ones that I'll need here?" Asked Harry.
"No, they are the sames." Said Lily that had checked both lists and hadn't found any diference.
"Let's go then." Said Harry leaving the Library followed by his mom.
"Do you miss your Universe?" Asked Lily to her son suddenly while they went to the fireplace that would take him and the kids to their destination.
"I miss only 2 persons. They are the only reason that makes me doubt if I want to return there or stay here forever." Said Harry very seriously to his mother.
"Ron and Hermione?" Asked the woman shocked by her son's words.
"The same ones." Said the teen in a tone that told his mother that he wouldn't continue with the chat. His mother nodded to this and went on walking in silence.
"Are you ready?" Asked James to his son a few minutes later when he and Lily reached to the place.
"Sure." Said Harry with a smile before he took Floo Powder and shot it to the Fireplace shouting: "Diagon Alley!"
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"Definitely, I HATE the Floo Powder!" Groaned Harry to himself when he fell in the Leaky Cauldron's fireplace a few moments later. He got up and started to brush his robes that were covered in dust. He moved aside and began to wait to his brother and sister.
"Fred, come on! I'm sure that we'll sell a few products in Zonko's today!" Said someone near him to his brother in a cheery tone.
Harry smiled and turned to see the whole Weasley family: Fred, George, Ginny, Molly and Charlie. He wondered why wasn't Ron there, or what had happened to him.
"Professor Potter!" Exclaimed Tom, the bar tender, seeing Harry and going to him. He looked confused when he saw that it wasn't James who was standing there.
"I'm Harry, Professor Potter's nephew." Said Harry with a smile.
"You really look like him." Said the man blushing a little by his mistake.
"I was told that!" Laughed Harry, seeing Paul arriving in that moment.
"Hey, Paul! Our favourite little prankster!" Said Fred going to him when they recognized Paul.
"Hey, guys! This is my cousin Harry. Harry, these are Fred and George. They are almost as bad as you playing pranks!" Laughed the boy presenting the others.
"Another prankster?" Said George interested.
"That's good!" Grinned evilly Fred.
"And you haven't seen him on a broom yet!" Said Mary arriving in that moment.
"Do you play Quidditch?" Asked Alicia who had heard her teammate's words and went to the Group.
"The youngest Seeker of the Century at my Old School." Said Harry shaking Alicia's hand with a smile.
"We will need a good Seeker if we want to win the Cup this year!" Said Angelina listening his words and going to the group of her teammates.
"He did a Wronski Feint and Diggory bought it! He crashed him to the floor!" Said Paul with an evil grin.
"ARE YOU KIDDING!!!!???" Asked the whole group of players shocked at the same time.
"No. We saw it." Said Paul and Mary solemly at the same time.
"What broom do you use?" Asked Alicia really interested in the chance of Harry as player in her team.
"A Ghost Rider. I worth it." Said the teen with a wide smile.
"If you are sorted to Gryffindor, you are part of this team! You have the word of the Captain!" Said Alicia seriously to Harry.
"Cool! 2 Potters at the team!" Said Mary with a big smile.
"Are you relatives?" Asked Angelina to Harry pointing to Mary and Paul.
"Cousins. The Professors Potters are my Aunt and Uncle." Answered Harry with a smile.
"Cool!" Said the twins before their mother and sister went to them.
"Hi, Mary, Paul." Greeted Moly to the kids before she turned her atention to Harry: "And who are you?" Asked with a smile.
"He's Harry, our cousin. He'll join the School in fifth year." Explained Paul, while Mary began to talk with Ginny.
"What do you say if we start to buy the things?" Suggested Harry before any of them could ask something else. Everyone agreed to this and went to the back to the Alley.
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"What's wrong, Harry?" Asked Mary to her brother when they were at the Florean Fortescue, eating icecerams.
"I was thinking in something, just that." Said Harry. He had been quiet all day thinking in Ron, but he didn't want to ask it in front of the Weasleys. He was afraid that something could have happened to his friend.
"Where do you come from, Harry?" Asked Fred suddenly.
"I'm from a little Island. My old School isn't very known." Lied Harry, hoping that it would convince them. Luckily, it did.
"How long will you stay?" Asked curious Alicia.
"I don't know." Said the teen with a little sad smile.
"I hope that at least you can finish this year here!" Said Angelina thinking about the team.
"Me too!" Laughed Harry.
"Is it true that you are a prankster?" Asked George interested remembering Paul's words.
"Yes. I've had very good teachers at that." Said Harry grinning evilly. The teachers had been especcially the twins.
"What a group! 4 Pranksters!" Laughed Alicia.
"He's worse than the 3 of them together!" Exclaimed Mary pointing to her little sister and the twins.
Harry, Mary and Paul told them the pranks that he had played at the Castle to the adults. Soon the older students were rolling in laughter imagining those scenes and the looks of the people after he had played the pranks.
"Poor McGonagall! She'll have to deal with 4 pranksters and 2 teachers that act like ones too." Aughed Angelina when they finished the stories.
"Yes, poor McGonagall!" Laughed Alicia.
"I have pity about one teacher that I've told that she is a fraud." Said Harry with an evil grin.
"Trelawney. The biggest fraud of the School." Said Alicia groaning.
"She predicts the death of someone every year." Said Angelina.
"Was she right sometime with them?" Asked Harry interested.
"Never ever." Said the 4 students at the same time.
"I thought so." Laughed Harry along the others.
"Are you thinking in a good prank?" Asked Fred with an evil grin.
"Maybe." Said Harry misteriously.
"That's not good. Definitely not good." Said Alicia looking his face.
"You'll know soon." Was Harry's only answer.
Suddenly, they saw a lot of people rounding a couple. They looked intrigued to the couple to see if they knew them. They were a tall boy of 19 or 20 years old. He had muscles and not a happy face with the lot of people around him. The girl looked 17 or 18. She was a black girl and had the same look of disgust that the boy.
"They'll need our help as always:" Said Fred going with George to the people.
A few moments later, there was a little boom and the people began to move around everywher to stay safe of the sound. When they returned to where they had been previously, the couple was gone, and they weren't anywhere. Slowly they began to leave the place, with frustration.
"We owe you a big one, Fred." Said the boy sitting with the group. When Harry saw them there, he recognized them easily: Katie Bell and Oliver Wood, former teammates at the Quidditch Team of their House.
"Could you sign me an autograph, Mr. Famous Keeper?" Asked Fred putting a girlish voice.
"Shut up!" Said Wood hitting him in the back of his head. This sent the whole group in laughter.
"Nice to see you again, Oliver." Said the girls still calming their laughs.
"Thanks, girls. I say the same." Said Oliver before he turned his atention to Harry: "Oliver Wood. And you are?"
"Harry Potter. Nice to meet you." Said Harry shaking his hand.
"Play Quidditch?" Asked the Keeper talking about his favourite subject.
"The new Gryffindor's Seeker if he goes to our House." Said Alicia before she explained to Katie and Oliver what Mary and Paul had told her before.
"You did a Wronski Feint to Diggory??" Asked both of the in shock at the same time.
"Yes, what's so special with that?" Asked Harry confused.
"Diggory's the best Seeker at the School! He never lost a game in 4 years!" Said Katie recovering from the shock.
"Half of the League's teams are looking for him to sign with them when he graduates!" Added Oliver still shocked.
"Cool!" Said Harry with a smile. He was reliefed to know that, at least here, Cedric was good and began to bury the feelings of guilt about his dead in his own Universe.
"Katie Bell, Chaser in the Gryffindor Team, and possible future teammate." Said Katie shaking Harry's hand with a smile.
"Nice to meet you, Katie." Said Harry with a smile.
"Where's Lee? You always come together to the Alley!" Asked Paul suddenly to the Twins.
"He's with his parents and little sister, Laureen. She'll start this year." Explained Fred.
"Will she take his place in the matches?" Asked curious Alicia.
"Yep, and according to Lee, she's worse!" Laughed George.
"That's bad!" Said Katie laughing along the others.
"Yep, very bad. More work to McGonagall! She barely controls Lee, imagine it with his sister!" Laughed Paul.
"What do we have here? The little group of stupids Gryffindors and the 2 Potty!" Sneered someone behind them.
"Nothing changed here!" Thought Harry to himself knowing that voice very well: Draco Malfoy. With him were, as usual, Crabbe and Goyle.
"Nice to see you, Malfoy." Said sarcastically Fred.
Malfoy began to make comments as usual that tired everyone and all of them wanted to hex him.
Harry got an idea and whispered something in the ear to George. The twin had a big evil grin when Harry finished telling him his plan and agreed to help him in all that he could. Harry took his wand unnoticed by all of them and whispered a few words towards Malfoy and his 2 companions. George covered him, so anyone would see it.
"I can't stand that guy!!" Exclaimed exasperated Mary when the 3 Slytherins left.
"When will it happpen?" Asked George to Harry with a big smile.
"What are you talking about?" Asked the others confused.
"Spot Malfoy, look at him and you'll know in..." Said Harry checking his watch and beggining to count down: "5... 4... 3... 2... 1... 0!"
At that moment, the 3 Slytherins who were in the middle of the street, found themselves half naked wearing girl's clothes. Needless to say, everyone near them burst out in laughter. The group of friends were rolling in laughter. It was really hilarious. It took them almost 5 minutes to control themselves.
"It was GREAT!!" Laughed Katie when they finished the laughter.
"Thank you very much!" Said Harry bowing his head to the others.
"I almost feel pity for them." Said Fred solemnly, but with a big grin he added: "Almost."
Everyone burst out in laughter again after that. They stayed there for almost another 2 hours, before they went in different ways to their homes with their own things.
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"Why the smiles?" Asked Lily suspitiously to her kids when they returned.
"A trick of Harry to Malfoy." Said Paul and he explained everything that had happened at the Alley. Everyone burst out in laughter listening and imagining that.
"A new Marauder at the School!" Said Albus with a smile.
"Weren't you the one that told that you wreak havock without pranks?" Asked James with laughter.
"I changed my mind." Said Harry simply with a innocent smile.
"What we always need, another Prankster!" Exclaimed McGonagall exasperated.
"Come on, Minerva, the Weasley Twins graduates this year. We'll need someone following their path!" Laughed Hagrid.
"Thank God they graduate! We wouldn't survive amother year of them!" Said with a groan Lily.
"I wonder why you were named Prefect at your old School after all the things you told us." Said Remus thoughtfull.
"I wonder the same!" Said Harry with a evil grin.
The rest of the night went on peacefull. Harry was quiet, thinking in Ron. Why wasn't him with his family at the Alley? Did something happen to him? What about Hermione? Was she ok?
"Harry, are you there?" Asked his mother bringing him back to the reality.
"Sorry, I was thinking in something." Said Harry simply, before he asked: "What's up?"
"Time to sleep." Said Lily seriously showing her son the watch.
"Let's go." Said the dark haired boy getting up and going back to his room.
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The matter of Ron and Hermione rounded Harry's head for a few days. He tried to find any information in the library, but he couldn't. He was nervous.He considered his friends as a brother and a sister. He needed them here. He needed to know that in this Universe were the same peoples that he had met in his own.
A few days before the beggining of the term, Harry coukdn't sleep and went to the kitchens to drink something. It was almost 4.00 and an elf helped him with his drink. He stayed there in silence for a while.
"Is this an habit?" Asked Dumbledore amused watching him drinking the coffee.
"Couldn't sleep." Said Harry simply.
"What's bothering you this time?" Asked the old wizard taking a cup of tea and sitting near him.
"What happened to Ron Weasley here? And do you know about a girl, Hermione Granger?" Asked Harry seriously.
"I was wondering when would you ask about them." Sighed Albus, before he started to speak: "Both of them were sorted in Gryffindor. Miss Granger was the perfect student, great marks always, never causing any problem, follower of the rules. You can get the picture for yourself."
"Yes, I know it. She's like that in my Universe." Said Harry with a smile, before he asked: "What do you mean with "was"?"
"Miss Granger and Mr. Weasley became friends quickly. They were very different, but had a great friendship. One of them would spend the summer at the other's house usually and nobody complained. They were best friend.
"Two years ago, they were traveling in a car with Miss Granger's parents, when a drunk driver crashed their car. The 4 died in the moment. It was a great loss. Hogwarts lost 2 great students with them." Said with a sad smile Albus.
Harry was crying, and didn't try to fight the tears. His best friends didn't exist here anymore. They were the persons that always supported him, now he had to go on alone without them.
"Thanks for telling me." Said Harry whipping off the tears of his eyes.
"You are welcome." Said Dumbledore with a smile.
"See you tomorrow." Said Harry before he left the kitchens and went to his bedroom. He cried again till he fell asleep.
"Mom, what's wrong with Harry? I can't wake him up." Said Paul to his mother, the next morning when he went to the Hall for breakfast at 10.00.
"Let him rest. I casted a spell on him to make him sleep for another 6 or 7 hours." Said Lily to her son.
"He needed that." Said Dumbledore with a worried tone of voice.
"Why? What happened?" Asked James concerned and confused.
"He woke up last night wet in sweat from a nightmare. I found him at the kitchens near the 4 in the morning drinking coffee." Explained Lily to her husband.
"Did he reveal something else?" Asked Remus listening her words.
"Yes, that he wasn't joking when he said that he can wreak havoc without playing pranks." Chuckled Albus.
"What do you mean?" Asked Sirius confused.
"He left his home without Minister after his trial." Said Dumbledore with a smile.
"WHAT???" Asked the kids and the Marauders shocked at the same time.
Dumbledore and Lily told them about the story that Harry had told them that night at the Kitchens. They decided to leave the part of it that involved Cedric. Harry had the right to tell them if he wanted. They would leave that to him.
"Wow." Said Paul shocked by the story.
"I don't want to imagine what he's capable to do this year at the School!" Laughed Remus.
"Neither do I." Said Minerva and Albus at the same time.
"What shall we say about him? I mean, Harry can't appear suddenly saying that he's your son to everybody. For the Wizarding World he died 14 years ago!" Said Remus to James and Lily.
"I guess that we can say that he's our nephew or a cousin from far." Said Lily after thinking about Remus' point.
"We'll talk to him later." Said James agreeing with his wife.
"When will born the Phoenix, Albus?" Asked Lily to her father remembering about Harry's pet.
"In 1 or 2 days I pressume. I wonder where will Harry keep him. In a dorm would be too notorious." Said the Headmaster with worry.
"What Phoenix?" Asked everyone else, without understanding what they were talking about.
"Harry brought a Phoenix's egg with him. It's in my Office." Explained Dumbledore.
"Who's Harry?" Asked Hagrid entering in the Hall and listening the Headmaster's words.
"Hey, Hagrid, welcome back!" Greeted Remus when the Half Giant sat to eat next to him.
"How was the Hollydays?" Asked Lily.
"Interesting." Said Hagrid with a little smile, before he asked again: "Who's that Harry that you mentioned?"
"Our nephew. He comes from far. You'll met him at dinner." Said Lily returniong her atention to her breakfast.
****
When Harry woke up, it was almost 5.30 p.m. He began to wonder why they had left him sleep so much, but then he remembered vaguely to her mother casting a spell on him.
"I guess that's the reason that I feel so rested." Thought the teen before he took a shower.
When he left the bathroom, he found Mary reading a book on a couch. The book was "Hogwarts: A History of Quidditch." He went silently without being noticed behind her.
"Is it an interesting book?" Asked Harry laughing when his sister almost jumped a meter by the surprise.
"Harry! You scared me!" Said Mary hitting him in the arm when she recovered herself from the surprise and shock.
"Sorry, I just couldn't resist it." Laughed Harry before he went to change his clothes.
"Harry, can I ask you something?" Said Mary when her brother sat down at the couch with her.
"Sure."
"Will you return to your Universe?" Asked the girl hoping that her brother wouldn't hate her for asking that.
"Don't know, Mary. I'm not sure if I want to do it." Said Harry after thinking in the question.
"Why? Don't you miss your friends?" Asked Mary confused.
"It's not only that. In my world, I lost mom and dad when I was 1year old. I went to live with Mom's sister. To make the story about my life with them short, I'll tell you that if it wasn't for Hagrid, I would never have known that I was a wizard.
"When I went to Hogwarts I knew everything, the fame that I got for defeating Voldemort that night and surviving the Avada Kedavra. In my Universe, I'm a hero. But I hate it. You can't do any mistake, because if you do it will be made 10 times worse. Every one of my mistakes or things that happens to me, it becomes a wave of rumors, and the worst part is that many of them are far away from the truth.
"Everyone keeping secrets from you, doesn't help, just makes the things worse. For them, they are protecting me, it only makes the things bad. Sirius being my Godfather, Minerva my Godmother, Dumbledore our Granfather. All of that, I knew that after something BIG happened.
"There, almost everyone looks at me as the weapon to kill Voldemort. I'm just that, a tool, a weapon. Few people doesn't do it. I lost 2 this summer. Here no one looks at me as a tool. It's just Harry. That's why I don't know if I want to return there." Finished the teen without looking to his sister.
"Hey, I'll see you always as my brother!" Laughed Mary hugging him. She understood him very well and realized that he needed support of someone right now.
"Thanks." Said Harry with a little smile when they separated.
"You are welcome." Said the girl, before she changed of subject: "It's really interesting the book. I read about your team. Is it true that you lost only one match?"
"Yes, because Dementors came in the Pitch and I fell from my broom." Said Harry happy to change the subject to one better.
"What happened with the Bludger? In the book says that you had a problem with one in your Second Year." Said Mary really curious and interested in the matches of her brother.
Harry burst out in laughter and began to tell her all about Dobby and the Bludger of the Gryffindor-Slytherin's match of that year. Then he continued with the Twin's action, Wood's behaviour and everything about the game. She laughed when he told her about Lockhart removing the bones from his arm.
"Hey, it isn't funny!" Said Harry with a laugh hitting her with a pillow in the head.
Mary's reaction was a hit of a pillow in his head. 2 minutes later both of them were in a war. They continued with it for 10 minutes till Lily came in and told them to stop it. Instead of doing that, Harry hit her with another pillow.
"That means war, Harry!" Said Lily with an evil grin taking her wand and beggining to shoot courses to both of them.
"I'm ready for you!" Said Harry with a big smile taking his own one and doing the same that his mother.
Mary went to cover herself to avoid being hit by one of the spells that flew in the room. It was like a rain of fireworks. Both of them shot everything that they knew trying to hit the other and avoiding the other's spells at the same time. Although Lily knew more than Harry, he had the advantage of the Quidditch trainings and the reflexes got in them. Lily had problems to avoid her son's spells. Very soon, she discovered that it wouldn't be easy to defeat the teen.
"What is...?" Began to ask Dumbledore entering the room and watching the war. Before he could finish, Harry had sent a stunning Charm to him.
"Oops." Said the boy sheepisly saying the counter course.
"Are you ok, grandpa?" Asked Mary helping the old wizard to satnd.
"Great aim, Harry." Said Albus amused, when he sat in a chair.
"I've warned you that you NEVER EVER should take me by surprise when I'm dueling or inmediately after one. I still have my reflexes put on it." Explained Harry with seriousness.
"I guess that I forgot." Said chuckling Dumbledore.
"What do you need, dad?" Asked Lily after cleaning the mess that happened in the room thanks to their duel.
"Oh, a little bird has born in my Office. I thought that his master would like to see him." Said Albus to Harry with a smile.
"Let's go." Shouted Harry leaving the room and going to the Headmaster's Office.
****
When the 4 of them reached there, they saw a little phoenix that was with Fawkes. The newborn was a mix of red, gold and green It was beatiful. Harry went to him and began to stroke his lettle feathers carefully with a big smile in his lips. The little bird sang a few notes recognizing him as his new Master.
"What kind of Phoenix is him, Mom? I've never seen anyone like him." Said Mary confused watching her brother's new pet.
"I never thought that I would see one. They are very rare and specials." Said Albus impressed by the little bird.
"What kind is him?" Asked the 2 teens and Lily curious.
"He's a Peregrin Phoenix. They aren't found easily and there isn't very much information about them. The books usually says that they are like the normals, live more than them and burnt in flames once every 10 years. They make a special bond with their Master, although it isn't explained what it means exactly." Explained Albus watching a book about phoenix that he had in a bookshelf near his desk.
"Cool!" Said Harry with a big smile.
"Impressive." Said Lily shocked about the bird.
"How will you name him?" Asked Mary with curiousity.
"Falcore." Said Harry after thinking a few moments. The bird sang a few notes showing his agreement to the name.
"He likes it!" Chuckled Albus.
"It looks like he does." Laughed the boy.
"Where will you keep him? A normal Phoenix would be very notorious in a dorm. And him, will not pass unnoticed easily there." Warned Albus in a serious tone of voice.
"I'll keep him at their quarters. In my room, of course." Said Harry seriously, pointing to his mother.
"We'll be happy to have him there. I only hope that he doesn't start to sing in the middle of the night. James' snores are enough for me to add Phoenix's songs to them." Laughed Lily.
"I'm sure that he'll be more quiet than Pig." Assured Harry stroking the bird and thinking in Ron's owl.
"Who's Pig?" Asked the other 3 confused.
"The tiny Hiperactive owl of my best friend Ron. Sometimes, I wonder what was Sirius thinking when he sent him to Ron." Laughed Harry remembering the letter that Sirius sent him when he returned to Privet Drive after his Third Year.
"Why Pig?" Asked Mary curious.
"Pis is the short name for Pigwidgeon, his real name." Explained Harry with a smile.
"Nice nick." Chuckled Albus, before he suggested: "Why don't we go to dinner? Hagrid wants to meet you."
"What did you tell him about me?"
"That you are our nephew." Said Lily.
"Let's go, Aunt Lily." Said Harry with a mocking tone of voice that caused laughter of everyone.
****
"You must be Harry, right?" Asked Hagrid when the group sat down to eat dinner a while later.
"Yep, nice to meet you. You must be Hagrid, right?" Said Harry shaking the Half Giant's hand.
"That's my name." Smiled Hagrid.
"So, the Phoenix was born?" Asked James to his son.
"Yes, a Peregrin one. His name is Falcore." Said Harry with a smile of pride.
"A Peregrin Phoenix?" Asked the adults ahocked.
"That's acording to Dumbledore." Said Harry pointing his Grandfather.
"How did you get one of thoses?" Asked Remus impressed.
"I was looking for a new pet, and the owner of the shop showmed me the egg. I liked the idea of having a Phoenix and bought it." Explained the boy.
"Cool." Said the Marauders at the same time.
"Where will you keep him?" Asked Minerva curiously.
"In my room at their Quarters." Said Harry pointing his parents.
"Now, besides James' snores, I'll have to deal with Phoenix's songs." Laughed Lily hitting playfully her husband's arm.
"I don't snore!" Said defensively James.
"You say it because you don't hear sleep to yourself!" Said Lily, Remus and Sirius at the same time.
"Umph." Was james' answer.
Everyone burst out in laughter with that. Suddenly Harry began to take deep breaths, thing that everyone noticed. His ribs began to ache again. He had thought that he had recovered from the injuries completely, but it looked like he was wrong.
"Is something wrong?" Asked Lily worried to her son.
"Nothing, an old pain. Just that." Said Harry when the ache ended.
"Are you sure?" Asked Albus looking him not very sure of his words.
"I'm fine." Assured the teen to the others.
Everyone looked him suspitiously, but they dropped the matter. If he said that everything was ok, they would believe him. Although they weren't very sure of that.
****
During the next few days, Harry went on practicing Quidditch, taking care of Falcore, playing a few pranks and getting as much fun as he could. He didn't have more aches in his ribs. He was thankful for this. It looked like he was recovered from all the injuries that Vernon had done to him.
In the nights, he slept very well. He had stopped having nightmares with Cedric or with Voldemort. In those moments he began to wonder how would be the things at his own Universe. Was Voldemort still alive or he had died in the Duel at the Alley? Who was the new Minister?
He felt a little pain every time that he thought about Ron and Hermione. He was sure that they were thinking that he had died in the attack. He hoped that they could go on with everything and not get depressed. He really missed them and was the only reason why he doubted if he wanted to return there or stay here with his family. They were the only persons that he cared about to take him back there.
With Hagrid, he got a lot of fun too. They used to talk about Creatures. Hagrid asked him about the whole details of his encounters with Dragons. He had curiousity about them. With him, Harry felt like at home. There wasn't many diferences about this with his own Hagrid.
With his brother and sister the things were great. Paul was prankster and had a great sense of humour. He could talk with him about jokes, products for pranks for hours without being disturbed by anything.
Mary was like Hermione, but the diference was that she loved the Quidditch as much as him. They could talk long times about Quidditch, discussing tactics, teams, players and other things. With her, he also used to speak about books and School things. She had explained him about his mom and dad as teachers: Lily was a serious person and didn't allow jokes very much. James was completely different. He knew a lot about the Dark Arts, but he allowed a few jokes in class and sometimes he gave advices about them too.
The biggest diference between the teacher's staff here, was that Sirius was the Potions' teacher instead of Snape. In class, he was like James about the pranks. He was fair with all the Houses, although he disliked the Slytherins.
The Head of Slytherin here was Sinistra, the Astronomy's Professor. She never showed any kind od preference with the students. She was hard with all of them, including the ones of her House.
During that time he had the chance to see his dad as Prongs during the full moon. It was like seeing the 4 Marauders in all their plenity again.
****
"Professor, can I ask you something?" Said Harry to his Godmother one day at her Office.
"Sure, what is it?" Asked Minerva surprised, inviting him to sit.
"Can you train me?" Asked Harry going straight to the point.
"To become an Animagus?" Asked McGonagall surprised.
"Yes." Said Harry seriously.
"Of course I can. Why do you ask me instead of your father or Sirius? I don't complain, but I have curiousity." Said Minerva surprised by the request.
"I want to do it in secret. I don't want they to know it yet. That's why I came to you. If I learnt something in 4 years with you as my Head of House, is that you are one of the more discret persons at this School, if not the most of all." Explained Harry with a serious tone of voice.
"Very well. Thanks for choosing me. Don't worry, no one will know this. But we'll begin when the term starts. I have a student that asked me to train her last year, but she had to wait till this term to become one." Said Minerva seriously looking from her glasses to her Godson.
"Thanks." Said Harry and he stood to leave. Before he left, he turned and asked Minerva: "Who's the student?"
"Alicia Spinnet. The Captain of the Quidditch Team." Said Minerva seriously.
"See you later, Professor." Said Harry leaving the Office and going to the Library.
There was a matter that had rounded in his head all the time that he had been in this Universe: What happened the night of Halloween of 1981? He knew that he had died, but it wasn't enough. He needed to know everything, not just that part.
When he reached to his destination, he went straight to the part of the History and began to look for the books about the last part of this century. He took a few ones and went to a table. The table was far from the entrance. He wanted to be alone and not disturbed if someone came in to read a book or to do homework.
Half an hour later, Harry had had all the answers that he wanted. Voldemort had died that night with him. No one could explain why, but when Harry died, also Voldemort died. Peter Pettigrew was given the kiss of the Dementor for betraying his parents. Many Death Eaters were sent to Azkaban, including Severus Snape, who in this world never became a spy for the Headmaster. Harry wasn't surprised when he read that not all of the Death Eaters were imprisoned. The ones that saved their lifes from being sent there, gave the same excuses that in his Universe: they were under the Imperius, they didn't have any idea of what they were doing, and blah, blah and more blah.
"Looking for something in special?" Asked Lily going to her son's table.
"One or two things." Answered vaguely Harry putting the books in the right shelves again.
"Did you find it?" Asked Lily recognizing the books and realizing the research that Harry had done.
"Yes, I've found the answers that I needed." Said the teen, before he changed of subject and asked: "Were you looking for me?"
"Yes, Mary and Paul will go to the Alley. Neither me, James, Remus or Sirius can go with them. Could you?"
"Sure. Is there any diference between the books that I bought in my Universe and the ones that I'll need here?" Asked Harry.
"No, they are the sames." Said Lily that had checked both lists and hadn't found any diference.
"Let's go then." Said Harry leaving the Library followed by his mom.
"Do you miss your Universe?" Asked Lily to her son suddenly while they went to the fireplace that would take him and the kids to their destination.
"I miss only 2 persons. They are the only reason that makes me doubt if I want to return there or stay here forever." Said Harry very seriously to his mother.
"Ron and Hermione?" Asked the woman shocked by her son's words.
"The same ones." Said the teen in a tone that told his mother that he wouldn't continue with the chat. His mother nodded to this and went on walking in silence.
"Are you ready?" Asked James to his son a few minutes later when he and Lily reached to the place.
"Sure." Said Harry with a smile before he took Floo Powder and shot it to the Fireplace shouting: "Diagon Alley!"
****
"Definitely, I HATE the Floo Powder!" Groaned Harry to himself when he fell in the Leaky Cauldron's fireplace a few moments later. He got up and started to brush his robes that were covered in dust. He moved aside and began to wait to his brother and sister.
"Fred, come on! I'm sure that we'll sell a few products in Zonko's today!" Said someone near him to his brother in a cheery tone.
Harry smiled and turned to see the whole Weasley family: Fred, George, Ginny, Molly and Charlie. He wondered why wasn't Ron there, or what had happened to him.
"Professor Potter!" Exclaimed Tom, the bar tender, seeing Harry and going to him. He looked confused when he saw that it wasn't James who was standing there.
"I'm Harry, Professor Potter's nephew." Said Harry with a smile.
"You really look like him." Said the man blushing a little by his mistake.
"I was told that!" Laughed Harry, seeing Paul arriving in that moment.
"Hey, Paul! Our favourite little prankster!" Said Fred going to him when they recognized Paul.
"Hey, guys! This is my cousin Harry. Harry, these are Fred and George. They are almost as bad as you playing pranks!" Laughed the boy presenting the others.
"Another prankster?" Said George interested.
"That's good!" Grinned evilly Fred.
"And you haven't seen him on a broom yet!" Said Mary arriving in that moment.
"Do you play Quidditch?" Asked Alicia who had heard her teammate's words and went to the Group.
"The youngest Seeker of the Century at my Old School." Said Harry shaking Alicia's hand with a smile.
"We will need a good Seeker if we want to win the Cup this year!" Said Angelina listening his words and going to the group of her teammates.
"He did a Wronski Feint and Diggory bought it! He crashed him to the floor!" Said Paul with an evil grin.
"ARE YOU KIDDING!!!!???" Asked the whole group of players shocked at the same time.
"No. We saw it." Said Paul and Mary solemly at the same time.
"What broom do you use?" Asked Alicia really interested in the chance of Harry as player in her team.
"A Ghost Rider. I worth it." Said the teen with a wide smile.
"If you are sorted to Gryffindor, you are part of this team! You have the word of the Captain!" Said Alicia seriously to Harry.
"Cool! 2 Potters at the team!" Said Mary with a big smile.
"Are you relatives?" Asked Angelina to Harry pointing to Mary and Paul.
"Cousins. The Professors Potters are my Aunt and Uncle." Answered Harry with a smile.
"Cool!" Said the twins before their mother and sister went to them.
"Hi, Mary, Paul." Greeted Moly to the kids before she turned her atention to Harry: "And who are you?" Asked with a smile.
"He's Harry, our cousin. He'll join the School in fifth year." Explained Paul, while Mary began to talk with Ginny.
"What do you say if we start to buy the things?" Suggested Harry before any of them could ask something else. Everyone agreed to this and went to the back to the Alley.
****
"What's wrong, Harry?" Asked Mary to her brother when they were at the Florean Fortescue, eating icecerams.
"I was thinking in something, just that." Said Harry. He had been quiet all day thinking in Ron, but he didn't want to ask it in front of the Weasleys. He was afraid that something could have happened to his friend.
"Where do you come from, Harry?" Asked Fred suddenly.
"I'm from a little Island. My old School isn't very known." Lied Harry, hoping that it would convince them. Luckily, it did.
"How long will you stay?" Asked curious Alicia.
"I don't know." Said the teen with a little sad smile.
"I hope that at least you can finish this year here!" Said Angelina thinking about the team.
"Me too!" Laughed Harry.
"Is it true that you are a prankster?" Asked George interested remembering Paul's words.
"Yes. I've had very good teachers at that." Said Harry grinning evilly. The teachers had been especcially the twins.
"What a group! 4 Pranksters!" Laughed Alicia.
"He's worse than the 3 of them together!" Exclaimed Mary pointing to her little sister and the twins.
Harry, Mary and Paul told them the pranks that he had played at the Castle to the adults. Soon the older students were rolling in laughter imagining those scenes and the looks of the people after he had played the pranks.
"Poor McGonagall! She'll have to deal with 4 pranksters and 2 teachers that act like ones too." Aughed Angelina when they finished the stories.
"Yes, poor McGonagall!" Laughed Alicia.
"I have pity about one teacher that I've told that she is a fraud." Said Harry with an evil grin.
"Trelawney. The biggest fraud of the School." Said Alicia groaning.
"She predicts the death of someone every year." Said Angelina.
"Was she right sometime with them?" Asked Harry interested.
"Never ever." Said the 4 students at the same time.
"I thought so." Laughed Harry along the others.
"Are you thinking in a good prank?" Asked Fred with an evil grin.
"Maybe." Said Harry misteriously.
"That's not good. Definitely not good." Said Alicia looking his face.
"You'll know soon." Was Harry's only answer.
Suddenly, they saw a lot of people rounding a couple. They looked intrigued to the couple to see if they knew them. They were a tall boy of 19 or 20 years old. He had muscles and not a happy face with the lot of people around him. The girl looked 17 or 18. She was a black girl and had the same look of disgust that the boy.
"They'll need our help as always:" Said Fred going with George to the people.
A few moments later, there was a little boom and the people began to move around everywher to stay safe of the sound. When they returned to where they had been previously, the couple was gone, and they weren't anywhere. Slowly they began to leave the place, with frustration.
"We owe you a big one, Fred." Said the boy sitting with the group. When Harry saw them there, he recognized them easily: Katie Bell and Oliver Wood, former teammates at the Quidditch Team of their House.
"Could you sign me an autograph, Mr. Famous Keeper?" Asked Fred putting a girlish voice.
"Shut up!" Said Wood hitting him in the back of his head. This sent the whole group in laughter.
"Nice to see you again, Oliver." Said the girls still calming their laughs.
"Thanks, girls. I say the same." Said Oliver before he turned his atention to Harry: "Oliver Wood. And you are?"
"Harry Potter. Nice to meet you." Said Harry shaking his hand.
"Play Quidditch?" Asked the Keeper talking about his favourite subject.
"The new Gryffindor's Seeker if he goes to our House." Said Alicia before she explained to Katie and Oliver what Mary and Paul had told her before.
"You did a Wronski Feint to Diggory??" Asked both of the in shock at the same time.
"Yes, what's so special with that?" Asked Harry confused.
"Diggory's the best Seeker at the School! He never lost a game in 4 years!" Said Katie recovering from the shock.
"Half of the League's teams are looking for him to sign with them when he graduates!" Added Oliver still shocked.
"Cool!" Said Harry with a smile. He was reliefed to know that, at least here, Cedric was good and began to bury the feelings of guilt about his dead in his own Universe.
"Katie Bell, Chaser in the Gryffindor Team, and possible future teammate." Said Katie shaking Harry's hand with a smile.
"Nice to meet you, Katie." Said Harry with a smile.
"Where's Lee? You always come together to the Alley!" Asked Paul suddenly to the Twins.
"He's with his parents and little sister, Laureen. She'll start this year." Explained Fred.
"Will she take his place in the matches?" Asked curious Alicia.
"Yep, and according to Lee, she's worse!" Laughed George.
"That's bad!" Said Katie laughing along the others.
"Yep, very bad. More work to McGonagall! She barely controls Lee, imagine it with his sister!" Laughed Paul.
"What do we have here? The little group of stupids Gryffindors and the 2 Potty!" Sneered someone behind them.
"Nothing changed here!" Thought Harry to himself knowing that voice very well: Draco Malfoy. With him were, as usual, Crabbe and Goyle.
"Nice to see you, Malfoy." Said sarcastically Fred.
Malfoy began to make comments as usual that tired everyone and all of them wanted to hex him.
Harry got an idea and whispered something in the ear to George. The twin had a big evil grin when Harry finished telling him his plan and agreed to help him in all that he could. Harry took his wand unnoticed by all of them and whispered a few words towards Malfoy and his 2 companions. George covered him, so anyone would see it.
"I can't stand that guy!!" Exclaimed exasperated Mary when the 3 Slytherins left.
"When will it happpen?" Asked George to Harry with a big smile.
"What are you talking about?" Asked the others confused.
"Spot Malfoy, look at him and you'll know in..." Said Harry checking his watch and beggining to count down: "5... 4... 3... 2... 1... 0!"
At that moment, the 3 Slytherins who were in the middle of the street, found themselves half naked wearing girl's clothes. Needless to say, everyone near them burst out in laughter. The group of friends were rolling in laughter. It was really hilarious. It took them almost 5 minutes to control themselves.
"It was GREAT!!" Laughed Katie when they finished the laughter.
"Thank you very much!" Said Harry bowing his head to the others.
"I almost feel pity for them." Said Fred solemnly, but with a big grin he added: "Almost."
Everyone burst out in laughter again after that. They stayed there for almost another 2 hours, before they went in different ways to their homes with their own things.
****
"Why the smiles?" Asked Lily suspitiously to her kids when they returned.
"A trick of Harry to Malfoy." Said Paul and he explained everything that had happened at the Alley. Everyone burst out in laughter listening and imagining that.
"A new Marauder at the School!" Said Albus with a smile.
"Weren't you the one that told that you wreak havock without pranks?" Asked James with laughter.
"I changed my mind." Said Harry simply with a innocent smile.
"What we always need, another Prankster!" Exclaimed McGonagall exasperated.
"Come on, Minerva, the Weasley Twins graduates this year. We'll need someone following their path!" Laughed Hagrid.
"Thank God they graduate! We wouldn't survive amother year of them!" Said with a groan Lily.
"I wonder why you were named Prefect at your old School after all the things you told us." Said Remus thoughtfull.
"I wonder the same!" Said Harry with a evil grin.
The rest of the night went on peacefull. Harry was quiet, thinking in Ron. Why wasn't him with his family at the Alley? Did something happen to him? What about Hermione? Was she ok?
"Harry, are you there?" Asked his mother bringing him back to the reality.
"Sorry, I was thinking in something." Said Harry simply, before he asked: "What's up?"
"Time to sleep." Said Lily seriously showing her son the watch.
"Let's go." Said the dark haired boy getting up and going back to his room.
****
The matter of Ron and Hermione rounded Harry's head for a few days. He tried to find any information in the library, but he couldn't. He was nervous.He considered his friends as a brother and a sister. He needed them here. He needed to know that in this Universe were the same peoples that he had met in his own.
A few days before the beggining of the term, Harry coukdn't sleep and went to the kitchens to drink something. It was almost 4.00 and an elf helped him with his drink. He stayed there in silence for a while.
"Is this an habit?" Asked Dumbledore amused watching him drinking the coffee.
"Couldn't sleep." Said Harry simply.
"What's bothering you this time?" Asked the old wizard taking a cup of tea and sitting near him.
"What happened to Ron Weasley here? And do you know about a girl, Hermione Granger?" Asked Harry seriously.
"I was wondering when would you ask about them." Sighed Albus, before he started to speak: "Both of them were sorted in Gryffindor. Miss Granger was the perfect student, great marks always, never causing any problem, follower of the rules. You can get the picture for yourself."
"Yes, I know it. She's like that in my Universe." Said Harry with a smile, before he asked: "What do you mean with "was"?"
"Miss Granger and Mr. Weasley became friends quickly. They were very different, but had a great friendship. One of them would spend the summer at the other's house usually and nobody complained. They were best friend.
"Two years ago, they were traveling in a car with Miss Granger's parents, when a drunk driver crashed their car. The 4 died in the moment. It was a great loss. Hogwarts lost 2 great students with them." Said with a sad smile Albus.
Harry was crying, and didn't try to fight the tears. His best friends didn't exist here anymore. They were the persons that always supported him, now he had to go on alone without them.
"Thanks for telling me." Said Harry whipping off the tears of his eyes.
"You are welcome." Said Dumbledore with a smile.
"See you tomorrow." Said Harry before he left the kitchens and went to his bedroom. He cried again till he fell asleep.