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bows and does the 'we're not worthy'
...Banesclaw
Prologue
Cobwebs clustered around the corners of the stone room, also creeping around the wooden doors that stood wide open in the daylight. The sounds of the ocean echoed through the vacant stone castle until footsteps overcrowded the present noise.
Harry stepped onto the castle's main floor, looking it over with appraising eyes. Green eyes glowed from behind his large rimmed glasses while his hair branched off in its normal untamed mess. Hidden behind that one unruly lock of hair was his scar, the mark of his past and his future. His eyebrows rose in what appeared to be amusement.
"What do you think Mr. Potter?" A voice belonging to that of an older man broke his train of thought, making Harry snap out of his smirk.
"Have yet to see it all, but why did you say this place would spike my interest? It hasn't been vacated since Hogwarts came around." The older man chuckled, coming to stand beside Harry.
"You never appeared to be the kind that wanted what someone had created before. Here you'll have free reign. Besides, no one else wants it."
Harry wrinkled his nose and started pacing, looking around the room taking notes.
"How much will it take to clean this place up?"
The old man shrugged. "You could handle it. Besides you'll have roommates."
------------------------- Graduation. It was a time that most dreaded when the end of seven years also brought an end to the great times at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It was at this particular graduation that one of the most memorable classes in all of Hogwarts' History would graduate. After all it did hold the famous Harry Potter, who seemed to make headlines once a month even if it was for something as small as brushing his teeth.
With him went the majority of a rather large group of friends, a clique that had grown swiftly over the passing year from three to ten. Or perhaps that would be 10 ½ now. That we will get to later.
The seventh year, by far, had to be the craziest in all their lives, not only because of Voldemort but because of the simple relationships born in that time.
Hermione and Draco fell in love after Hermione decided to open the closet door and reveal that she was in fact a big Goth. Nipple rings and all. On Christmas Eve they found out Hermione was pregnant with a little girl. Mea was born in September and would later become the bundle of joy that came with chaos beside her.
Their relationship ended up much better than those of Ron and Harry's that included a big mix up with Ginny Weasly and Lavender Brown. Turns out Ginny wanted to see if Harry truly loved her and hired Pavariti to kiss Harry to see what his reaction would be. Somehow a very important piece of information was misread and Ron received the kiss. Lavender popped in and went into what can only be described as mass hysteria. Ron came out with one black eye, better than what she had sworn she would do to him. Harry broke up with Ginny when he found out about the trick, deciding he needed trust in the relationship. Lavender wasn't told about the whole mess since Ginny and Parvariti had cursed each other so they wouldn't tell. Ginny did and ended up in the hospital for a week. Lavender never took Ron back, believing Harry to be a liar. Curses can be a major bummer. After that there was little time to think about relationships with the handful of exchange students from Scotland. Randi Potter, Audrie Ray and Samantha Lakelin all showed up right around Christmas when their school was attacked by Voldemort. They were the only survivors. A bit later Harry miraculously pulls out a Kelsey Potter while having a bad dream one night. As it turns out it was his long lost twin. Yes, I, the narrator, understand how awfully strange that sounds...but that's how it goes.
They all ended up as a rather large group of good friends, being one of the most diverse cliques' in Hogwarts' history since three houses were included in the group. Hufflepuff felt a bit left out.
Graduation went out with a bang leading to one of the most entertaining ones yet. Reporters crowded outside the Quidditch stands as the remaining Quidditch players flew above the stadium in honor of the graduating students. The 7th years crowded into the stadium, receiving their diplomas and gaining various scholarships for those that deserved them. This year had more than any before.
Among those given included a small secret package given to five students by Dumbledore. With eyes twinkling the older Wizard handed the packages out to the five before whispering the words 'Don't open it until 12:00 this night.' Unsure of what it could hold and knowing well you never opened a wizarding package before you were supposed to, they neatly hid the packages and walked back to their seats.
Hermione received two scholarships to very prominent wizarding colleges, but turned them down for two years to spend time with her coming daughter. Draco did the same with his.
After all of the diplomas were given and the class had congregated for pictures all havoc broke loose. According to Madame Hooch some of the rising 7th years had let four sets of buldgers loose in the stadium, casing the whole of the class to scatter in fear.
Three students were sent to the medical ward, one from falling off the broomstick and the others for trying to dive into the floor boards of the stadium to avoid a buldger.
Finally the buldger's were caught, the students settled down and the injured escorted off. With that fireworks skidded across the sky in an impressive display until it was time to let the graduation ceremony end.
----------------------------------------------- Harry pulled up a chair next to Ron, pulling out his package and placing it on the table. Around him sat his best friends, all who graduated with him. Four others had also pulled out their packages, staring at them curiously.
"So what do you think could possibly be in them?" Hermione asked, picking up Kelsey's box and eyeing it.
"Well, looks like we are fixing to find out." Randi put hers down on the table carefully, making sure it wouldn't explode incase it was an explosive.
"Wonder why it was only the five of you that received one." Draco looked at Harry before putting his arm around Hermione.
Sam shrugged, poking her box haphazardly while watching the wall clock. "Two minutes."
For the next two minutes they all sat there in silence, each trying to figure out what it could possibly be.
"They'll probably explode or something at midnight." Ron suggested for the forth time that night. After all, it had been one heck of a night.
"Hey, I'm up for that. Take out tonight with a bang?" Audrie eyed the box with a wicked expression.
"Which opens up another question: how are you supposed to open them?" Hermoine asked, still looking at Kelsey's box. Kelsey didn't look too pleased, but kept quiet. If it was going to explode, Hermoine didn't need to be holding it since she was pregnant. Could increase her moodiness.
Hermoine handed the box back to Kelsey, noticing the way her friend was eyeing it. A moment later the clock struck one, two, three...
Nine seconds later, at the twelfth strike, all five boxes started unwrapping themselves until the gross brown color disappeared producing five wooden boxes, neatly polished. After the wrappings disappeared and the gasps subsided the boxes started to open slowly, lighting up the room as light poured from within.
The light dimmed allowing the group to view the contents of the boxes. All five boxes held one letter, addressed to the student that received it: Harry Potter, Kelsey Potter, Audrey Ray, Randi Potter, and Samantha Lakelin. Upon removing the letters the contents varied for inside was one piece of jewelry for each, save Audrie who had two.
In Harry's box was a silver ring with a strange looking animal circling around the large, clear stone. It automatically sized to any finger he placed it on.
Kelsey also received a ring in the shape of the strange animal that wrapped around her finger holding a smaller clear stone. Like Harry's, it also automatically resized.
Smiling, Randi pulled out a silver armband in the shape of the creature that fit on the top of her left arm. It wound around the top of her arm. The creature's eyes were made of the same clear stone.
Audrey pulled out two, small linked bracelets, one in the shape of the creature with a clear stone dangling from its hands. A chain linked the second to it, which was plain save strange writing on it that wound around a long stone that was clear with red smoke in it. The smoke disappeared once she put it on.
Sam's piece was a delicate silver chocker made of silver vines that wound around to the front where another of the strange creatures clung to a hanging clear stone cut in the shape of a teardrop.
Nothing else was found in the boxes, so they decided to open the letters. Carefully they cut through, pulling out a rather short parchment. Kelsey read it out loud.
"Inside this box many treasures will rest, but the most precious has now been discovered. For the treasures you have received, place them back until a fateful day when you are told to complete the opposite.
This is a letter detailing a simple journey where you five shall start at a rotten bench and come to the triangle. We accept you to Banesclaw College of Aurors. Bring your wits, your tricks, and most of all your gifts.
The bench rests at the front of the old Wizarding Cemetery on Knocks Alley two down from Diagon. Come together with your belongings on the 3rd of September. One of you shall be contacted before then.
Farewell, Headmaster Gaven Banesclaw College
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Harry glanced at his watch before turning to look at the older man. "I'll take it."
A smile passed over the man's face. "That's good, Harry. I suspect we'll be seeing you on September 3rd?" Harry nodded.
"Do you know who will be rooming here, Headmaster Gaven?" The older man shook his head.
"Yet we shall know soon enough." A smile touched Gaven's lips as he started walking with Harry towards the door.
...Banesclaw
Prologue
Cobwebs clustered around the corners of the stone room, also creeping around the wooden doors that stood wide open in the daylight. The sounds of the ocean echoed through the vacant stone castle until footsteps overcrowded the present noise.
Harry stepped onto the castle's main floor, looking it over with appraising eyes. Green eyes glowed from behind his large rimmed glasses while his hair branched off in its normal untamed mess. Hidden behind that one unruly lock of hair was his scar, the mark of his past and his future. His eyebrows rose in what appeared to be amusement.
"What do you think Mr. Potter?" A voice belonging to that of an older man broke his train of thought, making Harry snap out of his smirk.
"Have yet to see it all, but why did you say this place would spike my interest? It hasn't been vacated since Hogwarts came around." The older man chuckled, coming to stand beside Harry.
"You never appeared to be the kind that wanted what someone had created before. Here you'll have free reign. Besides, no one else wants it."
Harry wrinkled his nose and started pacing, looking around the room taking notes.
"How much will it take to clean this place up?"
The old man shrugged. "You could handle it. Besides you'll have roommates."
------------------------- Graduation. It was a time that most dreaded when the end of seven years also brought an end to the great times at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It was at this particular graduation that one of the most memorable classes in all of Hogwarts' History would graduate. After all it did hold the famous Harry Potter, who seemed to make headlines once a month even if it was for something as small as brushing his teeth.
With him went the majority of a rather large group of friends, a clique that had grown swiftly over the passing year from three to ten. Or perhaps that would be 10 ½ now. That we will get to later.
The seventh year, by far, had to be the craziest in all their lives, not only because of Voldemort but because of the simple relationships born in that time.
Hermione and Draco fell in love after Hermione decided to open the closet door and reveal that she was in fact a big Goth. Nipple rings and all. On Christmas Eve they found out Hermione was pregnant with a little girl. Mea was born in September and would later become the bundle of joy that came with chaos beside her.
Their relationship ended up much better than those of Ron and Harry's that included a big mix up with Ginny Weasly and Lavender Brown. Turns out Ginny wanted to see if Harry truly loved her and hired Pavariti to kiss Harry to see what his reaction would be. Somehow a very important piece of information was misread and Ron received the kiss. Lavender popped in and went into what can only be described as mass hysteria. Ron came out with one black eye, better than what she had sworn she would do to him. Harry broke up with Ginny when he found out about the trick, deciding he needed trust in the relationship. Lavender wasn't told about the whole mess since Ginny and Parvariti had cursed each other so they wouldn't tell. Ginny did and ended up in the hospital for a week. Lavender never took Ron back, believing Harry to be a liar. Curses can be a major bummer. After that there was little time to think about relationships with the handful of exchange students from Scotland. Randi Potter, Audrie Ray and Samantha Lakelin all showed up right around Christmas when their school was attacked by Voldemort. They were the only survivors. A bit later Harry miraculously pulls out a Kelsey Potter while having a bad dream one night. As it turns out it was his long lost twin. Yes, I, the narrator, understand how awfully strange that sounds...but that's how it goes.
They all ended up as a rather large group of good friends, being one of the most diverse cliques' in Hogwarts' history since three houses were included in the group. Hufflepuff felt a bit left out.
Graduation went out with a bang leading to one of the most entertaining ones yet. Reporters crowded outside the Quidditch stands as the remaining Quidditch players flew above the stadium in honor of the graduating students. The 7th years crowded into the stadium, receiving their diplomas and gaining various scholarships for those that deserved them. This year had more than any before.
Among those given included a small secret package given to five students by Dumbledore. With eyes twinkling the older Wizard handed the packages out to the five before whispering the words 'Don't open it until 12:00 this night.' Unsure of what it could hold and knowing well you never opened a wizarding package before you were supposed to, they neatly hid the packages and walked back to their seats.
Hermione received two scholarships to very prominent wizarding colleges, but turned them down for two years to spend time with her coming daughter. Draco did the same with his.
After all of the diplomas were given and the class had congregated for pictures all havoc broke loose. According to Madame Hooch some of the rising 7th years had let four sets of buldgers loose in the stadium, casing the whole of the class to scatter in fear.
Three students were sent to the medical ward, one from falling off the broomstick and the others for trying to dive into the floor boards of the stadium to avoid a buldger.
Finally the buldger's were caught, the students settled down and the injured escorted off. With that fireworks skidded across the sky in an impressive display until it was time to let the graduation ceremony end.
----------------------------------------------- Harry pulled up a chair next to Ron, pulling out his package and placing it on the table. Around him sat his best friends, all who graduated with him. Four others had also pulled out their packages, staring at them curiously.
"So what do you think could possibly be in them?" Hermione asked, picking up Kelsey's box and eyeing it.
"Well, looks like we are fixing to find out." Randi put hers down on the table carefully, making sure it wouldn't explode incase it was an explosive.
"Wonder why it was only the five of you that received one." Draco looked at Harry before putting his arm around Hermione.
Sam shrugged, poking her box haphazardly while watching the wall clock. "Two minutes."
For the next two minutes they all sat there in silence, each trying to figure out what it could possibly be.
"They'll probably explode or something at midnight." Ron suggested for the forth time that night. After all, it had been one heck of a night.
"Hey, I'm up for that. Take out tonight with a bang?" Audrie eyed the box with a wicked expression.
"Which opens up another question: how are you supposed to open them?" Hermoine asked, still looking at Kelsey's box. Kelsey didn't look too pleased, but kept quiet. If it was going to explode, Hermoine didn't need to be holding it since she was pregnant. Could increase her moodiness.
Hermoine handed the box back to Kelsey, noticing the way her friend was eyeing it. A moment later the clock struck one, two, three...
Nine seconds later, at the twelfth strike, all five boxes started unwrapping themselves until the gross brown color disappeared producing five wooden boxes, neatly polished. After the wrappings disappeared and the gasps subsided the boxes started to open slowly, lighting up the room as light poured from within.
The light dimmed allowing the group to view the contents of the boxes. All five boxes held one letter, addressed to the student that received it: Harry Potter, Kelsey Potter, Audrey Ray, Randi Potter, and Samantha Lakelin. Upon removing the letters the contents varied for inside was one piece of jewelry for each, save Audrie who had two.
In Harry's box was a silver ring with a strange looking animal circling around the large, clear stone. It automatically sized to any finger he placed it on.
Kelsey also received a ring in the shape of the strange animal that wrapped around her finger holding a smaller clear stone. Like Harry's, it also automatically resized.
Smiling, Randi pulled out a silver armband in the shape of the creature that fit on the top of her left arm. It wound around the top of her arm. The creature's eyes were made of the same clear stone.
Audrey pulled out two, small linked bracelets, one in the shape of the creature with a clear stone dangling from its hands. A chain linked the second to it, which was plain save strange writing on it that wound around a long stone that was clear with red smoke in it. The smoke disappeared once she put it on.
Sam's piece was a delicate silver chocker made of silver vines that wound around to the front where another of the strange creatures clung to a hanging clear stone cut in the shape of a teardrop.
Nothing else was found in the boxes, so they decided to open the letters. Carefully they cut through, pulling out a rather short parchment. Kelsey read it out loud.
"Inside this box many treasures will rest, but the most precious has now been discovered. For the treasures you have received, place them back until a fateful day when you are told to complete the opposite.
This is a letter detailing a simple journey where you five shall start at a rotten bench and come to the triangle. We accept you to Banesclaw College of Aurors. Bring your wits, your tricks, and most of all your gifts.
The bench rests at the front of the old Wizarding Cemetery on Knocks Alley two down from Diagon. Come together with your belongings on the 3rd of September. One of you shall be contacted before then.
Farewell, Headmaster Gaven Banesclaw College
-----------------------------------------------
Harry glanced at his watch before turning to look at the older man. "I'll take it."
A smile passed over the man's face. "That's good, Harry. I suspect we'll be seeing you on September 3rd?" Harry nodded.
"Do you know who will be rooming here, Headmaster Gaven?" The older man shook his head.
"Yet we shall know soon enough." A smile touched Gaven's lips as he started walking with Harry towards the door.