Disclaimer: see previous chapter
AN1: okay a few people are asking why doesn't Harry do the courses that Dumbledore make him do, the answer those courses were special ones just for Harry and his friends, now in a relativity peaceful time they don't offer anyone those sort of courses. AN2: okay it get a little confusing in a bit but I hope I made it make some semblance of sense, before harry gets his nickname, I just wanted him to have a unique name but couldn't imagine him giving himself one
Journal entry 1
My Name Is Harry Potter.
Merlin its good to finally get that out, everybody been calling me either Alex or Mr. Jackson for the past few weeks. Half the time I'm looking round looking for the Mr Jackson guy everybody's after before I realise its me they want, weird isn't it. And every time I start to correct them and tell them my real name my throat freezes up and I can't say anything.
Must be the oath I took, it's the only explanation.
I guess I should explain a bit in case anyone else reads this (but they wont). My name is Harry Potter (that's feels good to write) and due to an accident I have fallen through time eight years into the past. When I woke up from my trip I found myself in the Department of Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic. Turns out that there is a procedure to for people lost in time that the Ministry makes them go through.
Namely giving them a new identity and job, mine is Alexander Jackson and seeing as I've just turned sixteen (becoming the youngest time traveller ever). I'm become a ward of the Ministry and they will pay for my schooling and stuff, the only reason I agreed was because I saw no way out of the room/prison I was in. And also they asked me instead of telling me I had to, okay they was two reasons.
After that I was given a room at the Leaky Cauldron and had a Mrs. Allbright coming round to check on me each week. She was the one who suggested I write a journal to help sort out my thoughts, I charmed it myself so that only I could read what I write in here. Oh yeah they also took the detection ward off my new wand, Thirteen and a half inches of Ash with the heartstring of a Peruvian Vipertooth as its core, another plus in DoM favour.
To sum up, I stuck in the past and everybody confusing me by calling me a different name, and to top it all off my best friends are eight years old!
Merlin I miss them, no more Hermione telling me to study or Ron telling me not to study.... It's strange, they're there but their just kids and well.... Sigh
Anyhow I've spent my time since getting my OWL's results, I did better my second time round, and so I've been working like mad to get my Summer homework done in time, study for next years classes, do my exercises and helping out at the Leaky Cauldron for some pocket change. The Ministry paying for my schooling not to have fun as I'm sure Umbitch would say. Luckily Tom has told me I'm welcome back over the next summer full-time or even Christmas if I wanted, which saves me from looking for a job.
And that's what happened to me this summer, not much so far huh....?
Well tomorrow I'm leaving on the Hogwart Express. I wonder what the other kids will think of me?, I wonder what house I'll be sorted into? I mean Mrs. Allbright told me to change as much as possible about myself as I can so no one learns that time travel is possible. I can kinda agree with her, I mean I can only imagine what Voldemort would do if he could change time. So I guess Gryffindor is out but that leaves Ravenclaw Hufflepuff and Slytherin, I guess it's up to the hat to decide.
Well that about it, until next time
Harry Potter The Boy Who Lived, The Saviour of the Wizarding World, The Youngest Seeker in a Century, The Youngest Time Traveller in All Known Time.
I think that's longer than Dumbledore's, how does he write all those titles without getting a hand cramp?
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9:30 Platform 9¾ September 1st
Alex sighed at the looks he was receiving from some of the other students and their parents, he had no idea if they were staring because he was new or his bright blue hair, that hung to his shoulders (Miss Allbright had suggested that he grow his hair out a bit so he wouldn't be a spitting image of who he once was). But he had always hated being stared at, it made him feel like he didn't belong.
He gave a small sigh and started to look for a compartment, it was still fairly quiet and it was pretty straightforward to find an empty compartment to store his new trunk away and start to settle in. Alex sat down bringing his feet up on the chair so he was sitting cross legged and started to mediate.
Mediating was part of his Occulmency training, he had gotten the fundamentals of protecting his mind he just needed to practise to strengthen his wards. Now he could detect an attack on his mind, stop whatever was searching from finding a specific memory and he could even eject someone from his mind (but that took a lot of effort). But all this took a lot of concentration, hence the mediation.
He woke up with a jolt as someone knocked on the partially open door, he looked down and saw a head of blonde hair. "Erm...sorry to wake you but I was wondering if me and my sister could sit in here"
Alex smiled "Course you can, did you need any help with your trunks?"
The boy gave a smile of relief "Thanks"
"No problem" Alex replied as he hauled the trunks into the compartment "By the way, I'm Alexander Jackson at your service"
"Snap" the first boy cried "I'm and Alex as well. Alex Lingwood and the churchmouse in the corner is my twin sister Alice"
Alex gave a small nod and settled back down in his seat as he watched the twins look around the compartment, They both had blonde hair buts that were the similarity ended, Alex was short and had his hair cut short, while Alice was about half a foot taller than Alex and had her hair hanging past her shoulders. They both rushed to the window as the train started to move to wave at their parent. He gave a sad smile as they waved until the station was out of sight before sitting next to each other opposite Alex, Alex had his arm around his sister's shoulders giving her a comforting hug.
"First year's?" Alex whispered to them
"Yeah, it's our first time away from home for longer than the weekend, so it's gonna take some getting used to" Alex said
Alex remained silent having no idea what to say to the two children in front of him
"Alex?" the girl, Alice, whispered
"Yeah Sis?"
"Not you the other one"
"I can see this is going to get confusing" Alex said as he wished he had picked a different name
Alice seemed to think for a second before she spoke again "Nope" she said smiling "My brother is Alex" she said as she nodded towards her brother "Your...Xander"
"Xander?"
"Yep"
Alex gave the newly christen Xander a look which plainly said 'Don't look at me, its her idea'
"Well like they say 'A new place a new name'" Xander said as he tasted the new name in his mind 'Xander Jackson...The names Jackson, Xander Jackson'
"Good that's settled" Alice said with finality "Xander...What's Hogwarts like?"
"Honestly" Xander said "I've no idea"
"Huh but-"
"I'm an exchange student from the Salem Wizards Academy" Xander said sticking to the story that the Unspeakable's had cooked up for him "I'm starting my Sixth year at Hogwarts, all I know about Hogwart is what I've read in 'Hogwarts, A History'" he added
"Oh...Can you tell us what you know about Hogwarts and the Wizarding world"
Xander smiled "Of course, stop me if you don't understand something okay" then he began...
Some time later
...And that Qudditch, you need to see it to understand it thought" he stopped and looked around the small group in front of him, as he had been talking a few other first years had joined them, there was Nathan a tall and gangly kid with black hair and dark skin and a pair of girls Heather, brown hair and brown eyes, and Claire, Blonde hair with blue eyes.
"Sound amazing" said Claire
"They really fly on brooms?" Nathan asked "I thought that was a ...well a Myth really"
"Sorry to disappoint you but it's true, it's a brilliant feeling, soaring through the sky, it's like... your finally... free"
Nathan shook his head in amazement "What next Ghosts?"
Xander just smiled to himself as the door slid open and small group first year stepped in, He didn't pay much attention as it had happen a few times already. A first year would be exploring the train and making new friends and would pop in when they saw it full of first years, Nathan, Heather and Claire had done the same thing and stayed when they found out Xander was holding an impromptu question and answer session.
"So this is the newest batch of Mudblood's" A voice sneered in way of greeting "Dumbledore really knows how pick them, don't you think so Leonard"
Leonard just laughed softly as said "of course Aries" while he looked over the batch of Muggleborns already in the compartment. Claire and Heather were trying to sink into their seats while Alex and Alice visibly bristled, but it was Nathan who was the most vocal "What that supposed to mean!"
Xander raised his head as he looked at the two newcomers, they both had school robed on, the one who called everyone Mudblood's wore the colours of Slytherin on his robed and looked to be a third year whereas Leonard robes had no trimming so was obviously a first year. They both had light brown hair and looked to be related.
Before the unknown student come open his mouth to reply Xander cut him off "You can apologise or you can leave, Your choice"
Both newcomers spun round to see who had spoken to see Xander next to the door were they had walked right past him without noticing him, they looked him up and down as the smirk slid off the face of Leonard but only got bigger on the third year.
"Well, well you're a bit big for a first year, What's a matter, too dumb to start when you were eleven"
Xander just remained calm as he replied "Actually I'm a transfer student from Salem Wizarding Academy starting my sixth year, now are you going to apologise or are you going to leave"
"Fine" Aries smirked as he walked back out of the door without another word Leonard following close behind
"Sorry about that kids, some wizards think that they're better wizards because they come from a long line of wizards, and they like other people to know it"
"But w-what does mudblood mean" Claire stammered out
"Mudblood's a really foul name for someone who's a muggle-born – you know, non-magic parents, some wizards think muggle-born wizards have dirty common blood but don't worry most wizards don't really care about it and it doesn't mean anything if you've got wizard or muggle parents, your all wizards."
"Well said" said a voice from the doorway
Xander looked towards the door and took in the newcomer, he was already dressed in his school robes, which was accented with red and gold and below the Lion on his left breast was a small golden badge. But his most telling feature was his bright red hair, Bill Weasley...?!? Xander thought to himself. "Thanks" was all he said
"So what happened" squatting down so he was the same height as the first years
It was Nathan who spoke up "These two wizards came in and called us Mudblood's, Xander told them they could say sorry or get out... and well they got out"
"Did you get their names?"
"The one our age was called Leonard and the older one was called Aries" Nathan said
"I think the might have been brothers" Alex added while his sister Alice nodded emphatically
Bill straightened up "Hmm...sound like Aries Declare, I know he has a brother starting this year so that who Leonard probably is but I didn't think they would cause any trouble this year"
"Why not" asked Claire speaking for the first time as she stared dreamily up at Bill
A shout interrupted Bill reply "What is the meaning of this, someone threatening my little Brothers on Leon's first day, when I get my hands on" her voice did a swift change from low and menacing to sweet and kind once she saw the compartment was full of first years "oh hello sorry to disturb you I must have the wrong compartment"
"That's why" Bill said giving his head a nod in the direction of the newcomer, Xander took the time to study her quickly, she was tall with long blonde hair that hung loose down her back, her wide blue eyes and sweet smile that she was giving to the first years made her look innocent and harmless. But Xander caught a calculating look in her eyes as she judged the first years that made him think she was anything but all sweetness, that and her robes marked her as a Slytherin. She spun around to face him as if she felt him watching her and he caught a flash of Gold on he left breast.
Oh God Dumbledore must really be losing it, A Gryffindor and a Slytherin as Head Boy and Girl
"This is Morganna Declare, the Head girl" he paused for a few seconds before continuing "oh and I'm Bill Weasley the Head boy of Hogwarts"
"Did you threatened my Brother"
"No" Xander stated firmly "I told him he could either apologise or get out, he choose to get out, Never did I threaten him"
"Apologise for what exactly"
"For calling all the first years in this compartment mudblood's"
Morganna paused for a few seconds before responding " I will have a word with him, obviously he didn't feel the need to fill me in on all the details of your tete â tete (1)"
"Really" Bill said with a note of disbelief in his voice
"Yes, there's an unspoken rule in Slytherin that we shouldn't pick on the first years until after Christmas"
"Oh that really sporting isn't it"
Morganna ignored him as she stared at Xander for a while before asking "Who are you?"
"Names is Al...sorry its Xander now" he said with a small smile towards the Lingwood twins "Xander Jackson" he continued, "I'm a transfer student from Salem Academy in America"
"You're the Newt kid"
"Huh?"
"What...you mean...hey can you help me on my defence homework please" Bill almost begged wide-eyed
Morganna rolled her eyes "Idiot" she muttered "So are you?" she asked louder
"am I what"
"Did you or did you not get an Acceptable at Newt level when you took your Owl for practical defence" she said slowly as if speaking to a child
"Excuse me but Newt level? Owls?. . I'm guessing there then just animals" Nathan asked
Definite Gryffindor material, and judging by the look on Bill's face he realised the same thing "you take your ordinary wizarding level, OWL, exam at the end of your fifth year and you take your NEWT's when you finish Hogwarts" he said to Nathan "And yes I am I suppose" he added to Morganna.
She raised her left eyebrow in response "I heard that to get the Newt you had to duel the top class Auror, Alastor Moody, and you actually beat him"
"Yeah"
"How?"
"well the first time he didn't expect me to be able to duel properly so I surprised him"
"First time?" Bill whispered in disbelief, "You beat him more than once"
"Well you know that he's got a wooded leg" both the Head boy and girl nodded almost in sync while the first years looked at each other in confusion
"Well ...I kinda summoned it towards me" he said slowly before adding quickly "then I cursed him as much as I could before he could get up again"
"You summoned his wooded leg" Bill asked in disbelief
Xander just nodded in reply
"Your pretty cunning" Morganna said simply as she smiled
Xander just shrugged in response feeling uncomfortable under her gaze
"Come on Morgan, we got to check on the other compartments before we actually get to Hogwarts" he said as he grabbed Morganna arm and dragged her out of the compartment "I hope you lot are in Gryffindor" he added with a smile over his shoulder
"Don't call me Morgan," she said as she was dragged out, she stared at Xander as she added "And I hope you get into Slytherin" as she disappeared around the corner.
Xander chucked a pillow at Nathan as he started a rendition of "Xander and Morgan sitting in a tree..." Xander just looked at the rest of the passengers of their compartment and shrugged his shoulders "looks like its gonna be a fun year"
About One Hour Later
When the train pulled up to Hogmeade station the sun was beginning to set and the students slowly got off the train, most of them headed over to the carriages lined up against the side, while the first years looked lost till a voice shouted out "First Years"
They all spun around to come face to face with a giant of a man, his face half hidden by a shaggy beard and a tangle of hair. But that did not hide the warm eyes that was searching the crowds of students Hagrid, good to see you old friend thought Xander as he looked at a familiar face at last. Xander felt a hand grip his as Hagrid made his way towards them and looked down to the scared form of Heather. He gave her hand a squeeze and she looked up at him, he gave her a reassuring smile. She gave a smile back at him and let go of his hand as she turned to face Hagrid.
"First year right?" Hagrid asked, "Right just follow me I'll get yeh there alright" he added when they nodded.
"Excuse me" Xander asked as Hagrid started to walk away
"Yeh"
"Erm...do I follow you or do I take the carriage with the older students?" Xander asked
"Why do yeh want ta" he paused for a second then hit his forehead with one massive hand "Oh sweet Merlin I complete forgot about yeh, yeh must be the new exchange student from America right" Xander just nodded
"Right just follow me as well then, soon have yeh sorted and settled in as if you grew up here, Yeh almost got the accent already"
Xander blinked in surprise before he had to bite his lip to stop from laughing out loud as he followed behind Hagrid 'Almost got the accent'
They followed Hagrid down a woodland path and as they came out from under an overhanging tree they got their first sight of Hogwarts. Xander couldn't help but stare, it was even more impressive the second time, he slowly tugged Heather and Nathan along were they had stopped to stare at the castle and continued to follow Hagrid.
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Xander stood in a small side chamber of to the side of the great hall, the same chamber that he had waited in after he was announced as the fourth Tri- wizard champion, as the first year got sorted. McGonagal had taken one look at his hair and sniffed disapprovingly, before sending him off to this chamber.
He could see through the door the first years standing in a line waiting to be sorted but that was it, he couldn't see anything else of the great Hall.
He watched as each student was sorted into their new house until there was no one left, he waiting for several long minutes before being called through.
The hall was almost silent as the whole school watched him get onto the stage and sit on the stool, he gave a small to the first years that he met on the train already sorted. He gave a small nod as McGonagal handed him a ragged hat and told him to put it on.
Hmmm...you're a tough nut to crack, Can you lower your shield please
Your shields, you're an Occulmencer correct, I cant get past your shields therefore I cant sort you
Oh sorry
It allright, hmmm.... Well mister Potter it seems that you've had an interesting life since you first put me on in three years time
That's one way of putting it I suppose
So which ones it going to be then
You've got the qualities of all four Houses, Bravery for Gryffindor, Loyalty to the truth for Hufflepuff, Your OWL's must prove to you that you'll do well in Ravenclaw. And lastly Slytherin, as I said before you'll do well in that houses and your going to need all your cunning with your confusing travel through time
Really, I get to choose, well I have to say that Gryffindor is out, Harry Potter was Gryffindor and it'll just be to confusing each morning
I don't know if I'll be able to survive in Ravenclaw, too much studying for me, but I do need to learn if I'm going to be prepared
That's true
But I cant do this by myself, I'm going to need strong, loyal allies so maybe Hufflepuff but there an old muggle saying, 'Keep your friends close and your enemies closer' so maybe Slytherin
You've must of spent along time thinking this through
No this is just off the top of my head
In that case I suppose its obvious that your suited for ...Ravenclaw
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That's chapter three out of the way, sorry it took so long, I meant to write over the Christmas Holidays but I didn't do any at all
I hope it's not too confusing about Harry getting the nickname Xander, I just wanted something unique for him.
Do you agree with my placement of Harry/Xander in Ravenclaw?
I'm sorry If you think Harry/Xander is acting out of character but he's been through a lot, and also he's an only child so I think that he would enjoy being an protective older brother type person
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AN1: okay a few people are asking why doesn't Harry do the courses that Dumbledore make him do, the answer those courses were special ones just for Harry and his friends, now in a relativity peaceful time they don't offer anyone those sort of courses. AN2: okay it get a little confusing in a bit but I hope I made it make some semblance of sense, before harry gets his nickname, I just wanted him to have a unique name but couldn't imagine him giving himself one
Journal entry 1
My Name Is Harry Potter.
Merlin its good to finally get that out, everybody been calling me either Alex or Mr. Jackson for the past few weeks. Half the time I'm looking round looking for the Mr Jackson guy everybody's after before I realise its me they want, weird isn't it. And every time I start to correct them and tell them my real name my throat freezes up and I can't say anything.
Must be the oath I took, it's the only explanation.
I guess I should explain a bit in case anyone else reads this (but they wont). My name is Harry Potter (that's feels good to write) and due to an accident I have fallen through time eight years into the past. When I woke up from my trip I found myself in the Department of Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic. Turns out that there is a procedure to for people lost in time that the Ministry makes them go through.
Namely giving them a new identity and job, mine is Alexander Jackson and seeing as I've just turned sixteen (becoming the youngest time traveller ever). I'm become a ward of the Ministry and they will pay for my schooling and stuff, the only reason I agreed was because I saw no way out of the room/prison I was in. And also they asked me instead of telling me I had to, okay they was two reasons.
After that I was given a room at the Leaky Cauldron and had a Mrs. Allbright coming round to check on me each week. She was the one who suggested I write a journal to help sort out my thoughts, I charmed it myself so that only I could read what I write in here. Oh yeah they also took the detection ward off my new wand, Thirteen and a half inches of Ash with the heartstring of a Peruvian Vipertooth as its core, another plus in DoM favour.
To sum up, I stuck in the past and everybody confusing me by calling me a different name, and to top it all off my best friends are eight years old!
Merlin I miss them, no more Hermione telling me to study or Ron telling me not to study.... It's strange, they're there but their just kids and well.... Sigh
Anyhow I've spent my time since getting my OWL's results, I did better my second time round, and so I've been working like mad to get my Summer homework done in time, study for next years classes, do my exercises and helping out at the Leaky Cauldron for some pocket change. The Ministry paying for my schooling not to have fun as I'm sure Umbitch would say. Luckily Tom has told me I'm welcome back over the next summer full-time or even Christmas if I wanted, which saves me from looking for a job.
And that's what happened to me this summer, not much so far huh....?
Well tomorrow I'm leaving on the Hogwart Express. I wonder what the other kids will think of me?, I wonder what house I'll be sorted into? I mean Mrs. Allbright told me to change as much as possible about myself as I can so no one learns that time travel is possible. I can kinda agree with her, I mean I can only imagine what Voldemort would do if he could change time. So I guess Gryffindor is out but that leaves Ravenclaw Hufflepuff and Slytherin, I guess it's up to the hat to decide.
Well that about it, until next time
Harry Potter The Boy Who Lived, The Saviour of the Wizarding World, The Youngest Seeker in a Century, The Youngest Time Traveller in All Known Time.
I think that's longer than Dumbledore's, how does he write all those titles without getting a hand cramp?
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9:30 Platform 9¾ September 1st
Alex sighed at the looks he was receiving from some of the other students and their parents, he had no idea if they were staring because he was new or his bright blue hair, that hung to his shoulders (Miss Allbright had suggested that he grow his hair out a bit so he wouldn't be a spitting image of who he once was). But he had always hated being stared at, it made him feel like he didn't belong.
He gave a small sigh and started to look for a compartment, it was still fairly quiet and it was pretty straightforward to find an empty compartment to store his new trunk away and start to settle in. Alex sat down bringing his feet up on the chair so he was sitting cross legged and started to mediate.
Mediating was part of his Occulmency training, he had gotten the fundamentals of protecting his mind he just needed to practise to strengthen his wards. Now he could detect an attack on his mind, stop whatever was searching from finding a specific memory and he could even eject someone from his mind (but that took a lot of effort). But all this took a lot of concentration, hence the mediation.
He woke up with a jolt as someone knocked on the partially open door, he looked down and saw a head of blonde hair. "Erm...sorry to wake you but I was wondering if me and my sister could sit in here"
Alex smiled "Course you can, did you need any help with your trunks?"
The boy gave a smile of relief "Thanks"
"No problem" Alex replied as he hauled the trunks into the compartment "By the way, I'm Alexander Jackson at your service"
"Snap" the first boy cried "I'm and Alex as well. Alex Lingwood and the churchmouse in the corner is my twin sister Alice"
Alex gave a small nod and settled back down in his seat as he watched the twins look around the compartment, They both had blonde hair buts that were the similarity ended, Alex was short and had his hair cut short, while Alice was about half a foot taller than Alex and had her hair hanging past her shoulders. They both rushed to the window as the train started to move to wave at their parent. He gave a sad smile as they waved until the station was out of sight before sitting next to each other opposite Alex, Alex had his arm around his sister's shoulders giving her a comforting hug.
"First year's?" Alex whispered to them
"Yeah, it's our first time away from home for longer than the weekend, so it's gonna take some getting used to" Alex said
Alex remained silent having no idea what to say to the two children in front of him
"Alex?" the girl, Alice, whispered
"Yeah Sis?"
"Not you the other one"
"I can see this is going to get confusing" Alex said as he wished he had picked a different name
Alice seemed to think for a second before she spoke again "Nope" she said smiling "My brother is Alex" she said as she nodded towards her brother "Your...Xander"
"Xander?"
"Yep"
Alex gave the newly christen Xander a look which plainly said 'Don't look at me, its her idea'
"Well like they say 'A new place a new name'" Xander said as he tasted the new name in his mind 'Xander Jackson...The names Jackson, Xander Jackson'
"Good that's settled" Alice said with finality "Xander...What's Hogwarts like?"
"Honestly" Xander said "I've no idea"
"Huh but-"
"I'm an exchange student from the Salem Wizards Academy" Xander said sticking to the story that the Unspeakable's had cooked up for him "I'm starting my Sixth year at Hogwarts, all I know about Hogwart is what I've read in 'Hogwarts, A History'" he added
"Oh...Can you tell us what you know about Hogwarts and the Wizarding world"
Xander smiled "Of course, stop me if you don't understand something okay" then he began...
Some time later
...And that Qudditch, you need to see it to understand it thought" he stopped and looked around the small group in front of him, as he had been talking a few other first years had joined them, there was Nathan a tall and gangly kid with black hair and dark skin and a pair of girls Heather, brown hair and brown eyes, and Claire, Blonde hair with blue eyes.
"Sound amazing" said Claire
"They really fly on brooms?" Nathan asked "I thought that was a ...well a Myth really"
"Sorry to disappoint you but it's true, it's a brilliant feeling, soaring through the sky, it's like... your finally... free"
Nathan shook his head in amazement "What next Ghosts?"
Xander just smiled to himself as the door slid open and small group first year stepped in, He didn't pay much attention as it had happen a few times already. A first year would be exploring the train and making new friends and would pop in when they saw it full of first years, Nathan, Heather and Claire had done the same thing and stayed when they found out Xander was holding an impromptu question and answer session.
"So this is the newest batch of Mudblood's" A voice sneered in way of greeting "Dumbledore really knows how pick them, don't you think so Leonard"
Leonard just laughed softly as said "of course Aries" while he looked over the batch of Muggleborns already in the compartment. Claire and Heather were trying to sink into their seats while Alex and Alice visibly bristled, but it was Nathan who was the most vocal "What that supposed to mean!"
Xander raised his head as he looked at the two newcomers, they both had school robed on, the one who called everyone Mudblood's wore the colours of Slytherin on his robed and looked to be a third year whereas Leonard robes had no trimming so was obviously a first year. They both had light brown hair and looked to be related.
Before the unknown student come open his mouth to reply Xander cut him off "You can apologise or you can leave, Your choice"
Both newcomers spun round to see who had spoken to see Xander next to the door were they had walked right past him without noticing him, they looked him up and down as the smirk slid off the face of Leonard but only got bigger on the third year.
"Well, well you're a bit big for a first year, What's a matter, too dumb to start when you were eleven"
Xander just remained calm as he replied "Actually I'm a transfer student from Salem Wizarding Academy starting my sixth year, now are you going to apologise or are you going to leave"
"Fine" Aries smirked as he walked back out of the door without another word Leonard following close behind
"Sorry about that kids, some wizards think that they're better wizards because they come from a long line of wizards, and they like other people to know it"
"But w-what does mudblood mean" Claire stammered out
"Mudblood's a really foul name for someone who's a muggle-born – you know, non-magic parents, some wizards think muggle-born wizards have dirty common blood but don't worry most wizards don't really care about it and it doesn't mean anything if you've got wizard or muggle parents, your all wizards."
"Well said" said a voice from the doorway
Xander looked towards the door and took in the newcomer, he was already dressed in his school robes, which was accented with red and gold and below the Lion on his left breast was a small golden badge. But his most telling feature was his bright red hair, Bill Weasley...?!? Xander thought to himself. "Thanks" was all he said
"So what happened" squatting down so he was the same height as the first years
It was Nathan who spoke up "These two wizards came in and called us Mudblood's, Xander told them they could say sorry or get out... and well they got out"
"Did you get their names?"
"The one our age was called Leonard and the older one was called Aries" Nathan said
"I think the might have been brothers" Alex added while his sister Alice nodded emphatically
Bill straightened up "Hmm...sound like Aries Declare, I know he has a brother starting this year so that who Leonard probably is but I didn't think they would cause any trouble this year"
"Why not" asked Claire speaking for the first time as she stared dreamily up at Bill
A shout interrupted Bill reply "What is the meaning of this, someone threatening my little Brothers on Leon's first day, when I get my hands on" her voice did a swift change from low and menacing to sweet and kind once she saw the compartment was full of first years "oh hello sorry to disturb you I must have the wrong compartment"
"That's why" Bill said giving his head a nod in the direction of the newcomer, Xander took the time to study her quickly, she was tall with long blonde hair that hung loose down her back, her wide blue eyes and sweet smile that she was giving to the first years made her look innocent and harmless. But Xander caught a calculating look in her eyes as she judged the first years that made him think she was anything but all sweetness, that and her robes marked her as a Slytherin. She spun around to face him as if she felt him watching her and he caught a flash of Gold on he left breast.
Oh God Dumbledore must really be losing it, A Gryffindor and a Slytherin as Head Boy and Girl
"This is Morganna Declare, the Head girl" he paused for a few seconds before continuing "oh and I'm Bill Weasley the Head boy of Hogwarts"
"Did you threatened my Brother"
"No" Xander stated firmly "I told him he could either apologise or get out, he choose to get out, Never did I threaten him"
"Apologise for what exactly"
"For calling all the first years in this compartment mudblood's"
Morganna paused for a few seconds before responding " I will have a word with him, obviously he didn't feel the need to fill me in on all the details of your tete â tete (1)"
"Really" Bill said with a note of disbelief in his voice
"Yes, there's an unspoken rule in Slytherin that we shouldn't pick on the first years until after Christmas"
"Oh that really sporting isn't it"
Morganna ignored him as she stared at Xander for a while before asking "Who are you?"
"Names is Al...sorry its Xander now" he said with a small smile towards the Lingwood twins "Xander Jackson" he continued, "I'm a transfer student from Salem Academy in America"
"You're the Newt kid"
"Huh?"
"What...you mean...hey can you help me on my defence homework please" Bill almost begged wide-eyed
Morganna rolled her eyes "Idiot" she muttered "So are you?" she asked louder
"am I what"
"Did you or did you not get an Acceptable at Newt level when you took your Owl for practical defence" she said slowly as if speaking to a child
"Excuse me but Newt level? Owls?. . I'm guessing there then just animals" Nathan asked
Definite Gryffindor material, and judging by the look on Bill's face he realised the same thing "you take your ordinary wizarding level, OWL, exam at the end of your fifth year and you take your NEWT's when you finish Hogwarts" he said to Nathan "And yes I am I suppose" he added to Morganna.
She raised her left eyebrow in response "I heard that to get the Newt you had to duel the top class Auror, Alastor Moody, and you actually beat him"
"Yeah"
"How?"
"well the first time he didn't expect me to be able to duel properly so I surprised him"
"First time?" Bill whispered in disbelief, "You beat him more than once"
"Well you know that he's got a wooded leg" both the Head boy and girl nodded almost in sync while the first years looked at each other in confusion
"Well ...I kinda summoned it towards me" he said slowly before adding quickly "then I cursed him as much as I could before he could get up again"
"You summoned his wooded leg" Bill asked in disbelief
Xander just nodded in reply
"Your pretty cunning" Morganna said simply as she smiled
Xander just shrugged in response feeling uncomfortable under her gaze
"Come on Morgan, we got to check on the other compartments before we actually get to Hogwarts" he said as he grabbed Morganna arm and dragged her out of the compartment "I hope you lot are in Gryffindor" he added with a smile over his shoulder
"Don't call me Morgan," she said as she was dragged out, she stared at Xander as she added "And I hope you get into Slytherin" as she disappeared around the corner.
Xander chucked a pillow at Nathan as he started a rendition of "Xander and Morgan sitting in a tree..." Xander just looked at the rest of the passengers of their compartment and shrugged his shoulders "looks like its gonna be a fun year"
About One Hour Later
When the train pulled up to Hogmeade station the sun was beginning to set and the students slowly got off the train, most of them headed over to the carriages lined up against the side, while the first years looked lost till a voice shouted out "First Years"
They all spun around to come face to face with a giant of a man, his face half hidden by a shaggy beard and a tangle of hair. But that did not hide the warm eyes that was searching the crowds of students Hagrid, good to see you old friend thought Xander as he looked at a familiar face at last. Xander felt a hand grip his as Hagrid made his way towards them and looked down to the scared form of Heather. He gave her hand a squeeze and she looked up at him, he gave her a reassuring smile. She gave a smile back at him and let go of his hand as she turned to face Hagrid.
"First year right?" Hagrid asked, "Right just follow me I'll get yeh there alright" he added when they nodded.
"Excuse me" Xander asked as Hagrid started to walk away
"Yeh"
"Erm...do I follow you or do I take the carriage with the older students?" Xander asked
"Why do yeh want ta" he paused for a second then hit his forehead with one massive hand "Oh sweet Merlin I complete forgot about yeh, yeh must be the new exchange student from America right" Xander just nodded
"Right just follow me as well then, soon have yeh sorted and settled in as if you grew up here, Yeh almost got the accent already"
Xander blinked in surprise before he had to bite his lip to stop from laughing out loud as he followed behind Hagrid 'Almost got the accent'
They followed Hagrid down a woodland path and as they came out from under an overhanging tree they got their first sight of Hogwarts. Xander couldn't help but stare, it was even more impressive the second time, he slowly tugged Heather and Nathan along were they had stopped to stare at the castle and continued to follow Hagrid.
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Xander stood in a small side chamber of to the side of the great hall, the same chamber that he had waited in after he was announced as the fourth Tri- wizard champion, as the first year got sorted. McGonagal had taken one look at his hair and sniffed disapprovingly, before sending him off to this chamber.
He could see through the door the first years standing in a line waiting to be sorted but that was it, he couldn't see anything else of the great Hall.
He watched as each student was sorted into their new house until there was no one left, he waiting for several long minutes before being called through.
The hall was almost silent as the whole school watched him get onto the stage and sit on the stool, he gave a small to the first years that he met on the train already sorted. He gave a small nod as McGonagal handed him a ragged hat and told him to put it on.
Hmmm...you're a tough nut to crack, Can you lower your shield please
Your shields, you're an Occulmencer correct, I cant get past your shields therefore I cant sort you
Oh sorry
It allright, hmmm.... Well mister Potter it seems that you've had an interesting life since you first put me on in three years time
That's one way of putting it I suppose
So which ones it going to be then
You've got the qualities of all four Houses, Bravery for Gryffindor, Loyalty to the truth for Hufflepuff, Your OWL's must prove to you that you'll do well in Ravenclaw. And lastly Slytherin, as I said before you'll do well in that houses and your going to need all your cunning with your confusing travel through time
Really, I get to choose, well I have to say that Gryffindor is out, Harry Potter was Gryffindor and it'll just be to confusing each morning
I don't know if I'll be able to survive in Ravenclaw, too much studying for me, but I do need to learn if I'm going to be prepared
That's true
But I cant do this by myself, I'm going to need strong, loyal allies so maybe Hufflepuff but there an old muggle saying, 'Keep your friends close and your enemies closer' so maybe Slytherin
You've must of spent along time thinking this through
No this is just off the top of my head
In that case I suppose its obvious that your suited for ...Ravenclaw
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That's chapter three out of the way, sorry it took so long, I meant to write over the Christmas Holidays but I didn't do any at all
I hope it's not too confusing about Harry getting the nickname Xander, I just wanted something unique for him.
Do you agree with my placement of Harry/Xander in Ravenclaw?
I'm sorry If you think Harry/Xander is acting out of character but he's been through a lot, and also he's an only child so I think that he would enjoy being an protective older brother type person
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