Previously

Harry jumped awake to two light weights suddenly appearing on his torso, quickly followed by a scream beside him. Harry turned up to see Lily staring at the cub. Harry quickly remembered her name. "It's alright mom. Apparently I'm an Animal Sorcerer and these are my animals. The cubs name is Duscha and the phoenix is Atherol. I guess they are... related to me now." Harry trailed off at the end as the thought hit him. Jess was marveling at Atherol who now stood proudly next to Harry.

'Are these people safe to trust?' Harry heard a young male voice ask in his head.

Chapter 3 – Learning and the Trio is Made Plus One

After half an hour of Harry explaining what had happened to him to Lily, James showed up and he had to be told the story. After that the doctors at St. Mungos wanted to know what had happened, and at this point Harry was getting quite frustrated. He asked everyone to leave so he could have some time to himself and to learn a little more about Duscha and Atherol. It turned out they didn't know much else themselves so Harry just spent time talking with them.

During this time Harry felt something pushing on him, making him annoyed even more and also giving him a headache.

'Harry? Are you alright?' Atherol asked. Duscha noticed how Harry was acting and gave him a look, asking the same question.

"I don't know. I just feel like there's a pressure on me. Like someone's trying to break into my mind" Harry told them aloud.

'Maybe someone is trying to break into your mind. You should have some basic occulemensskill, try to block them.' Duscha instructed. Harry did as he was told and felt some of the pressure give way.

Harry gave a half smile and said "I did the best I could, but it's still there. Not as bad though." Harry informed. Suddenly a massive pressure hit his head, destroying any shields Harry had around his mind, and Harry was rendered unconscious.

"Back already young Harry? I was expecting you to last a bit longer. Oh well. I'm going to guess you are feeling others feelings? It should just feel like pillows are being pressed against your face. Its empathy and Animal Sorcerers feel everyone's feelings around them. You may not be able to stop it, but in time you should be able to control it, or read who is happy, sad, and fearful or anything else. I'm sure you're in a hospital right now, so you will probably feel pain, sadness and maybe some depression. For now I believe that is all you will need. Now go back, learn about your powers and control them. Good luck." The man said. Harry watched his cloaked figure fade into the distance before a shout brought his from his dreamy state.

"Harry! Harry, please wake up!" Lily was crying as she shook Harry's arm. James was calling a passing doctor to help when Harry came back. He let his parents and sister know he was okay and started to tell them what had just happened when he felt the pressure on his mind again.

Harry threw up his weak occulemency shields and battled with the remaining feelings. He managed to get them to a reasonable pressure and could barely make out which feeling was which. The man had been right about Harry feeling pain and sadness. The pain stood out the most and Harry wanted to help the person, but he knew that he would probably make whatever was causing the pain worse.

Harry sighed thinking about that. Someone was hurting and there was nothing he could do. "Mum, can we go home? I'm fine. All the feelings around me are just starting to get to me." He said, giving one last push to keep the feelings out of his mind. Harry felt an odd feeling around him. He tried his best to read it a learned it was from his family.

Lily was happy, probably because Harry was alright. James was relieved about that as well. But Jess, Jess was jealous. Harry looked at his little sister to see her sitting quietly in the corner. Harry got out of the hospital bed and approached her.

"Jess? Are you ok?" Harry asked her quietly. She looked up at him with and her face held a look of hate in her face.

"I- I'm fine." she muttered. Jess stood and quickly left the room, closing the door a little too hard.

"She'll be okay." Lily sighed. "She's just angry Harry. You're going to Hogwarts and now you have some sort of special powers."

"It's too bad. It'd be nice to have magical animals like phoenixes. They're so much better than owls." James laughed. Harry looked at him for a second before making sure Atherol was ok. To Harry's surprise, Atherol was not in the room. Harry poked his head out of the door to see Atherol playing with Jess. Harry just smiled and went back into the room.

"Can we go home now? I'm getting a headache." Harry complained. His parents nodded and grabbed anything they brought.

The day to leave for Hogwarts had finally come. Harry was so excited to meet his new classmates and make new friends. And right now Harry was just stepping through onto the platform. He marveled at the sight of the Hogwarts Express and the number of people milling around it. Atherol was perched on his shoulder while Duscha followed behind him, sniffing all the new scents. She had grown over the last month and now stood as high as Harry's knee and her fur and become smoother looking. As Harry had learned while playing around with her, her teeth had also become sharper.

"What do you think Harry?" James asked the younger boy.

"I think it's amazing. And all the excitement and happiness makes me feel so good!" Over the last month Harry had gained some control over his empathy power and could now completely block out small amounts. "Hey dad, Ron and I are going to get a compartment on the train, we'll be right back!" Harry shouted back, already dragging his trunk onto the train.

Harry followed Ron as they walked along the hall to find a compartment. Since they boarded early it was easy to find one. The boys put their trunks on the luggage racks and hurried back to their parents.

"So are you boys all set then?" Mr. Weasley asked when the two got back to the adults.

"Yup." Ron stated simply. He looked around the platform until he saw a bush of brown hair moving through the crowd, followed by what looked much like a Weasley. Ron pointed to the two and they saw that both kids were having trouble with their bulging trunks. "Should we go help them?" Ron asked Harry.

"Sure, why not?" Harry asked. "Is that your long lost brother or something?" Harry joked with Ron, looking at the red haired boy. Harry reached the two first and introduced himself.

"Hi, you two need help?" he asked politely. The red head just grunted in response, which Harry took as a yes. He picked up the other end of the boys trunk and pulled it onto the train. "So, what's your name?" Harry asked.

"Patrick Chandler" he said simply. "What's your name?"

"Harry Potter. Nice to meet you Patrick." Harry shook Patrick's hand.

"Same here. Now, I need to go cast a spell now that I'm allowed." Patrick said, pulling his trunk into the compartment Harry had led him to."

"You need to cast a spell? On what and for what?" Harry asked. Patrick smiled back at him.

"Pretty much my life." He said, reaching into his trunk. A moment later Patrick pulled a thin black case out, which was quickly opened. Lying inside the case was a sleek, dark blue object. As soon as it was out of the case, Harry identified it as a laptop. And an amazing looking one at that. Patrick pushed his glasses up and pulled his wand from his pocket. He tapped a specific spot on the laptop and muttered something, obviously a spell because a flash of yellow light quickly followed.

"What was that spell?" Harry asked, getting impatient.

"That little spell gives my laptop an unlimited supply of power, not electric but magical. Therefore I can use it on Hogwarts grounds." Patrick said, flipping the large screen up. "Just gotta make sure it works." He said. Harry just stared at him like he was crazy until he heard the door slide open. Ron and the brown haired girl were struggling with the trunk. They barely managed to get it onto the luggage rack.

Patrick snapped the top of his laptop down and smiled. "Everything's running fine. So, who are you?" He asked, turning to Ron.

So, there's the third chapter. Hope you like it! Little longer, but I would still like it to be a few hundred more words. Anyway, please review!