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Harrison's POV

The next two l weeks went by quickly. Harrison was busy constantly with his two electives and apprenticeship. Already he was proving himself to be an excellent student. Most of what he was learning was easy to pick up with just a little bit of practice.

Only battle magic was somewhat of a challenge to him. Currently, he was top of his classes as first years. In battle magic, he was fifth because of the older students. On top of that one of his housemates was barely staying out of the top five.

XIII Hunter was skilled in offensive magic but he was lazy. Unlike Harrison who would work on spells until they were second nature the other would only do so until they got it right once. It annoyed him how much the other was able to keep up with him for so little effort.

Keeping in contact with his parents was easy. Like Hogwarts, there was an owlery where they could use school owls to send letters. He told them of his classes and how he was keeping his grades up. While he didnt have much free time most of it was spent with Zach and Jacob.

Since they were in different houses they used the south side courtyard as a meeting place. Few of the other students used the courtyard so it was a perfect place for practicing basic dueling with each other. As long as they didnt do permanent damage the professors wouldn't step in.

Along with practicing spells they were working on pranks to be used against the King and the bullies in Leo. It started out with small things such as changing their hair color. To date, the trio had not been caught by their victims or professors. Though the knowing look in Hunter's eyes spoke of him knowing exactly what they were doing. Yet he never interfered.

It was now Saturday and like all the other battle magic students he was preparing for recruitment weekend. Harrison for his part had already filled out the required paperwork to be a squad leader. Something that was immediately approved by Regulus Black.

Harrison had tried and failed to get the man on his own over the last two weeks. The boy wanted to know why the man was in fact alive. Most of the world thought he had died a few years before Voldemort's demise. Sirius said in a letter that he thought Regulus had betrayed the Dark Lord but they never found a body. Sirius also had not been back to Black manor to confirm on the family tree that his brother was in fact dead. Family trees were made up of magic and could not be fooled. If someone was dead that was a surefire way to confirm.

Despite his attempts, he had been pushed away by the man. He was too busy for Harrison to meet with him. Black said that he would meet with Harrison outside of class if he won his first match. Being the person he was meant that he took it as a challenge.

However, it also meant that he needed at least two other members to his squad. Squads were made up of at least three members. There wasnt a limit of how many could be in a squad but battles were done between 3 and 7 members. He would have to pick his squadmates carefully though. It wasnt unheard of for squads to send a spy to figure out the new squad's strengths and weaknesses. Not that they would likely bother with him being in the weakest house. Still, if he couldn't trust them then what's the point.

Breakfast was a quiet affair before many of the students of all years went out towards the front of the castle. It was where they would set up recruitment posts. As a new squad and a member of the House of Lupus, he was forced to be in the back. Only those with ranks and House of Leo were allowed to be close to the castle.

Students moved around to the many squads that were looking for squads to join. Many leaders were calling out to passing students. Harrison didnt call out to anyone instead watching them coldly.

An hour into the event Hunter came by his hands stuffed into his cloak. Blue eyes fell upon him and they stared down each other. Then slowly the boy moved towards him.

Hunter stated the obvious, "You made your own squad. Isn't that a little risky considering we are first years?"

Harrison growled, "First-year or not I will make the best battle mage squad in the school."

Other students heard his declaration and began jeering at him. A few even yelled insults. In their eyes, he was weak because of his house and lack of creature blood. He would prove them wrong.

A familiar voice of Jacob said, "Well if that's your plan I guess I should help you. Where do I sign up?"

Jacob walked right up in his own battle robes devoid of any crest. It surprised him considering how powerful his friend was. Not just magically either. He was politically powerful due to his bloodline. No one would get on his bad side thanks to him being the heir to a powerful skinwalker clan.

"If Jacob is going to join you I might as well too," Zach's voice cut through his thoughts.

Harrison could only nod dumbly at his two friends. As much as he wanted to ask them to join he hadn't. They were all first years with almost no experience. He would have thought they'd join a settled group and try to make one of their own next years. A spark of hope lit in his chest. With this, he had three total members which meant they were an official squad now.

Hunter said, "Honestly no one else would take a first-year Lupus. It would be too much of a pain to try and make my own squad. Think you have room for one more?"

Accepting Hunter meant he would have to be constantly on his toes. The other boy was powerful and skilled enough to beat him in a fight. It would a close fight and there was no telling who would win until the last second. That much he could tell now. However, that power being on his side even if its only temporary would be a great influence in the fights to come.

Calmly he pushed the sign-up sheet over to his rival and said, "If you think you can follow me fine."

"I'll join you too. Names Eon Kavar I'm a fourth-year Styx and 2nd-year battle magic student," said a light brown-haired boy with bright blue eyes.

Kavar huh? He had heard about the older boy from his housemates. While skilled in magical theory he lacked in practical application. Likely he was kicked from his previous group. It would be a risk if he took this boy on. Then again what was life without some risk? Honesty was clear in the blue eyes. It was as if the boy was an open book.

With that, the Black Hawks numbered five and they would need to schedule times to build teamwork and brotherhood. It would be the start of something amazing he just knew it. Seeing the King he knew exactly how they would build their friendship.