(A/N) Okay I'm going to take the time to clear up a few things since it seems there is a bit of confusion.
The Element Wind Rest assured there is a reason why I didn't use this element, it will be explained eventually so calm down.
The Age of Tonks I've seen Tonks range from being 5-7 years older than Harry, for the sake of the story I made her six years older
That about the only two things I can think of at the moment, so far most of the questions deal with the element of wind, I had thought about it and there is a very good reason as to why I'm not using that element, the explanation will come either at the end of Rise of Balance, or it will be in the beginning of the sequel.
"Blah" Normal speech
'Blah' Thoughts
/Blah/ Telepathic communication
(Disclaimer: Don't own Harry Potter)
Hogwarts was everything the Castle of Elements was not. Where the teachings at Hogwarts favored many forms of magic like, charms, transfiguration, potions, and defense against the dark arts (Also known as DADA by some of the students), the Castle of Elements preferred muggle fighting, elemental control, familiar training, and various physical exercises. However, one thing in common was the need to control emotions. Occulmency, was what it was called in the world of magic. It was meant to control one's emotions while also allowing them to form a defense to keep others from accessing parts of their mind that they would rather not share. But the class wasn't taught to first years and so Harry, Sasuke, Gaara, and Haku had to rely on what Sol'Lez had taught them about control.
The first week of Hogwarts had been a complete surprise for the four as it was a completely new field for them, and left them feeling uncomfortable. Not only were the classes unique to them, but they also felt like outcasts amongst their own houses. Harry was considered to be some hero, and everyone assumed they knew all about him, other than the other elementals and the familiars, Ron and Tonks were the only ones to treat Harry like he wasn't glass.
Sasuke found himself to be completely alone amongst the other Slytherins. Thanks to Draco Malfoy he was labeled a mistake to Slytherin house, and was treated like dirt, anyone that didn't seem him as a mistake ignored him. Never had Sasuke felt so alone and the only one he could talk to when he was in the Slytherin common room was Ballmut.
Gaara, being a loner by nature, already had a sense of loyalty to his friends and closed himself off from anyone that approached him. Harry, Sasuke, and Haku tried to help him make friends in his house, but Gaara would just change the subject, or tell them that he had enough friends. It only took two days for the school to just ignore Gaara's presence.
Haku was the most confused out of the four. Her house valued intelligence, and amongst the other elementals she was clearly superior, but when she was thrown into a group of Ravenclaws, she was lacking in knowledge. She had never known a thing about the kind of magic taught at Hogwarts, and was looked down on by her peers in Ravenclaw tower.
Aside from having problems adjusting to their houses, each elemental had a hard time adjusting to the class schedule. At home they had a strict schedule that they followed, doing morning exercises, breakfast, elemental control/emotion control, lunch, familiar training, dinner, free time, and bed. However, when they tried to integrate their old schedule with their new one they had many problems, and had found themselves running late for classes. When classes had finished the first day they headed to the library to discuss how to solve their problems.
They had discussed their plan all through the afternoon, and had skipped dinner to perfect their schedule. The new plan was to wake up at six A.M. in order to do their physical exercises and practice some muggle martial arts, after that they would have breakfast and head to their classes. By midday they would have lunch, and practice a little with their elemental powers, after they finished with practice they would head to their afternoon classes, have dinner, and if they had enough time practice some of their familiars special abilities.
After finally coming up with a training schedule, they started to enjoy their classes. No longer running late, loosing house points, and getting lectured about the importance of being on time. Yet, on Friday morning they learned that not all the classes would be enjoyable. The four elementals and Ron were walking down the hall with the familiars following behind them, talking about classes.
"So what are you headed to this morning?" Haku asked looking at Harry, Ron, and Sasuke.
"Double Potions with Professor Snape." Sasuke answered, a felling of dread in his voice.
"Ouch, I feel sorry for you, guys." She replied.
"What's so bad about Potions class?" Harry asked confused by the twos behavior.
"It's not the class they are talking about; it's the person teaching the class." Gaara calmly said.
"Okay then, why are you worried about Snape? I heard he was dislikeable from my brothers, but how bad can one person be?" Ron asked.
"Well, it seems that Professor Snape doesn't like Harry all too much and will scorn him, and anyone associated with him, even if it's someone from his own house." Sasuke answered.
"Okay, so he hates me and dislikes you guys because you're my friends?" Harry asked, starting to get a bad feeling about going to potions class.
"Yeah pretty much, well see you three later." Haku said as she and Gaara turned to head to their class.
Potions class with Snape, was now labeled the anti-christ of all classes in Harry's mind. By the time he had left the class he wanted to strangle the teacher.
'To bad I was too focused on doing my work and keeping Kyuubi from mauling the slimy git.' Harry thought to himself.
By the end of the class Gryffindor had lost around fifty house points for, not paying close enough attention, being cheeky, and not controlling his "mangy mutt". That last one almost made Harry let Kyuubi have his way with the dear potion master. Luckily during the class you were meant to work in pairs, it was with the help of Sasuke during the class that kept Harry and Kyuubi in line.
"Why did he just pick on me, and criticize everything I did?" Harry asked, clearly angry.
"He didn't just pick on you, he picked on others." Sasuke stated.
"Yeah well he favored me the most." Harry said.
"No now you're thinking of Malfoy." Sasuke replied with a grin on his face. Harry just glared at him.
"You know what I meant."
"Well just be glad we only see Snape once a week." Ron said trying to look at the better things in life.
"That's one time too many Ron." Harry said.
"Well, I'm going to my common room to put my stuff away; I'll see you guys later." Sasuke said heading back to the dungeons.
As Ron, Harry, and Kyuubi headed to Gryffindor Tower they talked about potions class, and to Harry's displeasure, how it was the only class they shared with Slytherin. Harry didn't have a positive view on Slytherin, but it was the only class where he got to hang out with Sasuke, and so he took the good with the bad. He knew for certain that not every Slytherin was evil like Malfoy and his goons. Sasuke was living proof of that. But, whenever he told his opinion to Ron, Ron would just brush it off, saying that putting Sasuke in Slytherin was a mistake.
When the three reached Gryffindor tower, they gave the password to the portrait of the fat lady and entered. When they entered they saw a group of first years looking at a notice on the wall.
"What's all the commotion?" Ron asked as they walked up to the group.
"We got broom lessons on Thursday with Slytherin." Neville Longbottom said, Ron groaned and Harry looked confused.
"Broom lessons?" He asked.
"Don't you know anything? We'll be learning to fly on brooms." Hermione lectured to them. Ron looked like he was going to make a snappy comeback, but was stopped by Harry.
"Come on lets put are stuff away, I don't want to keep the others waiting." Harry said as he headed to the first year boys dormitory. When they entered Ron started to complain.
"Just who does she think she is? I swear she is annoying as Malfoy! All she ever done is lecture on and acts like such a know-it-all! It's really annoying Harry!"
"You know he has a point. Even I am starting to get annoyed with her attitude." Kyuubi added, Harry just glared at him.
/You're not helping matters by agreeing with him/ Harry said through his link with Kyuubi.
Dinner passed by quickly and without incident and the group found themselves enjoying what time was left before curfew out by the lake. Laying down and looking at the sky they talked about nothing in particular when a silhouette started walking towards them. Upon closer inspection they noticed that the person stumbled around like a drunk. As the person came closer, everyone was shocked when Kyuubi said. "Hey Tonks, what's up?"
Tonks stopped before pulling out her wand and casting a spell causing a bright light to shine from the tip of her wand. Walking closer she eyed the group before turning to Kyuubi. "How'd you know it was me? It's nearly pitch-black out her."
"For starters, I have night-vision; secondly, I know your scent." Kyuubi stated letting out a yawn.
Tonks smiled sheepishly before replying, "Hehe yeah guess that would do it, anyway came to let you know that curfew is in ten minutes."
Sighs and groans came from the group as they stood up from where they were laying. Walking up the path back to the castle Tonks asked what they would be doing for the weekend; most of the answers she received was "Homework".
"Oh come on! I know for a fact that you don't have so much homework that it will take you all weekend to do it!" She said, Ron was agreeing with her 100.
"There's lots of stuff we can do! I'm sure I know a few games we can play. Have you guys ever played wizards chess?" he asked. The four elementals looked at each other before telling him no. Letting out a sigh he sulked ahead of the group.
"Thank God, I have nothing personal against chess, but it's such a dull game and you have to think a lot. Personally I would rather spend my time enjoying the weekend and give my brain a break." Tonks said continuing to list the things they could do over the weekend.
At the end of the hallway the group split up saying goodbye to one another before heading to their own destinations. The weekend came and passed without much incident, the elementals choosing to spend more time together then playing "old man" games with Ron, or getting into mischief with Tonks. Rather than engage into any activities, the group went back to the lake to enjoy a peaceful day talking about home and how much they missed Sol'Lez, Tal, Razure, and Marla.
The next week flew by and Sasuke, Ron, and Harry were on their way to broom lessons with Madam Hooch, Kyuubi and Ballmut chose to lounge around with Haku, Gaara, Shahara, and Shukaku since they had nothing better to do. When the three approached the class they saw brooms laying on the ground and first year Slytherins and Gryffindors standing by a broom like Madam Hooch instructed. When they reached a broom they waited for Madam Hooch to begin giving them instructions.
"Alright, now extend your right hand over the broom and say, up." She instructed.
"UP." All the students said, but only Harry and Sasuke got their brooms to come to them on the first try. Soon all the students had their brooms in their hands and Madam Hooch told them how to mount their broom. Harry, Ron, and Sasuke sniggered when she told Draco that he wasn't gripping his broom correctly.
"You know, for someone that bragged as much as he did when it comes to flying, watching him get corrected is quite amusing." Ron said getting a few more laughs out of Harry and Sasuke.
When Madam Hooch finished correctly Draco's grip she turned back to face the class and said, "Now, when I blow my whistle kick up off the ground, keep your broom steady, rise up a few feet, and finally come back down. On my whistle three, two"
But before she reached one, Neville Longbottom kicked off the ground and started to raise high into the air. First to fifteen feet then to twenty, Madam Hooch was calling to Neville, telling him to return to the ground, but by the look on Neville's face, he wasn't in control of his broom. Before anyone could say anything, Neville lost his balance on his broom, slipped, and fell the twenty feet straight to the ground. Hitting the ground with a nasty crack, Madam Hooch ran over to see if he was ok.
After inspecting Neville, Harry heard he mutter something about a broken wrist and carefully had Neville stand on his own two feet. Turning to the rest of the class she said. "No one is to touch their brooms while I take young Mr. Longbottom here to the hospital wing. If I see one broom in the air you'll be on the train away from Hogwarts before you can say 'Quidditch'."
When Madam Hooch was out of earshot Draco burst into laughter and said. "Did you see his face, the great lump?"
Soon many Slytherins were joining Draco, laughing at Neville's accident. Sasuke looked disgusted before saying, "Sometimes, I wander if it's really fair for me to be associated with them."
As some Gryffindors tried to standup for Neville, they were stopped when Draco yelled. "Look!" Bending over he snatched up a small round object. "It's that stupid thing the lumps gran sent him."
The round object, a "Remembrall", if Harry remembered correctly shone in the sun. Walking up to Draco Harry said. "Give it back Malfoy!"
Before Draco could respond however Sasuke walked up and said. "Wait, Harry he needs it. He seems to forget that I know where he sleeps at night."
Sneering at Sasuke Draco said. "Of course you know where I sleep you idiot; we sleep in the same room!"
Some of the Slytherins laughed at Sasuke, but Sasuke replied coolly, "Yes, but you don't have a nocturnal familiar that can grow to the size of a dragon now do you?"
All the laughing stopped and Draco seemed to have a look of fear on his face before saying. "I don't need this stupid ball, and like it or not you couldn't get away with anything."
Sasuke was about to make a retort before Harry interrupted him. "Give it here!"
Sneering at Harry, Draco grabbed his broom and said. "If you want it come and get it." Before rising into the air.
Harry grabbed his broom and was about to fly into the air before Hermione Granger grabbed his are. "Stop, didn't you here Madam Hooch? If you go into the air you'll get us all in trouble."
Shrugging her off Harry mounted his broom and rose into the air. As he rose higher into the air he was surprised by how amazing it felt to be in the air. Never in all his life did Harry feel so free. Grabbing his broom he angled it so he could raise higher into the air, ignoring the gasps, cries, and encouraging sounds from his friends on the ground.
Making a sharp turn to face Draco, Harry said. "Give it here or I'll knock you off your broom!"
"Oh yeah?" Malfoy said trying to hide his fear.
Seeing that words weren't going to get through Draco's head Harry leaned forward, in an attempt to knock Draco off his broom. Draco's eyes widened as he barely got out of the way. Turning about-face and holding his broom steady, Harry glared hard at Draco.
"No one up here to protect you now Malfoy!" Harry said, striking a nerve in the platinum blonde hair boy.
"Catch it if you can then Potter!" He shouted before throwing the remembrall.
Harry watched the ball as if it were moving in slow motion as it rose into the air before beginning its decent. Leaning forward and pointing his broom handle down, Harry raced after the ball as fast as he could. Seeing the need to gather more speed, Harry moved two a steep dive, stretching out his hand he grasped the ball a foot off the ground, just in time to pull his broom straight. Falling gently onto the grass clutching the remembrall, he was brought out of his thoughts when he heard someone yell his name.
Recognizing the voice his heart sank, Professor McGonagall was running towards him. Getting to his feet he trembled slightly.
"Never in all my time at Hogwarts," She started at first shocked then with a furious glare she added. "How dare you, you could have broken your neck!"
A few students tried to defend Harry, but were quickly silenced by Professor McGonagall. As Harry was being led away he saw the satisfied smirks on Draco, Crabbe, and Goyle's faces. As he was led deeper into the castle Harry started to panic.
'Just how am I going to explain this to Sol'Lez?' was Harry's last thoughts as they approached a great wooden door.
(A/N) Alright story is starting to pick up the pace. Question, I am in need of a beta reader, any offers, looking for at least one, but I might consider having two (Always good to have a second opinion). Anyway don't expect to see much of the whole elemental abilities for a while, that is another thing I will explain later (In this story of course). Like I said, I'm not making uber strong characters, cause that is only fun when you play video games (After beating them normally).
Until next time R&R (Read and review)