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"Talk"

'Think'

"Parseltongue"

Chapter 16 – Back Again

Harry gave a happy sigh. He was going back to Hogwarts. Back to a place his whole Pack was. The week he had Hermione all to himself was fun and it continued when the whole Pack was together at Draco's family Summer Solstice Gala. After he had said goodbye to Neville and Draco, he had taken Hermione and the twins back to his home for a week. It was filled with reading, prank wars, trying and failing to teach the twins to cook, and just moments of relaxation. Petunia had enjoyed the house filled with children and was reluctant in letting them leave.

The next week was spent at the twin's home. That wasn't as fun. Harry and Hermione had gotten to meet the whole family. They liked the oldest two brothers and only sister but Harry and Hermione could agree that the last two could have just disappeared. Percy had been nagging at the pranks and jokes they were playing. Ron was an idiot, one minute acting like he was Harry's best friend and the next trying to show up the 'boy-who-lived'. Ginny, the youngest and only girl, was quiet and just watched what went on around her. Once in a while she would play with the twins or divert Ron's attention when he was getting too much. Harry liked Mr. and Mrs. Weasley but that was a week he didn't want a repeat of.

After that his birthday soon approached with gifts from all his Pack and a surprise party from his aunt and cousin with his godparents in attendance. He then spent a week each with them. He debated, learned more magic, and brewed with Severus. While with his godmother, Minerva told him stories of his parents at school and helped him with any theory questions he had on magic.

He boarded the train with a smile. He found Neville sitting alone reading the book on earth magic Hermione had found in Knockturn Alley for his birthday. He greeted the boy, engaging him in a conversation about his stay in Italy. Hermione and Draco soon joined. It wasn't until five minutes after the train had left the station that the twins entered leading a first year between them.

"Alpha and Pack this is Luna Lovegood. She's our neighbor and friend. Luna this is our Alpha Harrison Evans, across from him is Neville Longbottom, Draco Malfoy and the girl holding onto Draco is Hermione Granger." Luna gave a large smile at each of them when the twins introduced.

She was cute with her wild blond hair, big blue eyes, bottle cork necklace, and radish earrings. What Harry didn't think was cute was the bruise forming on her left cheek. "Ms. Lovegood, may I inquire how you got that mark on your cheek?"

"Ron Weasley did it. I'm not sure why though. I think it might be the Heklors feeding on his positivity, leaving him with only negative emotions. He should really eat carrots, Heklors don't like carrots." Her voice was light and smooth with a dream like quality. Harry could only smile. She was too cute.

Fred put his, his brother's and Luna's trunks away before sitting against Harry's legs. George sat Luna next to Harry before sitting next to her. "That's why we were late getting in here." Fred let his head fall back onto Harry's legs.

"We found our dear little brother harassing Luna." George put much sarcasm into the word 'dear'.

"We intervened and it went from there." Fred finished.

"Why was Ron bothering someone in the first place?" Hermione asked as she pulled out her wand and healed Luna's cheek.

"People think I'm weird." Luna shrugged not showing if it bothered her or not in her body language.

Harry could see it in her eyes. She was hurting. "That is not acceptable. Just because you might be different from another does not give them rights to harass or pick on you. Ron is nothing but a bully, what he thinks means nothing." He paused to make sure she thought about his words. "You are more than welcome to come to one of us if any one messes with you again."

"Thank you. Oh is that a Twilight Viperesk?" Luna's eyes sparkled watching Amara lazing on Harry's shoulders.

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Harry sat at his house table separate from the rest of his Pack as they also sat at their house tables. The new first years were listening to the sorting hat sing his song. He could see many shifting from nervousness. Harry's eyes moved to the high table. A new blond man with an overly large smile sat next to his godfather and Snape did not look happy.

"Bridget Aklore." The sorting began, pulling Harry's eyes back to his godmother and the first years she called. One by one they sat on the stool to have the hat put on their heads and be placed in a house. He was polite to clap for everyone who was sorted. When Luna was called and Sorted into Ravenclaw he grinned. He waved her over. She took the seat next to him humming happily.

"Ginevra Weasley" Harry noted that his twins perked up. They loved their little sister the most out of their whole family. "Slytherin" Everyone in the hall froze. Shock was plain to see on all. Harry and the Twins clapped, followed by the rest of the Pack, the twins cheering loud for their baby sister. The Ravens and Snakes soon were clapping too. Harry watched Draco invite her to sit next to him. Harry could only give approval in his mind. A Weasley wasn't normally tolerated by the Snakes, the twins were an exception as they were part of his Pack, so for her to be sorted into the house was like putting a mouse in with a rat.

The first years were soon all sitting at a table and dinner was served. Harry spent his time speaking to Luna and the rest of the Ravens. When dinner was over the new DADA professor was introduced, the blond man, as Professor Lockhart. Before long Harry was in the Raven's tower telling the first years the rules he had set up the year before. Draco was with the Snakes doing the same. When all was said and done, and when they house was done dragging him into conversations about his summer, he wished his Ravens a good night.

The Pack's room was warm and welcoming when Harry entered. The rest of the Pack was already sitting around in the middle of a debate. He gave a happy sigh, planting himself in his chair. Draco, seeing him back, told him about all the first year duels, including Ginny's. "She got into the royal court. She's a high noble."

"Care to explain what the royal court is?" Hermione asked.

"I never did explain the ranks did I?" Draco mused out loud. "Okay, the lowest rank is peasant. Then we have the middle ranks that are copper knight, silver knight, golden knight. After that we get to the court ranks that are court knight and high court knight. The last group ranks are the royal court ranks; the low noble, high noble, and princess/prince. And as everyone knows, the crown rank is the highest one can go. Now unlike the other ranks below it, the royal court can have only two at a level, one male one female. Ginny is now the high noble female."

"That sounds like a lot to remember. Thank god Gryffindor doesn't have a rank system. The only rank system I want is Harry as our Alpha, Draco his Beta, and the rest of us the Gammas. That is good enough for me." Hermione stated.

Conversation drifted from topic to topic after that. Harry dug out his Blood Magic book. He had been working on the memory mirror exercise all summer. Now that he was at school once again he felt it was time to move on.

'For this exercise you will be learning spilt-blood. You will need blood of someone else, preferably from a willing giver this time. Get a mirror, a different one than the one you use with your own blood, and add a drop of this person's blood to the mirror. Concentrate on looking through their eyes. It might take a few tries but after practice you should be able to hold it. The goal is to be able to see through the person's eyes for an hour.'

Harry set the book down and looked at his Pack. Did they trust him enough to let him have a small amount of blood to practice with? Blood in the wizarding world was powerful and highly protected by the one it belongs to. Evan at St. Mungo when blood is needed to be taken a binding magical contract was signed to protect the blood of the patient. Add to it, his Pack didn't even know he was learning, let alone practicing, blood magic.

Harry bit his lip in a rare show of worry before he calmed himself and asked. "Pack?" They all stopped what they were doing to give him their full attention. "Will one of you be gracious and trusting enough to let me have a small amount of blood?"

Hermione was the first to speak, not understanding why the others looked shocked at the question. "Sure. I don't know why you'd need to ask like that."

"Hermione," Draco groaned from beside her. "Blood is a dangerous thing to let another have. Blood is a living being's life force. It can save a life or take it away."

"Hermione, what Draco is saying is that blood can be used as a weapon to the being it belongs too." Harry bit his lip again. "Now that's not why I asked. I'm- … I found that I can use blood magic." Harry paused at the looks he received. They all looked so shocked, even the founders. "I found a book the day before my 11th birthday that was written by Merlin and it had a test on the front page. I did it and passed. So far I have learned the tools I will use, the history of where mortals learned magic, the three different types of magic users, and the six levels of blood magic. For the past year I had practiced. The first level is called self-drop. I use only a single drop of my blood in a mirror to show me people or places. I moved onto the second one during the summer, which was using my mirror as a Pensieve. I need to move on to the next exercise, which is spilt-drop. The exercise says to use a drop of blood from another, preferably freely given. The drop will only go onto a mirror."

"Harry relax, we trust you. We were just shocked that you were a blood user. They outlawed that branch because many died just trying a simple test. If you survived the test then learn." Draco smirked. "No one has been able to use blood magic since Merlin. How did you find his book?"

Harry laughed, remembering how. "The day before my 11th birthday my aunt took me to an old book store. I saw it on the shelf and for some reason I felt the need to get it. It didn't have any marking or anything."

Hermione laughed. "You would have that luck. Alpha is there anything you can't do?"

Harry snorted, leaning back into his chair. "Oh there is plenty I can't do Hermione. I'm just good t hiding it." He winked at her making her laugh once again.

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Helga watched as the children filter into the bedroom to sleep. "They have so much potential. Do you think they would be able to learn? Could we teach them?"

"They have the potential. They can't learn until the bond they have completes though. That won't happen for a month in the least. We'll see around Samhain if they are ready." Salazar sighs. It would be nice to pass on forgotten knowledge. Knowledge that should have never been forgotten in the first place.

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"Good morning Pack. How are you all?" Luna popped up behind the twins sitting at the Ravenclaw table. Fred and George grab each other, holding Neville between them, in fake shock and fear. Harry shook his head at the show, but a smile was clearly on his lips.

"Good morning Luna. How was your first night in Ravenclaw?" Hermione smiled at the girl who took a seat next to George.

"It was good." Luna smiled as she piled food onto her plate. "Everyone was so nice."

Halfway through breakfast one of the fifth year Ravenclaw perfects came over with a small piece of parchment and handed it over to Harry. Soon after one of the fifth year Slytherin prefects brought over a piece of parchment and also gave it to Harry. Neville kept looking at them in confusion. "Harry what are those?"

"Reports on the first through seventh years. Since Draco and I didn't stay in the house dorms last night, the first and seventh years are more likely to talk and act out. I asked the perfects to take note of who acts out and put into a single report so I can address them and stop it early." Harry opened the Ravenclaw report and read through it. He leveled Luna with a look. "Luna, when you said 'it was good', and 'everyone was so nice' did you happen to mean 'a third year girl named Cho wouldn't leave you alone until you shut your door in her face'?"

"It wasn't anything to worry about. She's just petty." Luna ducked her head blushing at being caught lying. "Eveyone else was nice to me though."

"Luna, she may be petty but she is breaking a rule I set last year and went over again last night. This is not acceptable and will be stopped." Harry gave her one last look before opening and reading the Slytherin report.

"Did anyone start something with our sister?" Fred asked looking over at the Snake table.

"Yes but she took care of it herself with a well-aimed and powerful Bat-Bogey Hex that sent one Pansy Parkinson to the Med wing this morning. No one was around. Seems that the only reason it was reported was because one of the portraits told the seventh year perfect. I'll talk to my Snakes tonight. Feel free to invite your sister around. Anyone who goes against Pansy is in my good books." Harry set the reports to the side.

"Okay onto a new subject, what do you think our schedules will be like?" Hermione asked.

"I would assume the same as last year. Next year they will change depending on the classes you all choose." Fred answered for her.

"Thank the Gods it's Saturday. Two days to settle in and get everything back in order. With the rules already being disregarded I don't want to have to worry about classes starting today too." Draco grumbled. He finished his eggs before he grabbed the tea that appeared in front of his empty plate. Tea at every meal was a habit the pack was picking up from Harry.

"Draco I want you to call a house meeting. Tell them it will be with the Ravens in the tower. They are all to be there after breakfast ends. Twins help spread the word to both the Ravens and Snakes if you will." Harry stood. "I will be there with Severus."

Draco stood to do as he was told. Fred and George turned to the Raven beside them and told them about the meet. Word spread before Harry stopped in front of Snape at the head table. "Uncle Severus?"

Snape looked to Harry, giving him his complete attention. "Do you need something Harrison?"

"The Pack and I wanted to know if you would like to join us for a talk or two if you have time after breakfast." Harry smiled. He knew his godfather knew what he was truly saying.

"I'm done so why don't you and I go ahead." Snape stood, gleeful on the inside to get away from Lockhart. The man never shut up about himself and his fame.

They walked silently together out of the hall. The Pack meet them at the door, done themselves. The way to the Ravenclaw tower was silent. Harry was thinking of ways to make it clear that he wasn't going to let his rules be broken. The year before, no one bothered to test the rules because they were fair and so no punishment was given. He needed something now.

Humiliation, that was the way to deal with the Snakes but the Ravens wouldn't care as much. The Ravens would have to be by person. "Twins, Neville, what can you three tell me of one Cho Chang?"

"Cho is a third year. The rumor mill has said that she fancy's herself the female leader of Ravenclaw and as such your future girlfriend." Neville answered first. They paused at the portrait, whom seeing Harry, opened without an answered riddle. Rowena had told her he was her heir so he didn't need the password. Godric had done the same with the fat lady who guards the Gryffindor tower though Harry hadn't gone to the lion's tower.

"She also sees herself as one of the prettiest girls in school." Fred shrugged not caring about what the girl thought. Humiliation for Cho too it seemed.

Harry took his seat in his corner chair. Hermione sat on the right arm of the chair, leaning into Harry's side. The twins took seats on the floor, leaning against Harry's legs. Draco sat straight backed on the left side armrest, while Neville stood beside him. Snape stood behind the chair in the shadows so he was harder to see. Snape was here to watch, as he had requested to do that summer.

The Pack stayed in silence as Ravens and Snakes entered in small groups of 3 and 4. When Harry saw all of his Ravens in the room he turned to Draco for the Snakes. Draco gave a nod. "Hello everyone. Snakes, for those who don't know I am Harrison Evans. I am the Raven and Snake King. Now this meeting was called because I have found that a member of both houses has broken one of my rules." He paused to watch the students look at each other, wondering who did it and what the punishment was going to be. He also saw the two culprits try to hide in the back. "Cho Chang and Pansy Parkinson please come join us here in the front."

Harry watched as the others parted for the two girls to walk forward. Pansy flipped her hair behind her shoulder and walked forward with her nose in the air. Cho shrunk in on herself, trying to be as small as possible. One of her fellow Ravens had to grab her and push her forward. Others helped shuffle her along. When Cho got to the front Pansy had already opened her mouth.

"You accuse me of breaking one of your rule, where is your evidence and what rule did I break?" Pansy tried to sound like she was superior but ended up sounding like a toddler who was about to throw a fit.

"You did well with making sure no living being was around when you attacked your new house mate, one Ginevra Weasley, but you forgot about the portrait of the snake dancer. She saw you try to attack Ginny, when you failed to cast the bone-breaking curse, and when Ginny hit you with the Bat-Boggy Hex making you leave to the Med wing in tears." Harry watched the girl develop a deep blush. "I made it quite clear in my last rule what I expected from everyone. You will not segregate or bully each other. You do not have to like everyone but you are expected to be civil. Attacking a fellow Snake is not acceptance or civil. As such I have decided that the best punishment for you is become Ginny's servant for a week. You will follow all her commands and you will not be able to even try to harm her in any way. So mote it be."

A flash around Pansy showed that the punishment became reality. Harry grinned, happy that Salazar told him about the advantages to being king of a house. Any punishment you give will be reinforced by Hogwarts herself because when a student was sorted they are submitting themselves to that house and to the one who rules it. "Ginny she is your to do as you wish with for a week."

Ginny stepped forward and gave a small bow. "Thank you." She stepped back pulling Pansy with her. Pansy couldn't do anything to fight.

Harry turned to Cho. The third year girl looked even more frightened after seeing Pansy's punishment. "Cho Chang you were seen and heard by no less than five Ravens harassing one Luna Lovegood, a fellow Raven and a first year. You did not stop when she asked you to or when you were ordered by the perfects to leve her alone. You went as far as to threaten to make her years here at Hogwarts miserable, called yourself the Raven's Lady, and followed Luna up to her room when she walked away from you." Harry motioned Luna forward. "Luna, do you wish to give your own punishment?"

Luna looked at the Asian girl who stood shaking before the Pack and both houses. "I think she is just petty and her words mean nothing. But I also understand that you need to set examples to enforce your rules so yes I have a punishment for her." Harry gave her a nod to tell her to continue. "She fancies herself so beautiful and the most important girl in Ravenclaw. I wouldn't mind if her outer looks reflected her inner self. Let the houses see if she is as pretty on the inside as she believes she is on the outside."

"Very well." He nodded. Luna moved back into the crowd. Harry turned back to Cho. "Cho your punishment is to have your inner self show on the outside. Not only will your looks reflect it but so will your words. You will be unable to lie and you must give an answer to every question asked to you. Your true thoughts will be laid bare for all to hear. This punishment will continue until Luna has decided that you have learned you lesson. So mote it be."

A light surrounded Cho. Her long luscious black hair turned greasy, filled with dead ends, and knots everywhere. Her perfectly tanned skin turned sickly white and blemishes covered most of her face. Her lips became cracked and dried. Her nails, that were well manicured and painted to perfection, turning yellow and broken. All in all Harry decided that she had a long way to go before she truly learned any lesson.

Harry turned his eyes from the sobbing girl to the two houses watching and waiting. "My rules are simple and fair. They were made clear so there would be no mishaps. Some of you might have thought I wouldn't enforce my rules, let this be an example. I expect my rules to be followed and I will punish those who break them." Harry watched some bow their heads in submission and other stand tall, looking down at the two girls.

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Snape watched as the Pack found places around Harry. He watched as Harry called a girl from each house out, explained their crimes, and then found an appropriate punishment for both. But after all that he was more surprised with how both houses reacted. Slytherins don't bow in any form lightly and the Ravenclaws just as proud, just as likely to bow as Slytherins, yet here in front of him are many of both houses bowing their heads to a second year, his youngest godson.

Snape felt a shiver go down his spine. When he found that Harry had two houses under his belt, he never in a million years thought he would earn the respect of almost all the members. From the way Harry spoke, this was also the first time a rule was broken too. Another shiver made its way down his spine. Harry was going to be a turning point, good or bad; he doesn't know which yet but still a turning point.

Harry ended the meet. While the Pack stayed where they were, letting any approach to talk, Snape expected to see the Snakes leave. He was once again surprised. The Snakes mingled with the Ravens, finding seats and groups to talk in. While it is true that the Slytherins and Ravenclaws have always been on good terms, they were never on good enough terms to join together like they were doing now. Snape reached forward, setting a hand on Harry's shoulder. Harry flashed him a smile, wishing him a good day, when Snape told him he was needed at a teacher's meeting.

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