AN: As always, these works belong to their author, who we shall not name. Only the idea of Heriman and the slight variations belong to me. I will be posting a "story" to cover why my hiatus was so long. Until then, here is more of Heriman and his adventures.


Chapter Five

And so, it Begins

Heriman stands on Platform 9 ¾ alone. He is holding Midge's cage, thinking about how he stood out. While he looks around, he sees that everybody seems to have a trunk, while he has a backpack. He watches all those around him as he tries not to panic. He recalls how Professor Snape calmed him down when they were at the Black Lake. As Heriman regains control of his breathing, a red-haired boy bumps into him. The boy with dark, unruly hair gives Heriman an apologetic look before he continues after the red-haired boy.

Heriman sighs and runs a hand through his chocolate brown hair. Before he and Professor McGonagall had left the castle, Professor Snape had given him the schedule for his potions, as well as a note about glamours. So naturally, Heriman bought some books about glamours and how to cast them. But, from what he read, he seemed to have glamours cast on him to hide something. What that something was, he had no idea.

Heriman sighs again as he gets onto the Hogwarts Express and looks for an empty compartment. Once he does, he settles in, only for another boy to enter the compartment. Heriman looks at the nervous looking, dark-haired boy.

"Hello, I'm Neville Longbottom. He says, putting his hand out for Heriman to shake.

Heriman smiles and introduces himself as Heriman Granger. As they settle down in the compartment, they discuss their excitement, though Neville is visibly nervous. Suddenly, a toad hops out of cage from Neville's belongings.

"Trevor!" Neville yells, trying to catch the toad before it escapes the compartment. Neville looks beside himself.

"Don't worry, Neville. I'll go look for Trevor." Heriman says before heading off to look for Neville's toad. He quickly changes into his Hogwarts robes in a changing compartment and then sets off to look for Trevor. Thinking about how he will have to see Professor Snape after the Welcoming Feast to get his potions, Heriman asks various students if they have seen a toad. This is how Heriman ends up standing in the entry-way of a compartment housing the red-haired boy and the boy with unruly, dark hair.

"You haven't seen a toad, have you? A boy named Neville has lost his." Heriman asks them. After receiving a "no" from both of them, he notices the red-haired boy has his wand out. "Practicing magic? Well, lets see." Heriman says, wanting to see another student perform magic.

The red-haired boy clears his throat before speaking, "Sunshine, daisies, butter mellow, turn this stupid, fat rat yellow!" At the end of the spell, there's a small spark of light, but nothing else happens.

"Are you sure that's a real spell? It's not very good, is it?" Heriman asks. "I've only tried a few simple ones myself, but they've all worked." Heriman says before taking out his wand. "For example," Heriman says as he sits across the dark-haired boy. "Oculus Reparo." Heriman watches as the dark-haired boy's glasses become mended. "That's better, isn't it?" Heriman asks, before noticing the scar on his forehead.

"Holy cricket… You're Harry Potter. I'm Heriman Granger." He says before turning to the red-haired boy. "And you are?"

"I'm Ron Weasley." He replies, mouth full of food.

Heriman tries his best not to be disgusted. "Pleasure. Also, you two should get changed into your robes. I expect we will be arriving soon." Heriman says before leaving the compartment. He turns back and looks at Ron. "You've got dirt on your nose if you didn't know. Right there." Heriman touches the place on his own nose before leaving to return to the compartment he and Neville were in.

"Sorry Neville, I didn't find Trevor." Heriman tells Neville when he returns.

"I hope I can find him. Nan might kill me if I don't." Neville replies nervously.

Before Heriman can reply, the train comes to a stop.

As Heriman gets off the train with the other students, he hears a voice saying, "Alright, first years with me!"

Following behind Ron and Harry, Heriman hears Harry call the giant of a man "Hagrid." Heriman didn't hear much more of what was said as they turned they corner.

There was Hogwarts.

A feeling of safety washed over him. Still watching the castle, Heriman gets into a boat with Neville, Ron, and Harry. As the boats glide towards the castle, silently cutting through the water of the lake, Heriman can feel his heart beating heavily.

As the boats reach land and he gets out of the boat, Heriman hears Neville find Trevor. And then, just like that, Hagrid's knocking on the doors of the castle.