Title: Stars and Stones

Rating: T

Summary: Harry Dresden, the Winter Knight for the Winter Court, finds himself in the body of a boy name Harry Potter. Karrin Murphy is in the body of Hermione Granger. Now they both have to go through the next seven years, this Harry much more free thinking then a normal eleven year old should be and with the same problems as always. Crossover of the Dresden Files!

Disclaimer: I don't own any of Rowling or Butcher's characters and I'm making nothing from this.

Chapter 4

Harry's POV

When the train pulled up both Karrin and I felt ourselves being surrounded by students, both young and older. A booming voice called all first years forth and I had the impression that I should be sorry for his mother. He was just that huge. We soon found ourselves on a boat, not that I'm afraid of them. I just don't like traveling over water. You never know what's under the surface.

The castle was huge and I mean HUGE. I saw Karrin staring it as well and I knew that she was as impressed by it as I was. When we finally got off, we followed the really large man up a set of stairs to the grounds. He then knocked three times on the oak doors. We all waited and then the door opened and an old woman appeared.

"The first years, Professor McGonagall."

"I'll take them from here, Hagrid," she told him and she moved aside to let us pass.

We were led into some kind of entrance hall. To the left I could hear the voice of the other students. So they were here already. She led us to a smaller room and then closed the door.

"Welcome to Hogwarts," she told us, "In a few moments you will present yourself before the school. During this time you will be sorted into your houses. They are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each has its own noble history and has produced outstanding witches and wizards. Triumphs will earn you points, while any rule breaking and you'll lose points. While you're here, your house will be like your family at Hogwarts. You will take classes with members of your house and spend time in the house common room.

"At the end of the year the house with the most points will be awarded the house cup. A great honor! I hope that you'll be a credit to which ever house becomes yours. Now you will wait here, quietly, until you're needed. Mr. Potter, a word with you."

I looked at Karrin and followed the older woman out of the small room. No sooner had I left but I found myself not in the entrance hall and I watched as the old woman changed into Mab.

"I know that Bob delivered his message," she told me.

"Yes," I answered. "What I want to know is why you're worried about this Tom Riddle. He doesn't have your powers."

"He's a danger to both courts," she told me. "When he was in power he found out about both Summer and Winter Courts. He dealt with the Outsiders, who gave him the knowledge that he needed. The only thing that stopped him was the Winter Knight using a very powerful curse on him. It killed my knight and I gained the knight that you killed to gain the title. The curse didn't' kill Tom, which led me to believe that he did something to his soul that allowed him to survive."

"Can he use this weapon?" I asked him.

"No," Mab answered, "However, I don't want him to get that close again. That's why I need for you to destroy him, no matter how long it takes."

The fact that a mortal had come close to destroying both courts was enough to make me shiver. The Outsiders were always fighting against the courts and they were always looking for anything that would give them an upper hand. So this is why Mab was worried, but that didn't make the idea of going up against an evil sorcerer appealing.

"So this Riddle is most likely still alive."

"In a manner of speaking," she said. "He's a spirit, but not of the dead variety. The curse that Tom suffered has another affect. It allows someone powerful enough to track him. Your powerful enough to do this."

"So I will be able to find him."

"Correct, but don't put anything past him. We were fools in thinking that a mortal couldn't harm us and it almost cost us everything. Don't make that same mistake."

Oh I wouldn't.

"I will disappear and the real Professor McGonagall will appear. She will remember nothing."

I took that as a sign that I needed to return. I turned and headed back to the real world.

I didn't tell Karrin about what had happened because I didn't' want the students to hear me. I spent time thinking about what Mab had told me. Tom Riddle had dealt directly with the Outsiders, people that hated everything about the courts and also hated the White Council. That was one of the reasons that dealing with them was a violation of the last law of magic. I came back to the now just in-time for the boy's name to be called.

Everyone was whispering among themselves as the hat was placed on my head.

"Well what do we have here? Harry Potter, but not Harry Potter."

"Hells Bells, the thing talks," I muttered to myself.

"Of course I do, the Founders allowed me to that. So let's see where you should be placed."

I waited, listening as it told me everything that I had ever done when I was in my old body. Finally…."SLYTHERIN!" The hat was taken off my head and I headed over to the cheering Slytherin table. I noticed that Karrin was there as well. She grinned and I returned it. The rest of the students were sorted and then the Headmaster stood up.

"Welcome back to another year at Hogwarts," he said and then I listened as he talked about the third floor corridor being out of bounds, something about things being banned from Hogwarts, and about a game called Quidditch and if anyone wanted to try out for their house teams.

And then the food appeared, which was the best part of the whole thing! Soon everyone was talking about some stupid event that they had gone to over the summer and asked the new students their 'blood status.' Most everyone there was a pureblood, which was confusing.

"We all know that Potter is a half-blood," the boy that Karrin had decked said.

"I bet you think that you're going to be so clever," someone said, "I have the perfect punishment for you."

I glared at him.

"What's your blood status, Granger," a girl asked.

"I don't understand," Karrin said.

"She's a damn Mudblood," someone said and they all glared at her.

"Leave her alone," I hissed, my anger starting to spike.

"Stay out of this, Potter."

"Yeah, we all know that your mum was nothing but a filthy mudblood. No need to make it-."

"Ten points from Slytherin," came a voice and I turned to see a black haired man standing there.

"But, sir, we have a-."

"Finish that and I will remove another ten points and give you detention. Now return to your food and don't talk."

He looked at someone and then headed back to his seat. I had a feeling that Karrin was going to have a hard time. However, I had a feeling that everyone at the table was going to regret doing anything to her.

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A/N: Now you know why Mab is worried.