Chapter 5 -

Harry and friends first lesson was potions with the Gryffindor's, when Harry arrived it wasn't just with his gang, he was accompanied by Daphne and her friends Tracy and Blaise. Though one noticeable thing was the fact that Daphne Greengrass had one arm wrapped around Harry's in a clear sign that the two were together. Something that made a great many boys jealous as Daphne was considered the best looking girl in her year if not the school, the girls were also jealous as Harry had the looks to match her.

"We've been here for how long? And Harry already has a girlfriend?" Rose commented.

"Yes, we're not worthy." Red said dramatically while giving Harry a mock bow.

"Damn right." Harry played along and puffed out his chest. "Ah, excuse me." He said to the group before walking to Adrian, who he noticed was not standing along with the other Gryffindor's and was instead leaning against a wall on his own, Harry walked up to him and stood next to him and waved a privacy spells around the two. "So...hi."

"...Hi..." Adrian blinked at the sudden conversation, he knew that Harry was supposed to be his twin brother but he still found it hard to believe.

"So...brother huh?" Harry asked.

"I...guess so. Gryffindor too, I don't know why you would join Slytherin'." Adrian said to Harry, frowning at his Slytherin uniform. Though that also brought up memories of Ron who would gladly spend his time complaining about Slytherin's, but now Adrian was one of the ones that Ron would complain about.

"Because I wanted to take after our grandmother." Harry replied, Adrian blinked in surprise. "Did you not know that? Dad's mother was a Slytherin."

"R...really?" Adrian said, he knew both his parents were Gryffindor's. While he knew that his mother was a muggleborn, he thought that his grandparents on his dad's side were both Gryffindor's.

"Yes, dad's dad was a Gryffindor but his bride was a Slytherin." Harry replied. "Dorea Potter, that was her name."

"How would you know?" Adrian asked suspiciously.

"Perhaps I could tell you later on, maybe we could meet later and talk, brother to brother." Harry offered, he sent a small compulsion charm to Adrian to help convince him to accept. Not something that Harry usually did but this was for his brother's sake.

"Um...sure." Adrian said eventually.

"Brill," Harry smiled. "we'll talk tomorrow after classes are over if that's alright with you, oh got to go, see you later." Harry said before removing the privacy spell and making his way back to the Slytherin's.

"What was that about?" Daphne asked once Harry got back,

"I talked to him about meeting up later." Harry explained.

"I know he's your brother and all but he is an ass." Tracy said bluntly.

"Therefore it's my job to at least try and correct that." Harry replied. "Besides if..." Harry trailed off when the potions teacher and head of Slytherin house, Professor Snape arrived. Professor Snape looked at each of them like they had all insulted his mother, something Harry was likely to do later, he stopped when he saw Harry and briefly glared at him.

"In!" He ordered impatiently as he waved his wand and the door to the class opened, the students all entered quickly, knowing better than to give Snape a reason to target them. Though Harry and his group purposely took their time when they entered, they weren't so slow it was obvious but just enough to make them stand out from others. Once they got in Harry sat next to Daphne while Red and Ryan paired together just as Violet and Rose paired together.

"So...another Potter?" Snape said in a soft voice when he stood at the front of the class and looked at Harry. "As if two of you polluting this world was not enough, there had to be a third." He said as his gaze alternated between both Potter twins while a couple of students from Gryffindor and Slytherin sniggered. Adrian glared back while Harry merely stayed calm, Harry could sense that his brother was about to talk and decided to take over.

"Well sir...sometimes there is just too much brilliance for one body." Harry replied with a small shrug.

"Another arrogant brat." Snape sneered at him.

"Yes well perhaps I am arrogant but unlike most..." Harry paused fo a few seconds and looked at Snape, making it clear that Snape was considered part of 'most' "...I can back it up."

"Is that so Potter?" Snape said in a challenging tone. "Very well, tell me then, what is gillyweed?"

"A magical plant capable of giving the user gills and webbed feet and hands." Harry answered easily.

"A lucky guess, what for object can be used as an antidote to common poisons?" Snape sneered.

"A bezoar."

"And where would I find a bezoar?"

"Any place that sells them, your potions cabinet and the stomach of a goat." Harry answered. "It's been theorised that mountain goats provide better bezoars but any will do."

"Three point from Slytherin for showing off," Snape said, he would've taken more if the boy wasn't one of his Slytherin's. "What is Amortentia?"

"Well sir," Harry said, biting back his first response which was 'the only way you'd ever get lucky'. "It is the world's strongest love potion."

"What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?" Snape asked before turning to Granger who kept raising her hand. "Sit down you silly girl!" He snapped. "Ten points from Gryffindor!"

"Oh, asking newt level questions now?" Harry asked with an amused smile. "The answer is you would get a draught of living death, a potion which can make someone look dead when they aren't."

"What is the difference between monkshood and wolfsbane?!" Snape glared at him, refusing to believe that there was anyway a Potter could get his questions right without cheating.

"There isn't one, they are both the exact same plant and also go by the name of aconite. You got anything else you want to throw at me?" Harry asked with a raised and challenging eyebrow, something that he had admittedly practised. 'And Violet said it was a waste of time.' He mentally grinned.

Everyone in the classroom was shocked for various reasons, the Slytherin's because Snape never targeted a single Slytherin the way he was targeting Harry, also because they were shocked at how easily Harry was answering Snape's questions. Daphne was also very impressed and glad to know to know that her new boyfriend was intelligent, she looked at his friends and noticed that they were amused like they expected nothing less than for him to answer every question correctly.

The Gryffindor's on the other hand were all shocked by Harry's ability to answer all of Snape's questions and many of them internally groaned at the realisation that Harry was probably going to get Slytherin a lot of points. Hermione Granger glared at him, not happy that he was answering all the questions and because she couldn't answer the questions despite knowing the answer.

Adrian looked between his brother and Snape in disbelief. He was not expecting his brother to be so smart and he definitely was not expecting Snape to target Harry. Snape targeted everyone but Slytherin's, so to have him going after a Slytherin was a surprise. But what also surprised him was the fact that Harry mentioned that the questions that Snape asked were newt questions and Adrian clearly remembered Snape asking them during his first potion lesson and making fun of Adrian for not knowing.

Hermione had known the questions but he later found out that was because the answers were at the end of the first year books to give an example of newt questions, but that didn't make it alright as nobody was expected to know all of the book. He now glared at Snape for yet another example of the greasy git making his life miserable.

"Ten points from Slytherin Potter!" Snape snarled, already taking more points from Harry than he usually took in a year for the whole of Slytherin house. "Get to work!" He snapped at the class before waving his wand, causing instructions to appear on the board.

The following hour was not something that Harry would classify as a good potions lesson, nor would it be something he would classify as a lesson. Snape did not provide any instructions nor die he help any of the lions. If a Slytherin made a mistake or was close to making one then Snape would simply correct it for them without explaining what they did wrong, if a Gryffindor dared to make a mistake then they would get shouted at if they were lucky and all of their work vanished if they weren't.

One of the unlucky ones was Adrian who had made a fairly minor and still correctable mistake near the end of his potion, which was not bad seeing as he was working on his own. When Snape had walked by he could have simply told Adrian to fix his potion by stirring it three times counter-clockwise and adding three more leaves before stirring it four more times but he had simply called him a dunderhead and vanished Adrian's potion.

Harry saw that it took nearly all of Adrian's self-control to not yell and argue with Snape and he could tell that it was hard for him, with that single act Snape had confirmed a spot om Harry's shit list. As they left the class Harry saw Snape walking towards his desk and sent a wandless tripping hex that called the man to trip and fall while also banging his forehead off his desk.

"That you?" Red whispered to Harry.

"That me." Harry nodded as he whispered back. "And that was just the start mate. Nobody messes with my family."

"Where's your new girlfriend?" Violet asked as she, Harry, Rose, Ryan and Red sat at the Slytherin table in the great hall for lunch.

"She said she went off to check on her sister, meanwhile Tracy and Blaise are probably off making kissy faces." Harry answered.

"Yeah probably," Rose nodded. "but I think they could..." She trailed off just as someone sat next to Red. The group looked at the newcomer, she was a petite girl with bright blonde hair and blue eyes that stood out against her pale skin and the distant, dreamy look on her face. She wore a necklace made of butterbeer corks and radish earrings.

"Can we help you?" Red raised an eyebrow.

"Hello kitty." Was all she said before she raised her hand and began scratching Red under the chin, Red's body shivered slightly and he ended up leaning into her touch without realising it. She then began scratching him behind the ears, Red twitched slightly before leaning into her touch once more.

"Um...Red?" Rose said slowly, her words were enough to snap Red out of whatever state he was in and he moved his head back out of her reach and blushed in embarrassment.

"We are never mentioning that again." Red said to the group. "Right?"

"No." The group replied, all agreeing without words to mention it whenever possible.

"Who are you?" Violet asked the girl.

"Oh I'm Luna, Luna Lovegood." She replied in a dreamy voice. "Your kitty is cute." She said as she looked at Red.

"He is." Rose smirked despite Red's glare.

"I am not cute." Red said.

"Yes you are." Ryan disagreed and pinched Red's cheek only for Red to slap his hand away.

"If he's a cat then what are the rest of us?" Harry asked, looking at the girl with a raised eyebrow.

"Well he's a bird," Luna said as she pointed at Ryan, she then pointed at Rose. "And she's a different bird, she..." Luna pointed at Violet, "is a different cat, but she's not as cute as this one." Luna said as she began scratching Red's chin again, this time it took him about ten seconds before he realised what she was doing and had her stop.

"What about me?" Harry asked as his eyes narrowed along with the others.

"You're odd." Luna replied. "You're a big bird and a spider." She said.

"How do you know?" Harry asked in a low voice.

"The nargles told me." Luna answered.

"Don't be ridiculous," Red rolled his eyes. "everyone knows nargles aren't common outside of Brazil and prefer to stick to muggles, they wouldn't come somewhere as magical as Hogwarts." Luna looked at him with a slightly surprised face before returning to her regular dreamy one.

"Actually you'd be surprised how many people don't know about nargles," She smiled at him "and yes they didn't really tell me."

"You can do it as well, can't you?" Harry asked as he tapped the side of his head.

"Yes, but not in the same way as you." Luna confessed.

"Are you going to tell anyone about us?" Ryan asked.

"Not if you don't want me to." Luna replied.

"How do we know you won't tell anyone?" Violet asked.

"I'll pinky swear." Luna offered as she raised her right pinky to the group.

"Looks like we can trust her." Rose said before anyone could reply and wrapped her own pinky around Luna's. "Go on then." She said.

"I Luna Lovegood promise not to tell anyone that you all are kitty's, birds and a spider and I won't tell anyone your secrets." Luna said before adding the final part. "Pinky promise."

"Pinky promise." Rose repeated as the two let go, "we can trust her now." Rose said to the group. Every member of the group looked between Luna and Rose for several seconds.

"Fine." Violet shrugged.

"Alrighty then." Harry replied as he continued eating.

"Can you scratch him again?" Ryan asked Luna as he gestured towards Ryan.

"No she cannot," Red said. "I am not a..." Red was cut off by Luna suddenly scratching him which ended up with him unintentionally making noise that would bet be described as a purr. Only when the other began laughing did he realise what he had just done.

"Shut it and stop smirking." Red hissed to Harry when they arrived in the great hall at dinner after their lessons had finished.

"Kitty." Harry chuckled at the memory as he and his group sat at the Slytherin table alongside Tracy, Blaise, Daphne and a girl that they assumed was Daphne's younger sister Astoria. "Hi, you must be Astoria Greengrass, correct?" Harry said to her.

"Yes I am," Astoria smiled at him. "so you're Daphne's new and first boyfriend?"

"Astoria!" Daphne hissed.

"Yes I am," Harry nodded. "in fact she's also my new and first girlfriend." Harry admitted. "Aren't I lucky? I can think of one other lucky person." Harry said

"Oh yeah, who?" Astoria asked.

"Whatever lucky soul gets the pleasure of dating you." Harry said with a charming smile that caused Astoria to blush, Harry quickly realised that he may have made a mistake as he just remembered that Daphne was his girlfriend so she probably wouldn't like him flirting, even if it was harmless and with her sister. He looked at her and to his relief he found that she wasn't upset, instead she was actually grinning at Astoria.

"Oh look at that, Astoria blushing for the first time ever." Daphne commented, glad to finally see her teasing sister be on the other end of getting teased.

"Shut it!" Astoria blushed even more.

"By the way Harry," Daphne leaned closer into Harry and whispered into his ear. "I don't mind you flirting, just remember who your girlfriend is."

"Yes ma'am," Harry whispered back with a grin. "perhaps we could find some time alone later and you could remind me." He said in a suggestive voice, one which caused Daphne to back up in surprise before masterfully holding back her own blush.

"Ryan Flight," A voice interrupted their convertation, the group looked towards Professor McGonagall and Severus Snape who had walked up to them. She had unintentionally brought the attention of the rest of the hall to the group, the Slytherin's to see what was happening with their own members while the rest of the hall looked on to see what was happening and if the Slytherin's would get in trouble. Snape on the other hand had done it on purpose, hoping to make the Slytherin Potter suffer by embarrassing his friend.

"Yes ma'am." Ryan said in a polite voice.

"You've not attended charms class nor have you attended my class," McGonagall said to him. "I assume you have a reason for not attending despite the fact that your friends did attend." McGonagall really wanted to know his reason as she had been wondering for a while, when Harry Potters group arrived in her class she had asked them where their missing member was and they all basically said the same thing which was ask him.

"Well brat, do you have a reason?" Snape sneered at him.

"Yes, I don't see the point in attending those lessons." Ryan answered.

"Oh, so you're some magical genius now are you?" Snape said sarcastically.

"Oh definitely not." Ryan said, Daphne had glanced at Harry and his other friends during this conversation and noticed that they were holding back their laughter like they were expecting something funny to happen.

"Then why have you not been attending those lesson?

"Why would I when I can't do the spells?" Ryan asked in a questioning voice.

"Mr Flight, the lessons are so you can learn to do the spells." McGonagall frowned.

"Yes but there is a problem with that." Ryan said in a calm voice.

"And what would that be?"

"You need magic to do spells." Ryan said, suddenly all noise in the hall stopped as everyone turned to look in Ryan's direction.

"What did you say?!" Snape demanded.

"I said you need magic to do spells." Ryan repeated.

"You have no magic?!" McGonagall asked with disbelief.

"Why would I? I am a squib after all." Ryan asked in what was a fake yet very convincing confused voice. As Harry and the rest of the group looked around at the shocked and disbelieving faces of the other students and the teachers they lost control of their laughter.

"Ten points for lying!" Snape glared at him and the group.

"I wasn't lying sir," Ryan replied. "I'm as magical as the boogers up your nose and the dandruff on your shoulders."

"I think some proof is required." Harry grinned after managing to put his laughter on hold, he handed Ryan his wand.

"Thank you good sir," Ryan grinned before raising the wand in the air. "lumos." He said, using the spell to make light appear. A very basic spell, yet when Ryan used it there was no light. Ryan handed it to all the other members of the group and they did the same with varying degrees of brightness before handing it back to Harry who made the brightest light of all of the group. "As you can see," Harry said to the two stunned teachers. "my friend Ryan is no more magical than your footwear."

McGonagall and Snape turned and walked off, both intending to talk to the headmaster who had sat at the teachers table and saw everything. Harry and his group looked at the other Slytherin's and saw quite a few glaring in Ryan's direction, they all looked at each other and understood that they should be prepared for a fight later.

"I've got nothing against squibs but you do realise that your lives have become a lot more difficult now?" Daphne whispered to the group.

"Good." Violet grinned, surprising Daphne. "At least we won't be bored."

"Hear, hear." The rest of the group agreed as they all raised their goblets and clinked them against each other.

"You're not worried at all?!" Daphne looked at them with disbelief, Harry decided to reply this time.

"It's not us you should be worrying about."

A.N: Hi guys, how are you doing? Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Just want to say a few quick things:

* If the conversation between Luna and the group left you confused then you should really go and read version 1 of this story, but if you're too lazy to do that then I'll sum up. Luna and Harry can both see magic though Luna can't in the same way as Harry. Also in the last story it was revealed that Harry and the group used magical creatures in rituals so they could gain their powers and Luna referred to them by whatever animal they used.

* Red, just like in the last version, used a sun tiger for the ritual which gives him fire powers including flame travel. Violet, Ryan and Rose's animals will be revealed later on. Harry was the only one willing to use more than one animal as the others had stopped after the first time because they didn't want to risk doing it again and losing control to the animals.

*In the last version Harry had used a thunderbird and an acrobatula (a creature made up that is part bat, part spider and can shadow travel while also shooting paralysing spikes). The thunderbird gave Harry the ability to fly, control lightning and travel by storms/lightning plus enhanced vision, speed, etc. The acrobatula gave him the ability to travel by shadow, shoot paralysing spikes, do all that a spider can (yes i had gave him all the powers of spiderman) plus enhanced speed, strength etc. In the last version Harry had killed the basilisk in the chamber of secrets and used it to get the ability to change his skin into scales that could block spells including the unforgivables along with giving him the ability to transform into a human-basilisk hybrid, complete with killer eyes along with enhanced speed, strength, etc.

But I am still choosing Harry's third animal for this story. Which would you prefer:

1) Basilisk.

2) Dragon

3) Griffin

4) dark/grey Pheonix

5) Nundu

6) Other.

Next chapter will show the fallout from Slytherin discovering that they have a squib in their house plus the first task. Goodbye for now, thanks for reading and feel free to leave a review.