Chapter 3 -
"I must say that I am surprised." Narcissa whispered to Harry as they walked towards the Slytherin common room along with the rest of the Slytherin's.
"Have I angered or upset you?" Harry whispered back.
"No….merely surprised." Narcissa replied as they arrived in the Slytherin common room. "How were you able to do this?"
"I had gone to the Potter's house and modified their memories so they believed I had always existed." Harry calmly explained. "Then I had them take me to Gringotts where the goblins set up my identity." Harry explained once they entered, Narcissa gasped and pulled him into a corner before putting up a privacy spell.
"You modified their memories?!" She said with disbelief.
"They won't remember." Harry said with a small shrug. "I only modified their memories to believe that I had always existed."
"What about the goblin? It must have taken a lot of money for you to convince them to forge you an identity."
"I threatened to kill them if they did not comply." Harry answered.
"You threatened them?!" Her disbelief had shot up to the point where she didn't even bother trying to hide it. "How did you not get in trouble or start another war?"
"I believe it's because I scared them." Harry offered.
"How the hell do you scare a goblin?!"
"By being scarier than a goblin." Harry answered in his usual emotionless voice.
Narcissa let out a soft groan as she rolled her eyes, wondering if that was a genuine answer or his way of attempting to be funny. She then noticed that the rest of the Slytherin's were looking in her direction and decided to leave it for now.
"I'm about to cancel my privacy spell, I want you to remember to not call me mistress when others can hear." Narcissa said.
"What shall I call you?" Harry asked, tilting his head slightly.
"Just say 'my lady' or Narcissa…or Miss Black if neither of those are preferable."
"The first two…are preferable." Harry nodded.
"Good." Narcissa sighed. "Do not reveal the fact that I am in charge of you either." She added before removing the privacy spell.
"So Miss Black, perhaps you'd like to introduce us to your friend?" One seventh year said. Narcissa cleared her throat before speaking.
"Ladies and gentlemen of Slytherin, this is a good friend of mine, Harry Potter." Narcissa said, introducing Harry who gave a small nod in the form of a greeting.
"Quite a handsome friend." One fifth year girl commented, earning some agreement from others who began eyeing Harry like he was a juicy piece of meat.
"So, a Potter, are you like the other Potter?" A different seventh year asked.
"No, he is not quite like James Potter," Narcissa said. "Harry is much more…"
"I believe that the question was directed towards Potter." Theodore Nott, one of Malfoy's friends spoke, before turning to Potter. "So are you?"
Harry held back on his original instinct of crushing this persons throat for interrupting his mistress and not showing her the proper respect but held himself back for now. If his mistress wished them harmed or dead then she would ask. He would not kill without her permission.
"I am not like James Potter." Harry said, judging from what he had seen of James Potter so far and by the words of his mistress.
"Oh, so you don't like pranks?" One Slytherin asked.
"I don't care for pranks." Harry answered. He was about to speak more when Lucius Malfoy walked up to him followed by two larger boys, that Narcissa recognised as Crabbe and Goyle, and began furiously pointing at his mouth.
"Cat got your tongue Malfoy?" Narcissa asked with a small smirk that only made Malfoy more furious. Malfoy gestured to Harry's hand and then back to his own mouth repeatedly.
"I will not be putting my hand in your mouth." Harry said in a dry voice. Once again Narcissa wondered if that was a genuine response or if that was simply Harry's way of being funny.
"He's saying remove the silencing spell you've placed on him." Avery, another sixth year, said.
"Are you incapable of doing it yourself?" Narcissa asked in an amused voice.
"Watch this!" Avery growled as he cast a spell to cancel the silencing spell multiple time but nothing happened. "See! He's done something but we can't fix it. Fix it now Potter!" Avery ordered.
"If I remove it…will he talk?" Harry asked.
"Of course he's going to talk!" Nott replied.
"In that case I think it's better if I leave it on. It was placed to stop him from talking after all." Harry replied.
"You filthy bastard!" Avery growled. Harry took a brief second to look himself over.
"I am not filthy." Harry said.
"Are you trying to imply that I am?!"
"I did not imply that, though you are quite filthy." Harry said as he looked at Avery.
"That will be enough." Narcissa said before the boys could reply, in truth she rather wished that the silencing charm was permanently on but she knew that Malfoy would whine to the teachers and his father. "Harry, please remove the silencing charm." She said.
"As you wish." Harry said before waving his hand and removing the silencing charm.
"That's better." Malfoy huffed before turning to Narcissa. "I'm glad you have your pet trained."
"He is not my pet." Narcissa glared at him. "Unlike you, he listens to me because he is a proper gentlemen." Harry glanced at her after she said that, he was tempted to point out that it wasn't because he was a gentlemen but decided against it as he did not want to correct his mistress, especially in front of others.
"I am a proper gentlemen." Lucius argued as he puffed out his chest.
"Malfoy, what you are is a strutting peacock, one that I have no interest in. So get it through your thick skull and leave me alone." Narcissa said, surprising herself as that was not something she would usually say. But as she thought about it, it was probably a combination of what happened to her sisters, Malfoy's constant attempts plus the fact that she now had the wandless wonder that was Harry on her side.
"How dare you speak to me like that?!" Lucius fumed as he took a step towards her while drawing his wand. "I am very tempted to..." Harry cut him off by placing his hand on Malfoy's chest, seconds later the Malfoy heir flew backwards and crashed into a wall before he slid down and fell unconscious on the floor.
"Did you kill him?!" Narcissa blurted out in shock, shock that was mirrored by the other Slytherins'.
"No." Harry shook his head. "Merely knocked him out."
"Stupefy!" Avery roared as he shot a stunner at Harry. Harry casually flicked his wrist and the stunner changed directions and charged towards a surprised Theodore Nott and hit him dead centre in the chest, knocking him out. Avery was about to fire another spell when Harry waved his hand and Avery suddenly became far too tired to lift his wand, his arm and legs began losing power and he fell to the floor before falling asleep. Crabbe and Goyle charged at Harry, Harry merely flicked his wrist and the two flew away before landing hard on the ground with Crabbe falling on top of Goyle.
Harry looked around to see if anyone else was going to attack him, when it appeared that nobody else was willing despite the fact that one particular Slytherin with a long nose and greasy hair looked like he wanted, he turned to his mistress while ignoring the awed and fearful looks from the other Slytherin's.
"I think it's time to go to bed." Narcissa said, masterfully hiding her shock. "Harry, I hope you are willing to escort me to breakfast tomorrow?" She said to him, she could have ordered it but felt it was better to look like she was asking.
"Yes my lady." Harry nodded, remembering her earlier instruction of referring to her as my lady or Narcissa. He was also a bit confused by her need to ask him as he had made it clear that he was completely under her command, but he realised that she was likely doing it for show so the others do not realise that she controlled him and would try to control him through her. He was glad that he had such an intelligent mistress.
"Very well, good night." She said before making her way up to her room. Harry was tempted to follow but he knew that he was expected to go to his own room, though he supposed that it didn't matter. His mistress would call him if he was needed. He looked around and saw the other Slytherin's looking at him, Harry walked up to his room after deciding that they didn't interest him and that he didn't really want to spend time with them.
The next day Harry escorted Narcissa to breakfast, he noticed her glances towards him but as she seemed to not actually want something he decided not to say anything until she spoke or until it seemed like she did want something.
Narcissa on the other hand was thinking back to what happened last night, it was just another example of how Harry was a far from ordinary wizard. His power was ridiculous, she doubted that even Dumbledore himself was so powerful. As the two sat down she began thinking about how good Harry actually was for her. He was a powerful wizard and now technically a member of the Potter family so he was essentially a rich and powerful pureblood as far as her parents would be concerned.
Perhaps she could have him pose as her boyfriend, it would make sense after all. Both were good looking, both were powerful though she would admit that she was nowhere near as powerful as Harry was. Plus it turns out that he is hers so in a way they sort of are in a relationship. Plus he seemed unable to treat her horribly like she knew Bellatrix's husband did while also being of a right sort of person to satisfy her parents unlike Andromeda's husband. If that wasn't enough then he was also a handsome boy who was willing to obey her every command.
On one hand it's perfect, but on the other hand she felt like she'd be taking advantage of him. Since meeting Harry she had never seen him show a single piece of emotion, what if he didn't like her? What if he would be with her because that's what she ordered but internally not like it? What if he eventually stopped obeying her? Would he leave her? Would he be disgusted by her for using him?
She continued thinking about it even as they sat down and food appeared.
"My lady, are you okay?" Harry asked, bringing her out of her thoughts.
"Why do you ask?" She replied.
"You are not eating your food," Harry said. "if you do not wish to eat it then I can take it back and request the house elves to make something else unless you would prefer me to make some food for you."
"Np, thank you." She said as she began eating. "I was merely in thought. It's nothing for you to worry about."
"Ah hello," A voice said as Horae Slughorn, potion master/teacher and head of Slytherin house walked up to them. "Mr Potter, here is your timetable." He said as he handed Harry his timetable and received a short nod of thanks. "Not a talkative fellow I see," Slughorn chuckled. "much different from the other Potter. How are you related if you don't mind me asking?"
"Cousin." Harry answered.
"Ah, well you two definitely look alike. I am Horace Slughorn, I teach potions and I am head of Slytherin house, you will have me later today. Are you any good at potions Mr Potter?"
"Yes." Harry nodded, having more knowledge to draw upon than any regular person could gain in a life time.
"Confident I see," Slughorn smiled. "I suppose we shall see in class." He said before walking off.
"So, what is your opinion on Professor Slughorn?" Narcissa asked.
"Fat." Harry answered.
"Anything else?" She asked with an amused smile, while Slughorn wasn't the largest person around he was still not what Narcissa would classify as thin.
"Non-threat to you, does not require elimination." Harry answered.
"I should probably nip this in the bud," Narcissa whispered to herself before speaking to Harry. "Harry, no killing unless I order you to. Understood?"
"Understood." Harry nodded.
"Good," She gave a small smile at not having to worry about him murdering people when she wasn't looking. "aren't you hungry?"
"I do not require food." Harry replied.
"Do you not like the taste?" She asked.
"The taste is not a problem."
"Does something bad happen if you eat?"
"No."
"In that case, eat." She said gently. "Please." She added.
"As you wish." Harry said before eating along with her. Narcissa smiled at that, she then glanced at the Gryffindor table and saw her cousin and his friends.
"Later." She mouthed, they turned and talked to each other for a couple of seconds before glancing back at her and nodding.
"He looks freakily like you Prongs." Sirius whispered to James.
"I know, I got a letter from mum this morning that told me to look after him and she called him my cousin." James whispered back. "That's funny because last time I checked the family tapestry I didn't have a cousin because mum and dad didn't have brothers or sisters."
"What do you think his deal is?" Peter asked.
"Women, judging by the way he seems fond of Padfoot's cousin." Remus remarked while glancing at Harry.
"Oh, what if the two marry each other?" Peter asked.
"Better than my cousin Bellatrix at least, she had to marry that prat Lestrange." Sirius growled.
"What are you bunch of reprobates up to?" A voice asked just as Lily Evans and her friend Alice Brown sat next at the table.
"Just discussing James's...'cousin'." Remus answered. Lily looked towards Harry who was talking to Narcissa.
"Are we sure that he's related to Potter?" Lily asked with a frown. "I mean Potter over there is loud and irritating while the one over there is quiet."
"Ha ha Evans," James said with a fake laugh. "your humor once again makes my day."
"You're welcome," Lily smiled.
"Well he's certainly handsome." Alice commented as she looked in Harry's direction.
"I thought you were with Frank." Peter frowned.
"I am but there's nothing wrong with looking." Alice said in a dismissive voice.
"I think he's taken." Lily said, noticing how close Harry and Narcissa looked.
"What if they weren't together" Peter asked. "Do you think Narcissa would go out with me?" Peter asked, earning coughs and awkward looks from the others.
"Peter, mate," Remus coughed. "I don't quite know how to say this."
"I do." Sirius said.
"So do I, but we'll probably end up looking bad at the end of it." James said before glancing to Alice.
"What? He's your friend, not mine." She said, James then looked at Lily.
"What? I have to be the bad guy?" She asked and James nodded. "Fine." She sighed before turning to Peter. "Peter, do you want an honest answer?"
"Yeah." Peter nodded.
"Well Narcissa is a beautiful and rich witch who is also quite powerful in her own right. Harry Potter is also a handsome wizard, I'll assume he is rich based off what I know so far plus he is also powerful as evidenced by his use of wandless magic. Long story short...you got no chance while he's playing on the field." In truth that was nicer than Lily's one hundred percent honest opinion and it was very much censored and toned down compared to what could have come out of her mouth.
A.N: Hi guys, hope you like the chapter. Sorry it's short but next one will be longer, promise. Next chapter will have Harry's first classes along with Narcissa and will also feature a meeting with the marauders and perhaps Lily. Thanks for reading and feel free to leave a review.