Harry woke up the next morning to find that he was in his pajamas. Ishmael was curled up at the end of his bed, softly breathing. The anaconda sized basilisk was quite warm and soft against his smaller frame, also that she was very protective of him.
"Morning Harry," Harry turned to see Jake and Penelope grinning at him from the side of his bed, "How did you sleep?"
"Like a log." Was all Harry said as he got out of bed to get ready for the day.
He got his towel and change of clothing and headed towards the boys showers.
"That's great, but what about your snake?" Jake asked as he noticed the Ishmael for the time.
"Ishmael, wake up!" Harry called from the shower, making the basilisk hiss something along the lines of 5 more minutes.
At least, that was what they assumed, since it was more hissing than speaking. Harry finished his shower and got dressed in the bathroom.
"Ishmael," Penelope whispered in the serpents 'ears', "you have to wake up or you'll miss breakfast."
That woke her up and made her lick her mouth in hunger. This was normal since a snake her size would need a lot of food to keep her energized.
"Thanks for that, Penny." Harry groaned as Jake laughed at the scene.
"We should get going," Ishmael said making everyone stop.
"What?" She said before realizing what she had done, "oh, I spent the night in my master's mark and learned how to speak your language."
Harry then sighed "Next time, warn me when you do that. I dreamed that I was in a english class." Ishmael had the decency to blush.
Ishmael slithered up Harry's arm and coiled herself around his chest. Harry shrugged as a lot of the Ravenclaw first year boys stared in shock.
"I'm ready to go." She said as the group walked from the boy's dorm and into the common room. They then left the common room and walked to the great hall for breakfast.
"I smell owls," Ishmael said, her tongue flicking in and out of her mouth, "And freshly mailed paper."
Harry looked up and saw a snowy white owl landed next to the mountain of bacon on the Ravenclaw table.
"Hedwig!"
Harry sat on the bench in front of his family's owl, Hedwig stuck her leg out to Harry and then turned to the massive plate of bacon next her, (Hedwig would do anything for bacon, she loved it) Harry took the holo-projector from Hedwig's leg as well as the letter. The letter had the Imperial symbol pressed into the wax.
Harry opened the letter and read aloud "Harry, I wanted to send this to you. Now it won't take weeks to send letters to each other. Hope you're having fun at Hogwarts, Jango Fett. P.S. Your dad will be calling in about 2 minutes after you read this letter."
The holo-projector beeped in Harry's hand, so Harry placed the device on the table and a foot tall projection of Darth Vader appeared.
"Hey dad."
Harry smiled at his father as heads turned to the blue hologram of the top auror on the Ravenclaw table. Of course, this was the first time a lot of the Ravenclaws saw a holocommunicator. Making Harry a hot topic of discussion for later times.
"Hello, my son, I see you are well," Vader replied, his voice filled the entire hall, though wherever Vader was, people would listen to him because he had that effect on people, "Son, I want to tell you that this device is connected to everyone in the family, so you can call anyone of us if you need help."
"Dad, who did you arrest this time?" Harry had taken note of the pride in his father's voice.
Vader laughed at Harry's question before he said "Lucius Malfoy."
At that statement, Harry heard Draco Malfoy yell, "WHAT?!"
Harry turned his head to see Draco stand up and point at the hologram of Darth Vader, "My father won't allow this to happen to him. He is a good man!"
Draco would have continued his speech if a certain basilisk hadn't yelled, "SHUT UP!"
That made everyone go silent, of course a few of the Gryffindors started whispering that he was a Dark Wizard before they were silenced by several unhappy Prefects and Head Boys and Girls.
"Thank you," Vader nodded to Ishmael before he continued, "As I was saying, it should be in today's Daily Prophet. I must go, but may the force be with you, always"
The hologram shut off and Harry looked up to see the owl that carried the wizarding newspaper fly in. The owl landed and stuck it's leg out for payment of the paper. Harry payed the owl the money and took the paper. Harry would of read the front page if he hadn't been beaten to it by a certain Gryffindor with messy brown hair, her voice filling the entire great hall.
Lucius Malfoy Arrested for use of Unforgivable Curse
By Rita Skeeter
On September 1, Darth Vader, head Auror, arrested Lucius Malfoy at his manor. Darth Vader had Jango Fett, Bounty hunter and Auror under Vader, and Boba Fett, Bounty hunter and Auror under Vader as well, as backup.
Auror Jango Fett was the first to see Lucius and Jango said "I walked up to the door of the manor and knocked. Lucius answered the door and then fired a spell at me, but I dodged out of the way and Lord Vader deflected the spell with his lightsaber. Lucius activated his defences around his home and we had to defend ourselves."
Aurors Jango and Boba Fett fought the defences of Malfoy manor, while Darth Vader calmly walked after Lucius Malfoy.
"I watched Lord Vader walk after our suspect, but I had to defend myself from transfigured animals afterward." Boba recalled.
Darth Vader informed us that "Mr. Malfoy used the unforgivable killing curse" to try and kill him. Lord Vader used 'the Force' and made the unforgivable freeze in midair before he tossed it into the wall. Auror Vader followed Lucius Lucius Malfoy then tried to kill Auror Vader with hired wands, but they were dealt with quickly. Lord Malfoy jumped from the window and would of escaped if it hadn't been for Auror Boba Fett.
Lucius Malfoy was originally charged with illegal Veela slave trading in the black market and when he used the killing curse, he was sentenced to life in Azkaban. During the trial of Lucius Malfoy, Darth Vader questioned him under veritaserum. The Wizengamot was horrified at what 'Lord' Malfoy had done and was immediately sentenced to Azkaban for life and under heavy Dementor guard.
For more on Darth Vader see pg. 6A
For more on on Jango Fett and Boba Fett see pg. 6B
For more on the Trail of Lucius Malfoy see pg. 7A - 8B
Hermione finished reading the story and folded the Daily Prophet in half before she frowned, thinking. Harry had already started on his breakfast by this point, eating his eggs with gusto.
"Your dad has to be," Jake said as he pulled a plate of pancakes towards him, "the best auror in the ministry."
Harry nodded, taking a bite of toast. Penelope took the paper from where Harry had left it after Miss Granger had started reading, reading it herself. A few minutes passed before Harry saw the Patil twins walk in.
"Parvati, Padma." Harry said as he waved the indian twins over.
It was at this moment that Professor Flitwick came into the great hall and started handing out the Ravenclaw class schedules. The short professor was beaming, as he had been last night, giving a bit of advice here and there to the Ravenclaws. When he had finally reached Harry and his little group, he had caught sight of Ishmael but didn't look scared. If fact, he patted her head before turning to Harry.
"Mr. Potter, I hope your father and mother are well?" The tiny Professor asked as he handed Harry his schedule.
"They're doing fine, thank you for asking, Professor Flitwick." Harry replied with a smile.
The excitable Flitwick squeaked, "That's grand, just grand. I was also hoping if you could help me with something today."
Harry nodded, intrigued now, "What do you need me to do?"
Professor Flitwick smiled, "Oh, nothing much, Mr. Potter! Just a little demonstration for our first lesson."
Harry was about to reply when Draco Malfoy yelled from the Slytherin table, "Potter! I challenge you to a wizard's duel!"
Harry stood up from the Ravenclaw table and stared at Malfoy, feeling very uneasy and not very happy with the blonde ponce right now. Not only that, what in the world was a wizard's duel?!
"Mister Malfoy," Flitwick said, looking aghast at Draco's behavior, "You realize that Mr. Potter may not of heard of such things?"
"Professor," Harry said, looking over at him, "What is a wizard's duel exactly? It shoulds like a thing that would happen in the book Pride and Prejudice to me."
Flitwick frowned, "A Wizard's duel is a magical duel between two houses. Usually during a conflict, but once proclaimed, the opposer can deny the duel or accept it, but at the cost of what is placed on the table, as the term would go."
Harry nodded before sighing, Draco was going to be a pain in the butt so he was going to stop it here and now, "I accept your duel, Malfoy. We duel here and now."
The hall went quiet, everyone staring at him in shock. Draco smirked before Harry spoke up, looking determined.
"But, the only thing I'm putting in this duel is that you will stop being a pest to everyone and actually try to get an education. This is a school, not your personal mansion!"
"Fine," Draco sneered, "If I win, I get everything you have and my Dad goes free!"
Before Harry could reply, a voice filled the hall, cold and greasy.
"Potter! What are you doing?!" The entire hall turned to see Professor Snape standing in the doorway, "30 points from Ravenclaw for.."
Before he could finish however Professor Flitwick interrupted "Professor Snape, I will not tolerate this! Mr. Malfoy was the one to instigate this Wizard's duel and Mr. Potter accepted, so you will close your mouth this instant!"
This left Snape speechless, Professor Flitwick pulled his wand out and the four house tables moved out of the way. A dueling platform appeared in middle of the hall with a flick of Professor Flitwick's wand. Harry pulled his wand and his lightsaber out as he leaped onto the platform.
Professor Flitwick turned back to the duelist after he had finished and said "I will referee this duel."
"Ground rules for this duel are if one duelist can't continue his opponent wins and I will not allow the use of unforgivables ether. Are you ready to begin?"
Flitwick looked at the two and when they nodded, he said "Bow to your opponent and when I say 3 you will begin."
Harry bowed at the waist to Draco and vise versa.
"1...2...3...Begin!" Flitwick cried and Draco yelled "Stupefy!"
Harry activated his lightsaber and deflected the stunner into the floor before he fired a few wordless hexes at Draco, who erected a shield before him. The two continued this back and forth, Harry using his lightsaber as his defence, but Harry started noticing that Draco was slowly getting the upper hand and had to call for backup.
"Ishmael, distract Malfoy." Harry told Ishmael in his mind.
"Yes Master." Ishmael said back, rushing forward to do her part.
Draco fired multiple spells at Ishmael but the spells either bounced off her scales like water or dissipated into the platform. Harry then sent his own stunner at Draco while he was focused on his familiar. Draco was too slow to defend himself from the stunner that hit him square in the chest, knocking him out cold before he even hit the floor.
"The winner is...Harry Potter!" Professor Flitwick squeaked as Harry got off the platform.
Harry sighed and looked at the tiny Professor tiredly, "That isn't how I wanted to start School today…"