As it turned out the Quidditch try-outs were in the morning, and by in the morning they meant at 5am, meaning Harry and Draco had to get out of their nice and comfy bed, get ready and then head out to the relatively chilly outside.

Harry tried out for Seeker, Draco tried out for a Chaser, Fred and George tried out for Beaters, Cedric went for another Chaser, Bill went for Keeper while Charlie went for the last Chaser. As it turned out all of those that were on the team for the last few years had decided to leave the team, or they had graduated, so every player had to be replaced. And of course Viktor was the Captain of the new team.

All in all the try-outs went well for all of them, they were the only ones trying out for the positions so they knew that they would most likely be getting them.

When the try-outs ended it was time for their first lesson, which was Hand to Hand combat. Their timetables were very different from those in Hogwarts, they had three 1 and a half hour lessons, then they had a 2 hour lunch and then they had two more hour and half hour lessons before they were allowed to do as they wish till they had to be in their suites at 10pm. They also had a different array of lessons each day, while in Hogwarts it was hour lessons, 4 hours, then a 1 hour lunch followed by another 4 hours of lessons, and as soon as the last finished then they had to go to their rooms where they had to be asleep. They arrived in the classroom they saw who they knew to be the teacher at the front of the room. She was tall and muscly with dark blonde hair and blue eyes.

"Hello children. I hear that you are all here to catch up on what all of the students have already done. Well let's begin with what you will be doing in my class. In my class you will learn how to defend yourself without the use of magic, this is called Hand to Hand, it can be used for defence but it can also be turned into an offensive attack as well. I will show you all the moves that the others have learned and then you will learn all other moves when the school year truly begins." She said. Harry and his friends nodded.

While the three Bulgarians had been through all of these before they had requested the same timetable as their new friends on the very first day, so now they did not do the moves themselves but helped the teacher correct the others mistakes.

They were taught how to hold their fist when going to punch someone, how to kick correctly with the maximum damage and many other things, and this only the first lesson. Harry and Draco as well as the twins seemed to be ones to excel in this lesson, all of them being able to carry out the moves without being helped. The others of the group were not too bad, but they did have to be helped before they were able to get right.

They had a little break before they went to their next lesson, which was Dark Arts. Harry had realised that they did have the Dark Arts everyday, this was because none of them had been taught the Dark Arts, and since they chose the dark side then they needed to know everything about these feared arts.

Their teacher for this lesson was a short and relatively young man, he had shaggy brown hair, a little bit of stubble on his chin and had brown eyes. "Welcome new students, in the next 5 weeks I am going to teach you about the dark arts, show you how to conjure them, show you how to control them and how to make them stronger. I will teach them to you slowly though, everyone in here has been betrayed, hate and anger are what the dark arts more powerful meaning that most of you will get the spells done quickly, and we need it to last for 5 weeks until the new begins." The teacher told them.

They were only going to be taught some of the minor hexes and jinxes, the bigger spells would not be shown until the year first thing that they were taught was the Aguamenti spell. Harry had heard of this before hand and thought that it was a light spell, the teacher then told them that they would be doing light spells but that they would be changed in wand movement and pronunciation, this made them stronger and a lot darker.

This was the only lesson where they would be using light magic, it would not be light magic that they are conjuring rather a darker form of it.

In the light the Aguamenti spell was used to hydrate someone or give them water when it was needed. However they were taught how to use it as a form of torture, by doing a different wand motion and saying it in a different way then it was much dark. This first lesson was explaining what the spell did, the wand motion and how to pronounce it, they had been told that they would have one lesson where they listen and watch the teacher to see how it is done and then on the next lesson they would be practicing on their own.

Harry had approached the teacher and asked if his parseltongue could be used to strengthen his magic, it was then that he was told about parsel-magic. This was rare as not many people were given the language of the snakes, but if the incantation was said in the snake language then the power, as well as the darkness, of the spell would increase dramatically. Harry would know all of the words in the snake language so he decided that after every second lesson, the one where he would practice the spell, when he finally had the spell then he would work on using it in his snake language.

The Aguamenti spell when done in the dark way shot a strong torrent of water from the tip of the wand, this was used as a torture method as it engulfed the person in the water making them basically drown, it is easy to remove and put back on. It is one of the simplest torture methods.

By the end of the first lesson of dark arts Harry and his friends all knew what the Aguamenti could be used for, what the incantation was and how they should be moving the wand.

Third lesson, before lunch was transfiguration. They had learned this in Hogwarts but once again they had been told that there was a much darker motive behind. Their teacher was a short and chubby woman with dark brown curly hair and blue cat eyes. They were told that they could use what they learn in this class to turn anything and anyone into whatever they wanted, this was also used as torture on people, by turning the person into something and then placing it where there was a predator then they would panic and cooperate. The first lesson was all about the basics behind it, they were told they could transform inanimate things into other things, turn people and animals into other animals or objects, reverse and animagus transformation and even make themselves into animals.

They heard more about animagus, they learned that it was when a person was in sync with an animal then they would be able to transfigure their whole body into that animal. It is a form of transfiguration but there is no wand and there is now words, it is much stronger and can be reversed whenever the animagus wants to be back to normal, this comes from inside the mind of the person.

Harry and Draco knew that they were going to be Dark Shadow Phoenix's, but they were told that they were not even going to be talking about that subject until the year began.

At lunch they were enjoying all of the delicious food that they could eat. The food there was so much better than what they had been eating at Hogwarts.

"Hey guys we have the new Quidditch team!" Viktor yelled.

Harry looked at the names on the sheet.

New Quidditch Team.
Harry Riddle - Seeker.

Draco Malfoy - Chaser.

Fred Weasley - Beater.

George Weasley - Beater.

Cedric Diggory - Chaser.

Bill Weasley - Keeper.

Charlie Weasley - Chaser.

Everyone was happy that they got their places and in short time too as they had only tried out that morning. "Well guys, the World Cup is three weeks from now, all of you are talented on a broom we just need to bring them up a bit more. By the time the World Cup comes by we are going to be the strongest, fastest and best team there ever has and ever will be." Viktor said, the others all nodded their heads.

The rest of the 2 hour lunch was spend discussing Quidditch, their families, lessons and teachers and other things.

Their last two lessons were both potions, Harry liked potions in Hogwarts but he had to pretend to hate it because of Hermione and Ron, now he would be able to enjoy without anyone nagging at him.

Their potions teacher was a middle aged man with raven black hair, coal black eyes and slightly muscly. He told the group that they would not be learning any of the light potions, however he did say that there would be potions here that are used in the light but have been shifted around and made more dark. The first couple of lessons on each new potion was going to be theory work, knowing what each potion did as well as studying the ingredients and method, then once all that was done they would have 1 lesson to do the potion before they moved onto the next one.

Pretty soon it was time for them to head to their suite. The day had been great but they were still getting used to things so they all decided to go to their rooms early instead of hanging together.

Harry and Draco were in their room cuddling when they wanted to call their parents, Harry and Draco knew that Lucius and Narcissa would be there with the dark lord.

Harry picked up his mirror and called his fathers name, not a few seconds later did Voldemort's face appear in the now large mirror. Voldemort and Severus were in the same position as Harry and Draco, both were cuddling on a couch in the living room. Harry and Draco could see Lucius and Narcissa siting on either side of the cuddling pair.

"Father, Dad, Lucius, Narcissa. It's good to see all of you." Harry said.

"Oh Harry son, it is always nice seeing you. How are things going?" Voldemort asked his son. Harry and Draco spent the next half hour telling their parents what happened ranging from try-outs, Hand to Hand combat, Dark Arts, Transfiguration, lunch and Quidditch results and potions. All four of the parents were happy that they were having a good time.

"Father for dark arts I was told that my snake language would allow my spells to become more powerful. I know I have a powerful wand and me adding that Parseltongue to the mix would make the spell unstoppable. But I was wondering if you would teach me the word in Parseltongue when I have done the spell? The teacher says we spend one lesson learning about it and then in the next one we practice, after that could you teach me the word in snake language and I will write them all down and practice." Harry asked his father.

His father smiled at him warmly. "Of course I will Harry, now both of you go to sleep. None of us here want to see you failing any classes." Voldemort said with fate warning mixed in.

"Okay goodnight father, dad, Lucius and Narcissa." Harry said, he turned the mirror more towards Draco so he could wish his parents a goodnight too. Once that was done Harry shrank the mirror and placed it around his neck right next to where the port-key rested.

Harry and Draco talked for a bit, about Quidditch, about seeing the traitors again and about the school. They both yawned and decided that it was time for them to go to bed.

They bid one another goodnight, gave each other a passionate kiss and told one another that they loved them more than anything. They then fell asleep cuddled together.