Sora stopped and turned as something silver flittered past his vision. Frowning, he scanned the crowds of people, and not seeing what it was that garnered his attention, he shrugged and quickly turned and followed his new friends down into the depths of the dungeons.

Chapter 5 - Friends

Walking into the great hall later that evening in his Gryffindor robes and surrounded by Potter's and Weasley's, Sora found a seat on the left hand side of the Gryffindor table and sat down, smiling absently and looking around in awe. The Great Hall was amazing.

After a few minutes a high-pitched dinging sound permeated around the Great Hall and silence fell within a few seconds. Headmistress McGonagall was standing in front of the teacher's table looking around with a stern eye, her hands folded in front of her. "Welcome, students, to another meal. Now, I have a few announcements. First of all, it has been brought to my attention that Hufflepuff have been leaving their belongings laying around more than normal. Please remember to collect everything at the end of meal's and classes. Second, I know it's unprecedented, but we have two new students joining us officially tonight."

"Two?" Sora whispered to Albus curiously. The black haired wizard shrugged and turned back to the front.

"They have already been sorted into houses and some of you may have seen them in classes today. If you could stand when I call your name please? In Gryffindor fourth year we have Sora Hikari." A chorus of applause, grins and laughter echoed from the great hall as the brunette blushed and stood up, fiddling with his robes anxiously as his eyes roamed the room curiously, looking for the second person.

"And in fifth year Slytherin we have-"

"RIKU!" Sora screamed happily when he noticed his best friend stand up at the Slytherin table. Ignoring the shocked looks from the people around him, he leapt off the Gryffindor table and glided over the Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw table, aiming for Riku who was looking at him with wide eyes.

"Sora, wait!" Riku yelled and yelped as he was tackled from mid-air and sent flying over the Slytherin table to crash on the ground, Sora wrapped around him tightly.

"Oh god, you have no idea how good it is to see you! I was so worried I'd be the only one here and what I would do if something happened and how I was going to get home and whether my parents were going to think I'd left again and what you and Kairi would think," the brunette babbled happily as he blinked back tears and looked up at the silver haired keyblader, who was groaning and glaring at him through lidded eyes.

"Sora, shut up," Riku groaned and sat up, rubbing his head with a wince.

"I'm so sorry! Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'll live…"

"Are you sure?"

"No, I'm dying from mortal internal injures Sora."

The colour drained from the brunette's face and Riku smirked before patting his friend on the head.

"I'm fine dummy. I might have lost a few brain cells but I at least still have more than you ever will."

"Hey!" The pout that crossed Sora's face had Riku laughing as he stood up and brushed himself off, holding out a hand for the other keyblade wielder.

"Still gullible. When will you learn?"

Grumbling, the brunette accepted the hand and the other teen pulled him upright with a fond smile.

Dusting himself off, Riku winced as he met the almost amused expression of the staff and the laughing expressions of the rest of the school. "Sorry…"

"Huh?" Sora asked in confusion as he looked at his best friend. "What are you saying sorry for?"

"Mr Hikari, I'm going to have to ask you to re-join your house mates for the meal if you please," McGonagall asked, a small smile touching her lips.

"Aww, but…" He began, being cut off as Riku slapped a hand over his mouth.

"Just go Sora. We'll catch up later," he whispered and let go of the brunette, grabbing his hand and dragging him around the table to start him on the way back to his own house table. Letting go of the other keybladers hand, he walked back down the corridor and sat himself down at his own seat again.

Frowning, Sora hesitated but headed back to his own table for the meal.

McGonagall continued from where she was interrupted. "As you've all probably gathered, our fifth year Slytherin student is Riku Valley. Please make both of them feel welcome."

A round of applause swept the hall as murmurs and laughs started up. Sora blushed as the Potter and Weasley clan all grinned at him.

"Now, without further disruption, let the feast begin."

As she said the words the tables all filled with plates and food, and the hum of conversation started up as students began claiming food.

"So, how do you know Valley?" James asked curiously as he munched on a chicken wing.

"We lived in the same neighbourhood," Sora answered without much thought. "We've been best friends since we were really little."

"Really?" Rose asked, frowning. "That seems a little suspicious. Two new students at the same time that know eat other."

"Coincidences happen Rose," Albus defended with a frown. "Besides, I think it's good that there's someone here that Sora knows, aside from us of course." The black haired wizard grinned.

"Right," Sora added, agreeing completely as he piled bits and pieces onto his plate.

The meal continued this way, Sora chatting with most of the people around him happily. Riku meanwhile met Scorpius Malfoy, who moved down to sit next to him.

After the meal finished, the students headed back to their common rooms, and instead of following the rest of Slytherin to the dungeons, Scorpius led Riku up to the Gryffindor Tower. Slipping through the portrait with a group of older Gryffindor's, Riku was greeted by a big squeal and a glomp from Sora, Scorpius a hug from Albus. The blond Malfoy scowled but allowed the hug.

"So, you're Riku?" James asked as he crossed his arms.

The silver haired teen looked over at the red headed senior standing over by the fire and nodded, face blank. "And you are…?"

"James Potter," he introduced with a grin.

Sora dragged the silver haired keyblader over to the fire and pushed him down into a seat where he promptly plonked himself down beside his best friend. "James, stop being intimidating. Riku's fine," the brunette said with a grin.

"But he's Slytherin," the eldest potter protested with a frown.

"Yeah, so is Score," Albus argued with a frown as he dragged his blond friend over to the lounge.

"Well, before we accept him we should probably give him the test, huh guys?" Hugo said with a smirk.

Riku blinked, entirely unworried. "If that was supposed to sound intimidating you've got another thing coming, because it was just pathetic," Riku replied with a smirk as he crossed his arms.

Hugo pouted while Lily snickered. "Nice," she hummed and sat down as well.

"So how do you and Sora know each other?" Rose asked curiously.

Both Keyblade wielders exchanged looks. "We're childhood friends," Riku answered slowly, getting an approving nod from Sora.

"What do you think of Slytherin?" James asked, crossing his arms as he perched on the arm of a chair.

"I don't know. The only one I've met so far is Scorpius," the silver haired teen answered. "I'll let you know though."

The elder red head nodded thoughtfully.

"Guys or girls?" Hugo asked with a grin.

Riku and Sora both blinked. "What?"

"Guys or girls?" the younger Weasley repeated.

"Um… I have no objection to either," Riku answered, avoiding Sora's gaze as a light blush dusted across his cheeks.

"What about same sex relationships?" Lily asked with a grin.

"If you're asking whether I'm homophobic, I'm not."

"Oh good."

"Toffee or apple sauce?"

"Apple sauce?" Riku answered, sounding unsure.

"Keen Beans or Bubble Buggers?"

"What the hell are those?"

"Games."

"Neither. I've never heard of them."

The bizarre questions kept coming, Riku and Sora both getting more and more puzzled. By the time the questioning stopped it was nearly ten pm.

"We'd better get to bed."

"Shit, be careful. Curfew was at nine," Hugo murmured and stood up. "Good luck getting back."

"Can we borrow the map? I'll give it back to you tomorrow." Scorpius asked, standing as well.

"Sure," Albus agreed and darted up the stairs to the dormitories. He came back downstairs with a folded up piece of parchment in his hands. "Here."

"Thanks," Scorpius replied and hugged the raven-haired wizard. "Come on Riku. We'd best get going."

"Bye," Sora murmured and hugged the silver haired teen, who hugged him back as well. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Night Sora. Goodnight everyone."

"Night guys!" Lily said and waited until they left the common room before yawning. "Right, I'm going to bed. See you all in the morning boys. Coming Rose?"

The two girls left and Albus dragged Sora up to their dormitory, where a couple of boys were already sound asleep in their beds. "See you in the morning," Albus whispered and climbed into bed, drawing the curtains after him.

Sora changed and crawled into bed with a yawn.


Albus, Scorpius and Riku all stared in contemplation at Sora the next morning, Albus nodding his head slowly, Scorpius with his arms crossed and an eyebrow raised. Riku was just shaking his head.

"So, tell me again how he manages this?" Albus asked, looking at Riku.

"I'm not entirely sure to be truthful," Riku replied, moving a hand to settle on his hip. "It's Sora. We just accept him for his weirdness."

"What I'm curious about is how he managed to do that, in his sleep," Scorpius murmured and shook his head in disbelief.

"Again, it's Sora. We don't ask."

They all turned back to look at Sora, who had somehow, in his sleep, managed to wind himself so far up into his curtains that he had one foot hooked over the links at the top, the other foot wrapped in red cloth about halfway down. The other curtain was wrapped around his middle and neck, leaving the brunette's head free and up, and one arm yanked up and dangling loosely from another loop in the curtain, the other arm was non-existent. There was drool running down his chin and he was suspended at least twenty centimetres from the bed, and snoring softly.

"So, how do we wake him up without him breaking any bones?" Albus asked curiously.

Without answering Riku stepped forward and poked Sora in the nose. It wrinkled and snuffled a little, and Riku poked it again. Sora grumbled and wriggled his nose. Again, it was poked, and this time Sora whined and flicked his eyes open blearily to glare at the silver haired teen in front of him. "Nya…"

"Sora, it's time to get up," Riku said in amusement, eyebrows raised.

"Riku?"

"Sora, it's time to get up," Riku repeated again, more slowly this time.

"Five more min's," he mumbled and tried to curl up into himself, eyes flying open as the curtains suddenly ripped and he fell, bouncing off the bed and onto the floor with a yelp.

Albus and Scorpius both winced at the loud thump that sounded.

"I'M AWAKE! I'M AWAKE!" Sora yelled and sat bolt upright, eyes wide as he focused on Riku.

"I can see that," the older teen replied in amusement. "Now hurry up and get dressed. You're going to be late for breakfast otherwise."

"Oh no!" Quickly scrambling out of the curtains, Sora hurried around pulling off his pyjamas, pulling on his school uniform and running around making the bed, grabbing his books and bag and putting his shoes on all at the same time.

"Sora, your shirt is buttoned up wrong," Riku pointed out, mildly amused. He still found Sora's mad dashes in the morning hilarious.

"Ack! Thanks Riku!" Quickly fixing the buttons, he hopped around pulling socks on and slipping his feet into shoes at the same time, somehow. Pulling his jumper and robes over his head, he stopped in front of Riku, who slipped his tie over his head.

"Thanks Riku. Let's go!" Grabbing the other keybladers hand, he quickly led the way out of the Gryffindor Common room and down to breakfast, Albus and Scorpius following them after looking at each other, trying not to laugh.

"I take it this is a normal thing?" Scorpius asked in amusement as they entered and separated into their houses.

"Oh yes," Riku replied as he rolled his eyes. "For as long as I can remember."

The Malfoy heir tried not to laugh as they approached their house table and schooled his features into something unreadable. If not for the twitching of his lips, Riku would have thought there was nothing wrong.


Sora left Professor Flitwick's classroom about lunchtime that day, another book in his hands to learn before tomorrow. He'd done surprisingly well on his test this morning with the first year charms, and so they'd moved onto the second years.

He'd had a good day so far. He hadn't been late for breakfast, he hadn't been late for class, he'd only gotten lost four times on the way to the Charms classroom, and he'd remembered his shoes!

Making his way down to the Great Hall, with only two wrong turns, he skipped down the benches and took his seat beside Rose when he spotted the Weasley-Potter crew. "Hey guys!"

"Hi Sora. How did your lessons go?" Rose asked with a smile.

"Fine. I'm doing second years charms," he said as he ladled some soup into a bowl.

"Oh, that's great!"

"Yeah. Some of those charms are weird though."

"Really?" Albus asked in surprise. "I thought they were all pretty normal."

"Yeah, but I wasn't brought up with magic," Sora pointed out as he began eating his soup.

"That's true, I suppose," the middle Potter mumbled before shrugging.

"Are you ready for your first transfiguration lesson after lunch?" Rose asked with a smile.

Sora grinned. "You bet. I like this magic stuff. It's fun."

Rose laughed. "It is, isn't it?"


"Ugh, I'm so tired," Sora groaned as he lay back on the red couch in the Gryffindor Tower that night after dinner, Baubles curled up against his thigh and purring loudly as she slept, Sora's hand patting her absently. "Why does school run for so long?"

"You'll get used to it," Rose replied with a smile, barely glancing up from her homework. "Just give it time."

"My school never ran for this long."

"Stop complaining," James grumbled, hardly looking up from his textbook. "Some of us actually have homework to do and you're distracting."

Pouting, Sora stared up at the high ceiling and watched the orange light from the fire flicker around the room. Baubles yawned and stretched out against his side before curling back up again, this time up near his hip. He continued absently patting his pet.

Eventually his eyes closed, and before long he was snoring softly on the couch.

Tbc~


Well, here's chapter 5 guys. I hope you enjoyed it. ^_^ Let me know what you think of SC so far. :)