"When is he going to wake up?"
"Will you stop asking me Nicole! Its only been a few hours."
Harry listened silently with his eyes closed to the twins. He felt like hell. A cord was stuck in his arm and he assumed it was pumping blood. His legs felt like dead wight and he felt extremely faint. He could feel the heat of the sun on his face so it was most likely midday.
"What do you think Kylen and Ana are doing in her room?"
At this statement Harry's eyes snapped open. He was met with a large white room that was filled to its capacity with injured vampires. Electra and Nicole were sitting by him in conjured chairs with their feet propped up on his bed.. They immediately dropped their legs when they saw him awake and leaned towards him.
"How's Ana?"
Nicole smiled before answering, "She's fine thanks to you. We actually had to push her out of here because she wouldn't leave your side for the first five hours. Kylen met her at the door and took her to the room."
Harry nodded and sat up, his drowsiness leaving him. It was indeed early afternoon which meant the Hogwarts Express had already left for the school. Harry didn't care much though. Being stuck on a train with star-struck students hassling him and no where to run didn't seem that appealing.
"Where are my clothes?"
Nicole handed Harry his shirt and jeans she had gotten from his room and closed the curtain around him. He emerged a moment later and they left the hospital wing of the mansion together.
"I want to go see Ana," Harry stated once they were out.
The girls agreed and they headed to their Aunt's room. The mansion was larger than it appeared on the outside, it had been magically increased to fit all the clan members should they come visit the ones that permanently lived there. Including the servants and guards and other families there were already about 50 people living there full time.
"So," Harry said as they climbed a staircase. "What house do you think I'm going to be in?"
"Definitely Slytherin," Electra answered in an arrogant voice without hesitation. "According to Master, every Eagle, with the exception of this boring Ravenclaw next to me, has been in Slytherin. Cunningness has been in our blood for centuries and since you share our blood its in you to."
Nicole scowled at her sister's remark before countering, "But doesn't the fact that I'm in Ravenclaw dispel that whole Slytherin theory and make room for Harry to carve his own path in his educational career?"
Electra looked at her sister blankly before replying, "No, it just proves the fact that you're weird. An outcast. A coal in the ruff."
"Don't you mean diamond?"
Electra paused for a second before waving her hand dismissively. "You get the idea."
Harry and Nicole shook their heads and sighed as they followed Electra to Ana's closed door. They both pressed their ears against the door as Electra peaked into the key hole. Hearing silence, they smiled mischievously and silently opened the door. They snuck in one after the other, but all stopped short at the scene infront of them.
Kylen and Ana were sprawled out on the bed, asleep. Her head was resting on his chest and his face nestled in her hair. His arm was wrapped protectively around her and her hand was gently resting on his stomach. On the floor next to the bed was a photo album Nicole had made them, laying open from when Ana had dropped it after dozing off.
The playful attitude left and the girls smiled gently while Harry silently approached the bed. He leaned down and picked up the book up and placed it onto the nightstand before turning back to the couple. He conjured a blanket and covered them, afterwards placing a kiss on Kylen's head and Ana's cheek.
"Love you guys," Harry whispered before he followed the twins into the hall, closing the door behind him.
Harry and the twins were sitting by the stream in the gardens waiting until they could leave to take Harry to the feast. Harry was on his back with Nicole's head on his stomach and Electra's on hers'. They were quiet and the only sounds were the stream and birds.
"Why are they letting vampires in the school?"
Nicole turned and looked at him before shrugging.
"Its either because A. Dumbledore is an idiot and will let anybody join his school or B. Your the great Harry Potter and he wouldn't care one way or another as long as he could keep an eye on you."
"Then he must be an idiot because he let you guys in."
Both girls glared at him for his comment and Nicole slammed her head into his stomach.
"Ouch! I didn't mean it like that!"
Electra snickered at him and shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't think he had much of a choice with us."
They were silent for a minute until Harry spoke up again.
"I'll miss you guys in school."
Both girls looked over and smiled at him.
"We'll try to visit you Harry, but you'll probably be pretty preoccupied this year."
"Why?"
"We've found out the school will have some visitors you'll be interested in."
Harry didn't have the chance to question them as the watch on his hand started yelling at him.
"Get to Hogwarts dear, the feast is fixing to start!"
The motherly voice of Harry's watch stopped as he and the twins stood up and headed toward the edge of the grounds to teleport out. He had already changed to his black slacks and white button up shirt that most students wore under their robes and the tie that was loosely around his neck was still black. His Hogwarts robes were still in his trunk which was shrunken and in his pocket. Except for a cut still on his cheek all signs of the previous battle were hidden or gone.
He turned and looked at the mansion one last time, before they turned into the forest and it was out of sight. Harry was a bit disappointed that he hadn't gotten to say goodbye to the Master, but servants said that the Master had left soon after the battle without explanation.
Once they were off of the grounds Nicole grabbed Harry's arm to help him get to Hogsmead and the trio disappeared.
Harry and Nicole arrived at the gates connecting Hogwarts and Hogsmead. Confused about where Electra was, both started walking into the Hogwarts grounds. Once they were on the trail to the castle they could see the missing twin running to them down the path.
"Where the bloody hell were you Electra?"
Electra stopped once she reached them and said, "I ending up next to the gamekeepers hut. Had to run all the way here."
"How did you end up in Hogwarts grounds?"
Electra shrugged, not seeing the big deal and Nicole started walking again, rolling her eyes at her sister's cluelessness.
"Who's the gamekeeper, Electra?"
Electra slung her arm around Harry's shoulder as she led him after Nicole. "The gamekeeper is Hagrid. He may seem like a huge furry teddy bear, but watch out for him. He worships the headmaster and won't hesitate for a second if asked to spill his guts out to him. Plus he's extremely hypocritical. He thinks all Slytherins are up to no good which of course is wrong. He's a half giant so he should know not to judge like that. Trust me, he's probably broken enough laws to land him in Azkaban for a while."
Harry nodded then smirked at her, "But aren't you Slytherins usually up to no good?"
"Well...yeah. But its wrong to assume it."
Harry laughed as the castle came into view. It was large and old, but magical energy flowed from it.
"How do you like your new home, Harry?"
"Not bad. A bit crude, but not bad."
He and the twins climbed the staircase and entered the Great Hall. The moment Harry was in he ducked and behind him on the door a bottle of ink exploded. He looked up and saw a poltergeist floating upside down above him.
"Oooh. What do we have here? Some lost little students? Maybe I should find old Filch so he can help you to the feast."
The poltergeist was about to zoom off to alert the caretaker and try to get Harry into trouble when the twins stepped forward.
"Get down here Peeves!"
Peeves froze and slowly turned around upon hearing Electra voice. Seeing the girls he jumped and slowly floated down, looking at his shoes nervously.
"The girls have a poltergeist afraid of them? What the heck did they do to it?"
"Did you just try to hit our cousin?"
Peeves wouldn't look up and said something nervously under his breath.
"We asked you a question Peeves!"
Peeves head shot up and he started to frantically defending himself, "Bu..but I didn't see you two! I..I mean not that I...I would do it if you weren't he..here. I didn't know who he was! I'll never do anything to him again I promise!"
Both girls eyes were shining with laughter but their faces were serious.
"Alright. But you better listen to him this year. Just one letter about you. Just one and we'll have to come down and set you straight."
Peeves nodded, saluted Harry, and shot off to the second floor. Deciding he'd rather not know what the girls did to make a poltergeist nervous Harry once again made his way to the doors to the Great Hall. He stopped infront of them and with the girls on either side of him then opened them silently and slipped in.
"Zabini, Belle."
The sorting was reaching an end as the trio waited by the door. A few students at the end of the Slytherin and Ravenclaw tables seen them enter silently, but the rest of the population was oblivious to them. The staff had their concentration on the sorting with the exception of Dumbledore who had his head in his hands and seem frustrated about something.
"Ravenclaw!"
Th nervous girl walked quickly to the Ravenclaw table, smiling slightly when an older boy at the Slytherin table gave her a small wave. Once she sat down the headmaster stood up and began to start his speech.
"Welcome to another year at-"
"Excuse me!"
All eyes flew to the trio next to the doors. Harry bit his lip and silently cursed Electra's loud nature.
Dumbledore's temporary shock wore off and he gave a cheerful smile to the two girls, "Ah! Misses Electra and Nicole Eagle! What has brought some of my favorite students to Hogwarts this evening?"
"Suckup"
Once the realization that two of the visitors were the Eagle twins passed many of the older students stood up for a better view and waved while others looked nervously at their backs expecting to see wings. Electra smiled sweetly and gave a royal like wave, but Nicole poked her in the back and pushed Harry infront of them.
"We kind of had a little trouble this morning that caused our cousin here to miss the train so we decided to escort him to Hogwarts ourselves."
As she said this Dumbledore looked at Harry and visibly brightened upon seeing the faint scar on his head.
"And your name is, my boy?"
Harry resisted the urge to roll his eyes because the man obviously knew who he was and replied in a confident voice, "Its Harry Eagle, Headmaster. Or Harry Potter if you like."
There was silence for a moment and then the Great Hall broke into an uproar. Students of all ages pushed their neighbors to try to get a better look. Older students argued with each other, one side not believing the legend was actually there and the other convinced that since the twins were with him he had to be. Younger students talked in awe to each other, amazed the supposed mythical hero was there. After a moment Dumbledore seemed irritated and slammed his hand on the table.
"Silence!"
The noise stopped and everyone looked at the headmaster.
"This is indeed Harry Potter. The Eagle family had graciously taken him and homeschooled him since the night Voldermort fell. He has decided to join this year and I expect you to welcome him to our school." At this his eyes wandered to the Gryffindor table before he smiled and waved Harry over.
Harry turned and smirked at the girls before walking up to the head table by himself. He stopped he got to the stool and sat down. A second later the women next to him put the hat on his head and he heard a voice.
"Harry Potter! So where have you really been? I've seen even Dumbledore pacing in his study in thought about it."
Harry mentally frowned and replied, "Aren't you supposed to be sorting me? Stop asking dumb questions that are none of your concern and get to your job. Its the what you were made to do."
"Hufp! Definitely raised with the Eagle twins! Lets see... your brave. Strongly loyal to those you care about. Smart and extremely cunning. Now where should I put you?"
"Well you're the sorting hat, figure it out."
"A loud call for Slytherin there. Though smart you have no thirst for knowledge and a bit too distrusting to some for Hufflepuff. So I guess its between Gryffindor and Slytherin..."
Harry smirked, "Your kidding me, right?"
"SLYTHERIN!"
Harry stood and placed the hat on the stool then gracefully strode to the Slytherin table. His tye had changed itself to green and silver and the smirk he wore made him seem like an ideal Slytherin. Except for a few teachers, neutral Slytherins, younger students and, of course, the twins the Hall was silent. After a moment Ravenclaws started clapping followed by a few Hufflepuffs and younger Gryffindors. Harry took a seat next to the boy who waved at Bell Zabini and the clapping died out as the Headmaster stood.
"Welcome to another year at Hogwarts! A few guidelines before we start our feast. The Forbidden Forest is off limits as is swimming in the lake as of two weeks from now. Mr. Filch has a list of forbidden objects on his door. I'd like to welcome our new Defense Against the Dark Arts Teacher, Professor Raven."
A pretty Spanish women with blue eyes stood up and the students, led by the males, clapped enthusiastically.
"Also Quidditch will be canceled this year."
This was met with a yelling from all four tables, Gryffindor more than others. Dumbledore quieted them with a small hand gesture and continued, "Our quidditch season is going to be canceled due to a tournament that is taking place this year. We actually proposed this two years ago, but with the headmasters of one of the schools being under a deatheater investigation it wasn't the best time. This year they have appointed a new one so they are free to participate."
Dumbledore cleared his throat and looked back to the students with a twinkle in his eye.
"Hogwarts will host the schools of Beauxbaton and Drumstrang this year for the Tri-Wizard Tournament! The schools will arrive in a few weeks and all those seventeen by Halloween are free to try and compete. Now on to the feast. Dig in!"
The food appeared and the students started to talk loudly over each other. Nicole and Electra smiled at Harry before disappearing through the doors. Harry looked down the Slytherin table and spotted a few older students boasting about winning and laughing at others in other houses who thought they had a chance. Other than that the table was calm which pleased Harry. He loaded his plate and began to eat.
"Hi, I'm Blaise Zabini."
Harry turned to the boy next to him and shook his hand.
"Harry Eagle Potter."
"So what is the wizarding worlds hero doing in Slytherin?"
"Well, the hat said to go here and here I am."
Blaise shrugged and looked toward the Ravenclaw table. Harry followed his gaze and saw the young girl Blaise had waved at sitting next to a girl with white-blond hair and green eyes that seemed to be the same age.
"Is that your sister?"
Blaise actually smiled proudly and answered, "Yeah. I figured she'd be a Ravenclaw. Belle has been smarter than me since she could read. The girl next to her is Leaena Malfoy, Draco Malfoy's cousin. He's actually really nice to her. Seemed a bit down she was sorted into another house."
Harry looked down the table to a boy who looked similar to her, with white-blond hair and gray eyes. He kept glancing toward his cousin, his eyes softening each time, and he seemed a bit nervous.
The noise slowly calmed down to a continues buzz, before a yell was heard from the Head Table. The head of Slytherin, Professor Snape, stood up and the Hall filled with laughter. He was covered in pink and red feathers, had large bat ears, huge tusk-like fangs, and large eagle wings sprouting from his back. He turned toward the doors, realized the twins had already fled the scene and, having no one else to blame, glared at Harry before rushing into a room behind the table, fearful that he would start breaking into show tunes as was customary with the twins known prank. Harry chuckled and patted his pocket where, in his trunk,was a supposed 'bottomless bag' that was almost filled with pranks the twins gave him, almost half of them being 'the Eagle bomb' which was a quick way to set off their favorite revenge prank.
The rest of the feast continued without much incident. Harry received numerous stares, but ignored them and talked to Blaise about the school, teachers, their families and anything else that crossed their minds. Blaise acted as if he didn't know anything about Harry's past, which he was grateful for. It wasn't until that night in the dungeons when Harry was settled and in bed that the thought that had been in the back of is head sprang forward.
"Fleur goes to Beauxbaton!"
Author's note:
There you go. Slytherin. A bit overused...but fun as hell! Classes will be tomorrow and I'll show Harry's future female friend. Shoutout if you can guess who she is or what the deal is with the Defense teacher. I'll even give you a hint on that one... it's no one in disguise. It also isn't the hier of Ravenclaw if your thinking it. Raven is just a name I picked. Also Cedric's age is going to be brought down like Fleur's in my story.
If you think harry doesn't have enough dialouge with other characters, I'm sorry. Harry has moved from place to place all his life so even though he's not purposely cold he isn't used to getting too attatched to people that aren't in his family. He'll open up more as the story continues.
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