A/N: Voldemort is still a spirit but he is hosting Quirrell already. Malfoy will appear later. Also I am fourteen so please don't leave hurtful reviews.
Chapter 4: Welcome to Hogwarts
The roar from the Ravenclaw table was deafening. They all stood up and applauding. A few shook hands with Harry and he got a hug from Emily.
Professor McGonagall picked up the stool and put it to one side while Professor Dumbledore stood up.' I have a few words before we begin the feast.' He said while Harry noticed the gold plates and platters and goblets along the table.' And here they are, Holly, posh, homp and tiggernish.' With that he sat down and the plates were immediately filled with foods of all kinds.
There was roast pork, mash potatoes, salmon and much more food that Harry couldn't see. Scooping a bit of everything for himself he and Emily began talking to the other students.' So when do we start learning how to do different magic?' they asked
'Well lessons start tomorrow. But you'll only be doing the basic stuff like for transfiguration. You will need to turn a match into needles. That sort of thing. I'm John by the way. John Hathway.' He said shaking Harry's hand.
The feast was delicious and when the food disappeared they were replaced by a multitude of deserts. There was treacle tart, brownies and Harry's favorite. Strawberry ice-cream with fudge sauce. Harry ate until felt he was going to explode.
Dumbledore stood up and the Hall fell silent.' Now some school announcements. The Forbidden Forest is forbidden to all learners.' He said giving a glance at Fred and George.' There is a list of band items, anyone who wishes to view the list it is on Mr Filch's door. And welcome to our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Quirrell. And the third floor corridor is forbidden to anyone who does not wish to die a horrible death.' He said with a grave tone in his voice.' Now off to bed with you lot. Prefects.'
'First years this way. Come on first years.' Called a Ravenclaw prefect that Harry didn't know.
They took a serious of turns and stood in front of a portrait in the transfiguration courtyard.' All common rooms have a password that you need to get into the conmen rooms. This terms one is, 'Libraries Liberate.' He told them as the painting swung forward.' Girls dormitories are on the left and boys are on the right.' He said pointing to the different staircases.
'First night here and I'm already amazed out of my mind.' Harry told her.' At least we're in the same house.' He said holding her hand.
'Yea, well I'm pretty much worn out.' She said giving a huge yawn.' See you tomorrow Harry. She said kissing him before running up to her dormitory.
Harry walked up to his dormitory. He saw his trunk lying in front of his bed. He changed into his pajamas and talked to his new roommates. There were four other boys. They were Johnny, Ignacious, Tom and Tomson.
They walked for a while before they one b one slowly drifted off to sleep. Harry was up long after the others and decided to write to his parents. Getting a quill, a piece of parchment and some ink out of his trunk he wrote.
'Hey Mum and Dad.
We made it to Hogwarts and this place is amazing. There are loads of wicked things here. We're excited to start learning and learn new things to show you when we get back. We got sorted into Ravenclaw.
Harry
Ps: Emily already fell asleep.
Rolling up the note he tied it to Twilights leg and she flew out the window to deliver the message. Harry looked out the window for a while before he himself fell asleep.
Harry woke up the next day just after dawn. He tried to sleep again but after a few minutes he gave up. He threw on some loose jeans and a shirt with his robes over them. Grabbing his staff and Walking down the stairs to the common room he heard the girls dormitory door open. Reaching the bottom of the stairs and looking at the girls stairs.
'Hey Em, couldn't sleep either huh?' Harry asked her.
'Nope. Harry are you up for a bit of training.' She asked with a sly grin on her face.
'Sure, let's just move some stuff for a bit more room.' He told her
They pushed all the furniture against the walls and now they had some more space to practice. Throwing off their school robes they stood and faced each other. Bowing the both fell into fighting stances and slowly circled each other waiting for the other to make the first move.
Harry threw a punch to her face which she deftly blocked and dropped down low to try and sweep him off his feet. He jumped to avoid her leg and front flipped over her while in the air. He spun round and delivered around house kicked which she blocked. They went back and forth for another fifteen minutes before the other Ravenclaw's started coming down for breakfast. They stopped short when they saw Harry and Emily trading blows. After another five minutes Harry managed to knock her feet out from under her and pinned her to the ground.
'I concede.' She said in defeat taking short breaths.
Getting off of her and offering a hand only then did they noticed that they had an audience.' Uh Morning everybody.' Harry said sheepishly.
'Bloody Hell Harry. Where did you two learn to do that?' Harry's roommate Tom asked them.
'We took self defense lessons when we were younger. So now you know not to mess with me.' Emily said with a sly grin. Walking over to their robes she threw Harry his and then his staff.
Turning to the portrait Harry and Emily followed some older students to the Great Hall. They noticed that there weren't a lot of people there yet. Sitting down they saw there was a mass of breakfast foods now. Eggs, bacon and different types of porridge. Harry took a couple of eggs and bacon while Emily took some porridge for herself. Turning around Harry saw Ron sitting there.
'Hey, let's go say hi to Ron and them.' He said tapping her on the shoulder and standing up.
Standing up and following Harry, she saw some of the other Ravenclaw's were giving them strange looks. She saw that Harry hadn't noticed them so she decided to ignore them.' Hey Ron.' Harry said tapping him on the shoulder.
'Hey Harry.' Ron said.' This place is wicked isn't it?' Ron asked before stuffing his mouth with bacon.
'Bloody well it is. Mind if we sit down?' Harry asked.
'Sure and this is Hermione.' He said gesturing to the girl on his left who was reading a book.' Met her last night. Watch out she's a real book worm.' He said whispering the last part quietly.
When Harry and Emily sat down half the hall were looking at the pair. The teachers were also looking shocked with the exception of Albus Dumbledore. Looking at the two he had a mischievous glint in his eyes. The rest of breakfast went pretty fast, they made small talk about their lessons and what they might learn this year.
'You two better get back to your house table, they're handing out your time tables for the year.' The bushy haired girl who Ron had introduced told them.
They got up and before they could take one step towards their table Professor McGonagall called them.' Mr and Mrs Evans, Professor Sinistra was kind enough to give me your time tables. Here you go.' She said handing it to them.
Taking them they said in unison,' Thank you Professor.' Turning back to Ron and Hermione Harry said.' See you two later then.'
After getting their books and equipment they ran to the Transfiguration classroom. It did help that they dormitory opens up in the courtyard. They got their two minutes early and waited for the others to come to the classroom. When everyone got there they were ushered into class by Professor McGonagall. Today they were having double Transfiguration with the Hufflepuffs.
'Good day class. As you know I am Professor McGonagall. I will be teaching and instructing you in the precise art of Transfiguration. If you fool around in my class or intend to not take this subject seriously you will not be allowed to return to my class. Is that understood?' she asked them in a stern voice.
'Yes Professor.' The class said in harmony.
The first part of the class was spent on a lecture on Transfiguration and theory and application. The second part Minerva handed out three matches to everyone and she said that they had to change them into needles. By the end of the lesson the only ones who were able to complete the task were Harry, Emily and two other Ravenclaw's.
'Your homework which is to be completed by the next lesson is two feet of parchment on the basics of Transfiguration. Dismissed.' She told them
The next lesson they had was potions in the Dungeons. Harry and Emily got there quickly along with the other Ravenclaw's. They saw that they were having this lesson with the Gryffindors.
'Hey Harry, Emily.' Ron greeted them.
'Hey you two. How was your first lesson?' Emily asked them.
'Wonderful, we had Care of Magical Creatures. The teacher was Hagrid. The one that was on the platform.' Hermione exclaimed
'It wasn't that wonderful. All we learnt about were Gnarls. How was your lesson?' Ron interjected before Hermione could continue.
'That was a brilliant lesson. We spent the first part of the lesson studying theory then we had to turn three matches into needles. Me and Emily and another two Ravenclaw's could do it with all three.' Harry said.' We go to …' Harry started before he saw a man with greasy hair walk out of the classroom.
'Enter.' He told them with a voice full of authority.
When they were all seated he closed the door and began roll call. No one dared to speak. After he had finished roll call he began a lecture much the same as Professor McGonagall did.
'Mr Evans, please tell me what would happen if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?' he said to Harry who was sitting in the front row with Emily.
'It would create a sleeping potion known as the Draught of Living Death sir.' Harry answered remembering from the books he read.
'And where would I find a bezoar?' he said
'A bezoar sir is a stone taken from the stomach of a goat which will save a person from most poisons.' Harry stated.
'Ms Granger, what is the difference between Monkshood and Wolfsbane?' he said rounding on Hermione this time.
'Monkshood and Wolfsbane are the same plant also commonly referred to as aconite.' She said
'Very well done you two, I may make decent potion makers out of you. Well why aren't you writing notes.' He said rounding on the rest of the class while making it sound more like an order than a question.
The rest of the lesson was spent taking down notes and listening to various potions they were going to brew this year.
'Dismissed, Mr Evans. A word please.' He said.
When he heard that he felt as though he would rather be facing Voldemort right now.' Yes sir?' he said walking up to Snape.
'I would like to say that I am pleased to see that fame has not gone to your head Mr Potter. Now I suggest you run along before you receive a detention for being late.
Running to catch up to his friends.' What did that greasy git want Harry?' Ron asked bitterly.
'He knows who I am.' Harry stated.' Well I guess he would because he is part of the staff he would know who I really am.'
'Wait.' Hermione said looking at him strangely.' If he knows who you really are then who are you?' she asked looking at him quzzingly.
Turning to Ron he said through his teeth,' You haven't told her yet?'
'I didn't think I'd need to. Plus it is your secret so you should tell her.' Ron retorted.
'Fine.' Harry stopped and looked around before pulling Hermione into an empty classroom. Turning to her he said,' Hermione my last name isn't Evans. I'm Harry Potter.' He said not meeting her gaze.
'Wait your what?' she exclaimed.
'Dumbledore thought it would be better for me I if I wasn't enrolled as Potter so he decided that it should be the Evans that I would be enrolled in.' Harry said quickly.
'But you don't have a scar.' Hermione said moving his fringe slightly.
'Dumbledore put a glamour charm over it so I wouldn't be easily recognized.' He explained.
'Well I think you've told me enough and we should hurry unless you want to be late for your next class.' She said running out the classroom and grabbing Ron by the wrist and yelling back at them' See you at lunch.'
Harry and Emily had to sprint to their next class which was DADA. They made it just before the teacher ushered everyone in. he introduced himself as,' P- P – Professor Q- Quirrell.' He managed to stutter. His class smelled strongly of garlic. He told them that this was to ward off a vampire that he fought in Romania and was afraid that it would come after him. The class was dull for the most. They only study theory and basic principles of spell casting.
Their next lesson was Herbology which went along the lines of Transfiguration. They were more interested because Professor Sprout told them they would be working with many exotic plants.
They met up with Ron and Hermione at lunch and the rest of their lessons were exciting except for professor Binns class, who taught History of Magic and is the only ghost that teaches in the school. His class was so boring it put half the class to sleep within the first ten minutes. By dinner Ron was complaining about the amount of homework they had gotten and Hermione had discovered the school's library.
'See you guys tomorrow.' Harry said waving goodbye to the two Gryffindors.
On the way to their common room they literally bumped into Hagrid, teacher and gamekeeper of Hogwarts.' Oh sorry 'Arry. Didn' see ya there.' He said picking Harry up of the floor like he was a doll.' 'ows school?'
'I'm sorry but do I know you.' Harry asked politely.
'I don' think you'd remember me 'Arry. I was the one who took you from your parent's house on that night.' He said trying to be vague but Harry knew what he meant.' Anyway why don' you come by me house sometime.'
'Sure, can I bring some friends?' he replied.
'That'd be ok. I'll see ya around 'Arry.' He said before walking off.
'Well that was strange.' Emily said with a strange look on her face.' Let's go to the common room and finish our homework.' She finished grabbing his hand and walking towards the portrait.
The next day while Harry and Emily were eating breakfast they heard a loud ruffle of wings and when they looked up they saw hundreds of owls flying into the Great Hall delivering messages to their owners. Looking up Harry saw Twilight flying towards him with a message held in his beak. Holding out his arm for twilight to land on Harry to the note and gave her a piece of bacon.
'Harry, I know you get part of your afternoons off so why don't you and yer friends come to my hut for a cup o' tea.' The note said in an untidy scrawl.
'So do you want to go Em?' Harry asked her.
'Sure it could be fun.' She said passing him a quill. Writing a reply on the back he sent Twilight off.' Let's go. Class is going to begin soon.' He said standing up and walking to the doors with Emily in tow. Their morning went by pretty quickly. They walked out of the doors leading to the Hall when a voice called out from behind them. Turning around they saw a boy with platinum blond hair walking towards them.
'I'm Draco Malfoy. I'm in Slytherin.' He said.
'I'm Harry and this is Emily.' Harry said putting a protective arm around her
'I heard you two spend time with the Weasleys. I would advise you not to, you don't want to get mixed with the wrong people. And that oaf they hired as groundskeeper what was his name….'
'Hagrid' Harry stated firmly.
'Yes him. I can't believe they hired that idiot to work here.' Malfoy said mockingly.
'The Weasleys and Hagrid are not stupid or oafs. I don't need you to tell us who we should hang out with. Clearly its people like you we should stay away from.' Harry said barely keeping his anger in check.
'Watch it Evans or you'll end up like Harry Potter's useless parents when Voldemort rises again.' He said drawling way.
When Harry heard that the dam wall broke. He swung his fist at Malfoy's face effectively breaking his nose just before he turned into his panther form. Growling at Malfoy who was lying on the floor clutching his nose. As Malfoy saw the panther standing in front of him all the color drained from his face, he scrambled onto his feet and ran back into the Entrance Hall.
'I know he insulted your family Harry but was that really necessary?' Emily asked.
Harry still in his panther form gave a nod before he started walking to Hagrid's Hut. The talked while they walked….. Well Emily talked while they walked to Hagrid's Hut. When they reached it Emily knocked on the door three times. After she knocked they heard loud barking from the other side of the door and someone yelling' Back fang Back' after a few seconds of this the door opened and they were greeted by the site of Hagrid.
' Hello you… Emily why do you have a panther?' Hagrid asked looking at Harry longingly.
'That's Harry.' Emily said while Harry changed back to normal.
'Hey Hagrid.' Harry said.
'Well come in you two. I'll make ye some tea.' Hagrid said with slight disappointment in his voice.
'Thanks Hagrid.' Harry said accepting a cup.
They sat in his hut talking about random topics. They only left when they realized that they would be late for their next lesson. They quickly transformed and ran through the corridors while everyone gaped at them and got their brooms for their first flying lesson.
'My name is Madam Hooch. I will be your flying instructor for the term. I will be teaching you the basics of flying and not Quidditch since first years are yet to be allowed to play. Now stick your right hand above your broom and firmly say up. Like this' she demonstrated for the Ravenclaw's and Gryffindors. Harry and Emily's broom shot right into their hands. Ron's was the same but Hermione's didn't move at all. A boy that had introduced himself and Neville was having trouble as well. His broom rolled restlessly on the ground. After they had all managed it Madam Hooch showed them how to properly mount their brooms. She corrected some people including Tom. He had been going on this morning how he had played Quidditch.
'Now on my whistle you will kick off and fly a few feet above the ground and come back down. 1- 2 -…'
Unfortunately Neville was so nervous that he kicked off before the whistle and flew straight fifty feet up. His broom bucked to all sides and Neville was holding on for dear life. Harry and Emily kicked off after him. Madam Hooch was yelling for the three of them to come back down. Harry tried to get close to Neville but when he did the broom just swung more violently. The last swing he was thrown of his broom and his remembrall that he got this morning flew out of his pocket. Harry dived after Neville and caught him round the waist and pulled him onto his broom, meanwhile Emily had shot after the ball. After a fifty foot dive she caught it and pulled out her feet barely skimming the grass.
As they landed they were met by cheers from the other students, but their victory was short lived.' Mr and Mrs Evans. Follow me.' A stern Professor Sinistra said said walking towards an archway. Following with grim looks on their faces Professor McGonagall lead them to an empty classroom where she told them to wait.
After a few seconds of awkward silence Harry decided to talk.' What do you think they're going to do with us?' he asked.
'Bloody Hell Harry how should I know.' Emily yelled.' Sorry I'm just a little tense.' She said looking at her feet.
Harry put an arm around her and pulled her closer,' It's ok Emily. I don't know what's going to be with us. They might throw us out of the school but as long as I'm with you it doesn't matter to me.' He said looking into her eyes.
Emily didn't know what overcame her but looking into those green eyes she saw love in them. Love for her. Leaning forward she closed her eyes and locked lips with Harry. Their first kiss was a moment of true bliss. When they pulled apart they stared deeply into the others eyes. after a few minutes the door opened and Professor walked back in with a fifth year Ravenclaw girl.
'Ms Chang I would like you to meet your new chaser and seeker.' Professor Sinistra said beamingly.
'Professor are you sure?' the girl asked uncertainly sizing them up.
'Completely. One of the Gryffindors fell of his broom. Harry here caught him perfectly and landed safely and Emily caught a ball that fell out of the boy's pocket. She caught it and pulled out of a fifty foot dive. Not even Charles could have pulled of that sort of feat.' She explained proudly.
'Uh excuse me. Are you saying that were not in trouble?' Harry asked uncertainly.
'Of course you are not in trouble. So Megan, do you think that they would be welcome on your Quidditch team?' Sinistra said.
'Of course.' She said confidently.
The rest of the week went fast for Harry and Emily. They had made it onto the Ravenclaw Quidditch team even though first years weren't allowed to play. They were the youngest players in a century. They hadn't told Ron or Hermione yet because they had to be kept a secret. Their first training session was on Friday evening. They were so excited that they ran from their class the second the bell rang and sprinted as panthers to the Quidditch pitch.
Megan heard the door open and turned and said.' Hey Harry and Emi- Merlin's Beard panthers!' Saying that she screamed would be an understatement thought Harry.
Changing back they managed to calm her down and have a good laugh.' That was not funny.' She would say before bursting into giggles herself.
She carried a large box to the centre of the pitch and explained to the two the rules and different kind of balls in Quidditch.' There are seven players on a team, three chasers who score points through the hoops by throwing the Quaffle through them, a keeper, which is me, try's to block the Quaffle from going through. With me so far?' with a nod from both of them she got into some more advanced stuff concerning Quidditch. Needless to say Harry and Emily performed wonderfully by Megan's standards.
