The-Demon-Who-Lived
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or Naruto. They are both respectively owned by J.K Rowling and Masashi Kishimoto
A/N: I haven't decided whether or not to make Dumbledore manipulative and evil in this story yet so view his acts with an open mind until they blatantly point out a side.
As for Harry, just because he has Naruto's memories doesn't mean he has Naruto's personality. Personally I like Naruto, its a good story, but I hate Naruto the character. No one is that forgiving, trusting and borderline retarded. As such I refuse to base my Harry around him and instead I'm just making him AU.
For those who think hes too pro Slytherin already you have to remember that the only reason he chose Gryffindor in cannon was from meeting Ron and being influenced by his prejudices, in this story he met Draco first who told him about the four houses with input from Madame Malkin and Harry just decided that Slytherin was the more ninja like house so it would suit him. And there's also the fact the house is represented by snakes and he can speak with snakes. Basically just little influences on his kiddie mind.
Chapter 3: School
-Saturday, August 31st 1991-
The first few hours of the trip were uneventful, mostly due to their compartment being hidden from all other students. Harry and Draco spent that time changing into their all black school robes and then they sat down to talk about Quidditch, Hogwarts and the four houses, well Draco talked and Harry listened. After 45 minutes of this Draco introduced him to exploding snap, a magical card game.
After his third loss at the game Harry suggested they play something else, getting an affirmation from Draco he drew his phoenix wand (suppressing a shudder as he did) and conjured up a Shogi board. He had learned all about the game from the memories of his ancestor and having become interested in the game had bought books about it as a child. Using the strategies Naruto had been taught by his friend and comrade Shikamaru Nara, Harry taught Draco how to play the foreign board game.
After grumbling about muggles and their uselessness for a while Draco grasped the theory behind the game and actually began to enjoy himself. They played a few rounds with Harry winning each one before they took a break from the game. After a while Harry took down the illusion around their compartment, most of the girls had given up their search for the two boys and other than the odd student walking about the hallways were silent.
"Hey lets go look for my friends, they should be somewhere on the train and I can introduce you." Draco offered opening the compartment door.
"Might as well, there's not much else to do." Harry replied following behind the blond.
As Draco stepped out into the hall he was knocked down as someone walked into him, smirking to himself Harry stepped into the hallway. He found the person to be a young girl who looked to be roughly the same age as Draco and he, she had long bushy brown hair, brown eyes and wore the plain robes of a first year. Behind the girl stood a pudgy blond haired boy, he also wore first year robes and was looking from Draco to Harry with fright.
"Oh I'm so sorry, I didn't see you there." The girl apologized.
She withered as Draco glared at her "Watch were your going next time woman, I sho-." He was cut off as Harry put a hand on his shoulder.
Sending his friend a reproachful glance Harry smiled at the two others "Be nice Draco, she already apologized." he chided, Draco huffed and stood up. Holding out a hand to the girl Harry helped her to her feet.
"I hope you're not hurt." He said smiling, she blushed as his allure hit her but managed to shake her head wildly. Harry grinned wider as he heard Draco scoff from behind him.
"My name is Harry Potter and the rude boy behind me is Draco Malfoy, who might you two be?" He asked softly.
The girl snapped her head up at his question with a blush, she had been preoccupied studying his hand which she still held onto.
"Oh! I'm Hermione Granger." The girl replied hurriedly.
"A pleasure to make your acquaintance Miss Granger." Harry stated, her blush doubled in intensity as he brought her hand to his lips and brushed his lips on the knuckles.
"N-neville L-longbottom." The boy squeaked. Harry gave him a nod but inside he was frowning, the boy's magical signature felt familiar. It wasn't something he had come across before but he felt as if he should recognize the energy signature. Shrugging mentally he filed this point away for another time, most likely he was a descendant of someone his ancestor had known and he was comparing the signature with that of a memory.
"Wait, your Harry Potter? I've read all about you, you're famous.!" Hermione exclaimed somewhat regaining her senses. She was about to continue on but lost her train of thought as Harry placed a long delicate finger to her lips.
"Not here Miss Granger, too many curious ears. Perhaps we can speak more at a later time." Harry stated, the girl nodded shakily and finally released his hand taking a step back with her blush back in place.
Giving her another smile and nodding to the Longbottom once more Harry walked passed the two with a frowning Draco following behind. After a few minutes he looked back to his friend who still hat a deep frown on his face.
"Whats your problem Draco? You cant still be angry over that little accident, can you?" He asked his blond friend. As he spoke Harry threw up some illusions around them to keep the conversation secret and to avoid a repeat of their last walk through the train.
"It's not that, It's that girl. I've never heard of a family name Granger" Draco replied with a scowl.
"So what?" Harry asked curiously.
"So, she's a muggleborn then." Draco spat back.
"And?" Harry asked raising a single brow in question.
"The girl was a mudblood and you were being all nice to her, muggleborns don't belong in our society. They should just be killed off or left to rot with the muggles!" Draco spat back.
Harry came to a stop and turned to his friend. Draco staggered back a step as rage filled green eyes bore into his.
"You would do best to watch what you say around me Draco. I don't tolerate prejudice and bigotry. Unlike you who has spent his entire life living in the wizarding world I have been living with Muggles so I know how horrible they can be, but I also know that not all muggles are bad. This also extends to muggleborn, feel free to hate them as you wish but keep it to yourself, I prefer to get to know someone before making a decision about them" He replied with a cold icy tone.
Draco could only nod in reply, he could feel the magic swirling in the air around his friend and it frightened him more than the anger flashing through Harry's eyes. He made a mental note not to cross Harry without due cause.
Seeing his friend nod Harry let up on the killer intent he was producing and backed off.
"Now then Draco, why is it you hate her for simply being born to muggles?" Harry asked turning away, Draco blinked rapidly as his friend calmly walked away like the last few seconds hadn't happened.
Walking fast to catch up Draco pondered the question for a second before replying "Er..Father say's that they're trying to force their customs on us and make our world more like theirs, also with more muggleborn being born each year the bloodlines are weakening."
"Well that's just silly," Harry stated frowning "Seeing all the things muggles have come up with and done I don't see whats so bad about integrating the two societies."
Draco frowned back at him "Why should we have anything to do with fil- muggles, we are superior and our society is better. They should simply bow to us." he replied.
Harry broke out in laughter at that comment causing Draco's scowl to deepen.
"Wizards aren't superior to muggles Draco, muggles have weapons and technology that would put most wizards to shame. Besides being a wizard or a muggle shouldn't matter, you're all human in the end." Harry commented, of course he counted himself exempt from that statement. Let the humans fight amongst themselves, he was a magical creature so he could care less.
Draco sneered and was about to reply but Harry cut him off.
"That's just my opinion Draco, you don't have to share it and I wont force my beliefs on you, I just ask that you treat any friends of mine, no matter how 'pure' their blood may be, with some modicum of respect." Harry stated narrowing his eyes at Draco and spiking his killing intent to make sure the point stuck.
Draco gulped as something flashed in his friends eyes once more, something dangerous.
"Fine." He conceded.
Harry's demeanor instantly changed and he smiled widely at the blond boy.
"Good, I'm glad that's settled."
"Draco?" A voice cut into their conversation.
Turning Harry spotted the source as a tall dark-skinned boy with short black hair and eyes, the boy was currently squinting at them as he somehow manged to pierce the low level illusion around them.
Harry frowned as he dropped the illusion. Even though it was low level no human should have been able to see through it unless they were of significant power, something the first year boy before him was definitely lacking. He pondered this as he observed the boy, he looked human but there was definitely a small difference with his magical signature.
'Perhaps some creature blood in his line? That may have been enough to see through that weak genjutsu.' Harry thought observing the boy.
"It is you, where have you been Draco? We searched every where and didn't see you." The boy continued oblivious to Harry's thoughts or observation.
"Blaise!" Draco exclaimed "Good to see you mate, I was with my new friend here and we were hiding from some girls." Draco replied.
The boy, Blaise, seemed to notice Harry for the first time and nodded to him in greeting before holding out a hand.
"I can see why, nice to meet you. My names Blaise Zabini, I'm another of Draco's friends." Blaise stated.
Shaking the boys hand Harry smiled thinly.
"Harry Potter. It's nice to meet you Blaise." He replied politely.
Blaise's eyes widened as he shot a look to Draco, Draco nodded in reply and Blaise's eyes snapped back to Harry's.
"Wow, the Harry Potter. Wait till the others meet you, come on Draco our compartments down this way." Blaise stated leading them back the way they had come.
They walked past a couple compartments before Blaise stopped and opened the door to one compartment.
"Hey guys I found Draco and you'll never guess who he's with." Blaise announced entering the compartment, Draco followed behind him receiving greetings from the others within. Harry entered last and took a moment to survey the compartment. Other than he, Draco and Blaise there were six others inside the compartment, three girls and three boys.
"Who's this then?" One of the girls asked.
Harry's smile turned into a grin as his allure hit the group causing the three girls to blush lightly and look him over several times.
"Nice to meet you all. I'm Harry Potter, Draco's friend." He replied politely.
There was a gasp as they all heard his name, he noted that several eyes turn to his forehead in search of his scar which was hidden behind his hair. After a moment and some assurance from Draco they welcomed him to the group and introduced themselves.
"I'm Pansy Parkinson." One of the girls stated boldly. She had short black hair that stopped at neck level and black eyes. While not the best looking of the three Harry counted her as one of the prettier girls he had met so far.
"Charmed." he replied bowing down and kissing her hand. She blushed darker and looked away shyly. Another one of the girls pushed her aside in order to introduce herself.
"Millicent Bulstrode, nice to meet you Harry." she stated eagerly giving him her hand to kiss. She she had long brown hair that draped down to her shoulders and bright blue eyes.
Harry gave her a smile as he kissed her offered hand.
"It's a pleasure to meet you." He replied softly. Millicent giggled as she sat down next to Pansy and they began to whisper to each other. The last girl sat up and held out a hand as well.
"Daphne Greengrass" She stated briskly. She had long blond hair that was tied back in a ponytail with one long bang trailing down the right side of her face, her eyes were a darker shade of blue than Millicents but shined just as brightly. Over all she was the prettiest of the three and seemed to be the one in charge since the other girls were sending her small glances when they had made their own introductions.
Harry brought her hand to his lips as well and noted that she had tried to fight off the blush that was attempting to spread across her cheeks, he sent her a warm smile backed by his allure and her defenses shattered. She blushed brightly and backed away to join her friends.
Chuckling to himself Harry turned to the three boys who had sat back to watch the introductions from the girls, they were all shooting him wry grins while watching the girls converse in whispers.
A tall dark-blond boy next to Draco gave him a lazy wave before introducing himself as Theodore Nott.
"And these two here are Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle." Theodore explained pointing to the two last boys. They were both extremely large for their age standing a few inches taller than him, both looked similar to the other except Crabbe had black hair and black eyes while Goyle had brown hair and brown eyes. The two gave a simple grunt in response.
Harry nodded to the boys and joined them on their side of the compartment since the girls were still in whispered conversation. They spoke for a few minutes about the coming school year and the past Quidditch season. All conversations stopped as the compartment door slid open and a familiar figure stuck their head into the compartment.
"Hello again Hermione." Harry greeted with a smile.
The girl who had been about to speak startled at the sound of her name but smiled when she spotted Harry smiling at her.
"H-hi again Harry." she replied softly.
"Well? What do you want?" Pansy snapped at her angrily.
Hermione seemed to snap out of a daze as she remembered what she had come for "Oh! Sorry, I was wondering if any of you have seen a toad, Neville here lost his." She stated pointing out Neville who was standing behind her looking shy and afraid.
"No we haven't, can I ask what the toads name is?" Harry asked standing up.
"Er, T-t-trevor." Neville stuttered out.
Forcing down a shudder as he drew his Phoenix wand once more Harry held his wand elegantly as he called on his reserves.
"Accio Trevor the Toad" he whispered.
Neville and Hermione were forced to step aside as a small green object hurtled down the hallway and into the compartment. Both turned to see a large green toad in Harry's hand.
"There you go." Harry stated calmly as he held out his hand. Neville cheered up slightly and smiled.
"Oh thank you thank you thank you" He said taking the toad and walking down the hallway.
"Thanks for the help Harry." Hermione said smiling.
"It was my pleasure." Harry replied with his own smile. The girl flushed and with a muttered goodbye closed the compartment door and strolled away.
"Who was that?" Pansy asked sneering at the door.
"Some mud- muggleborn girl we ran into earlier, she seems quite taken with Harry." Draco replied sending a nervous glance at his friend at his near slip up.
"A Mudblood? Why would you associate with filth like that?" Pansy spat out. She immediately squeaked as the entire compartment seemed to freeze over. Pansy and the rest let out a slight whimper as Harry regarded them with cold eyes, as he looked at each of them they shivered as fear spread through their bodies, only Draco seemed to be better off since he had dealt with this side of his friend before.
"Don't. Insult. My. Friends." Harry stated in an icy tone, each word was punctuated by a spike of his killer intent.
The other teens in the room nodded rapidly finding themselves unable to speak due to the pressure and tension in the room. As quick as it had come the feeling disappeared and Harry gave them all a smile once more. The room seemed to brighten up again and all feelings of coldness and fear vanished
"Good, like I told Draco earlier you can all have your silly little prejudices but please try not to insult anyone that happens to be my friend." Harry stated calmly.
Like his ancestor before him he cherished those that he could call his friends, which at this point in time was a very small list made up of Hermione and those in this compartment. Although he wouldn't trust them until he got to know them better, he would still defend his friends until they proved they were undeserving of his friendship and there was also the fact that he was a demon. Demons were very possessive and would fiercely protect those they claimed as theirs.
His fellow first years settled down after the dangerous atmosphere had faded, they still sent him wary looks but his demonic allure, warm smile and natural charm easily dissuaded any fears they may have had.
The rest of the train ride was spent in enjoyable conversation and Harry got the chance to teach Theo and Blaise how to play Shogi as well, the two boys easily learned the game and after an hour could play almost as well as Draco. Although they were still beginners Harry speculated that with a few months of practice they may be able to give him a slight challenge. He wasn't much of a strategist but was definitely better at it than his ancestor, although he was no where near Shikamaru's brilliance.
After a few hours the train docked at Hogsmeade and they were allowed off the train, following behind Draco and the others Harry exited the train onto the platform. He took a look around and noted all the other students milling about, past the group of students he spotted a familiar figure as Hagrid towered above them out.
"Firs' yers o'er 'ear. Firs' yers" The half-giant shouted, his voice boomed above all other sounds drawing everyone's attention. Walking beside Draco Harry made his way through the crowd towards Hagrid.
"Arry, good ta see yer." Hagrid boomed when he spotted him.
"It's good to see you as well Hagrid, are you the one in charge of the first years?" Harry replied politely, a glance at his friends warned them about disrespecting the half-giant. They recieved the message and promptly closed their mouths.
"Thas right, I'll be taking ya all ta the castle." Hagrid replied, seeing that the first years had all gathered around while the other years made a beeline for some carriages Hagrid smile at Harry before addressing the group.
Harry scowled as he felt a presence resonate with his, looking around he spotted the source, at first he had missed them when surveying the area but now that he paid attention to his senses he could easily spot the Thestrals that pulled the carriages. He could feel the demonic blood within them as sure as they could feel his, some had even stopped to stare at him before the magic on the carriages compelled them to make way towards the castle.
Spreading out his senses Harry locked onto the various creatures in the surrounding area, there was of course Hagrid who stood just a few feet away but he could also sense a myriad of creatures in the nearby forest and lake. All of which were too weak to sense him, at most the only beings powerful and pure enough to sense his nature were the Thestrals who had some of the purest demonic blood out there, the giant squid which had lived for eons and was powerful enough to sense him and lastly were the elder mermaids and centaurs who were also alerted of his presence due to their age and accumulation of power. There were also some unicorns that could sense him but that was only due to his being a powerful dark creature.
He spiked his demonic aura slightly causing Hagrid to startle a bit and glance about while some other students blushed red as his allure washed over them. Harry waited a moment but there was no returning spike. He had just challenged the other creatures to enter their territory, none had accepted his challenge.
Either the other creatures didn't care or they were unaware of his challenge, he was betting on the later since the creatures in the area were just shells of their past glory and didn't know much about their heritage. Considering the fact that hundreds of different creatures co-inhabited the same area they had definitely forgotten the ancient laws on territory.
Since he didn't have to worry about fighting another creature in the near future Harry returned his attention to Hagrid who was speaking. At some point in time he had followed with the group of students and now stood at the edge of a lake with several boats floating before them. Joining Draco, Theo and Blaise in one boat Harry settled down as they glided across the surface of the large lake towards the castle in the distance. His friends spoke with each other calmly while paying little attention to what Hagrid was saying.
He briefly wondered if they would remain this calm if they knew the boat was being shadowed by a giant squid.
The upper tier demon had been following their boat since they reached deeper waters. Harry could sense no ill intent from the squid, although old and powerful it was still young for one of its kind and held a sort of child like innocence so only chose to follow along and send him simple messages through its aura. Harry played around with the squid as they traveled, sending back messages and images with his aura but eventually was forced to say goodbye as the boats reached shallow water and docked. The other students squealed in fear as a large tentacle rose from the water and seemed to wave but Harry only smiled calmly and waved back. The squid sent a final goodbye before diving deeper into the lake.
A/N: Just wanted to take a moment and explain the demon/summon creature tiers. There are 7 tiers in total and I'll be listing them below.
*All tiers are based from Harry's perspective only*
1st tier (lower tier): Weakest creatures, usually unintelligent. Ex: Flobberworms, Mandrakes, Horklump.
2nd tier (lower tier): Weak creatures, low intelligence. Ex: Imps, Pixies, Gnomes.
3rd tier (Mid tier): Difficult creatures, some intelligence. Ex: Hippogriff, Griffin, Grindylow.
4th tier (Mid tier): Strong creatures, low to high intelligence. Ex: Thestrals, Trolls, Acromantula.
5th tier (Mid tier): Stronger creatures, low to high intelligence. Ex: Dragon, Sphinx, Chimera.
6th tier (Upper tier): Strongest creatures, high intelligence, usually sentient. Ex: Phoenix, Basilisk, Unicorn.
7th tier (Upper tier): Strong to Strongest creatures, high intelligence, always sentient, usually humanoid. Ex: Centaur, Werewolf, Dementor.
-7th tier is one of the least dangerous since they can usually be reasoned with. 6th tier holds most of the powerful light creatures making them the most dangerous for him. Some 5th to 6th tier creatures can be more powerful than 7th tier creatures.-
Harry frowned as he stepped onto the shore, halfway through the trip he had begun to sense something as he approached the castle, several somethings in fact. He was unsure what they were but his bet was on powerful creatures, one of which was most likely the phoenix he had read about in 'Hogwarts: A History.'
Hagrid led them towards the large gates of the castle and raising one large fist pounded three times on the door. The door sung open immediately and standing behind them was a tall stern looking witch, she had piercing green eyes and graying black hair tied in a bun with a pointy black hat on top, her robes were green in color with a red trim.
"The firs' yers Professor McGonagall" Hargrid stated to the woman.
"Thank you Hagrid, I'll handle things from here." McGonagall replied.
Nodding to the witch and sending Harry a parting smile Hagrid lumbered off into the castle.
Harry whistled as McGonagall pulled the doors wide and led them in, the entrance hall of the castle was extremely large, the room seemed to go so high that the ceiling was hidden in shadows and he could most likely fit the Dursley's entire house within the room and still have some space left over.
As soon as he stepped past the threshold Harry gasped in pain, his senses were being assaulted by many different presences and the amount of energy floating freely within the castle was not helping. It took all his willpower to ignore them and follow along with the group without arousing much suspicion, his friends had sent him some worried glances but he had waved them off assuring them he was okay.
They followed Professor McGonagall across the flagged stone floor towards a small door. Harry could hear the drone of hundreds of voices from a large doorway to the right as they passed it, the rest of the school must have already arrived. Professor McGonagall showed the first years into a small, empty chamber off the hall and silenced them all with a piercing glare.
"Welcome to Hogwarts," McGonagall announced. "The start-of-term banquet will begin shortly, but before you take your seats in the Great Hall, you will be sorted into your houses. The Sorting is a very important ceremony because, while you are here, your house will be something like your family within Hogwarts. You will have classes with the rest of your house, sleep in your house dormitory, and spend free time in your house common room." she explained.
Taking a pause and glancing around the room she continued on. "The four houses are called Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin. Each house has its own noble history and each has produced outstanding witches and wizards. While you are at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn your house points, while any rule-breaking will lose house points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the House Cup, a great honor. I hope each of you will be a credit to whichever house becomes yours."
"The Sorting Ceremony will take place in a few minutes in front of the rest of the school. I suggest you all smarten yourselves up as much as you can while you are waiting." she finished. "I shall return for you when we are ready for you, please wait quietly."
Turning she swept out of the room and through another door to the side. As the other students broke out in whispers Harry closed his eyes and focused on the presences assaulting his senses, they would keep bothering him until he acknowledged them.
The first was the magic of the castle itself, that was of no concern since they were only acknowledging him and tying him to the wards, something that was happening with the other students as well although none of them were able to sense it like he could.
The next few were fellow creatures within the castle itself. Above him on the highest floor was a summon creature, most likely the phoenix based on the revulsion the presence brought him. Deep below him was a powerful upper tier demon-kind, it was currently in a state of hibernation though so he didn't have to worry about it right now. Next was another summon creature a few floors above him, this was also an upper tier creature but was far below the phoenix so it wasn't anything for him to worry about. In the same area as that creature was a lesser demon-kind around mid-tier but powerful all the same..
Harry fingered his daggers under his robes uneasily, he may have the knowledge and practice but he wasn't at all sure of his chances against the two powerful creatures he was sensing. He vowed to increase his training and watch his back while in Hogwarts, the place wasn't turning out to be as safe and carefree as he had expected.
He could also sense a few other strange presences within the castle, a few belonged in the lower tiers and were coming from around him and behind the door McGonagall had entered, those he pegged as the witches and wizards with creature blood or demonic wand cores. And then there were the plants, those he simply just pushed away from his mind, far too many magical plants carried demonic traits, none would be an issue to him. After all his Mokuton was all but mastered.
Elemental manipulation was one of his easier skills to master, demons were creatures of the dark and all elements stemmed from the dark in some form. Fire, Lightning and light were all out of his full control, but he could still use them to a certain degree. Water, Earth, wind and darkness on the other hand, well those he could wield like they were an extension of himself.
Harry's senses continued to search as he sorted through all the presences he felt. Another presence was felt a few floors up and was also with the other two creatures he had sensed before, this one had mid-upper tier power but the strange thing was that he could sense no life from it at all, in fact if felt like an object rather than a creature.
Curious.
The last presence he could sense was on one of the higher floors as well, this was was a mid-lower tier creature and like the last he could sense it was an object of some kind except this one seemed to have some form of sentience since he could feel it calling out to him, strange...this would take looking into at a later time.
Harry opened his eyes as he finished reviewing the presences he sensed, he startled as he came face to face with Draco who was just a few inches away from him. Draco gulped as he found cold steel pressed up against his neck. Before any others noticed, the dagger Harry held was already deep within his robes and hidden from sight.
"What?" Harry asked calming down.
"Sorry mate, you were out of it for a bit. We tried shaking you and calling your name but nothing worked." Theo replied from beside Draco.
"I was concentrating on something, sorry to have worried you." Harry replied softly "Was there a reason you needed me?"
"Not really, the girls just thought you would want to see the ghosts." Blaise answered pointing up.
Harry looked up and noticed there were now a few ghosts floating through the room, he spotted a fat friar speaking to some kids off to the side, two of which he recognized as Hermione and Neville while the last was some redheaded boy.
"Oh cool, they are interesting." Harry stated observing the spirits as they floated by, he smirked inwardly though having already read about the school he had expected the ghosts but who knew there were so many here, they would be a great help with some of the soul based rituals he knew. Harry smirked darkly at that last thought.
"Thanks for pointing them out guys." He added turning back to his friends.
"No problem, that was a nice looking blade you had," Draco stated rubbing his throat "Can I see it later?"
"Sure thing Draco, sorry about scaring you I'm a naturally jumpy person." Harry replied.
Draco laughed and waved it off.
All conversations in the room ceased as McGonagall entered the room once more, surveying them all and quieting them with a stern gaze she spoke.
"The Sorting Ceremony is about to start, form a line," she stated "and follow me."
Harry smirked at his friends as they followed McGonagall. They walked out of the chamber, back across the hall and through a pair of large double doors into the Great Hall.
The hall looked exactly as it had from his book. It was lit by thousands and thousands of candles that were floating over four long tables, where the rest of students were sitting. These tables were laid with glittering golden plates and goblets. At the top of the hall was another long table where the teachers sat. Harry smiled as he spotted Snape sitting at the table, the man gave him a slight nod in greeting which Harry returned. At the far end of the table just two seats away from Snape Harry spotted Hagrid waving at him.
Professor McGonagall led the first years up to the front, so that they came to a halt in a line facing the other students, with the teachers behind them. Dotted here and there among the students, the ghosts could be seen floating around. Harry looked upward and saw a velvety black ceiling dotted with stars, the roof was decorated just as he had expected.
Behind him he heard Hermione whisper, "It's bewitched to look like the sky outside. I read about it in Hogwarts, A History."
Harry smirked at this, someone else had read the book as well. At least his new friend would prove to be an intelligent conversationalist. Draco and the others were smart and fun to talk with but they weren't the kinds for long discussions or debates.
Harry quickly looked down again as Professor McGonagall silently placed a four-legged stool in front of the first years. On top of the stool she put a pointed wizard's hat. The sorting hat he assumed. Everyone was staring intently at the hat. For a few seconds there was complete silence, then the hat twitched. A rip near the brim opened wide like a mouth, and the hat began to sing:
Oh, you may not think I'm pretty,
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
You can keep your bowlers black,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.
You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart;
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are true
And unafraid of toil;
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
If you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folks use any means
To achieve their ends.
So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands (though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!
The whole hall burst into applause as the hat finished its song. It bowed to each of the four tables and then became quiet again. Professor McGonagall now stepped forward holding a long roll of parchment.
"When I call your name, you will put on the hat and sit on the stool to be sorted," she said. "Hannah Abbott!"
A pink-faced girl with blonde pigtails stumbled out of line, put on the hat, which fell right down over her eyes, and sat down. A moment's pause-
"HUFFLEPUFF!"the hat shouted.
The table on the right cheered and clapped as Hannah went to sit down at the Hufflepuff table. Harry saw the ghost of the Fat Friar waving merrily at her.
"Susan Bones!"
"HUFFLEPUFF!" the hat shouted again, and Susan scuttled off to sit next to Hannah.
"Terry Boot!"
"RAVENCLAW!" the hat shouted.
The table second from the left clapped this time and several Ravenclaws stood up to shake hands with Terry as he joined them.
"Millicent Bulstrode!"
"Good luck Millie" Pansy whispered to her.
With confidence, Millicent strode forward and sat down, she pulled the hat on and everyone waited. Seconds ticked by as everyone waited, finally the tear opened up and the hat shouted out, "SLYTHERIN!"
Smiling as she took the hat off Millie went to sit with the Slytherins at the far right table.
Michael Corner and Stephen Cornfoot were sent to Ravenclaw afterwards.
"Vincent Crabbe!"
Crabbe strode to the stool and took his seat, the hat barely covered his large head but a moment after it was placed the rip opened and it shouted-
"SLYTHERIN!"
Tracey Davis and Kevin Entwhistle went to Slytherin, Justin Finch-Fletchley went to Hufflepuff, Seamus Finnigan to Gryffindor and Anthony Goldstein was a Ravenclaw.
"Gregory Goyle!" Goyle grunted and strode to the front of the room, taking his seat the hat was only on his head for a moment before it shouted out.
"SLYTHERIN!"
"Hermione Granger!" McGonagall called over the shouts of the
Harry smiled as the girl rushed passed him only slowing to nod at the word of encouragement he gave her. Taking a seat on the stool she sat still as the hat was placed on her head. The hat was silent for awhile before shouting
"GRYFFINDOR!"
"Daphne Greengrass"
Daphne gracefully strode up to the stood and took her seat. The hat rested on he head for a few seconds before declaring her a - SLYTHERIN.
Wayne Hopkins and Megan Jones were declared Hufflepuffs while Su Li was a Ravenclaw.
When Neville Longbottom was called he fell over on his way to the stool, Harry gave the boy an encouraging smile as he picked himself up. The hat took a long time to decide with Neville. When it finally shouted, "GRYFFINDOR!" Neville was so excited that he ran off still wearing the hat and had to jog back amid gales of laughter to give it to "Morag MacDougal," who became a Ravenclaw. Harry was surprised at the hat's choice, he had been told that Gryffindors were brave and from what he had seen of Neville so far the boy was anything but brave and courageous.
"Ernie Macmillan" was the last boy to be Sorted to Hufflepuff.
Then it was Draco's turn. He walked nonchalantly up to the stool and pulled the hat on, but didn't get a chance to sit down before it screamed out-
"SLYTHERIN!"
Draco winked at Harry, waved to his friends, and went to join Crabbe, Goyle, and Millicent at the Slytherin table.
Next was Theo, he swaggered up just as casually as Draco. The hat took a few seconds before calling out-
"SLYTHERIN!"
"Pansy Parkinson!" Harry gave her a whispered good luck as she passed by, Pansy smiled at him before hurrying on, blush present.
"SLYTHERIN!"
A pair of twin girls, Padma and Parvati Patil were next, Padma to Ravenclaw and Parvati to Gryffindor. Sally-Anne Perks went to Hufflepuff.
"Harry Potter!"
As Harry stepped forward, whispers suddenly broke out all over the hall.
"Potter, did she say?"
"The Harry Potter?"
"He's so cute"
The last thing Harry saw before the hat dropped over his eyes was the hall full of people craning to get a good look at him. The next second he was looking at the black inside of the hat. He waited. Harry perked up as he felt a presence within his mind.
"Hmm," said a small voice in his hear. "I need you to lower your Occlumency shields Mister Potter." The hat stated after a moment.
The whispers increased in strength as the older students pondered how a first year knew Occlumency. At the head table Snape shot the headmaster a meaningful look that seemed to scream 'Do you believe me now?' but Dumbledore ignored it as his eyes focused on the boy sitting on the stool.
Meanwhile on the stool Harry was silently cursing, he should have figured out the hat viewed the thoughts of those it was placed on, had he known he could have created a false set of memories and thoughts for it to view. Now it was too late and he couldn't think of anything that wouldn't end with him having to lower his shields and having his secrets known. Suddenly thinking up a reckless but profitable plan Harry decided to turn this event in his favor.
Pretending to wring his hands in his lap he rapidly went through hand-seals and cast a quick but powerful illusion over the hall that would skew the victims perception of time, to the others only a second would pass while he would have a full minute. As the illusion took effect Harry dropped his shields, he felt the hat enter his mind but with a bit of concentration pushed it out while following behind, he plunged into the hats mind and drained all he found within, its memories, thoughts and knowledge were all drained out and stored into a separate part of his mind.
Unfortunately other than a map of the school the hat only contained the memories of the students it had sorted today and those, like everything else the hat had once known, would be destroyed after the sorting. Harry trashed the memories but decided to keep the map, after all it would pay to know his way around the school.
As the minute ended Harry created a false set of memories and thrust them at the hat making it think it had already viewed his and chose where to sort him. Just as the illusion fell and everyone returned to normal the hat shouted out-
"SLYTHERIN!"
The entire hall remained silent in shock as he stood and removed the hat. McGonagall shot him a surprised look and Hagrid looked shocked while Dumbledore looked pensive from his seat. Snape gave him a slight smirk and nod as he passed by on his way to the Slytherin table. After a few moments of silence Draco and the others stood and clapped as their friend made his way over, the other students eventually joined in but Harry was surprised to see the older Slytherins shooting him looks of disdain. Taking a seat between Draco and Pansy Harry turned his attention back to the sorting ignoring the various looks he was receiving.
There were only four people left now.
"Dean Thomas," a tall boy with warm dark brown skin went to Gryffindor.
"Lisa Turpin" was a Ravenclaw, and then it was the red head who was standing by Hermionie and Neville earlier.
"Ron Weasley!"
He heard Draco scoff and mutter something that sounded like 'Blood Traitors' as Weasley staggered up to the stool and almost collapsed on top of it.
The hat was silent for only a few seconds before shouting out-
"GRYFFINDOR!"
Harry watched as the now white-faced boy made his way over to where three other redheads, who Draco muttered were his brothers, sat and collapsed. They were all patting him on the back and congratulating him.
"Blaise Zabini!"
Blaise like the his friends before him strode confidently up to the stool. The hat was barely on his head before it shouted out-
"SLYTHERIN!" for everyone to hear. Jumping off the stool Blaise made his way towards the Slytherin table to join his friends.
Since Blaise was the last student Professor McGonagall rolled up her scroll and took the Sorting Hat away.
The hall went silent as the headmaster got to his feet. He was beaming at the students, his arms opened wide, as if nothing could have pleased him more than to see them all there. Harry smirked at this, while Dumbledore appeared kind and grandfatherly you could also sense the power and danger hidden just under the surface.
"Welcome!" he shouted. "Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! Thank you!"
Harry stifled a laugh at the end of his speech, the man sounded like he was off his rocker but a look into his eyes proved he was far from it.
"Is he a mad?" he heard Draco ask.
"Oh my word, yes," one of the older students answered. "Great wizard, mind you, but quite a bit off his rocker."
Harry smirked at the answer and ignoring the looks of disdain from most his table and the awe filled glances from the others he dug into the food that had appeared before them. As he ate he felt a chill from nearby and looked to his right to see a horribly disfigured ghost sitting one seat away. He had blank, staring eyes, a gaunt face, and robes stained with silver blood.
"Welcome, Mister Potter," the Bloody Baron said softly. "You will do quite well in Slytherin."
"Thank you," Harry replied politely. The ghost interested him as it sat and watched him eat, there were so many soul rituals he was just itching to try if he could just get his hands on one of these ghosts...
Harry shuddered as he fought down a feeling of revulsion, his head turned around searching for the source, the Bloody Baron gave him a curious look before shrugging and floated off down the table.
Harry gulped as he found the source of the feeling, perched on top of one of the Gryffindor flags was a flaming phoenix, the headmasters phoenix, Fawkes. Fawkes perched on its spot staring towards him with its small black eyes. At this time many others had also spotted the bird and had traced its line of sight back to the boy-who-lived.
Rearing back its head Fawkes gave a trill of Phoenix song that cheered those who heard it. Some like Albus Dumbledore, Hagrid and McGonagall noticed who the phoenix was looking at as it sang, they smiled in delight. Others like Quirrell and the Slytherins noticed as well and they frowned. But only Severus Snape noticed the shudder and flash of disgust that flashed across the young boys face.
Harry sighed as he wiped the blood onto his robes. He had only been in the common room for five minutes before he and his friends had been surrounded by the other Slytherins. Of course they blamed him for the death of their precious dark lord and thought it was an insult he was placed into such a noble house as Slytherin, well some of them did. The females were mostly just there to watch as they were entrapped by his allure, this of course just made the boys angrier.
Harry had simply stood back and watched them shout and threaten him. But then it happened, Draco had chosen to stand up for his friend rather than side with the other Slytherins. So one boy had decided to put him in his place, that had been a mistake.
Draco stared wide eyed at the display. One moment he had been standing up for his new friend then some fifth year had drawn his wand and a small green ball of light was sent his way. Draco had closed his eyes and prepared himself for whatever effect the spell would bring, it never came. Cracking his eyes open he had been shocked to see the luminescent green emeralds of Harry's eyes staring back at him. There was blood trailing down a cut on his forearm where the spell had hit but Harry didn't even seem to notice it as he stared at Draco.
Draco was getting scared now, Harry wasn't moving at all as he stared at him. For a moment he thought he had been hit by a petrification spell as well and was going to call for help but then the statuesque form of his friend spoke.
"Are you okay Draco?" His voice was as light as always but one could hear the unbridled rage hidden within.
Harry suppressed a wince at the stinging on his arm, he was pushing against his magic, forcing it back from the wound since it wouldn't do to have his wounds heal miraculously fast in front of witnesses, it was also for this reason he had allowed the spell to hit. He had many ways to block, destroy or deflect it but he chose to conserve his strength and the full scope of his abilities. For now.
That fifth year would need to be taught a lesson though. The spell he had fired had been powerful enough to cut his demonic skin, imagine what it could have done had it hit Draco. No, the boy would need to be taught a very important lesson about attacking Harry Potter's friends.
Draco nodded his head shakily, relieved that Harry seemed to be okay. Harry gave him a calming smile before turning his hate filled eyes on the crowd. A few of the younger students flinched back, some blushed and smiled at him seductively, while the older students studied him warily. Taking full view of the room Harry locked eyes with the smirking fifth year as the boy twirled his wand. The boy smirked at him as his eyes played over the gash running down Harry's arm.
"You can hate me, insult me and curse me. But if any of you ever attack one of my friends again, I will kill you." Harry stated icily, his inner Uzumaki was shining through but his demonic nature was still focused and ready to attack at a moments notice.
The fifth year sneered at him and stopped twirling his wand. The other students had either backed off a little at his threat, this group was composed mostly of the younger students and all the females, or decided to call his bluff, and the boy who had hit him with the cutting spell was feeling confident due to his injury.
"Big threats from someone who's bleeding all over the floor Potter." The boy snarled out.
"Maybe it would be best to back off Higgs." One of the older student stated, he like a few of the other seventh years was experienced enough to seen the dangerous glint that had passed through Harry's eyes, they could also sense some of the power usually bound tightly within him as his control slipped and tendrils of power lashed out.
"Bugger off Surmont, he's just a kid tying to look tough." the boy, Terence Higgs, replied.
At this time Pansy who had been looking over the shaken Draco chose to speak up.
"Back off you prat. Leave Harry alone, he didn't do anything to you." She shouted.
The boy growled and raised his wand towards her. A few of the other students called out a warning or tried to stop him but they were too slow. As Higg's uttered the first syllable to the spell his eyes widened in shock. Unlike most of the others who were looking at either him or Pansy, Terence had kept his eyes locked on Harry in order to taunt him as he cast his spell. That's why he was one of the few that saw as the boy simply disappeared only to reappear a few meters away with his fist buried in Terence's gut.
Higg's gasped in pain as he doubled over onto Harry's arm. All noise in the room ceased as everyone watched in shock and awe as Harry demolished the fifth year.
As Higg's doubled over Harry had grabbed him by the hair and pulling up slightly proceeded to slam the boy face first into the floor. A few winced as they heard the crack of a broken nose. Pulling the head up again Harry slammed his face into the floor and repeated the action. By the time he stopped Terence was covered in blood that flowed from his broken nose and mouth, many of his teeth layered the ground as the blood pooled around them. Harry stared at the broken boy apathetically before lightly tossing him aside and standing, impassively glancing at the shocked faces of the other students he simply wiped the blood on his hands off onto his robes.
"Don't make me repeat myself. Leave my friends alone." Harry stated. Those who had either backed off already or were wary nodded. A few of the boys however growled and circled him, there were four of them all in the same year as Higg's, so most likely his friends. As they went to draw their wands Harry attacked, his right hand flew to the watch on his left wrist and with a push a high powered spell flew towards one of the boys, a gray ball of light with a red core slammed into one boys chest and in an instant he dropped to the ground as ropes were conjured to bind his limbs.
Harry smirked at the first real testing of his new watch. Although it was originally built to only fire low level spells, he had torn down the old enchantments and with a bit of seal work and his own enchanting he had rebuilt it to be far more powerful. Unfortunately the watch could only be programmed once due to the detail oriented nature of seals, Harry had programmed the third function of the watch with both the Stupefy and Incarcerous spells making it ideal for capturing wizards.
As the spell fired from his watch Harry was already moving, in a blur of movement he appeared midair in front of the much taller boy with his fist cocked back. Making sure to pull back on his considerable demonic strength he brought his fist down on the boys face. For the first time since entering the common room a grin spread across Harry's face. His friends shuddered when they saw it, this wasn't one of his kind, heart fluttering smiles. No, this smile was filled with pure malice and blood-lust, his face was twisted with dark glee as the older boy's nose broke and his fist drove him head first into the ground, rendering him unconscious.
By this time the last two boy's had draw their wands and locked onto him.
"Stupefy!'' one shouted.
"Petrificus Totalus!" the other called out.
The ball of red light flew quickly followed by a gray light. Harry dodged the stunner as he leapt away from the downed student. The full body-bind dissipated as it hit the shield provided by his amulet. Harry smirked as the seals on the back of the amulet activated, he could feel as the magic was drawn from the offending spell and added to his reserves. The power that had been drained by his watch was already half returned thanks to the amulet.
Before the two could fire off another spell Harry had disappeared in a blur of movement and the two gulped as wood and steel pressed up against their necks.
This was the scene Severus Snape walked in on as he came to check up with the prefects. A group of frightened but impressed Slytherins stood watching a blood soaked Harry Potter as he stood within the circle they formed. Three unconscious bodies lay scattered around him, their blood soaking the floor as he stood with his wand and a dagger pressed against the necks of two other boys and a look of dark glee placed firmly on his face.
"Er-hum" Snape coughed loudly from the entrance, all eyes turned towards him.
"Well isn't this interesting." He drawled out in his bored tone.
No one made a sound they just continued looking from him to Potter who had yet to move a muscle. Snape resisted the urge to twitch as the boy just looked at him without a care in the world.
"Pucey, Bletchley! Take those three to the hospital wing." Snape snarled at the two at the point of Harry's weapons. They gladly rushed away levitating the forms of their three friends. Harry finally put his wand and dagger away once it was safe.
"Warrington go with them!" he snapped at one of the prefects, the boy nodded dumbly before rushing off "The rest of you off to bed." the crowd broke off heading to their various rooms "That includes you too Mister Potter." he added when the boy hung back, most likely expecting punishment or demands for an explanation.
Harry shrugged and followed after his friends.
"Oh and Potter," Snape called out.
Harry stopped and looked back.
"I had been asked by the headmaster to see if you wanted to switch houses," Snape drawled, taking a look at the blood soaked floor he smirked "But it seems you'll fit in perfectly around here."
Harry smirked.
A/N: Yay finished :3
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