Disclaimer: I Do Not Own Harry Potter, nor do I own any of its characters, all rights are reserved to J.K. Rowling. I Do However own DJ Pierce, Brendan Durst, and Cody Januszco.
Rated: M for Sexual References, Character Death, and Sexual Relationships between characters.
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After reaching the castle, we all began to file in the Great Hall, first years being sorted into their perspective houses, the second years and beyond sitting with their friends, greeting the new students. Dumbledore stood at his pedestal and quietly waited for the new students to find their seats. He spoke "Quiet. Quiet Please!" he said with a slight increase of volume. After realizing that he was not grabbing any attention, I covered my ears and warned the others of the impending charm. Dumbledore raised his wand to his throat, and cast the Sonorus spell. "QUI-ET!" Dumbledore shouted amongst the students and teachers, which had taken the first years by surprise, he then proceeded to begin his opening speech. "Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, men and women, witches and wizards or whatever you wish to call yourselves, and Welcome to Hogwarts first year students, and welcome back to all second to final year students. There are two changes in stock for this year. Our own Professor Severus Snape will be in charge of our Defense Against The Dark Arts Post, and I would also like to announce the returning of one of our former teachers, Professor Horace Slughorn. I do hope you all give him a warm welcoming back to the castle. That is all, now begin your feast and make new friends everybody, AND TO A GREAT YEAR!" Headmaster Dumbledore finished and sat down then raised his glass of Brandy. I took notice to his ringed hand, which look like it had a ghastly infection. Then we all raised our glasses and said "To Hogwarts." Then I turned to my friends Brendon Durst and Cody Januszco to talk to them.
Brendon Durst was a pure-blooded wizard, just like his parents and his ancestors before him. Physically, he had brown hair, grey eyes that were enchanted, not enchanted in the beautiful sense, but they were actually enchanted, due to his family's long history with divination. He has the Divining Eyes, which he uses every year to pass his course of divination with Professor Trelawney, he was her star pupil. In Dumbledore's Army, we're often paired together as duel partners, usually against Seamus and Dean Thomas; the pairs of us being best friends, our duels tend to be very intense and drawn out. He had been my friend even in the muggle world, as his family had lived next to us up until the very last moment of my parents' lives.
Then there is Cody Januszco, my halfblooded friend. Despite what certain people think about half-bloods, he is one of the most extraordinarily people in the house, next to Hermione Granger. He was Blonde haired with Golden Eyes. However he is much more interested in the positive healing aspects of Magic. He spends his summers at a Wizarding Hospital helping those in the long care term in what can basically be described as a Magical Candy striper; he uses low level magic to entertain the residents as well as just talking to them and making them feel less lonely. He was an assistant to Madam Pomfrey, which gives him unlimited access to her medical storage, and my favorite treat, Cough drops and Pepper-up Potions, which I kept in a small flask (and still do). We have been friends since first term and we have all dormed together in the Gryffindor house.
We are all part of Dumbledore's Army, we have also been through a lot as well. From Brendon being petrified in our second year, which Cody and I had spent hours on end helping Professor Sprout and Madam Pomfrey collect ingredients for their potions, which gained us house points in doing so. But for the most part, out second year was spent in the library (much to my reluctance to go).
Our third year, when we, like the rest of the student body, were in slight terror for the return of Sirius Black, did whatever we could to ease the tension of the school. This year, I had been taking advanced lessons from my Werewolf Professor Remus Lupin, in spells that could ward off Dark Wizards and other danger. It was after learning from him about Animagi and Werewolf's that I had decided to make myself an Animagus a year later with the permission of my parents and Professor Dumbledore. I had chosen an Arctic Fox, my reason for doing so? It was that I was always late to class and the warm fur would keep me warmer in the winter. Well, that wasn't the real reason for doing so, but I wanted to become a strong wizard, so I decided after my lessons with Remus, which reluctantly ended the very same year, that I would try to experience every magical lesson possible. However, finding myself limited in my courses, asked Professor McGonagall for additional courses, she however, denied my request for additional courses (which I later found out she had already done with Hermione Granger, by means of time travel, which annoyed me to the point where I would bother her every day). But due to my "annoying hindrances" as she called it, she did however, give me complimentary lessons for an hour after the school day and two hours weekends. This did help me for that years exams and at the end of exams, she had given me a self-written handbook of spells, I was to learn for next year. All summer I spent half my time in my basement blasting spells and charms into a steel plated wall, which to my parents reluctance, had many nice new holes and dents by the end of it.
By the fourth year, the Triwizard Cup Tournament was the trending topic, and how it was possible that Harry Potter, a 14 year old wizard, had managed to join the tournament. Me, Brendan, Cody, Seamus were all routing for Harry Potter. Sitting in the stands, but trying to help him as much as possible. However Professor Alastor Moody's performance of the Trio of unforgivable curses had physically disturbed me to the point where I was fascinated about them. Three lessons after it, I had requested him to do something completely barbaric. I had practically begged him to use the Imperius Curse and the Cruciatus Curse on me. As strange as it sounded, I needed to know more on what they did. After little convincing to him, he "reluctantly" showed me the curses. I was intimidated by 'Imperio'; I was shaken (physically and mentally) by 'Crucio'. I had stayed in the next day and didn't go to class. After finding out that Alastor Moody was in fact Barty Crouch Jr., I was shaken that he could have also used the Final Curse as well, I considered myself lucky.
By the fifth year, I was greatly disappointed in my D.A.D.A. lessons with the Snide Professor Umbridge. Not only was she a creepy old hag, but she was a complete bubble-head, as were the "Ministry Approved" lessons we were given. I jumped at the chance to join Dumbledore's Army, as did Brendan and Cody. By this time in the year, Brendan and I had come out to each other. This strengthened our friendship even more, to the point where we dated, which didn't work out, sadly. That's when I turned my eye to Seamus Finnegan, that sweet little Irish pyromaniac. I and Brendan were also infuriated when Professor Trelawney was sacked. I was also interrogated several times that year about Dumbledore's Army, however, after brewing several batches of potion to counteract the Veritaserum that Snape had brewed; she found that I was of no use to her. The O.W.L. exams weren't making the year any easier.
Now here I was, in my sixth year. I had received my Exam scores back, which allowed me to take N.E.W.T. level courses with Cody; however Brandon only has the option to take N.E.W.T. level Divination. He is taking general courses for everything else.
"Hello? Earth to DJ?" Cody asked as I stared of into space. "Mrs. McGonagall is calling you up." Brendan said as he flicked my nose to get my attention. "Yeah, it must be about my parents will." I said morosely as I stood up and walked to her. As I walked to McGonagall, I passed two more of my friends, however, they, unlike Brendan and Cody, were girls.
The first was Marissa Warnix. She was a dark and thick haired girl with a Latin descent, she was pretty. However, like Cody, she was Muggle Born. None the less she was gifted in Herbology. The second girl was Jill Oleneck. She had shoulder length wavy brown hair, she was overweight, but she took no harassment whatsoever, she hexed a Slytherin Boy last year for teasing her, the boy was covered in boils for weeks. I stood in front of McGonagall.
"Nice to see you again Professor! You can have this back" I said as I handed the pocketbook of spells that she had handed me the last day of the school year a summer ago. "Why thank you Mr. Pierce, I happen to have something for you as well." She said handing me a small box. "Im deeply sorry to hear what has become of your parents, they truly were extraordinary wizards." She paused before motioning to the black box. "This was your mothers; it is a ring with your families crest inside of the stone. I was instructed by your mother not to tell you what it does. She said if you were truly her son, the son of two Ravenclaw House members, you'll figure it out." She said. "Yeah, she would do that to me." I said, smiling at the idea of my mother leaving me one last riddle for figure out. We all filed out of the Great Hall, moving towards our perspective common rooms.