As Harry sat looking at the principle over her desk, he couldn't help thinking that it was times like these that magical identity cards were most useful. Mrs Ishiyama, the Casper High principle, seemed to be doing every type of verification known to man on his flimsy ID card. To be honest he had been worried for a while when she asked him questions about his past earlier in the "introductory interview"/ interrogation, but he had learnt from past experiences that saying you were an orphan quickly shut people up.
"Well it looks like everything checks out Mr. Not-ary." Mrs Ishiyama finally stated after her last biometric check. "It's wonderful to have a fresh face at our school. Now you are being placed in Mr. Lancer class, and I'm sure he'll get you caught up in no time."
Harry looked towards the third person in the room, who had been introduced as Mr. Lancer, and couldn't help feeling a sense of fear at that pronouncement. He mentally shook off the thought as, after all, Mr. Lancer couldn't be that bad compared to Professor Snape... could he?
"Yes I'm sure you'll fit right in with the rest of your year group..." Mr. Lancer chimed in, making Harry believe that he must seriously not understand school social systems.
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After being Shepherd-ed from the office Harry found himself stood outside his form class door while Mr. Lancer went inside to "calm the warring masses" down.
While he sat there he couldn't help but fall back into his habit of self reflection. He wasn't sure if he was grateful or not that the Goblins had provided him with an "indenty-new" kit on his visit to the bank. Sure it saved time, allowing him to escape Dumbledore much more quickly, but on the other hand he was now stuck with the name "Sirius Lee Not-ary", though to be honest nobody would ever expect him to use such a stupid identity that it made it extra easy to disappear under the authority's radar.
A muffled-
"Mr. Not-ary from Guernsey, come out of your Place of Hiding♥ and introduce yourself to the class..."
-brought Harry into the present and he cautiously opened the door which led him towards his fate...
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♥ A Place of Hiding is a book set in Guernsey by and Author by Elizabeth George, it's not very well known, but you try finding a book connected to Guernsey which isn't called Bergerac!