The Will of Slytherin

by Demonic-Slytherin224

With the Discovery that Dumbledore had tricked Harry, how will the group react? Now we are coming upon the second year of Hogwarts for Harry and most of his close friends but his closest is just now entering the scene. How will the two react being near each other, with their link? Discontinued.

3. Diagonally

Chapter Three: Diagonally

Harry looked at the letter in his hands, he glanced at Ginny who had come back after it arrived "Wonder what he wants." He mumbled, it wasn't like he disliked the old wizard but people who thought they knew everything were never good.

"Likely going to question our connection." Ginny mused with a frown, Harry didn't need to read her thoughts to know that she didn't like the old man. It was just something about him that unnerved her, something that didn't add up quite right in her mind; like trading one old bastard for another.

Harry nodded his head at the thought, breaking the seal and pulling the short letter and a small golden disk with a Ram on it. His eyes quickly scanned the words of the letter, his brow raising when he finished "He wants to have tea, with us and his wife, Perenelle."

"Should we go?" She asked, a frown across her features.

"I think it'd be best, they might have something similar to us." He started by speaking, he flipped the page over and pulled out a pen 'You can't honestly want to keep doing this? Everyone will think we're crazy eventually.' He finished through the link.

'We'll continue for however long we need to, I like being able to read you, makes things so much easier.' Ginny said sitting down on the grass and playing with the disk like it was coin, flipping it in the air.

"Whatever, the pass is Potter." He said simply, flagging down Hedwig who was roosting on a nearby branch "Give this to Sirius, no one else." He said sternly to the bird, knowing she'd follow his order perfectly, regardless it never hurt.

Ginny grabbed Harry's hand after Hedwig took off and whispered the activation phrase. They were both used to the tight pull around their stomachs, when the Portkey had taken them to their destination; they almost fell together. Harry kept hold of her hand, focusing his magic into his feet and landing perfectly on them, he pulled her up as she started to fall and they smirked at the other.

"Welcome, Mr. Potter and Miss. Weasley." A House Elf said in a rather calm voice, his English was actually rather good. "Master and Mistress are out on the patio, I believe they are expecting you."

"Of course they are." Harry frowned, the old bastard knew they couldn't resist.

"Right this way, Sir." The Elf lead them through the estate, that was the best word that Harry could come up with about this surrounding. Hell it might even be close to a castle, as they walked by windows, all he could see was a small amount of grass then clouds with rocks pocking through them.

'I saw that, we must be on a mountain in France.' Ginny whispered, her face kept straight ahead and they walked almost perfectly in sync 'Think it's for the stone?'

'Hard to take something when the only way up it is by Portkey or by a daredevil with a broom.' Harry mused, rubbing his chin as they walked.

The estate was very beautiful, tasteful paintings and plants lined the walls in such a way that only one of good taste could call perfect. The walls were all softly painted, with dark wood covering the bottom half and what seemed to be marble stone lining the floor.

"He has good taste." Harry said after a few moments.

The House Elf laughed, glancing behind him as they walked "Master doesn't do interior or exterior décor, that is Mistress' hand at work, Mr. Potter." He spoke with the upmost of professional voices "Master has his Office to décor, and it still needs paint."

Harry snuffled a laugh, but Ginny on the hand couldn't help herself and snorted at the statement. Soon they came upon a golden arch way, lined with columns and covered with thick fabric to block out the sun or rain but could still sway with the wind.

Sitting at a table for four, Flamel sat, his back toward the arch and to his right sat an older but no less dangerous looking woman. Perenelle had aging red hair, meaning it looked like it was light rust but her face was largely free of wrinkles. Her sharp looking blue eyes glanced at them, then Nick moved and turned to them "Welcome, to my home." He said giving them a small bow "What do you think?"

Harry looked from Nick to Perenelle and gave her a bow "The Décor is splendid Madam Flamel." He said with a professional voice. Ginny did a small curtsy out of respect but then took a step behind Harry, she didn't like being in formal settings anymore than he did; but he was better at acting.

Perenelle rose from her seat with a small smile on her face, giving a curtsy of her own "It is a pleasure to have you here, Mr. Potter and Miss. Weasley." She spoke softly, her voice seemingly delicate. "My Husband has told me much, tell me, do you truly have the link?"

Harry and Ginny locked eyes, smiling they both nodded their heads "I think we can that is a yes, or it would be rather hard to do this." They spoke at the same time, they both knew that the twins could do something that, but they had lived together for the entire lives and while they had been friends for years, it was limited to letters mostly.

"Amazing, you seemed to of skipped the first step completely." She mused, taking a step closer as Nick sat back down. His tea was getting cold after all and that wouldn't be easy to swallow, he loved it piping hot. "Tell me how long could you two do this?"

Ginny shrugged "Since the start of the school year, last year." She said calmly.

"We've been largely in contact that whole time, expect that one time Ginny went to Romania and we lost contact for a few days." Harry finished calmly, hands behind his back.

Nick spat out his tea, looking over his shoulder at the kids "I'm sorry, you've been in contact from England to Scotland?" He said wiping his mouth and banishing the mess he made "Then from England to Romania?"

Ginny nodded "It was a pain too, hurt really bad when the link reconnected." She said, rubbing her brow at the memory.

"Did you see each other's memories from that time? The time you lost?" Perenelle asked gently, reaching backwards and sitting down herself.

Harry and Ginny glanced at the other, then nodded at the elder couple.

"Merlin's beard." Nick whispered, rubbing his brows "I…I've never heard of anything like this…it took us years, hell a hundred to get to that stage…."

"Be quiet husband, you're scaring the poor things." She snapped at him, her tone becoming dangerous "Dears, there are about six if not seven steps to a connection. The first is empathic, basically you know what the other is thinking without thinking about it."

'We've never been like that…' Ginny whispered.

"Well, we haven't exactly had the chance to spend a lot of time together Ginny." Harry said calmly, glancing at her.

'Still, why would Alice skip the first step, Dad always said skipping steps is dangerous.'

'I don't know why Alice would' But I'm sure that it isn't dangerous, let Perenelle finish." Harry spoke again.

The Elder couple was watching them curiously, then nodded to the other "I'm impressed, you seem to be in the third stage. The Second is telepathic, you can read the others thoughts at that moment. The Third is far more deep, you can feel them and look into them, nothing is no longer secret." Nick said for his wife.

Harry shrugged "We put up little signs in our mindscape, basically saying 'Don't Enter." He explained, yawning a little "That way we can still keep a few things private."

"I see, well I think we've had enough of this for now." Nick looked like he was about to object his wife, but then flinched at her gaze, she looked sweetly to the children "Please join us for a cup or two, and tell me about your school year, I heard something about a Cerberus."

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Harry growled as a hand landed on his head, glaring up at the tall woman with bubblegum pink hair and similar green eyes. "Stop doing that." He said with a glare.

Nym smirked, ruffling his hair to annoy him a little more "Hey, I couldn't do that all this past year and I took time from my life to help you out." She said smoothly, a smile spreading over her face.

Harry faltered, then simply growled at her "Fine, do it as much as you want." He snarled, crossing his arms as they walked down Diagon Alley, heading for Flourish and Blotts. "Nymphadora."

"Don't call me that!" She hissed, tightening her grip on his skull.

"OW! Fine, Fine! Let me go!"

Nymphadora smirked, crossing her arms and looking down at him "So what books do we need?" She asked, curious at the curriculum that they were about have for the year.

Harry shrugged, pulling the Hogwarts Letter from his back pocket "Well, I'll need some new robes, I've grown a little over the past year and these are getting a little tight. We should also stop at Ollivander's and see how my wand is doing." He listed off before he opened the paper "A few of these we already have a form of…but a lot of them are from a Gilderoy Lockheart."

Nym raised a brow, then started to laugh "Oh Merlin, I am so, so glad I do not go to school this year. No amount of begging will have me follow you this time." She said stuffing her hands in her pockets "Largely because, people are annoying and I've met him before, prat."

Harry nodded slowly, pausing for a moment and then ducking suddenly, spinning around and glaring at the mass of red hair on the ground. "You should've known that I'd do that." He said calmly.

Ginny huffed, her face red with embarrassment "You're a prat, is what you are." She said, then punching his chest as he helped her up. "And you deserved that."

Harry rubbed the now sore spot, she certainly had an arm on her "Yes I did, we need to get you a wand and I want to take a peek at mine." He said casually, looking over at the other redheads "Hey Fred, George, Mrs. Weasley." He said with a small smile.

"Hey Harry, hey Nymphadora." The twins said at the same time, then ducked the stinging jinx that Nym sent at them. "We love it when she does that." One of them said.

Molly smiled "Hello Harry, are you having a good vacation?" She asked, looking around a little and then frowning "Where is Coraline?" She asked simply, Cora having shown up a few times and the Mother of eight fell in love with her.

"Oh Sirius has the day off, Nym wanted to go to the Alley anyway, so she and Sirius are catching up on some bonding time. That and Selene is visiting as well." Harry explained, yawning deeply, getting no sleep from trying to learn all about the Stone was tiring.

Molly nodded, her face crestfallen "Well, I'm sure we'll catch up with you in a while, we need to meet back up with Arthur and the other boys at Gringotts." She said with a smile, ushering her children on their way.

"I'm heading to Ollivander's to have my wand serviced, Ginny could get her wand while we're there." Harry offered, Ginny nodded taking a step behind Harry.

Molly raised a brow, seemingly to considering it and then shaking her head "No, no, I don't want to bother you with it Harry." She said sweetly, waving for Ginny to come along "Thank you though."

Harry waved her down, smiling back at her "No, I insist, consider it an early birthday present." He spoke calmly, turning towards the Wand Shop "We'll meet at Flourish and Blotts."

Molly looked shocked for a moment, then sighed turning deflated a little "We'll see you in a bit then, be safe dearies." She said softly, leading the twins away towards the large marble building.

Harry nodded his head at the older woman, following Ginny with Nym behind him as they walked towards Ollivander's, he was naturally curious if she'd need a special wand like his own. He felt a small nudging in his mind's eye, and glanced over at her 'Out of my head.'

'You're no fun.' Ginny said with a pout, glaring at him and crossing her arms.

"Oh you know I am, just wondering is all." Harry spoke normally, hands behind his head as they walked into the room. After a few moments of looking around, he saw the famous old wand maker.

Ginny looked to her left and gave a bright smile "You must be Ollivander." She said proudly, not many people could catch the old man before he did to them; though she pretty much cheated, but still.

Ollivander seemed to be taken aback for a moment, glancing at Harry who looked rather pleased with himself "Welcome, young Miss. Weasley and Mr. Potter, always a pleasure." His eyes were still unblinking and he glided back behind his counter "I imagine, you require a wand." He said before Ginny could even speak up, he had a box open "Maple, Pixie Wings, 9 ½ inches."

Ginny glanced at Harry, who nodded and was leaning on one of the pillars in the shop. She reached out and grasped the wand in her fist, waving it sharply and it let out a crack, sending boxes nearby flying.

"No, No." Ollivander didn't seem put out by this, taking the wand and stuffing it away "Yew, Unicorn Hair." He gave her the wand, then shook his head and snatched it before she could even wave it. "You are much like Mr. Potter, a challenge."

"Sorry." Ginny said softly, looking down for a moment and then going through some wands with him.

Ollivander pulled out a dusty green box, handing the ivory like wand to the young redhead "Aspen, Griffin Feather, 10 inches." He explained, looking at her curiously, expecting more issues.

Ginny felt warmth spread through her body, she gracefully waved the wand and watched as brilliant green sparks flew from its tip. "Wow." She whispered, looking down at the wand with a small smile, it was pure white with small feathers carved into the wood work.

"Wow indeed, however." Ollivander snatched the wand from her grasp "The wand is pressured under your lack of ability, the core will need to be tempered with something more….graceful." He peered at the wand, holding it to his ear and walking into the back.

Ginny waited until the man was completely gone, before looking over at Harry "He's completely mad, isn't he?" She asked walking over to him.

"Wouldn't go that far." Harry spoke casually, waving her off and glancing at Nym who was standing outside and talking to some of her old friends from the looks. "Some people think I'm crazy, but my reality is just different than theirs."

Ginny shook her head "That doesn't count, because we are different, Nick said it himself that he's never heard of a connection like ours." She explained, leaning on the column with him. "So, you can try again." She stuck her tongue out at him.

Harry rolled his eyes, a small smirk on his face "Dumbledore is crazy, and they think he's perfectly competent, no one puts a bloody Cerberus in a school." He said with a grumpy attitude.

"That we can agree." Ginny said with a nod.

Ollivander came back from his small workshop, the wand box holding it like gold or something just as precious. "A unique wand, if I might say Miss. Weasley." He spoke with a soft tone, extending the box to the young girl. "I recall this Griffin, a mare with weak wings, however she made up for it with sharp claws and clever tricks." The old man gave off a laugh.

"What did you use to temper it?" Harry asked, still leaning on the column.

Ollivander didn't shift his gaze from Ginny, a smile spreading across his face "Unicorn Hair, this wand leans towards the Light of magic, be warned Miss. Weasley this wand will rebound if you use curses." He spoke sternly, making sure the young girl understood. "The two cores combined show that you stand strong against opposition, and hold strongly to family."

Ginny was grinning ear to ear, the smile was one of the biggest he'd seen and he could feel the energy coming off her in waves. Harry reached into his pouch, setting fifteen galleons onto the counter and gave the man a smile "Thank you."

"Two young mages, two cores for each." Ollivander counted the money, slipped into the drawer and started to walk towards another shelve, grabbing two objects and setting them down "You're wand is in perfect condition Mr. Potter, you should trust it more." He cracked a smile, pushing the objects forward "For the pleasure, Mr. Potter and Miss. Weasley."

Harry frowned, looking at the old man with confusion "How did…." He started but then just laughed, taking the objects and placing them in a bag "Thank you, again."

Ginny was still smiling, grabbing Harry by his hand and dragging him away from the Wandshop "Come on, we still need to meet back up with mom! She'll love my wand!" She was practically squealing.

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"Sorry pup, I am not going anywhere near that!" Nym said, shaking her head as her hair tossed around like angry fire whips. Her eyes even turned into bright red coals at the idea of going near the bookstore at the moment "You couldn't pay me, I'll be at the Pub when you and your girlfriend are done in there."

"Fine you big baby." Harry grumbled, turning and looking distastefully at the sign with Ginny next to him. Gilderoy Lockheart Will Be Signing Copies Of His Autobiography Magical Me Today At 12:30 PM to 4:30 PM. The banner was covering the sign of Flourish and Blotts, and the entire building was surrounded by women in their middle ages.

Ginny glared at Nym's retreating form, her face bright red from embarrassment "I'm not his girlfriend!" She shouted at the woman, only to see her start laughing as she headed for the Pub. "So, want to test it?"

"No." Harry said crossing his arms.

"Yo! What's up Boy-Who-Slays!" A deeper male voice said, causing the two of them to turn around and smile at the sight of their strange friend.

"Christian." Harry said, holding his hand out and the two of them shook.

"How's it hanging, heard from the old man?" The American asked with a curious expression, only to be hit over the head by a small bag, though it didn't seem to bother him "Oh, right, this is my mother."

Harry looked over at the older, almost carbon copy of Christian and gave her a small bow "Pleased to meet you, Ms. Kidd." He spoke in a professional tone, his voice was mimicked by Ginny.

"Well aren't you two cute." Auriel said sweetly, leaning down a little and looking Harry over "You just had to look like James, at least some of Lily is in you." She said, taking a glance at Ginny "You're one of Molly's kids right?"

Ginny nodded her head, keeping her hands behind her back "I'm the youngest of seven."

Harry shrugged lightly at the comment of his parents, looking over at Christian "Find anyone else?"

"Nah, think Greengrass is running around here somewhere, I need books, coming?"

Auriel looked irritated at the thought of going into the bookstore at the moment "I'll just be here, probably going to get a popsicle." She said waving them towards the store.

Harry glanced at Ginny, both of them thinking the same thing, Lockheart was trouble and this wasn't going to be good. Christian though didn't seem to care, he placed his hands into his pockets and walked into the store bumping into people in his way as he went.

"Maybe we should follow him, he's just parting the sea at this point." Ginny offered, zipping up her pale green jumper as a breeze went through. The new weight on her right arm felt strange still, Ollivander had given the two of them a pair of wrist holsters. Each had been forged from Jargon Dragon hide, charmed to protect the wand and for it to match the wearers skin tone; she had to remember to thank him again.

Harry nodded once, quickly and as carefully as possible, managed to slip into the store without running into a single person. Christian vanished in the crowd before they could even catch up to him, but if Harry knew Christian at all, he was likely in the Rune section.

The two of them slipped through the crowd, gathering their school books as they went, both of them agreed it would be best if Harry just got his second year books and Ginny would get what little she required; she'd take his old ones from the last year. Largely because Lockheart was the only new Professor, every other one was there the last year.

Though Harry being Harry, he grabbed a few books that he knew would likely be interesting, if not for pure information then just from love of reading. Ginny however noticed her family standing in line as they walked around the crowded shop, they called her over.

They passed by Percy not too long ago, he was with his girlfriend Penelope Clearwater and the Twins were in the back of the place looking through old tomes that no one seemed to have touched in years. 'They're looking for magic that isn't used anymore, it's hard to fight something that isn't being used anymore.' Ginny whispered through their link, it was extremely loud in the building.

Ron ignored Harry as they approached, and Harry was perfectly okay with that, in fact if they never spoke again, that'd be great. Molly however smiled down at the children "Well then sweetheart let's see it?"

Ginny smirked, flicking her wrist making the wand jump from her holster sliding perfectly into her hand. The Aspen wand was smaller than most, with simple grooves flowing through the handle like it was fire. "Aspen, Griffin Feather."

Harry glanced at her, winking at the fact she hid the duel cores from her family. He loved the Weasley's but he knew that Molly was very protective, and duel cores could mean something bad was coming.

"Griffin?" Molly asked with a lightly raised brow, as they moved forward she tried to straighten her hair a little more "I thought Ollivander used only the 'Big Three'?" She muttered, then smiled as they got closer.

Ginny bit her lower lip, glancing at Harry with a little bit of anger, she slipped the wand back into her holster. She took a look at the man that was stealing the attention of her mother, the man was a pretty boy, his bright blue robes matched his eyes and the pointed hat on his head was slightly askew on his wavy hair.

"Out of the way, this is for the Prophet!" A small fat man jumped around them, snapping pictures with his large camera, causing smoke and back lash to land on them. Harry grumbled for a moment, before flicking his wand out and banishing the soot from their robes.

"It can't be, Harry Potter?" A voice asked, the voice simply grated his ears the wrong way. He glanced up over his glasses, when he did Lockheart grabbed him by the arm and pulled him over. The crowd burst into applause, the camera man snapping photos like mad "Smile there Harry, together we're worth the front page." Lockheart whispered through his perfect smile.

Harry rolled his eyes, looking unimpressed or amused as he shook the book writer's hand "Let me go, or I'll show you how I got my scar." He whispered back, a second didn't pass before his hand was released. When his hand was let go however, Lockheart pulled him in for a one sided hug.

"Ladies and Gentlemen!" He shouted, trying to get the crowd to quiet down, Harry felt like snapping in about two seconds. "How wonderful this moment truly is! Perfect for me to make this announcement!" Lockheart continued "When Mr. Potter came in today, he only wanted to buy my Autobiography! Which I shall give to him….free of charge!" The crowd erupted into applause "However, he didn't expect to get something more! In fact Mr. Potter and all of Hogwart's shall get the real Magical Me! That is correct, I have taken the Defense Against the Dark Arts position at Hogwarts!"

Harry and Ginny both stopped dead, Harry looked up at the man in horror "Shit." Harry grumbled, grabbing the man's fingers and twisting them off his shoulder "That'll be enough of that, Excuse me." He spoke simply walking away from the crowd, the man still snapping photos wildly at the young wizard.

Ginny glared at the man, pulling her wand out "Daemon Volatile." She whispered, her eyes glaring with anger, most misdirected from her mother and Lockheart. The second the pale purple light hit the short man, his nose burst with black slime and it turned into winged creatures.

With all eyes now on the man trying to fend off the attack from his own bogies, Ginny slipped through her family and caught up with Harry who was rubbing his temples by the stairs.

"Well that was interesting, Potter."

Harry glanced up, his Blond rival came to light from walking down the steps, a green tome in his hands "Draco, nice to see you." He spoke in an irritated voice, then raised a brow as the young wizard ripped a page from the book "How was your summer?"

Draco shrugged "Mother and I spent some time in France, Father couldn't come however." He said in a professional voice, though not going down any more of the steps. "You?"

"Same old, same old." Harry spoke in a deflated tone, smiling over at Ginny as she came over "What'd you think of Lockheart?"

Draco shrugged "I think it's bloody ridiculous that you can't go through a bookstore without getting mauled." He said with a laugh "No wonder you stayed at home most the time."

"Ginny there you are!" A male voice said behind them, Harry glanced and it was Arthur Weasley "I've been looking all over for you, come on, we've got to still get you some scales from the Second Hand Shop."

"Well, Well…..Arthur." A silky voice said from the stair case, Harry felt his head snap at the speed he looked at his 'Uncle'. Draco did look a lot like Lucius, but his eyes and cheekbones were clearly part of the Black family. Lucius sneered down at the group "And Harry, so good to see you again, I didn't know you had a girlfriend."

"Uncle Lucius." Harry spoke in his standard blank professional tone, growing up Sirius had beat into his head that Lucius wasn't to be trusted and never let him get anything on you. Narcissa was largely the same regard but she would fiercely defend family members.

"And a Weasley no less, shame, shame Harry." Lucius said walking down the steps peering at their book selection. He picked up an older version of a Healing Art, one that Harry had flipped through and found interesting "At least you have standards of education."

"Lucius, I'd prefer you not insult my friends." Harry said firmly, standing tall and holding his out for the book "If you would."

"Ah right, my apologies." Lucius handed the book back, a smile on his face "I am still terribly sorry I missed the last dinner, tell Sirius I'll make the next one, Cissa has told me all about your 'Sister." The man then turned towards the door "Come along Draco."

Draco sighed, running a hand through his hair and followed down the steps towards his father "See you Potter."

"Draco."

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Nym and Auriel were waiting outside the store for the kids to show up, Ginny gave Harry a hug and she followed her family to finish their shopping. "Where's Christian?" Auriel asked looking around for her son, she didn't look afraid but more like she expected it.

"Haven't a bloody idea, lost him in the crowd." Harry responded, rubbing the back of his neck, he already had a headache. "I've got some information you'll love."

Auriel and Nym looked at the other, then back at the Potter Heir "Lockheart is the DADA Professor?"

"Yeah, it's gonna be great, I didn't learn anything last year." Christian said carrying a small bag of books "So, why should I care if I learn anything this year? Oh yeah, I'm not buying any of that idiot's books. I forced the werewolf back into a man!" He said calmly, then in a deep voice and flourish at the end.

"You're joking, he didn't write that." Harry said with a small grimace, rubbing his neck more "Last year the Professor tried to kill me, this one will make me want to kill him."

"Nice." Christian clapped him on the shoulder "I'm hungry, can we get lunch Ma?"

Auriel nodded her head a little, glancing at Nym "Care to join us?"

Nym glanced at Harry, who nodded sheepishly that he was hungry indeed "Alright, Pizza joint not too far from here?" She asked, hands in her pockets.

Auriel looked shocked and then extremely happy "Aiello's is still open!?" She grabbed her son's arm, and looped her other around Nym's "They're BQ Chicken Pizza is amazing!" She looked down at Harry "You're Mum was partial to the Four Cheese, if I recall."

Harry smiled a little more than he was a minute ago, looking up at Auriel with curious eyes "What else can you tell me about her?" He asked with a small hint of need in his voice.

"Oh Harry, what do you want to know?"

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Hello Hello, welcome back everyone to Will of Slytherin. We do have a lot of the book in this one, but as you can see some things are a little different and if anyone from the last story has noticed; I do apologize about this too. Draco has been made into a more neutral character, though he is still Harry's rival and they'll pick on the other.

The Flamel's will start to press into the story a little more and next we'll have Slytherin make another appearance. I hope everyone liked this chapter, as I feel it fills in nicely with the rest of the story at the moment.

~Demon