Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. This is Fanfiction nothing else.
Author's Note: This chapter is a bit of set up for the future chapters. Expect a total of 26 chapters. I'll Attempt to update on Fridays but I have limited internet access at the moment.
Author's Note 2: I hope the formatting of this chapter is okay now.
September
When September first rolled a round Harry was glad to be going back to Hogwart's. He had managed to look through his Charm's book and his theory of magic book. There would be a heavy focus on enchanting items in both classes. A talk with Mr. Weasley had let him know that since he was a wizard living in a muggle home that knew of the wizarding world he could bring enchanted items into his home. The only thing he couldn't do was enchant things for the Dursley's as they where muggles. There was also a limit to what he could have in the way of enchanted items at his age.
The law allowed three personal items that looked like ordinary muggle items. He had made up a list of things and showed it to Mr. Weasley. Several Mr. Weasley crossed off the list immediately as it was to advanced of magic or illegal or while simple would interfere with the restriction of underage magic. That was a variation on an ever filled bowl spell. As Mr. Weasley explained it the food was drawn from an actual kitchen and an account had to be set up to pay for the food. The delivery of the food was what would set off the underage restriction since activating the bowl would require a word or motion. Though it was a common way working witches and wizards got lunch either from home or a restaurant with out leaving their desks. So with a much more reasonable list in hand he boarded the train for Hogwart's on the first of September.
Nothing on the way happened unlike last year's dementors. When he disembarked along with Ron and Hermione the carriages where waiting for them like last year. Their trunks where levitated to one of four large horse drawn carts to be brought to Hogwart's when the train was empty. Those with pets kept them with them and took them either to the owlery or to the students common room. One of the assistant animal keepers checked in the animals and made sure that they had all the necessary papers both the muggle ones and the wizarding ones.
The hat's song was a little more quirky this year. An other Harry Potter was sorted to Ravenclaw though this one was quite easy to tell from Harry, the second Hari was a girl with blonde pigtails and an American accent. That had solicited some comment from the various tables. After the feast it was to the dormitories and unpacking. Neville had acquired a Blue Pitcher plant which was carnivorous and required him to feed it a mouse once a week. If it's leaves where stroked it let off a sweet scent that relaxed you if you where close enough to breathe it in. Neville went on about it not being dangerous as the plant was full sized.
The guys all familiar with Neville's interest in plants nodded and continued to unpack. By the time they where finished it was lights out for their dorm as one by one the candles in the room went out. Once in their beds the brace of candles attached to the headboards went out. Morning brought no surprises. Their classes where in the same order as the previous years. From what Harry understood that was true for years 1 through 5. Harry had an episode of pain during History of Magic that shot up to his shoulder. It kept him awake through a bit of non goblin rebellion history that was vaguely interesting. It covered the discovery of the Floating Islands, a group of a half dozen islands that floated the worlds oceans invisible from muggles. The largest of which was only 10 miles in circumference. They had totally isolated ecosystems and where protected by international law about who and what could come and go from them.
Potions started the year off with the boil cure potion just like the last 3 years. Harry was coming to understand why Snape was doing it. While the simplest of potions it did require several techniques in the preparation of the ingredients and and various temperatures. It also was almost impossible to get wrong and if it did go wrong the only thing that happened was you got a case of boils. It was during potions class that Harry began to shift from using his right hand to stir to his left.
Defense against the Dark Arts was taught by a retired Auror by the name Jacob Dunn. A practical man he divided his class into sections. Theory, followed by demonstration, followed by practice, then the study of a dark creature. The class was heavy on defensive spells. While the man didn't require essays. He did give out between 5 to 20 questions on the theory portion of the class and another 5 to 20 questions on the Dark Creature.
Herbology started with tropical water plants. Starting with a purely ornamental plant the blue lotus. Transfiguration started where they left off last year on changing non similar objects. Charms was the most difficult class for him so far this year. For once it was Ron who was the best. He helped both Hermione and Harry with both the motions and the incantation which in Greek.
During the month of September the episodes of pain became more frequent coming about every 3 to 4 days. By the end of the month the pain encompassed his left arm, both shoulders, his head, and his upper right arm. Again the pain lasted only 2 to 3 minutes before disappearing. When Harry went to see Madam Pomfrey she could find nothing wrong with him. She attributed the pain to him growing as he was in the middle of a growth spurt. Harry accepted the diagnosis and so September faded into October.