I own nothing, not the characters, the space where this story exists, or even the eyes that you are using to read it. This is for entertainment purposes only, no money involved.

This story is being made as a challenge to my self to see how fast I can pump out chapters if I don't care about plot, canon, relevance, length, spelling, grammar, or continuity (Since those things are where most of my time go).

It started because someone asked just how fast can I write a story when I try. So at the end of ever chapter I will put down the number of hours, minutes and seconds the chapter took to write.

But the rule is that I have to put out one chapter every day and can't start on the next chapter until the next day.

This will not be my best work, but it will hopefully be entertaining.

Lets see how long I can last.

Chapter five

Meeting of the Brothers

No one could believe it, the brother of Harry Potter, one of the most openly anti-Slytherin students, was placed in Slytherin. Harry's heart had fell at the Sorting Hats words. Danny took off the hat and set it on the stool then Professor McGonagall said. "Please join your house table." Danny looked up and scanned the room with his eyes, spotting Ginny he started to work towards her with his usual smile. "Mr. Potter."

"Clockwork!" Danny corrected her without looking back.

"Mr. Clockwork, your table is at the other end of the hall." Professor McGonagall said.

"I know, but my friend is over there and I promised to talk to her more." Danny said still not stopping. This was very strange, no one had ever questioned how thing worked at Hogwarts, or ignored a teacher.

"Let the boy go, Minerva," Dumbledore said, "he is clearly not one to listen to our advice about who to befriend. Besides, he might want to confront his long lost brother. You have my blessing Mr. Clockwork." Danny didn't want to confront Harry at all. Harry was more or less a stranger, and not his responsibility like Danielle was, what did it matter if they were blood related.

Danny secretly wandered if Dumbledore had the same kinds of insight into the future as Clockwork, or if just nothing phased him. 'I will find out before the year is done. I will be entering the tournament after all. He can't have seen that one coming.' Danny thought to himself, reaching the seat across from Ginny he sat down. This just happened to have his sit right next to Harry.

Everyone was more or less ignoring the rest of the sorting to stare that the boy that came out of nowhere and went against everything they know about the world. So the sorting lacked most of the usual cheering. "Hey again, Ginny." Danny said, turning to watch the sorting.

"Why didn't you tell me you where Harry's brother." Ginny whispered.

"Didn't think it was that important, I haven't seen the guy since I was three months old." Danny said, leaning a little against the table. "I could probably sit right next to the him without even knowing it." Everyone around him pause. Surely he couldn't have not noticed the boy sitting next to him could he? Danny looking around seeing the shocked faces and asked. "What?"

"You really are clueless." Ginny said with a small laugh.

"Oh Ancients, not again." Danny said burying his face in his hand. "What was it this time?"

"Harry is siting right next to you." Ginny said, Danny looked around and saw Harry and rapidly hit himself on the forehead. They could hear two voices laughing in sync.

"This one is a keeper, hey Fed."

"That is for sure, Gorge."

Danny looked up to see to identical red heads laughing at him. "I guess I deserve that. I am not the most observant person."

"That you are not. By the way I am Fred and this is my brother Gorge. We are Ginny's older brothers along with Ron over here." Fred laughed Ron gave a small wave, clearly not conferrable with what was going on.

"By the way, and this is just for future reference, what is your view on pranks?" Gorge asked.

Danny smiled at all of the sweet memories before saying. "I once turned a wall of a man's shower invisible while he was in it. And another time I got someone to run down the halls of my school in a tutu."

"Definitely a keeper." They said in sync. Everyone else was trembling in fear to the thoughts of the twins' new partner in crime. "It's decided the hat was wrong and you're coming with us." Gorge said reaching over and placing a hand on Danny's shoulder. "We are working on making snacks that will make the person who eats them sick just long enough to get them out of class."

Danny's jaw drop thinking about the possibilities. If only he had those when he was back in Amity Park. "Hecate bless you." He said, wiping a fake tear from his eyes. The people around him were confused by his statement but quickly dismissed it as an American thing.

"Honesty you two," Hermione started, "you should try to be a better influence. And since he is Harry's brother and all..."

Gorge cut her off with, "Oh shut it Hermione, he already admitted he is one of us." To that Fred and their friend Lee started chanting, "One of us, one of us."

Danny started to talk then. "Besides, I have a rare angle from inside of the snake pit." Fred and Gorge were practically glowing.

"He is right…" Fred started.

"He can sneak in all…" Gorge continued.

"of the traps and goods…"

"that we can't simple leave lying around in the halls."

"We could even get at old Snape's bedroom!" they finished together.

Danny started to laugh. "That is an interesting show you got there. And I am willing to help out any way I can."

Out of nowhere one of the house ghosts floated over to get a better look. He was not one of the greater spirits that Danny was use to dealing with on a daily bases. It would take a hundred of him just to make one Box Ghost. "Excuse me," he started, "I am Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington. I am the Gryffindor house ghost, and couldn't help but hearing you say that you were adopted by a Mr. Clockwork." The ghost seemed to pause. "That would not happen to be 'The Clockwork' would it?"

"I can tell you have heard of him. Don't suppose you and the other ghost could keep that a secret could you?" Danny asked. "Dad likes keeping secrets."

The ghost's eyes widened. "Then you must be…" The ghost stopped in mid sentence. "Yes, sir, right away sir." He started to fly way before coming back. "I am sorry sir but we have a poltergeist in the castle named Peeves and I don't think that he would listen to me."

Danny held up one hand to calm the ghost. "Don't worry I will handle Peeves when the time comes." Danny had started to pick up Clockwork's use of 'time' puns while around other ghosts.

"Yes sir, But if you wouldn't mind me asking. Why are you here? From what I hear about you… it just doesn't make sense." Nick asked.

"All will be revealed in time." Danny knew first had how annoying this response is. "But I don't see why I shouldn't speed thing up. I am going to joining the Triwizard Tournament this year." Danny said smiling at everyone's confused reactions.

"The what," Harry said. This was not what he had thought a brother of his would be like.

"It is a tournament between three different schools that was outlawed a few years back." Fred said with a grin.

"Why?"

"Something about too many deaths." Danny said nonchalantly like danger meant nothing to him.

"But there hasn't been one in years." Gorge said.

"We will see in time." Danny smiled.

They final noticed that the sorting was over and Dumbledore was standing yet again to give a speech. "Now I know that you are all hungry but there is something I much tell you. There will not be any Quidditch cup this year." There were cries of outrage until Dumbledore continued. "No, because we will be hosting an old game, the Triwizard Tournament."

"You've got to be joking." Fred, and Gorge shouted, staring at Danny, 'how did he know'.

"I am afraid I am not joke, though I do enjoy a good joke as much as the next man." Dumbledore said with a chuckle mentioning some joke he had heard before getting back on topic. "But this is serious. We will be holding the Triwizard Tournament, against Durmstrang and Beauxbatons schools. Now because of past mishaps there will be an age restriction on the tournament for seventeen." More belly aching from the audience.

"That's not fair we going to be turning seventeen in just a few months, why can't we enter." Fred whined. Danny never lost his smile as if he knew that this was coming. Little did they know, he really did.

"Guess you won't be able to enter either, ha Danny-boy." Gorge said.

"Only time will tell." Danny said before giving a laugh at Fred and Gorges confused expressions before they smiled to.

Then the doors to the great hall slammed open and in walked a crazed looking man with wild hair and an eye ball spinning around in its socket. Danny almost yelped in surprise and for the second time that night electricity jumped between his fingers. Danny couldn't help but feel like something was off about the new comer and that his body was trying to warn him about it. But he didn't know anything about the man.

"Something wrong Danny?" Ginny asked noticing the look on his face.

Danny turned to her and said with a smile. "No, my gut is telling me that guy is bad news, but it has been known to be wrong a lot."

"I don't blame you gut mate." Ron said. "That is Mad-Eye Moody. The guys gone crazy the last few years. He is an Ex-Auror and constantly clams that there are people after him."

Danny raised an eyebrow before asking. "Is he right?"

Ron looked at him, "Right about what?"

"He may be crazy," Danny said still smiling but not taking his eye off of Moody, "but that doesn't mean that there aren't people trying to kill him."

"Don't know, what I want to know is why he is even here." Ron replied.

Dumbledore answered that one by saying, "Alastor, it is good to say you, students my I introduce the new Professor for Defense Against the Dark Arts, Alastor Moody."

"While that solves that question." Harry said. Dumbledore then started the feast. The group started to eat ignoring the multitude of eyes that were on them. Danny had simply came out of no were a boy counted among the died, was placed in the most unlikely house, went to his houses enemies group, joined the schools biggest pranksters, had a house ghost practically graveling at his feet, claimed to be able to control the school poltergeist and showed prior knowledge of events. All this without giving one hint about what the reasons are, other than the name Clockwork.

Hermione asked Ginny where they had met so Ginny ended up telling the story about meeting him on the train and him beating up Crabbe and Goyle on the train scaring the pants off of Malfoy and finding out he was her age and that he had skipped some classes.

"What a minute." Fred said. "You mean he is not only fun, but he is smart, a good fighter and hates Malfoy to?"

Gorge smile wickedly, "Ginny you have our permeation. Go get him." Ginny started to go red until her face was the same color as her hair. Ron started to go off saying that he didn't want his sister going off with someone she just met. This started argument between Ron and Hermione over wither or not it was any of Ron's business what Ginny did. All this time Danny sat there with a confused expression on his face will Harry was the one openly laughing this time. But thing eventually calmed down enough for Hermione to ask a question.

"So why did Nick talk to you like that." Hermione asked. Everyone nearby leaned in whether or not they were really in the group. Everyone wanted to know about the new kid. Some of the Ravenclaws had even gotten up to move to the Hufflepuff table so that they could hear. Of course none of the Slytherins could hear but all didn't want to be the one that went over.

"I am famous among ghosts for slaying a dark god." Danny said simply will eating some mashed potatoes.

"WHAT!" half the hall screamed. Harry could only think, 'maybe we have more in common than I thought.'

"It is a long story that would take multiple hours to tell. The short version is that there was a dark god, he was trying to take over the world of ghosts, and I sealed him away. Really they throw the information about how to do it as well as the tools I needed at me. It wasn't that big of a deal." Danny said trying to play down the epic battle between himself and Pariahs Dark.

"Wicked." Fred smile.

"He is like a smaller Harry. That likes pranks." Gorge said.

"I knew there was someone up there who liked us." Fred said. (Writer smiles)

Danny felt someone pull on his robe. Danny looked to see the first year boy he had been sharing a boat with earlier that day. "Um, could you tell me what spell you used to make that shield back in the rain?"

"It's a space distorting spell, I simply created an area were the water particles would be too large to move through. The name of the spell is Aura Guard, though the incantation is pretty long I like the results." Danny said fingering his staff.

"I've never heard of a spell like that." Hermione jumped into the conversation. "Is it some kind of charm?"

"No, the type of magic is called Spirit Weaving, and my dad taught it to me. He said that most wizards don't learn it, but I think it's cool." Danny replied.

"Can I see?" Ginny asked. Fred and Gorge gave stupid grins from behind her whispering something about kisses so that only Ginny could hear making her blush.

"Sure, why not." Danny said, raising his staff before starting another incantation. "Wolra Smenra Spiritus Un Magikus." Three silver streams of light shot out of the top of Danny's staff along with one green one. The silver lights started to form silver foxes the size of a house cats each with two tails and black markings on their faces and bright green eyes. The green light however grow to the size of a horse and shaped itself into that of a green wolf, his head and chest were covered in white fur, and he had eyes as icy blue as Danny's.

"Blood hell, I thought you were making a shield!" Ron said, jumping aside when one of the foxes got near him. All the people that had been eavesdropping were also startled thinking they were some kind of patronus charm. Dumbledore almost lost his composer for the first time that night. He had heard of spirit weaving, but it was a lost magic and it was thought to be extremely weak except in the most spiritual locations and times. But here was this boy not only using a complicated spell from the forgotten books, but where it should have created a small wisp at the most, he had someone managed to make four well defined beings.

"Why would I make an invisible shield to show off my stuff, think man?" Danny laughed. Ron could already tell that laugh was going to start to annoy him. "They are petty spirits, constructed from my own subcontinent and surrounding spiritual energies. I can see through their eyes and they through mine. They can either be instructed or left to run free. Unfortunately I can only get it to last around two hours."

"I have never hurried of magic like this." Hermione saying this almost surprised people as much as the spell itself. "Conjuring is advanced magic, and don't last nearly that long or enhance the user. Why have I never heard of this?"

"No one has heard of it, must less knows it." Danny said with a sad look in his eyes as he started to pet the wolf. "It is a forgotten art, because people thought it was weak and useless. I am probably the only one in the world that still uses it."

"You are right their Mr. Clockwork." Everyone jumped yet again; Danny was starting to wander if this was just a jumpy place. None had realized that Dumbledore had been coming up to talk. "I have only heard of this art in old research reports. And in the reports the fully trained witches and wizards could barely conjure a small mist even in the optimal situations. How did you manage to do something on this scale with it?"

"Don't know," Danny lied, "my dad just told me that I could learn it. Like always he turned out to be right."

Dumbledore smile, he would have to look in to who this Clockwork Sr. was. "That is all a good but I am afraid that you most reframe from using that large scale magic in the halls." Danny nodded and canceled the spell. "Now everyone, I believe we have had enough excitement for tonight. Please get to your dormitories and get a good night's rest." Then to Danny. "I believe it is time for you to rejoin your own house, Mr. Clockwork."

"Yes, Professor." Danny said a little sadly before telling Ginny and the others goodnight and went over to the Slytherin table, we he got the welcome he expected.

"So you are a stinking Potter." Malfoy sneered. "If you're going to be in Slytherin house then you will have to learn to only mingle with our own kind. You can only trust Slytherins." Malfoy was trying to give a fake smile but it was so bad that Danny had to laugh.

"I wouldn't worry about me Draco," Danny said bring his laugh down to a chuckle, "I can take care of myself."

"It's Malfoy to you blood traitor." He spat give up all pretence of friendliness.

"Don't be like that Draco; I was going to name one of my children after you, the cowardly one." Danny said with a faker than Malfoy's smile pout.

Malfoy's eyes file with rage, "Well I wish you luck then finding Slytherin house and figuring out the password on your own."

He spun around and marched off. Leaving everyone staring as Danny waved goodbye saying, "See you later Mr. Sour Pose!"

Danny whispered an incantation making one of his spirit foxes and sent it following the other snakes invisibly. Danny walked over to the Ravenclaw's table. "Hi Luna, mind if I walk with you for a while?"

"Not at all Danny, but don't you need to find your House and get the password?" Luna said in her sing song voice.

"No, I sent one of my spirits to get it for me. It is almost like the other Slytherins don't like me." Danny said tapping a finger against his chin. Luna started to laugh I little uncontrollable making Danny worry for a second, "It wasn't that funny was it."

"Yes it was." She was smiling, it was a good smile but known of the others around them had seen it before. The legend of Danny (Potter) Clockwork continues to grow. Danny walked with Luna to her house, they talked about the spirits that Danny had summoned and about all kinds of creatures that Luna was interested in, some of which Danny recognized from his trips to the ghost zone. The made Luna even happier and Danny had to promise to show her some whenever he could. Danny was left scratching his head trying to show Luna the ghosts without explaining himself on his way to his dorm.

When he entered everyone in the room was shocked. "How did you get in?" Another third year boy asked. Danny felt a little at home in the eerie green place, it reminded him of his time spent living in the Ghost Zone.

"The dungeons what obvious and how could I not guess a password like 'noble house'." Danny said with that smile that had already sparked plans of murder in the minds of his classmates. "I think I will go to my room now." Danny entered the room he would be staying in to the room that he would be staying in to find three other boys already in there.

"You don't talk to us, we don't talk to you." One said not even bothering to look up.

"That sounds good to me." Danny said falling down on his bed.

"You really aren't going to live that long if you keep acting like that." Another boy said.

"I survived thirteen years living under a roof with two 'Witch Hunters'," not technically true but pretty much, "if I can survive as a wizard in a witch hunter's house then I can survive as a lion in a snake pit." The other boys where to shocked to speak. 'He grew up with witch hunts? Why, how, what?'

Before any of them could get their minds in order Danny was showing signs of deep sleep.

Over in the Gryffindor common room though Harry and his friends were discussing the developments of the evening. "None of this makes any sense," Harry started his rant. "Why didn't anyone tell me I had a brother, how could the entire wizarding world not notice him for all these years, who on earth is Clockwork, why does Nick know and Dumbledore doesn't, and why does Danny have magic that is supposed to be lost and using it at hundred times normal strength?" Harry finally started to breathe again.

"You done mate?" Fred asked.

"Because no one here knows anything." Gorge continued.

"Your better off trying to think about something else."

"Like trying to get into the Triwizard Tournament."

"Why would I want into that tournament?" Harry asked them.

"Oh come on Harry, eternal glory to who wins it." Ron said clearly excited.

"Unlike you Harry doesn't go looking for trouble for glories sake, Ron." Hermione said.

"Anyways I already got more than enough fame. I don't want to push my luck." Harry said.

"Danny also seems like he has some fame from what Nick said." Fred pressed.

"But he's going to be entering." Gorge reminded them.

"He seemed to know a lot about what was going on. Maybe he knows how they are going to pick the Champions, and how to get past the age restrictions." Ginny reminded them.

"She's right, let's get together some of those pranks that we were going to give him to put up around the Slytherin's layer and we can ask him whenever we give them to him." Lee said moving to the stairs.

Harry looked down quietly until Hermione asked. "What's wrong Harry?"

"I guess I feel a little jealous of Danny. I mean it sounds like he really worked for beating that dark god, I only beat Voldemort by being in the right place at the right time. And where I was raise by the Dursleys who hated me, he sounds like he liked living with his 'dad'." Harry admitted. "Not to mention he seems more confident and stronger than me."

"Welcome to my world." Ron said a little sarcastically.

"Seriously Ron you need to learn to keep your mouth shut. Don't worry Harry, these thing have a way of working themselves out." Hermione said quickly.

"How would you know? You're an only child." Ron said back.

"Shut up, Ron." Watching the two argue did cheer Harry up a little and they soon want to sleep wandering about what the future held.

This chapter took... shit I forgot to turn on the timer. It was about 2 hours and 30 minutes.

I have been reading the comments a little and I have to say it makes me angry. How dare you like this, this is just a practice in speed writing. If I was reading this I would have already put it down. But what ever.

I still have no plans for the future and don't try to give me any.

Since the new semester is coming up I might end up failing this challenge due to the fact that I have to start preparing for my Calculus course. No I am not talking about taking a class, I am going to be teaching it. So if you have a twenty something year old lecturer standing in front of your math class next semester, who seems to have a deathly fear of making eye contract with people, then congratulation, and I have pity on you.

That's right I'M A MATH TEACHER!