The Gray Side Chapter 5
Upon boarding the train after putting their trunks away taking only Hedwig and their blue cat with wings and green backpack Happy. "So Harry how close to your timeline will you make this?" Issei asked scratching Happy's head.
"What do you mean?" Harry asked setting Hedwig on the bench above.
"Just my presence in this room will set the time off and not everything will be the exact same from where we entered," Issei said taking Happy's purring to continue to scratch him.
"That is true for example we are better equipped than what we were last time," Harry said taking a seat across from Issei.
"That and we know we can carry our guns with us." Issei injected.
"Well yes. Let us see what happens when Ron and Malfoy come barging in." Harry said.
"One last question you're a famous wizard, right? How come we never got any mail for you?" Issei asked.
"Yes, we will address that when we get to Hogwarts. I sent some mail with a tracking charm under a covering spell that will trick anyone." Harry said opening his laptop and making notes about the changes in the timeline. "All we will need to do is use the simple Point Me charm and ask Lady Hogwarts to give us access to the room."
"Ok let's wait," Issei said taking down his appearance looking like his 11-year-old brother, his still developing body, just with red hair with green tips all around the edge. The boys used some makeup to cover Harry's scar to not make anyone aware of who they were.
If not for a second later a red-haired boy with a bowl haircut come into the room.
"Can I sit here? Everywhere else is full." The boy said.
"I'm sorry but you are lying. The train is enchanted with the ability to make new compartments as necessary. You can join me and my brother regardless." Issei said.
Harry was on his borderline. Ron was his friend in his time but he questioned how much he lied to him blindly.
"My name is Wesley, Ron Wesley," Ron said arrogantly.
"I really dislike this boy. How did you become friends with him?" Issei asked over the brotherhood mind link magic that was found in the Potter Grimoire.
"I don't know. Just play nice." Harry said. "I am Harry Potter and this is my brother Issei Potter. On his lap is his pet cat Happy and my owl Hedwig is sleeping up there." Harry pointed to each of them on their own turn.
"Do you have it? You know the scar?" Ron asked making Issei go wide eyed.
"Do you have to be so rude!" Issei said. "That scar was formed the same night our parents were MURDERED!"
Ron jumped back in fright. "Sorry. I guess that is rude." Ron said patting the back of his head with a smile on his face.
Eventually, they were joined by Hermione and Neville, whose toad Harry summoned via the Accio charm. Draco Malfoy rudely interrupted them during the ride. They sailed on the boats to Hogwarts castle.
The sorting hat did its song and the sorting started and Harry just got sorted into Gryffindor.
"Potter, Issei," McGonagall said wide eyed. Everyone around Issei started talking and he just sat down on the stool.
"Hello, so I see we have another Dimensional Traveler." The hat said in his head.
"Yes I know now can you just sort me or what?" Issei asked.
"If you can open up your mind for a bit to let me see who you truly are." The hat said.
"Fine but I am closing the door behind us. I don't want the headmaster or that death eater in my mind." Issei reasoned.
"Fine." The hat relaxed.
In the real world, the hat suddenly looked like a normal hat and Issei's eyes went closed and after 20 mins the teachers conjured a new unsorted table and they began the feast since everyone was getting hungry. After an hour after food started being served the hat shouted, "Slytherin!" causing a whole lot of commotion and the sorting resumed.
Issei sat quietly and didn't assert himself. He knew they would come to him. Folding up a piece of paper that his portrait parents' apology to Snape. (Mostly James apologizing). He put a disillusion charm and used an animation charm to get it to land on Snape's plate disarming the disillusion.
When Snape saw it he quickly put it away and resumed eating. Issei looked to Harry who saw what Issei did and Harry smiled at him. While he was done eating he considered how to get Sirius's freedom. Maybe catch Peter? That would be up to Harry.
It was then that he noticed a giant fish bone was on his plate. He looked at his lap and saw Happy eating another giant fish. Soon people noticed Happy but no one was asking. Issei just kept scratching Happy's head getting a purring sound that made everyone who heard it smile.
After going to the dungeons and Snape gave his story about inner house unity he held Issei back.
"It was you who sent that message wasn't it?" Snape sneered.
"Yes, my Father and Mother were both wanting to say sorry for their childhood with you," Issei said remembering the letter very well because his Father screwed up someplace and with ink pens, you shouldn't just cross off lines in a formal letter. "Even though they knew you had told Voldy about the prophecy, they still forgive you."
That broke Snape into tears. This isn't what Issei expected but it looked like that the guilt got the better of him.
The next day Issei got the Bike back from Hagrid with the promise that he would use it to visit. Everything turned out well until the second-night house beatdown. That night the whole house let loose on the poor Potter (except a few people) and dumped his body in the Hufflepuff tower.
At that time a sixth-year prefect found the body took it up to her room and laid him out. She knew the infirmary was closed and she had training in healing. When she laid the boy out on the bed she noticed something the boy was a shapeshifter just like her. She decided to bandage the boy before taking off her clothes and going to her own bed. For the first time, she was glad she had her own room.
This girls name was Nymphadora Tonks.