Chapter 04 - Saying Goodbye to friends

September 1st came bright and early. Harry rolled over and stretched his arms. Getting up he moved to the trunk at the foot of his bed. Opening the trunk he first pulled out his hairbrush and started brushing his hair. He tried to brush the potter nest into some style, but they didn't want to, so he rolled his eyes at the impossible task. After brushing his hair, he got back to his trunk and pulled out his school uniform, sighing he knew this would be the only time he would wear his uniform this year. He left the common room giving a morning greeting to the fat lady. He made his way to the headmaster's office. When he reached the stone gargoyle, he gave the password, "Twizzlers" 'The headmaster in his muggle candies,' he thought. The stone gargoyle opened and he walked up the spiraling staircase. Reaching the headmasters door, he gave a firm knock, he heard the headmaster voice say, "Please enter, Harry."

Harry walked into the office to see a smiling Albus. The headmaster stood up and greeted Harry. „Good morning, my dear boy", Albus said with a cheery smile, "Are you ready for breakfast?" The boy just nodded his head shyly and walked over to the small table, which was set up with two dishes of food. As they ate they discuss the plans for the evening. "So Harry, I thought when your friends arrive that we could pull them off to the side and explain to them about your inheritance and your transfer into Alfea. How does that sound dear boy?" "That sounds wonderful, headmaster," he said tilting his head to the site a bit and smiled shyly back at the older man. After the house elves cleared the breakfast's dishes he made his way back to Gryffindore tower to start packing his trunk.

Meanwhile in the Realm of Magix, the older Alfea students were returning for another year of school. The Winx Club -a small group of six girls: Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna and Aisha- made their way to the headmistress's office. When the girls got there, they knocked on the door and went in. The headmistress Faragonda stood up and greeted them.

"Hello girls," she said with a warm smile, "How were your holidays?"

Five of the girls nodded their heads and said they had a good summer. The only girl, who didn't nod, was Aisha. Faragonda pursed her lips in worry, before motioning the six girls to take a seat around her desk. When the girls were seated Faragonda started to speak.

„Last month I had a very interesting visitor," she began, "You know how we thought that there was no magic left on earth?" she asked.

The six girls nodded their heads to her words.

"Well, it seems that we were mistaken," she said. The room went silent after those words.

After a few moments Tecna spoke up, "How can this be?" she asked the headmistress. The headmistress just sighted and continued.

"Well, I had just found out that the magical world, wizards and witches, are in fact real and on earth. They have been persecuted for years, so they decided to hide from the non magical people, which they call muggles. And from what I've been told back in then, it was common custom for a wizarding family to marry magical creatures, which is what they consider werewolves, vampires, |merpeople|, veelas and fairies. As you might be aware, there hasn't been a fairy born on earth for many centuries, but a fairy was born and just came in to 'his' fairy inheritance," she said

It was quiet again before Bloom spoke, "Did you say 'he'?" she asked.

"Yes Bloom, I did say 'he'. The young fairy is named Harry. And Harry Potter will be attending Alfea. I know, I know. There aren't that many male fairies. He is a rarity, even among other fairies," she took a breath before continuing, "There is so much more that you will need to know, but Harry needs to know them first. Now the reason I have asked you girls to come see me: I would like for Harry to room with a few girls, if that is all right?" she asked.

All six girls nodded and smiled at the headmistress, she smiled back and said, "Now, Harry will be arriving a bit later tonight. He was going to say goodbye to his friends before his current headmaster brings him here, so I will call you girls when he gets here," she said.

Now all they could do was to wait for the young man to arrive.

Back at Hogwarts Harry was sitting in the common room, with his owl Hedwig, waiting for his friends to arrive. He had sent a letter this morning, letting Ron and the others know that he was already at Hogwarts, to not worry them when he wasn't on the train. He petted Hedwig's feathers and mumbled, "Hey, girl" She cooed at him and nipped his ear. He handed her an owl treat from his pocket. He stayed with her until he saw other students show up at the castle. So he gave Hedwig one last pat on her feathers and made his way down to the Great Hall to meet up with his friends.

Down in the great hall, he waited for his friends, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Luna and Ginny.

He first spotted his friend Neville walking with Ron and Mione. He saw that Ginny and Luna were bit behind the rest of his friends. He shyly smiled at his three-year mates as they approached and greeted them, "Hi guys," he said. Hermione was the first to notice something was different about her friend and voiced her thoughts.

"Hi Harry," she greeted him, "You seem different," she tilted her head to the side and stared at her friend, "Have you been using cream or lotion on your skin? It seems smoother," she asked.

Before Harry could say a word on the matter a voice spoke up, "His new look is actually something that we would like to discuss with you and the others."

They all turned to where the headmaster's voice came from.

Harry smiled shyly at the man he looked up to like grandchild to his grandfather. All of his friends gave a small greeting to the headmaster. After pleasantries had been exchanged the headmaster led everyone to his office. When they got to there, they took seats around a small coffee table.

The headmaster told them about Harry's inheritance and what that meant and how their friend wasn't going to be attending Hogwarts the upcoming school year. After the headmaster had told them and answered their...Mione's questions, he gave each of them a gift.

"Now these are 'Two-way mirrors'. They are used for communication. I thought you all would like one to stay in contact with each other over the upcoming school year," he said with a smile on his old face. He turned to Harry and said, "Now Harry, you have about an hour before we have to leave. So go, have fun with your friends. I'll be down to collect you later"

So the group made their way down to the great hall to spend a bit of time together before Harry had to leave. He told them what little he knew about his new school before it was time for Harry leave. He gave all of his friends a hug and for the girls a kiss on the cheek. He told them that he would get in contact with them soon. Then he followed the headmaster back up to his office.

When they got to the headmaster's office, the old man instructed him to put his hand flat on a landscape painting, which had been moved from its old location to now hang in his office, he told him. Harry put his right hand flat on the painting and played with his recently shrunken trunk, which now sat comfortably around his neck on a silver chain. He closed his eyes as a sensation, which almost felt like apparition, encased his body. When he opened his eyes a few minutes later, he was standing in a forest. He jumped slightly as a hand was placed on his shoulder. Turning around he saw the headmaster standing beside him. Then the man motioned for Harry to follow him.