Chapter6:
In Greengrass Manor:
On 1 September, Harry woke up early. He was waiting for that day for last one and half month. However, he enjoyed his staying in this Manor. Shawn and Athena were great to him as his Uncle and Aunt. Harry spent a lot of time to learn more about politics. Shawn helped Harry a lot in explaining complex mechanism in wizengamot. He informed him about the members of wizengamot and their position. Shawn also asked him about his interest in quidditch and promised him that, he will gift him a broom in next year.
Athena was surprised to know that Harry knew about cooking. However, Harry was able to enter into the kitchen of Greengrass manor for only one day due to protest from the house elves. The house elves did not like that, young master Harry was working in kitchen. As, it was their working area, they did not like the fact that, anyone else was trying to work there even he was trying it do that only for 2-3 days in a month.
Nevertheless, Harry did not spend most of his time by talking with Athena about cooking. Harry was more interested in learning fine arts of Potion from a talented Potion mistress like her. Incidentally, Harry's desire to learn Potion and his talent in Potion also impressed Athena.
Athena told Harry that, she thought Harry was a prodigy in Potion for a first year. Harry was amused by hearing that types of compliments. Soon, he started to help Athena in her Potion making and became her assistant in making potion. Harry realized that, his knowledge in Potion also further improved by working with her.
Sometimes Harry asked her about House Sayre and Athena usually answered his question happily. Harry found that his Aunt loved her paternal house very much. Harry found that, in past male members from House Sayre had light blue eyes. He also learned about many small things of House Sayre.
Harry also spent significant amount of time with his cousins. Astoria was initially shy around him, but she soon became comfortable around him.
Harry spent time with Daphne by talking about Politics, DADA and Charms books, their childhood, their wands, various spells and their favorite activities in their past time.
Harry also found that Daphne was a subscriber of teen witch weekly. It amused him very much because of her ice queen persona. He had become more amused when the August issue of that paper had his handsome face in their cover page. He teased her a little about that.
However, besides spending time with his relatives, he spent a lot of time in practicing his dueling skill alone. He did not want to explain his dueling skill to his relatives, because at the end of the day he was still an 11 years boy. He also raided Greengrass library many times during the time he was staying in Greengrass Manor.
Nevertheless, he was still waiting for coming into Hogwarts in this universe. Hogwarts was his first home in his home universe. Harry wanted to shock the whole school by his performance, his leadership, his cunningness. For him it would be an interesting ride. He was also looking forward to humiliate Malfoy and his allies systematically in Hogwarts. He was also determined to break records of Tom riddle in first year. He wanted to erase every signs of Tom and breaking his records academically would be a start for him.
Therefore, when the day finally came, he was preparing himself for the journey. He at first took a shower in the rest room. After that, he checked his trunk for final time to make sure that, he was taking everything important with him in Hogwarts.
After that, Harry joined with his relatives in dining room for taking breakfast.
"So, Harry and Daphne the day has finally come for you two to go into Hogwarts. Are you excited for it?" Shawn asked them.
"I am feeling excited at the prospect of passing some interesting time in Hogwarts." Harry replied.
"I am excited, because I love the challenge and Hogwarts will provide many of them for me. " Daphne replied.
"You two should take care of each other in Hogwarts and write regularly to us." Athena told them.
Both Harry and Daphne promised to Athena that they would write to her, Shawn and Astoria regularly.
In Hogwarts Express:
After completing, the breakfast the whole family left the Manor to catch Hogwarts express. Rest of the Greengrass family came to the platform with Harry and Daphne and said goodbye to them.
Soon Harry and Daphne found Blaise and Tracy in the Hogwarts Express. The four of them decided to search for an empty compartment for them. Finally, they found an empty compartment at near end of the train.
Daphne performed locking and privacy charms immediately after they entered into the room.
"So, when Prof. Slughorn will call us to meet with him?" Blaise asked his friends.
"I think it will be within half hour." Tracy replied.
"So, Tracy I think you have a cousin in Hogwarts." Harry asked her.
"Oh! Yes, his name is Rodger Davies and he is a fourth year Ravenclaw. However, we are not so close with each other. Why you are asking me about him?" Tracy asked him.
"At one point, we will need allies outside of House Slytherin. An older Ravenclaw will be a perfect candidate for that." Harry explained to her.
"But, you know other house don't usually befriends with us because of our house's infamous reputation." Daphne told Harry.
"It will be hard at the beginning but eventually, I think we will be able to get some allies from other house."
Harry told his friends in an optimistic tone.
"Malfoy, Nott, Parkinson, and Moon will likely to take leadership of our house's first year as they are the majority." Tracy sounded dejected.
"If our plans work, then, situation may change in next 2-3 years." Harry assured her.
Approximately 25 minutes later, they saw a female prefect was standing outside of their compartment. Daphne cancelled the privacy charm and let her to enter the compartment.
"Prof. Slughorn wants to meet with Daphne Greengrass, Blaise Zabini, Hadrian Sayre, and Tracy Davies." The female prefect told them.
"We will join Prof. Slughorn shortly." Daphne informed the female prefect.
After hearing that from Daphne, the female prefect left the room.
"So, let's join our future Head of House, shall we?" Harry proposed to his friends.
Soon, Harry and his friends found Prof. Slughorn's compartment. Prof. Slughorn welcomed them warmly in his famous Slug club. Prof. Slughorn, the Head of House Slytherin was a cunning person. Through his Slug club, he established connection with influential students. When those members established themselves in various sectors of the society after graduating from Hogwarts, Prof. Slughorn tried to gain favorers from them.
Prof. Slughorn was planning to include Harry and his friends into that club in order to get favorers from them later. However, he did not know that for next few years Harry and his friends would manipulate him to fulfill their vision.
Harry saw apart from them, Prof. Horace Slughorn also invited Malfoy, Nott, Parkinson, Moon, and Black.
Self-preservation was one of the key characteristics of Slytherins and Horace Slughorn understood that well. Therefore, he always tried to maintain a balance between the rival groups.
After addressing Tracy and Blaise, Prof. Slughorn shifted his attention to the cousins.
"If this old man is not wrong, then I think you are Daphne Greengrass and this young man who is standing beside you is your second cousin Hadrian Sayre." Prof. Slughorn addressed them.
"You are not wrong sir; we are deeply honored by your invitation. We are hoping that you will invite us regularly." Daphne responded.
"I am also hoping to see both of you more especially you Hadrian; I am also glad that an ancient has finally returned into UK." Slughorn uttered.
"I am also happy that, The Ancient House of Sayre will again gain a chance to contribute in British Society. Sir, I also bring a gift for you." After saying that, Harry brought a small object from the left pocket of his robe and enlarged the small object by cancelling shrinking charm into a book.
"Sir, this is "Potion Arts in North America", a book about North American techniques of preparing various Potion." Harry gave the book to Prof. Slughorn.
In normal circumstance, Harry would never give any rare book from his family's library to other person as a gift. Nevertheless, apparently, book-copying charm did not exist in this universe and Harry knew how to an make old fake cover page by using some advanced conjuration that needed parseltongue. Therefore, he made a perfect copy of a rare book, which looked exactly like the original book.
Harry wanted to bring himself under the good grace of Horace Slughorn as soon as possible and by giving Slughorn a rare Potion book; he was hoping to accomplish that goal.
On the other hand, Prof. Slughorn was shaking with excitement for getting such rare book as gift and with that, he received the book from Harry.
He knew Hadrian Sayre would be a special boy, from the moment he saw him. Owning this book was a wet dream for every Potion master in Europe because of its contents and rarity in numbers. He was now owner of one of them, he decided from that moment Hadrian Sayre would become a premium member of his slug club.
After 30 minutes, four of them took leave from Horace Slughorn and returned to their compartment. Daphne, Blaise, Tracy were all surprised by Harry's behavior towards Horace.
They did not know that, Harry had a gift for their Head of House Horace Slughorn. "The Potion Arts in North America" was a very rare book about Potion. Daphne knew about that book, because she was the daughter of a famous Potion Mistress. Therefore, Daphne was very much surprised by her cousin's action in Slug Club.
"Harry, I get that, you want to impress our head of House, however, I don't think you should give him a rare kinds of potion book as a gift. This book is very much expensive." Daphne told Harry in a worried tone.
"Daphne I have four copies of that book in House Sayre's library, our ancestors were very keen to collect more than one copies of a book. I do not need four copies of the same book in my library. Besides I will never sell a book from my house's library for money because, it will dishonor my house.
Friends we already know that, Horace Slughorn will be important to implement our vision. Therefore, it was important to impress him. Horace Slughorn loves getting expensive gifts from his students. By giving him that book as gift, I have become one of his favorite students of all time. Besides, I also think, Horace Slughorn will think me as somewhat naïve boy for giving him such expensive gift and therefore, will never suspect me for manipulating him." Harry explained to Daphne.
He obviously lied to Daphne about having four copies of that Potion book. He had only one copy of that book in House Sayre's library. However, he was forced to do that. Harry would not be able to explain her about a non-existing charm and his ability to conjure complex things by using parseltongue when he was just an 11 years old.
Harry felt bad for lying to his cousin. Nevertheless sometimes, you had to make some hard choice to save yourself.
"Harry, now I can understand your reasons behind giving him that book. However, I also think you were showing your ancient wizarding heritage and your rich financial status to other students who were present in the Slug Club that time. "Blaise smirked after telling Harry about his observation.
"You are an observant person Blaise, therefore, I will not deny your observation about my action in Slug Club. " Harry responded.
"I also observed that, some girls from first, second and third years were looking at you with interest in Slug club. So, tell me Harry what is your opinion about that." Tracy teased Harry.
"Now, Tracy you should not become harsh on those poor girls if they were looking at an exceptionally handsome boy." Harry replied Tracy while smiling.
"Harry, you are sounding little arrogant." Daphne was also laughing when she told him that.
"You can blame my Sayre heritage for that." Harry responded.
In Hogwarts Hall room:
Harry, Daphne, Tracy, and Blaise were waiting with other first years for their sorting .All four of them knew that, a sorting hat would sort students according to their ability and characteristics. Harry and his friends were also observing their rival fraction.
As, Harry suspected the appearance of sorting hat was able to surprise many uninformed students. Harry once again heard the song from sorting hat. At the end of sorting hat's song Minerva informed the student that, whenever their name would be announce, they had to come forward and sat on the tool, then, the sorting hat would sort them.
"Abbot, Hannah" Minerva announced first student's name to sort her.
"Hufflepuff" .The sorting shouted after approximately one minute.
After that, Minerva again started calling student's name. Finally, Minerva announced Tracy's name.
Tracy as expected sorted in Slytherin within 30 second after sitting on the tool. She smiled after that and joined in the Slytherin table.
After some minutes, Deputy Headmistress announced Daphne's name. She moved forward and sat on the tool confidently.
It took a minute but finally the sorting hat shouted "Slytherin". After that, Daphne joined with her friend, Tracy in Slytherin table and Daphne adopted her's ice queen persona.
Harry saw Malfoy, Nott, Moon and, Parkinson were all sorted into Slytherin by sorting hart. Harry also observed that, Hermione Granger of this universe got again herself sorted into the house of lions. On the other hand, Neville Longbottom got himself sorted into Gryffindor.
Finally, Minerva announced his name and Harry moved forward gracefully and sat on the tool.
"Hello Hadrian William Sayre, you have a curious mind I see. It seems like you are a time and dimension traveler." The sorting hat told Harry.
"Hello to you also my dear old friend. I must say you have the same sarcastic voice like my home universe's sorting hat." Harry responded.
"I will take it as a compliment Harry potter/ Harry Sayre, I see you have a lot of ambition to change the world and I can also see lot of cunningness in you. Therefore, the only house where you belong is Slytherin." The sorting hat shouted the Slytherin part loudly for everyone to hear.
Harry stood up and joined with Tracy and Daphne in Slytherin.
"Hello Sayre, I am Mathew Warrington, the fifth year male prefect for Slytherin welcoming you into House of Slytherin." Warrington welcomed him.
"Thanks, Warrington for welcoming me. I am hoping that, I will be able to contribute into the House of Slytherin." Harry thanked the fifth year male prefect.
The sorting ceremony ended with Harry's friend Blaise Zabini being sorted into Slytherin. Harry, Daphne, and Tracy all welcomed their friend into House of Slytherin.
Harry and his friends were engaged in some small talks. They were also quietly observing Malfoy and his friends.
"Malfoy is surprisingly quite tonight." Tracy remarked after observing young Malfoy heir. Harry also observed that and it again reminded Harry how this universe's Malfoy was different from his home universe's one.
"Maybe, he is imagining himself as Slytherin king at the end of his fifth years." Blaise told his friends.
"His imagination is rooted on reality for now." Daphne reminded her friends about the present political strength of House Malfoy in Slytherin.
"However, things can always change in future." Harry ended their conversation about Malfoy Heir.
Dumbledore's boring opening speech was also come to an end. Harry was observing the teaching stuff of Hogwarts.
Albus was watching every student from his position, for a brief moment of time Harry and Dumbledore were staring at each other. Harry smirked at that, he had no doubt that Dumbledore would be his political rival. Harry knew that, Dumbledore's heart in right place but it seemed like he lost the ability to think clearly because of his age.
Harry then observed his old head of house Minerva. She was a tough teacher but she was fair to everyone in his home universe. Harry was hoping that, this version of Minerva would also behave in the same way.
Filius Flitwick was behaving like a happy fellow. Harry was looking forward to Filius's class. He was planning to learn more from Filius that time. Filius was a champion duelist, so he could teach Harry more about dueling. Harry was also planning to invent some charms that did not exist in this universe under the careful guidance of Filius.
was also looking happy in welcoming new students. Harry was determined to become first in Herbology. For a first year student, he was sure that, he would be considered a prodigy in that subject.
Prof. Snape was looking much more different in that universe; Harry also learned that, students did not hate Prof. Snape in that universe. He was considered as the male version of Minerva in this universe who was strict but fair.
Prof. Prince would be definitely an improvement over a ghost as a History's Professor. Harry was hoping to learn some important historical lesson from her classes.
Prof. Sinistra was looking gorgeous in Harry's opinion in her blue robe dress. Harry was sure that in his third year, he would definitely pick Ancient Runes because; he became aware about the importance of that subject in a war.
Prof. Slughorn was conversing with Prof. Vector. Harry was determined to become best in Potion also. Harry was sure that, he further improved his potion skill by assisting his Aunt Athena in Potion making.
On the other hand, Harry never studied Arithmancy seriously in his home universe. However, Harry was determined to learn this subject in this universe. It would be a challenge for him nonetheless.
Nevertheless, Harry's eyes were searching for Prof. Quirrell and when Harry found him, he was shocked. Prof. Quirinius Quirrell was looking much healthier and confident in this universe, but, most importantly, he had no turban on his head and he is a black haired person. Therefore, no Voldemort was existed behind Quirrell's head.
However, Harry decided that, he would keep a close eye on him, because he was still sensing something was wrong with Prof. Quirinius Quirrell.
Chapter End .
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