Pridepack Chronicles

Chapter 3

A/N: I do not own Harry Potter

The Hogwarts Express

The month of August flew by, Harry, Sirius, Amelia and Susan spent all of that month in Malfoy Manor, meaning that Harry, Draco and Susan spent all their time together; with Susan it was usually reading books, Harry and Draco however were planning pranks right up to the end of third year!.

Unfortunately however, Remus had to go back to Hogwarts to prepare for his lessons for the year ahead, Dora was now field training at Auror School, Ted and Andromeda usually dropped by twice a week for dinner,

Abraxas insisted on giving the children revision before they went to Hogwarts, it was a drag but it was still sort of fun especially since he always made the lessons fun and he never patronised them, they learned about the Goblin wars, the war with Grindleward, the Black family history, Muggle studies and transfiguration, Harry at least enjoyed the lessons

On the last day before Hogwarts, the Bones-Black family went to Amelia's London townhouse which overlooked Clapham Common,

They would've stayed in Grimmauld Place but Sirius hated his childhood home, they lived in a cottage in Kent but now that Sirius and Amelia were to be married the couple decided to live in the Clapham townhouse,

Harry was unusually subdued the night before Hogwarts, he was going to miss his family, though he'd never admit it out loud but the thought of leaving his family behind was becoming more and more frightening especially since the Purity war was still raging and people were dying everyday, and he knew that the Black family were protected by power warding charms so powerful that anyone who intended to attack and house of Black would be killed by the fidelius charm put in place by Abraxas Malfoy and Cassiopea Black, but all the same he felt uneasy, he already lost his birth parents, but they were betrayed by Wormtail and there was no chance of that happening in the family.

And with that final thought the son of Prongs took his glasses off and went to sleep.

Harry was standing in front of the veil in the dept of Mysteries, there was a battle going on he saw Remus, Tonks, a dark skinned man Harry recognised as Kingsley Shacklebolt, which was strange, Harry thought

Shacklebolt was murdered by Death Eaters years ago, yet here was looking older, he turned around and he saw Sirius now standing dangerously close to the veil fighting the second most feared dark wizard of all time; Bellatrix Lestrange just then he saw Sirius laugh and he said

'Come on you can do better than that' and that's when Harry's worst fear came true Bellatrix cackled and uttered 'Stupefy' a jet a of red light hit Sirius squarely on the chest, his face still smiling, older man turned to look at Harry, it seemed to take and age for Sirius to fall and when he did his body formed a graceful arc and he disappeared through the veil, Harry ran to the veil but found that Remus was holding him back

'NOOOOOOOOOO' Harry screamed tears running down his face

'Harry' Remus said

'Sirius, come back COME BACK!'

'Harry' said a voice 'Harry wake up!'

Harry woke with a start and saw Sirius and Amelia standing over him, worry and concern written all over their faces, Harry lunged at Sirius grabbing him in a tight hug 'don't…ever' sob 'leave me or die' sob 'please', Now Sirius was really worried as he held the small boy who was now whimpering and he gave Amelia a look 'I'll go check up on Susan' she said sensing that her step-son needed Sirius for the moment, she kissed Harry on the forehead and left the room, 'Now what's this I hear about my death' Sirius said trying to sound humorous but the boy broke out into more sobs 'please don't make…'sob 'go to Hogwarts I want to stay here with you' he said incoherently, now Sirius was really worried 'what's brought this on Prongslet?' he asked worriedly 'you've been bursting to go to Hogwarts since Dora went there and that's all you and Draco have talked about for the last month and a half' he said 'tell me your nightmare' Sirius asked and Harry told him the details of his dream, by the end of it Sirius knew it was nothing more than a nightmare 'Harry listen here' he said seriously 'It was just a nightmare, I'm certainly not going anywhere anytime soon and I'm most certainly not going to allow myself to be killed by our deranged Cousin Bella' he said 'I'm far to good a dueller to allow that to happen' at this Harry giggled and for a moment Sirius realised that Harry's dream may not have been real after all Kingsley died nine years ago so it can't have been about the future but his son's – his cub's fear was very real 'Harry let me tell you something, we are very safe in this house, Narcissa and Draco are safe, the Tonkses are safe and Abraxas and Cassiopea are safe, why because the Goblins of Gringotts have warded all our homes and Goblin wards are by far the strongest, Voldemort himself could be in this very room now and all he'd see is a dilapidated old house rather than the home we have created, he wouldn't be able to see us but we could see him he'd be firing spells all over the place and the wards still wouldn't fail us, so you have nothing to worry about, plus the fact that Remus lives at Hogwarts castle which is one of the safest buildings in Britain so the old wolf is safe' he chuckled which made Harry relax instantly 'and you are going tomorrow young man because you have experience Hogwarts, they'll be the best years of your life, you'll meet new people, girls, new spells, girls, quidditch and…..' 'more girls' Harry added and they both laughed

'I see your getting my way of thinking' Sirius said,

Then Harry asked him for something he hadn't asked for since he was six years old 'Sirius could you sleep in here tonight?' 'of course cub move over' Sirius said and he put a protective arm around his son 'goodnight cub' he said 'night Sirius' Harry replied back and within minutes father and son were snoring away peacefully.

The next morning the events of last night were forgotten as the Black-Bones family were rushing around the house, Harry had packed all his things in the night before but he kept the most valuable items such as

The marauders map and the nimbus 2000 on his person, at 10:40am both Harry and Susan were ready to go, all of their luggage were shrunk so they could fit inside their pockets so the family could apparate easily,

With two faint pops the family had left,

Seconds later they arrived at a side street in Kings Cross, Sirius went to get luggage trolleys whilst Amelia enlarged the children's luggage again,

The family of four trundled their way through the station attracting some strange looks from the muggles Amelia turned to face the children 'this is the exciting bit now' she smiled as they approached the pillar 'Susan you go through first' Amelia said Susan was slightly nervous and turned around to Harry 'see you on the other side' and she charged at the pillar at great speed and then disappeared, Amelia went through next then Harry felt his Sirius' hand on his shoulder 'together' he said to Harry who nodded and the two of them went through the pillar to Platform nine and three quarters.

The next thing Harry knew he was standing on the magical platform and looking at the most spectacular thing Harry had ever seen; the famed Scarlet steam train which was bellowing out smoke and steam,

Sirius looked down at Harry and started to reminisce

FLASHBACK: 1st September 1971

Young Sirius Black was standing in front of the gateway pillar between platforms nine and ten, he felt a hand on his shoulder, was his Uncle Alphard 'shall we go through together?' he asked his favourite nephew

Sirius nodded and the two of them ran through the barrier and Sirius saw the Hogwarts Express it was then he knew he did have a purpose in life even if his bigoted blood purist parents didn't see that.

END FLASHBACK:

Sirius felt a hand tugging him 'cm'on Padfoot every is here' Harry said impatiently 'hold your horses young man, I've got something to give to you cub' Sirius said as he pulled something out of his pocket, it was shimmery and silvery and felt smooth; it was the invisibility cloak that belong to James 'this Harry was your biological father's invisibility cloak, I'm sure Lily would have a fit if she saw me giving this to you now but knowing you you'll find it somehow' he said with a grin 'use it well Harry' Sirius smiled 'Thanks Sirius' Harry beamed 'I really appreciate this' he said and he gave Sirius a hug, they held each other for a few moments before the whistle blew indicating that there was five minutes left to board the train Harry and Sirius walked toward the rest of the family, as they walked past Harry saw a family of redheads most likely related to Bill, the family consisted of a haggard but friendly looking plump woman who at the moment was scolding her twin sons and a young girl who was with them was crying and an excited looking boy around Harry's age who seemed to know his place in the world rather like himself and Draco next he saw a bushy haired brunette girl who for some reason was already wearing her robes chatting animatedly to her parents, Harry thought she may have been muggleborn seeing as her parents looked rather bemused by the whole scene, he looked up to Sirius and saw that he was smiling and nodded to a family of three, 'they're the Longbottoms and that's their son Neville' Sirius told Harry who smiled at the small family, the boy seemed very inhibited and shy, he had brown hair and had a very pale and tired look to him, Harry gave the boy an extra smile reminding himself to seek the boy out on the train, finally they reached Amelia, Susan, Draco, Narcissa and Regina who was now crying 'mu…..m…..mum I want to g..go too please let me' she said in between sobs 'Your going in three years' Narcissa said kindly

'That's THREE WHOLE YEARS I have to wait mother!' Regina said indignantly 'Regina!' Narcissa warned her youngest daughter, Harry eye caught something to the right of him it was a girl another redhead standing with her parents and presumably her brother and sister who both seemed younger than her, girl seemed to be arguing with her sister 'I'm not a freak Gisella' she the redhead clearly upset

'yes you are!' the girl cruelly said 'your going to be locked up like you freaks deserve' she said as she moved away from her older sister, the younger brother however was completely different 'I don't think you're a freak Clarissa' he said timidly, the said girl hugged her brother 'thank your Tarquin ' she said as she released him and hugged her parents, Harry stopped looking at this point 'Come Harry we'll help with your luggage' Sirius said as Harry got in the carriage while Sirius cast a feather weight charm on the luggage and it went in the train

'Where's Dora by the way' asked Harry

'Sorry Harry but she had to go into Auror school today for some revision' she says she'll write to you or she may visit the castle' Narcissa replied

'to see who us or Remus' Draco said all the adults laughed even Narcissa gave a chuckle 'that'll be Professor Lupin from now on, boys' Amelia reminded them gently then she quickly gave Harry and Susan hugs 'you two look after yourselves now ok' she said 'we will' Susan said 'I'll send you a toilet seat Regina' Harry said as Regina giggled, Sirius laughed and gave Harry a hug 'be careful cub' he said 'dad' Harry said quietly it was the first time since the adoption that he called Sirius that 'what if I am in Slytherin' he asked, Sirius pondered then replied 'then I would disown you' he said sombrely then broke out into a grin when he saw the horrified look on his son's face 'but seriously I don't care either way son, it's yours and Susan's happiness I care about' he said

'but say I am…..' Harry started to say 'then Slytherin would've gained a great wizard' Sirius interrupted 'besides the sorting hat does take your choice into account' he said

'Really?' the green eyed boy asked in wonderment

'Really' replied Sirius 'now get on the train and enjoy the ride and try to send us a letter tomorrow ok' he asked, Harry nodded and followed Draco and Susan onto the train which blew its whistle.

'remember what I said Harry' Sirius said as he winked reassuringly at him 'I will, see you dad see you mum' Harry said, Amelia who was trying to keep her composure really burst into tears 'oh Susan…..Harry look after yourselves we love you' she said as Narcissa leaned over to reach for Draco's hand 'I'll send you sweets from home for all of you' she said, Sirius was walking to keep up with the now moving train

All three children waving madly out of the window

Sirius stopped walking finally but kept watching the train until the he could no longer see the green of his son's eyes of the red of his daughters hair 'They'll be ok you know' Amelia said now wiping the tears from her eyes 'I know they will' he said he took a deep breath to compose himself

'now ladies whose up for afternoon tea at Fortnum and Masons, it's on me' he said smiling.

As the train rounded the corner, Harry, Draco and Susan sat on their seats feeling melancholy but that didn't last for long as a girl with shoulder length blonde hair with big blue eyes entered the compartment

'oh good there aren't any nargles here' she said, to which the three children all looked at each other then at the strange girl 'errrr what are nargles exactly' asked Draco, but the girl just sat down 'I'm Luna Lovegood' she introduced herself just as Susan opened her mouth Luna interrupted 'oh I know who you are' she said Harry and Draco looked at each other 'you do?' Harry asked 'of course your Harry Potter and he is your second cousin Draco Malfoy' then she turned to Susan 'and your Susan Bones' Luna said 'nice to meet you all' then she got out her copy of the Quibbler magazine and started to read it – upside down, Harry and Draco looked at one another and both knew the same thing they liked this Luna to be their friend despite her forwardness the girl possessed a nice quality about her.

Susan then got up 'I'm going to find Hannah, haven't seen her since she left for Italy I'll be back later' she said she politely nodded to Luna and left the compartment.

'so Luna are you a first year' asked Draco, the girl lowered her magazine and simply nodded 'I hope to be in Ravenclaw, but Gryffindor doesn't seem to bad, what about yourselves' she asked and just then the red head boy who Harry saw on the platform entered the compartment 'you don't mind if I sit here do you?' he asked 'only I think everywhere else is full' he said, Harry nodded and Draco moved over to let the boy sit

'I'm Ron Weasley' he said 'thanks for letting me sit here' he smiled

'it's alright mate we're firsties here too you know' Harry said

'I'm Harry Potter and this here the blonde ponce…' 'oi watch it mate' Draco said indignantly, Harry continued 'is Draco Malfoy my cousin and best mate and the girl sitting next to me is Luna Lovegood'

The door opened again revealing three more children, one of them was Neville Longbottom the other two were the bushy haired girl and the redhead who was arguing with her sister, the bushy haired girl introduced herself and her companions 'We're awfully sorry to burst in on you like this but everywhere else is full and Neville's here has lost a toad and Clarissa was arguing with a horrible boy, I'm Hermione Granger, I'm the first magical person in my family, it's awfully exiting, my parents where ever so pleased – they're dentists you know - I've learned all our set books off by heart and spells, I can't wait to learn Transfiguration, who are you by the way' she said all that without pausing to breath the whole compartment was silent until Harry finally spoke up 'this is Ron Weasley, Draco Malfoy whose my cousin, the girl is Luna Lovegood and I'm Harry Potter' he said 'why don't you all sit down' Ron and Draco looked horrified at the prospect of sitting next to the hyper girl but Harry understood that she was muggleborn and therefore bound to be excited

'Thank you' as she sat down 'but Neville and Clarissa still stood at the door 'come on sit' Harry said firmly 'My my biological parents and godfather knew your parents' he addressed Neville who looked at him 'really' he said 'well that's what he said to me' Harry replied smiling he then turned to Clarissa 'are you muggleborn too?' he asked for some reason he felt funny in his chest when he saw her closely, she had copery red hair, a few freckles and silvery grey eyes she was very pretty Harry thought, the girl shook her head in answer to his question,

'No I'm a half-blood, but muggle raised' she said 'I live with my mum, stepdad and my half brother and sister, my real dad was a wizard but he died before I was born' she said 'mum has always told me about thee wizarding world though so it was no shock when I received my Hogwarts letter' she said, Ron looked at her then asked 'what was your father's name?' Clarissa smiled at the mention of her father

'his name was Fabian Prewitt' she said and Ron looked at her in shocked 'Blimey we're related then' he said 'Fabian and his twin Gideon were my my mum's brother's we're first cousins' he said, Clarissa smiled 'my mum told me about an aunt who had six children' she said 'now seven children' Ron said 'my sister Ginny starts Hogwarts next year', just then the door opened and a sandy haired boy just sat down, nearly sitting on Luna's lap and barely apologising when he stepped on Hermione's foot

'Clarrie….' He started but Clarissa's eyes flashed dangerously 'don't Finnegan' Harry, Draco and Ron each shared a look and then looked at the boy named Finnegan with instant dislike 'but Clarrie I didn't do anything wrong why are you treating me like dirt' he said he had an Irish accent,

Clarrie looked at him 'Gilly hates me' she said 'she called me a freak and she is now angry at us because you sent her a stinging hex'

'well its because she's jealous of you' he said 'because your special and she's just a…' though he didn't finish that sentence 'any way we're going we're really going to Hogwarts now' he said happily at this Clarrie smiled at him 'yes we are going' she said 'I am excited and guess what' she said 'I've met one of my cousins for the first time' she said pointing to Ron who merely glared at Finnegan who glared right back at him

Eventually he turned to face Clarissa again 'you better be in Slytherin'

He said and at that Ron snorted

'Slytherin' he said 'Merlin if I was sorted into that house I'd leave wouldn't you' he looked around the compartment and his eyes fell on Draco who looked at Harry who replied 'most of our family were Slytherins' he said

'Really, bloody hell and I thought you guys were alright' Ron said with humour in his voice 'well I want to be in Gryffindor my whole family have been there, what about you' he asked Harry who held up an imaginary sword 'Gryffindor' he said 'where the brave and mighty go, just like my biological parents, my godfather and my uncle Remus' he said proudly

'My parents were Gryffindors too' said Neville enthusiastically to which Finnegan snorted and Harry looked at him as if he were a piece of dirt

'You have a problem with that?' he asked

'Well if want to be more brawny than brainy' Finnegan said

Draco raised his eyebrows 'well where are you hoping to be then?' he said 'seeing there isn't a house invented yet for hopeless cases like yourself , your neither brainy nor brawny' he said and Harry and Ron roared with laughter even Neville, Hermione and Luna giggled but Clarissa however wasn't amused 'Come along Seamus' she said haughtily 'let's find somewhere else to sit' she as they both left the compartment, Harry, Ron and Draco imitated her haughty voice,

Harry then got up and went to the compartment door and shouted down

'see ya round Snivegan' and the whole compartment roared with laughter 'good one Harry' Draco said 'Snivegan' he repeated.

Eventually London was far behind them as the train was now passing other towns such as Stevenage and Cambridge, the six children were chatting away animatedly even Luna got involved although some of the things she said were rather outlandish and made the others laugh, it was like they'd known each other their whole lives.

Neville was happy and why not he thought he might as well make the most of it because sooner or later Harry, Ron, Draco, Hermione and Luna would find out about his 'furry condition' no one knew about his affliction because he was ashamed even though things had changed for werewolves they still couldn't be taught at Hogwarts, and until this summer Neville had been expecting a letter from the Werewolf School but no on his eleventh birthday he received a Hogwarts letter and never had he been so happy, but now he was wondering if it had been all a mistake him going.

Hermione was glad that these people in her compartment didn't judge her because she was bright or she liked to read books (although Ron had made a few sarcastic comments but they weren't offensive) she never had friends before at her private muggle school in Guildford because of it, she especially liked Luna who although believed in things that were far fetched even by wizarding society standards, she was still and interesting person to talk to.

Luna had never really mixed with people her age although she lived near Ron they never actually spoke before now, Luna was closer to his sister Ginny, but now she felt she had real friends who didn't laugh at her when she mentioned the Nargles and the Crumpled Horned Snorckack, even if they didn't believe her, she felt sorry for Neville, after all he was a werewolf, Luna could sense the slumbering wolf within him the moment she met him, she wouldn't tell him she knew of course, he would tell in his own time or either that the others would eventually guess.

Eventually they arrived at Hogsmeade, the six got off the train,

Harry was looking for Susan who didn't come back after she left

So he assumed that she and Hannah had lots to catch up on,

As he looked around he saw Neville hold back from the others and he nudged Draco who silently agreed with Harry that this boy shouldn't be on his own and the both grabbed his arms and pulled him along with the others

'Firs' years, firs' years this way' said a large giant named Hagrid, the first years followed him Harry and Draco ran to catch up with the giant

'Hey Hagrid' they said

'Ello there Harry, Draco' he said happily 'Professor Lupin said you two would be starting this year' he smiled at them 'you must come to tea this Friday we can talk about yeh firs week then can't we' he boomed 'four to a boat' he said, Harry and Draco got in with Ron and Neville while Hermione and Luna got in with Seamus and Clarissa, Seamus looked determined to ignore the two girls, but Clarissa smiled at them both

And started to talk to them, Harry couldn't help but stare at Clarissa

She was pretty but he saw some other good looking girls around,

Draco must've been on his wavelength because he too was looking keenly at some of the girls when he caught Harry's eye they both laughed

If Sirius were here now he'd be happy.

Hagrid lead the first years to the great hall where they were met by a stern looking woman Harry nudged Ron 'That's Minnie McGonagall there' he said 'my dad, Sirius and Remus used to make her life hell' he said Ron grinned 'well we could do the same couldn't we?' he said Draco looked at him 'I like your way of thinking Weasley' he said

''ere the firs' years Professor McGonagall' Hagrid said

'Thank you Hagrid, I'll see you in the great hall then' she said as Hagrid

Left,

'Welcome to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, you shall be sorted into four houses, they are; Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin, your house will be your home and like your family for the next seven years, you will try and win points for your house and compete for the end of year house cup, you shall wait here until I come back' McGonagall said and with that she went back to the great hall,

The first years were now bursting with excitement

'I wonder how you get sorted' Ron asked 'George said you had to wrestle a troll' Hermione looked puzzled 'there wasn't anything I read in Hogwarts: A History about how we get sorted' she said 'Harry did your godfather ever tell you' Harry shook his head and an idea formed in his head 'Draco, Ron follow my lead, same to you three' he said to Hermione, Neville and Luna who nodded just then Harry shouted

'YOU WHAT!' he said 'WE HAVE TO FIGHT A SNAKE AND A TROLL' a few first years screamed, Harry was sure he heard Susan sigh, he looked at her and she was just shaking her head but still smiling along with her friend Hannah and two others Harry didn't recognise

'Yeah, that's what my brothers and my parents have told me mate'

Ron said grimly, Draco then got involved 'Yeah Harry don't remember Dora telling us last week, the snake tore her arm off, but of course she was only at deaths door for a week' he said now trying to keep a straight face at this a girl named Lisa fainted even some of the boys looked sick.

One actually wet himself, when Harry, Draco and Ron saw this they couldn't control themselves any longer and the three of them burst out laughing none of the three boys saw McGonagall come back in

'hmm hmm having fun boys' all three of them stopped at once

Harry turned on the charm 'hello Min' he said 'my godfather has told me a lot about you' he winked, he heard his friends giggle and he could've sworn he saw McGonagall gulp but she quickly regained composure 'Mr Potter you'd be the first student ever to lose house points before you've even been sorted into a house' she said Harry looked around the first years most of them were smiling, even Lisa the girl who fainted was laughing but two faces however were glaring at him; Clarissa and Finnegan were not amused

'Now follow me first years' and off they went to get sorted.

A/N: Chapter three down and the sorting is next some of the dialogue

Is from the deathly hollows as you probably saw I decided to make Ron feel more secure about his place in the world and have him feel more confident

I hope you enjoy this I'll update tomorrow