Chapter 3: The Sorting

They were at the door that led into Durmstrang. They were heavy to the point that they needed all three first years to open a door. Harry counted down from three and then began to push the door open with Max and Karl. They managed to push the door open and then they walked inside.

The door opened to the dining hall which was filled with older students. They began to applaud them which made Harry realize why they were clapping. The door was made heavy so they could see how intelligent and strong you were. They looked down the middle aisle between the house tables and looked with confusion.

There was a small white pool that could fit only a single person. The headmaster stood tall over the children at his wooden podium. He smacked his hammer to gain the attention of all the first years.

"Get into a one file line. One at a time will go to the pool and jump in to get sorted. You will be dry when you exit." Headmaster Scheen said.

Since Harry, Max, and Karl were first to open the door they were first in line. Harry was up first so he began to walk toward the pool. He jumped and was in there for a few seconds. He was able to breathe underwater for some reason.

Suddenly he was pushed out of the water and the water turned Green and Black. That meant he was sorted into Wolverine House. Next up was Karl who had the same process and was also sorted into Wolverine House. Max was also sorted into the same house which made Wolverine House be extremely happy as they had three first years enter the house in a row.

The houses were Wolverine House, Soscrofa, Vulpelara, and Ucilena. Wolverine was Green and Black, Soscrofa was Grey, Vulpelara was blue and Ucilena was black. Wolverine House was like Slytherin, Vulpelara was Gryffindor, Soscrofa was like Ravenclaw and Ucilena was Hufflepuff.

Viktor Krum was in Vulpelara. People generally mistrusted Wolverine because they tended to be more aggressive even though that was only if they became agitated.

"Black." Harry heard someone hiss. Harry turned around and looked at the person who said it. It was a tall kid that was in his upper years."Heard you were signed by Dortmund. How about you join the team so we can take Krum and Vulpelara down a peg or two?

"Alright mate, tell me where to sign up," Harry said quietly as the final first years went to their tables. Out of all the first years there were 17 in Wolverine, 14 in Ucilena, 16 in Vulpelara, and 15 in Soscrofa.

Vulpelara had won the Durmstrang Quidditch cup for the past 6 years and Wolverine finally wanted a chance. Their team had been declining over the years before Harry and the other first years arrived and gave new hope to the team. The coach of the team was The Dark Arts professor who was head of Wolverine which only added more mistrust to Wolverine.

Unlike Great Britain where each year there were only around 20-30 new students at Hogwarts, there could possibly even be around 100 in Durmstrang. Most mainland European students would go to Durmstrang, Beauxbatons, or Koldovstoretz.

"Go to Tchekhov. He's the manager of Wolverine. He'll see about getting you a deal with Professor Melkov to get you on the team." The boy named Alexis said.

"Scheiße more deals. I thought I was done with Quidditch managers." Harry said with a groan.

Everyone began laughing around them and even the Headmaster had to look at Wolverine's table to see the commotion. They began to tell stories of times when they failed at life. They were particularly talking about Harry and his childhood with an insane Black called Clara.

SCT 8:30PM

"So tell me. How are your preparations for this big. . . event?" A deep voice asked from an armchair.

Another deep voice responded."It is looking quite good. Preparations are very good. Well while we're talking about it. . ." The voice stopped before becoming quieter to the point that Alexander could barely hear them."Where are we striking?"

The second voice spoke in the same voice level as the other."England, Germany, and France. We might even be able to strike the Soviets. What I do know is that the old families will rise again."

Alexander had heard enough and ran out of the apartment complex in Edinburgh. Thank Merlin they didn't notice him because he would've had to pull out the silenced P8. They were in the middle of Edinburgh Scotland so there was really no need for pistols. What he did know was that he would have to report it to his boss. He was definitely going to be interested.

Hogwarts 8:45PM

Michael was getting stuffed after eating so much. Michael Potter was the supposed Boy-Who-Lived and was a prized possession of Gryffindor since his sorting 4 years ago. He is currently in 4th year. His sister Amelia was in 3rd year. Neither of the two knew who their youngest brother was let alone know they had one. All they knew was that their mother had a miscarriage when he was 4 years old.

They had a guard that went everywhere with them. Especially after Albus Dumbledore had died. There was nobody in Hogwarts that could keep them safe other than a place guard at Hogwarts. Michael still remembered the day Dumbledore was announced dead. It was December 13, 1988.

He remembered being on the train to his house away from Hogwarts due to Christmas break. He was eating breakfast with his family when the daily prophet came in yelling Dumbledore had died. It was still a mystery as to how Dumbledore died. Even after a full autopsy was done. Only a few knew how he died.

His friends were the Weasley twins who were always by his side. He had even gotten a girlfriend who was Katie Bell. That made their small friend group. They were also friends with the Gryffindor quidditch team which was extremely good especially with Michael's flying talent. In fact it was very similar to Harry Black's skill. Except for the fact that Michael was not on any professional team.

Durmstrang

Harry was walking down a few flights of stairs with his friends while they were making their way down the stairs. The Wolverine's common room and dorms were in the dungeons. It was well lit and tidy down there. The three friends were really just following a few older students who knew the way to the common room. They all suddenly stopped and Harry could see someone press a dark brick on the wall. The wall began to open up and revealed the Wolverine common room.

There was a raging fire in the center of the room. There were tables on one corner and sofas all around the room. There was even a kitchen and pantry off to the side that was used by students who didn't want to eat in the dining hall. They allowed this because they had a mandatory cooking class. There were two long hallways. One had girls and the other had boys on a sign.

Obviously since they were boys they walked into the boy's hallway. They went to the 1st year part of it where there were around 10 rooms. There was also a board reminding everyone that there could only be three to a room. They grinned when they realized they could share rooms. Harry opened a door to their right which was empty. He entered the room and claimed the bed closest to the fireplace which was in their room.

He walked over to his bed and set his trunk down. He sat on his bed and immediately began decorating. The first thing he grabbed was a picture when Harry was 8 on his birthday. The other was when he was five with the fairly young adults which had adopted him. Max looked over at Harry and saw the photograph he was holding in his right hand.

"Are those your parents?" Max asked as Harry looked up at him.

Harry nodded."Yeah, well blood adopted since they didn't want me to have any connection with my old parents who gave me away and left me to be abused."

Karl grimaced before asking."Missing them already?"

"Yup. I've never really left them for that long." Harry said with a nod.

"I'll buy a Bayern Munich jersey just to put it up on the wall. Only to piss you off." Max said with a grin as he opened a quidditch gear catalog and flipped to Bayern Munich.

"Shut up Dickkopf." Harry said in annoyance.

"Scheiße I was only joking." Max said with his hands up.

"I know you're just annoying." Harry said with a chuckle. He put up his Dortmund banner and his personal jersey up onto the wall next to his bed before grabbing his toothbrush and going to the bathroom.

Harry was immediately stunned by the size of the bathroom. It had 3 bathtubs, 3 sinks, 3 showers, 3 toilets. Basically three of everything needed inside a bathroom. It was luxurious to say the least. He was confused by the fact that they needed 10 knobs in the bathtub for different things. Harry brushed his teeth quickly before he left the bathroom.

"You need to see that damn bathroom. That is literally the most over the top thing I've ever seen." Harry said with a grin.

"Damn that is pretty stupid looking." Karl said with a laugh. Max was already fast asleep.

"Let's not wake sleeping beauty up or he'll get angy." Harry said as he got into bed with his pjs on. Karl just laughed when he noticed they were Mickey Mouse pjs."Don't laugh idiot they look great."

"On a toddler." Karl said with a laugh before he shut up and went to sleep.

Harry grumbled in annoyance before he finally went to bed. Harry woke up in the morning quite early and decided he wanted to cook some eggs and waffles. He got some clothes on and walked to the kitchen where he got all the supplies he needed. As he was almost done the smell of food must have woken some people up. Two girls and one boy showed up after smelling the food.

"Anyone hungry?" Harry asked.

"Pretty hungry." The boy that went by Ivan said.

"When are you not hungry?" A girl by the name of Elizabeth said.

"Shut it both of you."

"Ok damn I didn't start cooking for a fight. I'll just make food for myself." Harry said with a grin as he served them all plates.

Harry began to eat slowly as he wasn't in much of a rush since it was a Saturday and he didn't have classes that day. Of course they had to go to the dining hall to get their schedules, but they didn't have to eat. He was finished eating and put his plate into the sink for a house elf to wash. That was when Max and Karl came into the room.

"You missed my amazing cooking." Harry said with a grin as he left the kitchen.

"It was probably burnt to a crisp." Max said.

"No it wasn't, it was really good with eggs." Harry said as he punched Max in the shoulder.

"Alright let's go get the schedules." Karl said, attempting to break the argument.

"Alright." Max said while Harry stayed quiet.

They were looking around the castle as they remembered their way to the dining hall. It wasn't hard as it was only one corridor and a few flights of stairs before they got there. They sat in their seats from yesterday and began to wait for their schedules as Max and Karl began to eat.

Professor Melkov came walking down with their schedules in his hand. He began to pass them out. Harry looked down at his schedule and studied it for a bit. The same happened to the other two boys. It looked like they all had the same schedule.

Harry Arcturus Black

8:30 to 10:00- General Spells

10:05 to 11:35- Cooking

11:50 to 12:30- Lunch

12:50 to 2:20- Dark Arts/ Defense/ Dueling

2:25 to 3:55- Potions

4:00 to 5:30- Magical Studies

Harry grinned as he read the same schedules of his friends. That meant they had all the same classes together. They would be going to classes on Monday which was only two days away.