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-Headmaster's Office, Nov. 3-
"You summoned me, Headmaster?" Harry asked.
"Ah, yes, please take a seat, Mr. Snape," replied Shinto.
Harry sat down, "Am I in trouble, sir?"
Shinto laughed, "Heavens no, child. You see, I received a letter from Albus Dumbledore, the Headmaster of Hogwarts. He's requesting for you to come to Scotland, immediately."
"For what, sir?" Harry asked.
"Well, this year Hogwarts' hosting the Tri-Wizarding Tournament with Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and Durmstrang Institute," replied Shinto.
Harry lifted his eyebrow, "That horrible, barbaric tournament that led wizards and witches to lose their minds just for barging rights, but led to their deaths? That tournament, sir?"
Shinto nodded, "Correct, Mr. Snape. On October 31st, the champions were chosen, but a fifth champion was selected."
"Fifth? I thought there're three champions," said Harry.
He then widened his eyes, "Sir, don't tell me I'm the fifth champion?! How's that possible? And who's the fourth?"
"I have no idea, Mr. Snape. What troubles me is who placed your name in the goblet," said Shinto, seriously. "Any ideas who it could be?"
Harry shook his head, "No clue. So, when do I have to go to Scotland, sir?"
"We'll depart in two days," replied Shinto.
"We?" Harry said.
"I'm not letting my best student go alone to Scotland," said Shinto.
He then laughed, nervously, "Besides, your mother would kill me if I don't… your parents and sister will be coming as well."
Harry's lips twitched, "Well if you would excuse me, I need to start packing. Is there anything else, sir?"
Shinto tapped his chin, "Ah, yes! Tomorrow, you, and the selected students will be getting your dragon partners."
"R-Really, sir?" Harry said.
"Indeed. I'll see you all tomorrow, Mr. Snape," said Shinto.
Harry nodded before grabbing his shoulder bag and headed out of the office. He closed the door and slides down to the floor.
"…what a freaking year to start off."
-Hogwarts, Nov. 6-
Alex was outside with Hermione and Ron, waiting for the Salem Academy students to show up so the tournament could finally begin.
The auburn teen was shocked when his name came out from the goblet, making him the fourth champion.
But then another name came out from the goblet, and it shocked everyone.
Harrison Severus Snape
Salem Academy
Hermione thought it was suspicious since it was impossible for Harry to place his name in the goblet since he lives on the other side of the world.
Yet, his name came out and became the fifth champion.
"When are they coming?" Ron whined.
"Ronald, Salem Academy is on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean," said Hermione, placing her hands on her hips. "It's going to take a while for them to get here and who knows how they're going to get here."
Ron made a face, "But why can't we wait inside…"
"Ronald, we cannot show the most elite school that we lack proper etiquette!" Hermione snapped.
"And I can't give the wrong impression that the chosen one has bad manners," said Alex.
Ron sighed, "Fine, Fine…"
"Look!" Ginny pointed at the sky, "Is that – Are those dragons?!"
Alex looked over to where Ginny was pointing and could see the shapes of a few dragons heading towards them.
'They have bloody dragons as transportations?!' he thought.
The dragons landed next to the lake where everyone started running to them.
"Greetings and welcome," said Albus, happily. "I hope your journey was quite alright for you and your students, Shinto and Jayden."
"It was, Dumbledore," said Jayden.
Beside her was Severus and Lily who was carrying their daughter.
"Shall we head over to my office? Mr. Bagman is waiting for us there," said Albus.
"Lead the way, Albus," said Shinto.
As the adults walked to the castle, the students from Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang went over to talk with the Salem Academy students.
Among the crowd, Alex was looking around for his former twin.
It didn't take long to spot Harry and Draco with a bunch of other students with them.
Alex marched over to them, but before he could get close to Harry, a massive red dragon came right to his face.
"Bloody hell!" Alex shouted, falling backwards.
He was about to take his wand out when Harry stepped forward and held up his hands.
"Blaze, don't! He means no harm!"
A heavy black armor dragon that had boiled red lava as his skin and tail was spiked and boiling red growled before rubbing his head onto Harry's cheek.
He glanced over at Alex and gave out a dangerous hissing sound before shrinking into his miniature form and wrapped around Harry's neck.
Draco helped Alex up to his feet.
"You shouldn't have done that, Potter. Blaze took it as a threat. You're lucky that Ry can control him quite easily."
"Harry has a dragon as a familiar?!" Alex said.
Ron and Hermione, who barely caught up to their friend, gasped at what they heard.
"Um, he's not my familiar. He's my partner and guardian," said Harry.
"And this is Blizzard, an Ice dragon and my partner," said Draco.
He pointed at the mini dragon sleeping around his neck. It was icy blue; his wings looked like ice and had a long blue tail.
"An Ice dragon?! That's impossible! I've read all books about magical creatures and none of them say anything about Ice dragons!" Hermione said.
Vienna crossed her arms, "But of course, your little library doesn't have much information about dragons. Hell, there still new dragons being discovered as we speak."
"We have a whole section about dragons," said Harry. "Ice dragons can be found in Greenland and some parts of Alaska. My Lava dragon came from Mount Vesuvius."
"Mount Vesuvius?!" Hermione leaned at Harry's face, "The same volcano that destroyed Pompeii?! Was he made from the lava?"
Sally pulled her cousin away from the brunette.
She placed her hands on her hips, "Why don't you introduce yourselves first?"
The brunette blushed, "Oh, right. My name's Hermione Granger, fourth year Gryffindor. It's a pleasure to meet you all."
Ron would've stayed silent if Hermione hadn't hit his arm.
"Um, Ron Weasley, fourth year Gryffindor."
"And I'm Alexander Potter, fourth year Gryffindor, Quidditch star Chaser, the Boy-Who-Lived, and the chosen one to save the Wizarding World."
The Snape twins, Lizzie and Sora made an annoyed face.
"And that's supposed to impress us, why?" Sally said, lifting her eyebrow.
"You should be!" Ron snapped, "He defeated You-Know-Who when he was a baby!"
Roxanne snorted, "Whatever."
"And what about you? Who are you all?" Hermione asked.
"Sally Wilson, sixth year in the house of Nature. Harry and Draco are my cousins."
Alex looked at her.
She has long blond hair with black highlights and light blue eyes.
He couldn't believe this girl is related to him.
"I'm Roxanne Lexine, sixth year Prefect for the house of Elemental. You already meet my fraternal twin, Sora and by my right is our older sister, Vienna."
"I'm an eighth year Prefect for the house of Nature," said Vienna. "My dragon partner is a Mortal Electron dragon, Mercury, who likes to roam around in her miniature form."
"So, your parents are the Headmaster and Headmistress of Salem Academy?" Hermione asked.
The Lexine sisters nodded.
Hermione smiled, "Amazing!"
"I'm Marucho Marukura, seventh year in the house of Elemental. My partner is a Water Snake dragon, Wave."
"Shun Kazami, ninth year Head Boy for the house of Elemental. Mine's a Wind dragon, Skyress."
"Dan Kuso and my twin, Diana, and we're ninth year students. I'm in the house of Elemental while my sister is Head Girl for the house of Nature."
"My brother's partner is a Fire dragon, Drago while mine is a Death dragon, Boom."
"Yusei Fudo, tenth year Head Commander for the house of Nature. My partner is a Northern Light dragon, Proton."
"Lizzie Aono, seventh year Head Girl for the house of Magical Creatures…"
She then shows them a pinkish-lavender egg.
"My partner is still in her egg. I need to do something for her to hatch, but I have no freaking idea what."
"And you two?" Alex asked the Snape twins.
"Draco and I are in our seventh year and in the house of Elemental," replied Harry.
"And Harry is the Prefect," said Draco.
"He can't be a seventh year or a Prefect! You're fourteen!" Alex argued.
"Academy students start at the age of eight until the age of seventeen," said Yusei. "Afterwards, you have a decision to go to college or a university."
"You start school at age eight?!" Ron said, shocked.
"That's the age when your magical core is fully opened," said Vienna. "Accidental magic usually starts at the age of two or three, though there're a few children that can control their magic at a young age."
"Oh," murmured Ron.
"Why doesn't Sora, Roxanne and Sally have a dragon?" Hermione asked.
"Cause our magical core isn't strong enough to form a connection," explained Roxanne.
"Connection?" Hermione asked.
"Sorry, we can't tell ya since you're not a Salem Academy student," said Sally.
Hermione puffed and looked the other way. She was annoyed to not get any information about the connection between wizard and dragon.
"Salem Academy students if you please follow me. I'll show you where you'll be staying," said Minerva.
Without saying a word, the Snape twins and their friends walked over to her.
"Great first impression," murmured Alex, sarcastically.
He and his friends went inside and went to the Great Hall. They took a seat at the Gryffindor table and started filling up their plates.
"Don't know why he bothered coming. I know he's not going to survive this bloody tournament," said Alex, annoyed.
"And how would you know that? He's a Prefect and judging by his house, he must be a fire user," said Hermione.
Alex and Ron widened their eyes.
"And how did you figure that out?" Ron asked.
"His dragon partner," replied Hermione.
Alex frowned, "I don't know. For as long as I can remember, my dad has told me that it was my squib brother's fault that mum left us, because she felt sorry for him for not having any magic."
"Maybe you should ask your biological mother what happen," suggested Ginny.
She sat across from Alex, "I don't think your brother is a bad person, but just… misunderstood and neglected."
"I agree with Ginny," said Hermione. "Something is fishy how your father described the night your mum and brother left. If you don't get to the bottom of this, you're going to lose someone important to you!"
Alex sighed, "I guess asking wouldn't hurt, but not sure about the neglect."
"Well, think about it mate," said Ron, biting his sandwich. "Some parents do favor on one kid if they have a talent, or they simply don't like the other."
"We have to show our parents that we're good as our older brothers," said Ginny.
Alex nodded, understanding what his friends were telling him.
"Besides, how cool it would've been if you and your brother finished each other's sentences like my twin brothers," said Ron. "It's annoying, for sure, but it's pretty cool how they can annoy mum with their twin talk."
Alex laughed, "That would've been bloody great. Alright, tomorrow I'll ask my mum about it."
That's when he spotted his brother and his friends entering the Great Hall with the other Academy students.
Alex saw most of them went to the Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff tables while a few went to the Slytherin table. He saw Harry sitting at the Hufflepuff table and talking to Cedric Diggory, one of the champions.
'At least he's talking to the right sort of people,' he thought.
"I wonder… what would've been like if mum and Harry stayed with us?" Alex said.
"Who knows, but that's all in the past," said Hermione, softly.
She smiled, "Maybe the two of you can help each other out in the tournament. He can teach you some high-level spells."
Alex grinned, "You're brilliant, Mione! That way, Harry and I can reconnect!"
Hermione smiled before it turned into disgust. She grabbed her book and hit Ron's shoulder.
"Ron! You're such a pig!"
"Show some manners!" Ginny scolded.
Alex turned around to not show he was laughing before looking over at the Hufflepuff table once again. He glared, angrily at the blond-black haired Snape.
The auburn teen gritted his teeth as jealousy ran through his mind.
That was his twin, not Draco's.
He was supposed to be doing all those brotherly things with Harry, not Draco.
He was supposed to look after his little brother, not Draco.
That's when an idea came to mind.
'Maybe… I can change mum and Harry's mind about coming back. Yea! I'll show Harry what a better brother I can be, and he'll beg mum to return with dad and we can be a family again!'
With a plan in mind, he went back chatting with his friends.
-Break Line-
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