Chapter 9
“BLOODY HELL!”
Harry shot up, he was terrified not realising he wasn’t at the Dursley’s anymore and was expecting any minute to be pulled out form his safe place…….but then he wasn’t. Harry decided to move closer towards the door and heard voices that belonged to kids then Harry remembered where he was an walked from the wardrobe floor and quickly came rushing out
“What’s wrong!?” Harry shouted worried
“Stay there” Neville yelled from his bed” there’s a snake in our room”
“Where?” Harry asked, slightly calming down
“Over at Ron’s bed!” Seamus shouted, from his bed
“Oh, oh crud sorry” Harry said walking towards Towards Ron’s bed
“I forgot to tell you guys, I have a pet snake” he said foundly looking at her
Harry now at Ron’s bed leaned down and let Wisteria crawl onto his arm “ her name is Wisteria and don’t worry she won’t hurt you or any of the animals in the castle except maybe the mice ”
“Why- how do you have a snake!?” Ron said demandingly “they weren’t on the allowed pets list for the school”
“I got permission from the headmaster “ Harry lied
“Of course the boy who lived got special treatment” Ron sneered
“Don’t call me that!” Harry yelled “just because I didn’t die with my parents and became an orphan means I like that the fame of what? just not dieing? Not knowing the wizarding world exists until a little over a month ago? What happened 11 years ago has nothing to do now so stop bringing it up Ron”
“Yeah whatever” Ron sneered
“ just don’t let me catch that snake on my side of me room agin and if it eats scabbers I’ll feed it to the owls” He said, rolling over going back to sleep
“Sorry again everyone” Harry finally said breaking the uncomfortable silence the room had fallen into
“Yeah no problem mate” seamus said before heading back to sleep
Harry walked over to his desk and checked his clock he had stolen from Dudley and it was 4am not that much earlier than when he usually woke up . Harry decided to feed Wisteria and quiet got ready for school making sure not to wake anyone. Harry slowly made his way to his wardrobe and pulled out his uniform and headed to the bathroom.
Harry immediately learned that the castle adjusted the water temperature immediately to what ever temperature you wanted. After Harry’s shower he made very careful time to brush out his hair, Harry had found a broken Combe that he figured it had meant to be frown out but somehow didn’t. Afterward harry makes excellent effort to move his hair to perfectly covering his scar then he lefl the bathroom. Harry bent down and allowed Wisteria To crawl up his robes.
Harry remembered Ron mentioning something about class starting around nine and since Harry didn’t want to wake his roommates he headed down to the common room to wait for breakfast to start.
Harry had expecting a quiet couple of hours until everyone woke up, what he didn’t expect was for someone else to be in the common room let alone two someone’s.
“Well well well, look who’s up?” One of the twins said, grinning as he quickly shoved something into his pocket
“Didn’t expect anyone away this early” Harry said, sitting in one of the arm rest of a one of the sofas
“Never did we” the other said, standing by the exit
“Why you up” the first one which Harry was going to assume Fred, he had been standing by the fire place
“Couldn’t sleep and my snake nearly ate Ron” Harry shrugged “what about you?”
“Fred I like this kid” the one harry had assumed to be george and was correct “already making trouble before the first day even started but please don’t let your snake kill our foolish brother”
“Yep that’s me and don’t worry I wouldn’t dare to feed my snake something as gross as Ron” Harry grinned “now why you two up?”
“Pranks” they both said with a mischievous grin
“Need any help?” Harry suggested, sitting up from his seat “got nothing better to do for the next few hours and I’ve already read all my school books”
“Promise not to tell?” Fred asked
“On my life” Harry grinned “so I’m in?”
“Blimey yes!” george said
The next few hours the twins taught Harry the names of magic pranks and what they do but Harry for the life of him couldn’t remember any of the names like he had done with everything the wasn’t life threatening important. They needed up setting a couple pranks up in some of the class rooms that sent everything flying round when the teacher entered the room and a prank in the court yard that made students hair stick up if they walked through it.
They twins very kindly showed Harry some of his class rooms so he wouldn’t get to lost or stuck in one of their other pranks they had set up when he wasn’t there. They hanged out until the until breakfast which the twins decided to skip and so left Harry to find the food hall or main hall? Harry hadn’t thought asked what they called it but luckily Harry found some early risers who were also older years and had followed them to the hall. Harry noticed that not many students had been in the hall when he arrived but after a few minutes that changed and waves of students came crashing in. Harry tried to ignore that whispers but they were so load luckily along with the crowd Hermione and Neville had sat at the Gryffindor table so Harry decided to join them.
“Agh trying to navigate this school is the bloody worst” Harry groaned as he sat down.
“You’re one to say Harry” hermoine said “ you weren’t even in your dorm this morning”
“How do you know that Hermione?” Harry said suspiciously “it was 4am I doubted anyone- anyone sane person would be up that early”
“4am! Harry” Hermione said slamming her book she had been reading down “ how are you expected to preform well in class with that much sleep”
“Hermione, please, lecture me later and tell me how you know I wasn’t in my dorm this morning” Harry sighed
“Neville came to me asking if I had seen you since you weren’t in the your dorm room when he had woken up” Hermione said still obviously disappointed by Harry’s choice (not really his choice) to be awake that early
Harry turned to Neville who was still sitting next to Harry “ really nev? You went looking for me?” Harry asked, his voice slightly breaking
“Of course, Harry you’re my friend” Neville bluntly stated “but can you tell us where you were?”
“You’ll see later ” Harry grinned mischievously “lets just say I might’ve been involved in some mischief”
“Harry!” Hermione gasped” you are responsible for the courtyard prank”
“Sorry ‘moine classified” Harry shrugged “so how do we know what class we have to got to”
“The teachers will hand out a times table when the majority of students are here” Hermione answered
“And how do you know that!?” Harry dumbfounded
“Some students told me in the train” Hermione shrugged, her yes once again fixated on her book
“Cool, was it those raven claws?” Harry asked
“No, a diffrent group I stumbled into while looking for you and Neville”Hermione said
“H-Harry is the snake still in our room because Ron won’t be happy is he sees her” Neville asked
“Snake! Harry explain” Hermione, once again putting her book down
“I have a snake” Harry shrugged “Is it that alerting to own one?”
“I suppose not but how did you even get permission to bring it to school!?” She asked
“I just held her on the train” Harry said “I mean I was holding her when I was with you guys looking for Trevor”
“What!? I didn’t see you holding a snake Harry”Hermione said
“R-really?” Neville stuttered
“Yeah she was in my jumper then in my robes so no one actually saw her but she was there and don’t worry never like I said she won’t hurt anyone except the rodents around the castle” Harry said reassuringly
“If you say so” Neville said grimacing at his breakfast “can I ask why you two think it’s not strange to own a snake?”
“Muggles own all types of animals and snakes a not common by not rare pet to own “ Harry explained
“Wow” Neville said in awe
After discussing some books for class Harry noticed his favoured Slytherins Waltz into the hall, immediately Harry got up quickly ushering some goodbyes to Neville and Hermione and ran over and eagerly greeted Draco, pansy and blaise.
“Morning!” Harry greeted
“Good morning Harry”Draco replied, with a notable amount lack of enthusiasm
“Ignore him Harry” pansy butted in “he’s just a grumpy old man who can’t wake up early who can’t not throw a tantrum”
“He pushed me out of bed! I’m vailed it be acting like this” Draco snapped back
“You wouldn’t wake up and we can’t be late” Blaise chimed in “and we’re already luckily to have-“
“We are lucky to have a good sense of direction” pansy interrupted “right blasie? Nothing else”
Blasie, finally putting together what she was trying to say shrugged and nodded in an agreement. Harry had put together that someone obviously had giving them something to navigate the castle and from the sounds of it no one else’s had to
“thing”.
“Can we eat now” Draco whined” I need my tea or I will purposely “accidentally” kill someone, I’m bounded to have at least a semi dangerous class today”
“As if Draco” pansy joked “come on, I need me some fruit” she said before wrapping her arm around Draco’s neck and leading him towards the table, blasie turned to Harry who had not known if he should follow them or head back to his own table,
“Coming?” Blaise said before tuning and strutting to the Slytherin table