Chapter 4
:Parseltongue:
"Speak"
"Foreign language, Bulgarian"
Harry fell with the grace of a cat on the grass, he ran a hand over his robes removing the wrinkles and looked around noticing several students who were also appearing near him, he pulled his hood up and walked between the dozens of students who They head to school, arriving at the beautiful walled castle.
Shrinking his trunk and putting it in his pocket, he walked until he reached the great gates of the castle, where a reddish-haired man was waiting for them.
"Good night to the new entrants!" the teacher smiled kindly at them as he spoke to them in Bulgarian “Please follow me, I'll take you to the great hall” the teacher turned around as the dozens of students followed him.
Harry reckoned there were at least 80 first-years, almost double his generation at Hogwarts.
“When they get to the dining room, they will line up and stand on the right side. They will wait until the director mentions their name and then they will have to put their hand on an orb" he explained softly "the Orb is the magical artifact that has been used in our Noble school since its foundation, in order to study the power and academic level of our students. students” turned down a corridor “Next to the orb you will find a black scroll, that scroll will shine just when the orb has read your potential and will mention the level in which they are in each subject as well as their place within their respective years”
“I guess you've already noticed, but their uniform doesn't have the school crest unlike the rest of the students, that's because they haven't been ordained by the Orb yet. There are seven levels or colors, I will start from the lowest to the highest; Yellow, means Common, Green, above average, Blue, skilled in certain areas, Purple, a genius with great potential. Finally there are those three who lead their generation, unlike the rest there will only be one person for each color. Bronze, which is the third place, silver, the second and Gold, who is the person with the most power and ability”
“I also have to mention that our school has a system of individual Points and rewards, Each day depending on your tasks and contributions of classes the teachers give you points, for example you got the best grade in an exam, that automatically adds 10 points or you answered your teacher's questions correctly, another 5 points. At the end of the semester the ten students with the highest number of points in the school will receive monetary rewards ranging from 100,000 to 50,000 Galleons.”
They were soon met with large doors and Harrison looked with pleasant surprise at the great hall of Durmstrang, it was at least the twice the size of Hogwarts. Unlike his old school, there were seven fairly long rows of tables here, although that was to be expected since there were around 90 students a year.
He quickly noticed the colors that surrounded the Durmstrang crest on their uniforms, most were blue or purple, although there were a few green, but he noticed how those who had the color Gold, Silver and Bronze were sitting in the center of their respective tables. .
As if they were the leaders of their years.
Harrison trailed behind the first years, noticing that there were at least two others who looked older as well, however Harry couldn't see their faces
. As all the first years passed there was only the three of them left, Harrison being the youngest.
"Cedric Edward Drigory!"
There were several female whistles and giggles as the young man stepped up to the podium, Harrison looked at him out of curiosity and couldn't help but be surprised to see that this was the young Hufflepuff who was leaving the potions, creams and food for him in the hospital wing.
…So his name was Cedric.
Cedric walked past as did the rest and placed his hand on the orb, Harry watched as it lit up in various shades and the black parchment beside it glowed silver.
Karkaroff looked happy and read aloud “ Herbology, Potions, Charms and Arithmancy, all grade seven and grade six; Ancient Runes, Transfiguration, Magical World History, Magical Defense and Alchemy. Therefore Cedric Edward Drigory gets the Sixth Year Silver badge!” Quickly the dining room applauded with the loudest being the women. Cedric took his scroll that begins his schedule and went down to his table, to sit near the middle next to two young men, one with the gold badge and one with the bronze one.
After several minutes Karkaroff yelled "Harrison James Ravenclaw!" Harry stepped up to the podium, pulling off his hood, to gasps of surprise as well as dead silence.
He approached the white orb that was on that quartz table next to a black scroll, stopped in front of the headmaster and placed his hand on the sphere.
The orb lit up in multiple colors and after a few seconds the black scroll turned gold to Karkaroff's disbelief, shortly after the man pulled himself together and opened the golden scroll and read aloud to the rest of the school who seemed very interested "Runes , Blood Magic, Enchantments, Transfiguration, Potions, Herbology, and Defense Magic all grade six and grade three; Magical World History, Arithmancy and Alchemy.” Karkaroff's disbelief changed to unrivaled excitement and happiness "Therefore Harrison James Ravenclaw will possess the gold badge of the third year of Durmstrang!" At the end the man handed the scroll to Harrison and applauded loudly followed by the third year who seemed smug and excited, shortly after the rest of the school applauded especially Cedric who seemed happy and relieved?.
Harry stepped down from the podium and walked over to the third table, watching as his future companions cleared a spot in the middle and smiled happily at him.
“Oliver Jonas Wood!” Everyone looked at the last boy to pass and Harry gasped quietly at the sight of his former Gryffindor Captain.
It looked different.
His hair was not shaved, now it was a little longer and elegantly combed to the side, although he could notice some small strands that fell on his forehead, his body looked a little more plump and full of muscles, as well as felt a little higher.
“Enchantments, Transfiguration, and Alchemy, all of extra grade, in other words a similar level to an Apprentice master and grade seven; Herbology, Potions, Ancient Runes, Wizarding World History, Arithmancy and Magic Defense. Therefore Oliver Jonas Wood gets the Seventh Year Gold badge!”
Once again applause filled the dining room, Harrison applauding happily for his former captain who seemed proud of his achievement.
"Oh by the way I'm Fabrice Lambert, the third year silver badge" a boy with blonde hair and hazel eyes introduced himself with a smile "and this is Alessia de Rosa the Bronze badge" pointed to the girl with brown hair and eyes blue.
"I'm Harrison Ravenclaw" he smiled at the two and they soon started a nice chat about his hobbies and many books.
At the end of dinner two teachers approached them "third years, you come with me to your new dorms" the women began to walk being followed by the younger ones.
"It seems that we will go to one of the four towers" Alessia said looking through the windows of the long corridor.
"Towers?" Harrison asked curiously.
"Oh right, you didn't study here before" she looked embarrassed and then smiled "Here in Durmstrang there are four towers, the biggest is where the seventh years are, which is the one in the south, near the pine forests, then there is the east tower, which is the fifth year, the west that belongs to third years and the north where the first years live, also in the dungeons there are large sections where the second years, fourth years live and sixth years. Each lodging place will have a large common room, those that are in the towers tend to have three floors where they spread out; tables to do work, a small library, sofas and game places as well as cellars to store various things, and each even has a small potion cabinet for emergencies.”
“It is also in the dungeons where the kitchens are located” added Fabrice “the greenhouses are found in the north, there are a total of six, three for common terrestrial plants, one for desert, another for winter and the last one for aquatic plants, this It has large ponds”
“You just met the dining room and it is on the second floor, there is also a large Quidditch pitch that is located at the East exit, which overlooks a large esplanade unlike the rest of the castle that is surrounded by a thick forest. The health room is on the third floor, as are the teachers' rooms and their offices. The classrooms are spread over two floors one and two and four through eight”
“Look that's our tower” Alessia pointed out with a smile.
Harry gazed excitedly at the great stone tower that was no doubt more than triple the size of Gryffindor's, even noticing several stone balconies and beautiful windows.
For some reason, Harrison felt at home.
"Perks of being the best of my generation" Harry smiled looking at the spacious bedroom, it was the size of his Gryffindor dorm only this time it was for one person and not six.
There was a private closet where he could change and store her ridiculous amount of clothes, as well as a large, luxurious bathroom. Harry had already fallen in love with the beautiful black quartz tub.
It had a beautiful dark wood desk and a large black bed with gold accents, a private fireplace, and a set of sofas in front of it.
Compared to his cramped room at Hogwarts, this was heaven.
He sat up in bed and took out his new wand, since the old one had started to fail hours after he took the blood-taking potion, at first he had wanted to buy a new wand but his grandfather told him he wouldn't need it due to that the Ravenclaw family has hundreds of them stored in their various vaults that are stored in various countries. Harry honestly hadn't even had to travel as his father had some of them stored in his trunk.
"Elm and Mahogany wood, 12 inches, Dragonheart core" he whispered looking at the strange combination of wood. The base was dark, where mahogany stands out and as the tone of the wand rose it began to lighten until it became elm. However, what stood out the most were the beautiful lines that surrounded the wand, they were similar to roots but shone in a golden color. A color that had emerged after Harry bathed his new wand in his blood, so that it would join Harry in a bond and prevent anyone but Harry from using it, causing cruciatus-like pain.
'A true beauty' his grandfather had said upon hearing Harry's descriptions.
There was a light tapping on the glass doors leading to his private balcony and Harry walked over to open the doors and a beautiful white owl came in glaring at Harry,
"I know, I know" Harry threw up his hands in redemption "I'm sorry for leaving you in the cabin, but in my excuse I knew that you would find me, I also know that you hate Portkeys since that time we went to the capital"
Hedwig trilled still angry.
"Hey but look I bought you this beautiful resting place" Harry pointed to the beautiful perch next to his bed that had some supports next to it, where there were some cushions and his family's food and water containers.
Hedwig looked at him and then turned to her beautiful resting place, then looked at Harrison and back again until she flew up and perched on his shoulder nibbling at his hair and caressing his cheek.
Harry smiled "I love you too Hedwig" then watched as his familiar flew to the perch and then jumped on the cushions, poking them with his claws to test their softness, after a few seconds he dropped down and Harry could hear the happy trills of his Clever Hedwig.
Bribes always work.
When the next morning came and Alessia, Fabrice and Harrison were in the dining room chatting, Harry could tell that most of the male population was looking at him and he certainly didn't like me, so he ignored it as best he could.
"So we'll share sixth year Charms, Potions, and Herbology, and our year, Magical World History and Arithmancy." Harry summed up their conversation "five classes in all."
"Apart from the ones we share, I have Blood Magic, Runes, and Transfiguration." in Fifth year while Fabrice has those same ones including Alchemy, the rest we take with our generation” Alissa commented absently
“In that case we should go” Fabrice looked at his watch “ 's almost nine o'clock and we have Charms class followed by Herbology, Potions and Arithmancy .
The three of them got up and left the dining room quickly, walking to the second floor to have their new class. Harry was excited to find out how different his education would be and what kind of teachers he would have. I honestly couldn't wait to see how superior Durmstrang was, which was considered one of the top 3 in the world.
Because so far Harry hadn't been disappointed at all.
They stopped in front of a door that said 'Charms Classroom 6A' and noticed that they were the first, after several minutes about twenty more third-year classmates joined them in the hallway, until the doors to the classroom opened and the trio moved to the front.
"Very good morning" a small woman with big glasses and blonde hair happily greeted them "I am the charms teacher, Galina Miroslava and today we will be working on the Protego Horribilis"
"To begin with, can someone tell me what this spell is?" The woman looked at her students until her gaze stopped on a green-eyed "Mr. Ravenclaw"
"It is the spell of the most powerful version of the Protego charm, it allows to conjure a powerful protective barrier around an area and can protect from any type of dark magic with the exception of the killing curse.”
“Right,” the teacher smiled . “5 points to Mr. Ravenclaw. Now they will go forward one by one and do the spell, don't worry if you can't create it at first, as it is very powerful and complicated to do."
Little by little the students passed until a boy named Bastian Doukas passed by and was able to project part of a small dome of the enchantment.
"3 Points for Mr. Doukas, now come Miss Alessia De Rose"
Her friend walked by and said "Protego Horribilis" a slight and very fine dome formed around her
"4 points Miss De Rose, now Mr. Lambert"
The blonde walked forward with determination and yelled “Protego Horribilis!” a beautiful dome formed around her but after three seconds it fragmented and the spell ended, but she still received applause from her companions.
"Lastly, Mr. Ravenclaw"
Harry walked to the front of the class and whispered "Protego Horribilis" he waved his wand in an elegant movement and a beautiful dome began to form, it was thick and powerful with some green shimmers that hypnotized many of them. their companions and watched in amazement such a work of magic.
Applause soon filled the room and the teacher looked at him with a big smile "oh this is really wonderful Mr. Ravenclaw, now I will cast some spells on you and the Protego Horribilis has to protect you from it, understood"
"Yes professor"
"Very well" she said teacher pointed at Harry with her wand "Dispulse, Flipendo" two red rays hit the dome, but it barely fragmented, which generated great ovations in the room from his classmates.
"Excellent Mr. Ravenclaw, 20 points for casting the spell correctly and warding off an attack."
Galina smiled, oh the boy certainly deserved his place as number one in his year.