Chapter 6
:Parseltongue:
"Speak"
"Foreign language, Bulgarian"
During the following days the whole school was gossiping about the beautiful and intelligent Harrison Ravenclaw, many said that his beauty was unparalleled and even many of the women in the school accepted that fact without think twice.
Harry didn't really care much for the whispers about him, instead he was quite happy that they weren't rumors about him being a Future Dark Lord like the ones spreading around Hogwarts.
The rumors were mainly about her beauty, her great intelligence, her pretty smile, and even her excellent way of teaching other students who came to ask for help with some tasks.
He practically became the number one celebrity in the school without even trying a bit and everything was going well until today, when teacher Sergei, the transfiguration teacher approached him, at the end of the class.
"Mr. Ravenclaw, it's time for you to take your medical exam with Healer Marie."
Harry froze for a moment before smiling at his professor, placing his essay on the desk and quickly retreating to the third floor.
As he walked through the halls he felt a slight barrier of silence rise around him, stopping him in his tracks.
“Finally we caught up with you!” a male voice yelled in English , Harry turned and looked in disbelief as his ex-Quidditch captain and the ex-Hufflepuff he had met in the Hogwarts hospital wing were running towards him with big smiles on their faces.
As soon as they were close they threw themselves at Harry in a crushing hug.
"Oh Harry" Oliver looked at him with angry and sad eyes, it was a strange combination but for some reason it worked with Oliver, his face was covered with tears "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. I should have taken better care of you and protected you from those idiots who dared to hurt you"
Harry frowned slightly and then a hand took his chin gently turning his face away, meeting gray eyes and a rather handsome face "and Oliver he's not the only one" said the ex-Hufflepuff seriously with eyes full of steel, although he could see some traces of tears on his cheeks just like Oliver "My house certainly supported the horrible treatment that the rest of Hogwarts gave you"
"Yes , yes” Oliver nodded many times “Because of the unpleasant treatment towards you…we realized that no one, not even the teachers would defend you…it was as if they wanted you to sacrifice …It was because of this that we met and started planning how to help you , so we arranged to get you some Hogsmeade potions."
"We just couldn't stand being in a place like this after seeing how they treated you, a 12 -year-old who just wanted to learn. magic." There was a brief flash of disgust on Cedric's face. "Even Professor Pomona who talked about loyalty and justice, as well as equality...she just watched and never did anything." His face scrunched up in frustration. "I couldn't to believe that the school that is so praised in Britain was this awful."
"None of us got to stay at Hogwarts after what happened to you," Oliver stated, looking at Harry softly. "So we asked you on the last day of school. we looked everywhere but we couldn't help you at any time" Worry invaded Oliver's tone "I know you were always the best at hiding, but not even the Weasley twins were able to locate your whereabouts... so we assumed you had You ran away and none of us blame you for it." He patted Harry's head gently looking at the tears that threatened to fall from those beautiful eyes. come down to Hogwarts, you would have seen McGonagall's face it was just glorious.” Oliver let out a small laugh.
“and not just hers” Cedric added with a smile “Pomona's was quite amusing”
“Then a week later we got letters to attend Durmstrang and were hoping to find you here as it's the only school along with Ilvermorny they accept transfers and older students, the biggest problem was learning the foreign language but between the two of us we managed it in the end”
Harry just looked at them and soon burst out laughing “you guys are the craziest older brothers I have ever met” he laughed at their faces amazed and bright.
"Big brothers huh?" Cedric said happily and looked at Oliver who seemed to shine like the sun "I like that title"
"I quite like it too" Oliver said with a big smile, before erasing it and looking curiously at the little boy "by the way where going?”
Harry froze and made a small grimace that was not lost on the older ones. "to the... sick bay, for my medical exam."
Cedric and Oliver looked at each other for a moment and Oliver nodded.
"Then we wait and you don't mind if we accompany you"
"Not at all...I think I could use the company" Harrison murmured and the three of them walked towards the third floor, eliminating the barrier of silence on the way.
In Durmstrang it was customary to hold a staff meeting every 20 days, in this meeting the inconveniences of the classrooms, the maintenance of the grounds and the castle would be discussed, but the main topic of discussion was the students.
From those who had bad behavior, which were quite few due to the strict education of the institution, as well as those who needed help and tutorials. Ending with those who stood out in theory and magical ability of each year.
It was only when they reached their third years that Karkaroff tensed up, worrying the rest of the staff.
"I suppose you have all heard the rumors from the higher ups of the Ministry" Karkaroff began with serious eyes and looking at the curious faces of his employees he added "The Boy Who Lived never made it to the new Hogwarts year and the British Ministry has been striving to sweep the news under the rug, although it is quite safe to say that it will not be forever since many leaders of other nations already know it and there will be no shortage of journalists who want to publish the news to humiliate one of the countries most hated by foreigners.”
“It's rather curious,” Eizo commented absently , “According to Dumbledore, the Boy Who Lived was pampered and raised in all sorts of luxuries, but then why was he too small and skinny when he attended Hogwarts? Because he wore clothes that were similar to those of a tramp? And why would he run away from his supposedly loving family, if they pampered and loved him?
"There is something darker about Harry Potter and Dumbledore doesn't want the world to know"
Many began to comment on the reasons and none of them painted Dumbledore or the Ministry of Great Britain in a good light, not that Karkaroff liked some of those two in the first place.
"Who were the guys transferred this year?" asked Berel, the Sixth and Seventh Year Rune Teacher "If I'm not mistaken, there were only three and one of them is a Third Year"
"The same year Harry Potter was supposed to attend Hogwarts"
"They're not wrong" replied Karkaroff , knowing where the conversation is heading “Our new genius Third Year, Harrison James Ravenclaw is Harry James Potter, the Boy Who Lived that Britain is urgently searching for” Karkaroff announced with a straight face “and before they ask, yes . The boy fled the bloody country and from what I could find out, it was mainly due to the negligence of Albus Dumbledore and the Hogwarts teachers. As well as the lack of assistance from the Ministry”
Karkaroff raised his hand, stopping possible comments “However, that is not the only reason. Young Harry was also abused not only by his family, but also by his schoolmates, under the noses of his teachers and the Headmaster, due to alleged cases of petrifaction at Hogwarts, which Dumbledore kept secret from the Ministry until Fudge he came to claim with his power of Minister and took the gardener named Rubeus Hagrid, also another reason they blamed him was because the little boy spoke Parseltongue and his real father is not James Potter” Karkaroff stopped looking at the faces frozen and surprised "It's actually Severus Snape and yes, he is that disgusting potionist with the most bitter personality in the world" he mocked remembering the black-haired man "so they quickly accused him of being a liar, a copycat and a fake. But the most serious of the accusations was that he was the next Dark Lord, making him an Outcast at Hogwarts."
The professors' faces changed into various states of surprise, disgust and disgust at hearing the treatment 'the little elf' received, as students call Harrison.
"Did Severus do anything to protect his son?" Sergei asked with a pale face.
"No" replied the Headmaster clenching his fists "on the contrary, the man has been verbally abusing the boy since his first day at Hogwarts and when he found out that it is his son, he only increased the abuse"
Galina was more than surprised, what What kind of idiots would dare accuse a sweet boy like Harrison of such an atrocity? Harrison is a boy who has only shown kindness to his peers and has helped everyone who comes close to him, especially with homework. Something for which he is much loved in Durmstrang.
As for Eizo, he was even more surprised that the boy's own father was in the damn school and instead of helping the boy, the bastard only encouraged his tormentors.
"Actually director Karkaroff" the healer Marie shifted uncomfortably in her seat "it's much worse than what you just told us" she took out a too thick parchment from her robe and gave it to Karkaroff, said director opened it with uncertainty and was horrified when said parchment spread to the floor earning terrified looks from the rest of the staff.
He read it in silence with his face filling with revulsion and sadness with each passing second. "W-what is this M-marie?" Karkaroff stuttered slightly with a pale face.
“It's Harrison's medical exam,” Marie said with tears in her eyes.
“Harrison James Ravenclaw, 5'1 tall, blue-green eyes and long black hair. injuries; 38 broken bones, mainly ribs and arms, severe malnutrition, bone malformation as well as mild fragmentation and weakening, mid-stage anemia, multiple cuts caused by curses, concussion….” Karkaroff said out loud, reading the entire parchment to the rest of the people in the room and the insulting comments towards the Hogwarts staff were swift.
"Oh Merlin."
"How come those fools allowed this?"
"Are they just stupid or do they not care about their student's well-being?"
"What the hell did Dumbledore do? Is he just going to Hogwarts to eat his bloody sweets?"
“What did the rest of the teachers do?”
"It's obvious, absolutely nothing"
"But... he's just a child, how could they allow such atrocities? How does Dumbledore, the so-called Merlin of this era, allow this kind of treatment?"
"It's quite clear, the old man has plans and the boy is involved in them"
"I want to strangle that old man with his damn beard"
"You're not the only one, Nevena"
"I say we hang him from the tallest tower in Hogwarts with his beard”
“I support him”
“And how do you sneak into Hogwarts?”
"Well, if the man is so inept as to let in a monster that petrified his students, then, then he'll be just as inept in detecting them when we go in to kill him, and if we can't kill the old man, we can at least torture the bastard of Snape"
"I have no comment for that, Eizo"
Honestly if it wasn't for the situation they were in Karkaroff would have let them continue insulting Dumbledore, but now that wasn't important "From what date did you start the analysis of the exam?" asked the director with a serious and hardened face to Marie, causing the staff to shut up and pay attention.
"The examination extends from a year ago, in other words from October 92 until 3 days ago when I did the medical examination" said Marie seriously and added "however, I found something even more interesting while doing the examination of Mr. Ravenclaw.”
Galina leaned forward, clasping her hands on the table , “What else do you have to say about young Ravenclaw?” she asked concerned for her young student, a student who had undoubtedly earned her affection in just a few weeks.
"The examination extends from a year ago, in other words from October 92 until 3 days ago when I performed the medical examination. That day Harrison was accompanied by Mr. Wood and Mr. Diggory" Marie said seriously and added "and I can sure as hell that both boys were more than ready to kill someone. However, I found something even more interesting while taking Mr. Ravenclaw's exam."
“June 20, 93” whispered Sergei shocked, not only by the cruelty with which the boy was treated in that damn school but also by what that day represents for many of the magicians in this room “ the day the dark lord was killed and we became free wizards” he said remembering how that disgusting mark disappeared from his arm that night.
"That young man freed us that day from that monster and how those inept people pay him, allowing him to be tortured daily" said Eizo furiously. Honestly, the man was just a little bit short of getting up, grabbing the floo and throwing an Avada Kedavra at Dumbledore.
"Headmaster, what will we do with our young protégé, especially next year's triwizard tournament, due to Britain's insistence on trying to appease the masses and hide the fact that Harry disappeared from the world?" Country” Nevena asked with a worried face and her hands firecrackers against her chest.
“We are going to protect our young student,” Karkaroff said with a determined look.
"That's something we all agree on, headmaster," said Benel, the Runes teacher, "but how do we protect him if at some point the world finds out that Harry James Potter is Harrison James Ravenclaw and studies at Durmstrang? and how do we protect him from those vindictive students who are in the school? even if there are only a few”
“It is quite simple, all of you must remember that we are not and do not belong to Hogwarts, we are Durmstrang, a school where the students and their well-being is and will always come first” Karkaroff looked at his classmates with a serious look "I don't care if the boy in question is the boy who lived, a bloody Minister, or a fugitive, he is an alumnus of this honorable institution and we certainly won't let those bumblings hurt him again, not when he released many of us from that thing ” he said looking slightly at his forearm where the mark of the Dark Lord was before and he was not the only one because more than half of the teachers did the same.
Many people may not know it, but Durmstrang became a haven for those forced to become Death Eaters, as well as those associated with some of the Dark Lord's army.
“In that case, we must think about how to take care of him in Durmstrang when he is not in class” commented Sergei “I know that the young man is always accompanied by Alessia De Rose and Fabrice Lambert, both of them have quite a lot of power in their respective countries, the De Family Rose is one of the richest in Italy and it also helps that almost all of its members belong to the ministry, in quite high positions. As for the Lambert family, I know that the current Lord is the head of the Department of Magical Security in France and his wife is the Director of the Paris Magical Hospital.”
Eizo suddenly laughed as he looked out the window, drawing the attention of several in the room. the room "apparently, we no longer have to worry about Mr. Ravenclaw being unprotected"
Karkaroff approached and looked at the same place as Eizo, being amazed by the sight "who would have thought... apparently the Krums will gain political ground again in the mainland, if what I see is true.”
In the large school grounds, near the forest were two figures close together, nestled under one of the trees on a blanket.
"Well, I think this solves Harrison's safety in Durmstrang" Galina said with a smile looking at the two young men who were lost in their world "certainly no one would dare to attack or disturb the future consort of the Bulgarian Minister's son"
" By the way Marie” Karkaroff changed the subject “What did you prescribe for Mr. Ravenclaw's treatment?”
“Oh , it was mainly potions…”
Two hours ago.
Victor had missed the opening party that kicked off the new school year because he was with the rest of the Quidditch team in the Bulgarian capital and signed some contracts with the minister (his father) to be the new official team. of the nation, who will represent them at the Quidditch World Cup. That will begin to take place from January and its first match would be against Italy.
He had arrived a week after the homecoming party and had certainly thought it would be a run-of-the-mill start with the older years doing research on the new first years.
I don't expect to arrive at your school and hear from your classmates about the beautiful boy named Harrison Ravenclaw, a boy who entered the third year and got the Gold badge, as well as being selected for advanced class courses, classes that have not yet been completed. He had shared with Victor but with his friend Bastian Boukas, who did not stop praising the young man for his great intelligence and kindness, even the boy named Harrison had helped Bastian in Potions, the subject that his friend was best at.
And it wasn't just that young man, but also another boy entering sixth year named Cedric who was giving Bastian a good competition in class and was quickly considered one of the most handsome, as well as Oliver Wood, a boy who is stoned. in the first place of seventh year and is quite loved by his peers.
But even though they had a good reputation in Durmstrang, it doesn't compare to Harrison Ravenclaw.
Since his first class, Victor listened with irritation to the dreamy comments of his classmates, hell! Even some of his friends on the Quidditch team had already met the boy and seemed smitten with him, even though Victor still didn't know who he was.
And although he won't admit it, he can be a little jealous about it, especially since no matter how hard he tried he would never be able to meet the boy.
All that changed when almost a week later, it was lunchtime and he was called by his Quidditch coach, who handed him the new training schedules.
When the meeting ended, he noticed that he was quite late and he had no more than 10 minutes left before lunch, so he preferred to walk near the forest, a place that was quite relaxing in his words, with tall and huge trees of pine trees that cast cool, large shades that were highly sought after during the summer by Durmstrang couples and groups.
He walked lost in his thoughts until he saw a figure leaning against one of the trees and with a red book in his hands.
Victor approached with curiosity looking at the appearance of said person, she was small and wore the female school uniform, with the red leather robe barely reaching the middle of her full and strong thighs, barely hidden by the tight brown pants. , knee-high boots and long black hair tied in a messy bun decorated with a dark green ribbon.
"I can help? ”The boy lowered his book and it was unbelievably beautiful.
Victor stopped at said person's feet completely shocked and blushed like never before.
She had a small, thin face, high cheekbones sprinkled with a faint blush, full, ruddy lips, a small button nose, thin, arched eyebrows. Bangs that fell untidily over her forehead and long locks that outlined her face.
But the most impressive thing was his eyes.
They were so green, more than the most expensive emeralds, more than any plant within this forest, more than any jewel I have ever seen, but they had a stormy blue glow, which makes them even more unique and special than any other being in the world. this world.
Victor stepped forward and offered the boy a hand as soon as he noticed he was going to get up, the pretty boy accepted it and Victor marveled at the small, thin pale hands.
They looked so smooth unlike hers which were larger and covered in fairly recent calluses and some fairly old scars.
Victor lightly squeezed the younger's hand and kissed his knuckles looking at the blushing face of the precious boy "I'm Victor Krum" he gave him a small smile "May I know your name my beautiful Raven?"
The boy stuttered slightly in another language showing that he was a foreigner and then he composed himself "I'm Harrison, Harrison Ravenclaw" he tilted his head slightly-adorable and smiled at Victor, his storm green eyes sparkling with innocent curiosity.
Oh
Victor just by looking at that beautiful smile and cute bright green eyes you know that Harrison Ravenclaw had him wrapped around his finger instantly without even trying a bit.
Victor turned his gaze to the book Harrison was reading "The Combination of Runes and Blood Magic Volume 1" Victor read with a smile " that is certainly an excellent book" he tilted his head looking almost hungrily at the shy expression and beautifully adorable little Raven "You know? I'm one of the best at Blood and Rune Magic…so why don't we talk about it"
Harrison looked at him with wide eyes and excitement " really?!"
precious .
Victor nodded with a satisfied smile and conjured a soft blanket on the grass, along with some fluffy cushions . "Shall we start with the lesson?" He offered the younger a hand and they settled in together, Victor holding the book and Harrison leaning against him almost jumping with excitement.
However, as Harrison snuggled against him, he noticed something silver glistening on his neck . "Sorry if it's personal, but can I ask about your necklace?" Victor is curious and somewhat apprehensive, necklaces were something very common that were given between couples or when they were in full courtship, so he needed to know if the minor was being courted. He really hoped that wasn't the case or possibly a family line would die at the hands of him and his father.
Harrison stood still and seemed hesitant. Victor took this as a small victory to see that his question was not taken as an offense "It is ... a gift that my father left me before he died" A great relief flooded Victor when he did not hear the word couple, the minor took out the necklace of his robes rather delicately and showed it to him.
It was quite a pretty silver chain, but her attention was focused on the precious pendant in the shape of a large black crystal heart, which when turned showed within the beautiful and delicate crystal the figures of a large deer with large antlers and a smaller, a puppy Victor thought almost fondly.
Below the two deer it said Mr. Prongs & Bambi.
"It's a true work of art" said Victor looking as his little Raven smiled softly at the sight of the two deer. "Your father certainly left you a great gift."
Harrison gave a soft laugh and his eyes moistened slightly, he looked up and looked at Victor with happiness in those beautiful storm green jewels.
You are simply adorable.
Suddenly the young man blushed furiously and looked at Victor shyly "am I adorable?" he asked softly.
Victor froze in surprise and then sighed "I said that out loud didn't I?" the little raven nodded but didn't look away Victor "My answer is yes" he said looking into the stormy green eyes "you are the most adorable boy I have ever seen, and if what I have heard about you is true, So I have to say that you, Harrison Ravenclaw, are the smartest and most beautiful in this school” declared Victor looking at him with a certain adoration in his eyes.
Victor didn't understand what was happening to him, but it was as if his eyes couldn't stray from the beautiful creature sitting next to him.
Hearing Victor's answer, the boy's gaze softened and his blush grew on his cheeks, as well as a beautiful smile that only made him look even more beautiful in Victor's eyes.
Unconsciously as they looked at each other their hands intertwined and their magic danced around them intertwining with each other until they became one.
Victor was so lost in his world on his little raven that he didn't even notice that Class started half an hour ago or the various eyes that were watching them from one of the Durmstrang rooms.
But in Victor's opinion, the detention or reprimand he would get at the end of the day would certainly be worth it, especially since he got a 'yes' for a date with Harrison the next day.