Chapter 5
In the morning Harry woke up made his morning routine and went down to the common room to meet Daphne and Tracey.
"Good morning girls" he said and gave them his hands to go to ths great hall.
"Good morning Harry," murmured a drowsy Tracey and took his hand.
"The first year Slytherin Gryffindor have flying lessons today Harry" said Daphne
"I have never fly with a broom" i said.
Daphne looked at me with a strange look. "As you say there is a first time for everything" she said and we went to the great hall for breakfast.
'I have to look for Hades he's missing from yesterday.'
After breakfast I went to flying lessons with the rest of Slytherin.
A woman with short gray hair and yellow eyes like a hawk said "I am madam Hooch and together we will do the flying lessons, everyone stand by a broomstick. Come on, hurry up. Stick out your right hand over your broom, and say 'up!'."
All the students started doing it, in some of them their brooms did not move at all and in others they moved a little on the ground, I put my hand and pushed a little of my magic saying quietly "up" and the broom threw me in my hand.
"Now get on the broom."
"When i blow my whistle I want you to kick of from the ground hard" madam Hooch said.
"At my whistle 1, 2, 3!"
I hit my broom hard and got up in the air and started flying, it was wonderful I felt like I was free, I climbed higher in the air and started doing tricks I would have to try to skate on the broom another time.
After we finished the flight lesson I went to the great hall for lunch. "Hey Potter," shouted an older student with big front teeth. "I'm Markus Flint, capten of Slytherin quidditch team, I saw you fly in the flight lessons have you flying again?"
"No, it was my first time on a broom," I said.
"You have to try for a chaser, we need a chaser the previous graduated last year, this afternoon they i will do tryouts for the chasers you have to come to the quidditch field at 6 and I will test you with the others" said Flint.
"I thought in the first years they could not play quidditch" i said.
"If you pass the tests I will talk to Professor Snape to leave you on the team" Flint said.
"Snape hates me he will not agree" i said.
"If he wants to win the Quidditch Cup, he will agree" said Flint shrugging.
"Okay I will be there at 6" I said and went to find Daphne and Tracey.
"Hi" I said and sat next to Theo who was sitting across from Daphne and Tracey.
"So what did Flint want with you?" Theo asked curius.
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"He saw me fly and wanted to try me for a chase in Slytherin's team" I said as I put food on my plate to eat.
"But you are the first year" said Daphne while Theo drowned in his drink.
"That's what I said to Flint and that Snape would never agree, he really hates me" i said.
"Well he can't hate you so much" said Teo who had stopped coughing.
"No, he hates me, he had some kind of quarrel with my father, I guess, because he hates him even more than me and he has been dead for 10 years" I said as I remembered how he said his name every time he mentioned him.
"Well, I hope he leaves you in the team," Daphne said.
"So I have to leave, I have something to do, I will find you later" I left the great hall I had to find Hades.
"So here you are I have to see you since yesterday where you were?" I asked in parsemouth after seeing that no one was near me.
~I was exploring master~ he said as I picked him up and let him slide through my sleeve.
I sighed ~And you did not find it right to inform me that you would be missing so much? I thought you would be missing for about 2 hours~
~Sorry master~ he said.
~So you discovered something?~ I said.
~The walls have tubing that I could move through and it smelled like an magical snake but the smell is old. It must have been several years since the other snake was there~ he said quietly.
~Interesting, I wonder if there are any snakes that have lived in Hogwarts~ I said and started stroking Hades who whistled.
~Maybe there's something in that dark book you're reading, you said it's in snake language~ Hades said.
~I have to look, but I do not think so, this book is dark and probably very illegal I think they had it in the store just because they did not know what it was, no one but me should know what there is in the book, this book in the wrong hands would be deadly~ i said quietly thinking of the consequences would have if this book fell into the wrong hands.
~You have to be careful Harry you deal with dangerous things, a little too far to go and you will lose yourself~ said Hades serious.
~I'll watch Hades i promise~ i said quietly.
At 5:30 Harry dressed in shorts and a sleeveless T-shirt and started going to the stadium the quidditch field for the tryouts.
In the common room he met Theo with Daphne and Tracy.
"Potter, why did you dress like that?" Daphne asked him.
I looked down at the clothes I was wearing and then I looked at them confused "What do I have?."
"It has two degrees outside and you will freeze from the cold. How stupid are you, Potter?" Daphne asked.
"Well, I'm not cold, I never did," I said angey and i left.
Theo caught him on the way to the field "Come on Potter you do not need to be angry she just worried about you" said Theo, trying to catch his breath.
"Well she don't need, I can take care of myself" he said going out on the field.
He felt the cold air hit his face and spread inside him filling him with energy.
"I do not know how you grew up and how your life was Harry but we are your friends and this is what friends do, they care about others, we will be in the stands and we will see you" he said and went to Daphne and Tracey who was a little further.
Maybe Theo was right, he should have apologized to Daphne later but for now he should have gone to find Flint.
"So Potter you came, get the broom and go up in the air to see what you can do," he said and handed him a broom.
He took the broom, climbed on it and kicked hard, throwing it in the air, feeling the wind blowing to him.
He saw Flint climbing on his broom and coming next to him "Now you will take this ball and try to pass it through the hoops, I will try to repel it" he said and went to the hoops.
I took the ball and after I made a few shots Flint made sense to me to go down.
"Well, Potter, I think I'm going to talk to Snape about this position now," he said with a smile.
"So I was fine?" I asked.
"Only welcome? You were natural as if you were born to fly and your tricks and shots were perfect with you in the team we will definitely win the cup" he said and after I give him back the broom he ran away excited to find Snape.
Theo, Daphne and Tracy came to the field "So?" said Theo impatiently.
"First of all, Daphne I would like to tell you that i made a mistake before by get angry with you, I'm not used to people caring about me, just know that as far as I can remember I never got cold" I to told Daphne.
Daphne sighed "I understand Harry it does not matter it is okay" she said and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"Well maybe I should get angry how often" I said with a sly smile that this time really reached my eyes.
"Don't be arrogant Potter" she said and hit me back to the head but still a smile was on her face.
In the morning Harry woke up made his morning routine and went down to the common room to meet Daphne and Tracey.
"That's what I said to Flint and that Snape would never agree, he really hates me" i said.
"Well he can't hate you so much" said Teo who had stopped coughing.
"No, he hates me, he had some kind of quarrel with my father, I guess, because he hates him even more than me and he has been dead for 10 years" I said as I remembered how he said his name every time he mentioned him.
"Well, I hope he leaves you in the team," Daphne said.
"So I have to leave, I have something to do, I will find you later" I left the great hall I had to find Hades.
After a bath, and one cigarete Harry wear only his boxer and he went to his bed.
~Master did you find anything about the magic snake in your book?~ Hades asked from his seat in his bed.
~No Hades not yet, I did not have much time to search but I will search now~ I said and took the book from my trunk, I pulled the curtains I cast a spell so they could not hear me from outside even though his roommates had been sleeping for hours and started reading.
After searching for a long time and not finding anything for snakes in Hogwarts, he read something that it caught his attention.
~Horcrux~ I whisper.
Hades raised his head from my shoulder ~This is very dark magic master, the darkest magic there is, whoever takes this path and created an abomination like this there is no going back, you should not get involved with such magic young master~ Hades said quietly with disgusted in his voice about this magic.
~What is horcrux Hades?~ I asked.
~I do not want to talk about this magic master, you can read it in your book but do not try to do it ever~ he said and lay back on my shoulder.
I went back to the book i had in my arms and started reading feeling disgust and horror spread on my face for what I was reading, I could not stand it much and finally closed the book in the middle of the ritual.
To divide your soul in order to remain immortal, and the way to do it, you had to do a ritual and then kill someone and so you would divide your soul and put this piece in an object and when you would die, in it the object would be a part of your soul making you immortal. The only way you could destroy a horcrux based on book was to stab it with a basilisk fang or burn it with fiendfyre.
~You have to be mentally ill to do that~ I whistled in disgust.
~Some people are obsessed with immortality and have already gone too far but there is nothing worse than separating your soul is a path without turning~
~This book is very dangerous Hades~ I said, looking at the book.
~Fortunately it is written in parseltongue~ Hades said.
~Yes~ I said and hid my book in my trunk.
I lay on the bed and let Hades crawl on my chest.
There are some magicians who have learned the ability to read minds, with just a glance in your eyes they can read your thoughts to enter your mind and see your memories~ said Hades.
~That is, can they read my mind? Can they see my memories and I will not even understand it?~ I asked terrified.
~Yes, but there are few magicians who have learned this ability and fewer others who have the ability to block it.~
~Can you block it?~ Harry asked, less terrified now.
Hades shook his head ~Yes but only magicians with the strongest minds can, it takes concentration and patience, and it will take time.~
~I will do it, this information can not fall into the wrong hands and my memories are mine I do not want anyone to see them~ I said confidently.
~This ability called occlumency and today I will begin to teach you.~
~Now?~ I said.
~Yes now, close your eyes and clear your mind, concentrate on your breathing and try not to think about anything.~ said Hades in the most relaxed voice a snake could.
He concentrated on his breathing and forgot everything, let his mind be simply empty with nothing.
He opened his eyes and saw Hades looking at him "Well done master."
~That's it?~ I asked.
~No, this was the first step we have a lot of work ahead of us, you have to clear your mind every night before you sleep for a long time and then when you can do it very well we will go to the next step, now you have to sleep master the mind and your body needs rest.~
~How many times have I told you that you can call me Harry~ I yawned ~Yes better go to bed, good night Hades.~
~Good night Harry~ Hades said and curled up on my chest
Severus sat and corrected in writing and wondered how much mind some of his students had when he heard someone knock his door.
"Enter."
"Good evening, Professor Snape," Flint said happily for some reason.
"Good evening, Mr. Flint, how can i help you?" I asked.
"I found a new chaser" he said with a smile and even greater enthusiasm.
"And how can this concern me, Mr. Flint?" I asked with an eyebrow lift.
"Well, he's natural, he flies as if he belongs in the air and his shots are amazing," Flint continued, ignoring my question.
"And i ask you again Mr. Flint how that concern me?"
"Well ... it's the first year," he said disappointed.
"And what would you like me to do about it? Take him to the second?" I asked with a smirk.
"Well no, but I was wondering if you could do something for him to play, he is really very good and we will take the cup with him to the team for sure" he said excited again.
Severus knew something was wrong here. "And who is this talented Quidditch player, Mr. Flint?"
Flint swallowed and said quietly, "Harry Potter."
"Not at all, Potter is a troublemaker, arrogant and selfish, he may let Gryffindor win. I really wonder how he got into Slytherin" i said.
"He's much more Slytherin than anyone else in Slytherin" Flint murmured.
"What did you say?" I asked. Flint turned pale "Nothing sir" he said quickly "I want him in my team sir, we need him to win, it would be a shame to lose to Gryffindor" Flint tried to change the conversation.
I sighed, that might have been good, James Potter's son playing for Slytherin's team, imagine McGonagall's face when he found out "I'll talk to the headmaster tomorrow morning but I promise you nothing, Good evening Mr Flint."
"Thank you sir you will not regret it," Flint said as he left his office.
He should have talked to Albus tomorrow but for now he had to put up with the nonsense.