XV
“Normal speech”
“All-speech”
‘thoughts’
“Animal speech”
‘mind speech’
“Foreign speech”
__---oO0°0Oo---__
Today was the third time in memory that he would let his brother unrestricted access to his head, he dreaded the mere thought. Sure, it was only the second time with this conscious and also the second time for his body, but still. He was just lucky that he didn’t have that many embarrassing childhood memories.
He had sat with his friend in the horseless carriages, that weren’t all that horseless if you knew how to look, and had felt the wards wash over him, welcoming him back for the first time in a millennium. Then he had seated himself at the Gryffindor table. As he greeted his housemates, the headmaster called up the third-years for the annual resorting. And now he stood in line, waiting for his turn.
“Granger, Hermione” called out McGonagall
After a lot of consideration, Julius called out “Ravenclaw!” to the great hall. Next to him he heard Ron give a sad sigh. It had been somewhat expected, but it was still disappointing.
Harry zoned out again, not really caring about his other house mates, and thought back to his own first sorting.
-
“Slytherin, Hariwalt!” called out Rowena
With dread, he walked forward and put the hat on his head.
‘well hello there, Hermano.’ Said the voice of Julius in his head, ‘you’ll have to lower your shields, brother dearest.’
With a much put-on sigh, he lowered his mental barriers one by one. Giving his brother access for the first time, ‘I am so happy that you can’t tell dad any of this!’ he shot to his brother.
‘I am so happy that I can finally see this’ his brother shot right back, digging deeper into his mind. Suddenly, his booming laugher sounded throughout the hall, “that was you?” he asked out loud, “dad had to wear sandals for a week, during winter!”
‘could you please just get on with the sorting?’ Harry asked desperately
‘sure! I could have sorted you without you lowering your shields!’ he teased, “Slytherin!” was then called out to the hall, ‘love you, Hermano!’
‘love you too, Hermanito!’ he called back
Then he walked to his father’s table, taking perfectly measured steps, and sat down next to Alexander. “Sorry about that, it was a stupid question. I’m to curious for my own good”
“apology accepted, if you tell me what that was about with the hat” the boy bargained back
“well, you see…”
-
“Potter, Harry” was then called out, returning him to the land of the living. He walked up to the stool with slow, deliberate steps and put on the hat that housed his deceased brother.
‘hello, Hermanito, long time no see!’ he sent trough the bond that was temporarily created, ‘I guess you want me to lower the shields?’
‘Hermano? Merlin I missed you!’ Julius sent back, ‘you just have to steal me from Dubles’ office sometime, it gets boring to watch him plot all the time’
‘will do!’ harry answered as he lowered his shields, ‘don’t start laughing this time though, it’ll be much harder to explain’
Julius chuckled softly in his head, he too remembering that day, ‘so, any preferences?’ he asked
‘not Slytherin, Dumbledore will get too suspicious. Also not Gryffindor,’ Replied Harry, ‘I am tired of their headless ways’ his mind flashed to Cedric for a second
‘is my big brother in love?’ teased Jules
‘oh, shut it’ retorted Harry.
‘just be careful har’ he said, ‘now do you want to go to mum’s house or…?’
‘sure, as long as you don’t sort Smith back there. He may be a descendant from cousin Beatrice, bless her soul, but he’s a douche and better for the Gryffindor way of life.’
‘I’ll take that into consideration!’ chuckled Julian, he then cried the word “Hufflepuff!” into the Great Hall.
‘love you, Jules’ Harry sent through the bond, not waiting for a reply before taking the hat off. Then he walked towards his new table, the great hall still shocked into silence. You could hear a pin drop. Suzan Bones then stood up and began clapping, breaking the dam and resulting in an enormous soundwave to erupt from Hufflepuff table. With a smile, harry went to sit down next to his cousin in all but blood, smirking when she stated that he planned that.
The rest of the sorting commenced, nothing of note really happening. It seemed that this year only 5 resorts where meant to happen, Hermione Granger from Gryffindor to Ravenclaw, Neville Longbottom form Gryffindor to Hufflepuff, Pamda Patil from Ravenclaw to Gryffindor, Harry Potter form Gryffindor to Hufflepuff and Zarichus Smith from Hufflepuff to Gryffindor.
It was after that that the first-years came in, looking around in awe of the castle that would be their home for the next seven years. Harry once more tuned out for the sorting ceremony, absently clapping when everyone else did so.
“Welcome!” the voice of the headmaster startled him out of his thoughts, “Welcome to Hogwarts, and for those returning, welcome back! I have a few things to say to you all before we can begin the feast. I think we all have heard of the notorious Sirius Black, a lieutenant of the dark lord Voldemort” a shudder went trough the room at the feared name, “whom has escaped prison during summer. Now, since Black was heard muttering of Hogwarts before his escape, the ministry fears that he may come here. But, fear not, as they were so kind to lend some of Azkaban prisons guards to us for security. You will have met them on the express. They are stationed at every entrance of the school and…”
Harry tuned out there, looking into the wards that he had bonded with, feeling out their presence. Then he sought out the dementors and where they were stationed, making sure to reinforce the wards so they couldn’t enter the castle without permission.
When that was done, he heard Dumbledore change subject, so he tuned back in. “on a much happier note,” the man said, “I am pleased to introduce two new teachers in out ranks today! For the post of Defence Against the Dark Arts, we have Professor Remus Lupin, a master in that subject as well as Duelling. And for the post of Care of Magical Creatures I am sad to announce Professor Kettleburn has retired, but delighted to inform you that post will be filled in with our very own Hagrid!”
The rest of the feast was rather uneventful, and at the end of it he followed Suzan to the common room, excited to see how it had evolved in a thousand years.