"Alright Daphne" Harry said to Daphne in the common room, he had placed a few privacy charms so they could speak without being heard or bothered "the boy's name was Ryan"
"Okay, now tell me why the two of you started trading punches in the great hall" Daphne replied
"Me and him used to spar a lot" Harry answered "and admittedly they got out of hand. But we really do care for each other, I don't care that he's a squib, he was my best friend before I came to Hogwarts"
"Before you came to Hogwarts?" Daphne asked
"Yes, your my best friend now"
"Oh no, flattery will not get you out of this Potter" Daphne said, even though she looked very amused "what happened after?"
"We talked, it turns out that Lord Flight is a bit sick and he doesn't have that long to live. He just wanted to talk to me"
"Oh, I'm sorry" Daphne said in a sympathetic voice
"It's fine" Harry reassured her "he's been sick for a while and we were all prepared for him to go eventually. But good news, Ryan found some long lost family, apparently he has a sister who was willing to take him in"
"That's nice, what would have happened if he didn't get taken in by her?"
"Either he gets taken in by someone else or he lives on the streets" Harry removed the privacy charms "look Daph, I've had a bit of a long day, can we drop it for now?" Before Daphne could say anything Draco Malfoy swaggered over.
"Potter" He drawled "it's a shame to see that you have nothing better to do than brawl with squibs like a common muggle"
"Would you like me to brawl with you instead?" Harry threatened "last time didn't work out so good for you and you had the apes with you then"
"You don't scare me" Malfoy sneered "I'm a great wizard. You're nothing but a filthy half-blood who has nothing better to do than play with squibs"
"Tell me Malfoy" Harry spoke slowly "would you prefer me to break your bones magically or the muggle way?"
"Shut it Malfoy" Daphne interrupted before Draco could say anything "Harry's twice the man you are"
"No, he's not!" Draco disagreed
"Yes he is" Daphne argued "you can't go anywhere without Crabbe and Goyle, while Harry fought three of you singlehandedly and he fought that 'squib'. In fact, if that squib was here then I would bet that he'd be able to knock you to the ground before you'd be able to fire off a spell"
"Listen Greengrass"
"Listen Malfoy" Harry said "just shut the hell up"
"Who do you think you are?!" Draco demanded
"What kind of stupid question is that? I am who I am and I am who I was and I am who I will always be"
"That's no answer!"
"What other answer is there?" Harry asked with a roll of his eyes
"Harry Potter" Draco answered
"If you know the answer then why are you asking me?" Harry questioned the now red boy, who just growled and stormed off.
"You enjoyed that, didn't you?" Daphne smiled at Harry
"What can I say? Irritating Malfoy gives me life"
The next day Harry ate dinner with Daphne at the Slytherin table when Adrian potter, Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley walked up to them.
"Yes?" Harry sighed and looked at them
"What was that about? Yesterday, you fought with that squib" Adrian said
"He has a name" Harry pointed out
"You still shouldn't have been fighting" Hermione admonished
"Yes mother" Harry said mockingly
"Hey, don't talk to her like that" Ron ordered
"I'd prefer not to talk to her at all but you lot are still here"
"Harry, be nice" Daphne said, though her smile ruined her reprimand, she then turned to the golden trio "as for you three, it doesn't matter why he was fighting. It's none of your business so he doesn't really have to tell you, plus the teachers took care of it already. Besides, you didn't complain when Harry was saving you three from Malfoy and his goons"
"Seriously, where did you learn to fight like that?" Adrian asked
"I had a few different teachers" Harry parroted his answer from the last time they asked "now, is that it? Because I'd like to finish my breakfast"
"The yellow eyed man" Adrian said "you know who he is, don't you?"
"I know what I know and I don't know what I don't" Harry replied
"What?" The trio were confused
"That's his way of saying maybe" Daphne explained
"Oh" Ron said "well, tell us who he is?"
"Who said I know who he is?" Harry asked
"Please" Hermione scoffed "you clearly know, so tell us"
"Daphne" Harry turned to Daphne "what lesson do we have first?"
"Potions" Daphne answered "I'm finished, do you want to go now?"
"Yeah, I'm finished too" Harry stood up and Daphne copied him "goodbye brother, Weasel, bookworm."
"Wait, you have to tell us" Hermione stopped them from walking off "if you don't then we'll go straight to Dumbledore"
"Feel free" Harry picked up his bag and offered Daphne his arm, which she took "now, I will be going now. If that's alright with you, and if it's not, then tough luck"
Harry and Daphne walked off, leaving an annoyed golden trio. Once they were far enough away, Daphne looked at Harry and began speaking.
"Do you know who this 'yellow eyed man' is?"
"I know a lot of things Daph"
"Can you please just give me a straight answer?"
"What do you know about occlumency?" Harry asked
"Occlumency? I know a little bit" Daphne was surprised by the sudden change in topic
"Well, I have a few secrets and if you want to learn them then you better have some pretty strong defences"
"My defences…aren't that strong" Daphne admitted, with a little bit of shame in her voice "I only know the basics"
"I'll teach you if you want" Harry offered
"Really?" Daphne lit up, she loved learning magic. Just because she wasn't as vocal as Granger didn't mean she wasn't as smart.
"Yeah, I want to tell you my secrets but I can only do them if you're capable of keeping out other people"
"But who would read my mind?"
"Snape and Dumbledore" Harry answered "they both tried to read my mind"
"But Harry, that's illegal!"
"Hmm, good to know" Harry replied "either way, it doesn't matter. I blocked them and they won't try again. From now on they will probably limit their mind reading to other people near me"
"But Harry, you could take them to court and charge them"
"Daphne, you're Gryffindor is showing. Think Slytherin" Daphne growled slightly at that before taking a moment to think it through
"Hmm, I guess your right" She said "you have no proof and Dumbledore would easily weasel his way out"
"That's my girl" Harry kissed her forehead "besides, they didn't really get anything so I'm not that fussed."
The two arrived at the potions class, they waited outside as the rest of the students came to the class. Soon Professor Snape arrived and let everyone in, Daphne and Harry worked together while Tracy worked with Neville.
"Time's up" Snape said at the end of the lesson as he went around and examined the potions "Miss Greengrass, you and Mr Potter have made another excellent potion, twenty points to Slytherin" He then moved on to Grangers, he looked at it but didn't say anything and moved on, much to the annoyance of the girl.
"Snape incoming" Ron whispered to Adrian
"Potter, Weasley" Snape looked at the potion "you were supposed to spin it anti-clockwise five times, not three. The herbs were supposed to be put in separately, are you incapable of following instructions or do you just not understand them? Twenty points from Gryffindor" Snape walked off as the boys cursed him under their breath.
"I know I shouldn't enjoy their suffering but I can't help it" Harry whispered to Daphne who just smirked and looked at him
"Likewise" She replied
"Professor" Adrian and his friends caught up to Professor McGonagall "we need to talk to Professor Dumbledore" They had decided to tell him about Harry knowing who the yellow eyed man was
"Professor Dumbledore is not here" McGonagall replied
"But we need to see him!" Adrian insisted
"Mr Potter, I can assure you that of the many things I am capable of, talking to people who aren't physically capable of talking back is not one of them. If you need to talk to Dumbledore then you will have to wait until he gets back"
"But Professor, we need to talk to him about the philosophers stone"
"How did you know about that?" McGonagall's eyes narrowed
"We think Snape's trying to steal it" Ron replied
"Yeah" Adrian nodded "come on Professor, we need to talk to him before that git steals it"
"That's enough!" McGonagall responded "Ten points from Gryffindor from disrespecting a professor, the stone is perfectly protected, now you three will return to the common room before I give you all a detention." The trio reluctantly left.
"Alright" Adrian said "we got to go down the trap door tonight"
"But you heard McGonagall" Hermione objected
"Please" Adrian snorted "we have to stop Snape, he probably knows how to get past the traps. We'll stop him then Dumbledore will reward us, might even let us keep the stone"
"Awesome" Ron clapped his hands together "we'll be heroes and rich!" With that, any hope Hermione had of convincing them otherwise had gone down in flames.
Later at night, the trio had made their way down the trap door. They had barely avoided getting eaten by the giant three headed dog that Hagrid had given Dumbledore to guard the stone. They had gotten past the devil snare that Sprout provided thanks to Hermione, they just about got past Flitwick keys with some lucky flying from Adrian. Ron had gotten knocked out during McGonagall's chess set, and Hermione stayed behind during Snapes trial.
Adrian walked through the flames thanks to the potion he had just drank, this was going to be it. He was confident, he'd stop Snape and then he'd be praised by Dumbledore. He'd tell everyone in school and they'd be bowing and praising him for being a hero.
When Adrian had gotten into the next room, he was very much surprised when he didn't find Snape, what he actually found was Quirrell. He couldn't understand what that useless idiot was doing here.
"Quirrell?" Adrian spoke, attracting Professor Quirrells attention, but Adrian was surprised by how calm the man looked. Instead of a shivering wreck, there was a calm man and it unnerved Adrian. "What are you doing here? Where's Snape? He was supposed to be trying to steal the stone"
"Snape" Quirrell said with amusement and without a stutter "yes, he does seem the type, doesn't he? Next to him, who would suspect p…poor s…stuttering Professor Quirrell?"
"But Snape tried to kill Harry!"
"No, dear boy, I tried to kill your brother! And believe me, if it wasn't for Snapes cloak catching fire I would have succeeded, even with him muttering his little counter curse"
"But why Harry?!" Adrian was rather pleased that he wasn't the one that Quirrell was trying to kill but he was also a bit disappointed that Quirrell deemed his brother to be more important than himself.
"He was a danger" Quirrell responded "I knew he'd be a danger, especially after that troll incident"
"Troll? You let it in!" Adrian accused
"Yes, very good Potter" Quirrell nodded "while everyone went to the dungeons Snape cut me off on the third floor corridor. He never left me alone after that, what he doesn't understand is, I'm never alone" Quirrell turned to the mirror "now, how do I get the stone?"
"Use the boy" A voice whispered
"Come here Potter!" Quirrell turned to Adrian "Now!"
Adrian's legs started moving on their own, and he started looking into the mirror. He looked into the mirror, he looked and saw himself standing there, behind him were tons of screaming fans. One of them ran up to him and placed something in his pocket, Adrian reached into his actual pocket and felt something in there. The stone, he realised.
"Well" Quirrell snapped "tell me, what do you see?!"
"Uh, my family" Adrian lied, he had just realised that he hadn't thought about his parents in a long time. If he survived today then he would probably go and visit them.
"He lies" The voice from earlier said
"Tell the truth!" Quirrell shouted "What do you see?!"
"Let me speak to him" Spoke the voice
"Master, you're not strong enough" Quirrell replied
"I have strength for this" The voice responded. Adrian began taking a few steps back as Quirrell began undoing his turban, Adrian had just gotten back to the stairs when the turban had come off and revealed a face on the back of Quirrells head.
"Adrian Potter" Said the face
"V…Voldemort!" Adrian froze "it…it can't be you!"
"See what has become of me?" Voldemort asked "A mere parasite, forced to live off of others, unicorn blood may sustain me. But I will need more to return to my body, namely that stone in your pocket." Adrian gasped, he had no idea how Voldemort knew about it.
"That thing, in the forest, it was you" Adrian deduced
"Yes, very good" Voldemort replied "it seems that there is a brain in that thick skull after all."
"W…why did you attack Harry?" Adrian asked, he had no idea what he was going to do and couldn't think of anything better than to stall for time
"You're brother?" Voldemort seemed to like the question "Ah, dear boy, there is more to your brother than meets the eye. A Slytherin, powerful, handsome and intelligent and able to see past the great myth that is Albus Dumbledore. He is everything I was when I was a child, I sense great power coming from him. Your brother is too dangerous for me to leave alive, and I will come for him, after I deal with you. Now, the stone!"
"N..no!" Adrian said with a newfound reserve of Gryffindor courage
"Get him!" Voldemort shouted. Quirrell charged at Adrian, hoping to strangle him and end everything.
Adrian yelped and fell back on to the stairs, the stone dropped and rolled out of his pocket as Quirrell neared. Quirrells hands came close to Adrian's neck, they were about to grab hold of Adrian's neck when they were stopped.
Adrian and Quirrell looked up to see the hand that had caught Quirrells right arm, they looked up and saw a man in black trainers and jeans, black gloves and a grey hooded jacket. But what surprised them both was the black bandana across the bottom half of his face, and his bright yellow eyes.
Adrian realised that this was the guy who saved him in the forbidden forest, the guy who Harry probably knows about. Quirrell realised that this was the man who attacked him in his office, and the man who attacked him in the forest.
The yellow eyed man let go of Quirrell before hitting him with a spinning back kick to the face, causing Quirrell to fly back and land on his back. The man walked past Adrian, as if he hadn't noticed that he was there.
"You" Quirrell stood up "what are you doing here?" Adrian was wondering the same thing, why was this guy here? Was it to save him? If so then why and how did he know to come here?
"I'm here to stop you" Said the man in his low voice "I don't particularly care what happens to Potter over there but I will not let you get the stone, speaking of" A wand dropped from the man's right sleeve into his wrist, he aimed it at the stone and destroyed it.
"NO!" Quirrell screamed, before he took his wand out and fired a curse at the man. The man pulled up his left hand which also had a wand in it and formed a shield.
"Yes" The man calmly said as he aimed both wands at Quirrell
"Who are you?!" Quirrell roared
"Why does everyone keep asking that?" The man sighed "What's wrong with being nobody?"
"Do not play games!" Voldemort demanded "Who are you?"
"Hmm" The man thought about his answer "let's go with 'Consequence', yes, I like that"
"Very well, 'Consequence'" Voldemort replied "prepare to meet your doom"
"Avada Kedavra!" Quirrell shouted and a green light blasted from his wand.
Consequence sidestepped and avoided the light, he fired a cutting curse with his right wand which hit Quirrell on his left side and he used his left wand to fire a bone breaker which struck Quirrell in his right shoulder. Consequence quickly fired a banishing spell which caused Quirrell to fly backwards and crash into the mirror behind him.
Quirrell landed in shards of glass which pierced his hands, it took some struggle to get to his feet. Quirrell realised that he wasn't likely to win, he was bleeding from his left side and had his right shoulder broken. He couldn't even hold his wand now thanks to the glass stuck in his hand.
"You!" A voice said, everyone turned to the entrance to see Dumbledore and the other Professors with their wands aimed at Consequence and Quirrell.
"You fool!" Voldemort shouted
"Master! No!" Quirrell screamed, everyone watched as Quirrell dropped to the ground. A large black cloud ripped from his body and charged at Consequence, Consequence rolled out of the way and the cloud charged upwards and through the ceiling. Consequence shook his head and stood up when he realised that Dumbledore and the others still had their wands pointed at him.
Dumbledore and the other teachers kept their eyes on the yellow eyed man in front of them, Dumbledore was surprised by the fact that the man had two wands, very few wizards chose to dual wield wands.
"Surrender!" Dumbledore demanded "You will put down your wands and surrender"
"No" Consequence replied "I don't want to"
"Enough of this!" Snape interrupted "Stupefy!"
Consequence blocked Snapes stunner with his left wand and fired one of his own rom his right wand which Snape dodged, the other teachers took this as a signal to fire and did so. Consequence used both of his wands to summon shields which blocked the stunners, Dumbledore fired his stunner which managed to break through both shields and push Consequence back.
"Stupefy" McGonagall fired a stunner which hit Consequence directly in the chest and caused him to fall backwards. The Hogwarts professors took a step forward but immediately stopped.
Consequence had sat back up, and looked at them all, he got to his feet and they all looked at him with surprise. McGonagall especially, she was sure that her stunner should of knocked him out.
"Goodbye" Consequence said, he raised both of his wands in the air. A bright light flashed from his right wand, blinding everybody while a high pitched noise came from his left wand and deafened everybody.
By the time they had regained their senses, Consequence was gone.
A few days later, Harry and Daphne sat at the leaving feast while Tracy sat with Blaise further down the table. They were doing their best to avoid everyone who kept gossiping about Adrian and his amazing adventures, they couldn't imagine the size of his head now.
"Look at them" Harry whispered to Daphne "they're really laying it on thick, aren't they?" Daphne looked at Adrian and Ron who were telling anyone who would listen about their stories, Hermione was next to them and while she didn't participate she didn't correct them.
"What do you expect?" Daphne looked at Harry "I don't really know what happened but he is definitely making it out to be something it isn't, your brother could perform a simple charm and claim to have revolutionized spell making. In fact, he did that last week."
"The week before he claimed to be the greatest quidditch player ever" Harry said "apparently he tried to get Dumbledore to get him on the quidditch team"
"Hmm, gossip Harry? Didn't think you were the type"
"Not gossip, I talked with the Weasley twins about it." Harry responded, while he thought Ron was a colossal idiot and Percy was a pompous prat, he thought the twins were genuinely fun and nice guys to be around. "According to them Oliver Wood refused to let him on the team, apparently he said something along the lines of 'I don't care if you're the boy-who-lived or Merlin aunt Matilda, you're not coming on my team until you can learn to catch something besides a cold'."
"Another year gone by" Dumbledore began his speech "first I'd like to say well done Slytherin" The Slytherin's cheered, they were currently in the lead for the house cup "yes, yes, well done Slytherin. However, a few last minute points need to be awarded" The hall went silent.
"I don't like where this is going" Daphne whispered to Harry
"To Miss Hermione Granger, fifty points for the cool use of intellect" Dumbledore said, a few Gryffindor's cheered for her. "Second to Mr Ronald Weasley, fifty points for the best chess game seen in Hogwarts history"
"You…have…got…to…be kidding!" Harry couldn't believe the blatant favouritism coming from Dumbledore "Chess? He's getting points for chess!"
"And finally" Dumbledore continued "to Mr Adrian Potter, for outstanding nerve and courage, I award Gryffindor seventy points." The Gryffindor table began cheering loudly.
"And they've bloody won" Daphne sighed
"Outstanding nerve and courage?" Harry shook his head "the only thing outstanding thing about my brother is the neck muscles he uses to carry that massive head of his"
"Well" Dumbledore smiled "if my calculations are correct…"
"Excuse me, headmaster" Snape interrupted "I have some last minute points of my own to award" The hall went quiet again
"Now Severus…" Dumbledore tried to stop Snape
"Ten points" Snape continued "to Mr Harry Potter and Daphne Greengrass, for not being total and complete dunderheads. I would also like to award Mr Potter and Miss Greengrass ten points for being brilliant students and a credit to their parents. Now, unless there is anything else you'd like to add headmaster, I believe that Slytherin have won the house cup."
"Uh…yes" Dumbledore turned to the students "the winners of the house cup are Slytherin" Dumbledore said without a lot of emotion.
All the students turned to Harry and Daphne, who looked embarrassed but they both stood up and looked at the students.
"Well" Daphne said "thank you Professor Snape"
"And as for the rest of you" Harry looked at all the Slytherin's "you're welcome"
The two sat down and the Slytherin's started cheering, Tracy and Blaise were whooping from their seats at the other end of the table. The Gryffindor's were cursing under their breath and some were glaring at Harry, including the golden trio. Harry and Daphne looked at Professor Snape who clapped his hands and winked at them. Harry and Daphne shared a look before both winking back at him.
Harry sat with Daphne on the train back, the two were talking, simply content to converse with each other until they got there.
"You will write to me?" Daphne asked
"Sure" Harry replied "although I don't know when I'll be able to do it, I will probably send you a letter about a day or two after I get back. You have any plans for the summer?"
"Not really" Daphne admitted "mum and dad might have some plans but I don't, I'll probably be spending a lot of time with Astoria."
"Your sister, right?"
"Yes" Daphne nodded "she's starting Hogwarts next year. What about you?"
"I've already started Hogwarts" Harry joked
"You're an idiot" Daphne replied "now come on, do you have any plans for the holidays?"
"I might be going to Paris" Harry responded "so the owls might take some time to deliver the letters"
"What are you going to do in Paris?" Daphne asked
"Eat, sleep, sight see" Harry shrugged "might learn a bit of French while I'm there"
"Have you learnt any French yet?"
"Little bit"
"Okay, let's hear some"
"Fine" Harry replied "Tou as quelque chose sur ton nez"
"What does that mean?" Daphne asked curiously
"You have something on your nose" Harry lifted his hand and rubbed Daphne's nose "there, it's gone"
"Thank you" Daphne thanked him "what else do you know?"
"Je ne sais pas"
"What does that mean?"
"I don't know" Harry replied "I'll check later."
"Okay, you could probably teach me a bit when you get back"
"The first thing I have to do is learn every curse word I can learn in French"
"Why?" Daphne raised an eyebrow
"When learning a language it is common courtesy to learn the swear words first" Harry said in a voice that made it sound like it was obvious knowledge.
Once they had gotten off the train, Harry said goodbye to Daphne who kissed him on the cheek then ran to meet her parents. Harry had walked off in the opposite direction, he was stopped when a bunch of red heads blocked his path.
In front of him was Adrian Potter, Ron Weasley, Percy, the twins, a small red headed girl and a small plump woman who Harry assumed was their mother.
"Alright Harry?" Fred spoke
"How you doing?" George added
"Just dandy" Harry shrugged "what about you two?"
"We're doing fine" George replied
"Oh, have you met out sister yet?" Fred nudged Ginny forward
"Don't push me" Ginny said to the twins before turning to Harry "hi, nice to meet you. I'm Ginny"
"Ginny? Nice name"
"Thank you" Ginny smiled
"Hello dear" Mrs Weasley walked up to Harry "I'm Molly Weasley"
"Hello" Harry responded "can I help you with something?"
"Yes, Dumbledore has asked me to make sure you get to your muggle family. I'll take you through the barrier to them, if you want then you can come to our house during the summer, it's called the burrow dear, I'm sure you'd like it" Molly had been told by Dumbledore to invite Harry and learn as much about him as possible, and Molly wasn't one to question Albus Dumbledore.
"No" Harry refused "I appreciate the offer but I don't want to go to your house"
"Why not?" Molly asked
"You're a stranger" Harry answered
"Don't you talk to me like that!" Mrs Weasley turned red
"Like what? You are a stranger, I just met you" Harry pointed out "I'm not about to come over to your house just because you ask me to"
"Now, listen here, I am a mother of seven and…"
"I'm a boy" Harry interrupted "this is fun, you're turn" Ginny and the twins had to hide their giggles behind their hands. "Perhaps we should play another time, but I am not coming to your house. I don't know you and frankly I don't like you"
"I will not have such attitude!" Mrs Weasley roared
"Then don't, nobody is telling you to keep it" Harry responded "now please stop yelling, my ears are quite delicate. Now if you don't mind, I'll be off and if you do, then tough" Harry walked past Mrs Weasley and got a few steps before a hand grabbed him by the shoulder and spun him around.
"Listen here!" Mrs Weasley growled "You will not talk to me like that young man! You will follow me through that barrier and you will show respect to your elders! That includes me!"
"Well, you do fit into the old category" Harry pushed her hand off of his shoulder "now, don't touch me again."
"You can't tell me what to do!"
"You're right, I can't but the aurors can. If you touch me again then I will lodge a complaint with the DMLE" Mrs Weasley stepped back in shock
"Y...you wouldn't" She turned even more red, her face clashed against her own hair
"Let's talk about what you've done so far" Harry said "you're trying to force me to come with you, I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure that's kidnapping. Let's see, you're shouting at me, that may or may not file under harassment. I'm not sure about that but I am sure that you're causing a public disturbance, you've also touched me without permission and I'm feeling very threatened by your presence. Again, I'm no law expert, I'd have to ask my lawyer but I'm pretty sure that you don't want that."
"Hey!" Ron walked up to Harry "don't threaten my mum!"
"That wasn't a threat, it was a warning." Harry responded "Raise your voice at me again and I will rip your throat box out" Ron took a step back and unconsciously rubbed his neck "that was a threat, see the difference?"
Harry turned, not waiting for an answer, and walked off. He didn't need to look back to know that at least two people were glaring at him, he activated his portkey and left. He left thinking about the differences between warnings and threats and wondering if he got it right. Ah well, he'd double check later.