Chapter 25

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The Month of August, 2007,

Potter Manor, England

The last one month before Hogwarts passed quickly for Harry. Then again, when you are progressing rapidly, time tends to fly away quickly. And Harry was progressing rapidly. He was definitely progressing rapidly.

His day usually started with a big breakfast on the dining table, where everyone gathered together to eat, including his surly sister, Dorea.

After that, James will leave for his office in ministry, and Lily will be busy with her own stuff; which ranged from potion/spell making to checking the answer sheets of students who've attended this 'Owls' exam.

At first, his mother had tried taking an extended leave from her job to spend all her time with Harry. But that was something he could not accept, preferring his own company and privacy.

Thankfully she seemed to respect it, and limited herself to checking up on him only every hour or so, instead of wasting his time all day.

Both of his parents still tried to desperately connect with him, and Harry rewarded their efforts and growing affection by being more open about himself, giving them bare bones of his life and experience that he'd went through before joining Shield.

Shield was another subject that he'd quickly made a decision upon. Now that he knew exactly how famous he was, there was no point in playing hide and seek with the behemoth organization. It was simply logical to maintain positive relationship, and do as they'd asked him to.

Though he did reveal their existence to his parents. Lily and James were incredibly powerful wizards, both being higher leveled than Captain Ares. Should Hydra or Shield try to drag him back in their world, his parents shall provide him with ample protection.

So around the third week of August, after a lot of deliberation and discussions with his parents, he finally sent them a letter using his very new owl, Hedwig, informing them of his admission in Hogwarts.

Originally he'd been quite skeptical of Hedwig (And was cruelly pecked by the bird for verbalizing his doubts) but his parents assured him that these magical owls can actually travel between continents, just taking a much longer time.

But this way, Harry could be assured that his messages wouldn't be hacked by the moles present in Shield, as the letter was directed to Ares himself.

The Shield business however, was a very minor subject of his life at this point. Cause most of his attention was taken by the wonders and powers of...Magic.

The things that magic could do...it almost made one feel like a god. Even the most boring spells created some interesting effects. Spongify for instance, could turn something as hard as a metal rod into something as soft as rubber. He could imagine a dozen uses for this just from the top of his head.

Then there were the more exciting spells, like the severing charm– Diffindo, which he found could be multiple times more powerful than his magical blade if fueled with malicious intent.

Something he was particularly good at.

Unfortunately, he also quickly realised how absurdly vast magic was. Just the first year spells kept him busy for the remaining month of August, as he'd sworn to level all of them up to 10 atleast.

This meant that his original plan to learn everything in a single year before permanently leaving Hogwarts was bound to fail.

Even with his Gamer's abilities, he would be hard pressed to discover and learn everything magic had to offer in a single year.

'But that's fine.' Harry comforted himself. 'It's still simply a matter of time.'

Just a matter of time before he learnt everything this world had to offer, a matter of time before he out leveled the maximum level on this world, and most importantly...

It was simply a matter of time before he surpassed even the most powerful beings of this world.

...Though through all this, he couldn't decide where Rosalia fit in his plans.

Since that fateful day when he'd comforted her, the little midget seemed to have made it her life's goal to follow behind him like a loyal puppy.

Normally he would've already kicked her off to some random room and shut her away, but the idea of having his own loyal puppy who'd bark and bite at his command had seemed like an interesting task at that time.

Unfortunately, he was coming to regret his decision now.

Cause Rose made them get in all sorts of trouble everyday. May it be breaking stuff while learning new spells, or hurting each other due to botched charms; everything was in her repertoire, and he was directly affected by it.

Though his parents were often amused instead of annoyed. So it all worked out pretty well.

Still, he made sure to diligently train his loyal guard, and was pleasantly surprised when his sister's affection quickly came to match Lily's.

Now, he had two people who held him to a position of reverence.

Plus, Rose made for an excellent target practice. And while he couldn't quite bring himself to use any harmful spells on her for some reason, his other utility spells had grown rapidly.

By the time the last day of August hit, Harry had already finished devouring the first year spells, and leveled all of them to atleast lvl 10.

It was hard, simply because there were so many spells, but he persisted. Especially with the use of those self-repairing wooden dummies in the training room.

When the fateful day came, he was ready.

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1 Sept, 2007,

Potter Manor, England

"Everyone ready?" James asked, as they all stood around the fireplace in a circle. "Got everything in the trunk? Your books, your wand, your quills and ink? And of course, the most important, your Nimbuses. Oh Hogwart's really not ready for you. Make sure to give them hell!"

At half past ten, they finally flooed over to a muggle booth which was close to the king's cross station, with 4 large trunks and owl carriages They walked the rest of the way to the station, coming to a stand in front of the barrier which stood between platform 9th and 10th.

"We are here." Lily announced. "Dorea you go first. Harry, Rose, watch carefully. It's not difficult but you need to have some faith."

His sister pushed her trunk forward and calmly walked right through the barrier, vanishing on the other side.

"Alright kids, your turn. The trick is to not be scared of crashing into the wall." James said. "Just keeping walking and you'll be on the other side. Don't stop in between though, just keep going. Give it a little run if you aren't feeling confident. Go on harry, you first."

He nodded and trudged on. The wall was right in front of his eyes as he steadily walked towards it. He felt a moment of hesitation as he took in how solid it truly looked but remembering his vanished sister earlier, he pushed on. There was a moment of black void in between before he was on the other side, a scarlet steam engine blowing it's horn as it stood there, packed with children and their smiling parents.

A sign overhead said 'Hogwarts express, Eleven o'Clock. He glanced behind, expecting to see a black hole or something, but was instead greeted by a wrought-iron archway with a board announcing 'Platform Nine and Three Quarters'.

He moved on from the archway, not wanting to block the way for his sister. She came in with style, screaming her lungs out and her eyes closed, almost running him over with her trolly.

"Midget, be silent." He ordered the girl.

She opened one of her scrunched up eyes, peaking around cautiously, before a happy smile lit her face up. "I did it!"

"Yeah, congrats." Dorea drolly stated, coming to stand beside them. "I can't believed you did it so easily. Really, very impressive."

The sarcasm in her voice was thicker than a knob of butter. Obviously it went right over his twin's head. Or so his elder sister must've thought.

"Thanks! I couldn't believe it either! But look at me now, hehe." She gave a cheeky bow, and Harry could see that familiar glint of intelligence marred with mischief in her eyes.

Dorea muttered something under her breath, and started pushing her trunk towards the train. He followed after her, dragging the midget along.

Their parents soon caught up to them, taking ahold of their trunks.

"Keep your eyes open for Remus and Sirius." James said, dragging Rose's trunk.

They found them towards the front of the train, with Sirius trying to push two trunks inside one of the empty compartments.

"Prongs!" He exclaimed on seeing them. "You're finally here. Come on, I'll help you with the baggage."

"I'm going to sit with my friends." Dorea announced suddenly, dragging her trunk and owl with her as she began to move deeper inside. "I'll be back before the train leaves."

Sirius stared after her with a frown, before glancing at him and his twin. "I hope you two are sitting here?"

"Of course!" Rose yelled. "You don't have to ask that. C'mon brother, we're sitting with friends!"

Harry swatted away her approaching hand, picking up his own luggage and owl as he entered the compartment.

"Oh don't worry about..." Sirius started forward to help, only to fall in a shocked silence as Harry picked up the trunk with one hand and gently placed it to the top. It weighed less than 20 kgs so it wasn't much to him.

For a normal human however...

Well, Sirius being the clown he is, tried to replicate Harry, letting go of the trunk to balance it in one hand. The trunk wobbled shakily, making Sirius stumble ahead as he lost it's balance and let it fall.

"Careful." Harry snapped, catching the trunk in mid-air with sure hands. "There's a Nimbus in here."

Sirius stared at him with wide-eyes, amidst the giggling of Lily, and the howling laughter of James.

The adults then spent quite a bit of time in giving them entirely useless advices as the time to depart came close, ranging from 'Don't use your wand to pick your nose' to 'Try coming back in one piece'.

Eventually, thankfully, the time of departure was at hand and the train let loose a steamy honk just a few minutes before 11.

"Right, we'll be leaving now kids. Take care and keep a steady supply of letters going, Alright?"

Dorea joined them for the last farewell as they exchanged hugs and promises to keep contact. Lily and Remus wouldn't be traveling with them due to having to report at the castle earlier than students.

The Hogwarts express finally left the station exactly at 11, with the three kids and a reluctant Harry waving their parents goodbye.

Harry also absently noted a red-headed girl running beside the train in tears and laughter, before he finally took away his attention and closed the curtains.

They were off to Hogwarts, and he hoped the place wasn't a disappointment. If he did not recieve the promised reward, he will book another ticket straight out of England.

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A Few Hours Later...

Harry was in heaven. It couldn't be anything else.

He'd expected the rest of their trip to pass with the midget chattering their ears off, but unusually, the girl was quiet as a mouse, staring outside the window with her head pressed up against the glass. Perhaps she no longer felt the need to maintain her mask now that their parents could no longer keep a constant eye on them.

Whatever the reason for her quietness may be, the fact remained that their compartment was soaked in silence. Just the way Harry liked.

Unfortunately, he was sharing the compartment with two more girls other than his sister. And the two weren't as comfortable with silence as he was.

"So," Susan awkwardly started, trying to make a conversation. "Um...do you guys know which house you'll be going to?"

"Ravenclaw." Came the swift answer of Andrea, only to turn awkward as she gave wince. "...But you already know that, I told you yesterday of course. Though I've been thinking... Gryffindor isn't bad either."

"But you want to be with Dorea." Susan stated.

"Yeah. What about you? Did you decide yet?"

"I don't know. I want to be in Gryffindor, but I'll probably end up being in Hufflepuff. What you you think Harry."

Harry smothered down a sigh of exasperation. 'Was he the only one who truly treasured peace here? Why can these kids not understand how worthless everything they speak of is? It would be better if they simply sewed their mouths shut.'

"I'm uncertain. But I will accept wherever I am."

"Really?" Andrea asked, eyebrows raised. "Even Slytherin?"

He gave an absent shrug, done with the topic. "Yes."

"Uh, well... that's...ok." Susan stuttered out in discomfort.

A momentary silence ensued in the compartment, and Harry patted himself on the back for shutting down the two so easily...

Unfortunately he celebrated too soon.

Andrea cleared her throat, blatantly turning to Rosalia. "What about you, Rose?"

His sister jerked up, as if someone out of a trance. She glanced at Andrea and shrugged. "Wherever he goes."

"Oh. I see."

Their worthless line of conversation came to a blessed close when the door to their compartment was suddenly opened by a bunch of redheads, one of whom looked completely exhausted, and the other two looked to be twins and most likely were their seniors.

"Uh, hey." The youngest of them stuttered out, his ears going red as he gained attention of three girls. "I'm R-Ron."

"Very smooth, brother dear." One of the older twins said.

"Look at the girls swooning." The second one continued. "Almost made us die of envy."

"S-Shut up!" The blushing boy snapped, before taking a deep breath and looking at Harry. "Can I sit here? Everywhere else is full."

'No, fuck off.' was what, Harry wanted to say. But that would be rude. And kids get quickly offended.

So he settled for a sigh and waved him in. "Take a seat."

"What's that?" One of the twins asked, pointing at his scar.

"Is that–?" The second one exclaimed.

"Blimey, are you–?" The first one asked.

"He is!" The second one exclaimed again, and Harry tried making sense of the two. "Aren't you?"

"What?" He asked.

"Harry Potter!" The twins chorused.

Harry sighed once more. 'Hopefully this is the first and last pair of twins in this school.'

"I am, indeed." He indulged them patiently.. "Anything else I can help you with?"

All three of them gawked at him, before letting lose a rainfall of questions.

"Is it true you gave Dumbledore the slip?" The first twin asked.

"Or that you and him had a duel where you kicked his bloody arse?"

"And bullied him to become the minister of magic?"

"Do you remember You-know-who?" The younger brother asked suddenly, and everyone in the room turned to him, including his sister.

Harry closed his eyes, maintaining his calm by feeling the soothing flow of his magic. "No to all of them. Now, I must ask you to be silent and move on. You are blocking the way."

That seemed to break out everyone, and the moment passed on. Ron quickly settled in with them and the twins introduced themselves as Fred and George Weasley. He curiously took a look at their level, just to get an idea of students here.

Fred Weasley

Age: 13

Level: 21

Reputation: Friendly

Affection: 66

Mana: 600/600

Health: 130/130

Stamina: 100/100

George Weasley

Age: 13

Level: 21

Reputation: Friendly

Affection: 67

Mana: 600/600

Health: 130/130

Stamina: 100/100

A level lower than Dorea. And quite a bit lower than him. So he was atleast stronger than a third year in levels.

But their magical reserves, on the other hand, were almost equal to his own.

A very unsatisfactory piece of information. He will have to quickly do something to surpass these wizards. If even their children could match him, the adults would outmatch him by a lot. Simply unacceptable.

Hopefully Hogwarts will bring him some new opportunities.