"A Cheerful First Day at Hogwarts"

"A Cheerful First Day at Hogwarts"

Here's the new chapter. To be honest, The Chamber of Secrets isn't my favorite movie. I almost thought about skipping it, but I won't. Or maybe I'll speed up the story of the chamber itself.

So, it's likely that I'll change some things, and it won't focus too much on the Chamber of Secrets.

Remember to leave your power stones, and thanks in advance!

While everyone was heading into the splendid castle, Stephen and the twins had stayed behind, waiting to see if Ron and Harry would arrive.

"Where could those idiots be?"

"We should go inside before McGonagall comes looking for us."

"Yeah, let's go in. I guess we should ask someone to go get them," Stephen said, realizing it would soon be time for the house selection.

As the three entered the castle, Stephen suddenly stopped when he noticed something in the hallway. Three small children stood there.

A blonde girl was looking around excitedly, as if lost in her own world. A small red-haired girl was trying to stop the blonde but hesitated, unsure if she should speak to her or not, following nervously. And a boy with a Muggle camera kept taking pictures of everything he saw in the castle.

And if Stephen thought about it carefully, these three were quite well-known: Luna Lovegood, little Ginny Weasley, and Colin Creevey, Harry's biggest fan.

"Go on ahead. I'll catch up," Stephen told the twins as he continued forward. The twins weren't too concerned and walked off casually.

...

In the Great Hall, after the famous Sorting Hat song, Professor McGonagall stepped forward, looking at all the nervous first-years, and explained:

"I will call you one by one to sit, and the Hat will choose the house you will belong to—"

But she was interrupted by the loud sound of the Great Hall doors being kicked open, grabbing everyone's attention.

What they saw was Stephen. He was carrying a blonde girl under his left arm, who was waving happily at everyone with a smile. Under his right arm, a red-haired girl was covering her face, embarrassed by being so publicly displayed. Strapped to his back with glowing chains, a boy was still snapping pictures, his camera peeking over Stephen's shoulder.

This scene left everyone speechless, including McGonagall, until Stephen reached her.

"Professor, I found some interesting gnomes. Can we keep them?" he said with a smile. McGonagall was getting angrier by the second.

"Mr. Flamel, students are not pets, and their house will be chosen by the Sorting Hat. So, please put them down and return to your seat," she said professionally, holding back her anger since it wasn't the right time.

"Tsk, how boring," Stephen muttered as he set the three children down. "See you later, gnomes," he told them before heading to the Gryffindor table, while Luna Lovegood waved at him cheerfully.

"See you," Luna said happily.

"Let's continue with the Sorting," McGonagall said quickly, while many students struggled to hold back their laughter at Stephen's antics.

Even several professors were smiling—except for Snape, who kept his usual icy expression. But what caught Stephen's attention was a look of envy and rivalry. Following that feeling, he spotted the clown Lockhart, trying to maintain a fake smile while dressed ridiculously over-the-top.

"There's our future prey," Stephen said, piquing the twins' curiosity as they followed his gaze. When they saw Lockhart, they chuckled knowingly.

"Got something planned, boss?" Fred asked in a low voice so only Stephen and his brother could hear.

"No, but we can improvise on the fly," Stephen replied, flashing a mischievous grin.

"The evil boss is cool," George said, laughing along with his brother.

When the Sorting was over, the most interesting students to Stephen were the trio from earlier: two had joined Gryffindor, and one had gone to Ravenclaw, just like in the original story.

Stephen glanced at Luna, who was sitting at the Ravenclaw table, and felt a twinge of guilt for not convincing her to join Gryffindor. He knew that in Ravenclaw, the so-called house of the intelligent, she wouldn't be well received. To be precise, Hogwarts was not a school free of bullying, and more accurately, it was even more noticeable than in many Muggle schools—especially with the existence of pure-blood families.

Though thanks to Stephen, bullying was no longer as extreme as before. The ones who bullied others often became prime targets for pranks. But within the houses, it was different, as it wasn't as visible. A good example was poor Moaning Myrtle, who suffered bullying at the wrong place and time.

Seriously, Hogwarts was something else…

Sigh

"What's wrong, boss? Any problems?" The twins, sitting next to Stephen, noticed the change in his mood and asked.

"Maybe I should adopt a little sister," he said, making the twins shudder. Even Lee Jordan, who overheard him, looked a little scared, drawing the attention of those nearby.

"Boss, kidnapping is illegal."

"That's right, boss. You trained the Aurors yourself," the twins said in fearful voices, causing everyone around to look quickly at Stephen in shock.

"Stop acting like idiots. Don't you see everyone will think you're serious?" Stephen snapped, unleashing his wrath on the twins and Lee Jordan, who started laughing before begging for mercy when Stephen told them that Angelina and Spinet would be in charge of their training for the whole month.

As everyone ate and enjoyed the usual troublemakers' antics, some noticed that Snape, Dumbledore, and McGonagall had left somewhere. But no one asked, as they were too busy eating.

After dinner, everyone returned to their respective houses and dormitories. When Stephen, the twins, and Jordan entered theirs, Misty suddenly appeared, startling the latter.

"Young master, Misty failed to protect little Harry. Misty must be punished," said a saddened Misty, small tears in her eyes.

"It's okay, Misty, don't worry," Stephen said as he gently patted the elf's head. "But tell me, what happened? You don't usually get distracted," he added, reassuring her.

"Misty was tricked by that vile elf. Misty believed dark wizards were hiding to attack little Harry, so Misty followed them. But they were just cloaks flying due to elf magic. When Misty returned quickly, little Harry had already taken the flying car," she said rapidly.

"Haha, Misty, you got tricked?" George teased the elf a bit, only for Misty, slightly annoyed, to silence him with magic for interrupting her conversation with her master.

After years of knowing the twins, Misty had gotten used to dealing with them whenever they caused trouble at the house—until one day, they made her angry by breaking her precious photo of the Flamel family. That day, fire rained down on Flamel Island. Of course, Misty didn't hurt them too badly, but they were left hanging five meters above the ground for three hours. The Flamel family was somewhat happy that Misty had shown her true feelings.

By the way, the reason Misty, a house elf, could harm a wizard without receiving a warning from the Ministry, as usually happens, was because Stephen had created a series of magical contracts that concealed Misty's existence from the Ministry's detection. Not only that, but technically, Misty was a free elf, though she neither accepted nor cared much about it.

That's why when Stephen said that Misty could rule the entire English wizarding world, he wasn't lying. Nothing was stopping her from harming a wizard if she wanted to. But, of course, Misty wouldn't do that.

"It's okay, Misty. Your job of looking after Harry ends once he's at Hogwarts. Go rest and take care of Grandpa and Grandma. It's fine," he said, seeing Misty's small pout and soothing her by stroking her head.

"Yes, young master. Misty will return home," Misty said as she hugged Stephen's leg tightly, still with a few tears, before disappearing.

"Can someone explain what just happened?" Lee Jordan asked, still hiding behind one of the beds.

"She's my family's elf," Stephen said as he lay down on his bed.

"You should be careful, Lee. She could destroy all of Hogwarts with just a thought," George said after removing the sock from his mouth, watching Jordan's growing fear.

"W-what?" Jordan started trembling, having seen the elf appear and disappear as if she were an illusion.

"Stop scaring him. Misty doesn't harm people," Stephen said to reassure Jordan. "As long as you don't make her angry," he added, making Jordan panic again.

"Hahaha, Jordan, you're such a coward," Fred teased his friend while the others settled in to rest, as classes would begin tomorrow.

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