On September 1st. I woke up as early as I could. (10:00 Am.) I kissed Pinkie goodbye for the day and asked Dumbledore to send me to King's Cross. He nodded and created a portkey for me. I put my hand on it and I have to say. Travelling via portkey is much better feeling than Apparation. I appeared in front of the scarlet steam engine. I shook my head and looked at the time. 10:45. Still, I had some time for me to talk to Harry. I passed through the barrier and looked around for him. Eventually, I saw a small car pull up and Harry stepped out. I put on my mask and waited for them. Soon enough Vernon smiled wickedly and turned to Harry.
"Well, there you are, boy. Platform nine. Platform ten. Your platform should be somewhere in the middle, but they don't seem to have built it yet, do they?" He asked nastily. Harry seemed to pale before he noticed me. I smiled under my mask and walked towards them.
"Your an idiot, Dursley. If you really think wizards would keep their platform in plain view of muggles." Vernon turned to shout at the person who called him an idiot when he realized it was me. He turned a purplish colour.
"Oh? Then where is it if it's not here?" Vernon pointed out.
"It is here. It's just covered by enchantments the likes of which you would never understand. with the amount of bigotry that you have, you would probably sneer and yell at every single example of magic you see there." Vernon turned a dark blue. That alone made me want to steer away from that colour out of sheer disgust by association. But he didn't yell. He merely walked away. He climbed into his car, while Petunia and Dudley were trying to shrink into their seats to avoid being seen by me. I have to applaud Dudley's sizable effort actually. At the amount of fat he has, he actually managed to hide a significant amount of it. But I still saw his fat head and force combed hair.
"So where is the entrance anyway?" Harry asked as he turned to me and grabbed his cart.
"Well, I don't want to mess with the timeline. So you have to figure that out on your own." I wink at him from underneath my mask. Harry frowns.
"Timeline? What are you talking about?"
"I'll probably talk about that in my class. I have a good portion of magics that I need to get through. But I'll talk about the timeline before anything else so that all of you realize just what you're messing with." Harry nodded at that. Slightly fearful at the prospect of the power that could he would handle that could mess with the timeline.
Soon, after walking for a little bit. Harry perked up and looked at a group of redheads. The Weasleys. I frowned. If Dumbledore was indeed messing with Harry's life, he was using them. Guaranteed. Harry stayed and watched them for a little bit. But seeing he wouldn't be able to discover the secret of getting onto the platform from simply seeing it. He walked up to them.
"Hopefully Harry will be in our year." Ron piped up. Harry slowed at that.
"Yeah!" Ginny said excitedly. "Then the next year he and I can meet and have a romance. and Get married!" She began clapping happily and jumping around. I frowned and leaned down next to Harry.
"Harry. When you ask for directions from them. Tell them that your name is Colin." I whispered to him. "Also. When you meet Fred and George. Back away from them and pretend to be frightened because of their infamy as pranksters. Hand this to them." I handed Harry a fake letter from Hogwarts. Exactly like the normal Hogwarts letters. only with a warning about those two and replaced the name with Colin Furze. Harry seemed to consider it for a moment and nodded. I handed him a hat to cover up his hair and scar. Harry walked up to them. Harry put on his hat and then spoke.
"Um... Excuse me?" Harry asked. "My name is Colin and I was wondering how..." He gestured towards the seemingly solid barrier.
"How to get onto the platform?" Molly asked kindly.
"Yes."
"Don't worry about it, dear. Ron hear is going to Hogwarts as well. As well as Fred and George here." He gestured to the two of them and Harry's eyes blazed in recognition. I immediately crossed my fingers that this would go off without a hitch. My hopes were heard as Harry immediately backed up and said this.
"Fred and George Weasley?! The pranksters?! I've heard about them!" Harry grabbed his fake letter with shaking hands and handed it, Molly. Fred and George immediately looked horrified. Harry could be an actor after the war. Molly read the letter and immediately looked up at the twins with fury in her eyes. They gulped and grabbed their carts, running straight into the barrier to avoid the yelling. Harry and I immediately broke down laughing. Molly, Ron and Ginny looked at us confused.
"Oh god! That worked better than expected!" I managed to get out from in between breaths as Harry explained that the letter was fake. He continued to stick to his story of being named Colin. Ron, after hearing this, immediately broke down laughing as well, as well as Ginny. Molly looked pissed at being used like this. I got to my feet as Harry and I went through the barrier. I looked around and saw Fred and George looking amazed and flabbergasted when they realized they had been pranked. They spotted Harry and immediately ran towards him.
"Mate, How did." Fred began
"You get ahold." George continued.
"Of a letter."
"Like."
"THAT!" They both ended. Harry and I looked excited and I began talking.
"Well, you see."I started and Harry saw where I was going.
"My fine chaps."
"You are not."
"The only pranksters."
"To grace the halls."
"Of Hogwarts this year."
"In fact, we."
"would like to invite."
"You to the Marauders." We both finished grandly. The twins jaws dropped when they heard us and they immediately began babbling even faster in unison.
"YOUR A MARAUDER?" They asked excitedly.
"The only living descendant." Harry bowed. Harry seemed to have more confidence in this timeline than the books. "Voidic here is my first addition to our Marauders. And you are invited to be the next members.
"Well how." Fred began
"Could we refuse?" George finalized
"Good. then meet us in our compartment later. We can discuss everything there." I clapped my hands and we walked off. Harry took off his hat and high-fived me. Fred and George saw the scar and goggled as they realized they just had a conversation with the last living descendant of their heroes, who just happened to be the most famous wizard in England.
"Fred! George! Where are you?" Molly called as we put Harry's stuff in a compartment and closed the door.
"Coming Mom." They chorused happily as they jogged towards him. We looked out the window and smiled when we saw that Ginny and Ron were still laughing. Molly frowned.
"Ron, you've gotten something on your nose." She tried to get it off, but Ron pushed her hands away.
"Aw. Mom. Get off."
"Aww... Has ickle Ronnie got somefink on his nosie?" George said. I then realized something. I could distinguish between the twins. I looked closer and noticed that George's face was just slightly narrower than Fred's and Fred's arms were slightly smaller than his twins. Barely noticeable.
"Hey Mom!" they immediately turned to her.
"What?"
"Guess who pranked us?" Molly frowned.
"why, that Colin kid of course. I don't see why that's important." The twins immediately looked at each other and grinned wider.
"That's not his real name." They whisper dramatically.
"We saw his scar," George said.
"Scar?" Molly whitened.
"Yep."Fred smiled as he straightened up. "His real name is Harry Potter."
"And he has invited us to be a part of the Marauders!" George stated proudly.
"OH! Mom. Can I go to meet him? Please, Please, Please."
"No Ginny." She turned to the twins. "Are you sure?"
"Positive. When he took off his hat, his hair was swept out of the way and we saw that lightning scar. It really looks like that."
"Then what are the Marauders?" Fred and George smiled.
"A prankster group." Before Molly could reply, they ran off and grabbed their stuff.
"Merlin, damn it. BEHAVE YOURSELVES!" Molly cried out to them. But it fell on deaf ears as Fred and George disappeared into the train. Soon Fred and George appeared at our door and Harry hurried to open it up. They dumped their luggage in the racks above us. They then sat down and leaned forward. I smiled and closed the curtains.
"So you agree to join the Marauders?" Fred and George both nod. I smile and hold out my wand.
"I solemnly swear I am up to no good, and I vow to uphold the rights of any who dare tread this path. So says I. Deklan 'Xayvier' Malik Chapman. Aka, Voidic. Aka, Hacksmith." I release a pulse of magic to show that I was true to the cause. I then hand Harry, Fred, and George their names. Fred's expression cracks up and he begins laughing when he sees his nickname. Fred smiles and takes out his wand.
"I solemnly swear I am up to no good, and I vow to uphold the right of any who dare tread this path. So says I. Fred Fabian Weasley. Aka, Vashley Simpson." There's another pulse of magic as Harry and George both crack up loudly. Before Harry can raise his wand, there's a knock on the door. I hadn't realized that the train had started moving. I look and saw Ron on the other side of the door. I looked at Fred and George and they nodded. I opened up the door and Ron came in.
"Hey. Is it ok if I sit with all of you? Everywhere else is full." Harry gestured to a seat with them and Ron sits down.
"What were you doing?" Ron asked confused when he saw Harry had his wand out. I looked at Harry.
"Promise you won't tell any Hogwarts students?" Ron leans forwards and nods. "We're becoming the Marauders."
"Marauders?" Ron asked. "That prankster group that These two mentioned?" Ron nods to Fred and George. "I thought that was just a joke."
"Nope. Entirely real."
"Ok. I agree to not tell anybody." I smile and nod to harry. He takes out his wand and speaks.
"I solemnly swear I am up to no good, and I vow to uphold the right of any who dare tread this path. So says I. Harry James Potter. Aka Mr.Furze." George then takes out his wand for the final vow.
"I solemnly swear I am up to no good, and I vow to uphold the right of any who dare tread this path. So says I. George Gideon Weasley. aka, Jovian." then Fred and George both perk up. They began to dig through their luggage and pulled out a small map.
"Is the what I think it is?" I asked excitedly as I held out my hand I quickly grabbed my wand and put it on the parchment. "I solemnly swear I am up to no good." Just then lines began to spread across it. I widened it to reveal the entirety of the map. I looked it over.
"Hey. Who's that?" Ron asked as he pointed at a name that was labelled "Pinkie Pie."
"Yeah. And why does she have such an odd name?"
"Don't call my girlfriend odd." I frown at them.
"Your girlfriend?" Fred asked. "What's she doing in Hogwarts?" I frown and closed the curtains and cast muffliato on the door and walls.
"Now, before I say anything else. I need you to promise that you won't tell anybody." They all nodded.
"Alright. Harry already knows this. But I'm your new professor of alternative Magics." Ron, Fred and George looked horrified.
"You're our new teacher?" They asked shocked.
"Yep. Don't tell anybody alright?" they all nodded. I then pulled out my wand and created three more copies of the map. It took quite a while. I handed one to every marauder. They pocketed theirs and I took off the muffliato charms off everything. Soon Ron and Harry began to banter while I discussed some things with Fred and George.
"Ok. Everybody pegs you as pranksters. So you'll need to keep up that charade as non-marauders. You can't let anybody realize who we are. Got it?" They nodded. They began talking to each other About how they would organize their pranks and I informed them of all some of the new changes I made that would make pranking easier.
"Until Hagrid told me, I didn't know anything about becoming a wizard or about my parents or Voldemort." All of the Weasleys gasped and/or paled.
"You said You-Know-Who's name!" Ron gasped.
"Yeah. But you should call him Voldemort as well. Fear of a name, increases fear for the thing. And that asshole is technically dead already." I said.
"Well.... I guess." Fred nodded.
"Yeah." Harry continued. Gaining more confidence. "You and I shouldn't have to live in fear over a dead wizard. Even if he is the worst wizard ever." They continued to talk until noon. at which case a smiling woman in a peach coloured robe appeared at the door.
"Anything off the cart dears?" The Weasleys all muttered about packed lunches before Harry interrupted them. He bought enough junk food for all four of us. I smile and took a chocolate frog. I wanted to see how these worked.
"It alright if we mooch off you Harry?" George asked as he reached over to grab some. Harry pushed the junk food into the middle for all of us. The packed lunches were left forgotten in their luggage. After we finished off all the food, Neville appeared at our door crying slightly.
"Has anyone seen a toad at all?" When we all shook our head, he began crying more. "I've lost him! He keeps getting away from me and He'll die eventually!"
"He'll turn up." Harry comforted. Neville wiped his eyes and began to speak again.
"Yes, I guess so. But if you do see him..." He didn't continue as he closed the door of our compartment.
"Don't know why he's so bothered." If U'd brought a toad I'd lose it as quick as I could. Mind you, I brought SCabbers so I can't talk."
"It's because that toad is a reminder that his family loves him, even if they don't always show it." I say.
"Oh? How do you know that?" Fred asked.
"I just know." I shrug. "I'll cover it in my class."
"Anyway. I tried turning Scabbers yellow yesterday, but the spell didn't work. Maybe I'll try again." He rummaged through his trunk and brought out a chipped wand that had unicorn hair poking out of the wood. I frowned and made a mental note to buy Ron his new wand when I could. I would have to advise him to take his old wand at the end of next year so that Lockhart will lose his memory. Just then, the door opened to reveal Hermione.
God damn, her hair seemed to make up like a third of her head.
"Has anyone seen a toad? Neville's lost one." She said exasperatedly. I could practically feel her expecting to be thrown out rudely.
"Sorry. But We've already told him we haven't seen it." Fred sighs." Hermione scans the room and sees the chipped wand.
"Oh! Are you doing magic? Let's see it then." She sat down right between Fred and George who looked taken aback, as well as Harry and Ron.
"Uh... Alright then." Ron cleared his throat and began to wave his wand. "Sunshine, Daisies, Butter Mellow. Turn this stupid, fat rat, yellow." He finished the incantation and nothing happened. I roll my eyes and Fred and George began to laugh.
"Can I try?" I ask as Hermione jumps at my voice and scrutinizes my mask.
"I don't think you're allowed to wear masks at Hogwarts."
"And I don't care." I point out as Ron nods and hands me Scabbers gently. I pulled out my wand again and point it at Scabbers. Aka. Peter Pettigrew. I couldn't do anything to him yet. I needed to keep the timeline in the correct place at least until 7th year. I'll probably make a few changes. But nothing major. I cleared my throat and picture a bright fluorescent pink in my mind. The wand movement was literally just pointing it at the target, so my wand only had to figure out the incantation, which was colovaria. A jet of light appeared from my wand and blinded us all. I cough and tried to clear my eyes. When I looked, Scabbers was waking up and screeching at his now changed fur colour. Everyone began to laugh loudly, except Hermione, But she looked close to laughing.
"Wordless magic?" Hermione looked at me eagerly. "But I've heard that only the most powerful magicians can do that."
"Oh. My wand did most of the work for that." I showed it to her. "See my wand is special. I only need to think of one part of the spell in my mind, and my wand does the other half automatically." Everyone gapes at me.
"But that's impossible!" Hermione cries.
"No it's not. You just take the word of textbooks over your own brain and senses. Take your nose out of the textbook more and you'll see clearer." Hermione huffs and turns to Harry and all of the Weasleys.
"Anyway. I've tried a few simple spells myself." Hermione began to speed up in her talking. "It's all worked for me. Nobody in my family's magic at all, and it was ever such a surprise when I got my letter, but I was so very pleased, of course. I mean, it's the best school of Witchcraft out there I've heard. I've learned all our course books by heart, of course. I just hope it....." I cover her mouth to shut her up.
"Hermione." I say as she widens her eyes. "Your starting to babble. Calm down and take a deep breath. And of course, it will be enough. We're all only first years except Fred and George here." I nod to them. "So you probably don't even need to learn them all by heart. Also, your talking so fast that you're getting to the point of my girlfriend's speech when she meets a new person." I shudder when I realize how many parties there are going to be every day. "So calm down. Take a deep breath. And continue talking calmly. I'm taking my hand off your mouth. Ok?" She nods and I take my hand off.
"How do you know my name?" She asked immediately. Everyone except me blinks as they realize I did indeed know her name.
"Yeah. I'm wondering that too. Of course, you would know of Fred and George because they're most likely infamous pranksters at the school. But how do you know of a first year that you've never met before?" Harry asked.
"Uhh......." I say. "Long story." I then turn to Hermione. "Hey, Hermione, He's Harry Potter." I quickly say. Hermione quickly forgets about that I knew her name and turns to Harry.
"Are you really?" Hermione asks delighted. "i've read all about you! I've gotten a few extra books for reading about the wizarding world, and you're in Modern Magical History and The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts. As well as Great Wizarding Events of The Twentieth Century!"
"Am I?" Harry asked shocked. Ron blinks at the amount of books Hermione has read. Fred and George are currently still wondering how I knew Hermione's name. I shook my head and put my headphones in.
I sighed and fell asleep a little bit as Hermione left. Soon, the door opened again though to reveal Draco, Crabbe and Goyle. I groan and take my headphones out.
"IS it true?" Draco said as he turned to Harry. "They're saying all down the train that Harry Potter's in this compartment. So it's you, isn't it?" Draco smiled.
"Nope." Harry shakes his head. "My name is Colin Furze." He points to me and mouths revenge at me. "He's Harry Potter." I glare at him through my mask as Draco turns to me.
"Well, This is Crabbe and Goyle." He points them out as he speaks their names. "My name is Draco Malfoy." Ron coughs into his fist. Draco frowns slightly but slides over it.
"Anyway. My father said that some wizarding families are better than others, Harry." He holds out his hand to me. "I want to help you figure out which ones are the right one like Father suggested to me." I frown.
"First. I'm not Harry." I pointed at Harry. "He was just pranking you. And second of all. All wizarding folks should be considered equals. No matter if their Purebloods or Muggleborns." Draco pales and frowns at harry slightly, while Harry tries and fails to not laugh. While Fred and George laugh as well.
"Yeah. Besides. I'm sorry. But If you're thinking that the Weasley's are the wrong sort of wizards. I don't think we can be friends." Harry stood up. "But If we are in different houses. I'd gladly face you as friendly rivals." Harry smiles and holds out his hand. Draco seemed shocked before regaining his posture.
"Fine. Friendly Rivals." Draco shakes his hand and they leave.
"Well, that went better than I thought it would." I smile as I put my headphones back in for the remainder of the trip. Hermione comes and checks on us after a little bit and suggest we put on our robes. I already had my robes on underneath my ordinary clothes. So it wasn't much of a hassle for me. I only had to take off the stuff that was covering my robes. Soon, a youthful voice echoed through the train. I looked around for where the voice was coming from and noticed a bunch of runes in one corner of our compartment.
"We will be reaching Hogwarts in five minutes' time. Please leave your luggage on the train. It will be taken to the school separately." It said. I smiled and got up. Getting my clothes that I had taken off and stuffing them inside of my robes. I didn't bring any luggage onto the train, It was already in my home in Hogwarts with Pinkie Pie. I opened up the Marauder's Map #4 and noticed that all of the teachers were sitting at the staff table apparently. Even Pinkie Pie, who seemed to be disappearing and reappearing on the map randomly. Then I noticed that she was only appearing and disappearing near the teachers. I chuckle when I think of the teacher's faces when they try to think of how Pinkie is doing it.
We soon got off the train and a loud voice that I recognized echoed over the students' heads.
"Firs' Years Ova here! Come on! Firs' Years!" All of the first years and I marched over to him. Most of the students looked at me shocked that I was walking with the First Years. I looked old enough to be an adult. Hagrid didn't seem to care as he brought us all down a very steep path. Seriously. I could slide down it with enough momentum and balance. The ground was entirely gravel, so quite a few students were tripping. I managed to catch the few that didn't get their balance back right away. Soon, the ground evened out and we stood on the edge of a large lake that was reflecting the stars and dark sky. I covered my hand to stop the glow and activated Dark Vision. I saw the Giant Squid Waiting a couple of meters beneath the water. Waiting to prank the incoming first years. I chuckle.
"What's up?" Harry asked me.
"Giant Squid" I laugh as I end Dark Vision.
"You can see under that water?" Hermione asks skeptically.
"Duh." I laugh at her affronted face.
"No more than four to a boat!" Hagrid called out as He pointed at the various boats at the shore. I took the most rickety and breakable looking one, just in case that it suddenly decided to sink and I needed to save it. Susan Bones, Lavender Brown, and Millicent Bulstrode climbed into the boat with me.
"Righ' Then. FORWARD!" Hagrid commanded the boats. I activated Dark Vision and saw the Giant Squid moving his fin thing. I don't know the name of it. But it appeared above the water as everyone gasped. It then clapped down hard on the water and splashed the half that was closest to it. Everyone else began laughing. It just sucks that I was part of the one that got soaked. I groan and pull out my wand. I then thought "Aeris Calidus" And my wand began to blast hot air at me, drying my clothes off. I then pointed it at the various students that got soaked and they dried off as well. They thanked me as Hagrid called out.
"Heads Down!" I ducked my head, but I still scraped my head against the top of the stone. Hagrid had gotten the highest part of the opening and I got a small opening. We scraped up onto a landing of gravel, sand and rocks. We began climbing up some stone steps that looked to be crumbling around us. I put my hand on the railing, and a bit of it cracked off where I had put my hand. Now, I could probably just write this off as my void magic doing some weird stuff now that we're in Hogwarts. Except for two things. 1, I had been in Hogwarts for a month, and this hadn't happened at all. 2. This happened to the other students who put their hands on the railing as well. Hagrid found Trevor the Toad and handed it back to Neville who was in bliss. Soon, we ended in front of the castle doors. Hagrid knocked three times, and immediately Professor McGonagall opened them.