Griphyx and Harry were sitting on the sofa sipping from a can of soda, with Luna and Nightmare sleeping away near the heater, they had grown to love it, the two brothers never really got an answer as to why, however. They listened to the radio while Celestia was laying next to Harry, leaning her head on his shoulder while he rubbed the side of her neck gently. Griphyx had his eyes closed listening to the soft gentle snores from Nightmare and Luna as well as the soft music from the radio. Out of nowhere a loud thud from the front door jolted them out of their stupors, all five heads directed towards said door. Griphyx rose and strode towards the door, Luna just behind him, Nightmare and Celestia making a circle around Harry like a pair of guards. Once Griphyx reached the door, he looked through the peep hole only to see no one there, he opened it slightly ad looked left, then right and yet still found no one. He closed the door and shrugged, he took a step ad the sound o crumpling paper met his ears, he looked down and saw he was stepping on what looked like a tan envelope.
He bent down and picked it up, he looked at Luna who shrugged and the pair walked back into the living room and plopped onto he couch, Harry noticed the envelope, "Who's it from Griph?", he asked curious as to who had been sending them mail. The Princesses each looked at each other with curious glances, all wondering who would know the two of them. "I'm not Harry, lets find out.", stated Griphyx. He opened the envelope, and pulled out a letter, confused as to who it was from, I did not say, however it was addressed towards the two brothers, Griphyx stared at the letter, his hands shaking slightly. "What's wrong Griph-", Harry stopped and looked at the letter it stated where they were living, full names, address, and stating something about a 'Magic School', etc. Griphyx refolded the letter and placed it on the coffee table and closed his eyes, his hands slightly shaking.
"Who would know where the two of you live? And why would the send you a letter?", asked Nightmare who was intrigued. Celestia draped a wing over Harry's shoulders as she tried to calm him down, it worked. Harry shook his head, "I-I don't know, but they must know us, but...who the hay knows us!? We only have you three that are our friends...so who?", he questioned. Luna and Nightmare shrugged and lay next to Griphyx, both draping a wing over him as he calmed down. The group sat and wondered who exactly these people were and how they knew the two brothers. Hours passed and finally the Dursley's had came home and Vernon was first t enter, he bore a smile on his face, until he noticed the torn envelope and letter laying on the coffee table, his face turned red wit rage and bellowed "BOYS! ROOM NOW!!!" and the two brothers went to their rooms after being shoved up the stairs. Nightmare growled ad muttered under her breath about giving Vernon terrifying nightmares tonight.
As the bothers lay on their beds, Celestia still pondering about the letter, she went to speak but Luna beat her to it, "Maybe if we keep the letter more will come? And maybe we will finally see this person who dropped it off in the first place?" she somewhat asked and somewhat stated to the group. "But Uncle Vernon has the letter now and I can smell smoke, so he must be burning it. We'll just have to wait for another if anything else does come." Griphyx stated. The Princesses nodded and Harry grunted out, "But what if he keeps getting them, and if we hide one he might go looking for it and go through our things.". The other four grunted in annoyance at how true of a statement it was, after the 'prank' Dudley did with Vernon's car keys and mentioned how Griphyx and Harry 'stole the keys and hid them in their room', they were still looking for both of their socks after Vernon's rampage. The potters grumbled from the memory of the experience.
As they all began to drift to sleep Griphyx shivered and curled into a ball before letting sleep take hold of him. Heopened his eyes to see Celestia and Harry chasing each other, Luna and Nightmare talking to each other about something though, he didn't want to interrupt them, so he went to his brother and Celestia. "Mind if I play?", he asked. Harry nodded and poked Griphyx's chest and runs one way while Celestia runs the other. Griphyx smiles happily, but shivers slight to which he shrugs it off and chases are Harry first. Griphyx kept chasing Harry, however he soon lost where he was. There was one thing that Harry was better at than Griphyx and it was hiding. Griphyx smirked and jumped into the air and hovered there -due to them being in the dream realm and could fly if they wanted to-, looking around until he spotted Harry hiding in a crater, he silently floated down behind Harry and placed a hand on his shoulder. "BOO!", was all he said, and Harry shrieked loudly and jumped. Luna, Celestia an Nightmare appeared in front of them in a flash of light, looking around frantically until their eyes met the brother's eyes, the princesses sighed contently, knowing that the two were safe, but then grew curious.
"Why did Harry shriek exactly? I thought you three were playing tag, not playing, "Lets scare the Princesses".", Nightmare grumbled. "I-I was looking around for Harry and I spotted him here, so I uh...scared him?", Griphyx stated with a small smile on his face. The Princesses face-hooved and groaned, but then Griphyx poked Celestia's cheek gently with a finger. "Tag, you're it!", and after saying that Griphyx bolted, followed by Harry, the two brothers laughing merrily. Nightmare and Luna looked at Celestia before Nightmare teleported away and Luna blinked, shrugged and followed Nightmare. Celestia giggled and chased after the boys, catching them easily and poking their backs gently. The rest of the night was nothing but playing games and every once in a while would purposely playfully tackle Nightmare and hug her for no reason other than to annoy her.
When morning came the brothers rose from their lumber got dressed and then went to school. The same old routine they did everyday besides the weekend. When school ended the bothers rushed away from said school and managed to get to the house with no problems. They noticed that no one was home, so after doing the chores (cleaning the house, dishes, etc.) that they were given, they decided to take a nap upstairs in their room.
The brothers awoke to Vernon yelling for hem to get down the stairs immediately. The two quickly got dressed and rushed down the stairs, though at the bottom step Griphyx tripped and landed on the tiled floor face first. "...ow", as all he muttered before standing up and rubbing his nose gently. The boys looked towards their uncle and noticed that he was holding another tan envelope and his face red in rage -yet again-. "WHO IS SENDING THESE BLASTED THINGS!?", he shouted at the two who shrugged, not really sure who it was either. "I knew you two would have been nothing but trouble...ggggrrrr..", Vernon growled in annoyance and anger. As he was muttering something under his breath something unexpected happened, letters flew out form he mail-slot at the door, the windows and then down through the chimney. The aunt, uncle, cousin, Princesses and the Potters brothers stood where they were, until Vernon growled and yelled, "WE ARE MOVING!! NOW!!". The brothers looked at each other and then glanced at the Princesses, the each had a worry in their eyes.
Dudley's eyes showed a sense of fear to them, and he tried to 'cam' his father down, not that it would have worked from how angry Vernon was anyways. "But daddy-!"
Dudley was cut off by a furious Vernon. "NO! MOVE AND PAC YOUR THINGS! WE ARE LEAVING NOW!", he then stormed off, Harry and Griphyx already in their room.
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The Dursley's, Potter brothers and the Princesses arrived at a house on what over looked a cliff, rain bearing down on them as the winds howled. They made it inside, the brothers went to the musty couch and laid a large green blanket over it, wile the Dudley's took the three beds. The Princesses draped their wings over the two brothers and got comfortable, for it was going to be a long night. The group never went to sleep however, since the storm was still raging outside and the noise was frightening to the still young brothers, however, Griphyx kept putting on a brave face for Harry even though he too was shaken up from all the noises outside. The Princesses would try and have the boy's attention on them instead of the storm that was raging outside like a dragon who just had it's hoard taken and was searching for it.
"When do you think the storm will end Luna?", Harry asked curiously. The night Princess shrugged an shook her head. "I don't know harry, it might not even end tonight. For all we know it could all on for a few days...", Luna solemnly stated. Harry sighed sadly and leaned against Celestia who nuzzled him gently saying that everything will be alright and that nothing will hurt him, nor Griphyx. Harry smiled at that and stayed close to her while Griphyx lay his head on Luna's side, Nightmare decided to try something an used her magic to become smaller, she then hopped into Grphyx's lap curling up as he rubbed her back gently. Nightmare smiled and nuzzled his hand gently. The group took comfort in each other's presence and after a while, rested their eyes.
A loud thud on the door woke everybody up, all heads directed to said door, as something heavy was smashing into it. Vernon rose and got his shotgun he moved towards the door and yelled, "GO AWAY! -" another thud from the door "- I AM ARMED!". The door then fell tot he floor off it's hinges, and there stood a rather tall man wearing a brown trench coat, boots, pants, on his face were goggles and a black beard and was holding an umbrella.
"Sorry 'bout that!", the man said as he picked up the door and placed it back where it belonged. He then looked at the two brothers, and smiled. "Harry! and Griphyx too! Good to see you boys again!". The boys looked at each other confused as to who this man was and how he had known them. They turned their attention back to the tall man, inquisitive looks on their faces. Celestia stood up to the mans chin -save for her horn which made her the same height as him.
"Excuse me sir, but how do you know us? When we don't know who you are at all?", questioned Griphyx. The man looked at the boy and smiled. However behind the man stood Nightmare, her eyes in a piercing icy glare.
"Why I be the one who placed you two with the Dursley's under the orders of headmaster Dumbledore of course." Nightmare scowled at the man and her horn started to glow a dark blue color. Griphyx side stepped the man and got in front of Nightmare causing her to stop what she was going to do. He looked up at the man, his eyes held a questioning gazing them.
"So why are you here then? Is it about that school from the letter?" the man was taken aback by this. He placed his umbrella hook on his forearm, and raised an eyebrow.
"I thought the letters weren't getting to you boys, let alone I was tolled to be wary, for something peculiar. Though I have seen nothing yet." Nightmare walked past the man who shivered when one of her feathers brushed against his hand. He looked around. "Did it just get colder in her?" The Potters and Princesses stopped and looked at the man. Nightmare couldn't believe it, she was capable of touching this man's hand with a feather, yet to ever other human -except for Harry and Griphyx- she could do nothing but walk through them.
"No, not really sir, but if I may ask, what is your name? And as for the letters, they came but we didn't know who was sending them, so we waited for someone to come to us, rather than to go to them." Harry questioned. "And as for the letters, they came but we didn't know who was sending them, so we waited for someone to come to us, rather than to go to them." He stated. The tall man nodded with a soft smile on his face, however out of the corner of his eye he could have sworn he saw something moving in the direction of Nightmare.
"Names Hagrid at your service! And you both seem rather smart to come up with something like that." The Princesses rolled their eyes, often times people would be surprised as to how smart and logical the two brothers could be at times. Harry nodded while Griphyx was grumbling quietly so only Luna who had been standing next to him could hear. "Now then, I'm here to bring you two to the school, to learn more about magic!" The boys quirked an eyebrow and took glances at the Princesses who nodded their heads. Celestia thought of this situation in their favor, meaning that the brothers would be capable of learning to control their magic better as well as gaining more knowledge. Hagrid looked down at the boys expressions and nodded, he sat down on the couch and looked at the two at eye levels, the boys moved back a bot no sure hat to expect this tall ma was going to do. "You two don't know what yah are do yah?" The boys shook their heads, Hagrid groaned in annoyance. "So the muggles didn't tell yah. Your both wizards boys. Though I do have a question and it is for you Griphyx."
"Okay...?" Griphyx said, not sure hot to respond to the man without sounded like a jerk. Hagrid looked Griphyx in the eyes and pursed his lips, thinking how to word his question without making Grihyx feel down casted.
"Why are your eyes the way they are? I never got an answer from anyone when they tolled me that the were different." Grphyx groaned slightly, he had always hated being asked that question. Even now he has no idea why his eyes are strange, though now thinking back, he felt kind of glad he was different than the others, made him feel special even if he was teased and picked on a lot.
"Sorry Hagrid, but I have no clue, I have always been made fun of because of my eyes and how strange they are. And I have never found out why either to be honest with you." Hagrid nodded his head in understanding. He placed a small box onto the couch and out of the corner of his eye noticed how something kept moving and vanishing. He looked back at the boys with a smile.
"Here you two go" The boys looked at the box, Harry took a step forward and opened it. Inside the box was a cake with pink frosting. The two brothers looked back at Hagrid who kept smiling. "Well go on and eat it, not like it will run off or anything." The two shrugged at each other not sure what was going to happen next. However, they stopped and looked back at Hagrid.
"Why exactly do we have a cake?" Griphyx questioned. Hagrid chuckled until he saw the looks on the boys faces, he stopped.
"Why it is for your birthday of course!" Hagrid said with a smile. Griphyx and Harry nodded and looked back down, only to find the cake was missing. The Princesses looked and saw Dudley eating the cake, Nightmare growled. Hagrid looked over and saw this, he stood u and pointed the umbrella at Dudley. "Now that ain't yours!" and a blue bolt shot Dudley in the rear, where pigs tail grew. Vernon and Petunia started shrieking to turn their 'baby boy' back to normal. "Why? He already acts like a pig now, why not give him a tail?"
"I am starting to like him" Nightmare stated to Griphyx, who nodded in agreement. Hagrid walked outside with the two brothers and three princesses following him.
"Alright, lets get going, we don't want to be late getting your supplies now do we?" Hagrid stated. He walked over to a motorcycle with side car to it. The brothers sat together, and the machine did something no one of the were expecting. It took to the skies. The princesses followed and the rest for the trip was filled with silence.