{Hogwart's Express, Unplottable}
{1st Sep 1991}
~Knock~ ~Knock~
A couple of knocks broke the pleasant atmosphere in their compartment. The journey from London to wherever Hogwarts was, was surprisingly long and in the 5-6 hours Rigel had gotten a more deeper idea of who both the girls were.
Till now they had gone undisturbed even though Rigel was expecting Hermione to break into the room searching for the toad.
Daphne was as he was expecting, she was stoic and confident in her goals. Even though she hadn't let it slip why many of her requirements were geared toward the Black Library, Rigel was guessing she was into some of those Rituals.
Tracy was more shy but after she got comfortable she went into an hour-long discussion to describe the frankly confusion quidditch league structure. Her eyes lit up at the mention of the sport and her requirement analysis page showed objectives geared toward that as well.
She was quite beautiful but Rigel put her aside to focus on Daphne, she had maintained her stoic demeanor though she loosened up every time they talked about magic or something similar.
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The door opened and an older-looking male peeked into the room, he looked at all three of them and spoke, "We are going to reach Hogsmeade, change into your uniform before then."
[Samson Maximilian Lv 17]
'Hmm, he's level 17, I wonder what year he is in Hogwarts. 3rd or something?' Rigel guessed as he turned to Daphne and Tracy.
"I'll go out first," Rigel offered and both Daphne and Tracy nodded at the same time.
Rigel stood up and walked out of the compartment, the train had a nice aesthetic and it was quite clean. However, some wrappers were lying on the floor that Rigel assumed were from the candy trolley lady. He had personally just tried a chocolate frog, though he did wait for it to lose its magic before he bit into it. The thought of eating something 'alive' was just disgusting to him.
He looked around and noticed several students began leaving the compartments likely following the same cycle of allowing people to change into their uniform. After looking at several unfamiliar names that weren't covered in the original story the door behind him opened and Daphne and Tracy walked out.
The Hogwarts uniform had remained unchanged so although it was quite unsexy, Daphne managed to pull it off. Her shirt was quite tight but it was tightened to press against her curves at strategic places. She kept her robes unlocked giving him a nice view of her long legs. Compared to her modest skirt it was the short skirt and stocking-covered legs that enhanced her appeal.
"Cough~" Daphne fake coughed and Rigel realized that he had spaced out a bit too long there. He cleared his throat and decided to give an honest compliment, "You look rather enchanting there Heiress Greengrass."
Her face got a hint of rosy tint so she glared and he gave her a small smirk as he brushed past her into the compartment. He pulled out his wand and flicked it toward his trunk.
"Wingardium Leviosa~"
The levitation charm was his highest-leveled spell and it barely cost him any mana as he lifted his trunk down. He removed his casual robes and quickly changed into his school uniform. The plain white shirt and black tie rather suited his black robes but they would change when he got sorted into his house.
Rigel wasn't even sure why the store owner packed these 3 shirts because, in the admission letter, no shirt or trousers were ever mentioned. He was only wearing these to fit in for now as he didn't want to stand out the first day by wearing jeans and a t-shirt under the school robes.
After packing his worn clothes he lifted his trunk up and opened the door only to come face to face with Daphne having an argument with Malfoy.
"...come on we know what your plan is, it would never work though and you would regret double-crossing us," Malfoy spoke with utmost confidence in his voice, his two cronies flanking him on either side.
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[Draco Malfoy Lv 1]
[Vincent Crabbe Lv 1]
[Gregory Goyle Lv 1]
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'Huh, I wonder what plan he is talking about.' Rigel thought as their eyes met, Draco's eyes boiled with righteous fury as he pointed his wand at Rigel who summoned his wand from his inventory and sent a Stinging Jinx at his wand arm in one smooth motion, "Aculeo~"
"Ah!" Draco exclaimed as he pulled his hand back and in the process, he dropped his wand and then dove after it as he scrambled to get his wand back.
Vincent and Gregory stepped forward and Rigel gave them a raised eyebrow, he pointed his wand at them next and focused on forming another stinging jinx, his wand lit up an eerie red color causing them to stop and take a step back.
"Ah, it was nice to meet you Draco, though do be careful where you point your wand at, someone might think you were about to attack them," Rigel spoke in a fake condescending tone. He was aware that he was against the Malfoy family, and since he fully intended to fuck the blond's mother, there was no point in being nice to him.
"Run along now," Rigel spoke as he closed the door, by now both Daphne and Tracy had walked into the compartment and were looking at him with wide eyes.
"What?" Rigel asked.
"Nothing," Tracy eeped as she sat back down.
"Nothing, it's just we grew up attending parties with Malfoy and no one has ever stood against him till now," Daphne answered as she also sat back down, her B-Cup breasts pressing against the thin fabric of her shirt.
"I guess," Rigel shrugged, "I don't want him to cast the first spell, who knows if the idiot knows how to cast a spell? What if he botches it and we all end up in the hospital?" Rigel joked and Tracy finally smiled, his actions had increased the tension in the room but it was beginning to calm down again. The blindfold of the compartment was closed so Rigel wasn't sure if Malfoy was still out there.
'Shouldn't he... you know, harassing Harry or something?'
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AN - Sorting coming in soon!
P.S.- 29 Extra chapters on P.atreon
{Hogsmeade station, Hogsmeade}
{1st Sep 1991}
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"...Right, then. First years, this way, please! Come on, now, first years, don't be shy. Come on now, hurry up." A big man could be seen shouting at the top of his lungs. Rigel looked at Hagrid as he took a deep breath and stepped out of the Hogwarts Express.
His vision was a mess of names and numbers as almost everyone rushed away, most of the older students went in a different direction while the level 1 and 2s huddled around Hagrid. He was not that much taller than him but he was definitely a grade or two larger. The lantern dangled as Hagrid waited for everyone to gather but Rigel's focus was not on the half-giant anymore.
He turned around to look at the Boy Who Lived. Harry didn't look like the actor who played his part in the movies. His scar, his dry and wavy hair, and his green eyes were easily recognizable though. The thing that got his attention was the pulsating second source of magic that he could feel in his scar.
Both Harry's and his scar's magic was surprisingly almost indistinguishable color-wise, but they both sparked at different frequencies. Another fact was that Harry had surprisingly large mana reserves, more like 3 times his own.
'Is this change because of the prophecy, because in this world normal wizards and witches are not supposed to practice with an actual wand until they are 18.' Rigel pondered but he was brought out of his musings by Daphne.
"Rigel! You okay?" Daphne asked.
"Yeah, was just surprised by something, let's go." Rigel nodded as their small group huddled along. Hagrid did a little counting thing but all of Rigel's focus was on the Horcrux in Harry's head. For something that had a similar mana color to Harry's, it simply stood out to him.
The fact that Harry had two sources of mana flowing through him just seemed bizarre.
'Was this how the Prophecy was intended to work, by trying to kill Harry as a baby he created a wizard who had 2 times the mana of a normal wizard.' Rigel pondered as the whole group walked along. They didn't have to walk far as they arrived at the Black Lake. He could see boats laying perfectly still on the water, so still that the whole scenery was bizarre.
The black lake stood up to its name, it was pitch black as it reflected the night sky, and whatever charm was making it perfectly still had the added effect of making the whole thing work like a mirror. Even if he wasn't normally impressed by nature and the beauty of sceneries Rigel had to admit the sight was beautiful.
Daphne seemed to share his view and so did everyone else as most of them took a second to take the sight in. Of course, Hagrid had to go ahead and break the atmosphere by shouting, "Come one, let's go. No more than 4 on a boat."
'Are we really going to Hogwarts in these old-looking boats?' Rigel thought.
While Daphne went back to her default setting, Rigel walked forward to the nearest boat to their group. He extended his hand to either side of him as he carefully stepped into the boat. The old-looking boat was surprisingly stable and Rigel didn't hear it creak even once. He was especially looking for one.
He turned around and shrugged as he extended a hand to Daphne. The blond teen still looked slightly unsure but she grabbed hold of his hand and allowed him to pull her over. The boat wobbled slightly but other than that it was surprisingly still. The water also remained undisturbed.
'Hmm, the magic is surprisingly durable, who cast this, Dumbledore?' Rigel thought as he offered his hand to Tracy. Who was a lot less assured by his shrugged as she almost lost her balance when she jumped over. Rigel had to carefully grab her waist and stabilize her which caused the young witch to blush.
"You okay?" Rigel asked and Tracy nodded as she hurriedly took a step back, she looked at Daphne who had a stoic look before she sat down next to her.
In the movies, the boat had been a lot smaller as 11-year-olds were meant to travel through them. In this reality, though the boat was a lot higher thankfully so they didn't have to squat the whole way. Rigel looked back and noticed another level 2 was looking at him with a questioning look.
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[Blaise Zabini Lv 2]
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'Why not, let's make it a cliche storyline' Rigel thought.
"You want a hand too?" Rigel spoke to Blaise.
"Nah, I'll just hop on over," Blaise spoke as a small smirk came onto his face. Rigel took a step back and Blaise easily hopped onto the boat.
'Blaise is a lot better than the rest of the Slytherin bunch in my year, he was among the Slytherins who didn't fight with the death eaters I think...' Rigel thought as he settled down.
Since their boat was filled in their boat automatically drifted in front of the pack and another boat took their place. The whole boarding process later for a little bit as Rigel turned to regard the new addition to their little group.
"My name's Rigel Black, heir apparent to the Most Ancient and Most Noble House of Black." Rigel introduced himself, he shared a look with Daphne who nodded to him slightly.
"Ah yes, My name's Blaise Zabini, we aren't yet qualified to be a house in England though." Blaise shrugged, he wasn't really intimidated by Rigel's introduction and he even maintained a hint of arrogance.
'Hmm, interesting. I admit I know nothing about his character, I kind of invited him because of all the fanon in my head.' Rigel thought as Daphne and Tracy introduced themselves one by one.
By the time they were done with the introduction the boat jerked as Hagrid asked/shouted, "Everyone in?"
'Is there even a point in asking this when the boat automatically recognized that everyone was already in? I wonder what kind of charms were placed on this thing...' Rigel thought as he looked to the side.
Even though the boat was zooming it didn't generate any ripples on the water and the mirror effect was maintained. He dipped his hand in the water and the ripples his hand generated were smothered out before they even reached 1-2m away from the boat. The whole lake glowed a light blue to his mana sense indicating that the massive charm was acting on the boat creating this beautiful scene.
"Everyone duck!" Hagrid shouted and Rigel had to admit he was surprised as they passed through a cave and the scene revealed itself. Instead of seeing the castle itself, the first glimpse of Hogwarts he saw was on the reflection in the lake.
'Wow!'
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AN - I know I'm slowing down the story slightly, but I wanted to introduce Harry's mark from Rigel's senses!
P.S. - 29 Extra chapters on P.atreon.
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