(DISC) The Rise of Hadrian Potter

Lessons and Realisations

Slytherin Dorms, 02/08/91, 4:00

Hadrian awoke at 4am, his room in complete darkness thanks to the Black Lake blocking out the building daylight. He pulled his holster around his wrist before releasing his wand and casting lumos. He moved around the room to his wardrobe, pulling out a dark grey compression shirt, black tracksuit trousers, grey ankle socks and black trainers before putting them all on. He left his room and began walking through the dungeons before ascending to the entrance hall. He walked out of the grounds to the edge of the Black Lake and began stretching for around 10 minutes. He then broke into a run, circling the entire lake. By the time he had finished the sun was casting shadows of the mountain peaks onto the murky water and he began the ascent back to the castle.

As he entered Hogwarts, he gained bewildered looks from other students, some even stopping dead in their tracks to gawk at him. He shook his head and made his way into the Slytherin common room which was packed with students of all years. The room fell silent as Hadrian entered and they all stared while he descended the stairs to his room to wash and get changed. By 7:50 he was out of his room, fully clothed in his Hogwarts robes and joined a yawning Blaise, irritated Tracy and persistently indifferent Daphne as they all headed for breakfast. "How come you came in at half seven, Harry?" Blaise asked between mouthfuls of egg and hashbrown. Hadrian had given permission for all his friends to call him Harry as a nickname, with Canis choosing to still call him Hadrian to mess with him. "Oh, I woke up at 4-" Hadrian began before he was interrupted by Tracy,"FOUR?! What the hell are you doing getting up at four!" She yelled, causing the entire Great Hall to go silent and stare at her. Blushing furiously, she sank into her seat trying to hide from the gaze of the entire student body of Hogwarts. "As I was saying... I got up at 4 and went for a run around the Black Lake. Speed and stamina are vital for winning duels and I intend to keep on top of my training while here. Though, when I was still at Potter Manor I was able to train a lot more." He finished before cutting some of his omelette off and eating it. "You're a madman," Tracy whispered in response, returning to her toast.

The greasy haired man from the night before approached Hadrian and his group at the table at 8:30. "You four, here are your timetables for your first year here," he said,"and Mr Potter, the headmaster would like to see you as soon as your final class has ended today." He used his wand to levitate the timetables to each of the four and holstered his wand once more. "Did Professor Dumbledore provide a reason for wishing to see me, sir?" Hadrian asked turning to face the cloaked teacher. "No, Mr Potter. The Headmaster does not deem me important enough to be privvy to his plans and schemes. However, I assure you I will be present as to dissuade the man to try anything... underhanded." The man drawled, "If that his all-" he turned away from the Slytherin quartet and walked back to the teacher's table, his cloak once again swirling at his feet as if held up by its own miniature tornado.

Harry stared at his timetable, memorising all of his classes. His first lesson was transfiguration with the gryffindors, second was herbology with the Hufflepuffs, third was charms with the Gryffindors just before lunch. After lunch, he had flying lessons with all houses, Defence Against the Dark Arts (DADA) eith the Ravenclaws and finally potions with the Gryffindors. At least I get a break from them in Herbology and DADA, he mentally groaned. Hadrian finished his breakfast and stood up, exiting the Great Hall and moving towards the transfiguration classroom using the enchanted map on the back of his timetable. He was surprised to see he wasn't the first to arrive seeing Hermione Granger sitting at the front of the class with her books already on her desk and, to his astonishment, Canis was sat at the back of the class on the opposite side of the room to her, his head resting on his arms in front of him. Hadrian moved behind him and used Levicorpus on him, hoisting him into the air by his ankle. Canis screamed as he woke up causing Hermione to turn around and glare at the boys. Hadrian sat in the seat next to Canis' and lowered the boy to the ground, laughing hydterically. "That really wasn't funny, y'know," Canis complained but the effect of it was undermined by the fact he was grinning widely. Eventually, Blaise entered and sat two rows in front of Hadrian with Tracy taking the seat next to him. Daphne then followed and sat between Hadrian and Canis' row and Blaise and Tracey's row, removing her books from her bag and placing them on the desk.