Fairy Tail Goes to Hogwarts

Chapter 13

Wendy and Levy followed their respective houses out of the Hall leaving the others follow Harry at a much slower pace, though this was mostly due to the Fairy Tail members admiring the surroundings.

"Watch out for the staircases," Harry warned as they got climbed the first set of stairs "they like to change."

"What do you mean by-" Lucy was abruptly cut off as the bottom of the staircase started to move slowly to the left, leaving behind Erza, Gray and Gajeel who were yet to get onto the stairs.

Natsu covered his mouth as he gripped onto the railing and leaned over only just managing to mumble out an "I'm gonna hurl!"

As the staircase stopped in it's final destination Harry headed over to the railing and bit his lip at the site of Erza, Gray and Gajeel left standing "This makes it tricky..." he muttered.

"Why don't we just wait for the case to change again?" Lucy asked.

"Who knows how long that'll take, and it may not go back over there, they'll have to find another way around."

Juvia looked over at her precious Gray-sama and sighed. Was this how it was always meant to be? Juvia and Gray on two different levels? Then she smiled and, cupping her and to her mouth, yelled "GRAY-SAMA!"

Gray flinched slightly at her call but looked around all the same.

"USE YOUR MAGIC!" Juvia finished.

"I don't think that will be helpful..." Harry muttered, only to be forces to eat his words as a staircase of ice quickly formed exactly where the old one had been, connecting to the top of the staircase he was currently on.

The on looking students, be them climbing up to the towers or sneaking off to the library all stopped and looked on with wonder.

"Good thinking Juvia!" Gray complimented when he reached to top of the stairs.

Juvia swooned "Gray-sama complimented Juvia!"

"That was... kinda cool." Harry stated "That'll help a lot getting around the castle."

Erza summoned a sword and plunged it straight into the ice causing it to shatter "It may cause problems if we leave it there."

"I can still make one again if I have to." Gray added as Harry visibly deflated.

Harry shrugged "I only meant it'll stop us being late to anymore lessons because of them."

They continued to climb the stairs without incident until they reached the common room.

"Password?" The fat lady demanded.

Harry heisted. He had forgotten to ask Ron or Hermione the password.

"Harry!" came a familiar voice from behind them.

Harry turned to see Neville running towards him. "Sorry Neville." Harry stating, assuming the forgetful boy had forgotten the password for possibly the millionth time "I don't have the password."

"It's alright Harry! I'll actually be able to remember this one!" Neville ran up to the fat lady, brandishing a cactus like plant and holding it up, almost triumphantly, above his head "

"Correct!" The fat lady stated swinging open to reveal the port hole.

"My Gran got me one over the summer." Neville stated, pointing at the plant in his hands before turning to the mages "My name's Neville!" He greeted "Now come on before she closes!"

Everyone crawled through the port hole and into the common room.

Lucy smiled at the welcoming, warm atmosphere "It's lovely!" She beamed.

Harry watched Fred and George pin something up on the notice board but brushed it off. "Girls that side boys that side." He stated, waving a hand towards the girls then the boys staircases in turn.

Hermione sprinted over to the group "You girls are with me." She stated "It seems they decided to expand our room a bit and add you in. That'll probably be the same in your room Harry." She added as an afterthought "Come on, your stuff is already there." Hermione led them towards the girl's rooms.

"Good night!" Lucy rushed as she quickly followed Hermione up the stairs

"Good night everyone." Erza stated more calmly shooting a glair at Natsu and Gray "Behave!" She warned.

"Gray-sama! Juvia can always come and stay in your bed tonight!" Juvia offered.

"I don't think you would be able to...." Gray said in an almost hopeful tone.

"Actually," Harry muttered "girls can go into the boys rooms just not the other way around." He stated, remembering the many times Hermione had woken them up.

Gray missed the mischievous look in Juvia's eyes before she took off up after the others who had already said their goodbyes.

"Come on." Harry stated before leading the three boys up to the room he had been in the past four years.

When they got there he found Seamus, Dean and Neville busy getting settled in.

"Hi guys." He greeted, spotting the three new beds in the room with the luggage of the three mages at their feet "Meet Gray, Gajeel and Natsu." He introduced "Guys meet Seamus and Dean."

"Hey." said Dean "So Harry, good holiday?"

Harry shrugged, not in the mood to waste the night recounting his summer "Yours?"

"It was ok. Seamus's was worse."

"How?" Nevil asked as he tentatively placed his Mimbulus mimbletonia on his bedside cabinet.

Seamus took his time answering, hanging up one of his Quidditch posters with a little too much care, and then, with his back still turned to the group, said "Me mam didn't want me to come back."

"Why?" Harry asked, pulling off his robes in the process of changing into his pyjamas.

Seamus hesitated before muttering "Because of you... I guess. N-not just you!" He rushed "Dumbledore too."

"She believes the Daily Prophet." Harry stated. To be honest he was getting fed up with all of this "Thinks I'm a liar and Dumbledore's a fool?"

Natsu, Gray and Gajeel glanced at each other, you could practically taste the tension in the air and they didn't like it.

"Yeah... I guess...."

Harry angrily stuffed his robes into his trunk. He was fed up with it all, fed up with being the person who got stared at or whispered about, always the centre of attention, be it for a good reason or bad.

"What did... what did happen? That night?" Seamus asked.

"Why ask me?" Harry demanded "Just go read the Prophet like your mother!"

"Don't have a go at my mother!"

"I'll have a go at anyone who calls me a liar!"

Natsu, Gajeel and Gray all stood between them before things wouldn't escalate any further.

Gajeel glared at Seamus.

Gray looked at Harry "Let him believe what he wants to believe, it's not his fault the Prophet is spreading lies."

Harry led down on his bed and pulled the curtains around him.

The three refused to move as Seamus remained unmoving, glaring at the three with his hand on his wand.

Ron entered some time later to everyone butGray, Natsu and Gajeel in bed, with the mages talking in hushed Japanese. Ronthought nothing of it and got into bed himself followed later by the mages.