Harry Potter: Rise of the Spiral

Chapter 4

When Edmund placed the hat back on the chair, he looked around to see various reactions of the students. Some Slytherins felt betrayed while others were conflicted. The Ravenclaws clapped politely while the Hufflepuffs and Gryffindors remained indifferent. When he looked at the weasel, he smirked.

The weasel was looking embarrassed because Iris was looking at him while raising an eyebrow.

Edmund sat down next to a first-year who introduced herself as Padma Patil. After some brief introductions, they just listened as the rest of the students were sorted.

The dinner was served and Edmund ate his food while making idle conversations, but he mostly kept to himself. The old coot, or the Headmaster known as Albus no-shits-given Dumbledore gave a closing speech. When he mentioned about the third floor and how dangerous it was, Edmund had only one thought in his mind.

'This old coot has gone absolutely barmy. Who the hell allows life-threatening stuff in schools anyway? Maybe I should anonymously contact St. Mungo's to get him checked for brain damage or something... '

After the feast, the prefects were asked to lead the first years to their dorms.

(ROTS)

Months went by as the classes began.
Edmund studied diligently while he continued his training in jutsus. When he reached his dorm on the first night, he was greatly relieved to see that he did not have to share it with anyone. Before going to sleep, he took out a chakra paper from a storage scroll and pushed some of his chakra into it. He had three affinities: Earth, Lightning and Fire.

He was quite surprised at the result. Even having two affiliates was considered rare in Elemental Nations. Perhaps being magical had increased his aptitude in elemental affinities. He could only guess.

Thus far he had made good progress in his elemental manipulation. Since he had clones and a lot of time, he refrained from learning any elemental jutsus and focused on simple manipulation and control. He wanted to have perfect control over his elements and wanted to make it instinctive.

So, he had his clones practice elemental control and sealing while his real body went for classes and did further physical training. It was a good thing he knew expansion charms and his house elves to help him, otherwise, training would have been a lot more difficult. He had been looking for a suitable place to train where he would be able to train without being found. So far he had no luck which frustrated him.

Edmund had made a few friends who he liked to be around. He would create a clone to spend time with them while studying in the library or in the common room to play exploding snap. Since they were mere children, their slaps on the back or a punch on the arm felt like a feather brushing past his skin.

He barely had any contact with Iris Potter. He would see her in classes as she hung out with the weasel and Granger. He never understood why she was letting the weasel stay around her. He was a rude and stupid child with a pea-sized brain and the stomach of an elephant. Edmund would say hello or nod to her whenever they would cross each other in corridors or in classrooms and nothing beyond that.

Edmund had seen Draco 'ferret' Malfoy trotting around in the corridors trying to pick a fight with Iris. Sometimes, he was stalking her and did everything to get her into trouble.

He loathed the ferret. He was everything that Edmund found repulsive. He had heard incidents of the ferret being blatantly favoured by Severus 'greasy' Snape which further made him angry.

(ROTS)

Soon it was Christmas and Edmund was scaling the walls of the castle while idly practising chakra control. Nothing noteworthy had happened since he joined the school except the troll incident on Halloween.