Salty Crew Chapter 7

Strange Events Part 2: Year 2

Author's note: I think I just got food poisoning or something, because I feel like shit after I drank some of this water - the canteen it was in had mold (as I found out too late), and it SUCKS. Almost as bad as watching MSNBC or CNN. Just awful.

Also, I lied. rewrites will come on Thursdays, I just can't give you the best quality I can, and also torture my beta more than I do. Hope you guys understand and are okay with this.

HUGE thanks to my beta, haphne24, who did this last minute, and made it amazing despite that!

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Anyways, here's your weekly dose of cancer.

July 31st - Harry's B-Day

As Harry slept in his bed, his friends and family were running around, trying to finish everything before Harry woke up. The fathers and 'uncles' moved around stuff and cooked bacon while wrapping up his gifts. The mothers made sure the men weren't screwing everything up, decorated the house, and cleaned up the mess they made.

Harry's Bedroom

Harry was in a pretty nice dream; it was like heaven to his mind. Right as he was about to do something, reality kicked in as Astoria woke him up.

"WAKE UP! IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY HARRY!" She screamed in his ear as she violently shook him; Harry opened his eyes and glared at her.

Meanwhile, Derek was jogging down the street and as he was crossing the street, he somehow heard Astoria screaming from about from the house, which was about a block away from where he was. He bulleted back to the house, hoped that he was smart enough to take off the price tag off the gift and that no one noticed him missing.

Inside the house

Daphne cringed as she heard her sister practically jumping Harry; she already knew what would happen next.

Five seconds later, Astoria ran out of his room with fear blazing in her eyes. Daphne laughed at her sister's reaction. 'She should have known that Harry would give her a death glare if she woke him up like that', she thought in her head. It was a common rule to never wake up Harry; it only brought the unfortunate person who thought to wake him up pain and fear. If the rumor was true, if you woke up Derek you would probably be unable to use one of your major body parts. According to a rumor, she heard a couple of fifth and six year blood-purists tried to wake him up and he grabbed a weapon of some sort from his pocket and attacked them; the three boys were still in the hospital according to one of Flora's friends, and one of them was still in a coma. How Derek wasn't charged or sued or even indicted was unknown. Then again, it was just a rumor; a rumor that struck fear in those who heard it.

Daphne quickly came out of her thoughts and waited for Harry to get changed. When he came out, she kissed him and gave him a hug. The two walked down the stairs and were meet with laughter from their friends. Sirius threw a small box at Harry, which missed and made Harry laugh at his horrible aim. Harry decided to open up his gifts and the first one he grabbed was a massive box of chocolate from Blaise. He received books he wanted from Hermione, the Carrows got him some fancy robes, Draco and his mom got him a variety of candy, and Tracey got him a pair of headphones. His parents got him a new phone, some clothes, and a watch. Astoria gave him a homemade painting showing the two of them together, which he smiled at and hugged her. The Grangers got him a whole bunch of dental stuff and a small box which they told him to open later. The Greengrass family got him a emerald ring that showed him what he was drinking or eating. So far, it was a pretty good haul.

As Harry was opening Remus' gift, Derek silently opened the door, and even more silently shut it. He tiptoed to a position near Harry and waited for his opportunity. Thankfully, Sirius provided the perfect opportunity for him to strike. Sirius stood up and walked up to him with a book. A couple of eyebrows were raised, specifically from the Mrs. Greengrass and Mrs. Malfoy. Remus immediately noticed what Sirius was going to give him and he smirked.

"Harry, here is your gift; it is probably one my most precious items I own. Use this wisely, young grasshopper, or the consequences will be serious," he said, in probably the most serious voice he could do. At that alone, Remus and Mrs. Malfoy laughed.

"Well, what is it?" Harry asked, somewhat scared from some of the reactions to Sirius' 'speech'.

"You must read it all to understand, youngling. May the force be with you, Padawan Harry!" Sirius said. Then, he did a terrible job of disappearing. The Grangers, Remus, and everyone else who had ever seen Star Wars laughed. It made Harry even more nervous. Right as Sirius was about to drop it in Harry's lap, he suddenly yelled,"SIKE!"

At this moment, Derek striked. Derek quickly ran from his position from behind Harry and jumped on Harry which brought both of them to the ground. Everyone laughed at Derek's surprise attack. He quickly got up and helped Harry get back on the couch, laughing as Harry punched him on the arm.

"Alright Harry, here's your sh-" Derek was about to say, before his mom kicked him and pointed at Astoria.

"Well, here's your gifts. There's two Supreme hoodies, a Kekistani flag, and a cardboard box," he finished.

"What's with the flag?" Harry asked as he looked in awe of the magnificence of the grace of two Supreme items being in his presence.

"Memes", he replied. Harry immediately understood and went up to hug his brother, who hugged him back.

Blaise suddenly had the balls to yell out "GAY!" at them, which made everyone laugh as he ran for his life, away from Derek who was chasing him with curses as threats flying at Blaise. He made it to the kitchen when Derek got to him and decked him. Tracey came along and then measured a point on a wall a couple feet away to where Blaise's head was lying. She rennervated Blaise.

"Well, you scored the record, 16 feet and 4 inches, which is better than Draco and a little better than Harry," she said with a bunch of numbers suddenly popping up over Blaise. Blaise cheered at his record, before Derek kicked him in the stomach and flipped him off, much to the men's delight and the women's shock.

Sirius decided it was the right time to give Harry his gift as everyone was distracted.

"Harry, this book is all the pranks your dad, Remus, me, and that bastard Peter did. On page 69, there's a cut out with the Marauder's Map. Say 'I'm solemnly up to no good' to use the map. Love you pup," he whispered to Harry who quickly hugged him back and Remus quickly came over and hugged him too.

Lastly, it was time for Daphne to give a present to her boyfriend. She got up and went to a safe and pulled out a small, leather box. As she brought it over, he heard some jingling over some sort. 'Could she have got me bells for my birthday?' Harry thought in his head, keeping a smile to hide his emotions. He opened it up, and saw a collar inside.

"What is th-," Harry started to say before a small yellow puppy jumped on him. She got him a fucking puppy and it was fluffy and cute and adorable. It was one of the most beautiful sites Harry's eyes had ever seen in his short 12 years of life. As he hugged the puppy, he leaned over and pulled Daphne into a massive hug, whispering "thanks" in her ear.

"What should I name you?" Harry asked his new puppy. It stared at him for a sec and then jumped on his face. Once Harry took him off, he said a couple of names to the dog to see if she liked it or not.

"How about Amelia?" It didn't look happy.

"Gwen?" The puppy looked sad at his answer.

Harry began to list off some random names on the top of his head, none of which the puppy liked.

14 names later, Harry said to the dog, "Rosie?"

It stared at Harry for a second and then barked in joy. Rosie's stomach growled, signaling it was time for breakfast.

September 1st - Kings Cross Station - 9:30 AM

The children and parents went through the barrier into the magical section of the train station. Somehow, the train platform seemed abandoned. There was not a lot of people, and employees were getting a massive amount of coal onto the train for fuel.

Since they came early, one of the perks was that they could pick whatever compartment they wanted and place security measures before everyone boarded. They decided to get their stuff on the train and set it up before they said goodbyes to their parents. When they were done, they went back to the platform to say goodbye to their families. Everyone said their goodbyes, but as Harry and his friends went to the train, Derek stayed behind and waved with a sad smile.

Harry went over to him and asked what was going on.

"Dude, we got to go before any more fuckers try to get in!" He said.

Derek frowned and hugged Harry.

"Do you remember when we went to Gringotts for the first time, when we took our inheritance tests? Remember when the Goblin said I was very special? Well, that 'special' quality in me happens to be I'm a multi-elemental. I'm going to California to train and get an actually decent education. I'm sorry I couldn't tell you guys; I was told to wait." Derek said to Harry, with tears forming in his eyes.

The two brothers hugged each other harder for a good solid three minutes before they noticed a kid taking pictures. Derek grabbed the camera and tried to see if he could delete the photos, much to the kid's anger. When he found out he couldn't, he smashed the camera on the ground. The people around him looked at him like he was crazy and the kid whose camera just got destroyed started to cry. Derek flipped the kid off when he said Derek owes him a new one. The kid started to cry more and more and more, attracting more unwanted attention.

The little brat started telling people, making them glare at Derek, who rolled his eyes. More disapproving stares and glares came his way, and eventually, he sighed and threw the kid some money to buy a new one.

"Fucking little pussy shouldn't have taken photos without permission. Weren't even good ones either! Anyways, there's too many ears here, so I'll contact you later, hermano. Adios, amigo!" Derek said to Harry, and the two departed in their respective directions.

Once the train had left, a ringing noise came from Harry's pocket. "What's the noise?", asked Flora. "I think it's my phone, lemme check", Harry responded. He saw a text from Derek. "HOW DID YOU GET ELECTRONICS TO WORK WITH MAGIC?!" Hermione screamed at him.

"If you go to either magical or muggle America, the magicals figured out how to make the two work together, and they made it public without revealing it. However, it is kind of expensive", he responded.

He then read Derek's text.

'Hola hermano. Sorry we couldn't finish on da platform. Fucking kid kinda made it impossible to tell you everything. Anyways, remember when Dumbledore tried to fuck with our minds? Well, that potion apparently wears off in about a week or two. You need to get everything you need from him now and then either fuck him over again with the pot or you need to be ready for Dumbledore to start meddling. That being said, he probably remembered what we did to him, and made sure it wouldn't happen again, but he won't be able to bring it up or do anything to us without fucking himself over. I suggest laying low for awhile and get Forge and Gred or whatever to do some more pranks or hire some dudes. I'll tell you more later. Adios!

After reading the text, Harry realized the rest of his friends had boarded. The Twins came first, apologizing in their soon-to-be-copyrighted twin speak, that they couldn't make it. Their mom was against them even being friends with someone who hanged around with Derek. Next, the chasers came and they hugged Harry hard, smiling at Daphne, who started to glare at each of them. After a while, Draco, some Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs they knew said hi.

Eventually, the train stopped at Hogsmeade. The somewhat sleepy gang of friends got off of the train and headed to the carriages. The older kids kept saying that there was nothing guiding it, but Harry saw some weird black horses with wings. When he told the others, most of them paled.

"Harry, what you are seeing?" Fred started. "Is it thestral? It can only been seen," his brother continued, "by someone who has witnessed a horrific death or witnessed three deaths," Tracey finished for them, growing pale.

"You've seen death before, haven't you, Harry?" asked Hestia Carrow.

'More than you can imagine for someone like me', he thought. Only three people not called his direct family knew about some of the things Harry did and only one of them was in the carriage. "Well, there was first my parents' death, and then a couple of... incidents over the years", he responded. The enlarged carriage went silent for the rest on the ride.

The welcoming feast and sorting went by fast. Harry didn't really care about the sorting this year, since Astoria wasn't coming until next year, but he did notice two people. One was as girl named Luna, who was sent to Ravenclaw by the hat. What he noticed about her was the mystical power he sensed coming from her and made a mental note to talk to her. The other person he noticed was Fred and George's youngest sibling and oldest sister, Ginny. Right when she got sorted into Gryffindor, she looked down the table to see if she could find someone, but when she couldn't, she sat down with Ron. She kept looking for someone during the feast, and finally found Harry at Slytherin, which made her gasp and whisper to Ron, who nodded at whatever he was saying. He only noticed this because he literally felt his chest burning from the way Ginny was staring at him; it was freaky.

After the hat finished, food appeared on the tables and everyone started to dig in. About an hour later, everyone stood up and left. As everyone tried to get past the great human wall blocking the exit, the Twins slipped a note to Harry with a warning look on their face and mouthed 'tomorrow' to him.

Once the Slytherins arrived in their common room, Snape gave a speech, and everyone left for their dorms. As Harry's group decided on who gets which bed, Harry and Daphne found their bed, already designed for them and fell asleep to the anger of Blaise and the screams of Tracey.

Around midnight, Harry woke up and found the note he got from the twins:

'Harry, beware of Ron and Ginny. We think since Derek left, they can 'turn' you to the 'light', and we KNOW Ginny has a massive crush on you, and she will probably do everything to get you to love her, and away from Daphne. We'll tell you more tomorrow, because this paper is kinda small. '

-Twins

Harry read over the note and screamed curses in his head. Some of those damn Weasley's were a thorn in his side, and with Derek leaving and Dumbledore soon getting off the influence of the potion he tried to force on him, he already had enough problems. Thank God some of them weren't so mentally fucked up. He sighed and went back asleep; it was going to be a long couple of years at Hogwarts.

The next morning

They all got ready to go eat and get their schedules. One thing about Slytherin was that for all the core classes, everyone in a group would have the same classes at the same time. For electives, it was a 50/50 chance depending on how many people are taking said elective. Since second years and below didn't have electives, they all had the same classes, which meant they only needed one schedule.

It read:

Monday:

Transfiguration - 9am w/ Ravenclaws

Potions - 11 am w/ Gryffindor

Astronomy - 10 pm

Tuesday:

Double Charms w/ Gryffindor - 9 am to 12 pm

Herbology w/ Hufflepuff - 3 pm

Wednesday:

Double DADA w/ all houses - 9 am to 12 pm

History of Magic - 2 pm

Thursday:

Double Charms - 8 am to 10 am

Potions - 4 pm

Friday:

Herbology w/ Ravenclaw - 10 am

Transfiguration w/ Hufflepuff- 1 pm

DADA w/ all houses - 3 pm

"It's not that bad, a lot less double classes this year", noted Blaise. "Yeah, but we have a double with the fraud!" said Draco, pissed off enough with even having the man in the castle. "Yeah, but look at the Twins' schedules!" said Harry, with their schedule in hand. They laughed at the Twins' misfortune, since they had double potions twice, and a lot more DADA classes. "When's Quidditch?" asked Nott, looking at his own. While Harry was the starting Seeker for the team, Nott was one of the chaser backups. "I don't see that either! I'll ask Flint or Snape later", said Harry. By then, it was time for first class of the year.

The lesson with McGonagall was easy, as it was her just reviewing what they learned last year and her telling them that this year will be more on theory than actual spells. Next, was potions. While it was a delight, it also happened to be with Gryffindors. Not really a problem, but Ron was going to be a huge problem for them; that prediction turned out to be right.

Earlier - Ron's perspective

Ron and Ginny received their instructions from their mum and the headmaster. It was going to work, especially with that horror Derek who claimed to be Harry's 'family'. Derek and the Coorsins were not a light family, and they were horrible influences to Harry. He needed to be brought to Dumbledore and released of their darkness, the potions and manipulation of his friends' and his girlfriend. Harry was meant for Ginny, and that no-good slimy snake had taken away Harry from her, claiming they were soul-mates. How Harry would start to like Ginny was a separate plan, one that would only really start later in the year and Harry would be taken back and re-sorted into Gryffindor was included as well. However, for all they knew, Harry could have been brainwashed or worse. Thankfully, if Harry was in a condition where he couldn't be shaken from the hold they had on him; they secretly got the address to where he was being held captive from the twins. They too would have to be cleansed of the evil that had corrupted them, and all of Hogwarts too. Then again, the backup plan was only to go into effect after school ended, just in case in took them time to break Harry.

First, they needed to figure out if Ron had any classes with him, so he could help Harry. Once McGonagall handed him his schedule, he saw that he had a couple of classes with Harry this year. Not as many as the plan wanted, but they couldn't be too obvious with their plan. Luckily, they had the same class today, before lunch!

POTIONS - Harry & Co perspective

Harry and his friends were waiting outside the potion lab, early like usual. Blaise was asking random questions about a random football team in Mexico when Ron showed up. It wouldn't have mattered if he came to class or not, but he went straight up to Harry and pushed Blaise out of the way.

"Hello mate," he started, smiling in a creepy way. "You tripping dude? I'm not your mate; I think you're thinking of your invisible one over there", Harry responded, attracting laughter. Ron frowned for a second but continued on with the plan. "Uh, no, I meant you, Harry", Ron said. Harry and his friends started to laugh even more at that statement. "Ronald, we have never been, or will be mates. Now, fuck off and leave me and my friends alone!" Harry said and pushed him to the ground, right next to the door, which just happened to be opened up by Snape; Snape simply glared at Ron and told him to get inside.

Inside the class, Ron glared at Harry and his friends for a while before Snape took away points and gave him a detention. Ron murmured something about Dumbledore getting him out, which Harry heard and made him realize he forgot to deal with Dumbledore. He sighed and hit his head on the table. Harry thought he could wait, but now it looks like having Dumbledore as an 'asset' was a no-no, and he was going to start meddling again. Harry made a note to not wait to the last minute on things like this for the future, and went back to the potion Snape assigned. Once the two had made a perfect potion, they handed it in and left the classroom.

After that, up to Halloween there was no problems. Well, except for Ron, who kept on with his plan to turn Harry and become friends with him, but that wasn't really much of a problem. However, like the most Halloweens for Harry Coorsin-Potter, everything went from great to absolute shit. The day started off horribly. First, Harry didn't sleep at all, making him very tired and unable to process everything. Second, breakfast tasted horrible, making him throw up and gave him a bad lingering taste in his mouth. He fell down a flight of stairs, and when he tried to go to the infirmary, the nurse was gone until lunch. Great.

Things didn't go much better either. He forgot all of his homework, or it just went up in flames right as he handed it to a teacher. Friends and strangers alike teased him about it, and as the day went on, and unfortunate events affected Harry, he was ready to snap. After dinner, it seemed like Harry had some relief to the Halloween curse bestowed upon him for whatever reason. He was walking down the halls on the second floor, aimlessly walking to the Slytherin dorms with Daphne and Blaise, his two closest friends. As they turned a corner, they noticed the hall became suddenly flooded near the bathroom. However, when they got there, they saw the caretaker's cat, seemingly frozen. It looked terrified, and wouldn't react to anything, even a massive stick going in it's mouth. Daphne was getting scared and kept on pressing for the others to leave.

" Come on guys, I really don't feel good here, let's go!" Daphne said, pulling Harry away from the water.

"Relax Daphne, we'll be fine! What's the worst thing that can happen?" Blaise responded, splashing her with water. She shuddered at the coldness and kicked Blaise.

Harry was about to say something when he saw the wall behind them.

"Yeah, come on Daph! We're okay! There's nothing to be afr-" he started to say then stopped and paled. He stared at the message on the wall.

"Oh my God!" Daphne yelled, when she saw the message; Blaise just stared with wide eyes.

"The Chamber of Secrets has been opened. Enemies of the heir... beware"

Harry sighed and couldn't believe his bad luck. 'I already had problems to begin with, and now this?! Oh, fuck me,' he thought. Unfortunately, he suddenly passed out at that moment due to exhaustion.

That's the chapter! Next chapter will be soon. Adios!

oh Rosie is a golden Labrador, and will be seen in every chapter, and will come to have a massive part in the story. Derek will not be seen in the story directly until I get to 4th year when the champions are selected

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