For the next week after being questioned Su constantly scanned the newspapers for any mention of her or her parents, and was relieved to find none. After a quick search of the home and questioning the parents, Connie Hammer deemed them unfit to raise a child. A few signatures later, and Amelia and Sirius had legally adopted Su Li. With Su becoming a permanent member of the Bones Manner, the day to day routine changed as well. Before Harry and Susan would run in the morning then relax for the rest of the day. Usually have a friend or two over or go to theirs, but when Su arrived they became a bit more active. Harry and Su would duel regularly, and sometimes help Susan when she realized how far behind the two she was. Su had also asked what the muggle was like resulting in multiple trips out to cinemas, to bowling allies, to an amusement park. Before they knew it, it was time to go back to Hogwarts.

"You three got everything?" Sirius asked the trio of Su, Harry, and Susan as they stand in front of the main fireplace in Bones manner. When the three of them confirmed that they did. Amelia raised the great on the fireplace with an upwards flick of her wand.

The five flooed to platform 9 3/4, and made their way to the train. Susan, Harry, and Su said their goodbyes to Amelia and Sirius. Including Su giving them both a brief hug for what they've done for her.

The trio entered the train in search of a compartment and soon found one. As they expanded the compartment and sat down, Harry saw the Greengrass' from out of the window.

"Daph! We're over here!" Harry called out through the open window.

The platform and the train soon began to fill up as more and more students arrived, along with their families.

It wasn't long until the whole group entered the compartment, and Tracy, Lillian, and Hermione began to catch up with the rest of them since they hadn't seen the rest since meeting in Diagon Ally.

Su once again explained why she was now living at Bones Manor. She had told each and everyone in the group with the support of Harry and Susan, who had become like a sister to her.

As the ride progressed they got a visitor.

The door slammed open to reveal Malfoy and his group, Harry also noticed that there was two new members of the group. They were identical twins hidden at the back of the group, using Crabbe and Goyle to hide their small frames. They were already in their uniforms as well as wearing black headbands. Their shoulder-length hair was a hazle brown, much like their eyes. They were short for their age and there skin was unhealthily pale. When they caught Harry looking at them they quickly shied away from him.

Harry refocused on the rest of the room as Malfoy gave his parting words. "You should all learn your place! This year is going to be different from the one before!" With that, Malfoy slammed the door shut.

"We need to be careful." Daphne stated sternly. "Nothing good

"Who were the twins?" Harry asked.

"What twins?" Hannah questioned.

"The twins at the back, behind Crabbe and Goyle." When Harry got no response he continued to describe them. "Brown hair, Brown eyes, really pale."

"I think it might have been the Carrow twins." Daphne suggested.

"I only know of one pair of Carrow twins and it's definitely not them." Susan responded.

"The Carrow twins you're thinking of had their own twins-" Daphne began, but Hermione cut her off.

"Ew, that's disgusting! They should be in prison!" She exclaimed.

"Incest isn't illegal in the magical world. It's pretty common for second cousins to marry." Nevile mentions. Hermione looked disgusted.

"Anyway..." Daphne drawled out with an eye-roll. "... I've not really had a chance to talk to them at the few gatherings I've seen them at, but they seem to be really closed off, and keep to themselves."

"Huh. Strange." Harry responded.

The rest of the ride was uneventful until they tried to get off the train.

Harry tried to open the door but it wouldn't budge. "Come on." He growled as he kept pulling in the doors handle.

"Harry Potter must not return to Hogwarts!" A high pitched voice squeaked from the other side of the door.

"What the?" Harry thought allowed.

"Is that a house-elf?" Susan questioned.

"Harry Potter must not return to Hogwarts!" The voice squeaked again. Suddenly the door shifted into a solid wooden wall.

"What the hell?" Harry gasped. There was a pop and then silence.

"What should we do now?" Padma asked.

"Stand back." Su instructed as she raised her wand at the wall. She casts two cutting curses forming an X before hitting it with a bludgeoning hex. This blasted a gaping hole into the wall that they could squeeze through.

"That'll work." Harry commented.

Soon.

Harry sat at the Slytherin table pondering what had already happened during his brief time at school. First, there was Malfoy's threat, some mystery house-elf and then there was the Thestrals. Harry had approached the creature cautiously but soon began to pet it. It had come as a shock to Harry that only himself, Padma, and Nevile could see them. When Neville explained that they were Thestrals could only be seen by those who had seen and come to terms with death. Both Harry and Padma had witnessed Quillerl die and Neville had seen his grandad pass.

They had ultimately come to a dead end on who the house-elf belonged to. Needles to say, the was off to an interesting start.

The next day.

Hogwarts was in complete chaos! And it was all thanks to Sirius Black. Pranks ran riot throughout the halls of Hogwarts. If someone wasn't smelling funny, they were looking funny. A lot of people were both. The twins and other small-time pranksters were worse than ever before. The pranking chaos was almost biblical. That day each member of the were pretty much Metamophs with the constant changes in hair colour. Some of the group enjoyed it more than the others, with Daphne, Hermione, and Padma getting bored of it quickly, while the rest just simply enjoyed the anarchy. Except for Harry and Tracy. They REVEALED in it. The duo took it upon themselves to start a prank war in every common room, before inevitably betraying one another as they continued the chaos.

By the time dinner came round that day, the entire student body entered the exhausted but smiling.

All the teachers were also present. The only ones that hadn't been pranked were Dumbledore and Sinestra, Sinestra because she slept throughout most of the day, and Dumbledore never left his office. Snape was hit the worst out of the teachers, despite retreating to his office, he had been hit multiple times throughout the halls. His hair continued to change colours, with a long rainbow coloured beak and ridiculous bug eyes. Topping it off with a bright pink cloak and a foul odor, he either looked hilarious or terrifying depending on who you ask.

If rumors were to be believed, both Flitwick and Sprout had actually joined in, which would explain their unusual hair colour, skin pigmentation, and multi-coloured polka-dot robes. McGonigal's hair was a light pink that looked like cotton candy and her robes were bright orange and appeared to be suppressing a smile. The rest of the professors were in a similar state to McGonagall and weren't all that fazed.

Dumbledore rose from his throne and pulled his wand from sleeve waved it over the hall. In an instant, all of the pranks were reversed. "Now I hope you enjoyed your fun today, but tomorrow lessons will officially begin and I expect you to perform your best, and listen to your professors' instructions." His voice was firm but he managed to keep a grandfatherly air about it. Without another word, he sat down and the students returned to talking to each other.

Things fell back into the routine they were in before, with morning exercises, lessons, and occlumency practice. Lockhart proved to be a useless teacher and so Susan wrote to her aunt, requesting some actual study material.

Things were going normal until Harry Potter found himself waking up in the hospital wing.

Harry opened his eyes slowly and sees Madam Pomfrey standing over him. "Wha-? What happened?" Harry asked in a daze.

"I was hoping you could tell me, Mr. Potter. What is the last thing you remember?" The healer asks.

"I was leaving the toilet to go to the great hall for dinner, and then I wake up here." Harry answered.

"Nothing else?" Pomfrey asked.

Harry shook his. "No, I can't remember anything." Answered again.

"Strange." Pomfrey muttered to herself. At Harry's questioning look, she explained. "When you were found you had multiple bruises across your body, as well as having a few craked bones. If what your saying is true, then those injuries were inflicted after you were struck with the sleeping curse."

Harry was quiet for a time then he spoke again. "How long have I been out?"

"Two days. I created a counter curse in a few hours, but you were stable, so I treated your wounds before waking you up." Pomfrey answered.

Soon.

Harry was still in bed when his friends arrived. He had just finished the chicken soup that he been given when they arrived. Susan had quickly run over to him and held him as tight as she could.

"Susie, I need to breath." Harry wheezed.

Susan quickly released her hold on Harry. "Sorry. It's just, when I found you." Susan was soon holding Harry again but not as tightly as before. "I was so worried." She croaked.

"I'm okay Susie. I'm okay." He soothed her while he brushed her hair through his fingers.

Once Susan had calmed down. She stepped back and allowed Nevile to approach. "Looks like I'm going to have to follow you to the toilet from now on." Neville teased.

"Please don't." Harry quickly responded. "I'll just look behind me now and again when going to the toilet. Promise."

"Do you know who jumped you?" Daphne asked.

Harry shook his head. " They hit me with a sleeping curse before they beat me." He answered.

"Could've been Malfoy. He's somehow gotten more annoying since the attack, but that could just be Malfoy being Malfoy." Tracey mentioned.

"It got to a point Daphne actually silenced him." Lillian mentioned with a grin, and Tracy giggled.

If you all give Mr. Potter some privacy to change, he will be able to leave with you." Madam Pomfrey mentions.

It didn't take Harry to get changed. Lessons were already over for the day but they all had homework, (especially Harry) so they headed to the library. While there he caught the Carrow twins staring at him. They made brief eye contact before the twins quickly looked away. He's going to have to watch them.

While Harry was catching up on his work, Daphne mentioned that Malfoy had bought himself onto the Slytherin quidditch team and that Ron Weasly was the new Griffindor seeker. The feud between the houses had become more intense since, resulting in hexings, point losses, and detentions.

"Oh there's one more thing." Hannah mentioned. "I went to the kitchens and asked the house elves if any of them were the ones to try and trap us on the express."

"Is that the only reason you went to the kitchens?" Susan asked knowingly.

"I might have also gotten some ice-cream." Admitted with a faint blush, much to Susan's amusement.

"Did you find anything?" Harry asked.

Hannah shook her head. "None of them know anything, so it has to be a privately owned house-elf." She answered.

"House-elves aren't cheap." Dahne mentioned. There was no actual reason why they were so expensive apart from keeping them out of the hands of poorer families for the sake of it.

"It's a start. We could make a list of every family that owns one and cross them out one by one." Neville mentioned.

"Nevile's right we need to know what this danger is, and fast." Hermione agreed.

Sorry, this took so long but I'm struggling with what to write for this year.