HP: The Gacha Archmage

After I performed for about an hour Hermoine and Neville applauded me. Then we started chatting about whatever came to mind for a few hours until the trolley arrived. I bought three of everything they had and shared them among my two new friends. I never really had friends before, being a prodigy meant people wanted to use me, and the others at the orphanage don't count since they are more like family.

We talked about whatever came to mind when Neville told about his past with his uncle trying to scare the magic out of him by tossing him into a lake, which he almost drowned in, and dropping him out a window. How his Gran wanted him to be more like his father and how he was using his fathers wand.

"Okay first off can you tell me who would inherits the Longbottom wealth and estate if you were to die?"

"Um my uncle Algie"

"I thought so. Neville scaring the magic out of a child was banned years ago, before we were even born. I think your uncle just wanted to kill you so he can obtain the Longbottom inheritance. I mean who saved you when you were tossed in the lake"

"G-gran did. You really think he was trying to kill me?"

"As I said scaring the magic out of a child is against the law." Neville silently sobbed for a while and I wait for him to stop before continuing.

"Next your gran pressuring you to be like your dad isn't right either. You are Neville Longbottom not Frank Longbottom. You are you and he is he. It is probably why your wand is performing badly for you as your dads wand is still loyal to him. The wand chooses the wizard after all, something your Gran should know already. You need a new wand to fully access your magic. So Neville what is a thing you like to do that doesn't involve your father?"

"W-well I like gardening. We have a green house out back. So I guess I like Herbology."

"Well then Hufflepuff might interest you as their head of house is the Professor Sprout, the teacher of Herbology. But I also think Gryiffindor suits you as well."

He seems interested in that bit of knowledge but looks odd when I say he could be in Gryffindor "Really?" he questions "But I am not brave I'm too afraid"

"Bravery isn't the absence of fear it is overcoming that fear to do the right thing. I think you can do that Neville so if you end up and Gryffindor of Hufflepuff you will be someone your parents would be proud of." He sniffles

"Thanks Harry"

We start talking again and after I while I mention technology can work at Hogwarts only to be interrupted before I can speak of it more.

"That's impossible! The books say technology doesn't work around magic!" Guess who said that.

"It's not impossible, remember books are not infallible. It's a matter of shields and wards. If technology didn't work around magic then the areas around Diagon Alley and the Ministry of Magic would be a blackout zone making muggles highly suspicious. Now as I was saying it's a matter of shields and wards. Ward Stones with a certain series of runes can make technology work in an area the wards cover. Hogwarts just doesn't have this ward so Technology can't be used there unless the item is shielded with specific runes. I heard Mr Weasley has an enchanted car that works on magic so it is suspected he used these runes to make it work."

"But but oh" she puffs up in anger as the books lied to her.

"The reason you won't find that knowledge in books is because the wizards look down on muggle technology. So only the high class Purebloods know about it. I was told about it from my grandfather when I asked him questions about what I just said about Diagon Alley and the Ministry of Magic. Anyway" I look out the window seeing it getting dark so I check my pocket watch I got from a store when my grandfather took me to Knockturn Alley to get me more books that aren't available in Flourish and Blotts. "It's almost time where we get to Hogsmead village. So we should get changed" so we got changed though me and Neville moved outside the door to give Hermoine privacy to change into her robes.

As we leave the train I can hear Hagrid calling all the first years but in the crowd I see a boy with platinum blonde hair with two large thug looking boys "Ah I see my cousin." I return Sara to her pokeball "I'll see you two on the other side of the lake" I said while waving to them as I walk off.

When I get close enough to Draco I call out "Hello, Heir Malfoy"

He turns to look at me "Who are you?" Ah! Other than my hair color I don't look anything like in the books. No wonder people don't recognize me. Hell I don't even have glasses anymore since grandfather took me to a Saint Mungos to get my eyes fixed.

"Oh my you don't recognize me cousin. Such a shame, I even wrote you a letter just a few weeks ago"

"Letter? What let- Wait the letter Harry Potter sent me?! You're Harry Potter?!" he asked doubtfully

"Guilty as charged" I give him a teasing grin

"I see. But why call me cousin?"

"Well my grandmother was Dorea Black and your mother is Narcissa Black making us family though the Blacks heritage" I say as we walk to the lake. Draco has a shocked face which I find amusing.

"Huh well nice to meet you too Potter"

"Thank you but it is Heir Potter if you want to stick to Pureblood traditions but you may call me Harry if you want. Now as I said in my letter I would like to know you better at Hogwarts to be friends and we are at Hogwarts. Though I didn't mention we were related because I wanted to see your surprised face."

"Friends? Of course you can be my friend" He says a bit snobbishly "How do you know pureblood traditions?"

"My grandfather taught me a lot in this last month. You might know him as the current Lord Black, Articus."

"You were taught by Articus?!"

I go to respond when Hagrid says "Only four to the boat"

"Yes and we best get a boat" After a minute me, Draco, Greg and Vincent all sat in one boat "By the way are these your friends?" I gesture to the two others in the boat

"Sure. Their names are Crabbe and Goyle. Their families are vassals of my family"

"I see well pleasure to meet you two as well." they merely smile and nod. "They don't talk much do they?"

Draco sighs "Yea."

"Duck your heads!" Says Hagrid and I watch as Malfoy and his two thugs- sorry I meant friends, ducked while I was sitting upright and chuckling.

"What's so funny?" asked Draco

"Well Hagrid may have to duck his head but he is much taller than us so we don't have to"

He sits back up awkwardly smiling "I-I knew that"

"Of course you did"

I look forward and point at the castle now revealed to us. "Woah!" Draco says while I stay calm about it. Though I was surprised as the movies barely did it justice.

I smile for a bit before Draco turns to me "By the way. Where have you been? Dumbledore only told everyone that you were safe."

"I was living in a muggle orphanage for the last ten years, well except in the last month."

"A muggle orphanage! That's terrible!"

"Could be worse. I could be sent to magic hating people who would try to 'beat out my freakishness'."

"Yea that sounds much worse. Still Dumbledore put you in a muggle orphanage."

"Well technically he didn't. I hear he tried dropping me off on my muggle aunts family and they sent me to the orphanage as soon as they could."

"Still sounds terrible and a massive oversight for Dumbledore"

"Probably but I did discover that I have talent for music at the orphanage. I can currently play 5 instruments perfectly"

"Which instruments?"

"The violin, ukulele, the guitar, drums, and the piano."

"Impressive. I hear girls like that sort of thing"

"That they do. Maybe I will play for you sometime"

"I would like that"

"Looks like we will be unboarding in a few seconds." I was right of course as a few seconds passed when we reached the shore. Now we had to trek up some stairs attached to the side of a cliff leading up to Hogwarts.

Hagrid takes his leave after leading to the Hall and we stand there waiting.

"Oui Harry! Why you hanging around a slimy snake when you can be with a proud Gryffindor!"

I look over to see who is shouting at me only to see Ron Weasley who just got crossed off my friend list since this one was one of those Rons who hates anything 'Dark' or Slytherin. I can already tell he is going to be a pain in my ass.

"Red hair, freckles, and hand me down robes. You must be a Weasley" Draco sneers. I frown lightly at this. Both him and Ron have managed to annoy me already. But I won't give up on Draco yet as he is family "For your information Weasley, Harry is my cousin so it is natural he hangs out with me instead of you"

"Cousin?!" Ron shouts as he looks back and forth between us. Yet ROB showed mercy and before he could say further McGonagall showed up.

"Settle down. Now before we get to the sorting there are four Houses. They are Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Slytherin." I remember reading somewhere that she named them from her favorite to least favorite. I wonder if that's true

"Your House will be your family for the next 7 years and probably beyond that. Now let's go" she said turning heel and making her way through the doorway