Harry Potter: A Different Tale

The weeks passed by until everyone had to go back to school, and it had its moments of awkwardness. Mrs Weasley seemed disappointed with pretty much everything, it seemed to Harry that she thought she could run everything just like how she did in their home. What she slowly realised was that in this house the people in charge were Harry and Lily.

Ron also seemed to be getting increasingly pissed whenever he saw Adrian spending anytime with Harry, it didn't matter if it was simply coming back together from a run, studying or even eating. Ron kept trying to separate the two.

The Weasley family were going for the world cup and offered the Potters to join them, Harry refused saying he wanted to spend time with Rose and his mum at home because he knew Rose wouldn't like the crowd and his mum didn't like quidditch. Then Sirius, James, Remus and Adrian also said they wanted to stay home with their family. Much to Ron's annoyance, the Weasley family went to the world cup while the Potters stayed at home and enjoyed a nice evening in each other's company.

Soon it was time to return to school, both families arrived at the train station. Just outside of the train Harry was stopped when a blonde missile tackled him and pulled him into a big kiss. Harry and Daphne broke apart when they heard a gagging sound from Ron, wolf whistles from James and Sirius, the sound of Ron's head being slapped by Ginny, the sound of Sirius and James being slapped by Lily and Remus while Adrian laughed.

On the train Harry sat in a compartment with Daphne sitting on his lap and resting her head on his shoulder while they both read the book in Harry's hand left hand as his right hand was holding Daphne's waist. Rose sat opposite them reading the same book, suddenly they heard voices.

"All of the other compartments are full" They heard a familiar bossy voice.

"This one ain't" They heard Adrian's voice open the compartments "oh, hi Harry"

"Alright brother?" Harry asked

"We're fine, do you mind if we sit here?" Adrian asked with a politeness that surprised both Daphne and Hermione. Both because they didn't quite believe Harry and Ron telling them about how Adrian had changed.

"I don't mind" Harry turned to his girlfriend "what about you Daph?"

"Fine with me" Daph shrugged, Harry looked to Rose who nodded.

"Come in" Harry invited them in

"Thanks Harry" Adrian came in and sat down besides Rose, Hermione cautiously came in and sat opposite Adrian and next to Harry and Daphne. Ron begrudgingly came in and sat next to Adrian. Soon the train started moving off.

"What are you three reading?" Hermione asked

"Muggle fiction" Daphne responded "it's called 'The lightning curse'"

"What really?" Hermione looked at them with disbelief

"Yes" Daphne nodded "it is called the lightning curse"

"Not that, I mean you two are actually reading muggle fiction"

"Not all purebloods hate muggles you know" Harry replied as he turned a page with his fingers.

"But you're a Slytherin" Ron pointed out

"And you're a ginger, that doesn't mean I should assume that you would have nothing for a demntor to eat"

"What?" A confused Ron turns to his friends

"He made a 'gingers don't have souls' joke, not cool by the way" Adrian turned to Harry, who just smiled and shrugged. "By the way Harry, I think I may have accidentally left my ancient runes book in your trunk"

"Hmm, fine, I'll give it to you tomorrow morning since I can't really bothered to get it out of my trunk" Harry said as Daphne turned the page for him "thanks love"

"You're welcome" Daphne kissed him on the cheek and the two began reading. Hermione looked at the two disapprovingly, her face revealing her thoughts about their public displays of affection. Ron looked like he was worried that Harry and Daphne might start breading, Adrian couldn't help but think they were overreacting.

"Is the book any good?" Adrian asked

"Hmm, it's not bad" Daphne said

"Yeah" Harry agreed "there's the odd spelling mistake but apart from that it's really brilliant"

"Wait a sec" Hermione interrupted "ancient runes? You don't take ancient runes Adrian"

"I do now" Adrian replied "I dropped divination and began taking it, I would've taken Arithmancy as well but I don't think it's for me"

"Wait what?" Ron clearly didn't know this "You dropped divination? Why on earth would you drop that? It's an easy pass!"

"Why did you start taking ancient runes?" Hermione asked with a hint of 'tell me now' in her voice

"Harry recommended I drop divination, said it was useless and said I should pick something better" Adrian answered "he told me about the classes and showed me some of his old books, I decided I rather liked ancient runes and sent an owl to McGonagall to change it"

"But…but why would you tell him that?" Hermione looked at Harry

"Because I'm his big brother, it's my job to make sure he doesn't fuck up"

"Language!" Hermione scolded

"You're only bigger by a few minutes" Adrian reminded him

"Still bigger" Harry smirked as he closed the book "alright with reading the rest tonight Daph?"

"Sure" Daphne nodded

"But why do you care what Adrian does?" Hermione asked

"Because he's my brother and it's my job to look after him"

"But you've never did that before" Hermione pointed out

"I never liked him before" Harry replied "now that I know he is not a complete idiot, I find him to be tolerable"

"Hmm, a compliment" Daphne said dryly "maybe you really are starting to like him"

"Adrian, you alright with training tomorrow or would you like a day off?" Harry asked his brother

"I'll train" Adrian said "if that's alright with you"

"What? He's training you again?!" Hermione looked at Adrian like he was crazy

"Yeah" Adrian nodded

"I still don't get why you're doing that" Ron commented

"Well, for one, look at me. I'm skinnier than I've ever been" Adrian gestured to himself, everyone had to admit that he had lost some fat. He was no longer chubby but he was not skinny, he was a good place in-between. "Plus I'm healthier and faster, and by this point I'm sort of used to training"

"That was the idea" Harry said "keep training you until it's fixed into your mind that you need to train everyday"

"Yeah, plus Harry has taught me a few things. I know how to disarm people without my own wand, I can punch and kick with 'proper technique' and he event taught me one throw. Oh and Harry said he's going to start teaching me some more magic when we get to Hogwarts"

"How much are you paying for these lessons?" Hermione asked

"Nothing" Adrian answered

"Nothing?" She looked at Harry

"Mum would kill me if I charged him" Harry shrugged

"So does that mean you're going to be teaching me and Ron as well?"

"No" Harry shook his head

"Why not?"

"Rather simply, I don't want to"

"But that's not fair!" Hermione complained "Why are you teaching Adrian and not us?!"

"Adrian is my brother and he's matured throughout the summer" Harry responded "he's putting in the effort and I find him tolerable. As for you, I am not related to you and I have no reason to help you. I'll teach Adrian, if he wants to teach you after then that's up to him."

"What exactly are you planning to teach him?" Hermione crossed her arms

"Some martial arts combined with magic"

"What sort of magic?"

"I'll help him with anything he may struggle with in class and I'll also teach him some offensive and defensive magic like stunners, shields and so forth. I'll teach him about duelling, maybe if he advances quickly I may show him some spells I've learnt from other countries"

"But it's not fair that Adrian gets to learn and not us!" Hermione whined like a child

"Give it a break Granger!" Daphne snapped "My boyfriend is not a paid teacher, anything he teaches he does it out of his own free time. He has other things to do besides teaching everyone in his year."

"You tell her babe" Harry pecked Daphne on the lips

"Oh, get a room" Ron groaned

"Leave them alone Ron" Adrian said, he was going to say more when he felt someone tug on his sleeve. He looked to Rose who was looking as nervous as she always did.

"Do…do you want to read it?" She held out the book to him "I'm finished" She mumbled

"Thank you" Adrian smiled and gently took the book from her

"You're welcome" Rose whispered

"Really? You actually want to read that?" Ron looked at the book

"Yeah, what's it about?" Adrian asked Harry

"It's about a hero who deals with a manipulative old man, a villain and a pair of twats"

"That's descriptive" Adrian commented as he began reading.

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