'It must be here someplace. It's just hidden like Diagon Alley was,' Harry thought, as he leaned against a wall.
A couple with several children walked towards where he was leaning.
"Having problems?" the woman asked.
Harry took a close look at the items that the family had with them. He noted that several of the things were the same as his own. He pulled his wand part way out from where he had hidden it in the sleeve of his jacket, and showed it to the woman.
The woman nodded. "You're blocking the way. Just approach the wall and close your eyes. It helps if you go at a run."
Harry nodded and got his cart and did as he was told.
'Why did I come here? Everything is so secret. Give me Seiruun or Atlas over this,' Harry thought irritably.
He opened his eyes and spotted the train. Sighing, he went up to the train and started to pick up his trunk of stuff off the dolly it was on. Two of the older boys of the woman who had talked to him came over.
"Do you need help?" one of them asked.
Harry replied, "I'm fine. Kind of silly having to get all this stuff and having to lug it around."
The other boy laughed. "We all think the same thing when we first start out. By the way, I'm George Weasley."
"I'm Fred," the other boy said.
'It's a good thing Luna made sure I was in shape,' Harry thought, as he lifted the trunk with ease.
George whistled lowly. "Wow. You must be strong to be able to do that."
Harry shrugged, "My adoptive sister made sure I was in top physical condition."
Harry used one hand to brush his hair out of his eyes. After doing that the Weasley twins stared at Harry's scar.
"Blimey, could it be?" George asked.
"Are you him? Are you Harry Potter?" Fred asked.
"I was until I was adopted by the Inverse family," Harry said, as he boarded the train.
Harry found an empty cabin and stowed his trunk above the seat. He sat down and thought back to the time that Lina had left on her journey.
'I miss you, sis. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have learned as fast.'
The sound of someone opening the door to the cabin brought Harry to his senses. He saw the youngest boy of the Weasley family enter and look around.
"Come on in," Harry said. "I'm not going to object to company."
The boy nodded and stowed his gear away and sat down.
"Ron. Ron Weasley."
"Harry Potter Inverse," Harry said, as showed Ron the scar on his head.
"Inverse?"
"Family that adopted me. A very long story. Why do you have a rat with you?"
Ron held up the rat. "This is Scabbers. He was my brother Percy's rat. Don't you have an animal?"
"I passed on that," Harry replied, as he thought back to Hagrid mentioning something about getting him a present, but was derailed by how much Harry could eat.
"I see," Ron said, as he pulled out a wand.
Harry noted the wand looked well used. Ron saw the look and grimaced.
"This is George's old wand. I even have Fred's old robes."
Harry shook his head. "There is nothing wrong with being thrifty. The only excpetion I can see is with the wand."
"Yeah. Well. I'm trying to save up enough to get me a wand that fits me, instead of using something close," Ron replied, as he pulled out a book.
Harry tensed as the door opened again and a girl came in. "Oh. Practicng spells? Don't let me stop you."
Ron recited a chant to turn Scabbers yellow, but it didn't work. He squinted at the book, hunting for another spell.
"Need some more light?" Harry asked, as he clasped his hands together.
"Yes. But, I don't think you can get those any brighter."
"Who said I was going to?" Harry asked, as he opned his hands.
A ball of white light floated up from his hands and approached the ceiling, giving off additional light. Ron and the girl stared at Harry in shock.
"What?" Harry asked.
The girl shook her head. "Neat trick. I'm Hermione. Hermione Granger. I'm going to have to figure out how you did that one."
"Harry Potter Inverse."
Ron added, "This is Harry Potter. He got adopted by a family with the name Inverse."
"That explains it a bit," Hermione replied. "By the way, a boy by the name of Neville Longbottom lost his frog. If you see it, please let one of the Prefects know."
Harry nodded.
Hermione took one last glance at the ball of light and left. Ron looked up at the ball and shook his head.
"How did you do that?"
"That's part of the story on getting adopted by the Inverses. By the way, I heard mention of joining Slytherin or Hufflepuff...."
"Oh. Those are two of the four houses of Hogwarts. Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw. I'd rather be in any house but Slytherin. Every wizard that has gone bad has came from there, including You-know-who."
Harry narrowed his eyes a bit. "I'm not scared of someone who kills babies or in my case, tried. If that's the type of person who comes from Slytherin, I don't want to be part of them either."
Ron nodded and looked up at the ball of light. "How long does that thing last?"
Harry looked up as well. "I made it brighter than normal, so it should be going out soon."
After another minute the Lighting spell flickered out. Shortly thereafter, the food cart came around and Harry bought some normal looking food, but passed on the candy and choclate.
Ron shook his head, "I'm suprised the Ministry of Magic allowed you to learn something like that."
Harry shrugged and shook his head in confusion
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