Harry Potter and the Altered Destinies

Chapter 16: New Friends and Second Year

I do not own Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets or Percy Jackson

Harry was able to find his friends quickly, Draco, Blaise, Tracy, Daphne, Theo, Terry, Hermione, Susan, and Neville seemed to have found or asked the train for an empty apartment.

"Finally, you took forever to get on," Draco complained trying to act like the dignified Pureblood he was, before slouching in his seat with a small pout.

"We took the mundane-way in, and that was starting to get slightly backed up as they tried to do it subtly from the other Mundanes," Harry explained as he flopped next to Neville and Susan

"Mundanes?"

"I did some research this past summer, did you know that the term 'muggle' actually came about 250 years ago, but before that it was mundane because it was less rude to say than 'muggle'," Harry explained as he quickly let Eclipse and Lunar out of his trunk so they were less cramped, even if they did have their own section in the trunk.

"I didn't know that," Draco said with a thoughtful expression as there was a gleam in Hermione's eye.

"Tell me everything," she practically demanded, Harry probably would've taken offense had he not know that when it came to books and knowledge, she will get very bossy because of her express interest in them.

"I could just give you the book I read, well that, and I had lunch with Mr.Flamel a few times over the summer and he went into great detail about how he hates the fact that they changed the terminology. Throws him off everytime, he says." Harry told the other people in the compartment who almost all expressed shocked expression.

The only two that weren't shocked was because Draco, who looked more exasperated than shocked, was used to his friends ability to make friends seemingly everywhere, and Neville who joined Harry once for a lunch when he was brought into the previous lunch affair. Neville had ended up connecting with Mrs.Flamel about plants and "my husband is hopeless with plants dear, can kill a cactus I swear, it's so nice to talk to a young man that actually can keep a plant alive and still not hit on me."

Neville was red the entire time for that night but the two boys still enjoyed their talks with their respective Flamel as Percy just shook his head and started talking to the House Elves that worked part-time, and with a fee, for the Flamels. A semi-old elf by the name of Flame that has been with Mr.Flamel his entire life, being the original caretaker, and later just housekeeper. The demigod and elf were comparing cookie recipes and possible food choices if one ever went to the others during non-lunch hours.

"Harry, that's something you actually write about to tell your friends. Not something that you tell them when you go back to school," Draco said slowly with exasperation still shining on his face.

Harry blinked before turning to Neville, "I forgot to write a message to them didn't I?" he asked

Neville, with a sadden and apologetic slumped shoulders just nodded, for he also forgot to mention it to their other friends too.

Pursing his lips and filing a reminder to write more messages for the next summer, Harry turned to his friends, "So, what did you guys do over the summer?"

With that, the trip to Hogwarts was spent telling each other about the places they visited, people they talked to, how boring some peoples summers were, and then more discussion on the Flamel family and returning to Hogwarts.

"I just hope I can at least teach the first years something useful," Harry commented as they just arrived to Hogwarts.

"Please, you mostly lead the study group last year and everyone in the group got EE and O's on their exams, you'll be fine," Daphne dismissed as she started to walk away from Hagrid who was calling for the new first years and went toward the carts.