TPS Part 2: Harry's Bond

Onyx went from compartment to compartment looking for first years. When he found them, he knocked on their door, gave them a brilliant smile and introduced himself.

If there was anyone in there he suspected was a muggleborn, he subtly tested them to see if they knew the culture. If they failed he offered them the book. Most were grateful, like a certain Justin Finch-Fletchley, but some were a bit suspicious. This time when he knocked on the door and entered, he was certain he entered a compartment with only pure-bloods.

He even recognized some of them from pictures he had seen. "Hello Ladies" he gave a courteous bow "I'm Onyx Grey, of house Grey." He now stood up straight and gave them all a warm smile "I'm just going around introducing myself."

A black haired girl with a face like a pug stood up with a disgusted look in her eyes "Don't think we've missed what you're doing here, Gray" she spat out the name "We don't accept your kind in here!"

Onyx snubbed Pansy and simply walked beside her up towards a thin blonde girl, fairly tall for her age with an incredibly pretty face. A clear jawline, red lips and a slight tinge of redness to her cheeks.

What caused him to walk up to her, however, was that she had obviously reached out her hand to him. He grasped it and kissed it over the knuckles "I'm surprised you are acquainted with such uncivilized people, Ms. Greengrass."

This caused the girl to smirk. "It isn't exactly very courteous of you to insult her, literally behind her back either." Onyx let go of her hand and smiled widely at her "Indeed. But sometimes you must do what is right and not what follows the rules, remember that" With those words he turned around and left, once again walking past the girl who was now red with anger. He shut the door quickly as to not give her time to burst in his presence.

'That was exhausting! Let's hope they're not that high maintenance at all times' Onyx thought as he went to the next compartment. He knocked on the door and when he opened it he was met with a massive smell.

Someone in here had bought so much candy and opened it that the entire compartment reeked of sugar. He took note of the two boys in there. One was that black haired scrawny boy he saw earlier and the other was probably part of the red blob he also saw.

Doing well to hide a sigh at the two boys seemingly enjoying their first time away from parents he gave them a calm smile "Hi, I'm Onyx Grey of house Grey. I'm just getting around the train trying to get to know my new yearmates. Mind if I enter?" The redhead instantly scrutinized Onyx and looked like he would say no before the other one answered "Of course. Let me just get rid of some wrapping paper on a seat!"

Onyx shook his head and brought his wand up. 'Ventus' he said in a calm voice and twirled his wand slightly. A small gust of wind came out of the wand which pushed all papers to the side before he sat down in front of the boys. "Might I know who I'm talking to?"

The black haired boy cleared his throat and said "Harry. Harry Potter" This had Onyx squint his eyes and blink a couple of times. 'Why was our 'saviour' scrawny and completely unproper. Had he grown up in the muggle world or why did he seem so much like a muggleborn? I'm willing to bet that he'd fail my culture test.'

Shaking his head to rid himself of those thoughts, for now, he returned the boy's look with a smile. "Pleased to meet you Mr. Potter." And then Onyx turned his eyes towards the red head. He was stuffing his face with some pasties and answered with his mouth full "Ron. Ron Weasley" 'I should have known' Was all Onyx could think.

Instead of saying that, he repeated "Pleased to meet you." And then he took out a book. "I was going to give this to you as I thought you were a muggleborn but..Actually why do you seem so much like a muggleborn?" Onyx got straight to the point. He had a feeling these two weren't ones who cared about proper etiquette. Harry answered with a fake smile "I grew up with muggles, that's probably why"

Onyx blinked a few times. 'How could that be? I'll have to look into this at some point.' He thought and then answered "Ah, alright well.. have this anyway then. It'll explain a bit about what you're getting into." Onyx looked at Ron "And you might have some use for it as well if the rumours are true. No offense, of course."

Before Ron could answer, Onyx got up and got out of the compartment. "Once again, nice to meet you. But now it's time for me to make friends with the ones in my compartment. Oh and one more thing" He reached out his wand at Harry.

Harry looked stumped and Ron was frightened. He was about to jump in front of Harry when Onyx said 'Oculus Reparo'. Harry's glasses had a crack in them and a second later it was gone. They looked brand new. With a gentle smile, Onyx left them and closed the door.

Onyx stood there and looked at the door. What was that? There was clearly something wrong with Harry Potter. Not just the fact that he looks underfed, but he had a bond that was seriously creepy. Onyx sincerely hoped Harry was aware because he couldn't just tell the boy without revealing his secrets.

Such a strong bond 'should' show up when they do the muggleborn inspection at the school hospital though so it should be fine. Onyx tried to shake it off while he walked back to his own compartment only to find Neville explaining something and Hermione following his every syllable.

When they noticed that Onyx was back they instantly stopped talking and changed subject. Hermione went into her book and Neville smiled at Onyx and asked "So, how'd it go? Any interesting people this year?"

Onyx chuckled and sat down next to Hermione. "Oh yeah. Most pure-bloods just introduced themselves and that was that, but there was a compartment with girls that spiked my interest" This had Hermione look up from her book with one eyebrow raised. "That Parkinson girl tried to throw me out instantly. Ignoring her, it was a pleasant experience. Greengrass was as expected, after all." Neville nodded

"Do all of you pure-bloods just know each other already?" Neville took this question "No, I mean I've met most of them since there aren't that many but Onyx here hasn't really been invited to their parties. They're not big fans of what they don't know much about."

Onyx took this time to interrupt before Hermione's barrage of questions about his family started "Anyway, are you related to the Dagworth-Granger's? Terrific potioneers them!" This had Hermione's eyes grow as large as tennis balls.

"There is someone called that who regularly comes to our family reunion. Are you telling me I have wizard relatives?!" She almost yelled the last bit and grabbed Onyx's shoulders.

Onyx looked her into the eyes with a serious expression. "You know what?" She shook her head enthusiastically and Onyx continued. "I don't know." He smiled and her and she huffed at him and mumbled 'I have to ask mom about this. And I have to research them when I get to Hogwarts and..' And that was all Onyx listened to.

The train ride went on for quite some time and the three kept on getting to know each other.

After an hour they realized that Trevor the toad had left the compartment and decided to go looking. One would start at the front and the other would start at the back and then they'd meet at the middle. Neville insisted that he'd go alone to the front so Onyx and Hermione took the back.

It didn't take long to find it. Neville encountered the prefect compartment and after showing them a picture, a Slytherin prefect summoned it using the summoning charm. Neville asked himself why he didn't think to go there straight away.

A little while later it was time to get changed into the school robes. Being gentlemen, Neville and Onyx stepped out of the compartment first to let Hermione get changed and then Hermione did the same for them.

Having changed into their school robes, the time had almost come to get off. The train passed Hogsmeade and they were ready to go. There was excitement in the air as the three students could feel and hear the brakes on the train starting to act. They were finally there!