FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLIES, FOLLOW THE BUTTERFLIES, WHEEE! Hehe, just kidding. That was for all you PotterPuppetPals fans out there.
RONNICUS EXPLODICUS!
Right, back to business. This will be a fan fiction of Harry and his friends at Hogwarts in their 6th year. This is just a representation of what I would write, if I were writing this book, which I'm not, but you all should know that, right? BTW, THE 6th HARRY POTTER BOOK COMES OUT ON THE 16TH OF JULY! HOW WICKED IS THAT!
Hehe, sorry, I'm too excited about this thing. I needed to fill the void between the 5th book and the 6th so I decided to write this. I avidly check my writings for spelling errors.
I have a spell list with me, so don't be surprised if I use many spells used from the novels.
Authors Note: I do not own, nor have I written any Harry Potter books. This is just the author's crazy overactive imagination at work.
Dang, I've written almost a page in Word already and haven't even begun the story.
The boy who lived groggily sat up in his bed. His scar prickled, but he was used to that now. "No worries," he thought. Then he realized. He was going back to Hogwarts!
Harry now leapt out of bed with anticipation. His late night of last-minute studying had caused him to fall asleep with his head lying on his Care of Magical Creatures textbook. He remembered his face sticking to it as he woke up.
None of that mattered at all now. He would finally be getting out this hellhole he was forced to call his home. Harry packed his trunk quickly, hoping to get out of the house before his Guardians woke up. No faster than when his thought had finished, he heard his Uncle Vernon's voice echo through the halls up to his room. "HARRY! Get your butt out of bed before we're late!"
Harry retorted quickly. "Oh yes, Uncle Vernon, you wouldn't want to be late getting rid of me!" He heard his uncle snort through his nose.
After coming back from his fifth year at Hogwarts, the Dursley's had treated him with more respect. They had been informed of what he had done 16 years before thanks to a visit from Alastor Moody. Since then, they had given him Dudley's other room, and forced Dudley to live in their basement, gave him decent meals and even let him watch the television while they did chores instead. He didn't take it for granted though. Knowing they could change at any moment, he was on his toes constantly.
Harry finished packing his trunk, finishing it by folding his Invisibility Cloak neatly and laying it on top of his black school robes. He stored his wand in his pocket, not knowing what might happen if something did. He was reminded of what Dumbledore had said about the war that was now starting.
He dragged his trunk downstairs and was hurriedly shoved into the Dursley's car. Harry saw Dudley wave them goodbye with his mouth full of cookies. Harry thought he looked very much like a pig.
The car ride to Kings Cross station was a ride of silence. Only saying goodbye to him as he got out of the car and took his trunk out, the Dursley's never said a word to him. But Harry thought he saw his Aunt Petunia give him a look of concern. She probably knew the enormous burden that had been placed on him and was now worried.
Harry shook it out of his mind and proceeded to go to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. Not surprised to see both of his friends, Ron and Hermione there, they all quickly said their summer greetings and leaned casually into the platform, reappearing on the other side to see a magnificent crimson train with the words Hogwarts Express written in gold lettering on the side.
Harry found the usual compartment he stayed in and settled down for the long ride ahead. Ron and Hermione were to report to the prefect cabin to see if they had any new duties that year. Thankfully, Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood found the compartment Harry was staying in and settled down alongside him. As usual, Luna was reading a copy of this months Quibbler with the title Crumple-Horned Snorkack Sightings! Neville, who was stroking his Mimbulus Mimbletonia, was humming to himself, and Ginny was practicing some magic. She was using some of the spells Harry had told her about after the weighing of the wands in his fourth year.
"I've always liked this one," she said, making a bouquet of flowers appear at the end of her wand.
Harry said she would be good doing a magic show. Ginny laughed, slightly confused. "Of course I would Harry, any witch or wizard would be good." Harry realized what she meant. He corrected her, explaining to her muggle magic shows, in which a performer would act like he was doing magic. She knew what she meant at once. "One of the wizards who graduated from Hogwarts used to do magic shows to the muggle world. I think his name was Copperfield or something, he almost was banned from the wizarding world for breaking the Statute of Secrecy so many times." Harry just laughed.
The lunch cart rolled by and Harry bought them a large stack of Pumpkin Pasties and Cauldron Cakes. He was surprised. The train ride was almost half over and Malfoy hadn't shown up to torment them yet. Harry thought they might practice some defense spells they had learned at the past DA meetings. Neville protested, thinking the compartment might be too small, but Harry just shrugged.
Ginny suddenly whipped out her wand and shouted Petrificus Totalus! Harry barely had time to react. He shouted Protego! The spell activated his wand, still sitting in his pocket. A white shield erupted around him and the spell bounced off his towards Neville, which it narrowly missed and broke the pot his plant was sitting in.
Neville tenderly put his plant onto his knee and pointed his new wand at the broken pot and mumbled Reparo. The scattered pieces of the pot reassembled themselves and now sat whole on the compartment floor.
As if on cue, Draco Malfoy stepped into the room. His blond hair was now gelled into smallish spikes. "What, may I ask, Potter, is going on here? I'm taking an innocent stroll down the aisle and I hear shouting and breaking glass. I'll be reporting this to Professor Snape." He sneered and moved on to the next compartment.
"Git," he heard Neville say. "We should do something about him one day."
"Don't worry about it," said Harry. "We all know he's a scaredy-cat. You should have seen him when Ron and I had to go into the Forbidden Forest. He requested that he and I take Fang for safety." Harry chuckled, remembering the sound that escaped Malfoy's lips when Hagrid told them Fang was more scared then Malfoy was.
Luna, who had been quiet the entire journey said quietly "We better get dressed, it's almost time to arrive at Hogwarts."
They all mumbled agreement and dressed into their robes, stowing their wands inside their robe pockets for safekeeping. They felt the train start to slow and packed away any of the things they might have taken out during the trip.
Harry packed his spellbook, studying it during the ride. He wanted to brush up his spells after not being able to use any all summer. Standard Book of Spells, Grade Six was open on his seat. He had been studying the summoning charm. He had already mastered that in their fourth year. But Professor Flitwick had asked that they master it the year before for their O.W.L exam.
Harry felt a pang of nervousness in his stomach. He had forgotten he had received the results of the test in the mail. Harry, Hermione and Ron had agreed to open up their letters after the Start of Term Feast. He felt the letter in his robe pocket. These grades would be deciding his future. He wanted to be an Auror and needed N.E.W.T.S in many difficult classes. Depending on what he got would decide which classes he would take this year.
Harry got his trunk from under his seat and waited for the train to stop completely. He, Ginny, Neville and Luna got off together, rushing off to find their classmates.
All at once, Harry realized he had forgotten Hedwig! She was still at the Dursley's in her cage. Wait, he thought, I remember letting her out last night. He sighed in relief and was sure Hedwig would remember he would be here.
He heard Hagrid's traditional calling. "Firs' years over here. Firs' years right here! Hey Harry! See you later inside!" Harry waved a hello and followed the crowd to the carriages that would escort them up to the castle. The thestrals Harry had learned of were still there. He recognized the one that had taken him to the Ministry of Magic the previous year and chose that carriage. Luna and Neville joined him, obviously recognizing the creature as well.
No-one else joined them in the carriage and they got closer to the front doors of the castle. He heard Professor McGonagall's voice addressing all of them and felt a rush of gratitude. He remembered the day she had vowed to do everything in her power to make it so that Harry would be an Auror. That was last year, the year that foul woman Umbridge had come to teach. She practically ruined the year and sacked two teachers, but karma came back around and kicked her squarely in the ass. He chuckled to himself.
The Start of Term feast began with Dumbledore's usual warning that the forest was off limits to all students, but saying this, he eyed Harry, Ron and Hermione who had banded back together after Hermione and Ron were finished with their prefect duties, helping to usher in all of the students. "Tuck in," he finished. And saying this, the golden plates filled with food and the goblets filled with all sorts of drinks. The room was filled with gasps of surprise from the first years. They seemed comfortable now, after their sorting, and were now tucking in, just as Dumbledore had suggested.
Harry was filled with dread as the feast ended. He, Ron and Hermione agreed to meet later that night. Hermione and Ron, however, had to make sure all the students found their houses just fine. It was almost an hour later when Hermione and Ron, looking very bedraggled, finally made their way into Gryffindor Tower. They plopped down on two of the squashy armchairs near Harry and sighed loudly.
Harry greeted them. "Hey you guys. How did it go?" By it, he was referring to their prefect duties. The answered him by giving him dirty looks. Harry grinned at them, and they smiled back too, rolling their eyes a bit. "Shall we get started then?" They nodded their heads in agreement.
Harry took out his envelope, and watched Hermione and Ron do the same. With a nod, they all ripped open their envelopes and looked inside to see their results.