Name: The Ripple Effect: Salazar's Chamber

Rating: Strong T or Weak M

Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Extreme AU

Warnings: Integrated Magical World, Teenage!Smart!Harry, Bossy!Hermione, BWL!Neville, Futuristic 90s.

Pairings: Harry/OC, OC/Susan, Hermione/OC, Ron/OC

Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter. I do however own the Nefari Race and all the characters that you do not recognize. They are MY intellectual property, MINE! =P

I dedicate this Chapter to the lovely Sarah Gray, who was the motivation for this chapter being written. :)

Four days later, the four friends and the four parents left Terran City for Kings Cross. They took a shuttle to earth, and along the way were hit with a small cosmic storm. Luckily, all the males were wearing their protective underclothes, and there were no more complications. During the trip, they had to wear Magic Negating Bracelets, as a precaution against terrorist and living bombs.

When they arrived at London's Spaceport, they had to take a MagLev bus line since attempting any magic so soon after removing the bracelets was dangerous. By the time they arrived at Kings Cross, it was nearly 11, the time when the train was due to leave. They got through the barrier with minimal problems, though Harry thought he felt a tug as he was going through the barrier. He shrugged it off, and after saying goodbye to his friend's parents, went to find a compartment. Near the end they found a compartment with a brunette girl and a blonde boy.

"May we sit here?" asked Susan. The young woman nodded, and the four friends came in, sitting down and putting their trunks under their seats.

"Hi, I'm Harry, this is Frank and those two are Susan and Heidi. Nice to meet you" Harry said, holding a hand out in greeting. The girl looked at it, and shook it.

"Astoria Greengrass. I do not know his name. He hasn't spoken since he came in here" she said. Her voice was crisp and exact, with hardly any slurring. It was clear she came from a wealthy family. Her father probably owned a MagLev car. Astoria had cleanly groomed brown hair, icy blue eyes and a look on her face that could never fail to express the message "No Nonsense".

"My name is Oswald Lovegood." The boy said, turning his light grey eyes on them. Harry flinched a little, not knowing why those eyes unnerved him so.

"Are you related to Luna Lovegood?" asked Heidi. Oswald turned to her and smiled vaguely.

"Yes. She is my half-sister" Oswald said. Heidi looked a little confused, and frowned.

"Half? Since your last name is Lovegood, I'm guessing different mothers?" she said.

"Yes. My mother is a water nymph. I say, you shouldn't frown like that. It mars your natural beauty" Oswald said smoothly. Harry frowned at him while Heidi blushed brightly. Susan giggled a little, while Astoria rolled her eyes.

"So you're a hybrid?" asked Frank. Oswald nodded, and his skin turned an oily blue and his eyes became solid grey. His ears melted into his neck and became gills, and when he opened his mouth, it was revealed his teeth had sharpened. Only his hair and nose remained the same, as well as his hands, though his fingernails did sharpen and webbing appeared between them.

"Yes, much like you, Frangja'Dera'sha. Only, I use glamour's to fit in. Being half fish is a bit stranger than half cat, don't you say?" Oswald said, blinking and returning to his former appearance. Frank looked like he wanted to retort for calling him 'half cat', but obviously decided against it. Clearly, he felt that he and Oswald were in the same boat.

"Yes, it is" Frank nodded. Harry and Heidi still looked a little disturbed at the sudden change, but quickly got over it. After all, Harry was roommates with a half alien and a wolf furry.

When they got to Hogsmeade Station, it was dark, and the conductor said over the P.A, for the First Years, to leave their luggage on the train as it would be taken up to the castle. The six new friends got up and grabbed their carry on stuff. Harry blinked when Oswald, or Ozzie as he liked to be called, pulled out a collapsible cane and swept it in front of him, leaving the compartment. Astoria and the others were just as shocked.

"He's blind? How did he know I was frowning?" asked Heidi, severely confused. Harry now understood why those eyes made him uncomfortable. He hadn't noticed it earlier, but they were a bit milky.

"Maybe he could hear the change in your voice? I heard when you lose one sense, another grows really strong." Frank said, shouldering his backpack. On their way out they met up with Tianna and Eric, as well as Neville and a few other friends from the year up. Tianna said that Neville was taking Advanced Battle Magecraft as one of his electives. Astoria explained that she had been sorted online into Slytherin, and Ozzie had been sorted into Ravenclaw with his half-sister.

They started the walk up to the school, as the school no longer used carriages. Along the way, they spoke about their holidays.

Tianna and her family had gone to France and spent the entire summer on the beach. You couldn't tell, but Tianna had gotten a bit of a tan under her fur. It was obvious on Neville, the now darker skin contrasting with his blonde hair.

Eric had attended a convention on Mind Magicks in Los Angeles, and had even presented himself as an example on how dangerous Mind Magicks can be without someone to supervise you. Apparently volunteering as a living exhibit pays nicely, since he explained that he used the payment to buy a jet-bike. Much like Harry, he had it in his trunk.

They got to the castle and found seats on the first floor. The bad thing about taking the train was by the time they got there, there weren't any good seats left. They were stuck sitting near a table where several gnomes were tinkering with something that, suggested by the biohazard sticker, was nuclear in nature.

Once everyone had sat down, Ozzie joining them while Astoria sat with her sister, Dumbledore stood up to make his announcements.

"Welcome, to another fun-filled year at Hogwarts Collegium of the Arcane Arts! This year, we have very few announcements, to begin with. First up, let it be my pleasure to introduce to you this year's Battle Magecraft Instructor, Professor Gilderoy Lockhart" Dumbledore said, sweeping a hand toward Gilderoy, who stood up.

Compared to the last outfit Harry had seen him in, this one was pretty decent. He looked like a university instructor with his button up striped shirt, tweed jacket and slacks, along with black leather shoes. Lockhart gave a bow, and a roguish grin that made the 95% of the female population swoon, as well as a few guys. 4% of the female population was homosexual, and the 1% was people like Heidi, who just weren't impressed with guys like Lockhart.

"And secondly, I have been asked by Mr. Filch, the caretaker, to inform you the list of banned items have been updated. They now include Acid Spit Balls, Fanged Frisbees, Exploding Dodge-balls and Stalker Snowballs. The full list can be found on the door to Mr. Filch's office. If you need help finding it, ask the Weasley Twins for directions" Dumbledore said, nodding at a table on the ground floor. Harry didn't need to look to know the twins were bowing.

"Now that that is out of the way, feel free to order your meals and chat amongst yourselves. Tuck in" Dumbledore smiled, his eyes twinkling, before he sat down and picked up his own menu. Harry did also and ordered pork chops, mashed potato and gravy, as well as a glass of cola.

"Do you need some help Ozzie?" asked Susan, indicating the menu. Ozzie smiled and waved his hand over his menu, muttering a spell. He opened it and revealed that all the words were changed to bumps.

"A Brail Spell. Clever" Frank said, nodding at Ozzie. Ozzie thanked him and ordered a Wigsillian Org Steak with extra apple sauce and a glass of pumpkin juice. Everyone ate quietly, each discussing their holidays. Oswald explained how his father, his sister and his mother would go with him to Sweden every holiday to hunt for the Crumple Horned Snorkack.

After dinner, Harry, Frank, Ron and Ozzie left the girls to go to their separate houses. Harry observed how on the way, Ozzie would run his hand over the stone, his face fixed in a look of concentration. Harry marveled at the way this blind kid could find his way around, and attend school, without any eyesight.

They came upon a hallway that branched off into two different directions. One had several Ravenclaw students going down it, and Harry could see Lavender Brown walking next to a smaller boy with similar hair down the other.

"Can you find your way?" asked Frank, looking at the shorter hybrid. Ozzie smiled and said he would be able to, and seemed to follow a Chinese girl a year or two older then him. Harry and his roommates shrugged and headed to their own dorms.

They found Hermione Granger behind the desk again, with a few new students lined up in front of the desk. She looked busy scanning ID's and handing out room keys.

"Evening Hermione" Harry said, smiling. Hermione gave a polite hello, and went back to what she was doing. Harry and his friends went up the elevator to the second floor, and found themselves at their suite. Inside, they could hear faint guitar music. They walked in and found Eric there with his shirt off and playing a riff on his guitar.

"Dude, put a shirt on. I don't want dog fur on the couch" Frank said, smirking. Eric rolled his eyes and pulled on a shirt. Harry went into his room and flopped onto his bed, kicking his shoes off and not bothering to change into his pajamas.

The next day, Harry was due for a surprise and a headache, not necessarily in that order. He first came down to breakfast and found Susan sitting at a table with Heidi, reading Safari with the Sand Bird by Gilderoy Lockhart. Harry sat down next to Heidi and ordered a bowl of porridge with honey.

"Morning Heidi" Harry greeted, smiling softly. She mumbled a greeting back, still half asleep. Harry amusedly watched Heidi munch her bacon, grinning at the way she didn't bother to close her mouth while eating. She looked at him, blushed a little in embarrassment and closed her mouth.

"Not a word Potter" she grumbled. Harry chuckled and nodded at Frank and Ron as they arrived, and blinked when he saw that Eric was choosing to sit with them this morning. He'd obviously asked Frank and Ron if it was okay, since the hybrid and redhead didn't seem to find it surprising when Eric sat down with them.

"How's everyone this morning?" asked Harry, eating some of his breakfast.

"I'm alright," yawned Frank, ordering a plate of sausages, egg, bacon and toast with a glass of orange juice.

"Too early" Ron groaned, flopping forward, Susan pushing his plate away before he face planted it.

"This is your third year, Ron. You'd think you would be used to the early hours" Frank said, tucking into his breakfast. Ron mumbled something unintelligible into the table top, and Harry opted to just ignore the tired ginger.

Little origami birds fluttered over and unfolded in front of the students, revealing them to be their timetables. Harry looked his over, and nodded at Heidi and Eric. "We have Elementalism first period"

The two nodded, and after finishing their breakfast, everyone split up and went to their separate classes. Harry, Heidi and Eric left the school and headed to the paddock by the lake reserved for Elementalism classes. There were already quite a few people there, passing the time with feats of fancy using their favourite elements. One boy was shaping water from the lake into different shapes, and then freezing them, one girl was manipulating the plant life to lash out at what looked like dirt and stone golems, like large green tentacles. Harry once again shook his head at how crazy this school could get.

Near the end of the paddock, Professor Pomona Sprout was standing with a girl who's height seemed to reach her waist. Harry, at first, thought she was a gnome, but noticed the petite build and pointed ears and decided on a half pixie. The girl had blonde hair cut short in a pixie cut, ironically, and had purple eyes as well as glitter on her cheeks. She wore a dress that looked like several strips of pink fabric held together with zippers. Somehow, it looked more stylish then slutty, and failed to show more skin then was allowed. It was a look that suited her. On her feet were leafy green ballet slippers that curled outwards near her ankles.

Pomona Sprout was quite different from the other students. While most taught one class, Pomona was the lead professor of two. Plant Care and Elementalism, and it was obvious from her dress. She wore old, dirty robes that seemed to be growing grass and small flowers on her shoulders, and she had what looked like a small cherry bush growing out of her back. Close inspection would reveal the bush to be an infantile Tree Spirit, which Pomona had found orphaned in a forest that had been logged. She adopted the tree spirit and cared for it as if it was her own child, naming it Sebastian.

When they got closer, they saw that they were talking to, or rather were being bothered by, Gilderoy Lockhart. Harry pondered why the man wasn't off teaching a class, and opted for the fact he probably gave the older students a period off to get any mishaps with their timetables messed up. In a school with around 1500 students, mistakes are bound to happen.

"… need to do a fast and furious swish when trying to manipulate water. Learnt this from the Alaskan Water Tribe's Chieftess, Katara…" Gilderoy said, explaining something with hand gestures. He seemed to accidentally cast a spell, and caused a nearby shrub to wither and die. Sebastian the Tree Spirit saw this and gasped in horror and fright, morphing into a rose before closing up in terror. The Pixie girl gave Lockhart a sharp glare, and he chuckled nervously.

"Looks like everyone's here, Gilderoy. You best be off before you kill off anymore nature" Sprout said, he cheery voice hiding a hint of venom. Gilderoy gulped and strode away, trying his best to look dignified and failing. Eric gave a growl as Gilderoy passed him.

"Did you see that? He sneeredat me!" he growled, glaring at Lockhart. Harry blinked, he must have missed it.

"Listen up chaps! Today we are going to practicing our Dual Element Wielding. So choose two elements. It'd be best if you chose the element that was the complete opposite to your primary element. Remember: Water extinguishes Fire, Fire melts ice, ice breaks earth, earth overpowers wind, and wind reflects all but earth" Sprout said. Harry instantly summoned a plume of fire into his right hand, and tried to summon water into his left. He had trouble concentrating on both, and ended up with one becoming stronger while the other flickered.

He gave up after a second, and looked around to see how everyone else was doing. Heidi was struggling to keep the ice in her left hand and the rock in her right hand stabilized, and Eric seemed to have a miniature dust storm between his hands. The class continued like this, and near the end, Harry could keep the fire and water in both hands with only little slips of control. At the end of the class, Pomona allowed the class a five minute rest, and while he was speaking to Heidi about their progress, Harry felt someone tap him on the shoulder.

"Harry? Is that you?" a voice asked. Harry turned to see the half-pixie girl smiling at him. Despite the fact he was sitting, her head was only just above his, bringing how short she was into context. Harry gave a confused look, before he recognized the purple eyes and the glittering freckles.

"Syrena? Syrena Goldberg? What are you doing here?" Harry said, shocked at the sight of his childhood friend and old crush.

"I'm half-pixie, Harry. I'm bound to show up at a magical school sooner or later" Syrena said, giggling a little. Heidi cleared her throat, and Harry turned to do the introductions.

"Oh yeah, guys, this is Syrena Goldberg, a friend of mine from when I was a kid. Syrena, these are my friends, Heidi Bones and Eric Williams" Harry said, pointing at each in turn. Syrena gave a wave, and looked closely at Eric.

"A bit overboard with the transmutation, don't you think?" she asked. Eric gave a wolfish grin, as he could tell she didn't mean it in any insulting way.

"Nah, this is my real body" Syrena looked surprised, and Eric continued, "I was messing with Astral Projection and got stuck in the family Corgis body. Mum hired a professional transmutator to shift my new body into something more humanoid until they can find a way to get me into my old body. It's on ice at the moment, in my basement."

"Wow. Morbid, but fascinating. I like it!" she said, giving a wide grin. Eric gave another wolfish grin, and they spoke for a bit, before the bell rang, signaling the end of the first period. They headed back up to the castle, Syrena telling them about how she was apparently extremely gifted in nature magic, and was being apprenticed under Sprout. She was just explaining what classes she was doing, when they ran into Harry's least favourite person.

"Look what we have here. The Emo, The Mutt, The Pyromaniac and now, a filthy penny-pinching Jew! Watch your wallets boys!" Mercutio Malfoy said, smirking viciously at them. Broice and Gregard made a show of moving back and holding a hand over their wallets, causing the Slytherin's around them to laugh loudly. Syrena looked like she was about to curse him, but held back. "What a shame the Nazi's didn't finish the job" Mercutio said. A lot of people gasped at this, including the Slytherins. Even Broice and Gregard stepped back a little, looking at their friend and boss in shock.

Even standing, Syrena came up to Mercutio's naval, but the scathing look on her face made his smirk falter, but only for a second.

"What's the matter? Going to cry?" he taunted.

"No, but you're going to DIE!" Syrena shrieked, lifting a glowing green hand. A massive vine exploded out of the ground beneath Mercutio, and sent him flying. Mercutio screamed shrilly as he flew through the air, and Syrena sent up several thorny vines to grab him.

"Syrena! Stop! He's not worth it!" Harry yelled, rushing over to his friend and grabbing her shoulders. The sudden contact made her lose focus on the vines, and they slowly receded into the ground. As the vines released Mercutio, Syrena fell to her knees and started crying. Heidi scowled at Mercutio as he clambered to his feet.

"You are going to pay for that Malfette!" she spat, before going over to the half pixie and pulling her into a hug.

"Just wait until my father hears about this!" Mercutio spat, glaring at the girl, his lips tugging with a smirk at her tears, before he turned tail and strode into the castle, limping and with small spots of red on his designer clothes. Slowly the crowd that had accumulated dissipated, leaving Harry, Heidi, Eric and Syrena in the courtyard, with a few uncomfortable looking stragglers. A Nefari boy wearing a green t-shirt walked over, and leant down.

"I am so sorry about what Malfoy said. Trust me when I say he is the least liked in our house" The Nefari said, speaking in a northern Nefarian accent. Syrena nodded, and wiped her tears. She glanced at the holes in the ground caused by the vines growing, and gave a weak chuckle.

"I hope they don't fee me for that" she said, hiccupping. Everyone gave a laugh, sans the Nefari.

"What's your name?" asked Harry, looking at the Nefari. He was rather tall, with the mid-night black fur with blue streaks in it, gold eyes and puma-like ears. He had the usual two tails, and like most Nefari he had two sets of fangs and claws in his paw-like hands.

"Tarai'Blaokin'sha Boli'Degra'teth, or Rai for short" he said.

"Thanks for not laughing. I hate people like him." Syrena said. She suddenly looked nervous. "What if he does tell his father? I heard Lucius Malfoy is part of the board of governors! I could be expelled!"

"You think Dumbledore would allow that? There were several witnesses that will back us up in the fact that Malfette made some extremely inappropriate comments" Rai said. Harry smirked at the fact that even amongst snakes they called him that nickname.

"We should get to class. We're going to be late" Heidi said, helping Syrena to her feet. She nodded in agreement, and she was led off. Harry, Eric and Rai were left behind. Before the Nefari could walk off, Harry stopped him.

"Hey Rai, thanks for having the decency to apologies for your Malfette. It was big of you" Harry said. Rai regarded him for a long moment, before giving a smile and a nod, before walking off. Syrena had transmutation at that moment, and split off from the group while Eric went with her. That left Harry and Heidi to go to Battle Magecraft, with Lockhart.

They reached Lockhart's classroom just before the bell rang a second time and they rushed to get seats at the very back, where they both used their overly large and glossy 'textbooks' to make a wall between them and the inept professor.

The rest of the class glanced back at them, a fair few having seen the confrontation with Malfette. Harry and Heidi gave them stern glares, and most of the class looked back to the front. Just after the bell rang, Tianna Longbottom'teth rushed into the room, tripping over her ankle length dress and only being saved when one of the nicer students in their class caught her. She stammered out a thank you, and quickly sat down next to Heidi.

"Is he here yet? I didn't want to be late for Professor Lockhart's lecture. What do you think he's going to teach us? Advanced battle spells? How to fight off a Mad Werewolf? His adventures in the Spiritual Desert of Nefari Kita tracking down the legendary S'jara Bela, or the Sand Bird, in English?" Tianna said, very quickly and without pause for breath. Harry looked a little startled, and was afraid she'd pass out from lack of oxygen, when Lockhart cleared his throat loudly and silence fell. He reached forward, picked up Colin Creevey's copy of Travels with Trolls and held it up to show his own, winking portrait on the front.

"Me," he said, pointing to it and winking as well. Tianna gave a squeak and fainted, dropping to the front next to her chair with a thump. Heidi waved an Ennervate over the poor girl, and woke her up, so she could sheepishly climb into her chair. "Gilderoy Lockhart, Order of Merlin, third class, Honorary Member of the Dark Force Defense League and five times winner of Teen Weekly's Most-Charming-Smile Award – but I don't talk about that. I didn't get rid of the Bandon banshee by smiling at her!"

He waited for them to laugh; a few people smiled weakly.

"I see you've all purchased a complete set of my books – well done. I thought we'd start today with a little quiz. Nothing to worry about – just to check how well you've read them, how much you've taken in…"

When he handed out the test papers he returned to the class and said, "You have thirty minutes. Start – now!"

Harry looked down at his paper and read:

What is Gilderoy Lockhart's favorite color?

What is Gilderoy Lockhart's secret ambition?

What, in your opinion, is Gilderoy Lockhart's greatest achievement to date?

On and on it went, over three sides of paper, right down to:

54. When is Gilderoy Lockhart's birthday, and what would his ideal gift be?

Blinking at the absurd questions, that had utterly nothing to do with Battle Magecraft, Harry smiled evilly and pulled out a pen, clicking it and getting to work.

Half an hour later, Harry looked at his masterpiece.

What is Gilderoy Lockhart's favorite color? Vomit Brown

What is Gilderoy Lochart's secret ambition? To finish the operation and finally become a woman.

What, in your opinion, is Gilderoy Lockhart's greatest achievement to date? Keeping the multiple little boys he has locked up in his office a secret from the staff.

If he had looked at Tianna and Heidi, he would have noticed the slightly disturbed looks on their faces as they read over his shoulder.

54. When is Gilderoy Lockhart's birthday , and what would his ideal gift be? Nobody
cares and his ideal gift would be a Triple-Ended ribbed knobbler.

Lockhart finally collected the papers and rifled through them in front of the class.

"Tut, tut – hardly any of you remembered that my favorite color is lilac. I say so in Year of the Yeti, And a few of you need to read Weekend with a Werewolf more carefully – I clearly state in chapter twelve that my ideal birthday gift would be a large bottle of Ogden's Old Firewhiskey!"

He gave them another roguish wink. Heidi was now staring at Lockhart with an expression of disbelief on her face; Godric Bronzehammer and Sarah Venom, a Human/Nefari Hybrid girl with black hair, who was sitting in front; were shaking in silent laughter. Tianna, on the other hand, was listening to Lockhart with rapt attention, eyes wide. Gilderoy shuffled through the papers, and froze on one of them.

Harry gave a grin, and Lockhart glanced at him. Lockhart spotted the grin and cleared his throat nervously.

"Right, enough of that.." Lockhart bent down behind his desk and lifted a large, covered cage onto it, "now, be warned! It is my job to arm you against the foulest creatures known to mankind! You may find yourself facing your worst fears in this room. Know only that no harm can befall you whilst I am here. All I ask is that you remain calm."

In spite of himself, Harry leaned around his pile of books for a better look at the cage. Lockhart placed a hand on the cover. Godric and Sarah had stopped laughing now. Tianna was cowering behind her own pile of books.

"I must ask you not to scream," said Lockhart in a low voice. "It might provoke them."

As the whole class held its breath, Lockhart whipped off the cover.

"Yes," he said dramatically, "Freshly caught Cornish pixies."

Sarah Venom couldn't control herself. She let out a snort of laughter which even Lockhart couldn't mistake for a scream of terror.

"Yes?" he smiled at Sarah.

"Well, they're not – they're not very – dangerous, are they? I mean, there are Crocolisk pups that are more dangerous than pixies" Sarah choked.

"Don't be so sure!" said Lockhart, waggling a finger annoyingly at Sarah. "Devilish tricky little blighters they can be!"

The pixies, primitive cousins to the German Pixies, of which Syrena was born of, were electric blue and about eight inches high, with pointed faces and voices so shrill it was like listening to a lot of budgies arguing. The moment the cover had been removed, they had started jabbering and rocketing around, rattling the bars and pulling bizarre faces at the people nearest them.

"Right then," Lockhart said loudly. "Let's see what you make of them!" And he opened the cage.

It was pandemonium. Pixies shot in every direction like rockets. It was the shock of such a dumb move that caused the students to stare as the pixies pretty much demolished the room. Two of them seized Zeeva Guth'Jenk'teth, the Nefarian girl that McGonagall had praised for her spellwork the year before, by the ears and lifted her into the air. Several shot through the windows, showering the back row with broken glass. As he felt the glass rain on him, Harry stood up, his hands glowing red.

"Immobulus!" he shouted, thrusting his hand up. A shockwave of crimson energy blasted through the room, freezing Students, Pixies and Lockhart in one shot. Harry quickly started casting Finite on his classmates, offering quick apologies, claiming he hasn't learnt how to direct that spell around allies, and after a prodding from Tianna, he cast the Finite on Lockhart.

"Ah, well done, Mr. Potter. I was just about to suggest that!" Lockhart said, straightening his jacket. Behind him, several students were levitating Zeeva off the chandelier. After a few minutes of feeble lecture on why you shouldn't release a cage full of hyper Cornish Pixies in the middle of their mating season into a class full of teenagers, he let them go early.

"Can you believe him?" muttered Heidi as they left the classroom.

"He just wanted to give us some hands-on experience," said Tianna, tightening the strap on her book bag.

"Hands on?" said Harry, staring at his friend incredulously. "Tianna, he didn't have a clue what he was doing. The crisis was averted when I, a second year, managed to immobilize them."

"Rubbish," said Tianna. "You've read his books – look at all those amazing things he's done…"

"He says he's done," Heidi muttered.

A/N: FINALLY IT IS HERE! I know not many are reviewing, but I will continue posting chapters for those who may find it later. For those who are already following this, I am sorry for the long wait for this chapter. I had a lot of trouble writing Lockhart in a way that deviated from canon, but it was so hard. It was like Lockhart was fighting against being different. Even in someone else's writing, he is a self-loving git.

Enjoy this, and the next chapter will be out soon.

Peace out!

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