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They all got off the train and climbed into the carriages waiting for them. After they were dropped off at the entrance of the castle Malfoy elbowed past Hermione and stood in front of Harmony.

"You fainted?" he asked laughing. "Always knew you were a damsel in distress!"

Malfoy turned with the rest of his Slytherin friends laughing all the way inside the castle. "Ignore them, Harmony," said Hermione. Harmony just nodded stiffly.

As they were about to enter the Great Hall McGonagall called Hermione and Harmony to her office. Waiting there was Madam Pomfrey, who started fussing over Harmony the moment she stepped inside.

After assuring the over protective nurse that she was okay, Madam Pomfrey left. Then Professor McGonagall talked to them about their classes. She gave them a speech about the importance of not being seen by themselves when they used the time-turners. She smiled slightly when she gave them both their own time-turners.

"We've never had more than one person at time use one of these, sometimes not even in the whole school," McGonagall proudly. "It's nice to see two ladies so interested in their studies, just make sure to be responsible." They nodded vigorously.

When they arrived back in the Great Hall the Sorting was already over. It looked as if the Maximus house got themselves another three students. They walked over to Cedric and sat down, he asked what had happened but Dumbledore stood up at that time.

"Welcome back!" boomed Dumbles, he gave his regular greetings about the feast and such. "Now, for the time being, Dementors will be placed at every entrance of the school. While they are only looking for the recent escapee, they are not particularly forgiving. They can not be fooled by disguises either, or Invisibly Cloaks." Dumbles turned to Harmony and she sent a smile to him. "Give the Dementors no reason to harm you, and everything will be fine. The Head Boy and Girl will be looking after this, closely."

Penelope Clearwater, another member of the Maximus house sitting a few seats away perked up at this. On her chest you could see her new Head Girl badge shining.

"On a happier note," continued Dumbles. "I would like to introduce our new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Remus Lupin."

Harmony clapped loudly, as did Cedric and Hermione. When the rest of their house saw this they joined in as well. After Remus sat down after being introduced Harmony noticed Snape, he didn't look too happy at this. It was true that Snape wanted the Defense Against the Dark Arts position, and he didn't like Remus that much. While Remus didn't play that many pranks on him in school, Harmony's dad and Sirius did and Remus was a part of that group.

The trio was very surprised to hear the Hagrid would be taking the Care of Magical Creature position.

After all the announcements were done Dumbles made the food appear on the tables. Harmony dug in, starving. Half way through her meal she turned to Luna Lovegood who was almost directly across from her. "Hey, Luna!" she said enthusiastically. "How was your summer?"

Luna smiled, her big eyes wider than Harmony remembered. "Oh, it was great . . ." Then she went into a description of some other magical creatures her and her father visited, something that made Harmony laugh.

Finally, the feast was done and all the houses started leaving the Great Hall. Harmony, Cedric and Hermione all went up to Hagrid was congratulate him on his Professorship. He started crying, of course. Harmony also asked Remus why he hadn't told her that he was going to be her Professor.

"The surprise," he said simply.

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The next morning at breakfast Malfoy was pretending to look terrified and faint as they entered. George and Fred Weasley told the trio that he wasn't so brave last night either, which made Harmony laugh.

When they got their new schedules Harmony and Hermione were excited about starting some new subjects today. Cedric had looked at their classes and asked why they had Divination and Arithmancy at the same time, but the two just shrugged it off.

After eating, Cedric went off to his first class when Harmony and Hermione went to Divination.

That class was something Harmony didn't want to experience a lot, which was a bummer 'cause she had it for the rest of the year.

First of all, Professor Trelawney's classroom was heavily perfumed and cluttered. And the professor herself looked like a insect buried under shaws and glasses. Then she announced that books would do little for them in Divination, Hermione and Harmony shared pained looks.

Harmony wasn't sure what to make of her predictions, either. They seemed real enough, although a bit theatrical. Neville did end up dropping his cup, but anyone could have seen that coming.

Hermione was peering into Harmony's cup, trying to figure out what the tea leaves meant, when Professor Trelawney came over and began to read it.

"...The falcon...my dear, you have a deadly enemy."

"Well, duh," said both of the girls.

A few people laughed, but Trelawney continued. "The club...an attack. Dear, dear, this is not a happy cup...The skull...danger in your path, my dear." Everyone watched as Trelawney gasped, then screamed. (This made Neville brake another cup.)

After some coaxing Trelawney finally divulged the information that made her scream. "Oh my dear girl. It is terrible! You have the Grim!" No one really understood, so there wasn't a big reaction. "The Grim is a giant, spectral dog that haunts churchyards. It is an omen of death!" Many people gasped this time

Harmony just raised an eyebrow and looked into her cup, yes she saw what Professor Trelawney was talking about. "Well, Professor. It doesn't sound like the Grim to me, it just sounds like my Godfather's animagus form. And I have to say that he has brought be better things than death."

"Yes, but you never know," said Trelawney. "Why exactly is that his animagus form? The animal that you turn into depicts your personality, you know."

"Yeah, I do." said Harmony bitterly, she was thinking about Pettigrew being a rat. How could her parents not see that.

Finally Divination was over and it was time for Arithmancy - or at least is was going to be. Harmony and Hermione snuck off to an alcove and brought out their time-turners, they each had them around their necks. They gave them a turn each so they would go back an hour.

The word was spinning around them, the sensation of time travel felt very strange. Maybe she would get used to it, or maybe it would always be like this.

After the spinning was done, the friends tucked away their time-turners and walked to their next class.

Arithmancy was a very interesting class, much better than Divination had been by far! When the bell rang Harmony and Hermione ran to Transfiguration, filing in with the people the had left coming down from Divination. No one noticed that they disappeared then reappeared, thankfully.

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Next was Care of Magical Creatures, and it was great to be outside for a class. Harmony and Hermione were walking down with the rest of their class and were talking excitedly about their new classes. They had met up with Cedric at lunch and he seemed really grumpy. He told them that the teachers were going to pile on the homework this year. It was his 5th year and that meant O.W.L.S, huge tests for wizards.

They were just arriving in front of Hagrid's hut when they say Malfoy and his bodyguards, it just occurred to Harmony that they were having the class with the Slytherins. 'Oh, this will be fun! I guess foreseeing my death wasn't' enough, Fate had to had insult to injury.'

As if Malfoy had heard this, he turned around and smirked at them. He couldn't say anything though, Hagrid was a few feet away from them. When everyone arrived Hagrid lead them to the edge of a paddock. Hagrid had the class open their books ("Yeh've got ter stroke 'em,")

When Hagrid left to get whatever he was showing the class, Malfoy wasted no time insulting him. "I can't believe Dumbledore hired that oaf, and I thought that he was just a muggle-loving fool. Just wait til my father hears this."

"Shut up, Malfoy," snapped Harmony stepping forward.

"Please," drawled Malfoy. "Like I'm intimidated by a girl."

"That's a pretty big word for someone who's been hanging around those two," returned Harmony, pointing to Crabbe and Goyle. "And really, you could use a better insult than the whole girl thing. I think it was worn out last year, maybe you need to learn something better. But if they can't teach an old dog new tricks then I have very little hope for you."

The Gryffindors and the few of the Maximus house laughed, Harmony gave herself a mental pat on the back, the look on Malfoy's face was priceless. He was about to reply when Lavender Brown, a Gryffindor, squealed. Everyone turned to see a dozen most outlandish creatures Harmony had every seen. (And she had seen Sirius when he woke up early. He was not a morning person.)

They appeared to be half horse, with the bodies, hind legs and tails, but half eagle with front legs, wings and heads. They looked cruel at first glance, but in a way they really were beautiful.

Hagrid announced they were Hippogriffs and that they were proud creatures, easily offended. Then when Hagrid asked if anyone wanted to touch one, Harmony did something both very brave and very stupid. (Call it the Gryffindor in her!) She said that she would do it.

Hagrid looked delighted when she did this, and that was enough for Harmony. He brought over Buckbeak and told her to bow to him. She did so, after a few moments, to Harmony's massive surprise, Buckbeak bowed, too.

Harmony moved forward to pat Buckbeak, coaxed on by Hagrid. She actually liked it, too! When the Hippogriff was content it closed its eyes lazily, like a dog. (Again, experience from Sirius!) And when Hagrid announced that he would let her ride him, she was almost excited. Almost.

But after she was flying through the sky Harmony began to enjoy the ride. It was nice, and even though she wasn't in control like she was on her broom, it was fun. The ride ended and Buckbeak touched down on the ground. Hagrid lifted her off and onto the ground, her legs felt like jelly now, but her brain was buzzing.

It was when the class came into the paddock that things started to go amiss. The first mistake was when Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle took over Buckbeak. Everything seemed almost fine, Malfoy was patting him and although he looked bitter that Harmony had done better than him, he was doing nothing. Yet.

Harmony didn't catch much of the conversation, just the end. "...I bet you're not dangerous at all, are you? Are you, you great ugly brute?" There was a flash of talons and Malfoy let out a scream (like a girl, she may add) and he was rolling on the ground.

Harmony could tell that it wasn't life threatening, despite Malfoy's calls of: "I'm dying! It's killed me!" But Hagrid picked him up and hurried him to the hospital wing, anyway. The one thing that she and Hermione were worried about, as they were walking up to the castle, was if Hagrid was going to get fired or no. Knowing Malfoy, he would tell his father and he would pull out the whole nine yards of complaints.

They asked Cedric about it at lunch, he was worried, too.

And so they went down to his hut after dinner. They talked Hagrid out of his mini depression. He was just thanking the trio when he stopped mid-sentence. "WHAT D'YEH THINK YOU'RE DOIN', EH? YOU SHOULDN'T BE OUT AFTER DARK, NOT WITH PETTIGREW ON THE LOOSE!"

"Hagrid, I can take care of myself," insisted Harmony.

"I know, but this isn't just anyone we're talkin' about," said Hagrid angrily. "He's killed too many people, and he's after you know, you put him in prison! You have ta be careful! C'mon, I'm takin yer all back." And so they followed Hagrid back up to the castle, the entire time Harmony's mind was buzzing.

Harmony knew that Pettigrew would be out to get her, but how could he get into Hogwarts? Sure, he did it for ten years, but that was when he was a pet rat. Now everyone was on the look out for him. Harmony was sure that everyone who owned a rat got rid of them when it was announced that he escaped, or at least made sure it wasn't missing a toe.

No, Hagrid was just overreacting. There was no way that Pettigrew could be in Hogwarts.

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Harmony couldn't believe that anyone believed Malfoy's acting skills.

Malfoy didn't appear again till Potions on Thursday, and he made it a point to make it look like he was in pain. He even had in a sling with his arm covered in bandages.

At least Snape didn't believe him, Harmony could clearly see that he was just playing along with Malfoy. At least Harmony wasn't the one having to make his potion for him. (Although she did feel sorry for Ron Weasley, who had to do it instead.)

And no potions class was complete without Snape making a fool out of Neville Longbottom. That was one thing she never got about Snape, he liked everyone else in the Maximus house. (Besides the Weasley twins and Neville.) At least Hermione was able to help Neville with his potion so it didn't posion his toad, Trevor.

After Potions, Hermione and Harmony rushed to one of their extra classes then to Defense Against the Dark Arts. This was what Harmony had been looking forward to all week, she was going to learn from Remus! She already knew this was going to be the best year yet.

Remus told the class to take out their wands, saying this was going to be a practical lesson. Harmony had a flash back to this summer, Sirius dangling backwards. Remus then lead them to the staffroom. (There was a slight run in with Peeves, who Harmony knew really liked Remus as well as the rest of the Marauders. They always had the same goal in school: to prank. Remus and Sirius had even told Harmony that when Peeves took the time to make a song about you, he respected you!)

The only other person in the staffroom when they entered was Professor Snape. His eyebrow raised and a sneer played on his face. "And what is this?" he asked.

"I'm just giving my third-year students a pratical lesson with a boggart," explained Remus. "Would you care to stay and watch?"

It looked as if this caught Snape's interest, so he nodded and sat back down in his chair. Remus nodded, as well, then he turned to Neville. "Would you please assist me?" Neville went scarlet, but agreed.

Remus led them to a old wardrobe that was wobbling. He explained that it was a boggart, then Hermione raised her hand and said it was a shape-shifter and that it takes the shape of a person's worse fear.

"And what is our biggest advantages, Harmony?" asked Remus.

Harmony smiled, "Because there are so many of us, I won't know what shape it should be."

"Very good, Harmony," said Remus. Then he told them the charm to repel a boggart - riddikulus - and that you have to imagine something funny. Nothing is better to finish off a boggart more that laughing, he said. "Neville, what do you fear most?"

Neville looked over at Snape, who appeared almost bored. Remus nodded, understanding. "Okay, Neville, when the boggart comes out I want you to imagine whatever you fear most with your grandmother's clothes, if I remember correctly you live with her." Neville nodded. "Yes, very nice woman, Frank always talked about her highly." Neville's eyes widened slightly, then he smiled shyly.

"Okay, are you ready?" asked Remus, walking over to the wardrobe. When Neville answered with a confident 'yes' he opened the door.

Everyone waited in anticipation to see what would come out of the wardrobe, although Harmony had a pretty good idea.

And she was right! Professor Snape stepped out of the wardrobe and stalked over to Neville. Many people were looking back and forth between the real Snape and the boggart Snape. It was hard to tell which was more frightening at the moment.

Neville pointed his wand at the boggart and shouted, "Riddikulus!" There was a crack and Snape stumbled, then he had a lace-trimmed dress and a towering hat topped with a vulture on. Everyone tried not to laugh, seeing as the real Snape was in the room, but found themselves unable to.

Student after student came forward, revealing the thing that scared them most, then made it funny. Harmony found a huge grin plastered on her face, although she had no idea what was going to appear when it was her turn.

And it was her turn. Harmony stepped up to the current shape of the boggart, Ron's legless spider, and waited. The boggart seemed to be thinking about Harmony's fear, probably cause she had no idea at the moment, then seemed to make up its mind.

The boggart split itself into many figures, and like clay they molded themselves until they were recognizable. Harmony's breath caught in her throat. In front of her was a scene that was the most terrifying thing she ever seen - and lived through.

A tall figure in a black cloak that covered his face stood pointing a wand at a woman with bright red hair. In the woman's arms there was a bundle of cloth, it was crying.

The bundle was her. The woman was her mother, Lily, and the figure was Voldemort. This was her mother's last moments.

"No! Not my baby!" exclaimed her mother. "Kill me instead, just not my baby!"

Harmony froze. Those were the first words she ever heard from her mother, and they had to be pleading for her own death.

"Harmony," whispered a voice beside her. She knew it was Remus. "Harmony, let me get rid of it."

"No," croaked Harmony. Did she really say that? "No, let me. I h-have to."

Harmony put her want in front of her, not knowing if anything would make this funny. "R-r-riddikulus!" She exclaimed.

The scene changed again like before, only quicker. Her mother was in it again, holding her. Three men were standing around them. There was Sirius, Remus and...her dad. All of them had smiles on their faces and no Voldemort was in sight. Harmony smiled.

"Come on, say Padfoot!" coaxed Sirius, poking baby Harmony which made her giggle.

"No, say Moony," said a younger Remus.

"Naw, don't listen to those prats," said her father. "Say Prongs, or daddy! I know that's your favorite word."

Lily laugh and pulled Harmony out of their reach. "You are brain-washing her!" The three grown men pouted.

Harmony giggled, it was exactly like she imagined it to be! Then suddenly, just from her small giggle, the boggart exploded.

Remus cleared his throat, "Thank you," he said, his voice shaking slightly. "Five points for everyone who faced the boggart or answered a question," He turned to Harmony. "And ten points to Harmony for making the boggart disappear.

"For homework, read the chapter on boggarts and summarize it for me. Hand it in on Monday," continued Remus. "You are excused."

Everyone filed out of the staffroom, giving Harmony apologetic looks. Harmony just remained standing, staring at the place where hear parents had been. After everyone was gone, Harmony felt a weight on her shoulder. She looked up at Remus, he looked older then he ever had before, though at the same time...happy.

"Remus..." began Harmony. "That's what I heard on the train the first day, when the dementor came into our compartment." He gave her a confused look. "I heard my mum, just like she was in the boggart, the first time."

Remus swallowed, "I'll tell you more about it later, Harmony, you've had a hard day and should get something to eat and some rest." He paused and turned to Hermione, she hadn't left either and was starting at Harmony with a worried expression. "You should both go, good work today." The girls nodded and picked up their things. Then they walked passed Snape, he too looked tired, the boggart had affected him too.

Harmony didn't feel like going to the Great Hall at all, so she decided to use some of the information she learned over the summer. Sirius and Remus had told her about the kitchens and how to get in them. She told this to Hermione and she understood, she was going to get Cedric while Harmony got their dinner.

Harmony had never seen so many house-elves, and all of them wanted to help her! After getting more than enough food for a small army Harmony quickly made it up to the Maximus common room. Cedric and Hermione were waiting for her.

As soon as Harmony sat down the food on the table in front of the fire, Cedric had pulled her into a hug. Hermione must have filled him in on the way.

Finally Harmony let some tears fall. She wasn't sure what she was feeling. She was feeling depressed because she could remember her mother's last moments of life, but she was feeling elated because she saw both her parents in a happy moment.

She stayed in Cedric's arms for a few minutes until her tears stopped. The three sat down and silently ate. After they were done Harmony explained exactly how she was feeling. Both happy and sad.

"I guess I just have to accept the good with the bad," she joked.

Harmony went up to bed with Hermione early to avoid the people in her house. Harmony knew she was going to explain more to her housemates, just not now.

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Um, don't know if that was over the top or not!

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BTW I don't know if you know, but my story centers a lot off womens' rights and stuff like that. I don't know if I have said that or not, but now it's been said. That's something pretty important to me because I am a female (thank you very much) and I want to be succesful and I don't want some beliefs that women aren't as good as ment to get in the way!

(AND BELIEVE ME, YOU WILL LOVE THE NEXT CHAPTER!!!!!!)