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'OHMYGOSHANUPDATEFINALLY!' If this is what you are thinking, then you will be happy to know I have already hung myself twice, slapped myself repeatedly and sent several apologies to be aired on CNN.
I hope your still all with me, it's so much more than I deserve thank you. I must add I am so so so so grateful for all the lovely reviews I have received for this fic, I'm glad that you like the story. I apologise again for the sporadic updates and grovel happily for those of you who take the time to read and review for me!
I tried to make this chapter a little longer than usual to attempt to make up a little for the update timing! So I very much hope you enjoy this chapter…. :)
Disclaimer: See chapter 1
Warnings: yaoi, swearing.
PLEASE READ THE BELOW NOTE FOR SOME CHAPTER INFO:
I'd like to add that I added some nicknames in this chapter to make the speech more informal and to show who knows who well enough to be friendly etc, in case it's confusing here is some help!
Drake- Draco Malfoy, Pan – Pansy Parkinson, Red – Ronald Weasley, Ri – Harry Potter, Mione – Hermione Granger
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"Not good, not good at all, did I ever mention I'm not so good with high speeds? Bad experiences and so on…" Harry trailed off at the glint in Serou's eyes.
"Ahh but you'll love my baby Harry," he replied and put his foot down…..20 seconds later Harry was already screaming.
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Chapter 4
About an hour later Serou was pulling into Hogsmede. Parking the car in the space behind the Hog's Head he pulled a shell shocked Harry out. Harry's glamour seemed to have mimicked what his real hair was probably doing, the messy black nest was stuck up at such odd angles Serou had to muffle a chuckle and he ran his fingers through the ebony locks trying to flatten them. Harry glared up at him and then pouted pretending to sulk. Serou dropped a kiss to the top of his head and then sighed.
"So what are we telling the old coot?" Harry suddenly asked. Serou smiled
"I think possibly that your lovely relatives dropped you off too late at the station and that I offered you a lift." He replied.
"Didn't I know not to take a ride on a stranger?" grinned Harry. Serou raised an eyebrow,
"I think you mean with Harry," he said, Harry smirked then leaned over and pinched his butt. Serou yelped.
"No….I'm pretty sure I meant on," he leered. Serou just rolled his eyes and steered the teenager by the scruff of the neck into the Hog's Head. Rosmerta glanced up from behind her bar.
"Oh hello again Professor! Have you left your…your…Automobit behind here again?" she said smiling. Serou returned the smile,
"Is that okay with you Madame? I do hope it isn't any trouble?" he replied. Rosmerta giggled
"Oh no! No trouble at all Professor," she said. Serou nodded gratefully. Then Rosmerta noticed Harry. "Oh Mr. Potter! What in the world are you doing here?!" she exclaimed frowning. Serou put his hand on Harry's shoulder quickly.
"Not to worry Madame, Mr. Potter was rather late catching the train this morning so I offered him a ride," he said. Rosmerta broke into a smile,
"Oh how nice of you Professor!" she gushed batting her eyelashes. Serou chuckled nervously and waved.
"I'm sorry but we have to be going now, goodbye Madame," he said quickly and they left.
Walking quickly Serou glanced down at Harry. He was sulking. His pout could not get any bigger and he was staring resolutely at the ground. Serou frowned. "Harry?....Harry?...what's wrong?" Harry growled and looked up.
"You ….You…You and that….that WOMAN!" he hissed angrily "All giggles and fluttery eyelashes and sickly gushing. Goddamit!! Your mine!!" he spat angrily fisting his hand in the front of Serou's shirt and yanking him down hard smashing their lips together. Serou was shocked for a moment before he smirked and pulled back.
"My Harry is jealous?" he whispered laughing. "As if I would look at anybody else." He grinned at Harry's blushing face, swollen lips and wind mussed hair which made quite a picture. He brought their lips back together and took control of the kiss one hand slipping down to splay fingers across Harry's lower back and draw him so close his head was tipped up at an angle.
Harry reached up to place his arms around Serou's neck fisting hands in the hair at the nape. Tongues slid against one another breaths mingled and small satisfied moans came from Serou just as little whimpers escaped Harry's mouth to be swallowed up by Serou.
After breaking the kiss Serou smiled softly nuzzling Harry's hair. "Come on, we'll never make it to the castle at this rate,"
Harry sighed and nodded, twining his fingers through Serou's and allowing himself to be pulled along.
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Nearer the castle they stood a more respectable distance apart and as they got to the huge doors they could see Professor McGonagall waiting.
"Mr. Potter!" she started "Professor Ash!" Harry twisted to look up at Serou.
"Your surname is Ash?" he muttered grinning slightly. Serou glared down at him before smiling and waving at professor McGonagall.
"Why hello Minerva, I apologise for my tardiness, I arrived at Platform 9 and 3 ¼ to view the train, as I mentioned I might, and then noticed a student who was very late in arriving, so late in fact that he had missed the train!" Serou motioned vaguely at Harry.
"So anyway I offered Mr. Potter a ride in my car, and voila, here we are!" Professor McGonagall peered over the top of her glasses at Harry.
"Why were you late this morning Mr. Potter?" she questioned sternly. Harry fidgeted.
"My Uncle wanted to pick something up for work along the way and…well it kinda took longer than he'd thought. Sorry," he added as an afterthought. Professor McGonagall nodded primly.
"Well the welcome feast has already begun, Mr. Potter you may join but I will expect to see you in the Headmaster's office directly afterwards to explain to him." she turned to Serou.
"Serou it is unacceptable for a member of staff to be later than the students, we must uphold rules and set an example, of course rescuing Mr. Potter will serve as an adequate excuse however I do not expect this to occur again," she said sniffing. "I shall warn the Headmaster that you have arrived so that you may be introduced." Serou nodded smiling amiably.
"I do apologise Minerva I shall indeed see to it that it does not occur again. Allow me to accompany Mr. Potter to the Headmaster's office after dinner so that I might aid in his explanation," he replied. Professor McGonagall agreed and motioned for Serou to follow her. Serou turned and winked at Harry before following her. "See you after dinner Mr. Potter," he said without turning back.
Harry grinned "Yeah, see ya later Professor Ash," he replied before making his way to the great hall.
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Entering, everyone turned to look at him and he rolled his eyes before making his way to the Gryffindor table and sitting down between Ron and Hermione. Glancing up at the head table Harry saw Professor McGonagall whispering to the Headmaster who was nodding.
"Blimey mate, where have you been? Mione and I thought you might not bother coming at all this year!" Ron said through a mouthful of mashed potatoes. Harry scrunched up his nose.
"Ron, please eat with your mouth closed." Sighed Hermione before turning to Harry.
"Were you hung-over?" she asked raising an eyebrow. Harry laughed
"No Mione I did not miss the train because of a hangover," he replied grinning.
"Stoned?" she shot back crossing her arms over her chest and frowning at him. Harry sighed
"Contrary to popular belief I am sober most of the day," he said rolling his eyes. Ron snorted from next to him.
"Whatever you say mate," he replied slapping Harry on the back.
"Actually my Uncle refused to take me to the station," said Harry. Hermione scowled,
"I still don't know why you stay with them, they are utterly unfit as guardians," she said Harry smiled at her
"I'll survive Mione," he replied, she tutted before turning back to the book she had been reading.
"By the way," she added "Draco has been trying to catch your eye,"
Glancing around the rest of the hall Harry caught the eye of Draco Malfoy and Blaise Zabini of Slytherin. They both nodded at him and he nodded back shaking his head very slightly when Malfoy arched an elegant eyebrow at him to question why he was so late.
Harry tipped his head very slightly towards the hall doors suggesting he'd meet them later to explain. Zabini nodded again and pulled Malfoy back into whatever conversation they had been having before.
Turning to the table in front of him Harry reached out and took an apple off the fruit stand and tuned back into whatever Ron was saying to him.
"So who's the newbie I wonder?" Ron asked looking at Hermione who just shrugged, Ron stared for a moment before collecting himself. "You don't know?" he asked incredulously. Harry smothered a chuckle before looking back up at the head table where Dumbledore had just stood up.
The headmaster raised his wand and a mass of green ducks erupted from the end quacking loudly and circling the hall. Everyone quietened and turned to look at the headmaster with slightly disbelieving looks on their faces. From somewhere in the background there was laughter,
"He's absolutely quackers!" said a voice.
"Hilarious Forge," came the reply. "Simply genius."
"Why thank you Gred, I am glad to be appreciated," said the first voice.
Ron groaned and leant his forehead on the table. "I don't know them, and I am most definitely not related to them," he muttered into the wood. Hermione snorted
"Well, I don't know, but I'd have to mention that the odds of you having so much in common but not being related is not very big, and don't say it's coincidence because I would be forced to prove otherwise and probability maths was never one of my strong points,"
Harry raised an eyebrow "Probability maths? Doesn't that have something to do with trees and a little symbol that looks like someone's balls dropped a little too far?" (%....it does!)
Hermione raised an eyebrow exasperated.
"Honestly Harry, a percentage symbol and you can still make it dirty?" she sighed. Harry shrugged,
"Maths in general was never my strong point," he replied airily and Hermione shook her head again before turning to look at Dumbledore.
The Headmasters eyes twinkled and Harry grinned at a comment from Seamus opposite him that sounded vaguely like 'I should have brought sunglasses'
"Thank you Misters Weasley for that wonderful play on words. However I have an introduction to make, the loss of our latest Defence against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Lupin…"
"Dirty animal!" came a shout from a voice at the Hufflepuff table, there was a flash of red light and the voice, who belonged to a small fair-haired boy, slumped forwards over the table his face landing in a custard pudding of some sort. No-one moved to help him out as all eyes were riveted on Harry who was calmly tucking his wand back up his sleeve.
Dumbledore's eyes seemed to have been turned up a notch and Harry carefully kept his eyes a tad lower to avoid being permanently blinded.
"If someone would please remove Mr. Kings face from that pudding before he suffocates, then I shall continue," the Headmaster said merrily. The boy next to him pushed at the small frame of the second year Hufflepuff whose head slid off the pudding and then hit the table with a hollow thud.
"Thank you, Mr. White, and so as I was saying this year we have a new Defence against the Dark Arts Professor, please welcome Professor Serou Ash," he clapped as Serou stood up and the hall joined in politely with squeals coming from girls all over the hall as Serou winked, and jealous mutterings from some of the boys.
"I am honoured to be here Headmaster," said Serou nodding and sitting down again. Harry hid his smirk as Serou's eyes stopped on him and the students all turned back to their meals.
The noise level of the hall steadily rose as they ate and all too soon the plates were cleared and the tired students were following their respective prefects up to the dormitories.
The grating high pitched voice of Percy Weasley shouted that the password this term was 'Dragon's eggs'
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Harry, Ron and Hermione sank down on the crimson couches of the Gryffindor common room.
"So I assume you're going to find Draco?" Hermione asked with her nose still in the dusty tome she had been reading at dinner. Harry looked at Ron 'How does she speak and read at the same time?!' mouthed Ron. Harry grinned and shrugged.
"Yeah, after I've seen the Headmaster, I've gotta go explain my lateness to Dumbledore then I'm gonna go see if Drake's got anything interesting going this term."
"I'm coming too," Ron interjected "I got an owl from Drake a few days ago and he hinted he was bringing gravity snaps!" Hermione rolled her eyes. "Honestly, wizarding drugs can't be any better for you than muggle ones!" she said
"Nah, but they feel better," replied Harry and Ron together.
"Since it's the first day of the new term I shall refrain from lecturing you, but if you two get caught wandering the corridors out of hours I will string you up by the chains of those ridiculous trousers Harry has." Ron burst out laughing and Harry looked stricken.
"Those are my favourite pants Mione! Even you wouldn't be so evil would you?!" he whined. She smirked and Ron abruptly stopped laughing choosing to shuffle backwards instead.
"Try me." She replied.
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Well there it is folks! I hope you enjoyed it! Next chapter will be the meeting with Dumbledore and a meet up with some Slytherins…and more. You'll be pleased to know I'm actually halfway through the next chapter and so it should be out by the end of this week. I get my A level results tomorrow so wish me luck!!!
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