Harry James Potter

Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts,
Teach us something please,
Whether we be old and bald,
Or young with scabby knee's,
Our heads could do with filling,
With some interesting stuff,
For now they're bare and full of air,
Dead flies and bits of fluff,
So teach us things worth knowing,
Bring back what we've forgot,
Just do your best, we'll do the rest,
And learn until our brains all rot.

Harry James Potter, third year Gryffindor student, was banging his head on the stone wall. It was the thousandth time Albus Dumbledore, the Headmaster, had put on that bloody song. Looking around, Harry verified that other students had either palmed their faces, put their fingers in their ears or banging their head on the walls like Harry himself. Hermione Granger was rolling her eyes skyward as if asking for help, Ron Weasley looked like he wanted to cry and Neville Longbottom looked like he wanted to be anywhere but Hogwarts.

Finally, Hermione pulled him and Ron to the Library.

"Uh, Hermione ? Why are we going to the Library ?" asked a confused Harry.

"Because its the only place that doesn't have that crazy song playing on and on. Madame Pince refused outright to let Dumbledore take the peace of the Library away." replied a frazzled Hermione.

For the first time in three years, Harry Potter and Ron Weasley were going to the Library willingly.

"Then lets go ! If its the only place that doesn't have that bloody song going on, I'll willingly camp in there. Dumbledore's gone crazy." yelled Ron.

They entered the quiet and peaceful Library. Hermione immediately went to the Charms section. She quickly grabbed a wornout book from a shelf and flipped through it all the while talking to Harry and Ron quietly.

"You wouldn't believe what I found the other day. I was so shocked, it was impossible to find a teachers school textbook that they used themselves in the Hogwarts Library. Or so I thought."

"Hermione, what are you talking about ?" asked Ron.

"It's Professor Snape's Charms textbook. He's invented pretty useful charms if I say so myself. I'm looking for a particular spell that I found Wednesday when I was here. It's a spell that you preform on a particular object or around yourself. It will quiet it down. For example, if we preform this spell around us, everybody else will hear a low buzzing sound. I forgot the incantation and ... oh here it is !" rambled Hermione.

Harry and Ron were staring at her openmouthed.

"Did she just say that she found Snape's old Charms textbook ?" stuttered Harry.

"I think she did mate, I think she did." replied Ron.

"The Muffliato Charm. If I borrow this book from Madame Pince I can look up the wand movements and preform it on every single speaker there is in the school. Of course, it may take up the whole day, trying to find the speakers. But I'll try anyway." said Hermione excitedly.

Harry just snatched the book from Hermione's hands and went to Madame Pince's desk. Hermione let out a squeak of indignation. Harry payed no attention to the bushy haired bookworm. He gave it to Madame Pince. Pince waved her wand in a complex manner and gave the book with extreme care to Harry.

"Okay Potter, you have to return this book in two weeks. That means, the 27th. If anything happens to the book, you'll see the consequences for yourself." said Pince grumpily.

Harry gulped and dashed back to Ron and Hermione.

"What page is the charm in Hermione ?" he asked, still bewildered by the fact that he'd just checked Snape's Charms textbook out of the Library.

"Page 128." she said superiorly.

Sighing at the tone that Hermione took, Harry flipped through book. He landed on the page of Silencing Charms. Where there had been a large and empty margin, was filled up with black inky notes.

The Muffliato Charm

The Muffliato Charm is a complex Silencing Charm created by myself. The incantation is "Muffliato" and the wand movements are swish, flick, swish, twist to the right. This charm was of course, very hard to create and it requires a large magical reserve. Under no circumstances should a person preform the charm while tired or hungry. Hinting to the obvious, consequences will be severe if you do it while you're tired.

"Arrogant much ?" muttered Ron.

Harry, Hermione and Ron practiced the charm by using books in the far end of sections, to be far from Madame Pince's prying eyes. After four tries, it finally worked. Harry had used the charm on a Transfiguration textbook that had to be as old as the school. He threw it down. Nothing sounded. Giving off a relieved sigh, he rounded up the rest of the group. Ron and Hermione had completed the charm at the same time as him.

"Okay guys, we have 3 hours till Potions. I doubt Snape will be in a good mood with this stupid song playing so we have to split up and do the charm on every single speaker in the school. Ron, you go to floors one and two. Hermione three and four, and myself, five, six and seven. Three, Two, One, Go !"

Two hours later found a very smug Golden Trio and a very grumpy Albus Dumbledore in the Great Hall for lunch.