AN: I wanted to make sure it was clear that, like in the movie, the students from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons came on the first day of classes, not the day before Halloween.
Harry Potter and the Lost Chambers
Chapter 5
-Harry-
With a flash of light and a crack of thunder he appeared with the two hundred odd tigers on the Hogwarts Grounds, noticing all the stares he was getting he quickly led the tigers to the edge of the forest, "Alright guys," he said in English as he knew they understood the language even if they couldn't speak it "you can choose to live in the forest and carve out a territory in there. Be careful though, the centaurs are…disagreeable to say the least and the accromantulas tend to be rather violent.".
Nodding the majority of the pack ran into the woods except for the male who he believed to be Aridena's father as he had already spoken with the noble creature who had agreed to become his assimilated battle familiar for house Potter.
Walking back into the castle with the mighty cat, Horvath, by his side he enjoyed the panicked looks he received before he got to the Unit House Common Room and assimilated him, 'this is rather strange', Horvath thought through the link he had with his familiars, the others choosing not to speak as most of the Lion's consciousness was gone as well as the rook's due to their ancient age. The dark basilisk he had created not being old enough to have fully developed a strong mind yet.
'Sorry about that Horvath,' he apologized sheepishly 'I can let you out if you want.'.
'It's quite alright,' Horvath said shrugging 'my time is past and I was nearly at the age where the herd would either have to take care of all my needs and make me an elder where I could never fight again or for them to leave me behind so I could fight on my own until I passed. This way I can still be a warrior and help you learn how to survive'.
Shaking his head he called Godric's ghost to take him down to follow him down in the Gryffindor chamber, he had a task coming up and needed to train for it.
The next morning he collapsed in his usual spot at the Unity House table with a pained groan, barely able to move after the training Godric had put him through and his skin was practically a giant bruise from the animated training partners the room had. "Harry!" he was quickly surrounded by Fleur and the chasers as they fretted over him and tried to find out what was wrong and why he was in so much pain.
"Who did this to you man?" Cedric asked, growling angrily and cracking his knuckles "We'll teach em a lesson.". The rest of the house gave nods of agreement and began scanning the hall for the source of their vengeance, scaring many other students in the process.
"I went through…Godric's training regimen…" he wheezed "I didn't know…he had animated training dummies…".
"Animated training dummies?" Fred asked confused, a lot of the wind vanishing from the group's sails.
"With clubs and shields," he groaned piteously "and they wouldn't stay down!". Remembering the training he began whimpering and was quickly pulled close by Angelina as the Katia and Alicia tried to offer comfort while Fleur pulled out her wand to heal him only to be stopped "No!" he panicked "He says if I get healed he'll give them metal clubs instead of wooden ones next time!".
"Where is this ghost!" Fleur raged, her hands beginning to smoke and spark with hints of fire.
"He's hiding from Rowena and Helga," he groaned "they heard he was going to try to dictate my training but thought it would only be basic material…they forgot Godric believes in sink or swim after he adds sharks to the mix.".
"Call them." Angelina ordered scowling and, wanting to avoid gaining her wrath as well, quickly complied as Rowena and Helga faded into view while Godric was seemingly dragged through several floors.
"What happened?!" Rowena and Helga screamed when they saw him.
In response he pointed at Godric who, somehow, paled even further than his original ghostly color "He put me through 'training' and forbid me from getting healed or he would have the animated training dummies use metal clubs next time instead of wooden ones.".
"What…exactly…did this training consist of?" Rowena growled while Helga and the Fat Friar held a panicking Godric in place.
(AN: I know this training is going to be freakishly over the top but I wanted to make a scene where Godric makes the rest of the ghosts, and the girls, really angry at him)
"He started me out with telling me to drink a potion and that it was simply to help my body handle the exercises better…after I drank it he told me that it was a potion that would make sure I always had just enough energy to continue but would still feel all the tiredness and pain that would also prevent me from eating or sleeping and that I would only get the antidote when I completed all his exercises." At this point Godric paled and tried even harder to break the ghostly grip holding him "He then had me run ten miles while having animated training dummies chasing me that would swing wooden clubs at me if I lagged too far behind. After the running I had to do pushups, crunches, pull-ups, and squats all with one hundred pound weights on each of my limbs. The final exercise was that I had to beat every single one of the twenty animated training dummies with my bare hands before I was allowed to have the potion.".
Godric had continued struggling as he explained his 'training' and at this point the Grey Lady, Nearly Headless Nick, and several other ghosts were having to help hold the old warrior down. "GODRIC!" Rowena screamed angrily before ordering the other ghosts to take the screaming ghost founder out of the hall so she could punish him somewhere else. "You four," Rowena ordered, pointing towards Fleur and the chasers who stiffened "heal Harry and make sure he doesn't do anymore training until I tell him he can.".
The four girls nodded quickly as Fleur began healing him as he moaned in relief, not noticing the shivers the girls had from the sound. "Hey Harry," Cedric said after Fleur had finished healing what she could "Once Madame Pomphrey looks you over how about we take a champion's day and hit Diagon or Muggle London?".
"I would but even with Fleur's healing," here he winced at his still sore muscles "I can barely move.".
"And he won't be leaving his bed until I tell him he can." a voice from behind them said causing him to groan again as he recognized it as Madame Pomphrey's.
"Do I have to stay in the Hospital Wing?" He pleaded "I can't stand it in there…and I get tired of people coming by to stare at me while pretending to be sick.".
"Well…" the Matron said hesitatingly, realizing that what he said was a problem "I don't know if the Gryffindor tower is a good place for you to rest either.".
"I stay in the Unity House quarters," he informed the Matron "only those who are members or invited in have access. Would that work?".
"Fine," Madame Pomphrey sighed before she conjured a wheelchair and forced him into it as she hit him with a sticking charm "but you aren't to move around unless I tell you, you can.".
Before he could answer Angelina had grabbed his wheelchair and began pushing him, followed by Alicia, Katie, and Fleur while Cedric and Viktor watched laughing…until Hermione hexed them "Thanks Mione!" he called over his shoulder to his friend.
"No problem Harry," his genius level friend replied cheerfully as she chased the two panicking champion, launching spell after spell from her wand "just get better soon.".
After Angelina brought them to the common room and opened it Madame Pomphrey had looked around before selecting a large open space in the common room as began muttering about ways to get a hospital bed there when one appeared and he was forced to explain the properties of the room.
So, once again, he was in a hospital bed only this time with stricter instructions than ever before…and four minders as Madame Pomphrey had excused the Chasers from class to watch him along with Fleur. They did provide some entertainment though when the Twins swung by and offered the girls a set of 'altered' nurses costumes that looked like something that…well left very little to the imagination…his entertainment came from the girls chasing and inflicting bodily harm on the twins who were forced to go and have Madame Pomphrey as their nurse who just gave them a few extra lumps and bed rest.
AN: I wasn't sure what all to put for this chapter as I want to put a few more humor instances in as well as explain a bit more about the familiar thing…and do what I did to Godric's ghost. Next chapter is going to be Halloween and the chapter after that is going to be the first task.
Here are his familiars as of now:
1. Gryffindor: nemean lion
2. Slytherin: dark basilisk
3. Ravenclaw: giant rook
4. Hufflepuff: Cerberus (planning)
5. Potter: sabertooth
6. Peverell: horntail (planning)
7. Black: secret
8. Gaunt: acromantula