Chapter 9: DADA and Potions

A/N: No copyright intended, I don't own Harry Potter

The next morning, Harry woke up to his owl, Hedwig nipping at his ear. Harry smiled, she was a sweet and loyal owl who would stick by Harry every step of the way.

Suddenly Harry remembered something he quickly left the Gryffindor common room and quickly called "Dobby!"

Suddenly an elf who had tennis ball eyes and had on a variety of hats appeared out of nowhere and said, "Harry Potter sir, what is it you need?"

"Dobby, did you think I murdered Cedric?" asked Harry."Oh no, Harry Potter, Dobby knows that Harry Potter is a kind man who would never do such a thing."

"Thank you Dobby, I wanted to ask you something else, are you magically bonded to work for Hogwarts?" asked Harry.

"No sir, Dobby only agreed to work at Hogwarts, not be a House elf at it," Dobby said.

"Good, I plan to leave the wizarding world after this year and I plan to leave for America. I wondered… if you would consider being my house elf when I leave?" asked Harry.

Harry expected Dobby to be completely against the offer but to his astonishment he had never seen Dobby look so happy.

"Why yes Harry Potter! Dobby would love to be a house elf to you!" Dobby said. "Alright, I'm glad to hear it. I promise you I will not treat you like the Malfoys have treated you" said Harry.

Harry then told Dobby his plan to get his revenge on Hogwarts. Dobby looked completely on board with the plan. "It will serve the people right who had abandoned Harry Potter in his time of need" Dobby had said.

When it was time for Harry to get to Potions class, he headed straight to Snape's dungeons. When Harry entered the room, he found Snape eyes lingering at him. Harry made no eye contact, he quickly headed toward a table and sat down next to Neville and didn't say a single word. He was prepared for whatever Snape was about to give. He had been reading the potions book cover to cover in the summer so he could embarrass Snape in front of the class.

When the lesson began, Snape had ordered the class to make a sleeping draught. Harry and Neville did everything perfectly together (mostly with Harry's help though) and Snape looked at the potion and sneered. He couldn't find a single thing wrong with it. He had never gone one class without insulting Potter's incompetence at potions. But that didn't stop him, after the potion was given in, Snape accidently dropped the flask given in, Snape "accidently" dropped it and watched it fall to the ground. "Whoops, it looks like that's a zero for you then, Potter. You too, Longbottom."

The Slytherins started sniggering and Snape smirked knowing he succeeded in humiliating Potter. But out of nowhere Harry said, "I'm sorry sir but according to Hogwarts rule number 146, it says teachers can't give zeros in classes for their own mistakes."

Snape looked at Harry with pure hatred and said "20 points from Gryffindor for questioning a professor's authority. While I admit my clumsiness got the best of me. You have no potion to give now and that means it's still a zero"

Harry retorted, "I just made a cauldron full ,I can give you another flask". Snape looked murderous and said, "There's only one use of a flask in my class, Potter, no matter if I made a mistake or not."

Harry smirked and said, "Really? Because I've seen you give Crabbe and Goyle many flasks in one class when they numerously broken the flasks they were given."

Snape, knowing he had lost said, "Alright , I will give you another flask and will test your potion later." Snape knew he couldn't make an excuse if he "accidently" dropped it again, and the potion was perfect so he had no choice but to give Harry and Neville an O on their potion.

The Gryffindors looked astonished that Snape had actually lost a fight, they thought he would never do anything to help anyone from another house. They also sniggered at the humiliated Snape. The Slytherins on the other hand gave Harry dark looks. How dare he insult their favorite teacher? They swore to get revenge on Potter one day, but right now they were in class and there would be dozens of witnesses.

When Potions class was over, Harry left with Neville. Neville grinned at Harry. "That was bloody brilliant" Neville said. "You made him look like a complete idiot".

"Well someone had to do it one of these days" Harry shrugged. "I couldn't let him treat me like crap for the rest of this year."

Harry entered the DADA room and sat down with Neville at one of the tables. The toad woman was looking at him with great interest. She had applied for the job so she could get revenge on Potter for making Fudge resign. She had always thought of Fudge as the greatest Minister the Wizarding world has ever had. She knew that DADA Harry's best class and knew he would get angry at the fact that she was turning it into a rubbish class. It would get him detention which would allow her to use blood quills on the boy. But little did she know that Harry didn't care about any subject at Hogwarts anymore.

"Good morning, class" Umbridge said. "Good morning" everyone said quietly.

"Tut, Tut" said Umbridge. " You will say good morning, professor Umbridge in my class. Now let's try again, good morning, class"

"Good morning, professor Umbridge" the whole class chanted.

"Now that wasn't so hard was it?" Umbridge asked. "Now there's no need for wands so you could all put those away." Everyone, looking confused, did what she said. They had never heard professor say something like that before.

"If you would all turn your pages to the first chapter, we will spend the period going over it." Umbridge said, smiling. This was the first part of her plan. Potter will be furious at the fact that the book contained no spells in it whatsoever. She would be using her blood quills in no time.

Harry, looking very bored, read the entire first chapter. It wasn't like he needed to know this information. Talking out problems to someone who's about to kill you? He silently snorted so no one could hear. He imagined Dumbledore trying to talk out problems with Voldemort while he killed him. It was dark yes, but funny just the same.

When Harry was done, he closed the book and just waited for the class to be over. When the period was done Umbridge had said, "Remember to look over chapter 2 for homework" said Umbridge and watched slowly as the fifth year students left the room. She was extremely disappointed , Potter had not burst out in class how they needed to know spells instead of this. She had expected Potter to be furious with the fact that his favorite class had been turning into nothing but a waste of time. No matter, he was just probably more calm today, she will get him in her detentions.

Harry walked back to the common room and read chapter 2 of the rubbish book he was given. It was complete and utter shit. There were no spells, no clear information, just working out problems with your enemy. Harry knew Voldemort would never work out problems with anyone, so what was the point?

Harry knew what she was trying to do. He knew about what the quills she had. Sirius had told him all about them. Blood quills, they cut into your skin and write the same thing you're writing on a piece of paper. Well Harry loved the way his skin was so he would keep quiet in her class, not that he even cared about it anymore.

Suddenly Harry was approached by Weasley, Thomas, and Finnegan , or the "Rusty trio" as Harry called them. "Harry, we were wondering if you could teach us DADA in secret so we could learn more how to defend ourselves. Umbridge's classes are complete rubbish. We know nobody would be able to talk you know who out of killing them so we wanted to know if you would teach us?" Weasley asked.

"Forget it" Harry said, "I'm not teaching you anything, I don't care about Voldemort anymore, I don't care about this school anymore, I don't even care about DADA anymore. You all know what you did and if I wouldn't forgive you, why would I want to teach you?" Harry asked.

Harry quickly left the room and entered the bedroom where no one would bother him. When he was done reading chapter 2 of "Defense rubbish" as he called it, he decided to call it a night and went to sleep. He knew he had a long day ahead of him tomorrow.

A/N: Hint to the show: It first aired in mid-December on a tv network where every show is "tru". Review.