Hi, people here are another chapter. Thanks for the reviews I really appreciate them.
One person said that I am writing wrong grammar. I would like to thank that person for telling me. I would be happy if you tell me what grammatical mistakes I am doing and how to fix it. As I said, I write so that I can improve in writing and in English and if you people give me points to improve it then I will be very thankful.
I hate it when people write slash stories, seriously imagining harry and Draco or harry and snape gives me the creeps. I do not know why people enjoy it after watching the characters interact in the movie, how can someone enjoy it?
Can some one please suggest me stories in which harry is possessive or dominant. Do not suggest slash and Ginny/harry stories. So please suggest if you know any good possessive harry stories.
Btw I started a new story yesterday please say if I should continue it or leave it as a one shot.
Thank you and here goes nothing.
Chapter song-the black ghosts-full moon
When the thorn bush turns white that's when I'll come home
I am going out to see what I can sow
And I don't know where I'll go
And I don't know what I'll see
But I'll try not to bring it back home with me
Like the morning sun your eyes will follow me
As you watch me wander, curse the powers that be
Cause all I want is here and now
But it's already been and gone
Our intentions always last that bit too long
Far far away
No voices sounding
No one around me
And you're still there
Far far away
No choices passing
No time confounds me
And you're still there
In the full moon's light I listen to the stream
And in between the silence hear you calling me
But I don't know where I am
And I don't trust who I've been
And If I come home how will I ever leave
Chapter-9
The next day after the first dueling lesson was not a pleasant one for harry. When he woke at his usual morning time his body hurt everywhere, it felt like small knifes were grazing his body everywhere.
He resolved himself to stand up and to follow his daily routine with great difficulty. His morning exercise was especially hard that day. He stopped running in the middle of his exercise because he felt so tired and his body was screaming at him to drop down and sleep for all eternity.
After finishing his morning shower, he took extra time to dress himself and covered his whole body so that it can be hard for people to notice the angry red scars that covered him and were all over his body.
He dragged himself to the great hall for breakfast. Everyone stared at him in the hall because of the way he walked. Daphne also stared at him suspsiously when he walked inside. She observed him throughout the breakfast and concluded that something must be wrong with him.
He went to the classes after breakfast and Daphne kept her 'you did something wrong eyes' at him. He sat alone and even professors left him alone after seeing how pale he looked.
It was in their runes extra studies when Daphne finally understood what was wrong with him.
'What happened yesterday in your dueling class?' she asked in a no nonsense voice.
'I'm not allowed to speak about it' he said in a strong voice, which meant that he would not budge and reveal anything. Before he could act, she rolled his shirts sleeves, which also revealed his angry red burn marked hands.
She gasped after seeing them, harry quickly rolled his shirt down to cover it.
She stood up and pulled his hand after overcoming her shock.
' lets go to madam pomfrey, she can fix your hand' she said
'No I can't go' he said
'But you are hurt' she protested
He just stood still in his place. She grumbled about stupid stubborn persons and sat down seeing he will not move. They sat in silence for some time with her glaring at him and him avoiding her eyes
'At least tell me a way so that I can help you?' she said after a while.
'You can help me learn to dodge spells so that I don't burn myself next time I go for a lesson, so will you?' he asked
If that is what you need then I will do it she promised herself mentally. They got out of the library and located an empty room where they started practicing. She fired spells at him until curfew. She was not as fast as professor flitwick but still she helped him as best she could. They continued training the rest of the week and it did pay its results. He was able to dodge at least for ten minutes in his next dueling class in the next week.
Even snape did not push him that day in their occlumency class. Harry meditated and he sat quietly in the class.
The week was creative and he was progressing in things but as they say, nothing good can last in harry potter's life and last it did not.
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Ronald as usual avoided harry the full week, malfoy also seemed to avoid him, and he found it unusual.
Hermione seemed to be glaring at him every time he looked at her. He felt like she was following his every move with her brown eyes. The teachers were also prasing him during the classes and he did not think Hermione liked it much by her angry expression every time he was being praised.
He did his homework correctly and last time when he submitted his charms work with her, Hermione took her time glaring at his rolled work.
If glares could burn then he was sure his work would not last the wrath of Hermione.
What is wrong with her? He thought
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Hermione could not believe her plan was not working, not only was harry doing all his work, he was doing it correctly and without her help.
She could tell He was doing something else also, he was walking funny and he seemed to be vanishing after classes.
Moreover, according to Ron, he has stopped coming in his divination classes and they did not see him in the care of magical creatures' class.
She wanted to follow him but every time she tried, he seemed to vanish out in thin air.
The most infatuating thing was that he was doing better than her in classes, which annoyed her to no end. He was not in her arthimancy or runes class, so where was he?
She just could not accept it; the boy who failed to pass a class without her help was doing better than her without her help.
She knew he was cheating, how else he would do better than she would, she did not understand. She will prove to the teachers that he was cheating.
Now she has to try harder to beat him if she wants to do better than him and that snake greengrass.
It was another thing, which bothered her greatly. Lately she has seen harry and greengrass together a lot. What were they doing together? Her mind that was full of questions asked her repeatedly.
She did not have the answer but in time, she will. Maybe they were dating; her mind quickly threw this idea out. Of course, harry would not date a snake would he
She knew him did not she?
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Without Ronald and Hermione, it was easier for harry to make friends.
It seemed like before they were holding him back because now he was speaking with plenty of people.
In runes, he became friends with padma and Susan. Both were good girls and both seemed to be very talkative. He was already friends with parvati and Fay from Gryffindor.
His friendship with Neville also grew. He was becoming good friends with some people from Gryffindor tower. Fred and George were among those people. The groups of chasers were also among those people who helped him.
Ginny also became like a small sister to him. He was still awkward to talk with her after her crush in him last year and had trouble talking with her.
It was during the week when she cornered him and asked him about his awkwardness with her. When he explained about the crush she had on him last year was the reason, she laughed at his face.
Confused he asked why she was laughing at him. She went on to explain that her crush on him died at the end of last year, she only saw him as a big brother now, and she even confided this with her parents who agreed with her choice. She then went on to explain that after thinking about last year she have decided that the opposite sex does not attract her and she is not made for boys. Surprisingly her parents also accepted it. Their friendship grew strong after this particular conversation.
When he was in the common room, he spent his time among this people.
He was friends with Daphne, Tracy, blaise from was a cool person to hang out with, and Tracy was a bubbly girl. Daphne was becoming his most good friend.
From hufflepuff, he was friends with Susan and her best friend Hannah who from the looks of it seemed to have a crush on poor Neville. Those two just could not stay at the same room without diggory was also becoming a good influence in his life. The hufflepuff people seemed playful and funny.
He was friends with padma and a girl named Luna from chang was also his friend due to her being the girlfriend of cedric, the girl was pretty but not overly so.
He was making friends with new people with each passing day.
Hermione glared at him whenever she noticed him talking with people from other houses. She glared at Daphne all the time and Daphne happily returned the glare with more ice.
Both girls seemed to be participating in an unknown competition in class and outside of it. He was just glad that he was not in the middle of this glare competition.
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The most amazing thing of the week was when Draco malfoy cornered him after class. He was expecting the boy to do something during the week but the boy did something, which he did not expect.
He apologized
Harry will forever remember the conversation that they had.
'Look potter I'm sorry...'he did not hear the rest of it because he was so shocked
Draco malfoy, the git was apologizing to him, so surprised by the events he said the only thing that came to his mind.
'What?'
'Seriously, I'm apologizing to you for my behavior for all this time; I realized that I don't want to be my father. I want to be myself and to do that. I need to stop being a death eater's son and an arrogant jerk'
Harry gave the boy an encouraging smile.
'Look I won't ask for you to become my best friend I just want a truce between us. We no longer fight or get in each other's way. You accept?'
He gave his hand and harry shook it, it was the start of a new friendship.
Harry could not help himself he had to ask this question' what brought this on?'
'Let's just say, I finally met someone who helped me realize that there are things more important than blood status and money and I changed myself for that someone. Where to start the change better than you, the boy who lived' the boy gave a mischievous smile
Harry did not ask who the person was. He just smiled.
It was after this that both boys became friends; they talked when no one was around. They even fought with each other in public just so people will not suspect them but they apologized to each other in private for fighting.
It was the start of another strong friendship.
During this, one figure smiled and no one noticed her. Her work was done; she was successful in her task to change Draco.
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The old man smiled from his space beside the statue. It seemed that harry was already bringing change.
The boy did well in his first week and was finally taking things seriously. Although he does not like the teaching method of flitwick, the boy would do well with it so he did not refuse even after watching the boy dragging himself painfully in the great hall after his first dueling class.
He was disappointed with miss granger's behavior, he expected many things from her but she seemed to be failing and falling in the endless pit of greed and jealousy.
He just hoped the boy would be happy in the end.
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