A Need For Memories Chapter 11: The Tutor, a harry potter fanfic

AN: Thanks to all past and present members of the armed forces (whatever branch), and any future members. Thank you for helping us be and remain free. This chapter is dedicated to all who fell on this day thirteen years ago (except the terrorists, of course) and those who have fallen since. God be with you all.

Part 11

"Fancy title," Sirius remarked, grinning. "Is it a one you adapted?" He questioned his godson, "Seeing that you are a half-blood and almost prince like." The last bit was accompanied by a smirk from Sirius.

Harry groaned, "I really don't know why you guys think that I wanted to adopt that title. Even Remus thought so." At Remus's surprised look, he explained, "Your future self."

"To answer Sirius's question, I did not adopt it," he added. "It belonged to someone else." He glanced at the slightly pale Snape out of the corner of his eyes.

Dumbledore caught the look but refrained from commenting and started reading.

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"I shouldn't have been so hopeful," muttered Harry mock glared at Hermione but smiled on seeing her apologetic look.

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"He is quite persistent too," sighed Minerva. "It is a miracle that you three got along together so well and for so long."

Ron smirked. "Well we learned to accept Harry's whims eventually," he teased. Harry smacked him hard on the head.

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"They should stop doing that. It must be getting mighty irritating," snapped James glaring fiercely at the book.

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Lily smiled, "That was nice of you, Ron."

"After all he loves his authority," murmured Hermione, loud enough for only Harry to hear.

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"You will need them. If not to study, then at least for completing your homework," said Minerva in the similar lecturing way that Harry remembered from their Transfiguration classes in school.

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"Typical of Hermione," murmured Ron darkly.

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"And typical of Ron," Hermione retorted. Harry could not help chuckling at his friend's bickering even after all these years.

Even the others burst out laughing.

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"You do take your duties rather seriously," said Alice with a hint of a smirk on her face.

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"Way to go, Ron," cheered both James and Sirius but the former was quelled under a death glare from Lily. An equivalent glare from Minerva efficiently managed to shut Sirius up, as always.

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"You obviously did," snarled Hermione with so much anger in her voice that the others stared at her in surprise. Ron for once had not retorted back and instead had his face in his hands. Harry was rubbing little circles on Hermione's back in order to sooth her.

"What's the matter with Hermione?" asked Lily softly looking at her son.

"You will get to know soon enough," replied Harry. "And stop being angry on Ron, Hermione. It has been a long time ago. It seems pointless to argue or even get angry over it now," he continued with a slightly sterner voice. Hermione shot an apologetic glance at Ron, who nodded slightly before smiling.

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"Nothing, compared to what was about to come," remarked Ron. He had regained some of his lost color.

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"Nobody usually does," said Sirius smirking at James and Remus. After all, the marauders had planned some of their better pranks during this class.

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"You seriously lack in table-manners, Ron," Molly scolded lightly.

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"You should go and explain this to him," said Minerva looking over at the Trio.

Harry grinned, "We did."

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"Obsessed," murmured Sirius softly.

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"That is very true. N.E.W.T transfiguration is really tough," said Frank.

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"So, he takes after me in that," remarked Alice grinning. Frank grimaced slightly. After all, Transfiguration was one of his favorite subjects.

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"'You really need to have a talk with your mother, Frank," Remus said worriedly. "She seems to be alright, but manipulates your son too much."

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Dumbledore chuckled. "This is one of the rare cases. You hardly ever compliment anyone and much less outside the class," he said looking over at the Transfiguration teacher.

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"It's not!" snapped Alice looking angry.

Hermione nodded. "Charms is a great subject and dead useful."

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"I never knew that," said Frank incredulously, chuckling a little. "That why she always hated that subject."

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The trio burst out laughing at this. The girls were seriously obsessed with Firenze. Minerva looked at the book in obvious disgust.

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"Well, Divination is just pretty much guesswork," said Minerva rather fiercely.

"But even then true prophecies do exists, Minerva," said Dumbledore. "Though, more often than not, it remains upon the persons mentioned, if they choose to fulfill the prophecy."

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"Yes. It was," muttered Harry, smiling slightly as he remembered the fighting match between McGonagall and Umbridge regarding this particular ambition.

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"That shouldn't be any problem," murmured James looking rather ecstatic. After all, it was even his life's ambition to become an auror after finishing his schooling. And it felt good to know that even his son might be able to pursue that dream.

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"Fulfilling his duties as the quidditch captain," said Sirius grinning. He was really a Quidditch maniac, though not as much as James, who was currently bouncing slightly on his was earning him somerather well placed death glares from Lily, which he was ignoring for once.

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Remus grinned, "You're rather quick in counting that. Reminds me of someone." He glanced slyly at Sirius who grinned rather proudly.

Minerva grimaced a little. "And we all know what exactly they are used for. Although it's not exactly the only periods they use."

Dumbledore chuckled, while the marauders smiled sheepishly at their Head of the House. After all, they planned most of their pranks in the classroom.

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James frowned. "She must be good. But there might be someone better than her," he murmured thoughtfully, most likely to himself.

"Told you, he's obsessed," Remus whispered to the Trio, while Lily groaned, apparently at her future husband's unhealthy obsession.

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Ron frowned and visibly blanched at this statement.

"She was just making a point, Ron," said Harry catching the frown on Ron's face.

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"Severus's first DADA class!" murmured Lily smiling over at her friend.

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"But that's too much," Alice cried indignantly. A glance around told that her term mates thought the same.

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"Something, I don't really doubt," said Remus smiling at the now grinning Snape.

"Obviously, I will," he said with his usual sneer. "I need to make sure, that they do the thing right."

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"Can't you do anything about your hair?" Molly asked looking at him.

Snape grinned, "Contrary to beliefs, I do shampoo my hair regularly. At times even twice. But it does not help."

"Maybe, we should stop calling you a greasy git...,"said James

"…and just call you a git," finished Sirius grinning.

Snape snarled at the two marauders but could not help grinning. "That's alright. After all the two of you are no less than prats yourselves."

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"Creepy," murmured Molly looking faintly disapproving. "After all you are going to teach children there," she said defensively looking over at Snape.

"But, Ms Prewett, the children need to know what they are up against. At least, in the light of recent events," Dumbledore said. "The situation sounds even worse than it is now."

"It was," Harry confirmed with a grim smile.

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"No wonder," sneered Frank smirking at the greasy haired boy, who smirked back.

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"Five teachers in five years," remarked Lily, "Rather incredible."

"Not to mention, irksome," added Hermione.

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Sirius grinned. "The animosity does run deep," he said in the annoying singsong voice.

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"And which you will try and make sure they work hard to achieve," said Arthur in an exasperated voice. "Though, I dare say, it would be the right thing to do."

"Well, N.E.W.T. is supposed to be tough, after all they help decide your career," said Dumbledore.

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James frowned. "I think Snape has got the gist of the thing, right. To fight the dark arts, you have to know and understand the dark arts."

"I never thought I would see James praising Snape," teased Remus smirking at the duo.

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Snape was looking a little uncomfortable.

"I won't disagree that I love the dark arts," he muttered. "But purely on an academic basis," he added hastily at the shocked looks on his friend's faces.

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"Those pictures were almost too much descriptive," said Hermione shuddering.

"But essential," Minerva put in. It pained her to see the children being subjected to the extreme horrors of the dark arts even before achieving the mental stability to do so.

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"'He has killed enough to form an army of them," Dumbledore remarked disdainfully.

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"The opposite side has no warning about the spells you cast," said Remus in the tone Harry had often heard him use, during his time as their DADA professor.

"Know it all," murmured Sirius murmured under his breath.

Remus smirked, "Better than being Mr. Ignorant, Paddy."

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"I won't like the answer, though it is absolutely correct," said Snape with an apologetic glance at Hermione.

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"I must have managed to anger you a lot, if you really hate my son so much," said James looking at Snape in some apprehension.

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"Really unfair. Even for me," Snape muttered. He was starting to look depressed yet again.

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Ron glared at the book. "Obviously, it was difficult. After all, it was the first time and I am no Hermione," he snapped.

"It does take some time to do it properly," said Dumbledore in a kind voice.

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"You are being rather unfair, Severus," Alice remarked. "At least he attempted to."

Snape grimaced. "I did admit that I have become a prat in the future."

"Maybe due to a lot of faults on our part," said Remus glaring at his fellow marauders, daring them to oppose him. However, much to his surprise, both James and Sirius simply nodded.

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"Not good at all," muttered Minerva softly.

Sirius grinned, "Especially as the teacher is Sevvie."

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"Sorry." Harry grinned slyly.

"Something tells me, that you do not really regret this," said Remus grinning.

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Lily gasped, looking rather shocked. James glanced at his son incredulously. "You did not really say that!"

"I did," Harry, muttered sporting a somewhat impish grin. "Though I didn't really think before saying that."

"Like father, like son," remarked Snape smirking but surprisingly his voice held no malice, rather laughter was evident in his tone.

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Lily scowled. "His friends must have found it rather funny and cheeky." She sounded disapproving but Harry noticed that her lips were twitching.

This was not lost on Sirius. "You are actually impressed, Lils?"

Snape looked a little hurt and confused. Lily smiled at him and said, "Well, it does require courage to talk back to Severus."

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"It actually was," chuckled Minerva. "Though obviously not right or wise to do," she added as an after note.

Harry glanced at the Transfiguration teacher in shocked surprise. He had never thought that Minerva McGonagall could approve of something like this.

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"It is the truth," muttered Snape glaring a little in Harry's direction. Harry smirked.

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"I think, Harry has managed to get a rather decent picture about facing Voldemort," said Dumbledore.

Ron grinned, "Not that he had any choice. He had to."

"Obviously, he didn't," said Lily glaring a little in Dumbledore's direction.

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"He was alright," said Hermione.

Harry grimaced recalling a certain incident. "Obviously better that some," he said shuddering.

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"You enjoy Acid Pops?" said James, looking over at the headmaster in confusion.

Dumbledore chuckled, "I do. But I think this is the password to the gargoyle."

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"They will simply reschedule it," said Frank in a morose voice.

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Dumbledore stared at the students. "This is the longest we have managed to read without interruption. I thought that maybe you all have dropped off to sleep," he remarked jokingly.

"The paragraphs are rather too descriptive. Nothing much to comment on," said Remus grinning at his Headmaster.

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"He reminds me a little bit of Percy," murmured Ron. Both Harry and Hermione nodded.

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James sniggered, "Not really very flattering."

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"Obviously," murmured Harry with obvious distaste. Lily looked over at her son. It was obvious that he hated being the centre of attention.

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"It must be Amortentia," exclaimed Lily. "Harry can smell the things that he likes the most."

James looked over at his future wife in awed appreciation.

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"It did have that effect on people," muttered Hermione.

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"Apparently, because I wouldn't have let him," said Snape smirking a little.

Harry grinned, "No doubt about that."

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Snape frowned, "Most probably it is Veritaserum."

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"Wow!" exclaimed Sirius looking over at Snape. Snape grinned.

"Both Lily and Snape have always been exceptionally good at Potions," said Minerva smiling.

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"You really love answering questions, don't you?" Sirius was sounding rather incredulous. Not even Moony is so obsessed in answering questions.

Hermione blushed a little. "'Well, it has just become a habit, I guess." Ron and Harry sniggered.

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"And why exactly were you doing that?" questioned Lily apprehension flooding her.

Harry grinned sheepishly. "We were trying to question Malfoy about something. We needed to impersonate as Slytherins, to be specific, Crabbe and Goyle."

Alice glanced at Hermione, "And what about you?"

Hermione grimaced, "I accidentally managed to use cat hairs. And obviously the results were horrendous."

The others burst out laughing at this.

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"That's really high praise, coming from Slughorn," muttered Molly grinning at Hermione.

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Sirius looked over at Hermione with a flicker of smile, "You really have unique tastes."

"Well, that's Hermione for you," said Harry with a proud smile at his friend.

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"Not likely," muttered Ron grinning. Hermione stuck out her tongue at him childishly.

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"WHAT!" a unison cry went about throughout the room and almost everybody were looking both shocked and incredulous. Dumbledore however was chuckling softly.

Hermione turned pink. Harry and Ron were roaring with laughter.

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Harry looked at Ron and snickered. "I do believe that he was feeling jealous." Ron flushed darkly.

"Obviously, he would think something stupid like that," returned Hermione vehemently.

"I am sorry, but you were being stupid Ron," said Lily softly. "It is rather obvious that he thinks of Hermione as his sister."

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Harry smirked again and this time earned a smack from Ron.

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"It is very true," muttered Dumbledore his eyes clouding up. Snape looked a little disturbed.

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"Liquid Luck," both Lily and Severus gasped their eyes wide with wonder.

James looked dubious, "It actually makes you lucky?"

"Oh yes. It does," confirmed Snape. "But too much of it can be harmful." He added guessing James's next question.

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"Obviously," snapped Snape.

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"Quite an obvious question," said Minerva.

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"It actually works," mumbled Sirius as if he did not believe it until now.

Harry grinned, "It does."

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"That's just great. You can plan the best of pranks without having any fear of having caught," murmured Sirius rather dreamily. The girls glared at him rather evilly.

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"That's only fair," said Lily still glaring at Sirius who was starting to look a little apprehensive about it.

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"But that potion is fairly dangerous," murmured Molly looking a little anxious.

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At the description of the book, Snape's discomfort was growing as his fears were starting to be proved.

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First instruction from Prince.

Snape let out an audible gasp. The others looked at him in surprise.

Snape muttered glumly receiving an encouraging nod from Harry's direction, "I may as well say it. Well, I think Harry was given my potions book…" He trailed off noting the look of slight interest on the other's faces. He took a deep breath and continued, "And I am the Half Blood Prince."

His confession was met with shocked silence. "But, why such a title?" Lily questioned softly, having gotten out of her stupor first.

"My mother's title is Prince, and I am a Half-Blood," he replied.

"Wow!" muttered Remus "It seems as if you have a lot to do with this book."

Hermione grimaced a little. "He does," she murmured.

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"He is going to get that bottle," said Lily with decided firmness. "If I trust anyone's potions abilities to the hilt, it is Severus's."

To her surprise, both Sirius and James nodded.

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"Wow. You really do your things well," said Alice admiration evident in her voice. Snape smiled in thanks.

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"Yes," muttered almost everyone.

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"Sorry," muttered Hermione to Harry, who just grinned and waved away the apology.

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"My fault," said Snape.

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"Thanks to you," said Harry beaming at Snape.

Snape grinned back, "Well, you took the danger of actually following my steps. So the credit goes to you."

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"Smart move," muttered Frank.

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"But he dared to take a chance," said Ron looking at Hermione.

Hermione huffed, "I did say sorry."

"Not required," said Harry with a glare in Ron's direction. He knew that it was not Hermione's fault.

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"You fancied my sister already?" cried Ron incredulously.

Harry grimaced, "I didn't know that, Honestly." He added on seeing the disbelieving look on Ron's face.

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"What?" Arthur questioned looking worried.

"You will get to know later in the book," replied Harry. "It would be difficult to explain it now. But it had to do with Voldemort's diary. " Both Arthur and Molly looked even more anxious at this.

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"Won't do that," said Minerva chuckling.

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"Well, that proves that it is mine," said Snape with a sign.

"But, I believe this book is more about the Half Blood Prince than you," said Lily looking meaningfully at Snape.

"I quite agree with Ms. Evans. However, that is the end of the chapter. I think we ought to retire for the night," said Dumbledore.

The others agreed as they were feeling rather tired too.

The next morning, they all woke rather early. After finishing their breakfast they sat down to read and Minerva volunteered to read the next chapter.

AN2: As to the subject of whether or not Harry cheated by using that book, here's my take on it. I see it as Harry having a sort of tutor (hence my title for this chapter). Tutors show people a new way to solve problems or to look at things and it is not cheating to use those ways. Nor do you need to inform your teachers that you have a tutor unless he or she asks.