Authors Note: I'm really, really sorry about not updating sooner! I have been racking my brain to add some more action to the story and I finally thought of something. See Alicia Spinet suggested to put in some more action and I thought I should take the advice and do so. So…. Without further ado on to chapter 11!!!!
Previuosly on Harry Potter and the Portus Tempus Spell…..
"I can't wait for Thursday!" Sirius said excitedly.
I nodded and said, "I know what you mean! I have a feeling this is going to be one interesting year!"
With that we headed off to Gryffindor tower to, for the first time in our lives, practice our spells because our teacher told us to.
On to chapter 11!!
Lily's 3rd person POV
Lily Evens looked across the table in the Gryffindor common room at her friend Martha Lovegood as they were discussing Harry's first lesson. Lily was supposed to have been there, but she had been in the hospital wing after she ate a Tongue-Twister Tart. Partrick Bryan had mixed it in with the regular tarts at breakfast, intending for his friend to eat it as a practical joke. The joke turned out to be on Lily because the second she ate it she couldn't open her mouth without speaking all sorts of undefinable geberish.
As a result Lily had to sit in the hospital wing all day, missing Harry's first lesson, and having to hear about it from Martha instead. She was currently finishing up her summery of the lesson when James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter entered the common room.
"Oh. Just great" Lily muttered under her breath.
"Hey Evens!" James said as he and his friends sat down at their table. "Nice to see you're looking better. Shame you missed the first lesson though. It was incredible!"
"Thanks for making me feel better James" Lily said between clenched teeth.
"Um Lily?" Remus asked a little hesentlitly. "You know you could just go to Harry, Ron, and Hermonie's office and ask them to show you what we learned. They basically have an open-door-policy."
"Really?" Lily asked, excitement in her voice. She could see what she missed and not have to rely on Martha's oral version of the story. " I think I'll go right now."
Lily and Martha stood up just as James' group rose from their seats as well.
"Mind if we come too?" Asked James. "It'd be fun visiting those three again."
Lily hesitated. "Sure" she finally said.
The six of them headed off to Harry's office. James and his friends were leading the way seeing as they had been there before. When they got there they saw there was no door.
"Oh very funny you guys" Lily said. "I am serious were is their office!"
"Just wait" James said. "If they're in there they open the door for us. If not we'll have to come back later."
They waited a few seconds. Suddenly the wall seemed to melt to form a door. Hermonie opened the door, looking surprised.
"Can I help you?" she said casually.
Lily, dumfounded that James had done something right for once, said "um yes. My name is Lily Evens." At this Hermonie's eyes widened to the size of James' ego. "I was in the hospital wing so I missed Harry's first lesson and was wondering if you could show me what I missed?"
Hermonie nodded her head and invited all six of them in. Harry and Ron were playing an intense game of wizard chess. Ron was currently winning. The Maurader's Map was laying open on an armchair beside a book. Hermonie cleared her throat and they both looked up.
"What?" They said at the same time.
"Um. There's a student here who was in the hospital wing yesterday. She missed the patronus lesson. She was wondering if we could show her what she missed."
"Sure" Harry said.
Ron picked up a bottle of butterbeer next to him and started to drink a bit of it.
"It's Lily Evens" Hermonie said with a pointed look at the two of them.
Ron spewed the butterbeer he had been drinking in a shower in all directions and Harry's eyes widened. It was just like their reactions to James when they first got to Hogwarts.
"Ok seriously!" Sirius suddenly exclaimed. "This is just weird. Do you guys know us in the future or something!? You have the weirdest reactions to certain people then refuse to tell us why!"
The three of them looked at each other and their looks seemed to say "oh shoot."
"Well…we know……some of students….in this time" Hermonie said slowly.
"Well..who then?" Lily asked.
"We can't tell you" Harry said. "It might mess up the future……" He trailed off with a thoughtful look on his face.
"Harry…" Ron said slowly. "What are you planning?"
"OH!" Hermonie suddenly exclaimed. "Harry you can't! It will mess up the future!"
"That's the point Hermonie!" Harry immedietlly fired back. "I could finally have a chance to have a normal life! Growing up at that rotton place, no scar, no Voldemoret wanting me dead every day! You don't know what it's like Hermonie!"
"I know but if you tell them you don't know what the concequences will be!" Hermonie said in a pleading tone. "You might never meet us, Voldemort might be after Neville instead, you wouldn't save Ginny second year, you wouldn't have stopped Voldemort in you're first year! There are a number of things! Umbridge would have taken over the school indefinitely, with you not forming the DA! Don't you see? If you tell them you may do more harm than good!"
They just stared at each other after that.
"Fine" Harry angrily said after a few minutes of the intense staring contest.
Ron who had been watching the argument like it happened every day turned to the six students still standing in shock at the reasons that had been spoken.
"So….lets go to the DA room so you can catch up..Lily" Ron said. "Everyone else can come too if they want."
Harry, Ron, and Hermonie started walking briskly down the hall. The group looked at each other then turned to hurry after the three teachers. They got to a blank bit of wall. Harry started intently at the wall and it melted just like the front door had to reveal yet another door. They went inside and Ron flopped onto the many cushions littering the floor. Hermonie grabbed a book from the bookshelf and settled down on a cushion too. The rest of the group followed suit. Lily remained standing.
"So" Harry said. "You know what a patronus is already right? It's a happy memory, which is what you need to conjure one. The spell goes 'expecto patronum.' Now I want you to think the happiest memory you can think of then say 'expecto patronum.' Ok."
Lily stood there listening then started to think. She raised her wand and cried "Expecto Patronum!"
A blurred silver mist emerged from the end of her wand. It was blurry but it looked like a four legged something. It was the best in the class by far. It may have not been in a defined shape but it was more than just a silver cloud. Harry looked a little surprised.
"Well..congratulations. That is the best in the class so far" Harry said, still looking a little surprised.
"Well besides Harry's patronus anyway" Sirius whispered to James.
"Yah" James said while looking up at Harry. "Hey Harry? Why don't you don't show Evens your patronus."
Harry glanced at Hermonie and Ron and shrugged. He raised his wand and cried 'expecto patronum'!"
Out of the end burst the same brilliant silver stag. It galloped around the room once and came to stand by Harry. It seemed to be looking at Lily. It then swung its silver head to James and back to Harry who nodded as if he understood the silent question the patronus seemed to pose. It then started to fade. Harry looked around at the six students.
Harry's 3rd person POV
"Well, it's getting late so you should all head back to the dormitory" Harry said.
They all nodded and followed as Harry, Ron, and Hermonie walked back to the front door with the rest of them following. They all walked out the Room of Reqirement.
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Lucus Malfoy 3rd person POV"This is a great plan Malfoy" McNar said.
The two Slytherines were currently crouched around the corner of the Room of Reqirment, where they had heard Harry's office was. They turned out to be right, for the had just seen Pottor, Black, Lupin, Pettigrew, Lily Evens, Lovegood, Ron, Hermonie, and Harry all walk out the door.
"Ok let's set 'em loose" Malfoy said and turned a large box over in the direction of the group.
Harry's 3rd person POV
Harry turned towards a slight 'thump' he had heard at the end of the hallway. Then, two of the biggest snakes he had ever seen (with the exception of the Basalisk) came slithering down the hall towards them. Harry looked to the door to the Room of Requirment but it had already melted back into the wall. The snakes were intent on getting them and were starting to come towards them faster.
"Eek!" Hermonie shrieked and ran behind Harry and Ron. Ever since getting paralyzed by the Basalisk in their second year at Hogwarts, Hermonie has had a slight fear of snakes.
"Harry! Please tell them to stop! They're going to bite us!" Hermonie yelled.
While his mom and dads friends looked shocked and looked at Hermonie like she was crazy, Harry sighed and stepped forward.
Harry began to speak in Parsal-tongue (AN: I hope that's spelled right. It's the ability to speak to snakes) "Siaha sieth sihras."
The snakes both stopped and hissed at Harry. They looked at each other and continued to hiss. To everyone else it seemed like Harry and the snakes were having a hissing contest. But to Harry, the hissing formed words that he could understand.
(AN: To make it easier I'm just going to do a Harry/snakes dialogue. Just imagine a lot of hissing.)
Harry: "Stop."
Snake 1: "You speak our language?"
Harry: "Yes. Now why are you trying to attack us?"
Snake 2: "Well. We are trying to find our way back to the Forbidden Forest where we were caught by two boys. They finally let us out of the box we were kept in and we saw all of you. We thought you might try to block our escape back to our home. We never intended to bite you unless you gave us a reason to be defensive."
Harry: "So all you're trying to do is find your way back to the Forbidden Forest? Do you have names?"
Snake 1/Salem: "Yes my name is Salem. And this is my brother Melar."
Snake 2/Melar: "Nice to meet you….."
Harry: "My name is Harry. If you want I can show you the way back to the Forbidden Forest if you would like?"
Melar: "Oh yes that would be gracious of you."
Harry: "You're welcome. Just one question. Where were you let out?"
Salem: "At the end of the hallway."
Harry: "OK. One minute. Let me take care of them and then I can lead you to the forest."
Salem and Melar: "Ok. Thank you."
(AN: ok at this point it goes back to Harry's 3rd person POV)
Harry looked up for the two snakes and walked swiftly down the hallway and dragged back Lucus Malfoy and McNar, both who had similar faces to the others of the conversation Harry had with the snakes.
"This them?" Harry looked down at the snakes, again speaking in Parsal-tongue.
The two snakes on the floor nodded their heads and hissed menancinly at the two Slytherine boys.
"Detention for three weeks" Harry told the two boys. "You start Monday at 7 p.m. Now get lost."
The two Slytherines sprinted away. Harry turned to the group and saw their open mouthed expressions.
"You can speak to snakes?" Lupin asked.
Salem hissed and Harry started to laugh.
"What is it? What did the snake say?" Lupin demanded.
"Salem said you seem a bit slow if you just figured that out now" Harry said inbetween laughs. "Well I'm going to go show them back to their home in the Forbidden Forrest if anyone wants to come?"
Hermonie and Ron nodded once while the rest of them nodded as well.
"Ok then. Let's go" Harry said. He hissed something to the snakes and they stared to follow him down the hallway while everyone else followed, still giving the snakes a five foot perimeter.
They continued to walk in silence. They finally reached the Forbidden Forrest some ten minutes later.
"Ok." Harry said in Parsal-tongue. "You can find your way home from here right?"
"Yes." Selem said. "We owe you a great debt Harry. We shall meet again."
Harry nodded and with that the two snakes vanished into the darkness of the Forbidden Forrest.
"Well?" Ron asked Harry as they started to walk back to the castle.
"Well what?" Harry asked him.
"What in the bloody heck did the snakes say anyway?" Ron exclaimed.
"They were caught in the Forrest by Lucus Malfoy and McNar. They were set loose on us as a joke I expect. They never intended to attack us unless we gave them a reason to. They just wanted to get by us to get back to the Forrest" Harry finished.
"Okkkkkkk………well what now?" Ron asked nobody in particular.
"I'll tell you 'what now!' You tell us how you can be in Gryffindor house but still speak to snakes like it's a second language!" Sirius exclaimed.
"I wasn't born with it if that's what you're asking" Harry said.