Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again Chapter 11: The Feast in honour of the Third Task, a harry potter fanfic

Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again.

Chapter 11. The Feast in honour of the Third Task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament with Hiatus of Toad.

02/01/19 Beta by alix33 and Thunderbird Member 008. Thank you.

I don't own the Harry Potter verse. Just playing.

Thank you for all your kind reviews.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

Slowly, the Magic of the Night continued to fight back against the evil of the Greater Good and the desperate attempts of the Minister of Magic to be seen as doing something and keeping up appearances with his Toad.

But will the hope that appeared when Harry and Fleur had combined their resources to survive the second task, be enough to save the lives of their love ones who had been put in harm's way in the Great Hall of Hogwarts by the dastardly schemes of the manipulative devious headmaster.

What could possibly go wrong?

But the Magic of the Night would never give up!

Never surrender!

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, proudly sat on his golden throne at the center of the enlarged head table at the front of the Great Hall, and waited patiently as all the students, staff and dignitaries arrived and take their places. After the unauthorised family of the boy had successfully avoided him all day, he had prepared a special surprise for the Muggles who dared to interfere in his plans to control the boy for the Greater Good.

Sadly, the headmaster had sorely missed his Elder Wand as his old original Ollivander wand made of ebony wood with a core of the heart string of an aurochs, just didn't seem to have the power to make all his attempts to regain control over his staff, stick. As soon as the staff heard the music that the Castle played or saw the giant photos of that cursed Yule Ball, they remembered and their love for the boy and his Mu.. Mate, would burn out the compulsions curses and loyalty hexes he had surreptitiously placed on them, and then that Vengeful Kitty would appear. The headmaster had tried to remove the giant photos and stop the music but his old wand just got very hot and started to smoke before he collapsed totally exhausted.

So he had spent the afternoon convincing the Minister to bring his pit bull er, Undersecretary, to the feast as the Minister owed him that favour. After all that was why he had supported the Minister in gaining forgiveness for Umbridge and getting her released from Azkaban. Like Tom and the boy, Dolores had a part to play in his schemes for the Greater Good, even if it was only to play the bad guy or bad witch in her case. Someone had to do it and Umbridge excelled at being nasty.

The headmaster smirked as he imagined how the vicious Undersecretary would react to discover filthy Muggles in the Great Hall of Hogwarts and that accursed Vengeful Kitty would not be able save them in a hall full of students. Oh, how the boy would beg him to save the Muggles but he would sadly shake his head and say that he was afraid that his hands were tied. Particularly if the Minister of Magic was harmed in any way.

The Muggles and their daughter would be thrown into Azkaban if they lived, and the boy would be broken before he set one foot into the maze tonight.

The headmaster smiled as he saw the boy and his entourage enter the Great Hall. Their grand robes would not save them tonight as he had placed compulsions on the Gryffindor table to leave a clear space in the middle so that the boy would be forced to be seated in the center of the hall right next to his redhead minion so the idiot could make a fuss and ensure everyone would know that there were Muggles at Hogwarts.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

Meanwhile, to cap off a perfect day Dan, Emma, Harry, Hermione, Neville, Luna, Collin and Anastasia met up with Neville's parents and Grandmother before they made their grand entrance into the Great Hall for the feast to celebrate the Third Task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament. Augusta, being a School Governor, went to sit with Madam Bones, Professor McGonagall and headmistress madame Olympe Maxime at the head table while Frank and Alice sat with the Neville and Luna on the opposite side of the Gryffindor table to Dan and Emma with Harry, Hermione, Anastasia and Collin. They would have preferred to sit on the end closest to the doors but the only space free was in the middle of the Gryffindor table right near their former friend and in the center of the Great Hall. But there was an air of excitement at the feast as everyone wondered who would win the final task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament.

It had been a perfect day until they sat down in the only clear spot, and unfortunately far too close to a certain redhead bigot who made Hermione's parents feel unwelcome by loudly voicing his negative attitude towards all things Muggle, much to the embarrassment of his long-suffering girlfriend, Lavender Brown. Thankfully they witnessed a brilliant display of creative magic from the Three Fairy Godsisters who silenced the moRonald as he lost his loud annoying mouth again and got some big elephant ears to go with his long elephant trunk nose.

When Emma found out that this was the moRonald-Who-Had-Made-Her-Daughter-Cry, she tied a knot in his trunk. Madam Pomfrey was quite impressed with Emma's ability as she used her surgeon's skill to tie a constrictor knot in his trunk while Dan made sure the ligatures remain tight and locked. While the headmaster smirked as his stooge made sure that everyone was aware that a Pure-blood had been attacked by Muggles in the Great Hall.

Boom, boom, thud!

Then they recognised that song as the Castle used a gold ribbon to form the words of Queen's song; We are the Champions, as everyone joined in the singalong and pointed at moRonald when they sung the words 'no time for losers'. While a certain Vengeful Kitty and friends pointed at the other Manipulative Old Fool. (Thanks SC) Emma loved the Karaoke while the Slytherins were pleased that no one was pointing at them.

The certain redhead moRonald spent the rest of the night trying to get the headmaster to undo the knot in his trunk, but he was too distracted with his scheming for the third task to help while he waited for the main event.

Soon it was showtime.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

Then a little while later the Minister of Magic arrived fashionably late with his entourage for the feast in the Great Hall. The Deputy Headmistress was not happy to have the Toad present within the castle even if she had been medically obliviated of her recent Death Eater attack on the Grangers. But the headmaster insisted that his hands were tied. But the Vengeful Kitty had been forewarned and knew otherwise, as his sinister smirk suggested another motive. The Vengeful Kitty hoped he was not planning a rematch between the Grangers and the Toad in front of the Minister where the headmaster would have to step in and save the day and the boy and unfortunately expel all Grangers.

Duunnn dunnn...

Dan thought he heard a sinister Duunnn dunnn as the Great Hall had grown slowly silent with the arrival of the Minister's entourage.

Duunnn dunnn…

Dan definitely heard that Duunnn dunnn, just like the heartbeat of a circling predatory monster, and he turned to Emma who gave him a concerned looked back. They could recognise that movie theme anywhere.

Duuunnnnnnnn dun...

Dan and Emma looked to Hermione and Harry next to them and Dan could see over their heads and to the entrance doors as he saw a green bowler hat making its way towards the head table and would pass right beside them.

Dun dun Dun dun...

"The Minister!" Hermione hissed as she put her hand on Harry shoulder to try and raised her eyes a little higher. She knew the Minister was short but the thing following him was shorter but wider and in horrible pink. "Damn! The Toad!"

Dun dun Dun dun…

Harry, Hermione, Neville and Luna scanned the head table to see the look of concern on Professors McGonagall, Flitwick and Snape as well as Madams Bones and Longbottom while the headmaster couldn't hide his smirk. They knew of the Toad's release and medical obliviations but they were still shocked but not really surprised to see the Toad at the Great Hall given the headmaster's inclination to give undeserved second chances while Frank and Alice with Anastasia took out their wands in case it all went to hell and they may have to put the Toad down for good. Anastasia's Auror status would screw up any plans the Toad had or the headmaster for that matter so long as she only stunned them. While the popularity of Frank and Alice virtually gave them a licence to exterminate toads with extreme prejudice.

Dun dun Dun dun…

The Great Hall had become eerily silent as the Castle played a certain sinister background theme that was recognised by many Muggle-borns, while Minister led his entourage and noticed the Grangers in the middle of the Great Hall. He knew it was too late to back up and go another route to the head table. Then he noticed the Longbottoms sitting on the other side of the table watching his Undersecretary very closely and he cursed as he looked at the smirk on the headmaster's face. He just knew that this was not going to end well. He desperately tried to point to the brilliant display on the ceiling of the Great Hall of a beautiful girl swimming in the sea in the moonlight in an attempt to distract his Undersecretary from noticing the Muggle family in their path.

Dun dun Dun dun.

As the Minister and the annoyed distracted Toad tried to regally walk pass Hermione's parents with her nose pointed up, Luna noticed that the Toad was suffering from a severe infestation of constipated Wrackspurts that were so thick that they were circling the her head, and she wondered how effective the medical obliviations on the Toad had been and more importantly, Luna wondered if there were some remaining deep-seated memories of extreme fears or utter terrors. The kind helpful little witch just knew that the Undersecretary would want to know if her medical obliviations were defective. But how could she help her when only she and her father could see the Wrackspurts.

Dun dun Dun dun…

The kind helpful little witch thought hard and quickly, when she had a brilliant beyond brilliant idea. Cheerfully, Luna impishly smiled as she quietly whispered the sound of a charging rampaging Easter Island Moai.

"Hup hup hup hup hup!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

"Oops!"

(The Castle rose to the occasion and played Yakety Sax.)

WHOooooffff!

THUD! SPLAT!

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

THUD!

KREEEN! WUMPTH!

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! ERK! IIIIEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeee!"

Thud!

SPLAT!

Whup!

Skip! Skip! Skip!

Thud!

Groan!

The reaction had been instantaneous as the quiet words from the kind helpful little witch had triggered a deep memory, and the panic-stricken Toad loudly shrieked and farted as she soiled herself in her blind panic attempt to escape the overwhelming terrifying fear of that horrible ghostly white thing she vaguely remembers, and she moved faster than a two year old hyped up on sugar. First she blindly hopped forward as the Castle rose to the occasion and played Yakety Sax. Befuddledly she bowled the Minister over and he landed on top of all the food that moRonald had stockpiled, while the silent Great Hall erupted in laughter. Then the Toad shrieked again as she realised she was going the wrong way and wildly turned around as she madly hopped back towards the entrance of the Great Hall loudly shrieking all the way as she scattered and flattened the rest of the Minister's entourage like bowling pins in her sudden desperate need to escape and completely forgot that she was supposed to be a witch or her emergency Portkey.

The terrified Toad blundered her way out through the heavy doors of the Great Hall as the laughter rose up and turned into a roar. When the shrieking Toad reached the Grand Staircase, the Castle turned the steps into a water slide with banked turns and flushed the slimy creature out of the castle through an open window that appeared in the stone wall three hundred feet above the Black Lake. Unfortunately, her trajectory was a little low due to the drag of her wet billowing pink robe and she bounced off the top edge of the cliff and belly flopped hard in the Black Lake below where the Giant Squid whacked her pink rump with a tentacle and sent her skipping across the water and she smashed onto the rocks beneath the cliff that the castle stood on. Where a certain pompous redhead Ministry official would find her fifteen minutes later and use his Emergency Portkey to take her to St Mungo's where she would be patched up, medically obliviated and returned to Hogwarts just in time for the start of the Third Task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament.

We know all this because Collin Creevey, who wants to be an ace intrepid Photo Journalist for the Quibbler when he grew up, rose to the challenge and with the help of Dobby, he had taken photos of the whole event. Collin had followed the shrieking Toad out of the Great Hall, and was so determined to get the perfect photo that he even surfed down the water slide on the Grand Staircase and out through the window where Dobby caught him and popped him to the cliff top near the dark brown mark that the Toad had made and he was able to photograph the Toad hitting the water, the rescue by the Giant Squid and he was even able to tell the pompous redhead official where to look for his superior. The article was published in the Quibbler under the heading; When Animagus attempts go wrong. Subtitled; When Toads impersonate Ministry Officials. The Quibbler article was very popular among the staff and inmates of Azkaban as they all knew Umbridge very well, and the magical moving photos of the Flight of the Toad, brought them a lot of joy which kept the Dementors happy. So it was a win-win for all except for a certain Toad.

Once everyone had discovered that the Grand Staircase could transform into a giant water slide much like the staircase to the Girls' dormitory, they all wanted a go. Particularly Emma, Luna and Anastasia.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

Meanwhile in the uproar chaos of the Great Hall, they could hear the shrieks of the Toad echoing down the corridor and the shrieks change as she slid down the water slide on the Grand Staircase and out of the castle. Neville, Frank and Alice hugged the brilliant little witch with the impish smile as Hermione and Emma came over to join in, while Dan, Harry and Anastasia watched the Ministry Officials for any negative reaction, particularly the young pompous redhead official who had landed in a large bowl of hot chilli beans and spinach, in case he did something stupid before he went to look for the Toad.

While a befuddled food covered Minister, and a foiled bewildered headmaster wondered what had just happened while everyone else roared laughing at the surprise comical antics of the hated Toad as she moved in time with the funny music the Castle played that even included a part from the headmaster's theme.

The Vengeful Kitty with Madams Bones, Longbottom and Maxime had watched the situation develop and had their wands out ready to curse the Toad as she approached the Grangers. Then the Toad shrieked and ran in a blind panic. The music set them off and they had tears in their eyed as they snorted in laughter while they had a good idea what had just happened to the Toad as they saw Luna being hugged and they knew they had just discovered a new useful tool to use against the hate filled creature. While the headmaster's sad face showed how disappointed he was that they were not as forgiving as him.

While the Potions Master had realised how serious the situation could be when he saw how keenly the headmaster was watching as the Minister and the Toad walk towards the Grangers and he was not sure what he could do to stop the headmaster from drawing his wand and interfering but if it all went to hell he would do anything to save Lily's son again. Then he heard the Toad shriek in the center of the hall and out of the corner of his eye he thought he saw the impish smile of the young blonde witch as if she had done something which terrified the Toad and sent her shrieking in a blind panic. He checked the reaction of the disappointed headmaster and knew that Harry's friend had just brilliantly foiled another scheme of the Manipulative Old Fool.

Severus chuckled as he whispered to himself. "Serves you right you Manipulative Old Fool, for using Harry as bait to catch the dark lord these past four years."

Severus was so glad he had chosen the right side and could enjoy the moment as his chuckle grew. There was a lot to chuckle about with the pompous Minister of Magic covered in bouillabaisse and sticky toffee fudge while the terrified Toad screaming like a banshee as she ran from the hall in time with the music. The rest of the Minister entourage of pompous officials were covered whatever food the Toad had knocked them into.

It was the first time he had honestly genuinely laughed in the Great Hall.

And it felt good!

So good!

And the look of sad bewildered astonishment on the face of the headmaster?

Priceless!

"Oh, and fifty points to Luna Lovegood!"

"No! Make that one hundred points to Luna!"

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

Minister of Magic, Cornelius J. Fudge's blood ran cold as he heard his Undersecretary shrieked and then his felt himself pushed hard into all this food a strange looking redhead student had stockpiled. As he rolled over covered in bouillabaisse and sticky toffee fudge he opened his eyes to find Alice Longbottom pointing her wand directly at his nose. Then he saw her smile as she had seen the Minister's desperate attempt to distract the Toad. She cleaned all the food off him with a wave of her wand, and banished it directly into the stomach of the strange looking student with red hair, big ears and a nose shaped like a big elephant trunk with a knot tied in it. Further along were Frank and his son and they were hugging little blonde witch who gave him an innocent but very toothy grin. Normally, his first reaction to such a disaster would have been to get furious but as he was now spotless and he was after all, the consummate politician in the Great Hall of Hogwarts full of future voters, so held his tongue. Then he saw the ridiculous looking young pompous redhead, Weatherby, completely covered in hot chilli beans and spinach with steam coming out of his ears, and he couldn't help himself as he laughed long and hard with everyone else.

Then the Minister noticed the sad look of bewildered astonishment on the headmaster's face and laughed himself silly as he knew the Manipulative Old Fool had set up the whole situation and it had fallen flat with the bonus that it wasn't his fault plus the headmaster had used up all his political favours and he didn't owe him anything.

And when the photographer from the Quibbler returned, the Minister made sure to get a great selfie with The-Boy-Who-Lived, his friends and specially including the Grangers and Longbottoms. He would hang the photo up in his office just to annoy the scheming manipulative headmaster.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

While in a large portrait behind the head table, Lord Phineas Nigellus Black and the other former heads of Hogwarts had gathered to watch the feast and see what the Toad and headmaster would do. Lord Black had told Kreacher how to circumvent the headmaster's hexes which had confined them to the portraits in his office. That afternoon they had listened to the devious schemes of the headmaster as he had insisted to the Minister that he bring his Undersecretary to the feast in the Great Hall. Phineas had sent Kreacher to warn the Vengeful Kitty but she hadn't been able to stop the devious despicable headmaster. They ended up with many happy memories of the train wreck of the Toad's escape and the headmaster's disappointment.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

While Dan thought of a funny joke. "What's the difference between Luna and a Great White?"

"Oh, I don't know." Emma replied.

"Well they both strike from the unknown and are utterly devastating but Bruce was male and Luna is obviously female."

"Bruce?"

"Yeah, Bruce, after Spielberg's lawyer."

Luna looked at Hermione for a translation.

"It's a Dad joke." Hermione exasperatedly explained. "It is supposed to be funny to Dads."

"Oh?" Luna smiled. "What sort of lawyer is a Great White?"

Hermione smiled as she hugged her, while Neville kissed the top of Luna's head and then said. "But you did strike from the unknown and you were absolutely utterly devastating. You saved us Luna, my little Moonbeam Imp."

Luna, the Moonbeam Imp, was very happy with herself as she had just proved that Wrackspurts do actually exist and they give an indication of mental health or the lack thereof. She could hardly wait to tell her father.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

While Padfoo and Moony were busy setting up their Marauder's Control Room under the modified Quidditch Pitch viewing stands as they prepared for the Third Task, and had been testing out their DobbyCam and KreacherCam with Dobby and Kreacher using a hoverboard, a mirror camera and plenty of Notice-Me-Not runes, to capture the events in the Great Hall. Moony had to tie Padfoo up to stop him storming into the Great Hall and dealing with the Toad. But then Luna, the Moonbeam Imp, struck back and the Toad was banished screaming from the castle. Padfoo and Moony with DobbyCam and KreacherCam had together caught every bit of the Toad's painful escape as well as the music the Castle played and they combined the two camera feeds together to turn the Toad's thirty seconds of comical fame into a five minute short film with the critical bits in slow motion from multiple angles and close ups of the expressions certain individuals. Including a close up of the Manipulative Old Fool at the moment when Moonbeam struck back and the headmaster's face went from sheer ebullience glee through consternation, despair, disappointment and woe, to utter catastrophic cataclysmic calamity. They were still laughing themselves silly an hour later when Hermione and Co later arrived to support Harry at the start of the third task.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

After the excitement of the Toad's unfortunate but welcomed departure, Hagrid arrived at the feast in a very cheerful Great Hall with James, the Thunderbird, sitting on his shoulder. He had been teaching James to say; 'Who's a pretty bird?' and had lost track of the time. He was a little surprised to get so much attention as all the witches who wanted to see his new friend as Hagrid didn't have any pets, only seriously misunderstood friends, and the witches asked if they could join his class. Of course he said yes, even to the first and second year witches. And then James started to sing and everyone fell silent to listen to the hauntingly beautiful melody and Fawkes arrived in a ball of flames to join in as the Castle played along.

But not everyone was happy with the glorious, uplifting, cheerful music and a certain manipulative headmaster expressed his uncharitable thoughts towards Hagrid and his singing bird. But it was obvious to everyone that the silly old fool was green with envy and showed his jealous side that he was completely outclassed by the brilliantly colourful, talented and extremely cute bird.

The same manipulative headmaster had been trying to remind a certain Potions Master how much a certain student looked exactly like his childhood arch-nemesis. The headmaster's manipulations may have reminded Severus about how much he disliked James Potter but as he had made his peace with Lily's son and he could quietly rage against at the right person whose despicable manipulations had caused the situation that resulted in her untimely tragic death, and he was waiting for his opportunity to act. But he knew it will take years for him to get over the deep seated hatred he had for his childhood arch-nemesis as it was the only thing that had kept him going since that terrible night. He just didn't realise how severe the hatred and negative thoughts toward James Potter had affected his life and would affect his future if he didn't let it go.

James, the Thunderbird could sense the negativity and hatred in the dark-haired wizard and the Manipulative Old Fool, and he decided to do something to help them. After all that is what the thunderstorms he created did. They have lightning to highlight that there is a problem and discharge the negative vibes with refreshing rain to wash and clear the air, so the sunshine of a new day can give warmth to encourages new life to grow hope and love.

So, James, the Thunderbird, took flight and flew around the Great Hall with Fawkes but as they passed over the head table, James momentarily changed colour to fireball red, and there was a double flash of lightning as two tiny personal thunderstorms appeared and it started to flash tiny little cute lightning bolts and rain only over the head a certain manipulative jealous headmaster and a certain Potions professor who now had a completely new James to complain about.

The certain Potions professor soon discovered that his personal thunderstorm matched his mood as well as his uncharitable thoughts towards a certain other James, and followed him everywhere he went. Nothing he did would get rid of it.

Until Hagrid told him. "Just apologise you damn fool and say you're sorry."

At his wits' end, the certain soaked professor that looked like drown-rat, finally said.

"I am sooorrrr. Sooorrrr. Sooorrrr."

Hagrid gave the drown-rat a friendly slap on the back to help him get the word out.

"Sorry!"

And his personal thunderstorm ended with a flash of lightning.

"There, that's better!" Hagrid smiled as he waved his pink umbrella over the Potions Professor and dried him off as he sat down next to him.

"You know, I had high hopes for you and Lily." Hagrid continued as Severus looked at him. In all the years he had been at Hogwarts, he had never really spoken to the half-giant.

"High hopes?"

"Yes. I hoped that the love between you and Lilly might just bridge the widening gap between students at Hogwarts before that civil war really got going." Hagrid said. "With Lily in Gryffindor and you in Slytherin. You were quite the power couple when the two of you arrived at Hogwarts. Lily was so beautiful and sassy and loved you so much that so many boys were jealous of you."

"Oh?"

"Yeah, but little by little your pettiness showed through as they bullied you and pushed all your buttons."

"Oh?"

"And Lily was ferocious to defend you. So loyal."

"Oh?" Severus said as he remembered a couple times Lilly took out her temper on the bullies, including James Potter and Sirius Black.

"You and Lily could have done what Harry and Hermione's love has done to heal this school."

"Oh?"

"Until in your stupidity, you pushed her love away."

Offended, Severus responded. "What would you know of love?"

Hagrid looked at Severus. "Love is all around us, Severus. I see it in the harmony of life in the Forbidden Forest as everything is interconnected and depends on each other to live."

"What about your pet Acromantulas?"

"Well maybe not them, but where they come from they have a part to play in the circle of life. Being alpha predators, they are top of the food chain but their function is to eat and recycle other creatures to feed the grass."

"Oh?"

"Have you considered how a tree is the manifestation of Love. They grows tall and strong so they can give food and shelter to all who come under their branches. Their roots hold the soil together so it is not washed away. They recycle water and clean carbon dioxide from the air to release oxygen." Hagrid continued. "That is what Love is. Giving of yourself for the benefit of others. Love is the design principle of Creation, it is found everywhere."

"Oh?" Severus said as he had never seen that as all his focus had been on getting a fleeting thing called power.

"When Tom Riddle set me up and got me expelled, I had nowhere else to go and I released Aragog deep in the Forbidden Forest and that was where I found the Captain Courageous Tree."

"Captain Courageous Tree?"

"Yeah, that was what I called her. I was so hurt and dismayed at how unfair I had been treated until I found the Captain Courageous Tree." Hagrid said as he took a drink while James started to hum an inspirational tune. "She is an ancient oak tree that had been struck by lightning and burnt hollow, but she didn't say die or surrender. She just started to grow again. Then she was blown over but she didn't give up as she still had roots in the ground. She just started to grow vertical stems from her horizontal hollow trunk. If any tree had the reason to be a victim, it was her. But she just seemed to forgive the past so she could courageously overcome the challenges that faced her, and live to grow for a future full of hope and love."

"Oh?" Severus said as he tried to remember something his mother had told him.

"Life can be difficult at times but the failure to love causes true suffering and oppression." Hagrid explained and ignored any reference to a nefarious Greater Good.

"Oh?"

"I have seen so many students go through Hogwarts enslaved in a quest for riches and power." Hagrid shook his head. "And they are so unhappy, miserable and unloved."

"Oh?" Severus could relate to that.

"I think about the Captain Courageous Tree when I get depressed, and it lifts me up, and I forgive the past and start afresh to live again. That's love, Severus." Hagrid said with a tear in the corner of his eye while Severus thought about his past and how it still hurt him.

"And Lily loved you." Hagrid said as he looked at Severus in the eye. "But you still hate James Potter and worse you used to take out that hatred on young Harry just because he looks like his father."

"I know and I am ashamed of how I treated him so terribly." Severus said. "I realise now that the headmaster manipulated my hatred for James to control me."

"Fear and hatred can destroy so much and control a lot of sheeple." Hagrid said as he looked Severus in the eye. "But what are you going to do now?"

"I am going to forgive James and Sirius. I am going to try to be a better person. To build bridges and stamp out this hatred, rivalry and bulling between Slytherin and Gryffindor."

"That's a good start."

Severus nodded. "Harry forgave me."

"He truly is Lily's son."

"Yes he is."

Hagrid dug something out of his pocket. "Here, it is an acorn from the Captain Courageous Tree. Plant her in a spot full of love."

Severus looked at the acorn as though it was more precious than gold. He knew of a place where the tree would receive plenty of love, sunshine and water near the grave of the only other person who loved him unconditionally.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

But when the certain Potions professor forgot and relapsed to have an uncharitable thought about James Potter or anyone else, his personal thunderstorm came back and stayed until he quickly apologised as he began to realise how intense his hatred of James Potter had become, and he became thankful for the assistance James, the Thunderbird, gave to help him get over his deep seated issues with his childhood arch-nemesis, as such hatred was not healthy and would destroy his future.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

On the other hand, everyone at the head table had moved away from the tiny close personal thunderstorm that was intensely raging away over the headmaster's head as it reflected the level of consuming focus he held on the boy, and it took a while for the manipulative old fool to notice that his beautiful robes and hair were soaking wet as he was so preoccupied with all his scheming and plans for the boy going absolutely wrong. But he still was a powerful wizard even with his own original Ollivander wand and he banished the distraction with a wave of his wand.

The newly orphaned close personal thunderstorm then found the next most powerful source of uncharitable thoughts in the Great Hall and attached itself to him. And no it wasn't Draco as he had learnt his lesson to keep his big mouth shut. Yes, you guessed it. It was the red dunderhead. How long do you think it would take for him to learn to apologise from his heart and say sorry? But fortunately for him, Lavender's bright smile and sunny attitude would drive the tiny close personal thunderstorm away, so it would only follow the red dunderhead when he was alone with his thoughts.

While Harry had a very wicked thought and wondered if he could ask James the Thunderbird to visit Durzkaban.

Hermione and Emma thought that was a brilliant idea.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

James, the Thunderbird, didn't bother replacing the tiny close personal thunderstorm to follow the manipulative old fool as he was set in ways and was far too old to learn new tricks or say sorry and truly mean it as words were just tools of what to say to get what he wanted from others and had no true value or meaning for him.

And besides James had something that made the old goat completely insane with jealousy. James had his own fan club called; you guessed it, The Thunderbirds. Dan and Emma were the patrons, Hermione was president, Luna was the Senior Membership Officer and the Supreme Press Secretary, Harry was Treasurer while Neville, Colin, Kreacher, Dobby and Winky were Luna's assistants. While Anastasia was in charge of security.

And you're in luck as Luna has just released a press statement offering free membership to The Thunderbirds Fan Club if you leave a nice, cheerful, colourful review full of life and love, and request membership.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

James, the Thunderbird, was happy in his home with Hagrid, but a little lonely for another Thunderbird. So he thought he would ask Hagrid to write a letter to his old friend, Newt, for another Thunderbird egg. On second thoughts, James decided to ask Luna and Hermione to write to Newt and ask for a female Thunderbird egg. While James would love to have a Sirius but he would loved it much more to have a Lily Thunderbird.

- Harry Potter, I will never make her cry again. -

Thank you for reading.