There's a werewolf in the classroom.

Harry and the others sat down and started their homework, as they did Hermione spoke up, "O.k. I did some research in the library about this half-blood prince guy I still can't believe you won't tell us who it is." Hermione turned and gave Serenity a dirty look, Serenity just shrugged and said, " I all ready told you if you can't figure it out on your own you don't deserve to know the answer. So what'd you find in the library?" Hermione rolled her eyes and answered, "Well the only thing I found was the record of an Elaine Prince she was student here about 70 years ago. So does she have anything to do with this?" Serenity gave a smug grin, "Maybe." Ron and Hermione both groaned and Serenity laughed.

Harry couldn't help it, this was too funny he laughed to, and the four of them turned back to their homework. Shakira and Sly came over to Serenity and gave her a nuzzle, the two animals were really found of her. Serenity scratched them each on the head and they sat down between her and Harry who were both seated on the floor. Ever since his bite Harry often found himself more comfortable on the floor than in a chair (he had no idea why that was, but for some reason it just worked that way).

They worked on their homework for about two more hours before Serenity stood up and said, "Look I gotta go, I promised dad I'd look after Taylor tonight so he could get some grading done, I'll see you tomorrow o.k.?" Harry nodded as he finished his potions essay, "O.k. see you tomorrow." Ron and Hermione said, "Good-bye Serenity." Serenity gave them a smile and left, Harry was glad to see his two best friends getting along with his mate. As Harry fell asleep that night he couldn't help but worry about what was going to happen tomorrow both with the students and with the wizarding world as a whole.

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Harry woke up early the next morning; he wanted to get to the great hall before there were too many students around. As soon as Harry dressed and went to the door to leave Shakira and Sly both came up and scratched on the door, Harry was a little confused, "What's with you guys, you never wanted to come with me to class before." Sly butted his head against Harry's hand and Shakira rubbed herself against his legs Harry smiled as he realized that they could tell he was nervous and upset and they wanted to come with to protect him Harry could tell they were coming whether he wanted them to or not, he gave a large sigh, "All right guys, but just this once deal?" Both of them nudged Harry as he opened the door and started down the hall way.

There weren't many students I the halls yet, but most of the people Harry came across would instantly move to other side of the hall when they saw Harry with Shakira and Sly. Harry rolled his eyes and kept walking, trying to ignore the other students Harry arrived at breakfast Ron, Hermione, and Serenity were waiting for him. Taylor was sitting next to Serenity at the Gryffindor table and Harry noticed that Severus was keeping a VERY close eye on his son, Harry couldn't really blame him after all Taylor hadn't sat at a house table yet.

Harry walked over and sat down next to Serenity with a quiet, "Good morning." Serenity gave Harry's arm a squeeze as Ron and Hermione gave him a, "Good morning" back. Taylor smiled at Harry and said, "Hello Harry." Harry couldn't help smiling back at Taylor Shakira and Sly both walked over to him and he patted them both on the head. Hermione looked up from the book she'd been reading and asked "Harry why are Shakira and Sly here? You never brought them to breakfast before." Harry shrugged, "This morning they wanted to come with me and I knew they wouldn't let me leave without them. Besides what's the big deal? One of the reasons I didn't bring them before was because no one knew what I was and now that they do I'm probably going to have problems like there where in second year so I might need them just for basic protection purposes." Hermione and Ron both nodded while Serenity looked confused, "what happened second year?" Harry raised an eyebrow "Your father didn't tell you about the Chamber of Secrets and how everyone found out I was a parseltongue." Serenity nodded, "Yeah he told me about that, and he also said everyone thought you were the heir of Slytherin. Sorry Harry I forgot."

Harry nodded, "It's o.k. I probably wouldn't have remembered that if I had been told a story about someone else." Harry dug into his breakfast as the owl post arrived Harry gasped in shock as over a dozen owls landed in front of him, "What the?" it was then that Harry noticed several of the owls where carrying howlers and he remembered what had happened to Hermione in fourth year, "Oh no." Several of the howlers started going off and before Harry could even stand they exploded.

Harry covered his ears along with everyone else in the hall; the noise was unlike anything Harry had ever heard before there was so much screaming he could only make out a few words every now and then, "MONSTER! SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED NEAR INNOCENT CHIDLREN! DANGEROUS!" The howlers continued to scream insults for at least five minutes before the hall went quiet. Taylor had started crying because of the noise and Serenity pulled him into a hug to try and comfort him while Severus stood and walked over to his son. Severus took Taylor from Serenity and carried him out of the hall to calm him down. Meanwhile Harry still had dozens of letters waiting for him, but he knew better than to open any of them.

Ron and Hermione gave Harry sympathetic looks Hermione spoke first, "Harry don't pay attention to them, none of these people know you they're just a bunch of prejudiced idiots." Ron nodded his agreement as he swallowed his kippers, "Yeah mate, who cares what a bunch of wizards you never met and will probably never meet think." Serenity reached over and squeezed Harry's shoulder, "The point is people who really know you, know you aren't a monster and you wouldn't purposely hurt anyone so just ignore these gits." Harry felt himself blush at the praise as he said, "Thanks guys, I needed to hear that."

Harry was just about to start eating when he felt a tug at his robe sleeve and turned to see Hedwig holding two letters, Harry smiled he knew Hedwig wouldn't bring him anything dangerous or from someone he didn't know and trust. Harry took the letters and passed Hedwig some of his cereal as he opened the first letter. Harry grinned as he saw it was from Remus Harry opened it and read;

Dear Harry,

Dumbledore wrote me and told me what happened, I'm sorry I didn't get in touch with you yesterday, but there is no floo access where I am. I know this must be very difficult for you right now and I wish I could be there to help you through it. Just remember Sirius and I love you like our own and if you need anything just say the word.

Even though I know it's going to be hard for you to adjust, and everyone is going to be treating you differently now that they know who and what you are at least you don't have to hide the truth from everyone anymore. People are undoubtedly going to be giving you a hard time, but your real friends will always accept you no matter what. Please be careful and try not to let other get to you. Good luck cub.

Love,

Moony.

Harry nodded, just hearing from his sire was enough to make him feel better Harry opened the next letter and sure enough it was from Sirius;

Dear Harry,

Sorry I had to write to you, but Madame Pomfrey wouldn't let me talk to you over the floo yesterday she said you were in too delicate of a condition so I figured I'd drop you a line. I'm sorry your secret had to come out like that I know you were waiting to tell people on your own and this is going to make it that much harder for people to accept you, but at least everyone know now.

That Malfoy kid is real lucky that I'm an aurora now, because if I were still on the run I'd hunt him down and show him what a real murder looks like. If he gives you anymore trouble I want you to contact me right away that boy is dangerous Harry and he could have killed you yesterday. I want you to be extra careful around him all right?

Just remember to try not to go anywhere alone if you can help it and you may want to consider taking Shakira and Sly to your classes now that way you're protected when Ron, Hermione, or Serenity aren't with you. Remember if you need me I'm here for you, be careful and try to stay out of trouble for once. Hope to see you soon.

Love,

Padfoot

Harry sighed, "Geez all this be careful stuff as if I didn't all ready know Malfoy was going to cause me trouble. Still it's nice to know that they worry." Serenity nodded, "Harry I know you don't like hearing this, but Malfoy is dangerous and you do have to keep and extra eye on him and all the other Slytherin's." Harry nodded, "Yeah I know, but it's still annoying hearing it all the time." As Harry finished talking another owl came up to him Harry rolled his eyes figuring he'd just ignore it than he noticed the letter the owl was carrying had a ministry seal on it. Harry opened;

Dear Mr. Potter,

As head of the department for the regulation and control of magical creatures I would like to inform you that after the statement given by Headmaster Dumbledore and the thorough examining of your file and your personal history we have decided not to punish you for not reporting your condition the moment you were attacked.

Now that the information has been gathered I would like to inform you that you are now officially registered with the ministry as werewolf # 713586 and your pin code is 8894. You will need to have both of these numbers for legal purposes and if you should need to contact the ministry for certain official reasons. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,

Amanda Jenkins, department of regulation and control of magical creatures.

Harry groaned as he finished reading, "Great now I'm a number just what I always wanted." Serenity held his hand, "Harry I know it sucks, but it is ministry policy. You should get someone to sort through the rest of your mail in case there's anything else important in there." Harry nodded, "Yeah, but who would have the time to check all this for jinxes and stuff." Harry suddenly had an idea, "Dobby!" The elf appeared right behind Harry causing Shakira and Sly to growl a little, Harry patted them each, "It's all right guys Dobby's an old friend he won't hurt me." Dobby nearly cried, "Oh Harry Potter sir, calls Dobby a friend, Dobby is most honored Harry Potter sir, what can Dobby do for you?" Harry gestured to the letters in front of him, "Dobby I need you to go through all of this please, get another elf to help you if you need it. Check them for jinxes and curse get ride of the stuff that is only from people insulting me and put the safe none threatening stuff back in my private rooms if you can. I'd really appreciate it Dobby."

Dobby was practically bouncing with joy, "Oh Dobby will be most honored to help Harry Potter sir, Dobby will get Winky to help him go through Harry Potter sir's mail and make sure it is safe, it will be waiting for Harry Potter sir when he is done with his classes today." Harry smiled, "Thank you Dobby I'm really glade you're willing to do this for me." Dobby grinned, "Dobby would do anything for Harry Potter sir. "Dobby snapped his fingers and disappeared with Harry's mail, "Well time for class." Harry looked up and saw that Hermione was right Harry stood and started walking to Transfiguration. Just like before the other kids gave Harry a wide berth in the halls Harry just ignored them and continued talking to Hermione like he couldn't see the other kids. McGonagall had them start on silent magic saying that they needed to be able to perform spells without anyone knowing what they were going to do. It was difficult and by the end Hermione was the only one who managed to change her rock into a toad. Charms wasn't much easier and by the end of the day Harry was exhausted.

When Harry got back to his rooms he saw a small pile of letters waiting for him Harry started reading through them and was surprised that they weren't insulting many were from current werewolves or people who were related to werewolves saying how they didn't think there was anything wrong with Harry and how glad they were that the werewolf community had such a famous member now. Many hoped that Harry's having of the disease would cause the healers to become more aggressive at finding a cure.

The rest of the week was very similar to that day, (Harry had Dobby check his mail every day from than on to make sure he didn't get anymore howlers at breakfast) the Slytherin all gave Harry dirty looks in the halls and Draco Malfoy's insults actually got worse than they were before. Harry was almost certain that if the other students weren't afraid of being bitten and if he didn't bring Shakira and Sly with him everywhere now he probably would have been attacked. Neville and Luna were two of the only students besides Ron, Hermione, and Serenity who treated Harry even close to normally any more. All in all Harry was more than relived when the week was over, unfortunately Friday also meant Quidditch try-outs and Harry wasn't sure how the team would handle his new problem.

Harry made sure to arrive at the quidditch pitch early Friday, Ron, Hermione, and Serenity had all insisted on coming with him as soon as all the other potential players arrived Harry spoke, "Now as many of you know I have been chosen as quidditch captain this year. However, I was given that position before the truth of my 'condition' was revealed to the school. If anyone thinks that I will be unable to perform my duties or feels uncomfortable playing for me because I am a werewolf please say so now. I promise you that I will not take it personally and you will not be judged poorly by your fellow teammates." Harry stood nervously on the pitch waiting several people left others muttered insult under their breath only Harry could hear.

Finally Angelina spoke up, "Harry I don't think any of us really care what you are, you are a great quidditch player and nothing else matters as far as I'm concerned." In the end Ron made the team because Hermione had confounded a guy name Cormac Mclaggen who was a fairly good player, but Harry didn't like him because he was and egotistical jerk who seemed to think he was better than everyone else. Harry was very relived when the day was over and he had set their first practice for next week, Harry hoped that Ron's nerves wouldn't get the best of him again this year.

When Harry got back to his room that night he found a note sitting on his bedside table where Dobby usually out his mail. Harry opened it and saw that it was from the headmaster

Harry,

I would like you to meet me in my rooms tomorrow morning around 10 o'clock. There is some information that I need to share with you that is of the utmost importance. Please do not be late.

Headmaster Dumbledore.

P.S. I am very found of Acid pops.

Harry looked at the letter for a few moments, he had no idea what the headmaster could want to talk to him about, and what was with the acid pops? Realizations hit Harry and he smacked himself on the head, "Oh, duh acid pops is the password to his office, still what could he have to tell me that is so important?" It took Harry several hours to fall asleep that night because questions kept running through his head as he worried for tomorrow morning.

a/n that's al for now sort of a cliffie I know, just a warning next chapter will have some serious au's and major spoilers for HPB. Please take the time to review and thanks to everyone who has so far.