Once inside the boys breathed a sigh of relief, catching their breath as they shook their heads to dry their hair.

'Well that was fun!' Harry remarked, as they began the walk to their classroom. 'What lesson do we have now Ad?'

'Musique? I think said on timetable?'

'Music. Okay.'

' Music. I say in Turkish, müzik, like sing, or instruments?'

'Yes. Can you?'

'I sing a little. Play Kaydedici, um recorder?, for snakes in Turkey, do not know if same here. You Harry?'

'I sing too, have not really had a chance to learn anything else before, so we will see how it goes, hey Ad?'

'Yes. We wait and see.'

The boys walked into their classroom, and Adam sat down in his place near the back, next to Madame Robin. Harry went to the front of the class to ask Mr Lupin a question. From Adam's place at the back of the classroom, he could not make out what the two of them were saying, but Mr Lupin did glance at him quickly, before looking at Harry again and nodding.

'Thank you sir. Merci.' Harry returned back to the seats, but instead of sitting in his old seat, sat one row back, so he was on the desk adjoining Adam's. Adam smiled softly at this small gesture of friendship, as Remus began the register.

'Janus Almorado?'

'Bonjour!'

'Emily Cattel?'

'Salut!'

'Gaelle Nightingale?'

'Bonjour.'

'Jo Newman?'

'Bonjour!'

'Harry Potter'

'Bonjour'

'Adam Yilan?'

'Bonjour'

'There we go. Well afternoon class, one more lesson then we can all go home!' At this, the class laughed, but the two boys at the back soon stopped, as they thought of the loveless, parentless homes they would be going to. Not wanting the other to notice, they soon smiled again, trying to make an effort to enjoy themselves before the end of the day.

'So, as you probably know, we have music now. As I have never taught any of you music before, or know much of it myself, I thought we could use this lesson as more of a fun experimental music lesson, so we can discover our own and each other's skills.' He quickly turned more serious. 'And there will be no teasing of each other, if someone cannot do something that you can, you either help them, or leave them alone.' His serious point done, Remus stood up and headed towards the door. 'I for one could do with some help with my singing, although some of you may think it is beyond hope! Who wants to come and help carry the instruments? Harry, Adam, Janus can you come and help? The rest of you, could you move the desks towards the outside of the room, creating a large open space? Thanks.'

The four walked out of the classroom, to the large storeroom opposite. Inside there was a large assortment of instruments, school books, chairs and school supplies. On one wall there was a double door, which Remus explained led to the large hall, where concerts and assemblies were held, as well as sport. 'Actually, talking of assembly, we have one tomorrow. I think it is a welcome back one, 6th year is during our Literacy lesson. Anyway, can you, Harry and Janus carry that large box with the drums and percussion in between you, and Adam, can you carry a couple of guitars? I'll take the violins, recorders and music, then we'll come back for the music stands and any other bits we want. Adam if you go in front of the other two, you can open the door for them, and I'll follow behind.' The boys all went over to their respective boxes or instruments. Harry looked at the box a little doubtfully, it seemed quite big and heavy. 'On three Harry?' Asked Janus. Harry simply nodded, grabbing the bottom corners of the box. He had ended up on the side facing the door, meaning he would have to walk backwards. 'Ready?'

Harry nodded. 'One, two, three, and up!' Together they lifted it up, Harry realised it was not as heavy as he thought, and they wriggled it a bit to get a better hold. 'Shall we go?' Janus nodded, saying 'I'll direct you.' Harry quickly glanced behind him, looking for obstacles and the path he needed to take, before beginning to slowly walk backwards. They made a chain of people, Adam walking in front and talking to Harry, to tell him of any obstacles, Janus walking behind, watching around Harry, and Remus brought up the rear, with two violin cases on his shoulder, and a box of recorders and sheet music. They managed to get into the classroom without any accidents, besides Janus worrying everyone when he stood on his own shoelace.

Thankfully he didn't fall over, just stopped rather suddenly, causing Harry to nearly drop the box, but between them and Adam leaping to grab it, nothing was broken. Once in the class, they placed the instruments on the tables that now lined the walls, before following Remus out again to pick up the music stands. They each picked up two, and carried them back, where they placed the extras down, before moving to set up theirs in different parts of the room. Adam and Harry set up together in the back corner, Janus and Gaelle near the front, and Jo and Emily in between them. Remus and Madame Robin set up near to the front one the opposite side, in order to leave the children to their own devices as they explored the music.

'So, as I said, you are free to do whatever you want with this lesson, with music obviously. Practise something you are good at, or pick up something new. If you want to use an instrument that isn't here, just ask and I can see if we have it in the store room. Enjoy yourselves, but please be careful with the instruments, as they are breakable, and some of them are quite expensive.'

Gaelle, in an unusually excitable mood, rushed to the table to pick up a guitar. 'Gaelle?' She quickly stopped, holding the guitar in her arms, as her teacher looked at her. 'Please walk, don't run, and share that if anyone else wants a go.'

'Yes sir.' Placing the guitar on a chair next to her stand, she returned to the table to pick up some sheet music, looking back quickly at Janus, he saw he had chosen the drums today, so looked for music with both their instruments. After finding a piece, she picked up two copies, placing on on Janus' stand, and one on her own, which she them adjusted to the correct height. Janus began reading the sheet, tapping out the beat on his leg, whilst Gaelle checked and tuned the guitar. 'Ready?' She asked him. 'Yep, let's go.' Together they began to play, in sync, and as they played they became more confident, not realising that the rest of the class had stopped to watch them. When they finally finished, the class applauded them, and they blushed deeply, embarrassed but somewhat proud. 'Come one then class, back to your own music.' Called Remus, before walking over to the two musicians. 'Can I say, that was amazing you two! You have such a magical knack for music, and work so well together. Keep up the good work!' They smiled and then sat down again, to talk about what they could play next, as that was the only music they could find with just their two instruments in. 'What we really need is a singer, or another guitarist.'

They carried on talking, whilst around them, their classmates played. They looked around, to see if there was anyone they could steal to join their duet. Emily had rediscovered her love for the violin, and was stood in the corner softly playing, next to Madam Robin who had her back to them. Upon taking a second look, they saw that Madam Robin was, ever so quietly, playing the flute, in harmony with the violin. As Gaelle walked over, under the pretense of looking for music, she could hear how well they played together, and wondered at the new fact she had discovered about the receptionist. Jo appeared to be trying to teach Mr Lupin how to play the violin, it did not seem to be going very well, judging by the cat-like screeches that were coming from their corner. Adam and Harry were stood in the corner, as Adam, seemingly from memory, played a haunting methodic tune on the recorder, something which Gaelle had never heard before. Both boys seemed to be swaying their heads a little as he played, in a manner that almost seemed to remind Gaelle of a snake. So far she had not seen Harry playing an instrument, so did not know if he could. Perhaps he could sing, but no one seemed brave enough to start singing. She would have to go and speak to Janus, she couldn't be the brave one to start it, but he could be.

'I couldn't find any music Janus, do you just want to do some singing instead? I got sheets for that?' Nodding he replied, 'Sure Gaelle.' Placing the sheet onto her higher stand, they both stood behind it and began singing, softly to begin, but increasing in volume as, again they gained their confidence. They were singing a well known song, for those who lived in France, but it was quite repetitive, so everyone could pick it up easily. Soon Jo joined in, as he attempted to persuade their teacher to do so as well, they seemed to have given up on the violin. With a few looks and gestures, Emily and Madam Robin finished their song, and joined in as well. Feeling under the pressure, Harry and Adam rather quietly began singing, unsure of the words and tune, but happy to give it an attempt. Seeing their confusion, Jo walked over to the music box, taking out the sheets with the lyrics on, and passing it to his classmates with a smile, whilst still singing. After scanning the words and listening to the other singers, Harry soon found their place, and joined in a bit more confidently, imagining he was by himself, working, doing jobs around the house.

It was his way to make himself feel less alone, especially on dark nights. Coming back out of his memories, he noticed that Janus had sat down again with a drum, and was beating out a rhythm as he sang. Gaelle soon joined in again, with her guitar, and as Harry watched her, he began to imagine the cords she played, and pretend to strum his mother's guitar. He had found it during the move to France, hidden in the back of the attic he brought it down, and stashed it in the moving van inside an old wardrobe. Once they arrived in France, he waited and was extremely pleased when the wardrobe was placed in the cellar. He had had no one to teach him though, and was too scared to play it when the Dursleys could hear him, meaning that apart from being cleaned one time, it hadn't really been used. Perhaps he could learn now in school, now only if he could work out a way to get it to school and back, it wasn't really the most subtle thing to sneak in. He blinked back to reality again, a plan beginning to form for the next music lesson, as he found his place and joined back in with the singing. When they finished, they applauded each other, and then packed up everything, carrying the music stands back first whilst Emily, Gaelle and Janus tidied and straightened up the classroom.

Returning back from the store room, Harry and Janus picked up the drum and percussion box again, carrying it carefully out of the classroom and down the corridor to the music room. Once there, they waited for Adam to come out, before Harry backed into it, turning slightly to place the box back into its place. But he tripped, going over his own ankle into the shelving unit which was full of books, with the drum box landing heavily onto him as he panicked, flailing around to try and stop himself from falling, but only grabbing the shelves and pulling them onto him, and falling towards the ground, as he smacked his head into the wall. He let out a small whimper of pain, as he heard Janus, and then Adam yelling for help, and trying to take things off of him, which only seemed to make it worse. He blinked as his vision seemed to blur, realizing he had lost his glasses somewhere, but for some reason the world just kept on getting darker, as he fell into unconsciousness.