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Chapter 14

To Goshien, Harry's broomstick being confiscated wasn't the end of the world but, to Sarah and Ron their worlds seemed to revolve around it for the next few days.

"I don't get it why you two are obsessed with the broomstick, I mean it's only-" started Goshien.

"I wouldn't finish that sentence, Goshien. Because I may have to hurt you." said Sarah with Ron nodding his approval behind her.

Nothing compared to the shock expressed by Oliver Wood when he found out Harry had been the owner of the greatest broom for only a few hours.

"Have you ordered a new broom yet?" he asked to Harry.

"No," replied Harry.

"What! You'd better get a move on, you know. You can't ride a shooting star against Ravenclaw." said Wood.

"He got a firebolt for Christmas." said Ron.

"A Firebolt? No seriously... A real Firebolt?" he said.

"Yeah," said Sarah. At that point Wood just fainted. He would have hit the floor if it wasn't for Leah who caught him from behind.

"Oliver? Are you okay?!" she said to him. She started to fan him with her notebook. Oliver started to stir.

"Oliver are you okay?" said Leah again.

"Yeah I'm okay. I just-" Wood stopped talking and just stared at Leah who was looking at him from above.

"Hemm, Hemm," said Hermione.

"Oh," said Wood who looked as if he just noticed the rest of them. " Potter, I expect you and your Firebolt at the next practice." he said.

"That's not possible. McGonagall confiscated it." Harry explained about how they thought it might be jinxed."

"Jinxed? How could it be jinxed." he said.

"Sirius Black." said Goshien. "He supposed to be after Harry."

Wood waved aside the fact that his seeker may be in mortal danger. " But Black is on the run how can he just walk into a Quidditch store and buy a broom?"

"I know but she still wants to strip it down-"

Wood went pale. "I'll go talk to her make her see sense. Come on Evans we'll go talk to her together."

Classes started again after Harry's talk with Wood. After Defense Against Dark Arts, Lupin called Harry, Sarah and Goshien aside.

"Harry about our lessons," he began. "It will take place on Thursday in the History of Magic room at eight o'clock."

Harry nodded and Lupin turned towards Goshien and Sarah. "Sarah, Goshien…Professor Dumbledore told me you two can produce true patronuses. I want you to attend the lessons to help me and Harry. Perhaps you two know some trick or tip that will help Harry."

Goshien looked at Sarah. What do you think Goshien?said Sarah to Goshien's mind. Ku shinya takshi said Goshien back to her. In Goshien's mind her thoughts were in Sayigo, the Saiyan language. If translated into English, Goshien said " We could help".

Sarah nodded and turned towards Lupin, "Sure Professor, we'll help."

They left the classroom.

"He's not looking too good, is he?" said Sarah when they were in the hallway.

"Yeah," said Harry.

At the end of the hallway, they caught up with Sphen, Hermione and Ron.

"What did Lupin want?" asked Sphen.

"We're going to start anti-dementor classes, Thursday." said Harry. "Lupin thought it would be a good idea if Sarah and Goshien helped."

"He didn't look too good during class did he?" said Ron.

"He still must be ill," said Goshien shrugging.

"I wonder what's -" started Ron but a loud "tuh" from Hermione cut him off.

"What was that all about?" asked Ron.

"Nothing," said Hermione as she started walking down the hall. Ron ran after her.

"All I was saying is that I want to know what is wrong with him." said Ron. Everyone else caught up with them.

"We'll isn't it obvious?" asked Hermione. She then started back down the hallway.

Ron turned to everyone else. "What is she talking about?"

Sphen came up to him. "She's probably just trying to get you to talk to her."

Ron, Harry and Sarah hadn't talked to Hermione since she snitched on Harry's broomstick.

At eight o'clock on Thursday, Goshien, Sarah and Harry headed to the History of Magic classroom. Inside they saw a large packing case on Professor Binns desk. The case rattled when the three got near it.

"Another boggart, Professor?" asked Sarah.

"Yes. I found this one in Filch's cabinet. I am going to use it as our dementor. It can stay in my desk when were not using it." said Lupin. "Okay Harry…the spell I am going to teach you is very, very advanced magic. Don't be surprised if you start out slow. In fact I would like to know how Sarah and Goshien even know about it?"

Goshien shrugged. "We were bored."

"We have a lot of books in my house," said Sarah.

"So…we read. A lot." said Goshien. "We've only been able to do the spell for about a year. But it took us a lot longer to get it."

"Right," said Lupin.

"What's the spell Professor?" asked Harry.

"It is called the Patronus Charm. When it works correctly it conjures up a Patronus. A Patronus is a kind of anti-dementor guardian. It acts as a shield between you and the dementor."

"How come the Patronus isn't effected by the dementor?" asked Harry.

"The patronus cannot feel despair, as real humans can. It is kind of positive force. It projects happiness, hope and the desire to live." said Lupin.

"What does a patronus look like?" asked Harry.

"Well its different for everyone," said Lupin. "Sarah, Goshien why don't you show Harry you're patronuses."

Sarah and Goshien nodded. "Expecto patronum!" said them together.

Out of Goshien's wand flew a silvery-blue tiger that seemed to glide through the air. However, with Sarah's a silvery-blue phoenix flew out of her wand.

"Cool, huh?" said Sarah.

"Yeah," said Harry looking at the two patronuses.

"Interesting," said Lupin to Sarah.

"What?" asked Sarah.

"Your patronus is a phoenix." said Lupin. "Dumbledore's also is a phoenix."

"Really?" asked Sarah.

Lupin nodded and continued. "As Sarah and Goshien just showed the incantation is Expecto Patronum. But that's just the easy part I am afraid. Saying the incantation is not enough." said Lupin as Sarah and Goshien's patronuses disappeared. "The incantation will only work if you are concentrating on a single happy memory."

Harry nodded. "Expecto Patronum and a happy memory. Got it."

"Why don't you try now Harry?" asked Lupin.

Harry nodded. He turned towards the boggart in the case.

"Close your eyes," said Lupin. "And think of a happy memory."

Harry did as he was told. He was quiet for about a minute and then opened his eyes and said. "Ok I'm ready."

"Now, remember" said Lupin. "Expecto Patronum."

"Right…Expecto Patrono -no wait, sorry - Expecto Patronum." said Harry. At that point a white mist whooshed out of Harry's wand. "Did you see that?" said Harry. "Something happened."

"Ready Harry," said Lupin. Harry nodded. "Okay at the count of three I will open the case, Sarah and Goshien stand aside."

They stood off to the side with Lupin while he said, "One, two, three!"

The dementor rose from the box; it's hooded face turned towards Harry. The lamps in the room flickered and died. Goshien saw that he was trying to concentrate.

"Expecto Patronum!" Harry yelled. "Expecto Patronum! Expecto -" Harry started to faint.

Lupin went in between the dementor and Harry. He put the boggart back into the case and Sarah and Goshien went over to Harry to get him up.

Harry came to and looked at them. "I heard my mum again, louder this time and…"

Goshien didn't need to read Harry's mind to know the answer. "Voldemort." she said. Harry nodded.

"Harry if you don't want to continue I'll under-" started Lupin.

"No! I have to do this. What if the dementors turn up in our next match. We can't afford to lose again if we want the Quidditch Cup!" said Harry fiercely.

"All right but before we continue eat this," said Lupin handing Harry a chocolate frog. Harry stuffed the frog into his mouth.

"Harry," said Sarah. "You might want to pick a different memory. The one you picked might not be powerful enough."

Harry nodded and thought for a moment.

"Are you ready?" asked Lupin. Harry nodded.

Lupin counted to three and he opened the box again. The dementor came out again menacing and gliding toward Harry. He tried to produce the patronus again but kept failing.

Harry fainted again and Lupin forced the boggart back into the case while Sarah and Goshien tried to wake Harry again.

"Harry…" said Sarah. "Wake up…"

Harry opened his eyes. "I heard my dad." he said. "That's the first time I've ever heard him - he tried to take on Voldemort himself, to give my mum time to run for it…"

Goshien, Sarah and Lupin waited quietly as Harry dried his eyes.

"You heard James?" said Lupin.

"Yeah.." said Harry. He looked up. "Why - you didn't know my dad, did you?"

"I-I did as a matter of fact," said Lupin. "We were friends at Hogwarts. Listen Harry - perhaps we should leave it at here. This is a very difficult spell, I shouldn't have -"

"No!" said Harry. "I'll have one more go. I'm not thinking of happy enough thoughts. Hang on," He thought about it and then stood up.

"Ready?" said Lupin. Harry nodded. "Concentrating hard. All right - go!" Harry again was facing the dementor. "EXPECTO PATRONUM!" Harry bellowed. "EXPECTO PATRONUM! EXPECTO PATRONUM!" This time a huge, silver shadow came out of Harry's wand and hovered between Harry and the dementor. Harry in fact was still on his feet, a fact that impressed Goshien.

"Riddikulus!" roared Lupin. There was a loud crack and Harry's cloudy patronus vanished along with the dementor. Harry fell into a chair.

"Harry that was a lot better!" said Sarah. "You managed to stay on your feet."

Harry let out a weak laugh. Goshien turned to see Lupin struggling with the boggart. The boggart turned into a silvery-white orb again before disappearing into the case.

"Excellent Harry! A definite improvement." said Lupin.

"Can we have another go? Just one more?" asked Harry.

"No that's all for tonight. Here eat this or Madam Pomfrey will have my butt." said Lupin handing Harry a big bar of Honeydukes best chocolate.

"Professor if you knew my father you must have known Sirius Black." said Harry. Lupin turned very quickly.

"What gives you that idea?" said Lupin.

"Nothing - I mean I just heard that they were friends at Hogwarts too…"

Lupin's face relaxed. "Yes I knew him or at least I thought that I did."

Ravenclaw was to play Slytherin the next week. Slytherin won narrowly though. Wood said that was good news for Gryffindor because if they won against Ravenclaw that would put them at second place. Wood then increased practices. Goshien could tell it was a strain on Harry and he wasn't the only one under pressure. Hermione was working her butt off. Night after night she could be found in the common room with books and notes sprawled all around the table. She barely spoke and snapped at people who talked to her.

"How is she doing it?" said Ron one night in the common room with everyone there.

"Doing what?" asked Sphen.

"Getting to all her classes! I heard her talking to Professor Vector the Arithmancy professor about yesterday's lesson but Hermione couldn't have been there because she was in Care of Magical Creatures class too."

"Ron…do you know her whole entire schedule?" asked Sarah.

"No." said Ron quietly. "But I also asked Ernie McMillan if she ever missed a Muggle studies class and he said no but when she had Muggle studies she also has Divination. She's never missed that class either."

"Well all I can tell you Ron," said Sphen. "Is that I have Arithmancy with her and she's never missed it."

"But that's impossible!" said Ron.

"Who cares, Ron?" said Goshien.

"I do!" said Ron. At that point Wood entered. Goshien saw Leah look up from her Potions essay.

"Bad news, Harry. I've talked to Professor McGongall about the Firebolt. She - er - got a bit mad at me. Told me I'd had my priorities wrong." said Wood.

"She didn't," said Leah.

"Yep, seemed to think that I care more about the Cup than you staying alive. I think she got that from me saying I didn't care if it threw you off just as long as you caught the snitch first." said Wood.

"The nerve of her," said Leah aghast.

"I know!" said Wood. "I asked her how much longer and she said "As long as necessary Wood." I think that you should look for another broom Harry."

Goshien turned to Sarah. Sarah was looking at the Daily Prophet.

"What'ya reading?" she asked.

"The ministry had given permission for the dementor's to use their kiss on Sirius Black." said Sarah not looking up from the paper.

"Ouch," said Goshien.

"What's so bad about that?" asked Harry.

"Well when a dementor uses it's kiss it sucks out your soul." said Sarah.

"What - they kill -" said Harry.

"No you can live without your soul you just can't fell anything. You float through the rest of your life just as a body…nothing else." said Goshien.

"So that's what's going to happen to Black…He deserves it." said Harry.

"Really?" said Sarah surprised. "You think anyone deserves that."

"Yes," said Harry. 'For…for some things…"

The next morning Professor McGongall came to the common room with Harry's broom in hand.

"Ah Harry. Well here it is. We've tested everything you obviously have a very good friend out there. Oh by the way could one of you get Longbottom. He's outside the portrait babbling about losing his passwords." said the Professor. She left, followed by Sphen who went to go get Neville.

Sphen returned and Neville went upstairs.

"What happened?" asked Sarah.

"Neville had the portrait tell him all the passwords for this week and he wrote them down and lost the paper." said Sphen.

"Harry…now that you have your broom back…" said Sarah. "Can I have a go?"

"No!" said Ron. "Harry don't let her first. I'm your best friend."

"I asked first, Ron." said Sarah turning towards him.

"Yes but I'm his best friend." said Ron.

"I could careless if you were his best piece of homework, I asked first!"

"So that doesn't mean anything!" said Ron.

"Yes it does!" said Sarah.

"No it doesn't."

"Yes it does!"

"No it doesn't!"

Goshien getting really irritated performed the Silencing Charm on both of them.

"Shut up!" said Goshien. Both Ron and Sarah gave her dark looks and sat back down. At that point Hermione came up.

"So I see you got it back," she said.

"Yeah but the way these two are going on I'm going to have to take it upstairs." said Harry.

Ron starting snapping his fingers to try and get Harry's attention.

"What Ron - Goshien come on," said Harry.

"Oh all right," she removed the curse from Ron.

"And Sarah," said Harry.

"Oh but it's so nice and quiet." said Sphen. Goshien removed the curse from Sarah.

"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Sarah to Sphen.

"Nothing," said Sphen quickly.

"Harry I'll put it upstairs. I've got to give Scabbers his rat tonic." said Ron. Harry handed the broom and he went upstairs. Hermione sat down in Ron's spot.

"Hermione how are you doing all of this?" asked Harry.

"Oh just working hard." she said.

"Arithmancy looks hard." said Harry.

"Oh no it's wonderful. It's -" but Hermione wasn't able to say what was so great about Arithmancy because Ron came down with his bed sheet in hand.

"LOOK!" he bellowed striding to Hermione. "LOOK!"

"Ron what-" she said.

"SCABBERS! LOOK SCABBERS!" Everyone moved over to see what was on the sheet. Goshien saw big red drops. It looked like -

"BLOOD!" Ron yelled into silence. "HE'S GONE! AND KNOW WHAT WAS ON THE FLOOR!?"

"N-no," said Hermione trembling. Ron threw something onto Hermione's rune sheet that she had. Lying on Hermione's paper were several long ginger cat hairs. Ron looked like he was going to blow. Hermione was looking at cat hairs Looks like Crookshanks had a snack. thought Goshien.