AN – Here we go again
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Chapter 25 – A series of ill-fated events
Draco Malfoy always watched how his father acted and he wanted to be just like him and now he was being given the chance to prove himself worthy to be one of Grindelwald's supporters. He had to manipulate Ronald Weasley into providing him with information and do something to harm the Potter's and then he would be rewarded. He smirked, how hard could it be?
He sat in an abandoned classroom waiting for the Gryffindor; he was used to the sloppiness of that house, well except for Granger. He hated the mudblood but she would prove useful in hurting the Potter's. The door opened and the redhead walked in
"It's about time Weasley!" Draco sneered
"I had to sneak out of the common room without anyone noticing" Ronald's ears turned red
"Whatever, what news do you have for me?" Draco asked
"Well, Dumbledore's group calls themselves the order of the phoenix and they have been doing scouting missions but they haven't found anything yet. Hermione was saying something at dinner about wands and I think that maybe that's why Dumbledore is so powerful" he speculated
"If you even try and mention something along the lines of a deathstick I will kill you Weasley; the wand doesn't make the Wizard, it's all about blood purity and talent. Now onto other matters, I need you to pour this on Granger and make sure you don't get any on anyone else" he handed Ronald a vial with bright pink liquid
"How am I supposed to do that?" Ronald asked panicked
"Figure it out genius" Malfoy left the room and hoped his plans would work. He pulled another vial out of his pocket and set off to find Pansy. He found her in the common room and she practically sprinted to him
"I'm glad to see you're so excited to see me, I need your help" he handed her the blood red liquid "Pour it on Daphne when you get the chance and make sure no one sees" he kissed her cheek and she blushed and nodded
Harry was out flying in the early hours of the morning; he had been getting three hours of sleep each night and not a second more. So he grabbed his broom and started flying around the field each morning, he had been made Quidditch captain and he planned on winning the cup. He had one major problem and that was that he didn't know most of the younger years and some of the older students were still upset that they weren't made the captain or prefect since Tom was made the youngest prefect in Hogwarts history. He finished his laps and landed in the stands and conjured some parchment and pulled out a pen and started jotting down a few plays that he wanted to try out. He checked his watch and it was half past four in the morning, the other three would be up in an half an hour and then they would train, so he made his way back to the dorm and changed into his training clothing and then woke them.
"I miss my sword" Tom said as they ran past the starting point for the third time
"I know exactly what you mean, but you felt how off balance all the other weapons we tried out were" Harry said
"Sirius wrote and said he was going to try and get one of his friends to forge us new ones but it has to wait until we're back for the holidays so that he can do measurements" Tom explained
"Let's hope that works, so what shall we do today for training?" Harry said when they finished their run
"Duelling? Work on their shields again?" he pointed to Neville and Terry who were rounding the last bend
"Sure, they need it but I think that you shouldn't go so easy on Neville" Harry said seriously
"I don't" Tom argued
"Yes you do and the bad guys won't go easy on him, so for today I train Neville and you take Terry" Harry explained
"You know I don't get along well with him…"
"Yeah since the whole Astoria thing, train with him because he is one of the few that will stand with us when we do fight" Harry scolded
"I'm so telling mom that you're using her shouting techniques" Tom laughed and Harry tried to resist but he joined his brother and muttered "Idiot"
"What's so funny" Neville asked
"Nothing really, but today we're switching partners and we'll be working on your shields" Harry announced warding the training area
"Now there are some rules for today; you can only use shields or dodge, you can't dodge twice in a row or use the same shield spell twice in a row and lastly you are allowed to use physical shields. Now on three we begin; one, two" and then he started firing off spells at Neville who barely managed to dodge the first one
They trained like this for another hour before they ran off to get showered and changed for breakfast
"You're lucky we only have Care, Potions and then Herbology today other wise Terry and I wouldn't be able to perform magic in class" Neville said wolfing down his breakfast
"Not lucky, I know the timetable off by heart so I knew you would need to cast spells today" Harry grinned looking for Daphne as he dished their breakfast
"She's at the Slytherin table, apparently you didn't remember that you were supposed to sit there today" Tom poked him in the sides
"We're not, last night she said see you at your table" Harry said and went about eating his breakfast as he saw that Daphne was eating already
"What do we have today?" Tom asked
"I do believe that we have been given access to the restricted section of the library" Harry smiled but it didn't reach his eyes
"So walk the girls to class and meet at the library in ten?" Tom asked already getting up
"Yeah, see you there" Harry followed and made his way over to the Slytherin table
"Are you ready for class?" he sat next to Daphne and across from Astoria
"I am" she said getting up, they walked in silence until they reached the greenhouses
"I'll be in the library till lunch, you're table or mine?" he asked
"Doesn't matter" she shrugged and entered the class
"What's wrong with Daphne?" he asked Astoria when she came past
"I don't know, this morning she got up and she was upset. I tried speaking to her but she said nothing was wrong, then at breakfast I joked about her eating off her own plate and she nearly bit my head off" Astoria said watching Hermione walk toward them
"Hi Harry" she blushed and rushed into the greenhouse
"I swear this school is going to kill me one day" Harry said and walked off to the library to meet Tom
Astoria took her seat between Hermione and Daphne and listened to Professor Sprout talk about the plants they would be handling for the following three weeks. Astoria slid a piece of parchment towards Daphne
Are you okay?
She waited a bit before the parchment came back her way
Yes, just tired of being treated like a defenceless princess
I thought you liked him being around and protecting you?
It's complicated, I'm just so annoyed.
Okay, but speak to him. Yeah?
I will, is he okay?
Just worried
"So get started" Professor Sprout said and made her way to the back of the greenhouse
"What did she say Hermione?" Daphne asked
"Wha..?" Hermione seemed completely lost just like Daphne and Astoria
"Come on Granger, you can't day dream as well" Astoria joked and they tried to figure out what they were supposed to be doing
Tom was exiting the library as Harry was entering
"I found something for each of us" he said and handed Harry a book on elemental magic "It should help with the lightning trick you do and for me I got this" he held up a book bound in dragon leather
"Flame magic?" Harry asked
"Yes! Let's go, I found someplace we can practice as well" Tom pulled Harry along the corridor and down to the dungeons he rounded a corner and pushed open a door
"Here we are" he announced and Harry looked around the room and noticed that it was directly under the lake
"How did you find this?" He asked
"Ronin" he announced simply "Do you think you could get the lightning to strike in here?"
"We'll just have to see" Harry smiled genuinely and opened the book Tom had handed him. After a few hours he summoned a copper rod and made his way to the far end of the room
"Time to try?" Tom shouted the question
"Damn right!"
He summoned the lighting and it passed through the water and into the rod which immediately exploded causing Harry to be flung across the room
"Please don't be dead" Tom said as he rushed over to Harry who started getting up slowly
"I think I should go see Madam Pomfrey" he said
"What's wrong?" Tom asked concerned
"Besides the fact that I'm seeing three of you? I'm in some pain" he said walking slowly toward the door
"Call Misty" Tom said putting one of Harry's arms around his shoulders. Misty arrived and took them to the hospital wing and Madam Pomfrey attended to Harry and gave him a dreamless sleep potion
"You may go to lunch Mr Potter, your brother will most likely only wake up tomorrow" she smiled kindly at Tom
Tom sat at the Hufflepuff table with Marie, Susan and Hannah for lunch and told them about what happened to Harry
"Have you told Daphne?" Marie asked
"Shit, no. Have you seen her?" Tom said scanning the hall
"No, but I don't see anyone of our friends from Gryffindor or Slytherin" Hannah said also looking around the hall
"Maybe Professor Sprout kept them slightly late?" Susan offered
"Possible" Tom said. Lunch was almost finished when Astoria came into the hall and sat down next to Tom
"What happened to you?"
"Hermione and Daphne got into a fight" She said exasperated
"With who?" Tom asked ready to beat on anyone who hurt his friends
"With one another" Astoria answered "We were talking about Daphne's strange mood today and how she had been bitchy to Harry and then Hermione says 'You don't deserve him' and then spells started flying" Astoria shook her head
"What?" the other teens shouted
"It was so weird. Then Professor Sprout separated them and gave all three of us detention, mine was with Professor Snape, Hermione with Sprout and Daphne with Hagrid" she said grabbing an apple
"I'll go speak to Hermione, she's probably in the library embarrassed by her actions" Tom said
"Have you seen Terry?" Astoria asked before he left
"Nev said he went to take a nap, we kinda tired them out this morning" Tom said and grinned before leaving
"Those damn Potter's" Astoria said causing her friends to laugh
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