Chapter 36: Past Life Problems

The entire school loved Pro. Lupin's classes… well most of the school. Draco and his group claimed to have hated the classes.

But the reason was stupid.

"Didn't you see how shabby his robes were?" Draco told his friends.

However those was in the great hall.

"Robes have nothing to do with teaching skills." Said Ino, "Other wise Lockhart would have been the best teacher we ever had."

"And what do you know about robes?" asked Draco.

"Much more than you do…" sad Ino.

Draco glared at the Hufflepuff.

However many students laughed at this for various reasons.

Pro. Lupin was the first in a long to be one of the best.

Of course Pro. Snape hated this. He tried his best to hide his contempt during the third year Slytherin/Gryffindor class but all other classes he didn't…

While class was fun, since the first one Shampoo seemed to have withdrew into herself. Which was strange for everyone who knew her well.

She hadn't talked to the other girls in days and didn't even want to acknowledge Harry.

One lunch at the Slytherin table, Adrian was telling them what happened to him.

"So anyways since I pointed out that he shouldn't be captain any more since he got held back he cut me from the team." He explained, "But I can tell… everyone but Malfoy was relieved that I was the one who brought this up…"

Shampoo was barely eating.

"Tracey!" said Titus.

"What?" asked Shampoo.

"Are you okay?" asked Adrian.

"I'm fine…" said Shampoo.

"Have you talked to your friends lately?" asked Titus.

Shampoo didn't answer.

"I have to go…" said Shampoo then she left the table.

"Okay… she needs to talk to them…" sisal Sylvia, "And I have the plan to do just that."

Titus and Adrian looked at each other nervously, they knew what that meant.

However Tori was just confused.

After class Shampoo was just outside, trying to avoid everyone.

"Hello Tracey… but I guess you want to go by Shampoo right now…"

She turned around and saw Luna.

"What do you want?" asked Shampoo.

"Nothing." Answered Luna.

"Then why are you here?" asked Shampoo.

"I just knew you needed to talk to someone…" said Luna.

"Why would I?" asked Shampoo.

"Is it about the Boggart I've heard so much about?" asked Luna.

Shampoo started pouting.

"I heard that Ino saw Harry's body." Said Luna.

"That's all they ever talk about." Muttered Shampoo.

"Did you find out what the others are?" asked Luna.

"Why would that matter! It doesn't matter at all!" yelled Shampoo.

She decided to walk away.

As she walked away she sensed someone approaching her, but she barely had time to react once a bag was placed over her head.

Sometime later, in the basement, the door to the kitchen opened up, and Momo and Mami both came out of it.

As they walked down the hall, both of them sensed someone… it was like they were being watched.

Both of them knew to get back to back.

"Do you think it's Black?" asked Mami.

"I don't know." Said Momo.

"Incarcerous!" they heard a girl's voice.

Both of them were bound by roped, and bags were placed on their heads.

Not too long later, Erza and Robin were walking back from the library.

"The class is so hard." Sighed Erza.

"You should have known it would be." Said Robin.

"Someone's nearby…" said Erza.

Robin stopped and closed her eyes. She sighed.

"I think we should let her do it…" said Robin.

"What?" asked Erza.

"She probably wants us to talk to Shampoo." Said Robin.

"What are you talking about." Said Erza.

The person watching them shrugged, and decided unsure how Robin was able to see them so they just ran over quickly and put the bags over their head and once again conjured some ropes.

Outside Ino decided with the threat of Sirius Black to practice transfiguring rocks into kunai and shrunken.

"I can't believe you didn't think of that before." Said Haruna deciding to accompany her while drawing some pictures.

"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Ino.

"Then again I can't think of any times you needed them…" said Haruna.

That was when Ino sensed someone watching them. She grabbed one of the transfigured kunai. However she heard the same incantation from earlier and she was covered in ropes.

What?" asked Haruna.

That was when the perpetrator covered her head in a bag.

"Really?" asked Ino seeing the perpetrator's face, "I know you enjoying kidnapping people… but…"

"I have a good reason." Said the girl who was kidnapping everyone.

"It better be…" muttered Ino.

Sometime later in one of Hogwarts unused classes rooms, the 7 kidnapping victims (well 6 as Ino didn't get the bag) finally saw the face of their kidnapper as well as her cohorts. It was Sylvia and the rest of the Slytherin outcasts.

"Sylvia." Deadpanned Shampoo.

"Yes." Sylvia responded in innocent voice.

"Did you have to kidnap us?" asked Shampoo.

"It was the only way I can think of to stop you being all sulky." Said Sylvia, "So I kidnapped you using various methods so you can talk to your best friends."

"Come on untie me!" yelled shampoo.

"Not until you talk it out!" said Sylva.

"You don't agree with her do you?" asked Shampoo to the other three members.

"We know how strong you are…" said Adrian.

"You know Sylvia terrifies me…" said Titus.

"What was that?" asked Sylvia.

"NOTHING!" said Titus.

"Wait… sow you know to conjure ropes… how?" asked Mami.

"Well one of my many aunts taught me…" said Sylvia.

Titus shuddered and Adrian's eye twitched.

"I didn't need to know that…" said Adrian.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah…" said Sylvia.

"What's so creepy about that…" Haruna whispered to Shampoo.

"I still don't know…" muttered Shampoo.

"So we'll give you a few minutes to talk it out and if you haven't talked it we'll leave you in here until after supper." Said Sylvia.

The rest of the Slytherin outcasts left them to talk.

Shampoo looked at Robin.

"I agree with them… we need to talk." Said Robin.

"You need to tell what's wrong with you…" said Ino, "Until then I refuse to cut my ropes."

"She was practicing transferring kunai." Said Haruna.

"Look I don't have a problem!" said Shampoo.

"Is this about your Boggart being in the form of your past life?" asked Erza.

"What should know! All of your fears were form this life!" said Shampoo.

"You only heard about Ino's didn't you?" asked Haruna.

Shampoo was silent.

"I'm afraid to move on okay…" admitted Shampoo.

"What?" asked Erza.

"Is that because of Ranma?" asked Haruna.

Shampoo was silent.

"Oh honey, we've ben through this Ranma was a jerk…" said Haruna.

"Wasn't anytime he would do something with you was because a cure was involved?" asked Robin.

Shampoo was silent.

"Ino was the only one with a Boggart from this life…" said Erza, "Mine was Jellal."

Shampoo looked up, Shampoo heard about Jellal a few times, the horror that Erza suffered because of him.

"The witch that killed me." Said Mami.

Shampoo flinched at the one, she had forgotten that Mami was the only one that was dead.

"Mine was the Golden Snail Phone." Said Robin.

Shampoo sighed, she heard about the Buster Call and how Robin had went through not once but twice.

"Menos." Admitted Momo.

Shampoo heard about the gig tic hollows that many Soul Reapers were afraid of.

"My fear is failing to protect Harry." Said Ino.

"I thought…" said Shampoo.

"How many times do I have to spill it out… Harry's not my type." Muttered Ino, "I've been telling anyone who said anything to me that my fear is what will happen when Harry dies…"

"Yeah, a lot of Death Eaters would celebrate, wouldn't they?" asked Haruna.

"Next time you go through something like this, tell us." Said /Robin.

"Remember, you don't faint thanks to Dementors, these three do but you don't…" said Haruna.

That was when Robin was untied, about 20 second later Ino cut through her ropes.

"So what do you say we get revenge on Sylvia." Said Robin with a smirk.

Shampoo shook her head no, "I know Sylvia she'll just do something worse than this." She said.

THz was when Silvia came in looking annoyed.

"We didn't let her eavesdrop." Said Titus.

"How did you two escape?" asked Sylvia.

"Do you want to know?" asked Robin cryptically.

"I don't…" said Sylvia.

Of course after that day Shampoo was back to her old self. She knew that she had her friends if she wanted to talk. She also ran into Luna who was glad that Shampoo was back to normal.

However as the days went by, everyone settled in, really the only strange thing that happened was that Oliver accepted Ginny into the team roster as a reserve Chaser.

Eventually October rolled around word spread that the first Hogsmeade trip was set for Halloween, Pro. Dumbledore knew he had to talk to them about Harry.

Now I want at least two of you to be with Harry at all time during the trip." Said Pro. Dumbledore.

"I can't volunteer for this one, Sylvia wants to take me to Hog's Head to tell me something." Shampoo.

"Make sure she doesn't anger the bartender." Said Pro. Dumbledore.

"Why would she do that?" asked Shampoo.

"Trust me members of Sylvia's family and the bartender go well together." Said Pro. Dumbledore.

Shampoo was weirded out by this.

"I will stay with Harry the entire day." Said Erza.

"I think maybe we should stick with Harry." Said Mami.

"We're all effected by the Dementor." Said Robin.

"Ah yes…" said Pro. Dumbledore, "We are taking precautions to make sure you and Mr. Potter don't pass out."

"Thank you." Said Mami.

The next day during which was a day that Lavender had been dreading Lavender said that Pro. Trelawney's prediction came true.

Hermoine tried to brush it off, but no one but Erza and Mami listen to her (Mami mostly because she was the only student who didn't take the class).

That day was also the same one that Pro. McGonagall also wanted the permission slips. Neville almost freaked out as he didn't get his signed (turned out Augusta had signed it and sent it directly to Pro. McGonagall)

After they handed them all in, Pro. McGonagall had asked Harry aside.

"Harry do you still want to go?" she asked.

"I do." Said Harry.

"Are you sure?" she asked.

"Pro. Dumbledore assured me that I would be protect." Said Harry he smirked at the thought of Sirius black getting surprised that Mami's guns or Erza's swords.

"Very well then." Sighed Pro. McGonagall.

Harry rejoined his fronds out in the hall.

"What did she want to talk about?" asked Hermoine.

"She wanted to make sure I wanted to go or not." Said Harry.

"Oh yeah…" said Ron.

"Will you be okay?" asked Hermoine.

"Sally-Anne, Fay and Lisa volunteered to act as bodyguards." Said Harry.

Ron laughed, he remember what Robin did to Snape during Harry's first Quidditch game, if Sirius Black showed that would probably be one the things to happen to him.

"Are you think about what Lisa did to Pro. Snape?" asked Hermoine.

"Yes." Admitted Ron.

Hermoine rolled her eyes.

As Halloween got closer, preparations were made so that four of their students wouldn't pass out due to Dementor Exposure.

It was eventfully decided to take them by boat so they wouldn't' have to use the gates.

Although the twins tried to get the four to go their way, but one glare from Erza shut them up.

Of course said way involved a secret tunnel somewhere in the school, but they ended up saying they were just joking.

It wasn't like Harry needed to use his inviolability cloak to leave through an unknown tunnel because that would be stupid…

Soon enough Halloween came and everyone was looking forward to it.

As students got ready to head there Draco noticed that Harry, Erza, Mami and Robin were all together.

"Oh I guess you're all scared to pass the Dementors." Mocked Draco.

"Actually the Ministry would rather not have the owner of Hogwarts or any of his friends passed out due to Dementor exposure." Said Robin.

Draco immediately shut up, muttered something under his breath and left

"All right." Said Hagrid, "The boat's ready."

Harry smirked… he was looking forward to this trip ever since the start of summer and it was finally there. The first trip to Hogsmeade.

Next Time: Almost every students above the 3rd year goes to Homemade. Will Harry enjoy himself. However during the trip, something happens... something involving Sirius Black. What will happen? Find out next time!