Author's Note: Okay, I am sincerely sorry that I have not updated for a while, I have meant to get this up and then I just go

Author's Note:  Okay, I am sincerely sorry that I have not updated for a while, I have meant to get this up and then I just got occupied and all, but now that school is over I will try to post more.  Thanks to everyone that has e-mailed me and made me feel incredibly guilty about not posting.  Anyways, thanks to all that has reviewed, and please r/r.  Oh, and I need a new name, so if there is any ideas out there e-mail them to me, I have always thought that the hardest part of writing a story was coming up with a title.

Disclaimer:  Must I write this?  I don't own any of the characters.  I do own their new powers and all though, I also own the plot.

Harry Potter and the Powerful Friendship (Part 8)

Professor Minerva McGonagall sat at dinner watching three of her students eating dinner.  Not only were the three that she was watching weren't talking (when they were supposed to be best friends) but now that she had thought about it, she hadn't heard them talk to each other since they had arrived at school. 

"Dumbledore."  McGonagall whispered while leaning over so no one could overhear.  "What is going on with Harry and his friends?  Have they even been talking to each other?"

Dumbledore looked over to where the Gryffindors sat, noticing for the first time that they hadn't been talking.  "I don't know what's going on.  Maybe it's time that I have another chat with Mr. Potter, or maybe I'll talk to one of the other two."

McGonagall looked at him, she knew about the argument between Potter and Dumbledore, 'maybe Sirius will talk to him,' she thought, looking over at the two marauders who were currently having a silverware fight with their knives, 'scratch that one.'

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[So, Hermione, do you think this will help us become Animagi?]  Harry asked.

{I think so; at least that was what it said in the book.} Hermione answered. 

Ron looked at them, looking quite interested. (That would be cool.) Harry nodded his head in agreement.

Harry looked up at the teacher's table while Ron and Hermione carried on their conversation.  Sirius and Remus were having a knife fight, which looked like fun.  Sirius looked up in time to catch his eye and gave him a grin, which Harry returned.  Harry looked then at Dumbledore, who was talking to Professor McGonagall.  Dumbledore looked towards Harry and Harry quickly turned away so Dumbledore wouldn't notice that he was looking at him. 

(Come on, Harry.  We're going to go find an empty classroom to go practice in.)  Ron told Harry.

Harry nodded his head quickly and followed them out of the hall.  Harry saw Fred and George who looked miserable having died hair in Slytherin colors, apparently the hair was pay back for what happened to the Slytherin's common room, which of course, Fred and George had nothing to do with.

Harry tore his eyes away from the Weasley twins and looked to where he was walking, noticing that Hermione and Ron were way ahead of him. 

"Well, if it isn't Potty, and where is Weasel and Mudblood."  Draco said from where he stood behind Harry.

By now most of the hall was staring at them, and the teachers were going to come down to break up the fight but Sirius stopped them, with the help of Dumbledore and Remus.  They wanted to know how Harry would react to the situation.

"So Potty, what are going to do?  Now that Weasel and Mudblood aren't around to save you?"

Harry quietly counted to ten, not wanting his temper to get the best of him.

Draco leaned in closer to where Harry was standing, not wanting to be overheard.  "You think that you will always have your friends by your sides?  Well your wrong Potty, you're the Dark Lords." 

At that statement Harry lost his temper. 

{Harry, don't do anything you'll regret.} Hermione thought to Harry from where she stood by the door, holding Ron back.

(Come on, Harry, deck him one.)  Ron practically yelled in his mind.

But Harry didn't hear either of them, and at that moment every window in the room shattered.  Girls screamed and all the students jumped under the table, not wanting to get hurt.  Then Draco was thrown onto the nearest wall.  A barrier was placed unconsciously around Harry and Draco so the teachers couldn't break up the fight.

"Watch your mouth."  Harry said menacingly, then turned and walked out of the barrier leaving Draco hanging, and everyone else staring after him.

After a moment Dumbledore said,   "I guess I need to talk to him soon."  And with that he stood up and followed the three out of the room.

***(Thought about leaving it at that, but then decided it was to mean.)***

{Harry,}  Hermione said cautiously when Harry had finished dragging them into an empty classroom.  {Why did you do that?  We could get into a lot of trouble.}

(Well, he deserved it.  Nasty slime ball, someone had to teach him a lesson.)  Ron answered for Harry.

Harry was sitting quietly on one of the desk, waiting for someone to show up and tell him he was expelled or for a hoard of Slytherins to show up with knives.  It was way to quiet for his liking.  [I wonder if they have figured out how to get to Malfoy yet?]  Harry thought idly.

Before either one of them could answer a voice cut the air like hot metal.  "I suppose it's time for us to have a little chat."

The three turned to find themselves face to face with Albus Dumbledore.

***(Thought about leaving it there too.)***

In the Great Hall there was a large amount of chaos at the moment. 

"All students please exit the Great Hall."  Came the voice of Professor McGonagall who was using the megaphone used in quidditch to be heard.

Of course, nobody listened to her.  The other professors were trying to get the barrier to come down, or at least get Draco down, and they were have absolutely no success.

Finally McGonagall resorted to blackmail.  "All students who are not out of the hall, and into their common rooms in ten seconds will receive detention for the rest of the school year."  That got the students attention.

There was a mad scramble to get out of the hall, leaving the professors and one very frantic Draco, in peace.

"So any ideas on how he did it?"  McGonagall asked.

Professor Flitwick, the charms professor answered. "None whatsoever.  I have never seen a spell like this."

"He didn't use a wand, though, did he?"  Remus Lupin asked.

"I didn't see one."  Sirius answered.

McGonagall thought for a moment along with the other professors, then asked the questions that was bothering everybody else, "Then how did he do it?"

***(Wouldn't that be and evil place to stop?)***

The three were, at the moment, trying to look as innocent as possible.

[I hope he doesn't know!  We could get into a lot of trouble.]

"What do you mean by that?"  Harry said cautiously.

Dumbledore gave him a look that made him shut his mouth before he could say another word.

"First of all, Harry, I would like you to know that you will be in a lot of trouble if you don't let Mr. Malfoy down before long.  When he is down you three will be coming to my office and explaining what has been going on."  The three nodded guiltily, although they didn't want their secret to be out.

Watching the three nod Dumbledore then said, "Come along, I'm sure you don't want to be in anymore trouble with Professor Snape then you already are."

Ron paled at this idea, he hadn't even thought about Snape!

Seeing Ron go pale Dumbledore said "Don't worry, there will be no murder this year.  Now come along."

Dumbledore led the way to the Great Hall where the Professor, and Draco were.

Everything went silent when Harry walked up to the barrier.  Harry just stood there for a minute, concentrating really hard, but the barrier didn't come down.

"I don't think I can do it."  Harry stuttered.

Snape glared at him,  "You don't think you can do it?"  He whispered menacingly, "You wait until you hear from Malfoy's dad and then lets see if you can do it."

Harry turned his concentration back onto the barrier, trying with all his might to get it to come down.

Sirius watched his godson as beads of sweat broke out on his forehead.  He can't do it, Sirius thought helplessly, and if he tries any harder he's going to faint. 

Harry grew paler as everyone watched with bated breath. 

Sirius quickly moved towards the headmaster and said,  "He's going to make himself sick if he keeps going at it like this." 

Dumbledore nodded his head then said loudly for everyone to hear, and to break Harry's concentration "Ron, Hermione, why don't you come with me and we can have a small chat about this.  And you probably ought to come too, Harry." 

Ron and Hermione nodded their heads and walked over to where Harry was standing to help him.

(Think you can make it by yourself?)  Ron asked Harry.

[I don't know, I feel like I am going to faint.] Harry replied faintly.

Ron and Hermione nodded and grabbed his arms, helping him to walk out of the room.

The professors watched this silently, noticing that again, they weren't talking to each other.

"I wonder what is going on."  Sirius whispered to Remus.

Remus agreed with him and said, "Needless to say, Dumbledore will know by the time they come back."

"And knowing those three, Draco will still be hanging there tomorrow at breakfast."  Sirius said while grinning.